Culture
Salon’s eclectic midsummer mix
IAW&A President Maria Deasy. Salon Diary / By Brendan Costello Jr. The Irish American Writers and Artists Salon on July 20 featured new voices and ...
August 03, 2020
by Brendan Costello Jr.
Culture
Rock & roll’s ‘Incoherents’ on VOD
Joe Hurley in "The Incoherents." By Irish Echo Staff Joe Hurley is now being live-streamed on Amazon Prime Video and indeed on several other video ...
July 31, 2020
by Irish Echo Staff
Culture
The Rep delivers during lockdown
Amanda Quaid as Valerie in "The Weir." Screen Time / By Peter McDermott If Conor McPherson appears not to have mentioned the wind in his stage dire...
July 31, 2020
by Peter McDermott
Culture
‘An exciting new voice in Irish fiction’
The central character in Molly Aitken's debut novel is a "wonderful creation," according to the Irish Times' reviewer. Page Turner / Edited by Pete...
July 30, 2020
by Peter McDermott
Culture
Grace elected 1st NY Catholic mayor
William R. Grace in a photograph taken in New York in the early 1880s. By Geoffrey Cobb Irish-born William Grace was a millionaire international bu...
July 29, 2020
by Geoffrey Cobb
Culture
Wine not whine is the best response to restaurant restrictions says Irish American pioneer of the Zoom Dinner
When the Covid hurricane struck in mid-March, most US restaurants pulled down the shutters and called it a day. That was never an option, though, f...
July 28, 2020
by Máirtín Ó Muilleoir
Culture
One Simple Sauce, Three Tasty Sides
Salad with buttermilk dressing. Recipes | By Margaret M. Johnson I discovered this lovely buttermilk-enhanced dressing a few years ago and found th...
July 28, 2020
by Margaret M. Johnson
Culture
Under attack in 1960s Deep South
John Lewis's autobiography was first published in 1998. Between the Lines / By Peter McDermott Almost a full four years before the events on the Ed...
July 24, 2020
by Peter McDermott
Culture
Celebrate Lughnasa with Blueberry Treats
Blueberries. Recipes / By Margaret M. Johnson Lughnasadh or Lughnasa (pronounced LOO-na-se) is a Gaelic festival marking the beginning of the harve...
July 24, 2020
by Margaret M. Johnson
Culture
Laytown cancelled
A scene from the Laytown Races, Laytown, Co. Meath, on Sept. 12, 2019. INPHO/OISIN KENIRY A horse racing tradition dating back 150 years has fallen...
July 24, 2020
by Sean Creedon
Culture
Introducing Tach the Hurler
Saniya Chughtai. Page Turner / By Peter McDermott Saniya Chughtai’s favorite thing in life is “spending time telling stories with children.” And sh...
July 23, 2020
by Peter McDermott
Culture
Leitrim’s more than a place to visit
Edwina Guckian with husband Michael Ó Ruairc and son Páidí. Her Dreoilín Productions has made "Come to Leitrim, It could change your life!" By Pete...
July 22, 2020
by Peter McDermott