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SUMMARY:Open Hours!
DESCRIPTION:The Maine Irish Heritage Center is open to the public every Thursday from 10am-2pm! Stop in to take a tour of the building\, do some research on our genealogy station\, or peruse our library collection! \nFor more information\, contact maineirish@maineirish.com!
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LOCATION:Maine Irish Heritage Center\, 34 Gray St\, Portland\, ME\, 04102\, United States
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SUMMARY:Open Hours!
DESCRIPTION:The Maine Irish Heritage Center is open to the public every Thursday from 10am-2pm! Stop in to take a tour of the building\, do some research on our genealogy station\, or peruse our library collection! \nFor more information\, contact maineirish@maineirish.com!
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LOCATION:Maine Irish Heritage Center\, 34 Gray St\, Portland\, ME\, 04102\, United States
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SUMMARY:Maine Irish Reads "Prophet Song: A Novel" by Paul Lynch
DESCRIPTION:“Prophet Song: A Novel” by Paul Lynch is a dystopian narrative set in a near-future Ireland on the brink of societal collapse. The story follows Eilish Stack\, a scientist and mother\, as she navigates a world where authoritarianism and civil unrest threaten her family’s safety and freedom. Lynch’s novel explores themes of resistance\, survival\, and the human spirit’s resilience against oppressive forces\, creating a gripping and thought-provoking tale of a family’s struggle in the face of impending doom.
URL:https://maineirish.glacialsites.com/event/maine-irish-reads-24/
LOCATION:Maine Irish Heritage Center\, 34 Gray St\, Portland\, ME\, 04102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Maine Irish Reads
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SUMMARY:Maine Irish Poetry Night
DESCRIPTION:In Honor of National Poetry Month and Seamus Heaney’s Birthday\nSaturday\, April 12th\n7:00pm\nJoin us for an evening of poetry in celebration of National Poetry Month\, and Seamus Heaney’s birthday! \nDoors open at 6:30 PM\, and readings begin at 7:00 PM. Admission is free\, and books will be available for purchase at the event through our wonderful partners\, Print: A Bookstore. Donations in support of the Maine Irish Heritage Center are welcome. A cash bar is available. \nOur featured poets are:\nKristen Case\nKristen Case has published essays on Henry David Thoreau\, Emily Dickinson\, Robert Frost\, Ezra Pound\, Wallace Stevens\, and William and Henry James\, and is the author of the book American Poetry and Poetic Practice: Crosscurrents from Emerson to Susan Howe (Camden House\, 2011). She is co-editor of  The Oxford Handbook of Henry David Thoreau (in development\, Oxford UP)\, William James and Literary Studies (forthcoming\, Cambridge UP)\, Thoreau in an Age of Crisis: Uses and Abuses of An American Icon (Fink\, 2021)\, 21|19: Contemporary Poets in the 19th Century Archive (Milkweed Editions\, 2019)\, and Thoreau at 200: Essays and Reassessments (Cambridge UP\, 2016) .  Kristen’s first poetry collection\, Little Arias was published by New Issues Press in 2015. Her second collection\, Principles of Economics\, published by Switchback Books\, won the 2018 Gatewood Prize. She is the recipient of the Maine Literary Award in Poetry (2016 and 2020)\, a MacDowell Fellowship\, and the UMF Trustee Professorship. She is Executive Director of the Monson Arts Seminar and Director of Thoreau’s Kalendar: A Digital Archive of the Phenological Manuscripts of Henry David Thoreau. Her current book project is Keeping Time: Henry David Thoreau’s Kalendar (forthcoming\, Milkweed Editions). She is Scholarship Research and Grants Manager at the Mitchell Institute\, Maine’s premier scholarship organization. \nLearn more at https://www.kristencase.com/ \n\n\n\nMaria Zoccola\nMaria Zoccola is a poet and educator from Memphis\, Tennessee. She has writing degrees from Emory University and Falmouth University and has spent several years leading creative writing workshops for middle and high school youth. Maria’s work has previously appeared in Ploughshares\, The Kenyon Review\, The Iowa Review\, The Sewanee Review\, ZYZZYVA\, and elsewhere\, and has received a special mention for the Pushcart Prize. Helen of Troy\, 1993 is her debut poetry collection. \nLearn more at https://mariazoccola.com/?page_id=379 \n  \n  \nTHANK YOU TO OUR EVENT SPONSOR\, COFFEE BY DESIGN!\n \nThanks to our Artist Sponsor\, the Hyatt Place hotel!
