On Wednesday, February 10, 2010 and 2 weeks later, Wednesday, February 24, 2010, Bob will be playing at Waxy O’Shea’s Irish Pub at the corner of Shawnee Mission Parkway and Quivera at 7pm. Note that’s an earlier time than Bob’s usual performances.

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The audio book is complete in 8 parts. When you have purchased, you will be given a site where you can download all the parts - which I calculate come to about 7 hours in total duration.

You can also purchase from Amazon the original book, Missouri Irish: The Original History of the Irish in Missouri

A total of 5 Academy Award nominations went to the Irish film industry yesterday, 3 of which were for Bord Scannán na hÉireann/The Irish Film Board funded projects.

The Secret of Kells directed by Tomm Moore and produced by the Kilkenny based independent animation, Cartoon Saloon, was nominated in the Best Animated Feature Film category.

Irish short film The Door written and directed by Juanita Wilson was nominated in the Best Short Film (Live Action) category.

Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty directed by Nicky Phelan was nominated in the Best Short Film (Animation) category.

The Secret of Kells features the voices of Irish national treasures Brendan Gleeson and Mick Lally. An Irish-French-Belgian co-production, it’s an Irish story, of an orphan named Brendan who is given the job to finish the Book of Kells. So it features a very Irish art as well:

Mind you, I prefer this older trailer. The Secret of Kells is scheduled to open in US cinemas on March 19, 2010.

The Door is already a film much decorated with awards, including the Best Short Film at the 2008 IFTAs (Irish Film & Television Awards). It’s based on a true story of a father and daughter in Russia in the 1980s, and any film which starts with the stealing of a door gets my vote.

Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty is the 2nd time Irish animation studio Brown Bag Films have received an Oscar nomination. You might remember they were nominated a few years ago for the Give Up Your Auld Sins adaptation.

Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty is already immensely popular and much loved, and the fillm has won several awards. Granny O’Grimm herself has a website, and is quite popular among my fellow tweeters on twitter. WATCH THE FILM HERE - fire it up onto fullscreen. It’s only 6 minutes.

The other Irish nominations the Irish film industry is proud of are, Richard Baneham in the Best Visual Effects category for his work on Avatar, and Peter J Devlin who has been nominated in the Best Sound Achievement category for his work on Star Trek which adds to his previous nominations for Pearl Harbor and Transformers

If this post interested you, then you might also like to see the series of posts I ran on Irish short films

And luckily for you, Pete Maher of the Midwest Irish Focus was on hand to shoot some videos of the night’s performances.

Pete has posted videos of the following performers over on the Irish Focus‘ official blog:

• Michael Coakley (Irish Tenor)
• John Whelan (”Best Button Accordionist”)
• Tim Britton (Uilleann Piper)
• Darren Raleigh (Harpist)
• Wild Colonial Bhoys (”Best Pub Duo”)
• Quinn Patrick O’Malley (Fiddler, 7-yr-old)

There are also a couple of more videos of the Wild Colonial Bhoys, and all of these videos, along with videos of the recent Winter Storm in KC and the St. Louis Irish Arts Christmas Concert 2009, can be viewed on Pete Maher’s video channel on YouTube

Should you want to compare with the 1st annual Awards hosted by the Irish Music Association (IMA), you can have a look through the archives of the IMA site

Nominations for the 2010 will open the day after St Patrick’s Day - on March 18, 2010. Note that if an artist received an award for 2009 they may not be nominated in the same category for 2010.

February 1st is also the 1st day of spring in Ireland

Brigid, a Kildare lass whose feast day of her sainthood never quite got the attention of that other patron saint, Patrick the foreigner, did at least give us a rather groovy cross.

Not surprisingly, just like all the nonsense we hear about St Patrick while drinking shots and belly-bumping, Brigid’s Cross didn’t appear until over a thousand years after the life of the saint. Have a look at www.IrishCultureAndCustoms.com to see how to make one yourself.

For the day that’s in it, I’m going to drink a large pot of tea - Irish-style - and go for a long cold walk before painting some Irish landscapes. What are you going to do?

See Other Little Differences:
   • Using Cannibalism for a Special St Valentine’s Day
   • I’m Reminded of the British Police by Valentine’s Day in the USA
   • Saint Patrick - Fact #1
   • Saint Patrick - Fact #2

For those who don’t like their St Patrick’s Day to occur actually on St Patrick’s Day, the Irished up and punked up ballads of Flogging Molly on the weekend before should be right up your street - particularly if you live on Valentine or Broadway.

This Flogging Molly concert is part of the 6th annual Green 17 tour, and follows the release on March 2, 2010 of the new FM CD/DVD Flogging Molly - Live at the Greek Theater (If you pre-order it over at Side One Dummy’s website you get a free limited edition t-shirt)

From my days of running the website of the Brookside Irish Festival, I know that Flogging Molly coming to KC creates a lot of interest in Kansas City - though the numbers of green mohawks that turned up was also a strong indicator.

Special Guests
The Architects and Synthetic Elements are providing support for this Flogging Molly gig.

Times/Tickets
The Uptown Theater gig is an All Ages show with doors opening at 6:30pm and the show scheduled to start at 7:30pm. All seats are General Admission and cost $27.50 from TicketMaster

Location
The Uptown Theater is located at 3700 Broadway Street in Kansas City, MO - Phone (816) 753-8665 for more information.

