Culture

Saint Valentine has a close connection to Ireland, specifically Whitefriars Church, the Carmelite priory in Dublin, which is said to hold the saint...

L. Harris is dead, alone and unseen in a New York City apartment with no next of kin and no mourners. In the Improvisational Repertory Theatre Ense...

On the chessboard the rules go that when a checkmate is made, the players cease their play, not for want to try, but in seeing the endgame lose the...

Folks, I’ll start this week with the announcement that Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann will hold its North America Province Convention at the Bethesda ...

Gordon Gilbert, poet, playwright and frequent host of the salons, launched the first of 2023 at the Ellington restaurant, corner of 105th & Broadwa...

John Connors will approach his role as MC of the Craic Concert in the spirit of the festival it launches on Friday, Feb. 24. “I’ll improvise and ha...

In fair weather times, the American is picturesque: honest, hardworking and merited; we love thy neighbor, united we stand. Yet when days become di...

Founded in 1969, the Féile Oriel was Ireland’s first latter-day fiddle competition. Each year it named a fiddler of outstanding merit “Fiddler of O...

Folks, with the news of Seamus Begley’s recent death I took time this past week to go back through his catalog and listen to some of his older work...

It snowed in parts of Ireland last week, closing schools and causing havoc on roadways, especially in the west of the country. Weather like this is...

As the Origin’s 1st Irish Festival draws near to another end, the thrilling spectacle of this year’s chilling season has been the sight of live the...

The year 2023 has been a real challenge for traditional music thus far. Only two weeks into this new year we’ve seen several noteworthy deaths that...