events for spring 2016 celtic night at the music hall ...€¦ · the year: the 2nd annual...

EventsforSpring2016

CelticNightattheMusicHall31January,7pm,CharlestonMusicHallJointhewholeCharlestonIrishcommunityforthebiggestmusicaleventoftheyear:the2ndAnnualCharlestonNightattheMusicHall.BenefittingtheIrishandIrishAmericanStudiesprogram,theshowfeaturesBannadaDha(withAlabamafiddlerTomMorley),GoodFoot(withCofC'sKarinMcQuade),andCastleCrossing.Fortickets,contacttheCharlestonMusicHall.

CharlestonIrishArchitects11February,7pm,AddlestoneLibrary,Rm.227RobertStocktonlecturesonsuchfiguresasJamesHobanandJohnDevereux,internationally-knownarchitectswhopracticedinCharleston.Theirlegacystillsurroundsus.Freeandopentothepublic.

DedicationofBishopEnglandHighSchoolmonument13March,3pm,RiversGreen(behindtheAddlestoneLibrary)Inthehighschool'scentenaryyear,alumniofBishopEnglanddedicateanewmonumentmarking75yearsatitsdowntowncampus,whereCofC'sAddlestoneLibrarynowstands.Freeandopentothepublic.

Charleston'sReactiontotheEasterRising15March,7pm,AddlestoneLibrary,Rm.227Part1ofourseriesrememberingtheEasterRisingof1916.CharlestonhistorianStephenWhitediscussesourcity'sreactiontothehistoriceventsinDublinasfoundintheCharlestonNews&CourierandtheEveningPost.Freeandopentothepublic.

St.Patrick'sDayParade17March,10am,KingStreet(betweenRadcliffeandBroad)8amMassatSt.Patrick'sCatholicChurchfollowedbytheparadedownKingStreet.Aroundnoon,theRepublicofIreland'stri-colorflagwillberaisedatCityHallatthecornerofBroadandMeetingStreets.

TheEaster1916RisinginHistoricalPerspective4April,7pm,AlumniCenter,SchoolofEducation,Health,andHumanPerformancePart2ofourseriesrememberingtheEasterRisingof1916.HistorianJoeLee,directorofGlucksmanIrelandHouseatNYU,willtraveltoCharlestontospeakabouttheEasterRising.Thiseventisco-sponsoredbytheConsulateGeneralofIreland,Atlanta.Freeandopentothepublic.

1916TheIrishRebellion17April,6pm,EducationCenter,Rm.118Part3ofourseriesrememberingtheEasterRisingof1916.ThenewdocumentaryproducedbytheUniversityofNotreDame'sKeough-NaughtonSchoolforIrishStudies,narratedbyLiamNeeson,willbescreenedontheCofCcampus.TheSouthCarolinaIrishHistoricalSocietybringsthis70-minutefilmversionofthe3-parttelevisionseriestoCharleston.Receptiontofollow.Freeandopentothepublic.

CaraDelay'sWomen,Reform,andResistanceinIreland,1850-195020April,4pm,venuetobeannouncedCofChistoryprofessorCaraDelay'seditedvolumeisoneoftwobookspublishedbyourIrishandIrishAmericanStudiesfacultyin2015.ComeouttocelebratenewscholarshiponIrelandproducedrighthereinCharleston.

Formoreinfo,contact:JoeKellyatkellyj@cofc.edu,http://irish-studies-minor.cofc.edu/events/index.php