Long Island Arts & Events

Long Island Cultural Events


All events will be held in the Ruth S. Harley University Center Ballroom unless otherwise noted. See ticket and disability accommodation information.


Upcoming Cultural Events at Adelphi University



Past Cultural Events at Adelphi University

Apr. 18 Christian de Duve Christian de Duve
"Life's Adventure"
7:00 PM
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Sep. 11 Audrey R. Topping Audrey R. Topping
"The Colors of the Buddhist Kingdom of Bhutan and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam"
6:15 PM
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Sep. 27 Noreen Harrington '81 Noreen Harrington '81
"Perspectives on Corporate Fraud"
11:00 AM
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Oct. 01 Gerda Lerner Gerda Lerner
"Women's History as a Tool for Social Change"
7:00 PM
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Oct. 02 Ngugi wa Thiong'o Ngugi wa Thiong'o
"Decolonizing the Mind - Language a Way of Understanding Ourselves"
5:00 PM
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Oct. 03 Paul Loeb Paul Loeb
"The Impossible Will Take a Little While"
1:00 PM
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Oct. 15 Lynne Elkin Lynne Elkin
"Watson's the Double Helix: Fact Versus the Fictional Rosalind Franklin"
7:00 PM
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Oct. 23 AU Logo Peter B. Goldberg
"Advocacy in a Conservative Society: An Impossible Dream?"
7:00 PM
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Oct. 24 Thomas Cahill Thomas Cahill
"Life and Art in the Middle Ages"
7:00 PM
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Nov. 12 Arthur Levitt, Jr. Arthur Levitt, Jr.
"Ensuring the Integrity of the Nation's Capital Markets"
11:00 AM
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Nov. 13 Women Peace and Justice Women, Peace, and Justice: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
5:00 PM
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Nov. 18 Ines Losada Powell Ines Losada Powell
"The Age of Rembrandt: Dutch Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art"
3:00 PM
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Nov. 27 Blanche Cook Blanche Cook
"Eleanor Roosevelt and the Ongoing Struggle for Human Rights"
7:00 PM
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Nov. 30 Women Peace and Justice Women and Leadership Panel
1:00 PM
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Feb. 11 David Engel David Engel
"The Frank Family between Holland and America"
7:00 PM
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Feb. 18 Jacqueline Jones Jacqueline Jones
"Freedom Struggles: Now and Then"
7:00 PM
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Feb. 20 Chris Abani Chris Abani
"Human Rights, Politics, and Art: An Evening of Expression with Chris Abani"
7:00 PM
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Mar. 24 Judy Richardson Judy Richardson
"Will the Circle Be Broken: The Relevance of the Civil Rights Movement"
7:00 PM
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Mar. 26 Michael Balick Michael Balick
"Ancient Wisdom and Modern Medicine: Plants, People, and Cultures in the Tropical Rainforest"
7:00 PM
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Apr. 07 AU Logo Capitol Steps
"An Evening with the Capitol Steps"
7:00 PM
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Sep. 17 Mark Crispin Miller Mark Crispin Miller
"Loser Take All: America's Election Mess and How to Fix It"
7:00 PM
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Sep. 23 Eugene Ludwig Eugene Ludwig
"Corporate Social Responsibility"
11:00 AM
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Sep. 24 Dalai Lama Paul Ekman Ph.D. '58
"A Career Trajectory to Alleviate Suffering: From Psychotherapy, to Research to Training"
4:00 PM
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Oct. 29 Arts and Science Symposium Arts and Science Symposium
"Intersections of Art and Science"
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Oct. 29 Mary Matalin and James Carville An Evening with Mary Matalin and James Carville
"All's Fair: Love, War, and Politics"
7:00 PM
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Nov. 02 Elizabeth Kessler
"Greek and Roman Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art "
3:00 PM
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Nov. 05 Alice Hoffman '73 Alice Hoffman '73
"A Reading and Conversation to Celebrate the Establishment of the Alice Hoffman Fellowships in Creative Writing"
7:00 PM
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Nov. 17 Patrick Finn Patrick Finn
"A New Paradigm for Education Working-Class Students"
7:00 PM
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Nov. 19 Dr. Nicholas Cummings Dr. Nicholas Cummings Ph.D. '58
"Changing Role of Psychology: Trends in Mental Health and How Psychologists Can Lead in This Transformation"
4:00 PM
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Dec. 03 Human Rights Conference
"Sixty Years On: The United Nations and Universal Human Rights"
1:00 PM
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Dec. 09 Michael Phelps Fourteen-Time Olympic Gold Medalist Michael Phelps
7:00 PM
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Feb. 10 Ambassador Daniel Carmon
"Israel and the United Nations"
3:00 PM
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Feb. 19 James Horton
"Abraham Lincoln in African American History and Memory"
7:30 PM
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Mar. 04 Ambassador Riyad Mansour
"The Road to Peace: A Palestinian Perspective"
10:00 AM
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Mar. 04 Professor Patricia J. Williams
"The Alchemy of Race and Gender"
7:00 PM
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Mar. 05 Adelphi University President’s Series on Critical Issues
