Read about the Bourns, Filoli House and the Irish Connection Filoli presents its 18th Annual Botanical Art Exhibit this spring. Botanical art is experiencing a renaissance of growth both in the states and internationally and Filoli has been a leader in the renewal of this art form, which combines the…
Only $10 for members and $20 for non-members! It's back!! Back by popular demand, the INBA Beer Brewing & Education event returns bigger and better than ever! Curious about the beer brewing process? Want to start your own home brew hobby but don’t know where to start? Looking for a…
The Bay Area Book Festival returns to downtown Berkeley, Calif., the weekend of June 4-5. The two-day, free festival will welcome 280 local, national, and international authors and speakers in 120 literary sessions (panels, interviews, keynotes and performances) throughout a 10-block radius of downtown Berkeley. Organizers expect to top last…
Thursday, June 16, 2016 - 12:00pm Admission includes lunch and libations. Eat, Read, Walk on the Wild Side of Dublin! A special Bloomsday menu will be served with community readings of Ulysses by James Joyce and lively conversation! Bring your books and favorite passages! Bloomsday attire is welcome!
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…
O'Flaherty's Irish Pub is hosting the 5th annual The O'Flaherty charity golf tournament benefiting the Ray O'Flaherty Memorial Scholarship Fund at Bellarmine College Preparatory. This year's tournament is happening on Saturday, June 25 at SummitPointe in Milpitas, CA. Past sponsors of the tournament include Hilton Hotel, Bottomley Distributors, Blach Construction,…
This year we celebrate the hundredth anniversary of the Easter Rising, a crucial time in Ireland’s struggle for independence, but there are a slew of other significant events in Irish history that happened on or near Easter, or that have some connection with Easter. Jo Coffey will list some of…
SF Labor History Walk • July 9 Part of SF LaborFest - with Lawrence Shoup and Peter O’Driscoll San Francisco Waterfront Labor History Walk 1835 - 1934 There are many stories about labor struggles in San Francisco. The walk will focus on the maritime industry from 1835 until the burning…
Set Dancing Classes July 14 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm For info call Josephine Brogan at 415/681-4803 Email: [email protected]
Read about Filoli's Irish Connection There are upcoming evening events at Filoli where visitors will be able to take a docent-led Sunset Hike, an Orchard Walk or just unwind and enjoy the historic House and world-famous Garden until 7:30 pm at Filoli’s series of “Third Thursdays.” July 21, 2016—open until…
Immigration Seminar for J1 IWT at IIPC • July 28 As part of the Irish Immigration Pastoral Center's Irish Immigrant Connect Program they are hosting a seminar with immigration attorney James M. Byrne, who will cover and discuss the following in the seminar: If you didn't get the H1-B -…
Lark Camp Mendocino, July 29 - August 6 2016 Imagine idyllic days & nights in the magical redwood forest filled with all the music, dance, and good times you could possibly stand, and that's kind of close to what Lark Camp World Music & Dance Celebration is like. You are…
Irish Heritage Night at The Giants The American Ireland Fund San Francisco Young Leaders buy tickets Irish Immigration Pastoral Center buy tickets
August 18, 2016—open until 7:30 pm - visitors will be able to take a docent-led Sunset Hike, an Orchard Walk or just unwind and enjoy the historic House and world-famous Garden until 7:30 pm at Filoli’s series of “Third Thursdays.” SUNSET HIKES and ORCHARD WALKS are guided by…
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…
Swarthy baritone chantey singer Aaron Clegg takes you on a High Seas adventure, with harmonies and instrumental accompaniment by Elise MacGregor Ferrell on fiddle and Great Highland Bagpipes, Jim Powell on guitar, Dan Blake on bass, and Russ Bennett on hand drums. Aaron will describe the historical uses of the…
Documenting Disability His name is Jack Kavanagh, 22, a pharmacy student at Trinity College in Dublin, a windsurfing fanatic, a fluent Irish speaker, and a bit of a talker. Following a holiday windsurfing accident, resulting in a broken neck, Jack created a TV documentary to show that almost total body…
IIPC Family Sports Day • September 11 All are welcome - families, with or without kids, friends and neighbors! They've got it all - burgers, Irish sausages (kindly donated by Fiddler's Green, Millbrae), face painting, games for all ages, even a grown-up tug-of-war. Just need to bring your picnic blanket…
2016 IN USA Conference The Irish Network USA 2016 Conference in association with INUSA and hosted by The Irish Network Bay Area. Join a national group of Irish, Irish American’s and friends of Ireland at some of San Francisco’s best corporate venues. Hear senior executives and thought leaders from at…
15th Annual Irish-Mexican Fiesta • September 15 Centro Latino de San Francisco, Inc. holds its 15th Annual Irish~Mex Fiesta buffet dinner in honor of First Responders from San Francisco Police, Fire & Sheriff Departments & the District Attorney Investigation Bureau at the United Irish Cultural Center, 2700 45th Avenue, San…
Robert Emmet Day Remembrance “Let no man write my epitaph: for as no man who knows my motives dare now vindicate them. Let them and me repose in obscurity and peace, and my tomb remain uninscribed, until other times, and other men, can do justice to my character; when my…
The 16th annual Dixon Scottish Highland Games & Gathering is 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, September 24, 2016 at the Dixon Fairgrounds, 655 South First Street, Dixon, California. The festivities will include the region’s finest bagpipe bands, Scottish athletic competitions, Scottish Highland and Irish Step-dancing performances, children’s activities, Scotch…
KVMR Celtic Festival • Sep. 30 - Oct. 1 Nevada City, CA. 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…
Spend a Fall evening listening to some excellent music from Hanneke Cassel and Mike Block. Hanneke Cassel is a celtic fiddlist and was the U.S. National Scottish Fiddle Champion in 1997 and has produced 8 albums and is currently working on a 9th. She has taught and performed across…
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