The family friendly Snake Saturday Parade & Festival (with its adjacent BBQ Contest) in NKC boasts the largest St Patrick’s related event in the KC Metro area. Presumably after the main Kansas City St Patrick’s Day parade itself that is? Parade The 2010 parade route starts at 14th & Swift, goes north to Armour, east to Howell and south to 18th Ave. You’re advised to get there between 9:30 and 10am if you can (the parade starts at 11am) , drive the route and figure out where you want to be. The parade theme is “2010: An Irish Odyssey”. Parking There’s tons of FREE parking. If you want to hear info about the floats, park near Armour & Swift or Armour & Howell. If you want to be near the festival, try to park near 18th Ave, near the... Similar posts

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From Dublin, Ireland, Mr Eddie Delahunt is an institution of things Irish in Kansas City, and much in demand throughout the year. But for some reason even more people want to see him perform his Irish music during the month of March. Here are Eddie’s gigs for the 2010 St Patrick’s Day season: Friday March 12 Mike Kelly’s Westsider, 6-9pm Saturday March 13 Immaculata Highschool Auditorium Leavenworth KS, 8pm Sunday March 14 Shawnee St Pats Parade, after the parade Sunday March 14 O’Dowd’s Little Dublin, The Plaza, 8pm Monday March 15 Blue Note, Columbia MO, 8pm Tuesday March 15 with John Morris, Marriott Downtown KC, 4:30-7pm Wednesday, March 17, St Patrick’s Day, Mike Kelly’s Westsider at about 1.30 - 4pm-ish. O’Dowd’s Little Dublin On... Similar posts

Mar1312:00 pm With the start of the World Expo in Shanghai only a couple of months away now, the build up for the Irish representation at the Expo will effectively start with the celebration of Ireland Week – the week long celebration of St. Patricks Day in Shanghai. I wrote yesterday about the St. Patricks Day Parade, but another major Ireland Week event is the St. Patricks Day Ball, being held on March 13th. The St Patrick’s Charity Ball is one of the biggest annual charity events held in China. In the past 5 years, donations of over RMB 1 million have been made to various charities. Tickets for the Ball are like gold dust – making it one of the most popular events on the Shanghai Social Calendar, held each year in the Shangri La Hotel in Pudong. You can read more... Similar posts

Someone from the “Leprechaun Museum” called me in work. “Oooooh right” I said, “I’ve been there LOADS of times (are you taking the piss?)”. They weren’t, it’s in fact open to the public and while you won’t see any midgets draped in Carrolls finest you can “experience what it’s like to live in a leprechaun-sized world and journey to the end of the rainbow to see if the elusive crock of gold really exists.” So they’ve made some pieces of giant furniture. I’ll report back when I go next week. Tickets available... Similar posts

ROBOCODE 2010 took over the Thurles campus of Tipperary Institute yesterday and it proved to be an event worth watching. Some of the leading creative talent among young Irish programmers spent the day with their electronic bots clashing on a large auditorium screen. A clever team from the University of Limerick walked away on top, but not after a hard-fought final round against the Waterford Institute of Technology. Some in the audience know that a schoolbot from the Gort Community School also had a hand in the action because that second level bot seemed to find and fight WIT every single round. Schoolbots are used to spice up the action and that's what happened in Robocode 2010. A group of multimedia students recorded the action so I expect to see a few clips of the raucous crowd emerge... Similar posts

The Irish Museum and Cultural Center reminds us that on March 14, 2010 when Guinness Master Brewer Fergal Murray comes to Kansas City he’ll be visiting a total of 3 venues. I’ve already told you about the appearance at Brownes Irish Market & Deli - but he’s also visiting 2 other venues in Kansas City. After performing his Guinness ambassadorial skills at Browns from 2pm to 4pm, Fergal is then appearing at:     O’Dowd’s Little Dublin on the Plaza, 4 – 6pm     The Cashew after the Flogging Molly concert, 10pm-ish To be honest I think Brown’s is by far and away the venue to see this event, and that’s where I’d be going - if I wasn’t in Dublin walking past the Guinness brewery that day. These events... Similar posts

The KC based trad band Kelly are next up in the Celtic at the Corbin series of concerts in Liberty, Missouri. At 7pm on March 15, 2010 Kelly are performing in the Corbin Theatre at 15 N Water Street in Liberty, MO. Admission is $10 at the door. Kelly of Kelly says you needn’t worry about dinner as food and drinks will be available. You don’t get too many chances to see Kelly perform - and this sounds like a great chance. This event is posted on the Kansas City Irish Events calendar.... Similar posts

The UCD Law Society sends details of an upcoming lecture on March 24th by Sir Geoffrey Nice QC entitled ‘War Crimes Trials: Should we Bother?’. Sr Geoffrey is a former prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia at The Hague. The lecture will commence at 7pm in Theatre P of the John Henry Newman Building, UCD Belfield. Sir Geoffrey’s biography is available here. Tagged: Geoffrey Nice, ICTY, UCD Law Society... Similar posts