"New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli: An Inside Look at Fiscal Impacts of the New York State Budget"
8:30 AM
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Mar. 11 Professor Jerome Wakefield
"The Loss of Sadness: Are We Misdiagnosing Normal Human Emotion as Clinical Depression?"
4:00 PM
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Mar. 25 Hooman Majd
"The Ayatollah Begs to Differ"
7:30 PM
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Apr. 06 Johannah E. Barry Johannah E. Barry
"Galapagos at the Crossroads"
7:30 PM
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Sep. 16 Ambassador Pierre Schori
"Women and War: Victim or peacemakers?"
12:00 PM
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Sep. 22 Stephen Heintz, President, Rockefeller Brothers Fund
"Revolutionary Ideas for Revolutionary Times: Why Corporate Social Responsibility is a Thing of the Past"
6:00 PM
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Sep. 24 Robert B. Willumstad, '05(Hon.), former Chairman of the Board of American International Group, Inc.
"The role of the U.S. Government in the financial crisis"
11:00 AM
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Oct. 10 Robert G. Darling, MD, '81, FACEP
"First Physician, an Adelphi Graduate's experience as White House Doctor"
10:00 AM
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Oct. 20 Dr. Alan Sadovnik
"The Limits and Possibilities of Urban School Improvement: Lessons from the Inner City"
6:30 PM
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Oct. 21 Freeman Dyson
"Heretical Thoughts about Science and Society"
7:00 PM
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Oct. 29 Maged Abdelaziz
"The Middle East Peace Process"
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Oct. 29 Josh Swiller
"Author of 'The Unheard: a memoir of deafness and Africa'"
7:00 PM
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Nov. 01 14th Annual Friends of the Library lecture
"Art for Eternity: Masterworks from Ancient Egypt at the Brooklyn Museum"
3:00 PM
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Nov. 11 Martin Palous
"Lessons of the Past, Visions of the Future"
11:00 AM
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Nov. 17 Jeh Johnson
"From Defense Counsel to Defense Department: A Lawyer's Journey"
4:30 PM
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Nov. 18 Paul Nurse
"The Great Ideas of Biology"
7:00 PM
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Dec. 03 Robert R. McMillan '57
"Global Passage: Selections from the Robert R. McMillan Panama Canal Collection at Adelphi University"
6:30 PM
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Feb. 01 Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
"Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide"
7:00 PM
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Feb. 22 African American Literary Read-In 2010
1:00 PM
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Mar. 03 Kermit Frazier, Chair, English Department
"A Take on Black Masculinity in the Plays of August Wilson"
7:00 PM
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Mar. 08 Jessica Jackley
"Social Entrepreneurism and the Story of Kiva"
7:00 PM
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Mar. 12 Dr. Lewis Aron
"Deconstructing Psychotherapy/Psychoanalysis: Unsuspected Relevance to Hate and Prejudice Today"
4:00 PM
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Mar. 22 Amy Swerdlow - EVENT POSTPONED
"To End the Arms Race, Not the Human Race: Women Strike for Peace in the 1960s "
7:00 PM
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Mar. 24 African Symposium
"Images of Africa in the Age of Obama"
4:30 PM
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Mar. 29 Dr. Robin D.G. Kelley
"Race in the Age of Obama"
7:00 PM
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Apr. 14 Elie Weisel SOLD OUT - "An Evening with Elie Wiesel"
7:00 PM
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Sep. 25 Adelphi University Rick Riordan
"Myth & Magic: An Afternoon with Rick Riordan"
4:00 PM
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Oct. 06 Majora Carter Majora Carter
"The Death of Philanthropy - Why Real Change Can't Come From Charity"
7:00 PM
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Oct. 13 Dr. Barry Chernoff, M.S. ’76
"A Biologist in the Waters of the Amazon: Fish Monsters, Diseases and Conservation"
7:00 PM
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Oct. 17 Jenny Allen's "I Got Sick Then I Got Better"
2:00 PM
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Oct. 20 Ambassador Pierre Schori
"The European Union after the Lisbon Treaty"
10:00 AM
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Oct. 20 Michael Apple
"Markets, Standards and Inequality in Education"
6:30 PM
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Oct. 27 Chef Tom Colicchio
"An Evening with Chef Tom Colicchio"
7:00 PM
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Nov. 04 Robert E. Rubin
"The Global Economic Outlook: Risks and Opportunities"
12:15 PM
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Nov. 07 Joshua Ruff
"The Long Island Museum's Carriage Collection: A National Treasure in Your Backyard"
3:00 PM
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Nov. 11 Maud Edgren-Schori
"Considering Gender in Conflict-Affected Populations: The Republic of Georgia"
3:00 PM
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Nov. 17 Ambassador Joy Ogwu
"Nigeria's Strategic Role in West Africa"
12:00 PM
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Dec. 02 Margot Wallström
"Ending sexual violence: From recognition to action"
1:00 PM
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Feb. 23 Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Ph.D.
"From Slavery to Freedom and the Legacy of John Hope Franklin: A Tribute"
7:00 PM
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Feb. 28 David Brancaccio
