Culture

Serious tea drinkers and wellness enthusiasts celebrate “National Hot Tea Month” in January. During the month, many extol the virtues of tea drinki...

When I was a child, my mother would join her friends, Mary Murphy, Nelly Tarpy and others to “go visiting” on January 6th for the holiday known as ...

There are lots of great piano players associated with the East Coast. Names like Brendan Dolan, Matt Mulqueen, Donna Long, Helen Kisel, and Annmari...

The 1st Irish Theatre Festival is back – live and in-person – for 2023. “The Irish Rep, 59E59 Theatres, the New York Irish Center, the Irish Arts C...

Happy New Year everyone! I hope your end-of-year was full of warmth and good cheer, and best of luck as we move on to 2023! We have some excitement...

Over time, many Nollaig na mBan customs have faded away, but in recent years the tradition has been revived a bit, shifting to a day of celebration with many women's groups marking the day with charitable events or with donations to organizations that support women’s causes.

Michelle Gallen’s second novel “‘Factory Girls’ is “a great read if you’ve already finished Season 3 of ‘Derry Girls.’” Arlington Magazine wasn’t t...

Something that I had always contemplated, the catalyst was getting accepted into the graduate program at Tisch New York University, one of the world’s premier film schools.

Peter Quinn, in his memoir “Cross Bronx: A Writing Life,” compares the speech-giver to a jockey mounted on a racehorse. So, he was asked recently, ...

Crackers and cheese, cheese and wine, cheese and fruit: dynamic duos for any gathering, holiday or otherwise. Successful hosts rarely bring cheese ...

With a joyous jingle of bells, the Irish Repertory Theatre entreats us to merrily remember a festive refrain: it’s Christmastime in the City. A qua...

With only 1,500 or so present-day members in Ireland, it is not surprising that many Irish people have never even heard of the Quakers; however, wh...