Greenlight: Chicago Consular Region
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05 October 2022
See below some of the fantastic upcoming events showcasing Irish culture in Chicago and the surrounding region (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota)
12-23 October: The Chicago International Film Festival features four Irish films
12 November: The Irish American Heritage Center’s Great Irish Book Club convenes to discuss The Magician by Colm Tóibín.
15 October: The Consulate General of Ireland in Chicago hosts an exhibition of 15 banners tracing Seamus Heaney’s journey as a poet and public figure, as part of the Irish Books Arts & Music Celebration, through 16 October.
15 October: Musician, archivist and former Riverdance soloist Niamh Ní Charra performs at the annual fundraiser for Celtic Junction Arts Center in St Paul, Minnesota.
18 October: Also at Celtic Junction Arts Center, ten-member traditional music group Brass Lassie performs a mix of Irish, Scottish and continental tunes.
27 October: Dr Kevin Byrne and Dr Steven Griffith host a discussion of James Mackay’s biography Michael Collins: A Life, with a second opportunity on 10 November.
29 October: The Consulate General of Ireland in Chicago’s Halloween Hooley, hosted in conjunction with the Ireland Network of Chicago and Irish Community Services, features family-friendly cultural activities inspired by the Celtic origins of Oíche Shamhna.
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