A Workshop for writers, bloggers, and family historians, presented by the Irish-American Crossroad Festival takes place at the United Irish Cultural Center, Saturday, March 30th. Writer and blogger, Elizabeth Creely will show you how to tell your family’s story and map your family’s past using city directions, census data and…
Join Crossroads Irish American Festival on March 30th, for the annual festival Oral History event at the UICC, featuring guests who have shared their stories with the Archive. This year's interviewees include Paul Reynolds, born to Irish parents in Boston in 1928, and Ann Quinn, from Waterford, who settled in…
Poetry Flash presents a poetry reading by Susan Millar DuMars and Austin Smith. Irish-American poet Susan Millar DuMars is visiting from Ireland for this reading. Her new book of poems is Naked: New and Selected. Poetry Ireland Review says, “Her poetry, influenced by the directness of the American tradition, comes as a breath of fresh…
NPR featured storyteller and bestselling author David Nihill, just off of The Real Irish Comedy Tour, is this month's speaker at the Irish Consulate Speaker Series. First ever Irish winner of the San Francisco Comedy Competition, David is described by Forbes.com as "one of the best public speaking coaches out…
Join the San Francisco Giants for Irish Heritage Night at AT&T Park! Catch the Giants play the Colorado Rockies and pre-game in Seals Plaza from 4:30pm to 6:30pm wearing your very own Giants Two Flaps Down Hat! If you are game for a good time, this is an event you…
Join Freight and Salvage Thursday, April 11 and experience mind-blowing Irish folk music from Solas founding member, Seamus Egan. Doors open at 7pm, show begins at 8pm.
Celebrate national poetry month with Whitney Modern, and hear Montalvo Lucas Artist Fellow and former Santa Clara County Poet Laureate, Sally Ashton, read from her latest book of poems, The Behaviour of Clocks, which uses Einstein’s famous thought experiments to transcend poetic inquiry into time and memory. Thought inducing poetry…
IIPC Active Retirement Club Cairde Café Join the IIPC for their Active Retirement Club Cairde Cafe coffee morning on Tuesday, April, 23, 2019! Cairde Café meets on the fourth Tuesday of every month from 10.00 a.m. at the United Irish Cultural Center. It is a chance to meet familiar and…
Visual displays play an important political role in Northern Ireland. They are often the most visible sign of sectarian division and attitudes in a society still marked by division thirty years after the end of the so-called ‘Troubles’. Violence still prevails in that country and sometimes it coalesces around Orange…
Imagine a concert experience that creates such connection and joy between musicians and audience that you spontaneously tap your toes and maybe dance in the aisles. All ages come as you are and join us for contemporary and traditional tunes, songs, and dances from Scotland, Brittany, Norway, and America. Led…
Irish singer-songwriter-actor comes to the Bay Area for his Young Forever tour on April 26. The former 'Glee' actor performs his lively, energetic new music at the Back Room in Berkeley. The event is open to all ages and starts at 8pm. $60 General Admission and Meet & Greet…
Standard First Aid, CPR and AED class for all ages takes place at the Irish Immigration and Pastoral Center (IIPC). The course is certified by the American Heart Association, and meets OSHA guidelines for First Aid and Cardiovascular Care. It is ideal for nannies, babysitters, new parents, sports coaches, construction…
An All-Ages, Toe-Tapping, Concert Experience In Napa, Berkeley, & Los Altos Hills Imagine a concert experience that creates such connection and joy between musicians and audience that you spontaneously tap your toes and maybe dance in the aisles. All ages come as you are and join us for contemporary and…
Join distinguished historian and Professor, David Emmons, as he returns to ILHS and shares excerpts from his upcoming manuscript, tentatively titled: Fosterland: Irish Catholics in Protestant America, 1830-1930. Emmons is the author of two prize winning Irish American books: The Butte Irish: Class and Ethnicity in an American Mining Town and Beyond…
Join authors Chang-Rae Lee and Dublin-born Eavan Boland, as they discuss diasporic literature. Both authors share inspirational stories of emigration, and will lecture on their impressions of diasporic literature, culture, and experience. This free event is held at Levinthal Hall, Stanford, on May 1.
Stanford English professors and writers Chang-rae Lee and Eavan Boland will discuss their own diasporic experiences and how they influence their thinking and writing. Sponsored by the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation. Angel Island housed a U.S. Immigration Station from 1910 to 1940.
Three celebrated Irish writers – Mike McCormack (Solar Bones); Catherine Ryan Howard (Distress Signals) and Emilie Pine (Notes to Self) – join the Bay Area Book Festival lineup for “Writing Irish” (1pm). Crime writer Catherine Ryan Howard takes part in “Criminally Good Writing” at (10am).
The Bay Area Book Festival invites you to Writing Irish. Three celebrated Irish writers join the Festival this year. Award winning, Mike McCormack, and author of "Solar Bones," is joined by Catherine Ryan Howard, author of thriller, "Distress Signals", with Emilie Pine, author of heartfelt, "Notes to Self". If you…
You're invited to celebrate Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White's astonishing career as the first woman ever to lead the SFFD, and the longest-serving big-city fire chief in the country. Hayes-White is set to retire in May 2019, and a retirement celebration featuring food, music, and dance will be held at the…
Established U2 tribute band Zoo Station plays at the United Irish Culture Center in a rock concert format at bar downstairs. Zoo Station has played over 600 shows and now flourishes a repertoire of more than 160 U2 songs. A ground-breaking event at The Center on May 5th at 7:30pm and…
Roddy Doyle’s provocative “Two Pints” started as a series of conversations on Facebook and has since evolved into an immersive play from Abbey Theatre of Dublin. Listen in as the two men, over a couple of pints, chew the fat and set the world to rights. Download the ICBA App…
CELTIC WOMAN 'Ancient Land' Tour stop at the Center for Performing Arts in San Jose on May 8th. Multi-platinum Irish music sensation CELTIC WOMAN release their 13th album, ANCIENT LAND. The 18-track album introduces the group’s newest member Megan Walsh, who joins vocalists Mairead Carlin, Eabha McMahon and violinist Tara…
Celtic Society of the Monterey Bay invites you to hear a unique blend of Bach, Bluegrass and Celtic Guitar. The trio of virtuoso musicians, Edwin Huizinga, Ashley Broder and William Coulter join forces to present compelling arrangements of Baroque music and American Fiddle tunes accompanied by the sounds of Celtic…
ACTIVE RETIREMENT CLUB OUTREACH PROGRAM Join the Irish Immigration Pastoral Center (IIPC) for their Active Retirement Club Monthly Mass and Luncheon at the United Irish Cultural Center, Thursday May 9, 2019. Mass will be celebrated by Fr. Brendan at 12.15 p.m. followed by luncheon and guest speaker, Kate Fitzpatrick, SF Paratransit Mobility Management…
Roddy Doyle’s provocative “Two Pints” started as a series of conversations on Facebook and has since evolved into an immersive play from Abbey Theatre of Dublin. Listen in as the two men, over a couple of pints, chew the fat and set the world to rights. Download the ICBA App…
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