Culture
Papers recall felon, radio star Liddy
G. Gordon Liddy pictured about 1964. Between the Lines / By Peter McDermott The death last week of G. Gordon Liddy at age 90 brought me back to my ...
April 08, 2021
by Peter McDermott
Culture
Thriller’s cop driven by torment, loss
“Bloodlands,” starring James Nesbitt, is now streaming via Acorn TV after it was a ratings hit abroad on the BBC. PHOTO COURTESY OF ACORN TV By Kar...
April 07, 2021
by Karen Butler
Culture
Naughton seizes his opportunity
The title “Running Through Woods & Falling in Bogholes” is inspired by childhood events. By Daniel Neely The increasing number of vaccinated people...
April 06, 2021
by Daniel Neely
Culture
Calvary is historic resting place
A photograph taken in Calvary Cemetery on a morning in March 2015. [PETER MCDERMOTT] By Geoffrey Cobb Driving out of frenzied Manhattan heading out...
April 05, 2021
by Geoffrey Cobb
Culture
Mini Desserts for Every Taste
Carrot Cake in a Jar. Recipes / By Margaret M. Johnson You like cheesecake. Your mother likes carrot cake. Your son likes brownies. If you’re facin...
April 02, 2021
by Margaret M. Johnson
Culture
Superstar hosted '60 greats on TV
Senator Robert F. Kennedy addresses a crowd at San Fernando Valley State College, Calif., during his 1968 presidential campaign. By Peter McDermott...
April 01, 2021
by Peter McDermott
Culture
Quinn backed the under-appreciated
John Quinn, c. 1913. By Geoffrey Cobb The life and accomplishments of John Quinn are so improbable that that if they were fiction no one would beli...
March 31, 2021
by Geoffrey Cobb
Culture
Rose shows frightening resolve
Ann Skelly in "Rose Plays Julie." By Mike Houlihan For those looking for artistic descendants of Alfred Hitchcock and his unique style, building su...
March 30, 2021
by Mike Houlihan
Culture
Instealladh
An jab. Columnist Maura Mulligan decided to use here experience getting the vaccine injection as a tool to teach the past tense of the irregular ve...
March 29, 2021
by Maura Mulligan
Culture
Irish centers are on cultural frontline
Natalie Nugent O’Shea, Executive Director of Celtic Junction Arts Center, St. Paul, Minn., and husband Cormac Ó Sé, president of Celtic Junction Ar...
March 26, 2021
by Natalie Nugent O'Shea
Culture
Scholars who take crime seriously
By Peter McDermott In 2017, an emeritus professor of English at the University of Notre Dame while praising an Irish novelist, a protégé of his, in...
March 25, 2021
by Peter McDermott
Culture
How Dublin’s mayor conquered U.S.
President John F. Kennedy met with Robert Briscoe, Lord Mayor of Dublin, and Ambassador to the United States from Ireland Thomas J. Kiernan, on Ova...
March 24, 2021
by Geoffrey Cobb