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Into the Woods: Irish Music and Dance in Logging Era Minnesota
CJAC's McKiernan Library 836 Prior Avenue, St. Paul- No events scheduled for April 22, 2024.
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Screening and Discussion: “Stories I Didn’t Know”
CJAC's Performance Hall 836 Prior Avenue, St. Paul- No events scheduled for April 27, 2024.
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Into the Woods: Irish Music and Dance in Logging Era Minnesota
Into the Woods: Irish Music and Dance in Logging Era Minnesota
Franz Rickaby, one of only a handful of folk song collectors to work in Minnesota, wrote in the 1920s that "in the logging camp the hegemony in song belonged to the Irish." Eoin McKiernan Library Director Brian Miller has spent over 15 years investigating songs, singers, fiddlers, dancers and other Irish cultural expressions in logging era…
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Screening and Discussion: “Stories I Didn’t Know”
Screening and Discussion: “Stories I Didn’t Know”
A search for her Irish ancestors leads a woman down an unexpected path to a family secret about a sacred piece of land. Rita Davern exposes an ugly reality at the heart of a family legend. Her family members have always been proud to say that their great grandparents once owned Pike Island, a beautiful…
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