IRISH EVENTS AT THE CUNY CAMPUSES (for off-campus and student events, click here)

Tuesday, March 09, 2010 @ 12:00 PM - 2:30 PM: Irish Heritage Luncheon (Bronx Community College, 2155 University Avenue, The Bronx - Lower Level) The BCC Irish Heritage and Culture Committee cordially invites you to in Colston Hall, lower level. Contact: 718-289-5162 [Free]

Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM: St. Patrick's Day Buffet (College of Staten Island, 2800 Victory Boulevard, Staten Island - Park Café) Enjoy a complete Irish luncheon buffet. Please call for reservations. in Colston Hall, lower level. Contact: 718.982.5620 or 718.982.3027 [$11.95 per person]

Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM: St. Patrick's Day Buffet (College of Staten Island, 2800 Victory Boulevard, Staten Island - Park Café) Enjoy a complete Irish luncheon buffet. Please call for reservations. in Colston Hall, lower level. Contact: 718.982.5620 or 718.982.3027 [$11.95 per person]

Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM: Black 47 (College of Staten Island, 2800 Victory Boulevard, Staten Island - Williamson Theatre) Formed in the Bronx, these Irish American rockers espouse an unblinkingly political and thoroughly Irish form of rock and roll. Contact: 718.982.2597 [$30, $35 & $40]

Thursday, March 18, 2010 @ 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM: The Irish on Staten Island: Music, Dance, and History (College of Staten Island, 2800 Victory Boulevard, Staten Island - Recital Hall) Celebrate St. Patrick's Day and join Patricia M. Salmon, Curator of History at the Staten Island Museum, for a lively talk on the Irish men and women who have impacted Staten Island. Contact: 718.982.2597 [Free]

Thursday, March 18, 2010 @ 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM: Lehman Percussion Ensemble (Lehman College, 250 Bedford Park Boulevard West, The Bronx - Studio Theatre) Professor Morris Lang will direct the Lehman Percussion Ensemble in a joint performance with students from the Royal Irish Academy of Music in Dublin. Contact: 718-960-8247 [FREE!]

Monday, April 12, 2010 @ 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM: Irish Language Conversation Circle (Lehman College, 250 Bedford Park Boulevard West, The Bronx - 188) Fulbright FLTA Una Faherty will lead a conversation group for beginners to have or share your fluency. Contact: 718-960-6722 [Free]

Monday, April 19, 2010 @ 12:15 PM - 1:45 PM: Irish Emancipation-Black Abolition: A Broken Partnership (Lehman College, 250 Bedford Park Boulevard West, The Bronx - East Dining Room) Dr. Neil O'Connell of the Lehman College Department of History will give a talk on the topic of "Irish Emancipation-Black Abolition: A Broken Partnership." Contact: 718-960-6722 [Free]

Monday, May 10, 2010 @ 12:15 PM - 1:45 PM: Aniar, Voices and Verse from the Edge of the World (Queens College, 65-30 Kissena Boulevard, Flushing, Queens - M11) Tadhg Mac Dhonnagin from Connemara, Ireland, will perform songs, poetry, and a variety of other traditional folklore from the west of Ireland which appeared in his recent book and CD entitled "Aniar, Voices and Verse from the Edge of the World." talk on the topic of "Irish Emancipation-Black Abolition: A Broken Partnership." Contact: 718-960-6722 [Free]

Tuesday, May 11, 2010 @ 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM: Aniar, Voices and Verse from the Edge of the World (Lehman College, 250 Bedford Park Boulevard West, The Bronx - East Dining Room) Tadhg Mac Dhonnagin from Connemara, Ireland, will perform songs, poetry, and a variety of other traditional folklore from the west of Ireland. Contact: 718-960-6722 [Free]

Tuesday, June 08, 2010 @ 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM: Customs and Traditions of the Irish-Speaking Region of County Galway (CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan - 9204) Prof. Thomas Ihde will give a talk on the customs and traditions of the Irish-speaking regions of County Galway, Ireland. and a variety of other traditional folklore from the west of Ireland. Contact: 718-960-6722 [Free]