Women before and during the Easter Rising
Irish Marvels monthly presentation: Jo Coffey speaking on 'Women before and during the Easter Rising' Information 415-585-6506
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IRISH & CELTIC STUDIES
Crossroads Salon – featuring a film by Flora Skivington and an Open-Mic on ‘Place’
Marines’ Memorial Theatre 609 Sutter Street , CA, United StatesJoin us for the Crossroads Salon, a forum for writers/artists who have Irish or Irish-American heritages or are interested in exploring Irish-American themes, as well as for readers/viewers who want to participate in this exploration. This meeting of the Crossroads Salon will take place in Oakland near Lake Merritt on…
FREE
A Joycean Christmas – “The Dead” at the UICC
Wilde Irish Productions presents A dramatized staged reading of the James Joyce's masterpiece THE DEAD From his short story collection DUBLINERS We join Greta and Gabriel Conroy as they attend the annual Christmas party of their aunts the Misses Morkans in their home on Usher Island, Dublin. It is the Feast…
$25
Annual Burns Night Celebration, Mountain View
Mountain View Masonic Temple 890 Church Street, Mountain View, CA, United States22nd Annual Burns Night January 16, 2016 ~ 5 to 11 PM Mountain View Masonic Temple 890 Church Street, Mountain View Each January the South Bay Scottish Society hosts a traditional Burns Supper, carrying on the tradition started in Scotland to honor the birthday of Scotland's immortal bard. The typical…
Mick Moloney and Athena Tergis in Concert
Don Quixote's International Music Hall 6275 Highway 9, Felton, CA, United StatesIrish traditional Music, Song and it's ever evolving Story. For over 15 years, Mick Moloney (vocals, guitar, mandolin, tenor banjo, octave mandolin) and Athena Tergis (5 string fiddle) have been at the forefront of traditional Irish music performance. With constantly evolving material and an unmatched energy, their music transcends tradition…
$18
Mick Moloney and Athena Tergis in Concert, Sacramento
The Crocker Art Museum 216 O Street, Sacramento, CA, United StatesIrish traditional Music, Song and it's ever evolving Story. Crocker Art Museum 216 O Street, Sacramento Click here to purchase tickets $25 in advance or $30 at the door Mick Moloney and Athena Tergis (5 string fiddle) join forces once again for an intimate evening of Irish and Scottish traditional music, story and…
$25
A Celtic Appalachian Celebration with Mick Moloney and Athena Tergis at The Freight
“A stunning crowd-pleaser." – Paul Keating, IrishCentral.com “A joyful and deeply absorbing celebration of Irish America’s musical routes.” – Daniel Neely, Irish Echo Join us for A Celtic Appalachian Celebration at San Francisco’s Great Star Theatre on Friday, March 4, when legendary Irish musician, folklorist, and National Heritage Award-winner Mick…
$30
A Celtic Appalachian Celebration with Mick Moloney and Athena Tergis
Great Star Theatre 636 Jackson St. , San Francisco, CA, United States“A stunning crowd-pleaser." – Paul Keating, IrishCentral.com “A joyful and deeply absorbing celebration of Irish America’s musical routes.” – Daniel Neely, Irish Echo At the Great Star Theater - 636 Jackson St. San Francisco A Celtic Appalachian Celebration at San Francisco’s Great Star Theatre on Friday, March 4, when legendary Irish…
$32.64
Arts in the Afternoon: Women of Ireland
UC Berkeley, Tollman Hall 3105 Tolman Hall, Berkeley, CA, United StatesArts in the Afternoon: Women of Ireland Songs inspired by Irish women in the Easter Rising Celtic -Jazz duo: Melanie O'Reilly -vocals,& Frank Martin -piano. http://www.womensfacultyclub.com/
Free
“Bossa Nua”/Celtic Americana with Kurka Boshkin
"Bossa Nua"/ Celtic Americana! with Kurka Boshkin Sean O Nuallain -guitar, Deirdre McCarthy -percussion & bodhran, Tom Bekany on Mandolin, Guest vocalist Melanie O'Reilly Sound of Irish traditional music & song with a Celtic-Americana twist with jazz improvisation & bossa nova!
