So Irish accordion king Joe Cullen officially retired Sunday. There was a big party for him at the Irish American Heritage Center to mark the occasion. It was like The Last Waltz, Martin Scorsese’s movie about The Band’s final concert together back in 1976. But without Van Morrison. Or a film crew. Hey, Joe plays… Continue Reading
I spent a good portion of St. Patrick’s season with toddlers, and I’m glad that’s over. No, not the hanging with kids part, which continues. St. Patrick’s season, though: do they really need to be holding parades the first weekend in March for it? Who in their right mind drinks green beer? Corned beef… Continue Reading
Happy Eastern Orthodox Christmas everybody! Happy New Year, too. To mark those occasions, best fest buddy Tom said he was going to be shaving off his beard on on before the Jan. 7 holiday. But no. The beard has been keeping him warm during the tundra time between regular old Christmas and the Orthodox one.… Continue Reading
This is the final part of my St. Patrick’s weekend trilogy, where Darth O’Vader reveals he is the father of Luka Bloom – or Luke Skywalker…. A short time ago, in this very galaxy, Fr. Karl Langsdorf said Mass Monday morning inside McNally’s Traditional Irish Pub (an idea I think I will market – church… Continue Reading