September Movie Night: Herself
Join the Irish Center as we screen Herself, the edgy 2022 release from Phyllida Lloyd, the director of Mamma Mia and The Iron Lady.
'How to Build a Boat' by Elaine Feeney
This is the story of a remarkable boy and his search for his mother, told with warmth, tenderness and flair
A Night in November
Join the Kansas City Irish Center as we bring the play "A Night in November" by Marie Jones, performed by Alan Smyth, to our stage.
'The Hunter' by Tana French
An Instant New York Times Bestseller. From the New York Times bestselling author of The Searcher and “one of the greatest crime novelists writing today” (Vox), a spellbinding new novel set in the Irish countryside.
The Paper Man by Billy O'Callaghan
Based on true events, The Paper Man is the story of twentieth-century Europe and love against the odds. It is a story that will take Jack far from Cork and all the way back to Vienna, and towards The Paper Man.
'The Bee Sting' by Paul Murray
From the author of Skippy Dies comes Paul Murray's The Bee Sting, an irresistibly funny, wise, and thought-provoking tour de force about family, fortune, and the struggle to be a good person when the world is falling apart.
July Movie Night: The Commitments
Join the Irish Center as we screen the classic Irish film The Commitments! Funny, musical and occasionally dramatic, this is the story of tumultuous rise and fall of a Dublin Soul band, The Commitments.
‘The Commitments’ by Roddy Doyle
May’s reading is The Commitments by Roddy Doyle - one of the most engaging and believable novels about rock'n'roll ever written.
‘Haven’ by Emma Donoghue
In this beautiful story of adventure and survival from the New York Times bestselling author of Room, three men vow to leave the world behind them as they set out in a small boat for an island their leader has seen in a dream, with only faith to guide them.
'Foster' by Claire Keegan
A small girl is sent to live with foster parents on a farm in rural Ireland, without knowing when she will return home.
‘We Don’t Know Ourselves’ by Fintan O’Toole
A celebrated Irish writer’s magisterial, brilliantly insightful chronicle of the wrenching transformations that dragged his homeland into the modern world.
‘Small Things Like These’ by Claire Keegan
It is 1985 in a small Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal merchant and family man…
‘Beautiful World, Where Are You’ by Sally Rooney
Alice, a novelist, meets Felix, who works in a warehouse, and asks him if he’d like to travel to Rome with her. In Dublin, her best friend, Eileen…