Arts – Page 85 – Irish Examiner USA

September 6, 2018 No Responses

The Very American Ways of Senator John McCain

By Brad Balfour As I watched the motorcade ferreting late Senator John McCain’s body from Arizona to the airport where he/it would jet to Washington, I pondered what all the hullaballoo over his death meant to me. The pundits were...

August 16, 2018 No Responses

Out & About

It is with great sadness that I start this column on the passing of one of the nicest gentlemen that I have ever known, and that is Tom Moran. What can be said about this man that has not been...

July 18, 2018 No Responses

New Home For Irish Women Playwrights In NYC

By Brad Balfour New York is has always been and is becoming even moreso a place to showcase new talent from Ireland — especially works created women. Recently Irish Repertory presented “Woman and Scarecrow” to much positive response by writer...

July 18, 2018 No Responses

Abba’s Music Makes “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again” A Worthy Visit To A Greek Island

By Brad Balfour Opening 10 years to the week after the first film was released, “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again” — the “Mamma Mia!” sequel — provides perfectly mindless summer entertainment. The ABBA song-infused musical — the first film...

July 11, 2018 No Responses

This Week Try Celebrating Liberty Gallic Style

By Brad Balfour While July 4th celebrates one earth-shaking revolution, another world shattering event took place in France on July 14th 1789 — the storming of the Bastille, the notorious French prison — a symbol of the French aristocracy’s dominance....

June 29, 2018 No Responses

Festival Circuit: New York Asian Film Festival – June 29 – July 15, 2018

New York Asian Film Festival June 29 – July 15, 2018 Various Locations The massive New York Asian Film Festival returns with its slate of drama, horror, comedy, action and classics from East Asia and related regions. Running from June...

June 13, 2018 No Responses

For Celebrants of Literary Legend James Joyce, Bloomsday is a Day Like No Other

by Brad Balfour If any literary figure seems synonymous with being Irish, the legendary author James Joyce fits the appellation. And, thanks to having written the 730+ pages of his intellectually unparalleled tome, “Ulysses,” (released as one complete book...