Deireadh Seachtaine Gaeltachta 2015 An Irish Language Immersion Weekend will take place at the United Irish Cultural Center the weekend of September 25–27, presenting four levels of intensive tutorials focusing on spoken language and increasing fluency. Practice Irish over breakfast, lunch, and dinner - with meals and snacks provided. Bring…
Come join the Hanneke Cassel Band for an evening of Scottish-American fiddle music. "Exuberant and rhythmic, somehow both wild and innocent, delivered with captivating melodic clarity and an irresistible playfulness," says the Boston Globe about Hanneke Cassel's playing. Such charismatic fiddling has brought the native Oregonian many honors and awards. …
Michael Parker on Seamus Heaney • October 6 "Facing the Music: Public Imperatives in Seamus Heaney's Late Poetry" A talk and presentation by Michael Parker, Emeritus Professor of English Literature at the University of Central Lancashire. Parker is wide-ranging scholar of modern and contemporary literature, who is completing a major…
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