The Allure of Irish Dancing – Tue, Mar 17 – 6:00pm Commonwealth Club of California – Michael Dillon, ADCRG, Dillon Magh Adhair Academy of Irish Dance Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with a demonstration of Irish dancing by championship-level dancers from a renowned Bay Area dance school. Dillon, an Ard Diploma…
Brothers is Ralph Josiah Bardsley's debut novel about the Corks and the Malloys, two sets of brothers growing up in the Irish American enclave of South Boston. The story examines the strong bonds of brotherhood in Irish families and how those relationships shape the coming out experience for gay Irish…
Join historian and author Abigail Markwyn for a talk on San Franciscans participation in the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition (PPIE). Markwyn discusses the ways in which local groups, including Irish, German, African American, Chinese Americans and Catholics each participated in shaping the spectacle of the Fair. Abigail Markwyn is associate…
Fresh Irish acoustic music with The Crooked Road Céilí Band to help you celebrate an elegant St.Patrick's Day evening of dining and cocktails at Capers in Campbell. Side-step the noisy bars and refuse the green beer...enjoy a quieter, more sophisticated evening on the town celebrating the luck o' the Irish…
Noe Valley’s 9th annual literary festival Word Week takes place March 16th through 21st at Folio Books on 24th Street. Tuesday, March 17, 7-9 p.m. Irish and Irish American Writers Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with a reading by Bay Area Irish and Irish-American writers reading — and singing —from their…
Today's installment of the popular reading series celebrates St. Patrick's Day with an all-Irish lineup of writers: Emer Martin (Baby Zero), Eanlai Cronin (Girl in Irish), Michael Sheahan (Once Upon A Clock), Alan O'Gorman and others. Guest MCd by virtuoso fiddler Colm O' Riain (Bridge Across the Blue).
The Sleeping Lady, Fairfax. Music from Bay Area favorites, MILD COLONIAL BOYS, corned beef, cabbage, colcannon and all manner of good Irish stuff to eat and drink. Door prizes!!
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day this year with a true Irish-American roots rock dance party: The Hooks in concert with Lucia Comnes & Her Rockin’ Irish Band. Both bands, known for rocking their audiences with high energy sets of groove-oriented pop and folk melodies, are led by songwriters committed to writing…
The Black Brothers Play the Freight & Salvage on St. Patrick's Day. The repertoire of the Brothers is very broad and includes old Dublin street songs, music hall songs and historical ballads, songs from the Irish, English and Scottish traditions, along with songs by contemporary writers. Shay and Michael are…
Menlo Park, CA. Irish Network Bay Area and British-American Business Council The INBA & BABC (British-American Business Council) are co-hosting a panel discussion on at Hogan Lovells US LLP. INBA Board Member and Past President, Neil Sands, is a member of the panel which will explore International Expansion. Speaker organizations…
Olympic Club SF. March 19 A Chairde, The President of NUI Galway, Jim Browne and Tom Joyce, Galway University Foundation, along with Alumni Relations at NUI Galway would like the Galway University Alumni of the San Francisco Bay Area to join us for an Alumni Reception. RSVP via email: [email protected]…
Traditional Irish & American Old Time Music Two Bay Area Performances Only Crossroads presents the West Coast Premier of a world-class musical performance in Berkeley and San Rafael for two nights only. This star-studded ensemble of international, national and local Irish and Appalachian musicians will explore the deep musical and…
Uileann Piper Paddy Keenan plays Plough and Stars SF at 9pm - more on Paddy
Molly's Revenge 15th Anniversary Tour Post-Patrick's Weekend Saturday March 21, Angelica's in Redwood City
Awake with Kate Yoga Class: The IIPC is delighted to introduce a bi-weekly series of Yoga classes (Tuesday and Saturdays from 9.00am - 10.15am at the IIPC) led by Yoga instructor Kate Murphy. Level 1 - 2 Iyengar Yoga Class These Iyengar yoga classes will focus on building strength, flexibility…
Join Supervisor Tang in discovering the Sunset District through a series of events partnering with our local businesses and community organizations. These events give community members an opportunity to try a new business, learn a new skill and meet our local merchants and Supervisor Tang. more on the series A…
Marin Veterans’ Memorial Auditorium, Marin Civic Center. Crossroads presents the West Coast Premier of a world-class musical performance in Berkeley and San Rafael for two nights only. This star-studded ensemble of international, national and local Irish and Appalachian musicians will explore the deep musical and cultural linkages between Ireland and…
Molly's Revenge 15th Anniversary Tour Post-Patrick's Weekend Sunday March 22, House Concerts in Livermore
Family Stories Workshop: Creating Narratives from Family Records Irish-American Crossroads Festival presents once again author and educator, Margaret Cooley, as she teaches this popular facilitated workshop on the research and composition of family histories. more
Happy anniversary to The Poet! Opened in 1982 to thirsty activists and those notorious. Bring your Irish tunes and your good cheer and help us celebrate! Hosted by Julie Horner and David Chadwick of The Crooked Road Ceili Band. In the early 1980s, local political activist and writer, Chris Matthews…
Women of Ireland features an-all female lineup of Irish step dancers comprising three long term lead dancers from Riverdance and Michael Flatley’s Lord of the Dance, along with a number of other tantalizing female dancers who excel in other dance disciplines. The show also features very special guest male dancer, the four-time world…
With their award-winning recordings, ranging dynamically from the most sensitive and touching old Irish songs all the way to hard hitting reels and jigs, and with their heartwarming, dynamic live performances, Altan have moved audiences from Donegal to Tokyo to Seattle. Bringing the beauty of traditional music, particularly that of…
Crossroads and local educator and historian, Steven Fidel Herraiz, present an historic multi-media retrospective of the notorious working class Irish neighborhood near San Francisco's shipyards (c. 1860-1918). more
Altan's latest release, The Widening Gyre (title is borrowed from W.B. Yeats poem The Second Coming) takes them on tour and you can see them at The Freight & Salvage Berkeley. With renewed energy and introducing new band member, Martin Tourish on accordion, the band recorded in Nashville to collaborate…
Irish Hill: The Potrero’s Lost Neighborhood. A Presentation About Local History Crossroads welcomes local educator and historian, Steven Fidel Herraiz, who will present a terrifically entertaining and historic multi-media retrospective of the notorious working class Irish neighborhood near San Francisco’s shipyards (c. 1860-1918). Steven has researched the history of this neighborhood…
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