Museum of Work & Culture Celebrates St. Patrick???s Festivities at Ciro???s Tavern
(WOONSOCKET, R.I.) ??? The public is invited to join the Museum of Work & Culture Thursday, March 16, at 6pm as it celebrates St. Patrick???s festivities with an evening of Irish music, dance, history, and a traditional feast at Ciro???s Tavern on Cherry.
Music will feature great Irish sing-alongs and ballads with performances from Irish native Kieran Keating, Fr. Michael Woolley, Stephanie Mahon and friends, along with dancers from the award-winning Tir na Nog school of Irish dance.
The evening will also include a presentation on the history of Ciro’s Tavern, including the development of Hampton Court and the institution???s St. Patrick’s Day cake.
The menu will include soda bread, potato soup, Irish shepherd’s pie, a corned beef carving station, boiled cabbage, carrots, potatoes, a festive green cocktail, and dessert upstairs in Ciro’s Hampton Court.
All proceeds to benefit the development of Woonsocket Works, a new digital exhibit at the Museum of Work & Culture.
Tickets for the event are $45 and are available for purchase at the MoWC or online at http://www.shopmowc.com/. For more information, please contact the MoWC at (401) 769-9675.
A Moveable Feast is a series of bi-monthly programs celebrating holidays throughout the year with food, entertainment, and a history lesson at restaurants in Northern Rhode Island. It is presented as part of the Rhode Island Historical Society???s Relishing Rhode Island, a yearlong look at the state???s rich and diverse culinary history.
About the Museum of Work & Culture
The interactive and educational Museum of Work & Culture shares the stories of the men, women, and children who came to find a better life in Rhode Island???s mill towns in the late 19th- and 20th centuries. It recently received a Rhode Island Monthly Best of Rhode Island Award for its SensAbilities Saturdays all-ability program.