The James Connolly Easter Rising Tour 2016 - January 10th to 30th, 2016. Mat Callahan and Yvonne Moore begin a year of celebration! James Connolly and the 100th anniversary of the Easter Rising. From the publication of Songs of Freedom in 1907 to the declaration of the Irish Republic on…
Tony Bucher will speak about “Old Saint Mary’s – San Francisco’s Irish Monument” The deep and varied story of the Irish in San Francisco is intrinsic to the history, character, and physical structure of the City, yet the Irish barely register in popular conceptions of San Francisco's general history. In…
The James Connolly Easter Rising Tour 2016 - January 10th to 30th, 2016. Mat Callahan and Yvonne Moore begin a year of celebration! James Connolly and the 100th anniversary of the Easter Rising. From the publication of Songs of Freedom in 1907 to the declaration of the Irish Republic on…
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Discussion Group. Wednesday, February 10, 2016 - 6:45pm - 7:45pm This modernist bildungsroman traces the religious and intellectual evolution of Stephen Dedalus. Joyce’s debut novel uses literary techniques the author would develop further in his later works, and concerns the awakening…
-Winner of the Jewish Plays Project Contest 2015- February 16-18, 7:00 p.m.at the JCHS Performing Arts Theater 1835 Ellis Street, San Francisco, CA $10 adults | $5 students At the height of The Troubles in Ireland, religion determines who you are and where you can go. Zippy just wants to…
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Discussion Group. Wednesday, February 24, 2016 – 6:45pm – 7:45pm This modernist bildungsroman traces the religious and intellectual evolution of Stephen Dedalus. Joyce’s debut novel uses literary techniques the author would develop further in his later works, and concerns the awakening and…
Professional Musicians - Traditional Irish Music This multi act variety show at the Corinthian Yacht Club features fine Irish musicians and a stage show highlighting Irish music, poetry, oratory, humor and dance by internationally acclaimed musicians including fiddlers – John Caulfield, Lucia Comnes, and Jamie Kuhn. Featured performance by the internationally acclaimed…
1916 Easter Rising Centennial Commemoration Event Series at Mechanics’ Institute Mechanics’ Institute is pleased to co-sponsor this series with the Irish-American Crossroads Festival, Irish Literary and Historical Society, Humanities West. The Immortal Irishman: The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero Timothy Egan tells the Irish American story through the…
St. Patrick’s Day Mass Reception Parish Hall St. Patrick’s Church, 756 Mission St. at 3rd Street
Irish-American Crossroads is pleased to once again present author and educator, Margaret Cooley, as she teaches this popular facilitated workshop on the research and composition of family histories. Sometimes all we have left of our ancestors is a photograph, a marriage record or a Mass card. Margaret will give a…
Annual Banquet, Sunday March 13, 2016 Guest speaker Professor Bob Tracy will talk about The Proclamation of the Irish Republic as both a work of literature written by poets, and a political document modeled on the U.S. Declaration of Independence, and emphasizing civil rights, women suffrage, and of course independence from…
An area rich in folklore, traditional arts and history, Doolin lies between the Burren and the Cliffs of Moher in Co. Clare, Ireland. Eddie Stack’s book is a unique work about the place, its people and their culture. This collection of essays and conversations features local tradition-bearers who were renowned…
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…
Walking the Rebellion. Irish-Americans and the Easter Uprising in the Mission District with Elizabeth Creely. Meet at 518 Valencia Street, San Francisco. 12 noon.
Fr. Peter C. Yorke Day 10:00 AM Mass – All Saints Mausoleum Holy Cross Cemetery, 1500 Mission Rd., Colma
This event is dedicated to revealing the impact of the 1916 Easter Rising on the lives of leaders in our local Irish community. Participants will reflect upon how Easter 1916 impacts their understanding of Irish history, their own identities and their roles in the community. Featured participants include local community…
Irish-American Crossroads is proud to present Sinéad McCoole. Irish historian, author, broadcaster, scriptwriter, and exhibition curator. As a curator, she has originated and collaborated on a number of important exhibitions on Irish history and Irish art both in Ireland and the US. Her areas of expertise include The Rising, the…
Remembering Irish Women of the Easter 1916 Rising. A reading and conversation with Sinéad McCoole. Mechanics Institute, SF. 6 pm. Free for Crossroads donors, $15/general public.
Join us for this sixth annual event honoring the life histories of participants in the Irish Oral History Archive of the San Francisco Bay Area, a project of Irish-American Crossroads. As part of our series commemorating the 1916 Easter Rising, this afternoon gathering will highlight the individual stories of oral…
International Congress of Irish Studies: 4th Annual Conference UCBerkeley Fri. April 22nd through Sun. 24th, 2016 Theme: Parallel Irelands Welcome Reception & Concert: Women's Faculty Club, UCBerkeley Fri 22nd @ 7pm Conference : 229 Dwinelle Hall, UCBerkeley Sat April 23rd, & Sun April 24th Co-sponsored by UCBerkeley’s Celtic Studies Program, Commemoration of 1916 Rising. ;Reading of the Irish Proclamation by Che Heron.. - great-grandson of…
Featuring leading musicians from Ireland: Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh, Co. Kerry - 2016 Live Ireland Best Female Singer of the Year: “She’s the best female singer in Irish music, and that is that.” Derek Ryan, Co. Tipperary – Bass/Baritone Christy O’Leary, Co. Kerry – Trad singer, uilleann pipes Plus “Celtic Voices”…
Join the San Francisco Irish community in commemorating the heroes and heroines of the 1916 Easter Rising and remembering the contributions of the Irish in San Francisco. From 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm, you will have an opportunity to participate in a variety of activities including viewing exhibits relating to the women…
Join us to discuss Thomas Cahill's book How the Irish Saved Civilization. In his entertaining and compelling narrative, Cahill tells the story of how Europe evolved from the classical age of Rome to the medieval era and argues that, without the help of Irish monks and Irish culture, that transition…
This performance created especially for the centennial expresses the passions of poets, protesters and activists in the quest for independence. This staged reading includes inspiring passages by playwright Sean O’Casey, speeches by political leader James Connolly, poems by Patrick Pease and William Butler Yeats, the daring deeds of Countess Markievicz,…
CALENDAR SPONSORED IN PART BY THE CONSULATE GENERAL OF IRELAND, SAN FRANCISCO
