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Major Barbara • Mountain View, to Nov 20

Pear Theatre 1110 La Avenida St, Mountain View, CA, United States

NOTE** Sunday Performance: 2:00 PM Major Barbara • Mountain View, to Nov 20 Which is a greater danger, the decline of morality and virtue, or rampant poverty, sickness, and deprivation? Are wealth and warfare to be despised if they are the fastest means to lifting the general populace out of…

Charlotte Headrick on Irish Women Playwrights

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…

American Ireland Fund Women’s Luncheon • Four Seasons, SF

Four Seasons Hotel San Francisco, CA, United States

AIF Women's Luncheon • Four Seasons, SF, Nov 29 This year marks the 10th Anniversary of the American Ireland Fund's Women's Luncheon. Guest speaker is New York Times best-selling author and journalist, Lee Woodruff. As co-author of the New York Times best-selling In an Instant, Lee Woodruff garnered critical acclaim for…

James Vincent McMorrow, UC Theater, Berkeley

UC Theater 2036 University, Berkeley, CA, United States

James Vincent McMorrow • Nov 29   James Vincent McMorrow's debut album, Early in the Morning, was released in Ireland and the US in 2010/11, to widespread acclaim. In 2016, his cover of the Chris Isaak song "Wicked Game" was used in the first official full-length trailer for Game of…

“Irish Christmas in America”, Freight & Salvage Berkeley

Produced by Sligo fiddler Oisín Mac Diarmada, the hugely popular Irish Christmas in America show features top Irish music, song and dance in an engaging performance rich in humour and boundless energy. The 2016 tour features special guest singer Niamh Farrell, a Sligo vocalist who has toured with UK singer/songwriting…

An Irish Christmas • Uptown Theater, Napa

Uptown Theatre Napa 1350 Third St, Napa, CA, United States

An Irish Christmas • Napa, Dec 1 “…The capacity crowd nearly brought the house down at the end of the evening.” – The Irish Herald Dancers dance through the generations over brooms, on half doors, around butter churns, into the world of mythology and out again. Songs spinning out of…

THE NIGHT ALIVE By Conor McPherson

The Stage San Jose, CA, United States

REGIONAL PREMIERE THE NIGHT ALIVE By Conor McPherson "From subtle but laugh-out-loud comedy to delicate sweetness to creeping dread...a surprisingly emotional trip, and it's not one to miss." -Newcity "A stunner! So fresh and full of vital poetry that you'll cling to every word." -The Wall Street Journal Tommy's not…

1916: W.B. Yeats and the Irish Rebellion

Institute for the Study of Western Civilization 10060 Bubb Road, Cupertino, CA, United States

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…

$30

Irish Christmas in America, Kuumbwa Santa Cruz

Kuumbwa Jazz Center 320-2 Cedar St, , Santa Cruz, CA, United States

Produced by Sligo fiddler Oisín Mac Diarmada, the popular and family friendly Irish Christmas in America show features top Irish music, song and dance in an engaging performance rich in humour and boundless energy. The 2016 tour features special guest singer Niamh Farrell, a Sligo vocalist who has toured with…

The Poetry of Patrick Kavanagh

We will be talking, reading and hearing about the poetry of one of ireland's best loved poets Patrick Kavanagh at this weeks Celtic Culture at the UICC event. It begins at 2:30pm and runs until 4:30pm. We will be hearing from this year's Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award Winner Laurence O'Dwyer…

$5.00

THE NIGHT ALIVE By Conor McPherson

The Stage San Jose, CA, United States

REGIONAL PREMIERE THE NIGHT ALIVE By Conor McPherson "From subtle but laugh-out-loud comedy to delicate sweetness to creeping dread...a surprisingly emotional trip, and it's not one to miss." -Newcity "A stunner! So fresh and full of vital poetry that you'll cling to every word." -The Wall Street Journal Tommy's not…

THE NIGHT ALIVE By Conor McPherson

The Stage San Jose, CA, United States

REGIONAL PREMIERE THE NIGHT ALIVE By Conor McPherson "From subtle but laugh-out-loud comedy to delicate sweetness to creeping dread...a surprisingly emotional trip, and it's not one to miss." -Newcity "A stunner! So fresh and full of vital poetry that you'll cling to every word." -The Wall Street Journal Tommy's not…

