Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Thursday: Women's Suffrage and Women's Rights @ Cooper Union

from The Cooper Union:

Thursday, November 19 at 6:30 PM:
Women's Suffrage and Women's Rights
Another Great Evening in The Great Hall celebrating The Cooper Union's 150th anniversary!

The program will feature Karen DeCrow, co-founder and past President of
the National Organization for Women (and the leader of the band of
intrepid women who first integrated McSorley's.)Prof. Day Gleeson will
take part as will Actors Karen Finley, André De Shields, Richard Kind,
Brenda Wehle, and Singers Catherine Brookman, Jay O. Sanders, Adrienne
Deekman, Jenifer Fouché, Grace McLean, and Eliza Poehlman. Kris Kukul will
be on the piano and Hiroyuki Matsuura on drums. Music by Elizabeth Swados
will be featured, along with historic documents and projections. The Great
Hall gallery will feature a display of women's art in tribute to the women
artists who studied at The Cooper Union 150 years ago.

Events are free and open to the public.

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