The Bay Agenda | Keepers of the Steps - Preserving Bay Area Irish Culture

Date and Time

• Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026  7pm - 8pm

Location

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Details

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with KALW & United Irish Cultural Center at this program honoring local Irish step dance history & stories.

Join KALW for an evening exploring Irish step dancing as living history, cultural memory, and contemporary performance.

This conversation highlights Keepers of the Steps, the living archive and cultural program at the United Irish Cultural Center dedicated to preserving generations of Bay Area Irish dancers, teachers, and families. Through stories, images, and lived experience, we’ll reflect on how dance carries lineage, identity, and community forward.

Bringing together perspectives from cultural stewardship, theatrical living history, and multidisciplinary dance-making, the program explores how Irish and Celtic performance traditions continue to evolve on modern stages. Together, we’ll consider preservation and innovation, place-making and performance, and what it means to keep tradition embodied, adaptive, and alive.

Speakers:

• Anne Cassidy-Carew, Keepers of the Steps Founding Co-Director
• Eileen Mize, Keepers of the Steps Founding Co-Director
• Drew Patterson, Producer & Production Manager, Red Barn Productions
• Megan Lowe, Founder Megan Lowe Dances

There is a $10 - $20 sliding scale suggested donation for this event. Nobody will be turned away for lack of funds.