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The Gates of Gold Festival - 2002
Join Pulitzer Prize winning novelist William Kennedy and friends
beginning March 8th for Gates of Gold 2002, An Irish American Literary and Cultural Festival beginning March 8th.
The festival is sponsored by United Irish Societies, the New College of California Irish Studies Program and the Irish Arts Foundation
The Festival Program Coordinators are Daniel Cassidy, Director of the Irish Studies Program at New College, Conor Howard, Irish Arts Foundation, and Margaret McPeake, Ph.D., Assistant Director, Irish Studies Program, New College of California.
The festival runs from Saturday, March 9th through Sunday March 17th. All literary and cultural events are free to the public. Some of the guests are Tom Hayden, former State Senator, and Author of Irish on the inside: In Search of the Soul of Irish America, Bill Kennedy, Executive Director and Founder of the New York State Writers Institute and author of Rosco; Ironweed, and Billy Phelan's Greatest Game.
Also at the St. Patrick's Grand Marshal Dinner Dance at the St. Francis Hotel on Sunday, March 10th the Grand Marshal is the Hon. Joseph O'Donoghue with Honorary Grand Marshals from the New York City Fire Department and the New York City Police Department.
For further information on the festival contact the New College of
California Irish Studies program, Daniel Cassidy, Director. For a
complete listing of festival speakers and attendees visit the Irish
Studies Program Events page. and you can also download the complete download the complete festival brochure in Acrobat PDF format.
Calendar of Events
Saturday, March 9th, 2:00 - 5:00 PM
Writing Irish America
Co-sponsored by the San Francisco Public Library and the Consul General of Ireland. William Kennedy, Dennis Smith, Maureen Howard, Peter Quinn, Maureen Dezell, Michael Patrick Mac Donald, Tom Hayden. Free to the public.
Location: Koret Auditorium, Main Public Library, San Francisco, CA
Sunday - March 10th
St. Patrick's Grand Marshal Dinner Dance
Hon. Joseph O'Donoghue, Grand Marshall, and Honorary Grand Marshals, the New York City Fire Department and the New York City Police Department.
Location: St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco, CA
Monday March 11th, 7:00 - 9:30 PM
New College of California Cultural Center
777 Valencia Street (at 18th Street)
Host: Hon. Willie Brown, Mayor of San Francisco. Marion Casey, Donna Desare, TJ English, Anne Hickey, Donald Jordan Robert Tracy, James P. Walsh.
Location: Koret Auditorium, Main Public Library, San Francisco, CA
Tuesday March 12th, 7:00 - 9:30 PM
Irish Americas: Culture at the Crossroads
Jacqueline Bishop, Bob Callahan, Charles Fanning, Laura Izarra, Robert Kelly, Joseph McBride.
Location: New College of California Cultural Center, 766 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA
Wednesday, March 13th, 7:00 - 9:30 PM
The Living Language
7:30 - 9:30pm - Irish Americans in the
Labor Movement
Daniel Cassidy, Director of the Irish Studies Program at New College of California, Thomas Kelly, Ciaran O Pronntaigh, Gillian Smith Eamonn Wall. Party to follow at the Phoenix, 811 Valencia Street.
Location: New College of California Cultural Center, 766 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA
Thursday, March 14th, 7:30 PM
Irish Music at the Crossroads
7:30 - 9:30pm - Irish Americans in the
Labor Movement
Co-sponsored by A Clean Well-Lighted Place for Books. Liam Clancy and William Williams.
Location: United Irish Cultural Center 2700 45th Avenue, San Francisco, CA
Sunday March 17th, 7:30 PM
150th Anniversay of the St. Patrick's Day Parade
7:30 - 9:30pm - Irish Americans in the
Labor Movement
Start Time is nooon. Hon. Joseph O'Donoghue, Grand Marshal, Honorary Grand Marshals, the New York City Fire Department and the New York City Police Department. In honor of this anniversary, the annual St. Patrick's Day parade has been revitalized to showcase the history of Irish america and its many contributions to society.
Location: 2nd Street to City Hall
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