Remembering Irish Women of the Easter 1916 Rising
Mechanics' Institute 3rd Floor Library 57 Post Street , San Francisco, CA, United StatesRemembering 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.
Free
Irish Marvels Past and Present – 1916 presentation
Participants will present on specific participants in the Rising and the role of SF Irish community in supporting it.
International Congress of Irish Studies, Berkeley
UC Berkeley, Tollman Hall 3105 Tolman Hall, Berkeley, CA, United StatesInternational 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…
A TERRIBLE BEAUTY WAS BORN-San Francisco Commemorates the 1916 Easter Rising
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…
Voices of the Easter Rising 1916: A Theatrical Evening of Irish Poetry, Stories and Song
Mechanics' Institute 3rd Floor Library 57 Post Street , San Francisco, CA, United StatesThis 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,…
$15
Film Screening of Michael Collins (1996)
Mechanics' Institute 3rd Floor Library 57 Post Street , San Francisco, CA, United StatesDirected by Neil Jordan, Liam Neeson, and Aidan Quinn, this biopic of the IRA co-founder Michael Collins, Rickman plays Éamon de Valera as a man who begins as Collins’ revolutionary ally and ends as his philosophical opponent. Covering the end of the Easter rising to Collins’ assassination in 1920, this movie was…
Free – $10
Celtic Myths and Legends, Commonwealth Club SF
Join us to discuss Celtic Myths and Legends by Peter Berresford Ellis, an enchanting collection of the sagas of gods and goddesses, fabulous beasts, strange creatures, and heroes like Cuchulain, Fingal and King Arthur, including popular myths and legends from all six Celtic cultures: Irish, Scots, Manx, Welsh, Cornish and…
Bloomsday Noon Celebration and Lunch
Mechanics' Institute 3rd Floor Library 57 Post Street , San Francisco, CA, United StatesThursday, 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!
Wilde Irish Productions presents 12th Annual Bloomsday Celebration
San Francisco Main Library Civic Center, 100 Larkin Street, San FranciscoWilde 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…
Free
30th Anniversary screening of “And Still We Dance”
Palace of Fine Arts Theater 3301 Lyons, San Francisco, CA, United States"And Still We Dance" is a one-hour documentary by award-winning filmmaker Ashley James about the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival that premiered in the 1986 San Francisco International Film Festival. The film features interviews, backstage shots, and performance clips featuring Balle-Saba Traditional West African Dance Company, Chinese Folk Dance Association,…
$10
Irish Marvels Series at the UICC – Ireland’s Curious Connection with Easter
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…
Free
Traditional Music ( 2nd and 4th Tuesday only ) at Fiddlers Green ,Millbrae
Irish traditional music at Fiddlers Green Irish Pub & Restaurant, 333 El Camino Real, Millbrae. It will be held twice monthly on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday evenings. For full details of this session, check here: or contact Walter Levison by email at [email protected]. For more info call (650) 697-3419…
O’Keefe’s Music Session
Music session at O'Keefe's Irish pub 598 5th Ave San Francisco, CA 94118.
Folk Music and Beyond – KALW Radio Show
KALW Public Radio Station 91.7 FM, San Francisco, CA, United StatesJoAnn Mar hosts "Folk Music and Beyond" on KALW 91.7 FM featuring folk and Celtic music. More details.
Irish Literary & Historical Society Speaker Liam Cunningham
ILHS Speaker Series Resumes • September 25 Renowned Irish language scholar and teacher Liam Cunningham joins us from Oideas Gael school in Glencolmcille, Co. Donegal to speak on the state of the Irish language today. UICC St. Francis Room, 5pm
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