DATE CHANGED FROM OCTOBER 25 This month at the Irish Literary and Historical Society's monthly speaker series, Clare Moriarty will speak about "Berkeley’s Marvelous Mathematics". George Berkeley is undoubtedly Ireland’s most celebrated philosopher, but his role in the history of mathematics is less renowned. In a heated debate between the British and Continental…
Kathleen Walkup, Professor of Book Art, Mills College, Oakland presents a talk titled: Pulling the Devil by the Tail: Cuala Press, Elizabeth Corbet Yeats and the Ghost of Albert Bender on Sunday November 22 2015, UICC at 5pm One of the more iconic images in the history of printing is that…
Join 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…
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…
The James Connolly Easter Rising Tour 2016 - January 10th to 30th, 2016. Mat Callahan and Yvonne Moore begin a year of celebration! James Connolly and the 100th anniversary of the Easter Rising. From the publication of Songs of Freedom in 1907 to the declaration of the Irish Republic on…
Poetry Reading, Berkeley • January 15 Judy Wells was born in San Francisco and raised in Martinez, California. She taught writing and literature at Bay Area colleges before a career as an Academic Counselor in the School of Extended Education at Saint Mary’s College of California, and as a faculty…
22nd 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…
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Discussion Group. Wednesday, February 10, 2016 - 6:45pm - 7:45pm This modernist bildungsroman traces the religious and intellectual evolution of Stephen Dedalus. Joyce’s debut novel uses literary techniques the author would develop further in his later works, and concerns the awakening…
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Discussion Group. Wednesday, February 24, 2016 – 6:45pm – 7:45pm This modernist bildungsroman traces the religious and intellectual evolution of Stephen Dedalus. Joyce’s debut novel uses literary techniques the author would develop further in his later works, and concerns the awakening and…
Word for Word‘s latest full production features stories by Emma Donoghue and Colm Tóibín at Z Space, Florida St. San Francisco, from Feb 24 – April 3. “Night Vision”, Directed by Becca Wolff Emma Donoghue’s “Night Vision”, from The Woman Who Gave Birth To Rabbits, tells of young, blind Frances…
Word for Word Readings Word for Word's latest full production features stories by Emma Donoghue and Colm Tóibín at Z Space, Florida St. San Francisco, from Feb 24 - April 3. "Night Vision", Directed by Becca Wolff Emma Donoghue's “Night Vision”, from The Woman Who Gave Birth To Rabbits, tells…
Word for Word Performances IMPORTANT! Please check for daily times Word for Word's latest full production features performances of stories by Emma Donoghue and Colm Tóibín at Z Space, Florida St. San Francisco, from Feb 24 - April 3. "Night Vision", Directed by Becca Wolff Emma Donoghue's “Night Vision”, from…
Professional Musicians - Traditional Irish Music This multi act variety show at the Corinthian Yacht Club features fine Irish musicians and a stage show highlighting Irish music, poetry, oratory, humor and dance by internationally acclaimed musicians including fiddlers – John Caulfield, Lucia Comnes, and Jamie Kuhn. Featured performance by the internationally acclaimed…
ILHS Speaker Series Ethel Rohan • Feb 28 Ethel Rohan, a Dublin native and San Francisco resident, is an award-winning author that focuses on writing from emotional experience versus actual experience. Writers are all too familiar with the golden rule ‘Write What You Know.’ The adage rightly champions honesty and…
1916 Easter Rising Centennial Commemoration Event Series at Mechanics’ Institute Mechanics’ Institute is pleased to co-sponsor this series with the Irish-American Crossroads Festival, Irish Literary and Historical Society, Humanities West. The Immortal Irishman: The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero Timothy Egan tells the Irish American story through the…
Word for Word Readings IMPORTANT! Please check for daily times Word for Word's latest full production features stories by Emma Donoghue and Colm Tóibín at Z Space, Florida St. San Francisco, from Feb 24 - April 3. "Night Vision", Directed by Becca Wolff Emma Donoghue's “Night Vision”, from The Woman…
“I know of nobody better than Eddie Stack to write this book.” - Martin Hayes “Personal, Poignant, Powerful.” - Sherry Perkins, Louisiana Writers’ Society An area rich in folklore, traditional arts and history, Doolin on The Wild Atlantic Waybetween the Burren and the Cliffs of Moher in County Clare, Ireland. Eddie Stack’s book…
Author Mark Tompkins will read from his highly anticipated new book, THE LAST DAYS OF MAGIC at A Great Good Place For Books (6120 La Salle Ave, Oakland, CA 94611), Tuesday, March 8, 7:00pm. For any fans of Irish history, Celtic lore, magic, wizards and modern day mysteries - this…
Author Mark Tompkins reads from his debut novel THE LAST DAYS OF MAGIC at A Great Good Place for Books. An exhilarating story set in medieval Ireland—a time when the land was rich with magic and mysticism--THE LAST DAYS OF MAGIC blends Celtic mythology, biblical lore, and 14th century history to create a…
Word for Word Readings IMPORTANT! Please check for daily times Word for Word's latest full production features stories by Emma Donoghue and Colm Tóibín at Z Space, Florida St. San Francisco, from Feb 24 - April 3. "Night Vision", Directed by Becca Wolff Emma Donoghue's “Night Vision”, from The Woman…
Annual Banquet, Sunday March 13, 2016 Guest speaker Professor Bob Tracy will talk about The Proclamation of the Irish Republic as both a work of literature written by poets, and a political document modeled on the U.S. Declaration of Independence, and emphasizing civil rights, women suffrage, and of course independence from…
An area rich in folklore, traditional arts and history, Doolin lies between the Burren and the Cliffs of Moher in Co. Clare, Ireland. Eddie Stack’s book is a unique work about the place, its people and their culture. This collection of essays and conversations features local tradition-bearers who were renowned…
The Lost Celt by A.E. Conran – a middle-grade adventure novel. Book Passage in Corte Madera. 7 pm. Free.
“The Lost Celt is the best kind of adventure story, full of taut suspense, riveting action, and, most importantly, humor and heart. Not to be missed!”—Katherine Applegate, Winner of the 2013 Newbery Primed by their love of video war games pitching Romans against Celts, Mikey and Kyler are convinced that…
Irish American Crossroads presents Irish poet, Elaine Feeney, in her West Coast premiere. Feeney is part of a new movement of political poetry in Ireland and has been called “the freshest, most engaging and certainly the most provocative poet to come out of Ireland in the last decade.” (Fionnuala Flanagan)…
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