Founded in Los Angeles in 1997, Flogging Molly infuses punk rock with Celtic instruments – violin, mandolin and the accordion – and they merge blues progressions with grinding guitars and traditional Irish music, the music of vocalist/guitarist Dave King’s youth. “We’re not a traditional band,” explains Dublin-born King. “We are…
Michael Parker on Seamus Heaney • October 6 "Facing the Music: Public Imperatives in Seamus Heaney's Late Poetry" A talk and presentation by Michael Parker, Emeritus Professor of English Literature at the University of Central Lancashire. Parker is wide-ranging scholar of modern and contemporary literature, who is completing a major…
Readings of Emma Donoghue's Work • Oct 8, 18 Word for Word Performing Arts Company is an ensemble whose mission is to tell great stories with elegant theatricality, staging performances of classic and contemporary fiction. On October 8, Word for Word presents “Night Vision” by Emma Donoghue. The first, is…
Former MLB player, and singer-musician-storyteller Tim Flannery and his band of fighting poets, the Lunatic Fringe, perform a benefit concert at the Plough and Stars October 10 in support of the Love Harder Project an initiative that uses music to raise awareness and funds to assist victims of violence. Lunatic Fringe's music…
The Rugby World Cup (website) 2015 is the eighth Rugby World Cup, the quadrennial rugby union world championship. The tournament is hosted by England from 18 September to 31 October. Twickenham Stadium in London will host the final. You can watch the games at a Bay Area bar near you, and send your support to the Irish…
ICCC Patrick J. Dowling Library located at the United Irish Cultural Center and Congregation Beth Israel Judea are teaming up to host an exciting cross cultural event: two screenings of "Shalom Ireland." The screenings will be followed by a panel discussion with the Director, Valerie Lapin Ganley, and representatives from…
October 12 • From Hardback to Hollywood: The Expansive Career of Dennis Lehane Irish American author Dennis Lehane grew up in the Dorchester section of Boston. Since his first novel, A Drink Before the War, won the Shamus Award, he’s published nine more novels with William Morrow that have been…
Litquake 2015 • October 15 Original Shorts: Love-Hate one of Litquake 2015 events features Dubliner and SF resident Ethel Rohan. Ethel's first novel, The Kingdom Keeper, will publish from St. Martin’s Press in early 2017. She is also the author of two story collections, Goodnight Nobody and Cut Through the Bone, the…
October 8 - Jeanine Stevens - The Early Bards and Celtic Symbolism October 15 - Tony Kendrew - Three Welsh Thomases October 22 - Michael Gorman - Poetry, Druids and the Celtic Bardic Tradition October 29 - Maureen Hurley - Axe-Heads and Blind Poets: Anthony Rafery, The End of A…
With sales over 50 million albums worldwide, Chris de Burgh’s songs are staples on the radio. “The Lady In Red” to this day remains one of the most played songs on the planet. De Burgh’s other classic songs include: “Don’t Pay the Ferryman”, “Spanish Train”, “Sailor”, “Natasha Dance” and “A…
Readings of Emma Donoghue's Work • Oct 8, 18 Word for Word Performing Arts Company is an ensemble whose mission is to tell great stories with elegant theatricality, staging performances of classic and contemporary fiction. On October 8, Word for Word presents “Night Vision” by Emma Donoghue. The first, is…
The High Kings, are Finbarr Clancy, Brian Dunphy, Martin Furey and Darren Holden. Since they started in 2008, they have sold out hundreds of shows, in Ireland and the US, made numerous TV appearances, recorded three studio albums and one live album and achieved platinum status with their first two…
Frankie Gavin • Oct 19, Salinas Presented by The Celtic Society of the Monterey Bay. Frankie Gavin has been playing fiddle and flute since his teenage years. At the age of seventeen, he won two All Ireland competitions – for fiddle and flute. Originally influenced by some of the great…
The Celtic Society of the Monterey Bay Presents ENSEMBLE OF THE YEAR at the Canadian Folk Music Awards—String Band Dynamo Innovators $15 adv./$17 door seated <21 w/parent PRESENTED BY THE CELTIC SOCIETY OF THE MONTEREY BAY $13 at door to Members of The Celtic Society by way of $2 rebate…
ICCC Patrick J. Dowling Library located at the United Irish Cultural Center and Congregation Beth Israel Judea are teaming up to host an exciting cross cultural event: two screenings of "Shalom Ireland" (October 11th at Beth Israel Judea and October 20th at UICC) Screening will be followed by a panel…
Shamrock Isle: the Irish at the PPIE - A lecture with public historian Elizabeth Creely Mechanics' Institute Library & Chess Room Wednesday, October 21, 2015 at 6:00 PM Mechanics' Institute San Francisco. Join Elizabeth Creely as she explores the phenomena of Irish Villages at World Fairs, beginning with the Chicago…
October 8 - Jeanine Stevens - The Early Bards and Celtic Symbolism October 15 - Tony Kendrew - Three Welsh Thomases October 22 - Michael Gorman - Poetry, Druids and the Celtic Bardic Tradition October 29 - Maureen Hurley - Axe-Heads and Blind Poets: Anthony Rafery, The End of A…
It's not often that you stumble across a songwriter whose lyrics both sound and read like poetry. When those lyrics are set to music that balances burning indignation with lilting tenderness, and delivered in a voice imbued with the spiritual passion and yearning of gospel and the blues, you figure…
The fifth annual - and free - festival is shaping up to be one of the best yet, showcasing the very best in local talent including Culann's Hounds, Mild Colonial Boys, Marla Fibish & Bruce Victor, The Gas Men, Kyle Alden, Jack Gilder, The Gallowglasses, Brosnan Irish Dance, and many…
It's not often that you stumble across a songwriter whose lyrics both sound and read like poetry. When those lyrics are set to music that balances burning indignation with lilting tenderness, and delivered in a voice imbued with the spiritual passion and yearning of gospel and the blues, you figure…
Called To Live As One Family - YAM Retreat October 24, 2015 -- 9:30 AM - 10:00 PM All Called to Live as One Family, One Body in Christ! The Archdiocese of San Francisco First Annual Retreat for Adults 18-40, married, single, with and without children. This day-long event will…
ACTIVE RETIREMENT CLUB OUTREACH PROGRAM Sunday, October 25, 2015 United Irish Cultural Center, 2700 45th Avenue, San Francisco 9:00 a.m. Mass celebrated by Fr. Brendan McBride followed by brunch and special guest Visit of President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins We welcome President Higgins and his wife Sabina, on the…
Orpheum Theatre, San Francisco • Oct 27 - Nov 1 Based on the 2006 Oscar winning indie sleeper-hit, Once is the low-key Broadway hit that has re-defined the modern musical, telling the story of a wistful Dublin romance. Told in a rapturous pub, the audience is invited to join in…
Orpheum Theatre, San Francisco • Oct 28 @ 2pm and 8pm Based on the 2006 Oscar winning indie sleeper-hit, Once is the low-key Broadway hit that has re-defined the modern musical, telling the story of a wistful Dublin romance. Told in a rapturous pub, the audience is invited to join…
October 8 - Jeanine Stevens - The Early Bards and Celtic Symbolism October 15 - Tony Kendrew - Three Welsh Thomases October 22 - Michael Gorman - Poetry, Druids and the Celtic Bardic Tradition October 29 - Maureen Hurley - Axe-Heads and Blind Poets: Anthony Rafery, The End of A…
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