(In-person/Zoom)
Tuesday, September 30, 2025
Doors at 6:30/Presentation at 7 pm
In-person and on Zoom (for SFHA members)
Location: Congregation Sherith Israel is located at 2266 California Street, at Webster
Admission is free for SFHA members; there is a $10 admission for nonmembers.
The San Francisco History Association has invited Keepers of the Steps founders and co-chairs, Eileen Mize and Anne Cassidy Carew to give a presentation at their next event. "Keepers of the Steps - Irish Dancing in SF"
The San Francisco History Association is a group dedicated to remembering our city’s colorful past, and to celebrating its rich culture today. They hold monthly meetings with a different presentation each time featuring various topics of historical interest in San Francisco. MORE:
https://sanfranciscohistory.org/
Keepers of the Steps is a special cultural program of the United Irish Cultural Center of San Francisco that manages, curates, and promotes local Irish step dance history and stories, memorabilia, and ephemera. Committed to exploring the history of Irish step dance in the San Francisco Bay Area dating as far back as the Gold Rush in the 1850s, the collection celebrates the roots, rhythms, and rituals of one of the most enduring traditions of San Francisco’s Irish heritage.
This grass-roots cultural programming plan was conceived of by Anne Cassidy Carew to create an historical exhibition and has grown into important documentary and preservation work. According to program Co-Chair Eileen Mize, herself a proud alumna of the area’s McBride School of Irish Dance, there is a sense of urgency in collecting stories. “Since Irish step dancing is largely an oral tradition passed on from one generation to the next, it is critical to capture these stories from first-hand sources while these individuals are still able to share. In addition, we want people to know that the UICC is a repository for the old pieces of dance-related ephemera that may be collecting dust in the back of the garage—not just the dresses, but the programs and news clippings, medals and brooches—these objects illustrate these stories and serve as real glimpses into days gone by—we are connected by these shared experiences.”
Zoom streaming is available only for SFHA members. The San Francisco History Association will send out the Zoom link and password to current members on the morning of the meeting day. Check the website membership tab to renew or obtain current membership. Please add
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Parking: Check the signs. The surrounding streets contain several passenger white zones that are not active after 6 p.m. and can be used for parking in the evenings.
There is 24-hour parking available a half-block further north on Webster at 2401 Clay, with entry on Clay Street.
Muni: 1, 2, 22, 24.
Also check out other Meetups in San Francisco, Exhibitions in San Francisco.
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