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LOCATION:Maine Irish Heritage Center\, 34 Gray St\, Portland\, ME\, 04102\, United States
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SUMMARY:Breen | Rynne | Murray
DESCRIPTION:Odyssey\nTuesday\, April 15th\n7:30pm\nDoors open at 7:00pm\nEmbark on an odyssey of wonder\, joyfulness and upbeat music as three incredibly talented and creative folk musicians shape melodies from past and present into something dynamic and irresistible. A trio comprising of musicians at the fore of our tradition\, expect a performance from the gentle to the rhythmical and all the in-betweens. \nMeet the Artists: Tara Breen\, Pádraig Rynne & Jim Murray\nTara Breen has numerous All Ireland titles on the fiddle and tours regularly with The Chieftains\, Stockton’s wing and as a solo performer. Pádraig Rynne is considered a leading figure in Irish music and is founding member of well-known bands such as NOTIFY and Guidewires. Jim has been one of the most sought after and busiest musicians of his generation over the past two decades recording and touring with some of the best known folk musicians in the world. Their 2021 release “Nasc” is regarded as one of the finest albums in recent years from an Irish Traditional outfit and was winner of the best traditional album in the 2022 American Celtic listener supported radio awards. \n“Sure-footed\, engaging and joyful music from a dynamic Clare duo. Expert musicianship\, courageous creativity and sweetness of melody” – Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh\, RTÉ Radió na Gaeltachta \nDescribed as “one of the freshest sounds in Irish music” by fRoots\, Pádraig Rynne is a virtuoso musician\, prolific composer and is regarded as the finest concertina player in Irish music today. With an MA in Music Technology and with a passion for experimenting in diverse genres Pádraig is recognized for his re-freshing explorations into the Irish tradition and for his ground-breaking band NOTIFY\, described by the New York Echo as “cinematic in scope”. \nA worthy description as “a musical wizard” by Music Network\, Tara Breen is the fiddler with the legendary band\, The Chieftains. She is an all-round extraordinary musician who has 11 solo All-Ireland titles. Tara is also the winner of both the coveted Fiddler of Dooney and Michael Coleman Fiddle competitions and was invited to perform at Dublin Castle for the Queen of England during her State visit to Ireland. Tara has numerous recording credits to her name and regularly guests with artists such as Carlos Nunez\, Stockton’s wing and the Trí Tones. \nJim Murray has been touring the world full time as a professional musician since the age of eighteen. Jim is considered Sharon Shannon’s “right hand man” having recorded and toured with her over five continents.  He also released two critically acclaimed albums with long term partner Seamus Begley in 2001 and 2008 which collectively scooped many prestigious awards such as The Irish Times and Hotpress Traditional Irish Music Album of the Year. Since Jim’s arrival on the world stage\, he has gained the respect of both national and international musicians and has performed and recorded with artists such as Sinead O’Connor\, Steve Earl\, Shane McGowan\, Altan and Mary Black to mention but a few. \n \n“cut-glass performances and imaginative tune pairings are a joy throughout.” \n The Irish Times \n“Rynne and Breen have fabulous chemistry together and have found backing musicians who are more than mere accompanists but who are stakeholders in the game”  \nDan Neely\, The Irish Echo\, New York \nwww.breenrynnemurray.com
URL:https://maineirish.glacialsites.com/event/breen-rynne-murray/
LOCATION:Maine Irish Heritage Center\, 34 Gray St\, Portland\, ME\, 04102\, United States
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SUMMARY:Open Hours!
DESCRIPTION:The Maine Irish Heritage Center is open to the public every Thursday from 10am-2pm! Stop in to take a tour of the building\, do some research on our genealogy station\, or peruse our library collection! \nFor more information\, contact maineirish@maineirish.com!
URL:https://maineirish.glacialsites.com/event/open-hours-2-3/2025-04-17/
LOCATION:Maine Irish Heritage Center\, 34 Gray St\, Portland\, ME\, 04102\, United States
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SUMMARY:Open Hours!
DESCRIPTION:The Maine Irish Heritage Center is open to the public every Thursday from 10am-2pm! Stop in to take a tour of the building\, do some research on our genealogy station\, or peruse our library collection! \nFor more information\, contact maineirish@maineirish.com!
