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Art Exhibit: Beyond the Garden: Selected Works by Bruce Porter

Bruce Porter (1865 – 1953) is most well-known, at Filoli, for his work designing Filoli’s formal garden. What is perhaps not as well-known is he was also an accomplished artist, painter, sculptor, stained glass designer, writer, muralist, and art critic. Filoli’s permanent collection includes many of his original artistic works…

$4 – $65

San Francisco’s 165th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Festival

165th San Francisco St. Patrick’s Day Parade and Festival March 12, 2016, 11:30 am Starts at 2nd and Market  and concludes at the Civic Center Plaza where the Festival is held. Take BART and Muni. Jerry Boyle will officiate as the Grand Marshal of the 2016 St. Patrick’s Day Parade.…

Dublin’s 33rd Annual St. Patrick’s Festival

Dublin's 33rd Annual St. Patrick's • Mar 12, 13 Civic Plaza, Dublin CA. Three Stages of Irish Music and Dance. You'll find everything from Celtic Rock and bagpipes to traditional Irish folk music or Celtic harp performing throughout Saturday and Sunday on two stages. Also, don't miss the Irish Dancers performing…

Dublin, CA St. Patrick’s Festival

Dublin, CA St. Patrick's Festival • March 12, 13 Join the City of Dublin for the 33rd Annual St. Patrick's Day Celebration on Saturday and Sunday, March 12 and 13, 2016. Three stages of Irish music and dance with everything from Celtic Rock and bagpipes to traditional Irish folk music or…

St. Patrick’s Day Mass

St. Patrick’s Church 756 Mission St. at 3rd Street , San Francisco, CA, United States

St. Patrick’s Day Mass Reception Parish Hall St. Patrick’s Church, 756 Mission St. at 3rd Street

Black Brothers, Pacifica

The Mildred Owen Concert Hall 1220 Linda Mar Boulevard, Pacifica, CA, United States

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 close harmony singers, with a special fondness for songs that include their…

“Bossa Nua”/Celtic Americana with Kurka Boshkin

"Bossa Nua"/ Celtic Americana! with Kurka Boshkin Sean O Nuallain -guitar, Deirdre McCarthy -percussion & bodhran,  Tom Bekany on Mandolin, Guest vocalist Melanie O'Reilly Sound of  Irish traditional music & song with a Celtic-Americana twist  with jazz improvisation & bossa nova!  

Word for Word Readings of Colm Toibin, Emma Donoghue

Z Below CA

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…

Family Stories Workshop: Creating Narratives from Family Records

Irish-American Crossroads is pleased to once again present author and educator, Margaret Cooley, as she teaches this popular facilitated workshop on the research and composition of family histories. Sometimes all we have left of our ancestors is a photograph, a marriage record or a Mass card. Margaret will give a…

$30

Irish Literary and Historical Society Annual Banquet

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…

Old Blind Dogs, Studio 55 Marin

Studio 55, Marin 1455 East Francisco Blvd., San Rafael, CA, United States

"Old Blind Dogs bring freshness and color to acoustic music steeped in centuries of Scottish folklore and history." - (The Los Angeles Times) Since forming in the early 1990's, Old Blind Dogs have stood on the cutting edge of Scotland's roots revival. The band has developed its own trademark style…

“Doolin” Book Reading, Berkeley

UC Berkeley The Maude Fife Room/315 Wheeler Hall, Berkeley, CA

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…

Blue Stockings Salon • Ken Cook

Alpine Hills Tennis & Swim Club Portola Valley, CA

Blue Stockings Salon • Monthly Speaker Events Keynote Speaker Ken Cook • March 15 Ken Cook is president and co-founder of the Environmental Working Group, EWG, a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to protecting human health and the environment. New research and science are changing how we shop, what food we…

Book Launch of The Lost Celt by A.E. Conran

Book Passage Corte Madera, CA, United States

“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…

Free

An Evening With Feargal O’Rourke, SF Consulate

Irish Consulate 100 Pine Street, San Francisco, CA

An Evening With Feargal O'Rourke • Mar 16 TICKETS INBA is proud to present "An Evening With Feargal O'Rourke." A special evening featuring one of Ireland's most distinguished sons. Born into a Irish political dynasty, Feargal chose to forgo politics for a different path. Credited as the "grand architect" of…

Lúnasa, w/ Tim O’Brien, Great American Music Hall, SF

Great American Music Hall 859 O' Farrell Street, San Francisco, United States

Lúnasa • March 16 Lúnasa has sold more than quarter of a million albums in the course of the band’s career and boast an impressive back catalog of 7 highly acclaimed and award-winning studio albums. The band is internationally acknowledged as being the finest traditional Irish instrumental outfit of recent…

Don’t miss Doimnic Mac Giolla Bhríde @ Plough & Stars

Plough & Stars, San Francisco. Doimnic is a well known sean-nós singer from Gaoth Dobhair, Co. Donegal and winner of Corn Uí Riada, the Oireachtas sean-nós singing competition. He has performed in many festivals and concerts in Ireland and thoughout Europe in the past few years Immersed in the culture…

The Crooked Road Céilí Band @ O’Flaherty’s Irish Pub

O'Flaherty's Irish Pub 25 North San Pedro Street, San Jose, CA, United States

Celebrate St.Patrick's Day by playing hooky from work and joining the greater San Jose Irish community on the back patio for a delicious St.Pat's buffet, creamy pulled pints, and live Irish music with The Crooked Road Céilí Band. Starting at 11:00 am and on into the late afternoon, come drink, dance,…

Free

C.B. Hannegan’s St. Patrick’s Day Block Party

The party includes Irish food, frosty mugs of Irish beer and evocative tunes by roaming minstrels, as well as all-you-can eat food all day. $50/ticket tickets are on sale now $50 per person/in and out privileges all day/all you can eat/entertainment.

Hibernian Newman Luncheon

St. Francis Hotel Powell St, San Francisco, CA, United States

The Hibernian Newman Club St. Patrick’s Luncheon • Mar 17 Luncheon at the Westin St. Francis, San Francisco honoring Hibernian of the Year Father Brendan McBride, with keynote speaker Tim Flannery.  11am tickets Dedicated to the support of Campus Ministry in the Archdiocese of San Francisco

The Crooked Road Céilí Band @ Capers Campbell

Capers Eat & Drink 1710 W Campbell Ave, Campbell, CA, United States

Join The Crooked Road Ceili Band for our annual St.Patrick's Day celebration at Capers Campbell! Groovin' traditional Irish music and song while you enjoy gourmet dining and sophisticated sips from the bar. Dinner reservations are highly recommended. 408.374.5777 Capers is a lively American restaurant in Campbell, CA. A fun and…

Free

2nd Annual San Jose State University (SJSU) Irish Film Festival

San Jose State University San Jose, CA, United States

This free event brings a taste of contemporary Irish film to San Jose. The two evenings will each include a program of short films and a feature film: Director John Crowley's award-winning BROOKLYN for the first night and Neal Jordan's spellbinding ONDINE for the second night. BROOKLYN will screen at…

FREE

Music of the Celtic Nations

Hotel Rex 562 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

Humanities West presents a St. Patrick’s Day performance by multi-instrumentalists Shira Kammen and Jim Oakden celebrating the music of the Celtic nations–Brittany, Galicia, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, etc.–on piano, bagpipes, and other Celtic instruments.

$25

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