Culture

We’ve all heard of the coveted Michelin “Stars" awards given to the world’s most outstanding restaurants, but did you know the Guide now awards “Ke...

The Irish Family History Forum continues its busy fall with two Zoom-only presentations featuring prominent guest presenters. “The Famine and Irish...

Harold Seaman and Vincent Forte were at the center of two cases that Paul O’Dwyer would never and could never forget. The two young men met the sam...

Sad news to start with this week in the passing of Rochester, New York’s Ted McGraw. McGraw was a cornerstone of Irish music in the Northeast. In a...

Bronx-born, Dublin-raised actor Saoirse Ronan has returned to her native city this month to present not one, but two remarkable films that burnish ...

Editorialists, teachers, clergymen and politicians from the post-Civil War era onwards loved their Abraham Lincoln quotes. A favorite was: “You can...

There’s something very special about autumn, the season that officially began on September 22 in the northern hemisphere. Also referred to as the “...

In the player this week is “The Dancer at the Fair,” the new album from John Wynne (Flute) and John McEvoy (Fiddle). Wynne and McEvoy are revered m...

Recently, during a break in a rainstorm, I carried the garbage out to the curb. When I leaned down to move a bag, I lost my balance and toppled for...

“The Smuggler, “ Irish-American playwright Ronán Noone’s one-person “Thriller in Rhyme,” will finish up a brief run at Bloom’s Tavern, 208 East 58t...

I’ll start this week with a hearty congratulations to the great Jimmy Crowley, who, in addition being a brilliant singer, has fascinated readers wi...

As I reported in last week’s Echo, I was a tag-along to my family of golfers whose sole purpose for visiting Nova Scotia was to play the spectacula...