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The Alpha Male in Irish History

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

In partnership with Hinterland. Irish historian and broadcaster Myles Dungan on 'How to Keep Great Irish Women Down (temporarily)' -- a tongue-in-cheek survey of Irish 'alpha' males from Charles Stewart Parnell to the prurient and relentless Roman Catholic Archbishop John Charles McQuaid. Daniel Cassidy was a much-loved musician, and academic…

$10

The Irresistible Rise of the Type Trail

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

In partnership with Hinterland. Kells-based artist (via the far less chic location of Paris) Mark Smith will discuss the first decade of a unique project combining type, linguistics, art installation, and lots of walking. The annual Kells Type Trail -- a multilingual extravaganza of creative design based on the Irish…

$10

Celts, Kilts and Croatians

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

In partnership with Hinterland. How the Clash met the Clancy Brothers and gave birth to the Pogues, and what strange Fairy Tales of New York followed. Jim Lockhart -- the legendary Horslips Celtic-rock multi-instrumental frontman, long-time music producer, and all-round good egg, offers his take on the development of a…

$15

James Joyce and Paris

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

In partnership with Hinterland. James Joyce arrived in Paris to study medicine in 1902, with orders from his parents to return home for Christmas. A discouraging start to what became an extraordinary relationship between man and city. In James Joyce and the Matter of Paris, UC Berkeley Professor of English,…

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The Cruelty Men: Irish Novel of the Year, 2019

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

In partnership with Hinterland. Emer Martin is a true renaissance woman (adult writer, children's writer, artist, filmmaker). Her fourth novel, The Cruelty Men, was nominated for Irish Novel of the Year 2019, and was described by Irvine Welsh as 'a tidal wave that drags you like a piece of debris…

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Brexit — An Irish Perspective

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

In partnership with Hinterland. The UK has a Halloween appointment with destiny. If that manifests as a 'no deal' implosion, Boris's trick is unlikely to be Ireland's treat. Ireland's San Francisco Consul General Robert O'Driscoll, Derryman Matt Regan (Senior VP Government Relations with the BAYAREA Council), and Irish journalist and…

$15

Adapting Lying in Wait

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

n partnership with Hinterland. The theatrical adaptation sessions of Matt Spangler (The Kite Runner) have become a feature of the Hinterland (Kells) festival. This time it's slightly different in that Matt only has to travel from Mountain View to explain how he would approach adapting Liz Nugent's chiller Lying in…

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Liz Nugent — Public Interview

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

In partnership with Hinterland. With her debut novel Unravelling Oliver mystery writer Liz Nugent made a spectacular entrance onto the Irish and international literary stage. She followed up with Lying In Wait and Skin Deep, and her books have all been number one bestsellers. She has been long-listed for the…

$15

Horslips and Shamrock’n’roll

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

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, CA, United States

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, CA, United States

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

The Inner Triple Spiral at Brú na Bóinne (Newgrange)

United Irish Cultural Center, San Francisco 2700 45th Ave, San Francisco, CA, United States

Newgrange is one of the most celebrated buildings in Ireland. Built on the River Boyne over five thousand years ago, it is older than Stonehenge and the Egyptian Pyramids. It was underground for much of that five thousand years, but the people kept its memory alive in stories about the…

$5.00

Jim and Susie Malcolm to play house concert in Soquel

House Concert, Soquel CA

The Celtic Society of the Monterey Bay is pleased to present the ultimate Scots troubadour Jim Malcolm with his wife, singer Susie Malcolm on Tuesday, January 28th, 7:30PM at an intimate House Concert in Soquel. Traveling the world with his guitar, harmonicas, and engaging wit, Jim sings the traditional songs…

Tom McEnery’s A Statue for Ballybunion

3Below 288 S 2nd St., San Jose, CA, United States

An original comedy—penned by former San Jose Mayor Tom McEnery and directed by former San Jose Rep Associate Artistic Director John McCluggage—is making its U.S. premiere in downtown San Jose after a successful world premiere in Dublin, Ireland. Opening on St. Patrick’s Day 2020 at 3Below Theaters & Lounge, A…

$45 – $55

#blackIrish: Some notes on becoming a trend

Online

In this talk on multiracial Ireland and Irish-America, Kimberly DaCosta (Associate Professor of Sociology, NYU Gallatin) will consider emergent public discussion among those who identify as Black and Irish. Coming as it does in the midst of an international reckoning with anti-blackness and white supremacy, what does this conversation help…

International St. Patrick’s Day Celebration

CA, United States

Join us for an International Saint Patrick’s Day Celebration on Saturday, March 13th, 2021 as we host a series of three consecutive Zoom Events, bringing new performances by Irish and Irish-American performers and instructors directly to your door.   @12:30 PM PST Trad folk duo Niamh Parsons and Graham Dunne…

$45

“AIrish”: Exploring Irish Theater and Artificial Intelligence

Online

Collective life and individual subjectivity are increasingly routed through and constituted by data and digital space. Meanwhile, the use of AI increases in nearly every domain of human endeavor. How are areas of culture that we understand to be deeply human—the arts, creativity, the humanities—reshaping and reshaped by ever-improving forms of machine intelligence? How can theater…

Launch of U22: The Centenary Ulysses Podcast

Online

Host Eric Falci (Professor of English, UC Berkeley) will talk with Catherine Flynn (Irish Studies at UC Berkeley), co-members of the podcast team Rafael Aguilar and Emily Moell, and guests including Irish Ambassador Dan Mulhall and Professor Robert Spoo (University of Tulsa) to celebrate the launch of U22: The Centenary…

Barley Bane Live at the Victorian Christmas Village Six Flags Vallejo

Six Flags Discovery Park Vallejo 1001 Fairgrounds Drive, Vallejo, CA, United States

Join Barley Bane for a Victorian Christmas brought to life at the charming Victorian Christmas Village at Six Flags Vallejo. Three 30-minute shows per evening, make sure to catch them all: Weekends until Christmas, M-F after Christmas. 5:45 6:45 8:00 The Victorian Christmas Village will transport you back to the…

Barley Bane Live at the Victorian Christmas Village Six Flags Vallejo

Six Flags Discovery Park Vallejo 1001 Fairgrounds Drive, Vallejo, CA, United States

Join Barley Bane for a Victorian Christmas brought to life at the charming Victorian Christmas Village at Six Flags Vallejo. Three 30-minute shows per evening, make sure to catch them all: Weekends until Christmas, M-F after Christmas. 5:45 6:45 8:00 The Victorian Christmas Village will transport you back to the…

Barley Bane Live at the Victorian Christmas Village Six Flags Vallejo

Six Flags Discovery Park Vallejo 1001 Fairgrounds Drive, Vallejo, CA, United States

Join Barley Bane for a Victorian Christmas brought to life at the charming Victorian Christmas Village at Six Flags Vallejo. Three 30-minute shows per evening, make sure to catch them all: Weekends until Christmas, M-F after Christmas. 5:45 6:45 8:00 The Victorian Christmas Village will transport you back to the…

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