Tradition and Béaloideas
The Irish language has a beautiful word for folklore: béaloideas, which is literally, “mouth education.” It means learning by listening. ...
Marjorie
Lughnasa
“To win from the soil the bread of life is [humanity’s] most primitive task.”[1] It was a task woven into ...
Move Your Mind
Back in June, a branch of the Kitchener Public Library invited me to give an interactive presentation for members of ...
Public Dance Hall Act 1935
On 19 February 1935, the Irish president, Éamon de Valera, signed into law the Public Dance Halls Act. The idea ...
Imbolc
It feels a bit strange to write about a quarter day that marks the start of Spring when the snow ...
What is Old Style Irish Dance
I reconnected with a friend from college recently. After an intervening twenty plus years, we had a lot of ground ...
Stepping out of the Archive
When I first started learning old-style Irish step dancing, I got quite excited because it integrated my love of history ...
KaleidoKitty Christmas 2024
Community has always been at the heart of Kaleidoscope Studio. Our hope is that everyone who comes through the door ...
Samhain
Ancient people marked their lives by the turning of the sun and the changing of the seasons. Modern pagans have ...
Masters’ Steps
Classes will be resuming in a little over a week, so this post is going to share a bit of ...