* Please Note: Our Celebration Dinner has been POSTPONED until March 4, 2022
October 4, 2021, Monday
Molly’s Pub 11th Annual Golf Tournament benefiting the Texas Prader-Willi Association has been scheduled for October 4, 2021. I hope this date proves optimal for you to join us to raise money for our precious population. Be the first to register!! Lets make it the biggest and best yet!! Cypresswood Golf Course, 10 AM shotgun start. Registration deadline is 9/27/21. We will be adhering to best practice Covid-19 recommendations in place on that date. We are looking forward to another amazing day out with some good golf and great fun. Many, many thanks for all your support!! It is a rough road with this disorder and you lighten the load! We are very grateful.
October 7, 2021, Thursday Click Here to RSVP
Border Crossings:
The Early Work of Irish Playwright Brian Friel
Presented by Kelly Matthews, Ph.D.
7:00 pm CST
University of St. Thomas, Cullen Hall
4001 Mt. Vernon St., Houston, TX 77006
Free and open to the public to attend but reservations are required
For reservations, inquiries and updates,
please call 713-525-3592, or e-mail gallagl@stthom.edu.
For more information, visit www.stthom.edu/irishstudies
Deadline for RSVP: Noon, Wednesday, October 6, 2021
When playwright Brian Friel died in October 2015, The New York Times eulogized him as “the Irish Chekhov,” noting his “distinctive blend of melancholy and humor.” The Guardian called him “the father of modern Irish drama.” Friel has long been acclaimed as Ireland’s leading contemporary playwright, having scripted 24 plays for Broadway and West End theaters, many of which depict pivotal moments in Irish history or Northern Irish political unrest. This lecture will focus on Friel’s early work—his beginnings—in which lay the seeds of his prodigious career.
Kelly Matthews, Ph.D. is Professor of English at Framingham State University in Massachusetts, where she teaches courses on Irish literature. Kelly is President of the American Conference for Irish Studies and author of The Bell Magazine and the Representation of Irish Identity, published by Four Courts Press in 2012. She has published articles in the Irish University Review, Éire-Ireland, New Hibernia Review, New Voices in Irish Criticism, and other journals. She holds degrees from Harvard, Trinity College Dublin, Boston University, and Ulster University.
October 15-17 Click Here to Register
Please gather your friends and family and join us in support of cancer fighters everywhere - especially the vastly underserved demographic of older teens and young adults. Last year we had representation from 17 states and 5 countries. Let's double that this year!
Register by September 15 and we will mail you t-shirt(s). Run / walk wherever is best for you, send us photos for a video collage along with final time (if you're competitive) and be eligible for prizes - including autographed (or Audio Book) copies of "Awaken the Sleeping Giant" by esteemed author Craig Kolavo! Run / walk is 5k or 10k, anytime convenient for you from October 15 to October 17. Your registration fee helps support AYA cancer fighters with free housing, meals, some hotel costs, parking, gas cards, Uber rides and other expenses associated with cancer care while in Houston - not to mention of myriad of critical psycho-social programs. Thank you for making a difference in the lives of those in need!!
THANK YOU to all our sponsors, especially Gold Sponsors: MD Anderson, Skanska USA
and The Bookstaff Family.
With gratitude, Roger Kenneavy Co-founder & Executive Director
