Dancers from the Kelly School of Irish Dance perform traditional Irish step dances at the third annual Celtic Festival held last Saturday at the Courthouse Center for the Arts. The global popularity of "Riverdance" and "Lord of the Dance" and the advent of TV programs like "Dancing with the Stars" have contributed to a rise of interest in traditional forms of dance.

Stepping out of the Celtic twilight
When Meghan Kelly was 5 and growing up in Coventry, she began to learn reels, jigs and hornpipes the way some kids learn to ride a bike or ice skate.

Review: Trinity probes life after cell phones
PROVIDENCE - Few playwrights teeter between poetry and silliness with as much confidence as Sarah Ruhl. "Dead Man's Cell Phone," now playing at Trinity Repertory Company, features her trademark blend of clever dialogue and pointed commentary alternating with sight gags, slapstick, shock-value vulgarity and situations that veer bizarrely into the surreal.