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Irish NYE

Irish New Year’s Eve w/ Eddie Delahunt +
Join us as we say goodbye to 2022 and welcome 2023, Irish style! Many of us have traditionally rung in the New Year with Eddie Delahunt – and we’re so excited to move that tradition to Drexel Hall at the KC Irish Center! Eddie will take the stage […]

December 31st, 2022|Tags: , |

Revive Your Irish Class

A course meant for students who have had prior experience with the Irish language The course will include more robust activities to rebuild conversation skills, sentence construction, vocabulary, and reading comprehension. This class will meet from 2 – 3:30pm on Saturdays.

Classes will be held on October 8, 15, 22, 29, and November 5 at the […]

November 5th, 2022|Tags: , |

Introduction to Irish Class

A course meant for an absolute beginner in the Irish language. Topics covered will include the history and development of the language in Ireland, common phrases, beginning grammar, and conversation basics. This class will meet from 12 – 1:30pm on Saturdays.

Classes will be held on October 8, 15, 22, 29, and November 5 at the […]

November 5th, 2022|Tags: , |

Revive Your Irish Class

A course meant for students who have had prior experience with the Irish language The course will include more robust activities to rebuild conversation skills, sentence construction, vocabulary, and reading comprehension. This class will meet from 2 – 3:30pm on Saturdays.

Classes will be held on October 8, 15, 22, 29, and November 5 at the […]

October 29th, 2022|Tags: , |

Introduction to Irish Class

A course meant for an absolute beginner in the Irish language. Topics covered will include the history and development of the language in Ireland, common phrases, beginning grammar, and conversation basics. This class will meet from 12 – 1:30pm on Saturdays.

Classes will be held on October 8, 15, 22, 29, and November 5 at the […]

October 29th, 2022|Tags: , |

Revive Your Irish Class

A course meant for students who have had prior experience with the Irish language The course will include more robust activities to rebuild conversation skills, sentence construction, vocabulary, and reading comprehension. This class will meet from 2 – 3:30pm on Saturdays.

Classes will be held on October 8, 15, 22, 29, and November 5 at the […]

October 22nd, 2022|Tags: , |

Introduction to Irish Class

A course meant for an absolute beginner in the Irish language. Topics covered will include the history and development of the language in Ireland, common phrases, beginning grammar, and conversation basics. This class will meet from 12 – 1:30pm on Saturdays.

Classes will be held on October 8, 15, 22, 29, and November 5 at the […]

October 22nd, 2022|Tags: , |

Revive Your Irish Class

A course meant for students who have had prior experience with the Irish language The course will include more robust activities to rebuild conversation skills, sentence construction, vocabulary, and reading comprehension. This class will meet from 2 – 3:30pm on Saturdays.

Classes will be held on October 8, 15, 22, 29, and November 5 at the […]

October 15th, 2022|Tags: , |

Introduction to Irish Class

A course meant for an absolute beginner in the Irish language. Topics covered will include the history and development of the language in Ireland, common phrases, beginning grammar, and conversation basics. This class will meet from 12 – 1:30pm on Saturdays.

Classes will be held on October 8, 15, 22, 29, and November 5 at the […]

October 15th, 2022|Tags: , |

Revive Your Irish Class

A course meant for students who have had prior experience with the Irish language The course will include more robust activities to rebuild conversation skills, sentence construction, vocabulary, and reading comprehension. This class will meet from 2 – 3:30pm on Saturdays.

Classes will be held on October 8, 15, 22, 29, and November 5 at the […]

October 8th, 2022|Tags: , |

Introduction to Irish Class

A course meant for an absolute beginner in the Irish language. Topics covered will include the history and development of the language in Ireland, common phrases, beginning grammar, and conversation basics. This class will meet from 12 – 1:30pm on Saturdays.

Classes will be held on October 8, 15, 22, 29, and November 5 at the […]

October 8th, 2022|Tags: , |

Shane Hennessy in Concert

Shane Hennessy in Concert – Wednesday, August 10

Irish guitar virtuoso Shane Hennessy joins us for a concert in Drexel Hall!

Irish virtuoso guitarist Shane Hennessy has established himself as one of the leading guitarists on the world stage, known widely for his fingerstyle, flatpicking, and percussive guitar-playing approaches.

His energetic live performances and his cinematically-vivid compositions tie […]

August 10th, 2022|Tags: , , |

Amongst Women by John McGahern

Booker Prize shortlist (1990)
Guinness Peat Aviation Award (1990)- The judge for that year was John Updike.
The Irish Times/Aer Lingus Literary Award (1991)

The novel is set in County Leitrim in the rural midlands of Republic of Ireland. The story spans a period of twenty years in the middle of the twentieth century. It centres on Michael Moran, […]

May 25th, 2021|Tags: , , , |

Constellations: Reflections from Life by Sinéad Gleeson

“These brilliant essays read as if Gleeson has made a vow to her readers to illuminate what it means to live in a human body–for better or for worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health–all the days of her life. Come for the dark jokes and existential dread. Stay for the beauty […]

April 27th, 2021|Tags: , , , , |

Irish New Year’s Eve

Celebrate the end of 2020 and the hope for a much better 2021 on Irish time! Join us for a live, streaming performance by Eddie Delahunt.
We’re all ready to say good riddance to 2020 and ring in a (hopefully) much brighter 2021! Start your celebrating early and join us as we ring in 2021 on […]

December 31st, 2020|Tags: , , , , |

Unraveling Oliver by Liz Nugent

“Searing, searching, finally scorching. Think Making a Murderer via Patricia Highsmith: an elegant kaleidoscope novel that refines and combines multiple perspectives until its subject is brought into indelible, tragic focus.” –A. J. Finn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window
“Pitch-black and superbly written.” –Ruth Ware, New York Times bestselling author […]

October 27th, 2020|Tags: , , , |

Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe

WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR NONFICTION
A NEW YORK TIMES TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR
LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD
WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE
BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR – TIME MAGAZINE
A WASHINGTON POST TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Named a best book of the year by The […]

September 22nd, 2020|Tags: , , , , |

Pints on the Patio – Carswell and Hope

Our September 17 (Halfway to St. Patrick’s Day) Pints on the Patio – Carswell and Hope
We continue our summer live music series, Pints on the Patio. In this time of social distancing we thought we’d take advantage of our beautiful outdoor courtyard to offer intimate concerts throughout the summer featuring local Irish musicians. This week we feature Carswell […]

September 17th, 2020|Tags: , , , |