Thursday, Feb. 4
Film screening: The Boy's of St. Columb's
John J. Burns Library, 4:00 p.m.
This film, directed by Maurice Fitzpatrick, premiered at the Galway Film Festival on July 10, 2009. It tells the story of the first generation of Northern Irish school children to profit from the Northern Ireland Education Act of 1947. Maurice Fitzpatrick is a teacher and scholar of Irish literature at Keio University, Tokyo. All interested in attending, please RSVP to Catherine McLaughlin, 617-552-6396 or catherine.mclaughlin@bc.edu
Wednesday, Feb. 17 - Sunday, Feb. 21
Brian Friel's play, Translations, directed by Carmel O'Reilly
Robsham Theatre Art Center's Bonn Studio
The play is set in the fictional community of Baile Beag, Co. Donegal and depicts the encounters between a motley group of Irish-speaking locals and British soldiers sent to map Ireland in 1833. For ticket information on this Theatre Department production, please contact the Robsham Theatre Arts Center box office at 617-552-4800.
Thursday, Feb. 18
Irish Love Songs and Sea Ballads
Concert by Dan Milner, with Robbie O'Connell
Connolly House, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Monday, Feb. 22
Seminar Series
Connolly House, 12:00 p.m.
Professor
Guy Beiner of Ben Gurion University, University of Negev (Israel), will
discuss memories in Ulster of the 1798 rebellion.
Monday, Feb. 22
Irish Writers Series: Éilís Ní Dhuibhne
Connolly House, 7:00 p.m.
Éilís Ní Dhuibhne, currently Writer Fellow at University College Dublin, has written several collections of short stories, many novels, children's books, and plays for stage and radio. Her work has won many awards, including the Stewart Parker Award for Drama, the Butler Award for Prose, several Oireachtas awards for novels in Irish, and three Bistro awards for Children's Literature. One of her novels, The Dancer's Dancing, was short-listed for the Orange Prize in 2000. Her most recent English language novel, Fox, Swallow, Scarecrow, appeared in 2008. She will read selections from her work.
Monday, Feb. 22
Film Series
The Eclipse
Stuart Street Playhouse, Boston, 7:00 p.m.
Special screening by the Boston College Irish Studies Program and the Boston Irish Film Festival. The screening will include an introduction by film maker Conor McPherson and actor Ciarán Hinds. Admission is free with reservation.
Tuesday, Mar. 16
Film Series
Child of the Dead End
Boston College, Higgins Hall 300, 7:30 p.m.
Including an introduction by film maker Des Bell.
Thursday, Mar. 18
Cape Breton Dance Music: Fiddle and Piano
Concert by Kimberley Fraser and Troy MacGillivray
Connolly House, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Thursday, Mar. 18
Film Series
Ba Mhaith an Saol Fadó É (They Were Good Old Days)
Boston College, Higgins Hall 300, 7:30 p.m.
Including an introduction by film maker Brenda Ní Shúilleabháin.
Tuesday, Mar. 23
Film Series
The Liberties
Boston College, Higgins Hall 300, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Mar. 25
Cross the Water: Songs and Tunes from Ireland, New England, Appalachia, and Scandinavia
Concert by Cindy Kallet and Grey Larsen
Connolly House, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Mar. 30
Film Series
Liam Clancy: The Yellow Bittern
Boston College, Higgins Hall 300, 7:30 p.m.
Introduced by Sullivan Artist in Residence, Seamus Connolly.
Thursday, Apr. 8
Chulrua: Irish Traditional Music and Song
Concert (accordion, fiddle, guitar, and vocals) by Paddy O'Brien, Pat Egan, and guest fiddle player Dale Russ
Connolly House, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Monday, Apr. 12
Irish Writers Series: Conor O'Callaghan
Connolly House, 7:00 p.m.
Conor
O'Callaghan is currently the poet-in-residence at Wake Forest College
and also teaches at Sheffield Hallam University in England. Winner of
the Patrick Kavanagh Award, the Rooney Prize Special Award, and the Times Educational Fellowship, O'Callaghan has published several collections of poems including, Fiction, which was short-listed for the Irish Times poetry prize in 2005. He will give a reading of his work.
Saturday, Apr. 17
Irish Colloquium at BC
Connolly House, 9:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
This April, Connolly House will welcome Irish Studies faculty from all over New England to the third annual Irish Colloquium. Participants will be invited to give brief outlines of the current work-in-progress; a round-table discussion will debate the direction of Irish Studies; Professor Vera Kreilkamp, editor of Éire-Ireland, will help direct you on where to get published; and we'll throw in lunch, refreshments, and entertainment. For further details, please contact joseph.nugent.2@bc.edu or visit the Irish Colloquium website.
Sunday, Apr. 18
Bloomsday Event
2:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Professor Joe Nugent's public lecture will introduce work that is being done on Ulysses today; we'll have a dramatization of scenes from the book performed by the James Joyce Theatre Group; you'll be welcomed into a series of introductory workshops for Ulysses newbies; throw in live music and songs from the novel, and a wonderful afternoon's entertainment is guaranteed - even if we haven't got the date quite right. Find out more on the Bloomsday in April website.
Thursday, Apr. 29
Irish
Music, Song & Dance performed by BC students, faculty and staff
under the direction of Seamus Connolly, Sullivan Artist-in-Residence
Boston College Arts Festival Main Tent, O'Neill Plaza, 12:00 p.m.
For more information, please visit the Arts Festival website or contact irish@bc.edu