Literature

Books, Brews & Blarney
Book Club

Ireland has a rich literary past and present, and the Books, Brews & Blarney Irish Book Club exists to have fun exploring Irish literature! Most of the books we read are by authors who were born in Ireland or who lived there. Occasionally we read books by Irish Americans or books set in Ireland by authors of other nationalities. We try to cover a variety of viewpoints and styles, and we hope that anyone who likes to read will find something here.

The book club meets on the fourth Tuesday of each month, Aug/Sept-Nov and Jan-May, at 6:00 pm in our 15 W. Linwood Community Space.

Book Club is free, but Irish Center membership is highly encouraged.

Upcoming Book Club Meetings:

Featured
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.

Christine Pivovar

BOOK CLUB FACILITATOR

I’m a transplant to Kansas City from Omaha with a lifelong love of books. I have an MFA in creative writing from UMKC and work as a product designer at a software company. My connection to Irish literature: I took a James Joyce class in graduate school, and I never looked back.

John Kerrigan

BOOK CLUB FACILITATOR

My work as a professor in the English Department at Rockhurst University, includes courses in my specialty, 20th/21st century Irish literature. I’ve been involved with the Center in many small roles nearly since the early 2000s, including as a Board member from 2014-2019.

Film

Celtic Cinema
Movie Nights

Join us during the Summer and Fall months and enjoy an Irish movie favorite.

Upcoming Movie Nights:

Featured
November Movie Night: Verdigris

Trapped in a marriage with a controlling husband, middle-aged, middle-class Marian takes on a secret part-time job as a census enumerator. . On her tough inner-city route, she faces locals who refuse to engage in the census. This includes no-nonsense teenager Jewel, who Marian soon realizes is living alone.

Marian strikes a deal with Jewel – she won't report her to the authorities if Jewel helps her get the locals to fill out their census forms. As they walk the streets of Dublin, an unlikely friendship blooms.



December Movie Night: Brooklyn

Join the Irish Center as we screen the big screen adaptation of Colm Tóibín's modern classic, Brooklyn. In Brooklyn, Saoirse Ronan plays Eilis, an Irish immigrant who lands in 1950s Brooklyn.

Mike Casey

CELTIC CINEMA CHIEF

Theater & Comedy

Theatric and Comedic Performances

We are always striving to bring to you regional, national and international performances to grace our stage.

Upcoming Performances: