Culture

I’ll start this week with a hearty congratulations to the great balladeer Jimmy Crowley, who I recently learned has published his 1,000th column ab...

By Rachel Gotto I had already been in labor for two days. Each contraction brought with it gripping pain but little else. I was determined to give ...

Recently, I was on a flight heading home from Lisbon, Portugal when I heard two Irish voices behind me. It turned out that the men had just watched...

Nothing is more synonymous with Easter than chocolate! From simple eggs and bunnies to sophisticated desserts like tarts, cakes, and cheesecakes, c...

In the deck this week is Dermot Byrne and Yvonne Casey’s most recent project, “As We Feel It.” A true duet CD, its delightfully straightforward art...

“No one says anything to the three women who have taken off their bikini tops, though people look at them with interest, with disapproval. They sit...

The press in Ireland has been buzzing about a controversy involving six priceless stained-glass windows by Irish artist Harry Clarke located in ico...

On Saturday, April 16, the Irish Family History Forum will present a webinar entitled: “Stories from Ellis Island: Those Who Were Held.” Profession...

Last week I received an email from Don Meade, a multi-instrumentalist who has been one of traditional music’s fiercest supporters for decades, that...

Sometimes the interviews on TV don’t do it. People have become immune to the horror, in Vinnie Nauheimer’s view. Twenty years ago this week, his fa...

Scallops, what Wikipedia calls “a cosmopolitan family of bivalves” and what Julia Child called “a creature of the sea that keeps house between two ...

A biting requiem for a bygone dreamer is heard wailing through the walls at the Irish Repertory Theatre this week, as the bell tolls for the modern...