Online
The official website of Flogging Molly is www.floggingmolly.com

More on Irish KC about Flogging Molly:
   • Flogging Molly’s Drunken English (not Irish) Influence
   • ‘Whiskey on a Sunday’ by Flogging Molly
   • Flogging Molly in Missouri: A Report
   • Photos of Flogging Molly
   • Flogging Molly’s 2007 Warped tour in Missouri

Lessons noted were that if you are seeking a solution to what you see as a trangression, don’t get litigious, and if you’re the offending party - respond, admit you’re wrong, fix the problem, and admit you now need to earn back the other’s respect.

Remarkably simple. Or you can of course always pretend you have nothing to apologise for and just let things fester.

And possibly on Saturday, September 4, 2010. I don’t know; I don’t understand these new fangled FaceBook, MySpace, and Twitter things.

I’ve talked about The Guggenheim Grotto before here on Irish KC (and very positively so), because that’s the sort of man I am. But that post got eaten when a previous hosting company suffered an attack (because that’s the sort of hosting company they were) but there’s a snippet in here from a couple of years ago.

Who or what are The GG, as I like to call them? They’re a folk band, but in the pop sense rather than the Irish traditional sense. Think The Swell Season meets Simon & Garfunkel. At a festival near you. An Irish festival. In Crown Center. In KC. In September. So says online sources.

See the official website of The Guggenheim Grotto

See Also:
   • Arrested at KC Irish Festival for Dousing Man with Beer
   • David Shaughnessy
   • KC Irish Fest 2009 Reactions & Photos
   • KC Irish Fest 2008 Reactions

Traditional Irish music is being performed by the instructors from the KC School of Irish Music:
    Turlach Boylan (flute)
    Doug Goodhart (bodhrán)
    Dave Agee (fiddle)

$5 is the suggested donation for adults. All are welcome.

At the end of the concert there will be a recognition of the 2009 Irish Center Volunteers who keep the place open and the lights on to let everyone enjoy the Irish Center. A reception then follows.

The KC School of Irish Music is located at the Irish Museum & Cultural Center (IMCC) at Union Station, 30 Pershing Road, Suite 700, in Kansas City, Missouri.

See Also:
   • Irish Music School Recital Videos
   • Trad School Recital Photos
   • Doug Goodhart & Mason Brown audio files
   • Are You Aware of the IMCC?

Bubbles in Gladstone, Red X, Gomer’s Parkville, Gomer’s Lee’s Summit, Gomer’s Midtown and Hy-Vee Englewood. It will be available in other Missouri stores next week. Kansas stores won’t have it for a couple more weeks.

The stout in question comes highly recommended by Bull E. who knows a thing or two about beer.

More on Irish Beer & Pubs:
   • A Bad Pint: Here Be Dragons
   • Kansas City Beer Makes Irish Man Fat at Lunchtime
   • History of an Irish Pub in America
   • The Worst Pint of Guinness in America
   • The Closing of Irish Pubs in Kansas City

Again the hoolie takes place at the Midland by AMC in downtown Kansas City, Missouri.

As well as perennial favourites the O’Riada Academy of Irish Dancing, the 2010 hoolie also features the wonderful Big Smith.

Tickets
Tickets are $30 plus any applicable booking fees. They are available online at The Elders Online Store or ticketmaster.com, or charge by phone by calling 1-800-745-3000.

Tickets are also on sale at The Midland box office, Sheehan’s Irish Imports and Browne’s Irish Market.

Location
The Midland by AMC is located in the Power & Light District at 1228 Main, Kansas City, MO.

Time
Doors open at 7pm

The Elders
Once upon a time The Elders were the biggest celtic rock band in the Kansas City area. Now they are one of the biggest Celtic rock bands in North America.

More Information
See The Elders‘ website for more information

Hotel Phillips
The Hotel Phillips will offer special Hoolie rates for The Elders 8th Annual Hoolie at The Midland by AMC in Kansas City, MO Call 816-221-7000

Waxy O’Shea’s is located at 119000 Shawnee Mission Parkway

Come have a grand time at Waxy’s this Saturday! Great food (can you say beer cheese soup?), awesome drink specials (Irish margaritas), and super cool music!

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   • New Songs by KC Trad Band Kelly
   • Review of Kelly Playing Live at Kansas City’s Cafe &

Bob will also be playing his regular Sunday 3pm to 9pm show.

The Friday and Satuday night show take place at 8pm.

There was a last minute conflict for Jed Marum so the O’Malley’s crew wanted to make sure everyone knew about this change.

O’Malley’s historic 1842 Irish pub is located in Weston, Missouri at 500 Welt Street. Call 816-640-5235 for more information

This is in addition to the KC AOH kick off for the 2010 Lenten season.

Derek Warfield is of legendary stature in ballad singing in Ireland. He is one of the original Wolfe Tones. It is their version of “A Nation Once Again” that was voted the number one song of all time, all time I’ll have you, in a worldwide vote conducted by the BBC.

The Redemptorist Church & Cristo Rey School is located at 3333 Linwood by Broadway in Kansas City, Missouri. The concert starts at 7pm.

Tis the season. The St Pat’s season that is. Ours kicks off Saturday, February 6th with an authentic Irish breakfast. Join us from 8:30-11:00 for rashers, bangers, eggs, potatoes, tomatoes, soda breads, tea, juice & coffee.

You might catch some music or a Gaelic Football game while you’re here. Can’t beat the fun and great traditional food.

Vegetarian and Children’s plates available.

Location
North America’s Oldest Irish Business is located 3300 Pennsylvania Ave in Kansas City, Missouri.

More Information
Phone: (816) 561 0030
Email: brownes@yahoo.com
Website: www.BrownesMarket.com
FaceBook: Group Page

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   • A Bad Pint
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