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2019 San Francisco Scottish Fiddlers Spring Concerts

Napa Valley College Performing Arts Theater 2277 Napa Vallejo Highway,, Napa, CA, United States

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…

$25

ILHS Speaker Series: David Emmons

United Irish Cultural Center 2700 45th Avenue, SAN FRANCISCO, CA, United States

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…

Chang-Rae Lee & Eavan Boland

Levinthal Hall 424 Santa Teresa Street, Stanford, CA, United States

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.

Eavan Boland & Chang-Rae Lee

Levinthal Hall 424 Santa Teresa Street, Stanford, CA, United States

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.

Criminally Good Writing at Bay Area Book Festival

Brower Center 2150 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA, United States

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).

Writing Irish

Brower Center 2150 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA, United States

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…

Chief Hayes White Retirement

United Irish Cultural Center, San Francisco 2700 45th Ave, San Francisco, CA, United States

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…

Zoo Station Plays U2 at Irish Center

United Irish Cultural Center, San Francisco 2700 45th Ave, San Francisco, CA, United States

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 Two Pints by Abbey Theatre

Vanderhoef Studio Theatre 400 Mrak Hall Dr, Davis, CA, United States

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’

Center for the Performing Arts 255 Almaden Blvd., San Jose, CA, United States

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…

$35

Fire & Grace & Ash, Santa Cruz

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

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…

IIPC Active Retirement Club Monthly Mass and Luncheon

United Irish Cultural Center, San Francisco 2700 45th Ave, San Francisco, CA, United States

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…

$25

Roddy Doyle’s Two Pints by Abbey Theatre

Vanderhoef Studio Theatre 400 Mrak Hall Dr, Davis, CA, United States

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 U2 Experience @ UICC

United Irish Cultural Center 2700 45th Avenue, SAN FRANCISCO, CA, United States

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…

$40

Roddy Doyle’s Two Pints by Abbey Theatre

Vanderhoef Studio Theatre 400 Mrak Hall Dr, Davis, CA, United States

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…

Silicon Valley Fleadh @Mountain View

223 Castro Street, Mountain View 223 Castro Street, Mountain View, CA, United States

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 Two Pints by Abbey Theatre – 2pm

Vanderhoef Studio Theatre 400 Mrak Hall Dr, Davis, CA, United States

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 Two Pints by Abbey Theatre

Vanderhoef Studio Theatre 400 Mrak Hall Dr, Davis, CA, United States

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 Two Pints by Abbey Theatre

Vanderhoef Studio Theatre 400 Mrak Hall Dr, Davis, CA, United States

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…

Lecture: Requiem for a shared interdependent past: Brexit and the Deterioration in UK-Irish relations

UC Berkeley, 201 Moses Hall 201 Moses Hall - UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, CA, United States

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 Two Pints by Abbey Theatre

Coupa Cafe @ Stanford Golf Course 198 Junipero Serra Blvd, Stanford, CA, United States

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 Two Pints by Abbey Theatre

Coupa Cafe @ Stanford Golf Course 198 Junipero Serra Blvd, Stanford, CA, United States

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 Two Pints by Abbey Theatre

Coupa Cafe @ Stanford Golf Course 198 Junipero Serra Blvd, Stanford, CA, United States

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 Two Pints by Abbey Theatre

Coupa Cafe @ Stanford Golf Course 198 Junipero Serra Blvd, Stanford, CA, United States

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 & Ireland @SF Main Library

San Francisco Public Library 100 Larkin St., San Francisco, CA, United States

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…

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