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Horslips and Shamrock’n’roll

Mechanics' Institute 3rd Floor Library 57 Post Street , San Francisco

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…

$15

The Short Stories of Ethel Rohan

Mechanics' Institute 3rd Floor Library 57 Post Street , San Francisco

In partnership with Hinterland. As well as being an accomplished novelist -- her 2017 debut, The Weight of Him was a San Francisco Chronicle Best Book -- Ethel Rohan is also a master of that very Irish (and Russian, and American) format, the short story. She has two well-received short…

$10

Adapting STRIKING BACK

Mechanics' Institute 3rd Floor Library 57 Post Street , San Francisco

In partnership with Hinterland. Kellie Hughes (Irish theatre director) and Matt Spangler (The Kite Runner) discuss their stage adaptation of Mary Manning's saga of her role in the 1984 anti-Apartheid supermarket produce strike, a creative process that began at Hinterland (Kells) in 2018, and moved forward with a rehearsed reading…

$15

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