MaryAnn Plunkett To Perform in Workers' Rights On 9/17 at the Cooper Union

This Thursday, September 17, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art continues it year-long series of Great Evenings in The Great Hall celebrating the college's 150th anniversary. This program will focus on Workers' Rights, commemorating The Great Hall's role in promoting the cause of American labor.

GREAT EVENINGS IN THE GREAT HALL: WORKERS' RIGHTS

Journalist Pete Hamill and Broadway actresses Maryann Plunkett and Maria Tucci lead a cast of notables including The Triangle Fire Remembrance Coalition in celebrating America's labor movement as it unfolded on the stage of The Great Hall. The stirring voices of the New York City Labor Chorus will recreate the songs that signaled the changing times.

Thursday, September 17 at 6:30 p.m.

Cooper Union, Great Hall, 7 East 7th St., NYC 10003 (b/w 3rd and 4th Aves)

The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art is a distinguished private college of art, architecture and engineering founded in 1859 by Peter Cooper, an inventor, industrialist and philanthropist. Since its establishment, all students have received full-tuition scholarships. To mark its 150th anniversary, between April 2009 and February 2010, the college is presenting a series of eight events celebrating the historic role Cooper Union's Great Hall played in movements that have furthered the rights of all Americans and contributed to the advancement of science and art.

Photo credit Walter McBride