A great David McCullough story the famed author didn't tell us
On August 7, 2022, a story about the death of a storyteller was national news. David McCullough who had celebrated his eighty-ninth birthday a mont...
March 15, 2023
by Jim McNiff
Bono's memoir 'Surrender' is spiritual, refreshingly honest
If you are Irish, or Irish American, and came of age in the late 1970s, U2 has a special place in your heart. Bono, U2’s lead singer, has just publ...
March 14, 2023
by Geoffrey Cobb
Gradam Ceoil awardees for 2023 are a stellar group
If it’s the third week in March it means that the Saint Patrick season is once again upon us! It’s the time of year when our traditional musicians ...
March 13, 2023
by Daniel Neely
Minister joins Sunnyside parade
At the 23rd Annual St. Pat’s for All Parade 6 March Roderic O’Gorman, T.D., the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth,...
March 10, 2023
by Irish Echo Staff
Desserts for St. Patrick's Celebrations
It may be a cliché, but everyone really is Irish on St. Patrick’s Day! Aran knits, tweed caps, shamrock-emblazoned scarves, and any apparel with ev...
March 09, 2023
by Margaret M. Johnson
'The search is all that matters'
In “Whale,” a story in John McCaffrey’s collection “Automatically Hip,” a high-school student tells the class that his grandfather was a typesetter...
March 08, 2023
by Peter McDermott
Salon still in love after Feb. 14
An enjoyable evening of film, music and literature took place at the Ellington on West 105th Street, hosted by IAW&A Vice President, Brendan Costel...
March 07, 2023
by James Rogers
30 artists to perform in Moloney's honor March 30-April 1
Mick Moloney, who as most readers will know passed away last July, is one of the legendary figures in Irish music. No one, save the great Francis O...
March 06, 2023
by Daniel Neely
Dream-visit helps singer-songwriter get back on track
My father died after a long illness in 2016. The news of his final days came while I was on a mini-tour that took me to Florida and Las Vegas. I sa...
March 03, 2023
by Derek Dempsey
Search for connection after loss
Pillow talk has never felt quite so clinical, or revealing, than in the U.S. premiere of “Conversations After Sex,” a one act as explicit as the na...
March 02, 2023
by Kevin Phoenix
Standing up, speaking out
When the members of Northern Ireland Legislative Assembly gathered on July 1, 1998, it wasn’t the DUP or Sinn Féin that challenged the new system f...
March 01, 2023
by Peter McDermott
Culture
Artists cast loving light on style and soul of sidelined South Bronx
They met “40 something” years ago, Rigoerto Torres told me, speaking of himself and his partner in art John Ahearn, while we chatted one recent aft...
February 23, 2023
by Peter Nolan