This year, the Crossroads Irish-American Festival expands the traditional notions of 'history' by emphasizing the life stories of families, neighborhoods and communities. Further details on events and parking information can be found at www.irishamericancrossroads.org Saturday, March 8 Venue: San Francisco Public Library, 101 Larkin St, San Francisco 11:30am - 12:30pm - Children's Programming -Murphy Irish Company and fiddle playing by John Caulfield - Fisher Children's Center 1:15pm - 2:00pm - Musical interlude performed by The Gasmen - Koret Auditorium 2:00 - 4:00pm - Panel Discussion, 'The Family as History' featuring Daniel Tobin, author and poet and Margaret Cooley, author - Koret Auditorium Sunday, March 9th Venue: Books Inc, 601 Van Ness Ave @ Opera Plaza, San Francisco 7:30pm - Poetry reading featuring Irish-American poets including Daniel Tobin, author of The Narrows, Where the World is Made and Double Life, Lynn Trombetta, author of Falling, and John Norton, author of Re: Marriage and The Light at the End of the Bog. Monday, March 10th Venue: St Paul's Parish Center, Entrance on Church St between 29th and Valley Streets 7:30pm - Reflections on the Irish in the Noe Valley Neighborhood featuring local community members, leaders and historians. Tuesday, March 11th Venue: Books Inc, 601 Van Ness Ave @ Opera Plaza, San Francisco 7:30pm - Reading by Rose Murphy, a Bay Area historian and scholar and author of, Ella Young: Irish Mystic and Rebel: From Literary Dublin to the American West Wednesday, March 12th Venue: United Irish Cultural Center, St Francis Room, 2700 45th Ave @ Sloat, SF 7:30pm - 'Emigrants at Play by the Bay: The Gaelic Athletic Association and the Irish-American Experience' presented by Liam Reidy of the SF-GAA. An evening dedicated to the history of the GAA. Thursday, March 13th Venue: Bookshop West Portal, 80 West Portal Ave @ Vicente, San Francisco 7:00pm - Reading by Daniel Cassidy, winner of the 2007 American Book Award for How the Irish Invented Slang: The Secret Language of the Crossroads. Venue: The Plough and the Stars, 116 Clement St @ 2nd Ave, San Francisco 9:00pm - An Evening with Peter Rowan: Singing Through the Walls of Time Cost: $10 on the door Saturday, March 15th Venue: New College of California, 776 Valencia St @ 18th St, San Francisco 7:30pm - St Patrick's Day Hooley Sunday, March 16th Venue: United Irish Cultural Center, St Francis Room, 2700 45th Ave @ Sloat, SF 10:00am - 1:00pm - Workshop 'Beyond our Green Eyes: Making Meaning of an Irish-American Heritage' facilitated by Maureen Murdock All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise stated. The Crossroads Irish-American Festival is a project of Intersection for the Arts. Further details on events and parking information can be found at www.irishamericancrossroads.org |
