Hardly Strictly After-Party @ The Plough and Stars
*the official unofficial Hardly Strictly After Party* Featuring: The Sweetwater Stringband + The Mountain Men $10-$15 sliding scale / 21+
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New Volunteer Recruitment at Filoli
Filoli will hold its New Volunteer Recruitment at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, October 3, 2015 at Filoli. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn about the many, varied ways to volunteer at Filoli on Committees such as, House and Garden Self-Guided Docents, Weekend Tour Docents, Member Services, Visitor Services, Public…
Free
8-week Irish Language classes begin today
Irish Language Classes • October 3 An Irish language 8-week class begins on Saturday, October 3rd at the Irish Cultural Center with teacher Imelda White. There will be a beginners class from 10.30 am to noon and an intermediate/advanced class from noon to 1.30 pm. The cost of the 8-week class is…
Flogging Molly – Hardly Strictly Bluegrass @ Golden Gate Park
Flogging Molly 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.…
Ceili with Michael Murphy @ Lily Mac’s Sunnyvale
Lilly Macs 187 South Murphy Ave, Sunnyvale, CAMichael Murphy has a Ceili on Saturday, October 3rd from 7 pm to 10 pm at Lily Mac's Pub and Restaurant, 187 South Murphy Avenue (between Washington & Evelyn) in Sunnyvale (upstairs). Birds in the Bush will be playing. Admission - $10. Contact Michael Murphy at 1-415-999-6062.
Liverpool FC Ronnie Whelan Event @ Mad Dog SF
The Mad Dog in the Fog 530 Haight St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesLFC San Francisco in association with Reds in America is proud to welcome Ronnie Whelan to San Francisco on October 3rd. With 493 appearances for the club, during which time he racked up six league titles, three FA Cups, three League Cups, and a European Cup, Ronnie is a true…
Watch Ireland v Italy in Rugby World Cup
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…
Irish Dance Lessons and Ceili
Lilly Macs Sunnyvale, CA, United StatesSunday, October 4, 2015 4:30 - 6:00PM at Lily Mac's Irish Restaurant and Pub, 187 S Murphy Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94086 Live music provided by Banish the Dogs. Come learn and dance such traditional Irish Ceili dances as the Haymaker's Jig and the Waves of Tory. Fun for the whole…
Flogging Molly w/ The Hooks
Slim's 333 11th St , San Francisco, United StatesFounded 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…
UC Berkeley – Michael Parker on Seamus Heaney
UC Berkeley, Wheeler Hall 322 Wheeler Hall, Berkeley, CA, United StatesMichael 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
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…
Tim Flannery and Lunatic Fringe at Plough & Stars
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…
Watch Ireland v France in Rugby World Cup
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…
“Shalom Ireland” Screening at Beth Israel Judea
Congregation Beth Israel Judea 625 Brotherhood Way, San Francisco, CA, United StatesICCC 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…
From Hardback to Hollywood: The Expansive Career of Dennis Lehane
Jewish Community Center 3200 California St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesOctober 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 – Original Shorts: Love-Hate
Make-Out Room 3225 22nd St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesLitquake 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…
Literary Lectures Series on Celtic Poetry, Sacramento
Sacramento Poetry Center 25th and R Streets, Sacramento, United StatesOctober 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…
Chris de Burgh, Flint Center, Cupertino CA
Flint Center Cupertino, CA, United StatesWith 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
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 at UICC
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 • House Concert, Salinas
ADDRESS ON RSVPFrankie 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 Fretless
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…
$17
“Shalom Ireland” documentary film screening at UICC
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…
$5.00
Shamrock Isle: the Irish at the PPIE at Mechanics’ Institute
Mechanics' Institute 3rd Floor Library 57 Post Street , San Francisco, CA, United StatesShamrock 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…
Literary Lectures Series on Celtic Poetry, Sacramento
Sacramento Poetry Center 25th and R Streets, Sacramento, United StatesOctober 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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