Workshop: Adapting Pipe Tunes to Flute and Whistle
CJAC's Performance Hall 836 Prior Avenue, St. PaulWeek of Events
CJAC Saturday Night Session
CJAC Saturday Night Session
Free! Come one, come all! Join us after the Beltane Boys concert with your instruments for a fun session in the remodeled lobby space. Don't play an instrument? Come and enjoy music, company, and craic! This event is part of the Irish Arts Weekend.
Keane sense of Rhythm – 1pm – 4pm
Workshop: Scottish Gaelic Puirt-a-Beul
Workshop: Scottish Gaelic Puirt-a-Beul
Gaelic singer and scholar Richard Hill will present and teach Scottish Gaelic “mouth-music” or puirt-a-beul.
CJAC’s Children’s Fair
CJAC’s Children’s Fair
Bring your kids and check out some of what goes on at the Celtic Junction Arts Center. Your young ones can dance a jig, try out instruments, listen to some rollicking tunes, enjoy story time and puppets, play games, and munch on some snacks.
Danny Diamond and Anna Lethert
Danny Diamond and Anna Lethert
Join dancer Anna Lethert and fiddle player Danny Diamond for an intimate online concert broadcast from their home!
Workshop: Essentials of Scottish Fiddling
Workshop: Essentials of Scottish Fiddling
Scottish fiddling, including the Scots snap, birl, and the stylistic principles governing the strathspey and the traditional "MSR" or March, Strathspey and Reel set. The aim is to help students not only learn new repertoire and skills, but to gain a greater understanding of the cultural and historical forces that have shaped the Scottish fiddling tradition.
Workshop: Adapting Pipe Tunes to Flute and Whistle
Workshop: Adapting Pipe Tunes to Flute and Whistle
In this “Pipe Line to Flute” workshop, the group will explore a range of pipe music which is often heard on other instruments as well. Participants will learn a number of simple tunes and practice applying the stylistic palette which distinguishes Scottish bagpipe music to the whistle and flute. A key of “D” whistle or…
Film – The Camino Voyage
Film – The Camino Voyage
The Camino Voyage is an award-winning film. A crew including a writer, two musicians, an artist and a stonemason embark on an inspiring and dangerous 2,500 kilometre modern-day Celtic odyssey from Ireland to Spain. RTE review. This event is part of the Irish Arts Week.
An Evening with John Dingley
An Evening with John Dingley
Admission at the door: $10 Adults/$8 Seniors (over 60), $5 Children (under 16) Join us for an evening of entertainment with local Welsh-native, singer, poet, actor, author, and character extraordinaire. John will also be signing copies of his latest book, A Visit Home. A Visit Home is a collection of short stories, a sketch and…
CANCELLED – Library Open Hours
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Irish Blues Legend Rory Gallagher
Irish Blues Legend Rory Gallagher
Rory Gallagher, from his early days growing up in an Ireland new to rock'n'roll, to gaining the admiration of musical giants like Jimi Hendrix and Brian May.
CANCELLED – Library Open Hours
Busy
Irish Language Blessings and Curses
Irish Language Blessings and Curses
There are no limits to the language mastery in this literary jewel, with expressions that are sought after, and curious phrases that can delight or upset an acquaintance. Join Lavinia Finnerty as she shares some of these gems, and stories from her own upbringing.
Keane sense of Rhythm – 10:15am – 11:30am
CANCELLED – Library Open Hours
Busy
Free Irish Dance Class: Adults
Free Irish Dance Class: Adults
Free. Join an O'Shea Irish Dance class and get a thorough work out while learning some steps with other adults. Come on in, it's fun! This event is part of the Irish Arts Week.
An Evening with James Joyce
An Evening with James Joyce
Staged Readings illuminating the life and work of this world-famous modernist genius, James Joyce (1882-1941).
CANCELLED – Library Open Hours
Busy
Drawing Celtic Mythology
Drawing Celtic Mythology
Learn how the haunting and magical gods, goddesses, heroes, magicians, and landscapes of the Celtic realms can be given creative expression and re-interpretation in a class for beginners, returning students who have taken the class before, and enthusiasts at all levels.
Scottish Ceilidh with the Gunn Slingers
Scottish Ceilidh with the Gunn Slingers
Join us for a monthly Scottish social dance at the Celtic Junction Arts Center! Learn a variety of dances (don't worry, we'll teach you!) and hear music from featured local artists. We'll see you there. Bring your friends!
Irish Storytime
Irish Storytime
Join Alisa Mee and Lavinia Finnerty for a bilingual storytime in Irish and English for children aged birth to five and their families.
Murder Ballads from Ireland and Elsewhere
Murder Ballads from Ireland and Elsewhere
$10. Held in the McKiernan Library. Courtney Buck discusses and sings songs about murder from across the pond with ballads and stories that made it from Ireland, Scotland, and England to the mountains of Appalachia and beyond. This event is part of the Irish Arts Week.
Colloquium – O’Shaughnessy Poetry Prize Winner Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh
Colloquium – O’Shaughnessy Poetry Prize Winner Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh
O’Shaughnessy Poetry Prize 2020 Winner, Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh, in a conversation with Lavinia Finnerty. The discussion will be, at least partly, in Irish.
New Hibernia Review Panel & Discussion
New Hibernia Review Panel & Discussion
Free. Discussion of the New Hibernia Review, its history and importance and significance as the quarterly journal created by the University of St. Thomas’s Center for Irish Studies since the 1990s led by David Gardiner, the new Director of the Center. A discussion of one or more recent articles follows. This journal is the cornerstone…
Pete McCauley, an acoustic virtual concert
Pete McCauley, an acoustic virtual concert
Join musician Pete McCauley for an acoustic online concert broadcast from his home!