Saturday, March 19, 2016 – 2pm at Historic Richmond Town’s Courthouse, 441 Clarke Ave, SINY 10306
Staten Island OutLOUD honors the 100th anniversary of the 1916 Irish Rising (sometimes called the Easter Rebellion), on Saturday, March 19, 2pm at Historic Richmond Town’s Courthouse, 441 Clarke Ave, SINY 10306. The event is free, family-friendly and open to the public.
On a spring morning in 1916, a band of Irish revolutionaries staged a surprise attack in Dublin: an armed rebellion against British rule and declared the independence of the modern Irish state. Their uprising was overpowered in a week by massive British forces – some called it a hopeless cause. But “The Rising” forged the promise of a new Irish nation: a republic of equal citizens. In the words of the great Irish poet W.B. Yeats: “All changed – changed utterly. A terrible beauty is born.”
Staten Island OutLOUD will share the powerful story of The 1916 Rising with Irish poetry, music, historic texts and eyewitness accounts. Featured performers: Elizabeth McFadden, James Donlon, James Hill, Gary Moore, and special musical guests: members of Sanchie Bobrow’s Mighty String Demons – Violinists Sophia Inzerillo, Teresa Lynch, Anna Rose Maj, and Emma Shay.
