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The Spin of the Brigid's Cross with Natalie O'Shea | S6 Ep41
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- KnotWork Myth & Storytelling
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- Jan 15, 2026
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Summary
Take Marisa's Brigid class at Celtic Junction! Marisa will be teaching a three-session online class for Celtic Junction, starting January 28. Register for Brigid & Expressions of the Irish Divine Feminine In this episode: As part of our Myth Workers and Culture Makers series, we sit down with Natalie O'Shea, founder and Executive Director of Celtic Junction Arts Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. We explore the Brigid's Cross as a living symbol and community touchstone. This Imbolc-season conversation weaves together the power of place, the preservation of language and tradition, and the resonance between Irish and indigenous wisdom on Dakota land. Our Guest In addition to being founder and Executive Director of the Celtic Junction Arts Center of Minnesota, Natalie is an officer of Ireland Network Minnesota, and a member of National Irish Cultural Centers of North America (NICCoNA), representing her region nationally and internationally. She is an actor, speaker, and writer/ director of three annual productions with an international resume of theater work. Natalie’s honors include being named an Advisory Editor for University of St. Thomas’s New Hibernia Review and one of the Irish Echo’s “Arts & Culture Heroes” in 2020, as a “Rebuilder of Irish America” in 2021 and 2022, and honored as an Ambassador of Irish Culture in 2025. She toured the world for three and a half years with Riverdance, The Show where she met her Dubliner husband Cormac Ó Sé before moving to Ireland and, eventually, back to Minnesota. Find out more about what's happening at celticjunction.org and on Facebook , Instagram , Youtube , and LinkedIn Our Conversation: We recorded this session on January 7, the day Renee Good was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis. As a community organizati…