A Meeting of Swedish and American Traditional Music at New St John's Episcopal Church, Aptos Masterful Swedish fiddler Lena Jonsson unites with mandolin wizard Dominick Leslie and National Fiddle Champion & rhythmic cellist Tristan Clarridge (of The Bee Eaters, Crooked Still), bridging the Atlantic with strong roots of Swedish and…
GRAND OPENING RECEPTION-Visit with Irish photographic artist Annie Holland and discuss with her this incredible body of work which is the outcome of her artistic collaboration with a group of people-young and old-at the CMS learning center in inner city Dublin. Sponsored by the Patrick J. Dowling library located at…
Wilde Irish Productions presents 12th Annual Bloomsday Celebration at the San Francisco Main Public Library (Latino Hispanic Community Room) Thursday 16 June 2016 6.o0pm Readings from James Joyce's illustrious masterpiece Ulysses With music by Shay Black Join Wilde Irish Productions for an evening of performed readings for Bloomsday. Hear excerpts from…
SCOTLAND is coming to Amador County with the inaugural Mother Lode Highland Games and Gathering. This two-day event is great for the whole family, from the young to the young at heart. The Highland Games will have events such as: caber tossing (throwing what looks like a wooden telephone pole…
For all Fantasy fans and future writers, Irish author Dave Rudden will be in-store (The Booksmith, 1644 Haight Street, San Francisco) from 12-3PM to sign copies of his new bestselling fantasy novel Knights of the Borrowed Dark. He’ll also be available to talk to any tweens or teens who have ideas…
We begin our ongoing Celtic Culture at the UICC with a day dedicated to the life and work of Seamus Heaney, Poet and writer, Nobel Laureate and wonderful human being. Come along and hear some of his poetry and life stories along with a premiere of a specially commission video…
Make sure you don't miss this fabulous one man show with Paddy Homan as he recreates the images, music and stories of the 1916 Rising in an evocative show that tells the story of the birth of the Irish nation. Celebrating 100 years of Irish independence! A must see informative, educational…
We will be talking, reading and hearing about the poetry of one of ireland's best loved poets Patrick Kavanagh at this weeks Celtic Culture at the UICC event. It begins at 2:30pm and runs until 4:30pm. We will be hearing from this year's Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award Winner Laurence O'Dwyer…
As part of the continuing Celtic Culture at the UICC events we are celebrating the life and work of Irish poet William Butler Yeats. The event is a cross between lecture and discussion group with the opportunity to hear and read your favorite work from the world renowned man. It begins…
Friday, Sept. 8th from 6-9pm artist Bridie Ryan will give a talk in Irish and English about her work; the history and landscape of Connemara in the west of Ireland, where she grew up.
Wednesday, Sept. 27, 7:30 pm House concert with Fódhla (Ellery Klein, fiddle; Nicole Rabata, flute; Bethany Waickman, guitar) Berkeley, CA $15 - $20 suggested donation email [email protected] for reservations, directions, and further details www.fodhlamusic.com
First founded in 1996, the KVMR Celtic Festival includes eleven performance areas including five musical and six demonstration stages and a weekend-long youth arts instruction that has included Celtic music, magic, dance and songwriting. The Festival is the main fundraising event of the year for KVMR Community Radio which operates…
Limited Time Offer: Buy 1 ticket, Get 1 free for a friend using the code IRISHFESTBOGO. Offer expires Oct 26. Before becoming an Academy Award-nominated screenwriter for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, McDonagh was an award-winning playwright. This Irish dark comedy takes place on the remote Aran Islands off the coast…
An Irish Christmas features an award-winning cast of Irish dancers led by Caterina Coyne (Principal dancer, Riverdance), world champion dancer Tyler Schwartz and Connor Reider, as well as members o f the Kerry Dance Troupe, The Kerry Voice Squad and the Kerry Traditional Orchestra. An Irish Christmas is a…
An Irish Christmas features an award-winning cast of Irish dancers led by Caterina Coyne (Principal dancer, Riverdance), world champion dancer Tyler Schwartz and Connor Reider, as well as members o f the Kerry Dance Troupe, The Kerry Voice Squad and the Kerry Traditional Orchestra. An Irish Christmas is a…
An Irish Christmas features an award-winning cast of Irish dancers led by Caterina Coyne (Principal dancer, Riverdance), world champion dancer Tyler Schwartz and Connor Reider, as well as members ofthe Kerry Dance Troupe, The Kerry Voice Squad and the Kerry Traditional Orchestra. An Irish Christmas is a memorable night…
-Sat, Dec 22, 2018 @ 2 & 7 pm -Sun, Dec 23, 2018 @ 2 & 7 pm An Irish Christmas features an award-winning cast of Irish dancers led by Caterina Coyne (Principal dancer, Riverdance), world champion dancer Tyler Schwartz and Connor Reider, as well as members of the Kerry…
Visual displays play an important political role in Northern Ireland. They are often the most visible sign of sectarian division and attitudes in a society still marked by division thirty years after the end of the so-called ‘Troubles’. Violence still prevails in that country and sometimes it coalesces around Orange…
In partnership with Hinterland. Kells-based artist (via the far less chic location of Paris) Mark Smith will discuss the first decade of a unique project combining type, linguistics, art installation, and lots of walking. The annual Kells Type Trail -- a multilingual extravaganza of creative design based on the Irish…
In partnership with Hinterland. How the Clash met the Clancy Brothers and gave birth to the Pogues, and what strange Fairy Tales of New York followed. Jim Lockhart -- the legendary Horslips Celtic-rock multi-instrumental frontman, long-time music producer, and all-round good egg, offers his take on the development of a…
In partnership with Hinterland. James Joyce arrived in Paris to study medicine in 1902, with orders from his parents to return home for Christmas. A discouraging start to what became an extraordinary relationship between man and city. In James Joyce and the Matter of Paris, UC Berkeley Professor of English,…
n partnership with Hinterland. The theatrical adaptation sessions of Matt Spangler (The Kite Runner) have become a feature of the Hinterland (Kells) festival. This time it's slightly different in that Matt only has to travel from Mountain View to explain how he would approach adapting Liz Nugent's chiller Lying in…
In partnership with Hinterland. With her debut novel Unravelling Oliver mystery writer Liz Nugent made a spectacular entrance onto the Irish and international literary stage. She followed up with Lying In Wait and Skin Deep, and her books have all been number one bestsellers. She has been long-listed for the…
In partnership with Hinterland. Irish music -- where it has come from, how it's been developing, why Sinéad (O'Connor of course) sings sean-nós, and how Horslips fit into the story. The second instalment of Irish musical legend, Jim Lockhart's musings on the 'Long March' of modern Irish popular music, and…
In partnership with Hinterland. In 2017, the town of Kells inherited a mothballed printing works in which lurked some rare and precious 19th century offset machines. They are now at the centre of The Printworks (a Mark Smith project) where 21st century types (pun intended) will come to learn and…
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