Every Thursday, WTTW News newsletter producer Josh Terry highlights his picks for the week’s must-see cultural events.

Two Irish cultural highlights over the weekend were the launch of the first film festival for movies made in the Irish ...

"Clodagh," an award-winning short film featuring Irish dance, has made the shortlist for the Live Action Short Film at the 2025 Academy Awards. Starring Katelyn Rose Downey and Bríd Ní Neachtain, ...

This is not your great-aunt's Irish dancing. Word champion Irish dancers splash on snazziness as they perform to live music — including a contemporary vocalist — Nov. 8 at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater.

Pronounced (more or less) “oo-toe-ih-peh khel-chukh,” the phrase means “Celtic Utopia,” the English title of a documentary about the antiestablishment bands — ...

Irish dance superstar Michael Flatley discussed how he helped redefine the traditional style of Irish dance in a new episode of the podcast Nicky Byrne HQ. Flatley, who was born and raised in Chicago ...

With St. Patrick’s Day just around the corner, there’s no better time to celebrate Irish culture—and what better way to do so than through the lively and rhythmic art of Irish dance? At Bethlehem ...