Celebrating the Fureys and Family
March 8, 2023 No Responses

Celebrating the Fureys and Family

Paddy McCarthy’s Music Page Now that we are all getting into the Saint Patrick’s Day festivities, Irish music will be played and listened to all over the world. So I have to introduce the audience to one of Ireland’s great...
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Thanks To An Oscar Nom for the Documentary “Navalny,” Cinematographer Niki Waltl is in the Spotlight
March 7, 2023 No Responses

Thanks To An Oscar Nom for the Documentary “Navalny,” Cinematographer Niki Waltl is in the Spotlight

Q&A by Brad Balfour With Oscar night fast approaching — this Sunday, March 12th — it’s time to get inside some of the nominated films in various categories such as Best Documentary Feature. Among those nominees is “Navalny” &#...
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Noted Actor Mick Mellamphy Reprises His Taut Solo Performance In “The Smuggler” at the Irish Rep
February 28, 2023 No Responses

Noted Actor Mick Mellamphy Reprises His Taut Solo Performance In “The Smuggler” at the Irish Rep

the Off-Broadway premiere of “The Smuggler” — writer Ronan Noone’s absurd examination of an Irish immigrant bartender/writer gone awry — all in rhyming verse. Noone's hotly anticipated off-Broadway debut of his Origin's 1st Irish 2019 hit opened for ...
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CraicFest 25 Kicks Off Feb 24th with a Craic Concert at Rockwood Music Hall and Continues Into March
February 22, 2023 No Responses

CraicFest 25 Kicks Off Feb 24th with a Craic Concert at Rockwood Music Hall and Continues Into March

“The Ghost of Richard Harris” Preview by Brad Balfour CraicFest 25February 24 & March 2-4Various Locations While working as a doorman at Club Macanudo in 1999, native Irish New Yorker Terence Mulligan met famed director Jim Sheridan. As a result,...
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The New York International Children’s Film Festival Is Back This March
February 22, 2023 No Responses

The New York International Children’s Film Festival Is Back This March

Preview by Brad Balfour New York International Children’s Film FestivalMarch 3 – 19, 2023 Various venues in NYC The New York International Children’s Film Festival, is back again in its live version, running this March 3rd to the 19th, 2023....
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The Closing Ceremony of Origin 1st Irish Festival 2023 Celebrates Contemporary Performing Arts Celtic Style
February 13, 2023 No Responses

The Closing Ceremony of Origin 1st Irish Festival 2023 Celebrates Contemporary Performing Arts Celtic Style

On Monday January 30, at 7 pm, the Closing Ceremony of  Origin 1st Irish Festival 2023 was held at the Irish Arts Center ( 726 11th Avenue at 51st Street), the site of the Festival's three-day finale. A total of 12 Festival events took place through Tuesda...
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The Irish Business Organization’s President Paul Finnegan on Leading It Through Difficult Times, Transforming it Along the Way
February 8, 2023 No Responses

The Irish Business Organization’s President Paul Finnegan on Leading It Through Difficult Times, Transforming it Along the Way

Galway native Paul Finnegan, current Irish Business Organization president, has presided during the tumultuous re-opening of a seemingly post-pandemic New York. After two years of adapting to a virtual format, the organization has awakened out of its Zoom li...
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Dutch-born Birgitta Visser Finds Spiritual Truths Out of Adversity and Transforms into Soul Empowerment Coach
January 17, 2023 No Responses

Dutch-born Birgitta Visser Finds Spiritual Truths Out of Adversity and Transforms into Soul Empowerment Coach

Growing up, tall, beautiful Birgitta Visser had the deck stacked against her. As a kid, she suffered form a deep sense of inadequacy. Rather than being an asset, her physical aspects worked against her in many ways. As a kid...
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Martin Mcdonagh’s Latest Ode to Peculiar People, “The Banshees of Inisherin,” Wins Awards And Endless Accolades
January 12, 2023 No Responses

Martin Mcdonagh’s Latest Ode to Peculiar People, “The Banshees of Inisherin,” Wins Awards And Endless Accolades

When producer and Blueprint Pictures co-founder Graham Broadbent received Martin McDonagh’s script for “The Banshees of Inisherin,” he knew he had his next McDonagh movie. Broadbent and the Irish playwright previously made “In Bruges”...
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Experience Marriage, Monsters & More On Stage at the Origin 1st Irish Festival 2023
January 11, 2023 No Responses

Experience Marriage, Monsters & More On Stage at the Origin 1st Irish Festival 2023

Preview by Brad Balfour Origin Theatre’s 1st Irish FestivalJanuary 9 – 31, 2023Various Venues Throughout New York Now in its 15th installment — and returning to being fully in-person for the first time since the pandemic’s start — the...
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