As the ICANN meeting in Nairobi draws to a close several big questions still hang in the air.While many ICANN insiders may be wondering about new TLDs the world's media is firmly focussed on one topic an one topic only - .xxx.Tomorrow morning the ICANN board will officially decide what will happen with .xxx.Will it move forward?Will they find some way to not take a decision?I for one will be getting up early tomorrow morning to find out!In other news, the hosts of the next ICANN meeting, which is scheduled for Brussels, today presented a short video to those attending the current meeting.... Similar posts

The School of Law and Government, along with the Socio-Legal Research Centre, at Dublin City University is hosting its Inaugural Annual Law and Society Lecture on Wednesday April 21st, 2010 in the Mella Carroll Lecture Theatre, Nursing Building, DCU. The lecture will begin at 6.30pm and will be followed by a reception.   The lecture is entitled “Fatherhood, Law and Personal Life: Rethinking Debates about Fathers and Law” and will be delivered by Professor Richard Collier from Newcastle Law School. The Chairperson for the evening will be the Honorable Mrs. Justice Catherine McGuinness, President of the Law Reform Commission.   About the Speaker Richard Collier is Professor of Law at Newcastle University, UK. His primary research interests concern questions around law and... Similar posts

This month we will be attending and speaking at the EuroCloud UK Event, How ISVs Make the Transition to SaaS. Our Systems Architect and Infrastructure Manager, Aidan Finn, will be discussing our SaaS operations and customer relations. The event will be held on Thursday 18th March 2010 at SAP UK Headquarters in Feltham. You can read more about the event and book online by clicking here. What is EuroCloud? EuroCloud is a European network of local SaaS and cloud computing communities, each established to encourage and promote the interests and benefits of software-as-a-service (SaaS) and cloud computing within their own countries and across Europe. You can read more about them at their official website. Share this on del.icio.us Stumble upon something good? Share it on... Similar posts

Just to give anyone who expressed an interest in these a heads-up - apparently some of these courses have been cancelled but the people registered did not receive the cancellation email. If you are intending to go, my advice would be to make contact again just to confirm that the course is still scheduled to go ahead. Barry... Similar posts

MarMar1221 For the 2nd time in 3 years, I’m going to be in Shanghai for St. Patricks Day. St. Patricks Day is celebrated across a full “Ireland Week” in Shanghai – from March 12th to 21st. This year will be the 4th time there will be a St. Patricks Day parade in Shanghai – up to 2,000 people are expected to attend. Special events will also be held to mark Ireland’s participation in World EXPO 2010 and the Irish Pavilion. This years St Patrick’s Street Parade and Carnival will be held on Saturday 13th at 10.30 am in Fuxing Park. I’m hoping to make it along to enjoy the festivities. You can find out more about this years Ireland Week festivities, and the St. Patricks Day Parade, on the Le Cheile Shanghai website (The Irish Community of...... Similar posts

IN WHAT HAS become Ireland's loudest gathering of high-achieving third level gamers, Robocode 2010 kicks off in the Thurles Thunderdome with more than 200 participants and box kickers. The competition pits third level teams on a large auditorium screen with their electronic robots firing for effect until one bot is left standing around 3PM in the afternoon. In the middle of the skirmishes, third level lecturers in a Code Bunker reviews what's under the bonnets of the competitors. If a team (normally three students) cannot defend the origin of their robot's code, they're booted out of the competition. Over the years, I've learned to think as aggressively as the electronic robots on the Tipperary Institute screen. And I normally return home as tired as after an afternoon in Semple Stadium.... Similar posts

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As you all know, we’re co-founders of Bloggertone.com. We have teamed up with the business bookmarking website, Bizsugar to run a cool blogging contest! The combination of both sites’  names explains why this is a “Sweet Business Blogging Contest”. The idea is to give your articles extra online visibility, reward your social networking and an opportunity for you to win prizes to help you promote your business. It’s free to enter Anyone can join the competition including current Bloggertoners and BizSugar members! You’ll have lots of chances to win Prizes total USD 6,921 How You Can Win These Prizes #1 Do you write business articles? All you have to do is submit a business article to Bloggertone Between Monday March 15th and Wednesday March 17th –... Similar posts

Somewhat randomly, on a competition post , a regular Culch.ie reader, Peter, asked if there was any decent places for comedy in Dublin to bring a bunch of colleagues for a work night out he was arranging. So, I asked the Twitterverse . I immediately got a few great suggestions from @pixievondust , @amylong and @sineadkeogh , suggesting The Laughter Lounge and upcoming gigs from Dermot Whelan , Ardal O’Hanlon and Jarlath Regan . But then @dbspin piped up with a link to a list he drew up a few months back. It’s a fairly comprehensive list (reproduced below with kind permission) and it just goes to show how much comedy is available in our nation’s capital. Gareth ‘@dbspin’ Stack’s blog is worth checking out too. The idea behind the Virgin Standup... Similar posts

Her timeless look means the investment pieces are tran-seasonal” The Independent Her clothes have a deceptive simplicity and elegance with feminine flourishes The Times When I got home one day last week, a very pleasant surprise was awaiting me – I received a mail from the Irish Fashion Designer Heidi Higgins, inviting me to the launch of her S/S... Similar posts