Elliott is ready for NYC return
You could say it’s been two steps forward and one step back for Dan Elliott. But that might minimize just how tough the Covid era has been on him a...
May 04, 2022
by Peter McDermott
MTA boss Lieber is upbeat about mass transit
Janno Lieber has a message for the Irish. Well, specifically the MTA Chairman and CEO has in mind people living in Woodlawn, when getting out word ...
May 04, 2022
by Peter McDermott
Craft Ales That Won't Make Your Shrimp Go Stale
It's May, so time to think about summer and all that outdoor cooking and grilling Whether for a summer beach party, a Fourth of July bash, or a coo...
May 02, 2022
by By Kevin Fagan
Flanagan's Shetland
“Shetland: An Archaeology of the Unknown I-VII,” a series of works by County Kerry visual artist and archaeologist Jackie Flanagan, was featured in...
April 27, 2022
by Irish Echo Staff
McCarren was legislator, lobbyist, gambler
For over a century, Brooklyn’s McCarren Park has served as an urban oasis, dividing Greenpoint from Williamsburg to the south. Recently, some activ...
April 27, 2022
by Geoffrey Cobb
Rep revives Synge classics
“Two By Synge” – namely “The Tinker’s Wedding” and “In The Shadow of the Glen” – began a couple of weeks back and continues at the W. Scott McLucas...
April 27, 2022
by Irish Echo Staff
Filddle player Clare dazzles on debut album
Joanna Clare is a young fiddle player who grew up in Rochester, N.Y., and moved to Baltimore in 2018, where she’s become an important part of the t...
April 27, 2022
by Daniel Neely
Preserving Burren for future generations
I have been illustrating and painting our natural environment and parks in my spare time for the last 20 years and have always been keen to explore...
April 26, 2022
by Shane O'Donoghue
IAW&A's Virtual Salon unites voices from around America
Irish American Writers & Artists’ March virtual Salon, effortlessly led by California songwriter and playwright Lori Cassels, gathered a wonderful ...
April 25, 2022
by Ariana Keshishian
Political Thought in Revolutionary Ireland
“Ireland 1922,” published by the Royal Irish Academy, is comprised of 50 essays from 50 contributors, who each focus on an aspect of an extraordina...
April 22, 2022
by Richard Bourke
'Alive with the sense of mystery'
“It was a glorious time.” That’s how David James described his stay in the West Clare cottage of fellow poet Thomas Lynch. His more than a month ne...
April 21, 2022
by Peter McDermott
The healing power of the Irish ocean
“Taken by the sea he so loved.” These are the bittersweet words inscribed on my late husband’s tombstone. Nic was a born seaman and thrived the mos...
April 20, 2022
by Rachel Gotto