THE NIGHT ALIVE By Conor McPherson

The Stage San Jose, CA, United States

REGIONAL PREMIERE THE NIGHT ALIVE By Conor McPherson "From subtle but laugh-out-loud comedy to delicate sweetness to creeping dread...a surprisingly emotional trip, and it's not one to miss." -Newcity "A stunner! So fresh and full of vital poetry that you'll cling to every word." -The Wall Street Journal Tommy's not…

Celtic Voices Concert 2016

Sister Caroline Collins, DC, Theater Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep. 1055 Ellis Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

It's that time of year again! Join us for  Celtic Voices Concert on Friday, December 9, 2016, for a specially selected program of music from '1916 - 2016' and Christmas In-Between! It promises to be a very special evening with a program honoring the men and women of the 1916 Easter…

$20

WINTERDANCE Celtic Christmas Celebration

Trinity Cathedral 81 N. 2nd St, , San Jose, CA, United States

Molly's Revenge and special guest vocalist Christa Burch with Irish dancers will present an evening of music, song and dance associated with the festive season. The performance will include Christmas songs both old and new, all played with a Celtic twist, and something new for our regulars. Molly's Revenge, whose…

$20 – $24

THE NIGHT ALIVE By Conor McPherson

The Stage San Jose, CA, United States

REGIONAL PREMIERE THE NIGHT ALIVE By Conor McPherson "From subtle but laugh-out-loud comedy to delicate sweetness to creeping dread...a surprisingly emotional trip, and it's not one to miss." -Newcity "A stunner! So fresh and full of vital poetry that you'll cling to every word." -The Wall Street Journal Tommy's not…

Christmas concert with Tony Kenny at UICC

December 11, 2016 @ 7:30 PM United Irish Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA Ireland's Premier Entertainer, Tony Kenny, takes you home for Christmas - home to his beloved Emerald Isle, home to celebrate the Holy Season! Imagine Christmas Time in Ireland. A warm turf fire on a cold night, a rousing sing-along…

Richard Thompson • Berkeley, Dec. 14-16

Richard Thompson • Berkeley, Dec. 14-16Richard Thompson is back at the Freight & Salvage, Berkeley, with three solo, acoustic, all request shows. His guitar playing is unparalleled – the perfect flurry of notes, the unexpected chord, the ideal run to accentuate a great lyric or convey an unexpected emotion. His…

FREE Community Christmas Party!

Join the IIPC, SF Youth GAA, SF Rose of Tralee and the UICC for the fourth Annual Community Christmas party on Sunday December 18 at the United Irish Cultural Center! This festive fun-filled, magical day is perfect for all the family, with activities for kids of all ages. Kids will…

FREE

Comhaltas Christmas Ceili

Join us at the United Irish Cultural Center on Sunday, December 18th from 7 pm to 10 pm for our Christmas Ceili.  We will have live music. We do simple Ceili dances at the start of the night and then a waltz or two and set dancing. Adults:  $10. Children…

$10.00

An Irish Christmas, Mountain View

Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts 500 Castro St, Mountain View, CA, United States

“…The capacity crowd nearly brought the house down at the end of the evening.” – The Irish Herald Dancers dance through the generations over brooms, on half doors, around butter churns, into the world of mythology and out again. Songs spinning out of the mists and into the familiar Silent…

The Poetry of William Butler Yeats at the Irish Center

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…

Free

Write the Irish Way. Workshop w/Eanlai Cronin

19 Broadway Bar & Nightclub Fairfax, CA, United States

"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…

$375

Cillian Vallely & Kevin Crawford

House Concert, Soquel CA

House Concert in Soqeul, CA - Reservations: By email to Lynda Haworth or call 831-464-9778   Cillian Vallely & Kevin Crawford Joining Lúnasa in 1997 and 1999 respectively, Kevin Crawford and Cillian Vallely have become key components of a group which has become one of the most acclaimed and influential…

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