Posts Tagged ‘heritage’
Irish Language Weekend/Deireadh Seachtaine Gaeilge
The 3rd annual Irish Language Weekend/Deireadh Seachtaine Gaeilge will take place in Celtic Junction Arts Center from 4:30 p.m. Friday, April 12 to Sunday, April 14 during the first weekend…
More >New Deals and Eight-Hand Reels: Irish Music, Dance and Culture in the Depression-Era Twin Cities
Attend this free event in person, or join the webinar! Eoin McKiernan Library Director Brian Miller explores the Irish cultural landscape of the Twin Cities in the 1930s including fiddler…
More >Irish Traditional Musicians in Chicago 1920–2020 with Richie Piggot
This presentation is drawn from Richie Piggot’s recently published book Cry of a People Gone. It will include a history of the development of Chicago and that city’s attraction for Irish…
More >The Power of Indigenous Languages
Join us online for a discussion on the value, preservation, and challenges facing the languages of the Gaeltacht and of the Anishinaabe nation. This free event is part of the CJAC Social Justice Seminar Series.
More >Minnesota Scottish Fair Sampler
In-person at the Celtic Junction Arts Center in St. Paul and streaming live online! Music by the Brian Boru Pipe Band, Minnesota Scottish Celtic Dance, Stephanie Claussen, Laura Mackenzie with Dáithí Sproule and Ross Sutter, Eira, Dick Hensold, The Northerly Gales, and The Gunn Slingers. Food, bar, and Scottish vendors on site!
More >Minnesota Scottish Fair Street Party
Announcing the 2022 Minnesota Scottish Fair Street Party! Please join us at the Celtic Junction Arts Center in St. Paul to celebrate all things Scottish on Saturday, August 6th!
More >Gaeltacht Lecture with Dáithí Sproule
Dáithí Sproule explains the fascinating connection music groups Skara Brae and Altan have with Irish language music and the Gaeltacht. The lecture will be mainly in English. REGISTER HERE. Dáithí Sproule, a…
More >Get Up Your Irish! Ten Year Reunion
Live stream with the cast of Get Up Your Irish and see the video premiere of the play filmed in 2011 at the Steppingstone Theatre. Learn about the Irish that immigrated to Minnesota in the 1880s from author Jane Kennedy.
More >Doherty Family Seminar with Brian Miller
Brian Miller discusses archival recordings that were made at the home of Tony and Margaret Doherty on Selby Avenue. They feature the family patriarch Tony Doherty (1896–1972) on fiddle, daughter Marge on piano and accordion, daughter Mary on piano, and daughter Joan on piano.
More >Sparky and Rhonda Rucker – Mountain Voices
Sparky and Rhonda share stories and songs from the rich heritage of their southern Appalachian roots, including the African American component of this culture. Their storytelling repertoire ranges from Jack tales and ghost stories to preacher tales and Br’er Rabbit stories. In addition to traditional Appalachian songs and gospel sing-alongs, their repertoire includes newer songs and stories from labor and coal mining struggles in the mountains.
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