An Irish dance performance on July 22 is the latest installment in Caponi Art Park's summer performance series.
The O'Shea Irish Dancers, a St. Paul dance company, will perform a free show at 6:30 p.m. in the park's Theater in the Woods amphitheater. Costumed dancers will perform soft-shoe and hard-shoe dances, including the slip jig, reel, hornpipe and treble jig, accompanied by live traditional Irish music.
For a sneak peek, children and families can attend a "Family Fun Tuesdays" event featuring the same dance group at 10 a.m. on July 17.
The park is at 1220 Diffley Road in Eagan. For more information, see www.caponiartpark.org. The park suggests a $5 donation from attendees.
NORTHFIELD
'Awakenings' is theme of inaugural film festCarleton College is rolling out a new summer film festival starting this week, with films shown on four consecutive Tuesday evenings followed by discussions the next morning.
The theme of the four chosen films is "awakenings"; the selections, in order, are "Groundhog Day" (1993), "After Life" (1998), "The Crying Game" (1992) and "Local Hero" (1983).
Screenings are at 7:30 p.m. in the Weitz Center for Creativity Cinema 320 E. Third St., and are free and open to the public.
The Cannon Valley Elder Collegium will present the Wednesday morning seminars from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. The fee for the seminar series is $25 and registration is required. For more information and to register, contact CVEC Executive Director Ed Lufkin at 507-663-9022 or edwardlufkin4@gmail.com. Presenters include Eric Nelson, emeritus professor of English at St. Olaf College; Phyllis Larson, professor of Japanese and Asian Studies at St. Olaf; and Jim McDonnell, Class of 1941 emeritus professor of English and the Liberal Arts at Carleton College.
