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
We Don't Know Ourselves by Fintan O'Toole

We Don't Know Ourselves is a very personal vision of recent Irish history from the year of O'Toole's birth, 1958, down to the present.

Cyprus Avenue (play) by David Ireland

Gerry Adams has disguised himself as a newborn baby and successfully infiltrated my family home. David Ireland’s black comedy takes one man’s identity crisis to the limits as he uncovers the modern day complexity of Ulster Loyalism.

Motherfoclóir: Dispatches from a not so dead language by Darach O'Séaghdha

As the title suggests, Motherfoclóir takes an irreverent, pun-friendly and contemporary approach to the Irish language.

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:

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: