Check out the DC Irish Writer's Festival! Now through March 15th!

opening this thursday the dc irish writers festival 11th - 15th march 2010 all events are free! please help us make season 5 possible. we need you to make our brilliant and unique programming happen. contribute here now other march events! selected events check back for updated and added events march 5th - april 4th nevan lahart residency at noma march 8th pinkline salon contra with nevan lahart march 8th solas nua book club let the great world spin by colum mccann march 9th fishamble: the new play company forgotten by pat kinevane march 10th - april 21st beginner irish language classes march 11th - 28theverything between us by david ireland 11-13, 18-20 march at the annenberg center for the performing arts, philadelphia. 15-16 march at the alleyway theatre, buffalo. 23-28 march at flashpoint, dc. march 17th irish book day march 17th at 8pmcraicdown part 2! monday, march 22nd at 7pm fishamble play reading series monged by gary duggan directed by rex daugherty march 29th at 7pm irish popcorn! free irish films the tiger's tail directed by john boorman and starring brendan gleeson beyond march... april 1 - may 8, 2010 bart o'reilly old lines from the luminous state thursday, april 8th, 2010 lunchtime talk with artist bart o'reilly monday, april 12, 2010 solas nua book club confessions of a fallen angel by ronan o'brien monday, april 19th 7pm fishamble play reading series noah and the tower flower by sean mcloughlin directed by linda murray thursday, april 22nd evening panel withbart o'reilly and selected critics on modern irish painting monday, april 26th 7pm irish popcorn! free irish films cinegael paradiso directed by robert quinn starring bob quinn may 10, 2010 solas nua book club the holy city by patrick mccabe monday, may 17th 7pm fishamble play reading series the pride of parnell street by sebastian barry directed by des kennedy monday, may 24th 7pm irish popcorn! free irish films a song for rebecca directed by norah mcgettigan starring gemma doorly june 10 - july 3, 2010 the american premiere of johnny meister + the stitch by rosemary jenkinson directed by des kennedy june 14, 2010 solas nua book club the truth about love by josephine hart monday, june 21st 7pm fishamble play reading series rank by robert massey directed by colin hovde monday, june 28th 7pm irish popcorn! free irish films tara road directed by gillies mckinnon starring andie macdowell july 12, 2010 solas nua book club john the revelator by peter murphy monday, july 19th 7pm fishamble play reading series strandline by abbie spallen directed by dan brick monday, july 26th 7pm irish popcorn! free irish films when brendan met trudy directed by kieron j. walsh starring peter mcdonald thursday, 11th march nick laird and glenn patterson in conversation with chris agee the goethe institut at 8pm 812 7th street nw metro: gallery place/chinatown ________________________________________ sponsored by the northern ireland bureau, our opening night of the festival promises to be an exciting conversation about new writing in northern ireland punctuated by readings from nick laird and glenn patterson. friday, 12th march christine dwyer hickey the arts club of washington at 7pm 2017 i street nw metro: foggy bottom __________________________________________ christine dwyer hickey is the author of tatty, the gambler andlast train from liguria. saturday, 13th march claire kilroy busboys & poets at 4pm 1025 5th street nw metro: mount vernon square _______________________________________ claire kilroy is the author of all summer (winner of the rooney prize), tenderwire and all names have been changed. saturday, 13th march the yellow bittern: the life and times of liam clancy the goethe institut at 8pm 812 7th street nw metro: gallery place/chinatown _______________________________ a special screening of the yellow bittern - a new feature documentary from alan gilsenan about liam clancy, the man that bob dylan called "just the best ballad singer i'd ever heard in my whole life". sunday, 14th march chris agee busboys and poets at 4pm 1025 5th street nw metro: mount vernon square ______________________________ chris agee is a poet and the editor of the irish pages. sunday, 14th march philip o ceallaigh busboys and poets at 5.30pm 1025 5th street nw metro: mount vernon square ______________________________ philip o ceallaigh is the author of notes from a turkish whorehouse and the pleasant light of day. monday, 15th march gerard donovan busboys and poets at 6.30pm 1025 5th street nw metro: mount vernon square ______________________________ gerard donovan is the author of schopenhauer's telescope ( long-listed for the man booker prize) and julius winsome.