Celebrating Irish Culture

REVISED: The event scheduled for Thursday, February 25, "CrossRoads Ceili (dancing, demonstrations, etc.," has been canceled as a result of the weather forecast.

Celebrating Irish Culture through Music, Dance and Theater
at SUNY Rockland Community College

Events are free and open to the public

Suffern, NY - Actors, dancers, musicians and a playwright will present Irish Culture at SUNY Rockland Community College.

Lecture: "When Shiels Met Liberace"

Technology Center, Room 8180 (Ellipse)

Admission: Free and includes reception

Renowned Belfast playwright Brenda Winter discusses the genesis and development of her play "Just Shiels." If not for the plays of Shiels, the Abbey Theatre would have died in its infancy and never become a world renowned theatrical center.

Saturday, March 13, 8 p.m.

Play: "Just Shiels"

Cultural Arts Theater

Admission: Free and includes reception

Celebrate Irish culture with the American premier of playwright Brenda Winter’s new two-act play, "Just Shiels" performed by RCC students and faculty. Meet this important Belfast playwright and co-founder of the legendary Charabanc Theatre in Belfast at a reception following.

"When Shiels Met Liberace" and "Just Shiels" are part of RCC’s year-long 50th Anniversary celebration. See 50th events at: http://www.sunyrockland.edu/go/50

For more information about the events, contact Patty Maloney-Titland, Professor, Performing Arts, at (845) 574 – 4380, ptitland@sunyrockland.edu, or Maire Liberace, Professor, Philosophy and Speech, at (845) 574 – 4276, mliberac@sunyrockland.edu.

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Rockland Community College, a unit of the State University of New York, is located 25 miles northwest of NYC. The majority of its students transfer to four-year colleges, and many find immediate employment upon earning their associate's degree or certificate. The College also offers others, from preschoolers to senior citizens, the opportunity to simply learn something new. Quality education...at a price you can afford.