"Adventures in Economic Disaster: What the Financial Crisis Means for Justice and Jobs in the Next Generation"
7:00 PM
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Mar. 02 Thomas Mayr-Harting
"An Austrian Perspective from the Security Council: Human Rights and Rule of Law"
3:00 PM
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Mar. 03 Kim Barker
"The Taliban Shuffle: A Look at What the U.S. Has Done in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and Why It's Not Working"
12:00 PM
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Mar. 07 Shola Lynch
"History, Documentary Filmmaking, and Presidential Politics"
7:00 PM
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Mar. 28 Margaret Atwood
"An Evening with Margaret Atwood"
7:00 PM
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Apr. 04 Roderick MacKinnon
"Transport of Potassium and Chloride Across Biological Membranes"
7:00 PM
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Apr. 12 Jarmo Viinanen
"'Dignified' Foreign Policy"
3:00 PM
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Apr. 13 Jonathan Shedler, Ph.D.
"The Efficacy of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: Talk Therapy in the Era of Prozac, Managed Care, and Evidence-Based Practice"
4:00 PM
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Apr. 20 AU Logo Private Reception, Screening and Panel with David Novack, writer/director of Burning the Future: Coal in America
4:30 PM
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Apr. 25 How Technology Affects the Brain
"Technology's Impact: How It Shapes Our Lives"
1:00 PM
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Sep. 19 Livia Kohn
"Women in Daoism: Past and Present"
12:00 PM
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Sep. 21 Neri Oxman
"At the Crossroads of Art, Science, Technology and Environmentalism: An Evening with Neri Oxman"
7:00 PM
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Sep. 26 Jane M. Healy
"Impact and Perspectives on Technology: Effect on Education"
1:00 PM
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Oct. 11 His Excellency Dr. Palitha T. B. Kohona
"The World from the Perspective of Sri Lanka"
10:45 AM
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Oct. 17 Rebecca Skloot
"The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks"
5:30 PM
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Oct. 24 Kenneth Chenault
"Corporate Social Responsibility"
12:00 PM
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Oct. 26 Dr. Jacques P. Barber
"Integrating Psychotherapy Research and Clinical Practice: A Personal Journey"
7:00 PM
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Nov. 06 Henry Joyce
"Planting Fields in Oyster Bay -- The Park and the Mansion, Past, Present and Future"
3:00 PM
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Nov. 09 Roger Payne and Lisa Harrow
"SeaChange: Reversing the Tide"
7:00 PM
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Nov. 16 Jacqueline Jones LaMon
"In Search of Our Children: The Missing, Endangered, and Lost"
7:00 PM
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Nov. 21 Herman Schaper
"International Security: The Roles of the UN, NATO and the EU"
11:00 AM
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Feb. 29 Michael J. Driscoll M.B.A., Michael J. Driscoll M.B.A. 89
"Observations of an Outsider from the Inside...One Person's View of Wall Street and Where We Lost Our Way"
6:00 PM
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Feb. 29 Jim Hagedorn Jim Hagedorn EVENT POSTPONED
"Chairman and CEO of The Scotts Company LLC"
7:00 PM
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Mar. 02 Brian Greene Brian Greene, Ph. D.
"String Theory: Reaching for Einstein's Dream"
8:30 PM
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Mar. 07 Mark Bauerlein Mark Bauerlein
"The Dumbest Generation: Academic Engagement in the Digital Age"
1:00 PM
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Mar. 27 Donatus Keith St. Aimee Donatus Keith St. Aimee
"Permanent Mission of St. Lucia to the United Nations"
11:00 AM
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Mar. 28 Bal Arneson Bal Arneson
"The Making of a Spice Goddess: Education, Identity, and Female Empowerment"
7:00 PM
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Apr. 02 AU Logo POSTPONED until further notice: Symposium
"Science, Ethics and Society: Can We Find a Common Ground in the Age of Genetics"
9:00 AM
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Apr. 09 Jane Goodall SOLD OUT - Jane Goodall
"Making a Difference"
7:00 PM
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Apr. 12 Csaba Korösi Csaba Korösi
"Brave New World—Global Tendencies, Challenges and Opportunities from Central European Perspectives"
12:00 PM
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May. 11 Lisa Witter Lisa Witter
"Social Media and the New Normal: 13 Driving Forces in Communications and How They Impact Us"
9:00 AM
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Please note that tickets are not reserved and must be picked up in person on a first-come, first-served basis. There is a two-ticket limit per person. All events, unless otherwise noted, are free and open to the public.

For ticketed events, tickets can be obtained at the PantherTainment window located in the lobby of the University Center, Monday-Thursday, 8:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m., or Friday 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Should you require disability accommodations, please call 516.877.3610, giving notice 72 hours prior to the event. Sign Language interpreting services require notice of seven days.


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Contact
For more information about the above cultural events, please contact:

Cultural Events Hotline
Adelphi University, Long Island
p - 516.877.4555
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