"Great Evenings in The Great Hall: Workers' Rights" Multimedia Talk Event
Cooper Union (7 E 7th Street)
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Journalist Pete Hamill and Tony nominee Maria Tucci lead a cast of notables including The Triangle Fire Remembrance Coalition in celebrating America's labor movement as seen through the eyes of its most ardent advocates: Clara Lemlich, Samuel Gompers, Eugene V. Debs and Mother Jones, in Workers' Rights, a Great Evenings in The Great Hall presentation at The Cooper Union. Historic photographs and documents complement the powerful words that advanced a movement and the stirring voices of the New York City Labor Chorus will recreate the songs that signaled the changing times. Lauren Keating is the director.
Great Evenings in The Great Hall is an eight-part series running from April 2009-February 2010. Each of the eight programs in the year-long series will focus on one area of protest, reform, or education to be reenacted by notable New York actors, writers and historians.
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Schedule
September 17, 2009 from 18:30