Posts Tagged ‘Immigration’
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. YOU CAN PAY ADMISSION AT THE DOOR…
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 >Musicians for Ukraine
A benefit concert featuring Dean Magraw & Richard Kriehn, Turkish ensemble Makam Baklava, and Mother Banjo. Hosted by Ukrainian American musician Natalie Nowytski. All proceeds from the evening go to Stand With Ukraine MN, an initiative by the Ukrainian Community in Minnesota to ensure aid dollars are sent to the most needed areas of Ukraine.
More >CJAC Seminar
Find out more about Immigration Services, Citizenship classes, Social Services, and Youth & Family Programs! Find out more about this great resource and talk with program directors.
More >Frederick Douglass Symposium
A free Zoom-based webinar and conversation about history, solidarity, and racial justice in Ireland and the US with Dennis Brownlee, Christine Kinealy, and E.G. Bailey.
More >Irish of Minnesota Digital Gallery Launch
Tom is launching an Irish of Minnesota digital gallery on FaceBook. Please like his page here, and watch for new photographs and accompanying stories all day on Saturday, August 8th! Please visit and comment.
More >Lecture – Despair in the Heartland
$10 Jane Kennedy tell the story of the Connemaras of Graceville. Featuring original research, this substantive talk will present an account of how Connemara emigrants from Ireland’s western seaboard suffered…
More >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…
More >Norah Rendell and The Lost Forty
Inspired by Celtic traditions from Newfoundland to Minnesota, Norah Rendell and the Lost Forty unearth heirloom songs with Irish-American and Canadian roots and perform them with passion and nuance.
More >Burren Girl: Sneak Preview Clips & Crowdfunder Launch
Burren Girl brings the past to life with a Minnesota woman’s 40-year quest to find the place and the people her Irish immigrant grandmother left behind.
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