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"RUMI: THE PATH OF LOVE" TO BE PERFORMED AT HCC

BRIDGEPORT -- "Rumi: the Path of Love", a musical performance of poems by the Sufi mystic Jelaluddin Rumi, will be performed Friday, April 4 at Housatonic Community College.

The poems, set to music and performed by the Voicepoint theatre ensemble of Stamford, are the celebration of the passionate life of Rumi, a mystic born 800 years ago in Afghanistan. His life story was one of intrigue, mystery, love, jealousy and even murder, but resulted in an outpouring of poetry that is regarded as relevant today.

Voicepoint has taken twelve of Rumi’s poems and teaching stories and composed music for voice, guitar, drum and flute and, together with story-telling and movement, woven them into a performance that has been described by audiences as “transformatory,” “deeply moving,” and bearing a healing message for turbulent times.

Voicepoint in a company of diverse age and ethnic backgrounds, and members contribute to all aspects of the production. In the past year, the company has performed at the Unitarian Church of Westport, the Sunscape Association in Toronto; the Colony Café in Woodstock, NY, Borders Bookstore, the Urban Arts Festival, Poem Alley at the Unitarian Church and the Stamford Museum and Nature Center in Stamford, the Wellness Fair at the Greenwich YMCA, and the Unity Fellowship Church in Norwalk.

The HCC performance, which is free and open to the public, begins at noon in the Performing Arts Center. Free parking is available in the HCC Garage.

With a six-year-old campus in the heart of Connecticut’s largest city, Housatonic is one of the country’s fastest-growing public community colleges. Since it moved to the new downtown campus in 1997, Housatonic’s enrollment has increased 70 percent. According to the most recent statistics, released by the Washington D.C- based American Association of Community Colleges, Housatonic was the Northeast’s fastest-growing community college in the 1,000-plus students category.

In response to increased enrollments and changing workplace needs both regionally and nationally, Housatonic has increased the number of programs offered from 43 to 63 since moving to its new campus.

HCC is located less than 150 yards off I-95 (exit 27) and Rte 8 (Exit 1) in downtown Bridgeport.