Mairéad Carlin Brings a Touch of Derry to Legendary Singing Team, Celtic Woman, for Their Latest Christmas Album

Mairéad Carlin Brings a Touch of Derry to Legendary Singing Team, Celtic Woman, for Their Latest Christmas Album

Exclusive Q&A by Brad Balfour The vocal quartet Celtic Woman has a legacy of 12 Billboard number ones, more than 10 million album sales and three billion online streams to date. As the most successful all-female group in Irish history, they’ve done much to...
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Candace Bushnell Tells True Tales of Sex, Success, and Sex and the City at Her Upcoming One-Person Show This Friday

Candace Bushnell Tells True Tales of Sex, Success, and Sex and the City at Her Upcoming One-Person Show This Friday

Exclusive Q&A by Brad Balfour, Arts Editor Event: Candace Bushnell performs “True Tales of Sex, Success, and Sex and the City”When: Friday, December 5, 2025 Time: 8 pmWhere: Adler HallNew York Society for Ethical Culture2 W 64th St.New Yor...
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As a Cast Member of Britbox’s “Blue Lights,” Actor Nathan Braniff Plays the Modern Belfast Cop

As a Cast Member of Britbox’s “Blue Lights,” Actor Nathan Braniff Plays the Modern Belfast Cop

 Exclusive Q&A by Brad Balfour, Arts Editor Set in present day Belfast, the Northern Irish police procedural television drama series, “Blue Lights,” was created and written by Declan Lawn and Adam Patterson. Based at the fictional Blackthorn police s...
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Actor Ben Stiller Created The Doc “Stiller And Meara – Nothing is Lost” As a Loving Tribute to his Parents and Dad Jerry’s Creative Hoarding

Actor Ben Stiller Created The Doc “Stiller And Meara – Nothing is Lost” As a Loving Tribute to his Parents and Dad Jerry’s Creative Hoarding

Feature by Brad Balfour Among the many films seen at New York Film Festival 63, Ben Stiller’s recollection of his parents — “Stiller & Meara: Nothing is Lost” — was a touching tribute to them. Long before Ben or his...
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Big Apple Comic Con’s  Holiday Con Takes Place Nov. 22nd  – a Great Chance to Get Your Presents Before the Season Kicks Off

Big Apple Comic Con’s Holiday Con Takes Place Nov. 22nd – a Great Chance to Get Your Presents Before the Season Kicks Off

Preview by Brad Balfour, Arts Editor Big Apple Comic Con Holiday ConSaturday, November 22, 2025 New Yorker Hotel 481 8th Ave at 34th St 10am-7pm (early admission 9 am)Tickets: General Admission $30VIP Admission $85Kids under 14 $15Kids under 10 –...
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Writer/Interviewer Eamon Carr Created “Pure Gold” From Many Conversations Done Over The Years With Creative and Intriguing People

Writer/Interviewer Eamon Carr Created “Pure Gold” From Many Conversations Done Over The Years With Creative and Intriguing People

Review by Brad Balfour Title: Pure Gold: Memorable Conversations with Remarkable PeopleAuthor: Eamon CarrPublisher: Merrion Press If there’s one idea applicable to this book, it’s that there’s more than one act in life. “Pure Gold” is perfect eviden...
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Once an IBO President, Niall O’Leary Is A Dancing, Singing Magic Man of Irish Culture

Once an IBO President, Niall O’Leary Is A Dancing, Singing Magic Man of Irish Culture

Exclusive Q&A by Brad Balfour When I first encountered Niall O’Leary over 20 years ago, I was launching Irish Connections for Publisher Paddy McCarthy. If anyone in the Irish dance circuit deserved a story then, it was Niall. And so...
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Films of Life, Love and Obsessions are to Be Found at DOC NYC 2025

Films of Life, Love and Obsessions are to Be Found at DOC NYC 2025

Preview by Brad Balfour, Arts Editor What: DOC NYCWhen: November 12 – 30, 2025Where: Various Venues in NYC and Streaming New York’s prestigious documentary film festival, DOC NYC, is here again to tell stories too strange to be made up. Running&nb...
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With Her Debut Album Out, Dance Chanteuse Shara Strand Performs Nov. 9th At The Green Room 42

With Her Debut Album Out, Dance Chanteuse Shara Strand Performs Nov. 9th At The Green Room 42

Exclusive Q&A by Brad Balfour, Arts Editor After a period marked by grief, loss, and a pause in her musical journey, two-time Billboard dance charting artist Shara Strand returned with a powerful and uplifting full-length debut album, “Love Forever,”...
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Author Daniel Fingeroth Documents both the Worlds of Graphic Story Telling and Historical Figures

Author Daniel Fingeroth Documents both the Worlds of Graphic Story Telling and Historical Figures

Exclusive Q&A by Brad Balfour, Arts Editor On Saturday, November 22, the Big Apple Comic Con holds its annual holiday event in advance of the Christmas season. One of the treats during the con is the presence of veteran comic...
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