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2024 Denver St. Patrick’s Day Grand Marshal Sean Kevin McNicholas
2024 Denver St. Patrick’s Day Grand Marshal Sean Kevin McNicholas (photo:McNicholas-Family.-Séan, Audraand and kids) Sean McNicholas is the Chief Executive Officer of SSA Group, a more than 50-year-young Colorado company, built by family, for families. In this role, he leads the company, furthering the mission of more than 85 zoos, museums, aquariums, and other cultural […]
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Uilleann Piper Dirk Mewes, Making Irish Traditional Pipes in the Rocky Mountains
Uilleann Piper Dirk Mewes, Making Irish Traditional Pipes in the Rocky Mountains Dirk Mewes has been playing the Irish uilleann pipes for 18 years. In 2006, he began building a workshop at his home, and learning to make the instruments from some of the top uilleann pipe makers in the world. In 2010, he began […]
Digging Up Irish Roots on the Western Front
Digging Up Irish Roots on the Western Front (June 2918 Celtic Connection, Denver) By Brendan O’Neill Wait, did I hear that right? An excavation of a World War One battlefield? I backed up the podcast and listened again. It was true! And even better, it was a place I knew from history as a […]
Tim O’Brien interview with Rodger Hara
Tim O’Brien –Profile Colorado, Ireland, Music By Rodger Hara In a homecoming of sorts, Tim O’Brien and his partner Jan Fabricius played to packed houses at Swallow Hill in Denver and The Armory in Ft. Collins for two nights at the end of March. There his many fans heard old and new songs in Tim’s […]
From Pouring Pints to Pulling Prints
From Pouring Pints to Pulling Prints ( photo: Serious looking artist by day, Brendan Dorney creates custom drinks with a smile at the Irish Rover by night) After you have had a week to recover from St. Patrick’s Day, why not parade around town visiting the studios of the many printmaking artist in and […]
Denver’s Teatro student theater group invited to AHSTF in Scotland
Denver’s Teatro student theater group invited to AHSTF in Scotland Denver’s award winning Teatro VolARTE student theater group have been selected to attend the prestigious 2018 American High School Theatre Festival (AHSTF)in Edinburgh, Scotland next August. This event is part of the larger Edinburgh Festival Fringe which showcases companies and actors from all across the […]
Alan Doyle to sign new book “A Newfoundlander in Canada” In Denver November 15 Following the fantastic success of his bestselling memoir, Where I Belong, former Great Big Sea front man Alan Doyle returns with a hilarious, heartwarming account of leaving Newfoundland and discovering Canada for the first time. Doyle will discuss and sign […]
November 2017 Ceolta Notes by Rodger Hara The Colorado Youth Pipe Band hosts their annual fundraising ceilidh with plenty of food, fun, drink and dance at the Jefferson Unitarian Church, 14350 W. 32nd Ave. in Golden from 5-9 PM on the 4th with featured guest Angus Mohr. Tickets are available at cypb.net and all […]
Julie Fowlis: Music of the Scottish Isles, October 13
Julie Fowlis: Music of the Scottish Isles 7:30 p.m., Friday, Oct. 13, Lakewood Cultural Center Tickets start at $20 at www.Lakewood.org/LCCPresents, 303-987-7845 or the Box Office Gaelic singer Julie Fowlis, BBC Award winner and Scottish cultural ambassador, returns to Lakewood Cultural Center with her ensemble of virtuoso players for an evening of song, 7:30 p.m., […]
Scotland’s “Live Band of the Year” Skerryvore at to perform in Denver October 8
Scotland’s “Live Band of the Year” Skerryvore at to perform in Denver October 8 Reserved seats available now at direct link (Tickets now $20, Ticket day of show $25) http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/selectSeats?id=1524099&seatSelectorOnly=true “Skerryvore are the most promising young band in Scotland today” Mick MacNeil, Simple Minds To quote the words of one local journalist: “ […]
October 2017 Ceolta Notes
October 2017 Ceolta Notes By Rodger hara The Rocky Mountain Fiddle Club presents their Fall Festival at The Old Gallery in Allenspark, CO on the 21st from 10 AM – 9 PM. www.theoldgallery.org Located on the eastern edge of Rocky Mountain National Park, classes in Klezmer, Texas fiddle, singing, Scottish and Cape Breton fiddle tunes, […]
The 2017 Spanish Peaks International Celtic Music Festival Welcomes folks to “Crossroads of Tradition” in Huerfano County September 21- 24
The 2017 Spanish Peaks International Celtic Music Festival Welcomes folks to “Crossroads of Tradition”in Huerfano County September 21- 24 Hundreds, maybe thousands of years ago, Spanish Peaks Country became an intersection of cultures and traditions. Indigenous natives, Spanish explorers, mountain men, traders, work seekers, and homesteaders migrated from foreign lands to hunt, mine, farm, […]
September 2017 Ceolta Notes
September 2017 Ceolta Notes by Rodger Hara Brian Clancy continues to be a fixture at the Jack Quinn Alehouse and Pub in downtown Colorado Springs on Thursdays at 7:30 PM. You’ll find him ensconced on the seat of honor on the 7th, 21st and 28th. You’ll also find him there on the 14th accompanied […]