The lights go down, it’s dark and the soaring sound of a rock band bound for greatness collides with the low ceiling of a small club. It’s like 1978 all over again, when U2 first stormed the pubs of Dublin, Ireland.” The Center is excited to host established U2 tribute…
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…
Returning to downtown Mountain View for its sixth year, the Silicon Valley Fleadh is a two-day event featuring Irish dance, arts & crafts, a kid zone and music both traditional and modern - featuring Zoo Station, Kavanaugh Brothers, Plastic Paddy, The Black Donnellys, Martin L, and more.
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…
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…
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…
The vote by the electorate of the United Kingdom to leave the European Union in 2016 came after a campaign in which the impact of Brexit on the island of Ireland hardly figured. Within months, however, the 'Irish border problem' was center stage. The deterioration in UK-Irish relations in the…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Eugene O’Neill, the only American playwright to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature, told his son Eugene, Jr., that “The one thing that explains more than anything about me is the fact that I’m Irish. And, strangely enough,” O’Neill complained, “it is something that all the writers who have attempted…
Join The Undertones live in concert at Slims in San Francisco. The Undertones emerged from Derry in 1976 and hit the world stage in 1978 with the release of Teenage Kicks. Feargal Sharkey left the band in the 80s to pursue a solo career and after 16 years of silence,…
Put on your Boots, Spurs, and Cowboy Hat! The Center is proud to host top-tier country & western band: The California Cowboys to the downstairs bar in its new Dance Hall format. The band is a veteran group from the Saddle Rack and the best country bars in the SF Bay…
Honoring an Immigrant and Pioneer champion of Women's rights and Workers' rights at her grave in Cypress Lawn Cemetery. Featured Speaker - Dennis Kelly, Past President of UESF. Meet inside entrance arch at Cypress Lawn East Side Gardens, 1363 El Camino Real, Colma. For further info, call 415-585-6506.
A Benefit for Canine Companions for Independence, Nature in the City, and Young Women's Choral Projects of SF. Irish brothers Shay and MIchael Black from the renowned Black Family sing ballads from the Irish, Scottish and English traditions, old Dublin street songs, music hall songs, rollicking reels & joyful jigs…
The return of Frank O'Connor to The Center after his sold-out show in April 2019. Frank was the piano man at Lefty O'Doul's on Union Square for over 15 years. His music covers many genres and has no limits. He takes requests from the audience and will make you laugh.…
Irish Studies at Berkeley presents a Bloomsday Celebration To celebrate Bloomsday, the day on which Ulysses is set, Professors from UC Berkeley’s English Department will read passages from James Joyce's famous novel. Introduced by Catherine Flynn and also featuring Dan Blanton, Joshua Gang, Mark Goble, Donna Jones, Katie Synder, and…
The Irish Consulate will be marching together with the European Union Consulates, under the banner “Together but Different for LGBTQ+” at this year’s PRIDE Parade, June 30th. Kick off the weekend’s festivities at a Happy PRIDE Hour hosted by the Consulate on Friday, June 28th from 5:30-8pm. more
De Bogman is an hour-long tour-de-force of storytelling and physical comedy. It charts the story of Declan who, from his humble origins as a village idiot in Ireland, goes to America to become World Heavyweight Boxing Champion. The story is at once a homage to the Hollywood boxing movie, and…
Join the Irish American Democratic Club in celebrating the life of John F. Kennedy, with Sheriff Vicki Hennessy and Roma Guy, Social Justice Activist . Supporting the Young Women’s Freedom Center, a radical model for decriminalization. more For more information, please contact Sharon at [email protected]
The 20th Annual Eugene O’Neill Festival takes place in Danville, August 24-September 29. The 2nd Annual Eugene O’Neill International Festival of Theatre takes place in New Ross, Ireland October 9 – 14. The Danville festival will feature three plays – Long Day’s Journey Into Night, The Glass Menagerie and The…
Cúlarán brings fresh energy to traditional Irish songs and tunes and is pleased to return to the Plough and Stars, San Francisco's premiere stage for Irish music since 1975 -- and the best pour of Guinness around. All dancers welcome.
Fundraiser for the Patrick J. Dowling Library at the UICC, Wine Tasting & Book Event “Brave Hearts - A San Francisco Story - The Grit and Dreams of an Irish Immigrant Family” by Jean Mahoney Enjoy Jean Mahoney’s dramatic reading from her book, Brave Hearts. Brave Hearts is a vivid…
Before Dropkick Murphys, before Flogging Molly, there was The Young Dubliners. The Young Dubliners will play for the first time Downstairs at the Center on July 20 in a concert layout with the 240 square foot stage. Celtic Rock in a venue ready for it! Tickets on sale Tuesday, May 28 @…
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