A Look Back On This Year’s National Ploughing Championships, Europe’s Largest Outdoor Festival
September 28, 2023 No Responses

A Look Back On This Year’s National Ploughing Championships, Europe’s Largest Outdoor Festival

By Geraldine Comiskey, all photos by Alf Harvey Irish farmers have a saying: “Where there’s muck, there’s luck”. Last week the luck of the Irish was in abundance at the 92nd annual National Ploughing Championships, which was the muckiest on...
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Out&About
September 27, 2023 No Responses

Out&About

By Paddy McCarthy Every October, the Ireland Chamber of Commerce-USA (ICCUSA) hosts the American Celtic Ball, an awards banquet/dinner dance, attended by more than a hundred business and government leaders from Ireland, the US and around the world. The event.....
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Out&About
September 20, 2023 No Responses

Out&About

By Paddy McCarthy I just arrived back from Cork and I stayed at The Metropole Hotel and let me tell yea, I truly recommend it if you’re ever down that way as it is also so central. Now that was...
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Out&About
September 13, 2023 No Responses

Out&About

By Paddy McCarthy I am beginning my Out&About to pay my respects to a friend of mine who passed away last Saturday, aged 58. His name is Paul Hurley, RIP. The owner of O’Casey’s on 46th Street just off 8th...
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At The Paris Theater, Larger-Than-Life Cinema Classics Can be Seen Through the “Big and Loud” Series
September 9, 2023 No Responses

At The Paris Theater, Larger-Than-Life Cinema Classics Can be Seen Through the “Big and Loud” Series

Cinema that's larger than life -- literally -- has come to New York’s historic Paris Theater (4 West 58th Street). The programmers of “Big & Loud” — a celebration of the spectacle, wonder, and majesty of film — started their series on September ...
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New York City Fire Museum Celebrates 9/11 Spotlighting The Tribute to The Families of Those Who Were Lost
September 7, 2023 No Responses

New York City Fire Museum Celebrates 9/11 Spotlighting The Tribute to The Families of Those Who Were Lost

Feature by Brad Balfour Where: the New York City Fire MuseumAddress: 278 Spring StreetNew York, N.Y.Phone: (212) 691-1303 Open 5 days a week, Wednesday- Sunday10:00am to 5:00pmClosed on major holidays With another anniversary of t...
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Out&About
September 6, 2023 No Responses

Out&About

By Paddy McCarthy Labor Day came and went so fast I asked myself where did the time go so fast? As we all know, it’s the unofficial end of summer, but really, it’s not, as summer continues to the end...
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Singer and Songwriter Annie Hughes at the Forefront of the Traditional Music Revival in Dublin
September 5, 2023 No Responses

Singer and Songwriter Annie Hughes at the Forefront of the Traditional Music Revival in Dublin

Q&A by Brad Balfour When Irish director Luke McManus recently debuted “North Circular,” his current full-length doc feature, at DCTV’s downtown Firehouse Cinema, he brought along with him Dublin-based singer Annie Hughes. The 30-something performed t...
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Quite a Way to Spend the End of Summer — Basking in the Clear Air of Green Bay, Wisconsin
August 30, 2023 No Responses

Quite a Way to Spend the End of Summer — Basking in the Clear Air of Green Bay, Wisconsin

Report by Brad Balfour The end of August may be the dog days of summer for most. But for the cool folks in Green Bay, Wisconsin, the month closed out with five fantastic days of visiting our great north central...
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Out&About
August 30, 2023 No Responses

Out&About

By Paddy McCarthy First of all I wanted to wish to wish all our readers a very happy Labor Day. The origins of Labor Day can be traced back to the labor union movement, which advocated for better working conditions,...
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