The Bay Area Book Festival returns to downtown Berkeley, Calif., the weekend of June 4-5. The two-day, free festival will welcome 280 local, national, and international authors and speakers in 120 literary sessions (panels, interviews, keynotes and performances) throughout a 10-block radius of downtown Berkeley. Organizers expect to top last…
Thursday, 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 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…
Jazz & Literary Event "A Celebration of Bloomsday: Joyce & Jazz" Join us for a unique cultural evening featuring award-winning jazz singer and songwriter Melanie O'Reilly from Ireland ,who teams with top Bay Area jazz pianist Frank Martin to perform their original music inspired by the writings of James Joyce , interwoven with readings from Joyce's works. …
Join us for an afternoon of conversation and reflections on the life of Roger Casement, one of the great heroes of the 1916 Rising by Diarmuid Philpott and Alan Lewis, song by Erin Thompson, readings by Josephine Coffey, Donagh McKeown & Valerie McGrew and a video presentation and celebrate the…
For all Fantasy fans and future writers, Irish author Dave Rudden will be in-store (The Booksmith, 1644 Haight Street, San Francisco) from 12-3PM to sign copies of his new bestselling fantasy novel Knights of the Borrowed Dark. He’ll also be available to talk to any tweens or teens who have ideas…
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
Meet Diane Lovegrove Bader, author of Setting Donegal on Fire and great granddaughter of its hero, Daniel Sweeney. Diane will read excerpts from her book and have copies available to sign. In 1877 Daniel Sweeney, a wealthy Irish immigrant who owned the first stockyard in the City, leaves San Francisco…
In Memoriam - Oct 27th - An evening of stories for Eddie Stack (1950-2016) Eddie Stack, a beloved teacher and friend, admired writer, and talented musician, left us on July 4, 2016. The Program in Celtic Studies at UC-Berkeley, together with the Irish Literary and Historical Society of San Francisco,…
Trevor Joyce • Green Arcade, SF, November 2 For almost fifty years, since publication of his first book in 1967, Trevor Joyce has been a unique voice in Irish writing. His early work explored some possibilities of the lyric, and began a lifelong engagement with translation. Successive books explore the…
We begin our ongoing Celtic Culture at the UICC with a day dedicated to the life and work of Seamus Heaney, Poet and writer, Nobel Laureate and wonderful human being. Come along and hear some of his poetry and life stories along with a premiere of a specially commission video…
Mining the Inner Landscape: Writing the Soul Awake Six Week Writing Session, Tuesday nights, November 8-December 13, 2016, 6.15 PM-9.00 PM NOVEMBER 8-DECEMBER 13, 2016 (6-Week Session, Tuesday Nights, 6.15-9.00 PM) THREE SPACES LEFT. NOVEMBER 9-DECEMBER 14, 2016 (6-Week Session, Wednesday mornings, 10.00 am-1.00 PM) THREE SPACES LEFT. Do you long to find a simple way to access your core…
Wednesday Mornings NOVEMBER 9-DECEMBER 14, 2016 6-Week Session, Wednesday 10.00 am-1.00 PM) THREE SPACES LEFT. Tuesday Evenings NOVEMBER 8-DECEMBER 13, 2016 6-Week Session, Tuesday Nights, 6.15-9.00 PM THREE SPACES LEFT. Do you long to find a simple way to access your core creative content? Would you like to establish writing as part of your daily…
Charlotte Headrick on Irish Women Playwrights • Nov. 20 ILHS Speaker Series continues with Dr. Charlotte Headrick, Ph.D.in drama from the University of Georgia, and professor of Theatre Arts at Oregon State University. She has directed the American Premieres of several Irish plays and is widely published in the field…
The unsuccessful Easter Rising of 1916 was the first armed insurrection of the Irish Revolution. The Rising was launched by Irish republicans to end British rule in Ireland and establish an independent Irish Republic while the United Kingdom was heavily engaged in World War I. The Irish poet William Butler…
As part of the continuing Celtic Culture at the UICC events we are celebrating the life and work of Irish poet William Butler Yeats. The event is a cross between lecture and discussion group with the opportunity to hear and read your favorite work from the world renowned man. It begins…
"Your soul knows the geography of your destiny. Your soul alone has the map of your future, therefore you can trust this indirect, oblique side of yourself. If you do, it will take you where you need to go, but more important it will teach you a kindness of rhythm…
Write the Irish Way: Tap What Your Soul Longs to Say is a Six Week Writing Workshop designed to return you to the doors of your Wild Self where your Soul and all her stories await. WHEN: 6 Tuesday nights, January 17-February 21, 2017, 6:15-9 p.m. OR 6 Wednesday Mornings,…
ILHS Speaker Series 2017 Elizabeth C. Creely, writer and public historian, will speak on Republican Daniel Harnedy and the “Sinn Fein Shoe Store” as part of her work to research and document the Irish community of San Francisco’s Mission District. As a community historian, Elizabeth works with the Irish American…
Tom Hayden, who passed away last October, was an iconic figure in America’s anti-war movement and a campaigner over many years for peace and justice in Northern Ireland. He led an extraordinary life of organizing, writing, and political reform. He put himself on the line during Mississippi Summer in 1964,…
Join Ethel Rohan for the launch of her debut novel, The Weight of Him, at The Booksmith, San Francisco on February 16th at 7.30pm. Ethel will read and be in conversation with Edan Lepucki, followed by a Q&A and book signing The Weight of Him tells the story of Billy…
Dale Jensen and Judy Wells will read their poetry at 7 pm on Friday, February 17th, at Expressions Gallery, 2035 Ashby Avenue in Berkeley. Judy Wells, educated at Stanford and UC Berkeley, has published eleven poetry books. Her latest poetry collection, The Glass Ship (Sugartown, 2014), completes her trilogy of…
Ethel Rohan Book Reading • Feb 23 Join Ethel Rohan for a reading and signing of her debut novel, The Weight of Him, at Bookshop West Portal, San Francisco. The Weight of Him tells the story of Billy Brennan. At four hundred pounds, Billy can always count on food. From…
ILHS Speaker Series 2017 Matt Spangler, Feb 26. The Irish Literary & Historical Society is planning two very special events for the months of February and March. In February they present a talk by ILHS Vice President, playwright and academic Matthew Spangler. Spangler, a Professor of Performance Studies at San…
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