URL:https://maineirish.glacialsites.com/event/open-hours-2-3/2025-04-24/
LOCATION:Maine Irish Heritage Center\, 34 Gray St\, Portland\, ME\, 04102\, United States
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SUMMARY:Caoilinn Hughes: "The Alternatives" - A Maine Irish Author Event
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, April 24th\n7:00pm\nJoin us for an incredible evening with award-winning author Caoilinn Hughes! With readings\, a special performance\, and an author Q&A\, this is a night certainly not to be missed! \nBooks will be available for sale at the event through our incredible partners\, Print: A Bookstore \n\n\n\nThe event will feature a staged reading of a portion of The Alternatives featuring performances by Caoilinn Hughes herself\, as well as local guest actors Allison McCall\, Marie Stewart Harmon and Lauren Stockless! Watch this incredible story come to life in front of your eyes!\n\nAbout The Book\n“A bold\, beautiful\, complex novel\, and I can’t wait to read what Hughes writes next. She\, too\, is an unstoppable force.” —New York Times Book Review \n“A tale about sisterhood\, a novel of ideas\, a chronicle of our collective follies\, a requiem for our agonizing species\, The Alternatives unfolds in a prose full of gorgeous surprises and glows with intelligence\, compassion\, and beauty.”  —Hernan Diaz \nFrom the writer Anthony Doerr calls “a massive talent\,” the story of four brilliant Irish sisters\, orphaned in childhood\, who scramble to reconnect when the oldest disappears into the Irish countryside \nThe Flattery sisters were plunged prematurely into adulthood when their parents died in tragic circumstances. Now in their thirties—all single\, all with PhDs—they are each attempting to do meaningful work in a rapidly foundering world. The four lead disparate\, distanced lives\, from classrooms in Connecticut to ritzy catering gigs in London’s Notting Hill\, until one day their oldest sister\, a geologist haunted by a terrible awareness of the earth’s future\, abruptly vanishes from her work and home. Together for the first time in years\, the Flatterys descend on the Irish countryside in search of a sister who doesn’t want to be found. Sheltered in a derelict bungalow\, they reach into their common past\, confronting both old wounds and a desperately uncertain future. Warm\, fiercely witty\, and unexpectedly hopeful\, The Alternatives is an unforgettable portrait of a family perched on our collective precipice\, told by one of Ireland’s most gifted storytellers. \n\n\n\nLearn more at https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/723051/the-alternatives-by-caoilinn-hughes/\n\nAbout the Author\n\nCaoilinn Hughes is the author of Orchid & the Wasp\, which won the Collyer Bristow Prize and was longlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award\, and The Wild Laughter\,whichwon the Royal Society of Literature’s Encore Award and was longlisted for the International Dylan Thomas Prize. She was recently the Oscar Wilde Centre Writer Fellow at Trinity College Dublin\, and is now a Cullman Fellow at New York Public Library.\nPhoto: © Robin Christian \n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nMeet the Artists!\nAllison McCall (she/her) is a theatre artist\, theatre educator\, Food Network enthusiast\, and book worm. She has been a proud member of Mad Horse Theatre Co. (MHTC) since 2015\, having recently stepped into the role of Artistic Director in 2024. By day\, she is the Theatre Company Coordinator of Maddy’s Theatre at the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine (CMTM). Recent credits include: Women Laughing Alone With Salad (Tori)\, Tumacho (Catalina)\, Heroes of the Fourth Turning (Emily)\, POTUS…Keep Him Alive (Jean)\, When We Were Young and Unafraid (Mary Anne) with MHTC; Charlotte’s Web (Charlotte) and Corduroy (Corduroy U/S) at CMTM; Waiting for Alice (playwright); Come Home (writer/director) for Damnationland 2024. Other local credits include Good Theater\, Fenix Theatre Co.\, PortFringe\, etc. Allison holds a BA in Theatre (Acting Concentration) and Art History from Muhlenberg College and studied Performance Studies at Goldsmiths\, University of London. She has a codependent miniature schnauzer named Ichabod. Currently reading: Elphie by Gregory McGuire. @sonnymccall421 \n  \n  \n  \n\nMarie Stewart Harmon (@smallstew) has been performing professionally in Maine for over a decade as an actor\, improviser\, model\, voice actor\, occasional murderer or detective for your mystery parties.  She is a proud company member of @madhorsetheatre since 2014; most recent credits include Julia in Edward Albee’s A Delicate Balance\, Prudence in TUMACHO\, and Dusty in POTUS or you may see her at the Box Office. Coming up next is Grumbo’s Big Night for @portfringe2025\, follow @grrrumbo if you like gross little weirdos. While she isn’t creating theatre she can be found supporting Maine’s creative makers with her family’s business\, @lisamariesmadeinmaine. Thanks for the love and support from her dubbers. Always. \n  \n  \n  \n  \nLauren Stockless (she/her) is excited to be participating in this reading! She graduated from Colby College with a BA in Theatre & Dance/English Literature\, and then earned a MSc in Theatre and Performance Studies at the University of Edinburgh. Lauren is a proud company member with Mad Horse Theater Company\, and is heavily involved in local theater as a director\, dramaturg\, and actor. Some past favorite shows include: Women Laughing Alone with Salad (Director\, Mad Horse)\, POTUS: Or\, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive (Director\, Mad Horse)\, The Thin Place (Co-director\, Portland Theater Festival)\, White (Jane\, Mad Horse)\, Pass Over (Production Stage Manager\, Portland Theater Festival)\, Twelfth Night (Director\, Edinburgh University Shakespeare Company)\, and You Got Older (Jenny\, Mad Horse). Lauren is also the Events and Marketing Coordinator for the Maine Irish Heritage Center!
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LOCATION:Maine Irish Heritage Center\, 34 Gray St\, Portland\, ME\, 04102\, United States
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