Events

Step Afrika
2013-04-12 20:00 (America/New_York)
Cost: $42/$32
From our nation’s capital comes the troupe known as “the first
professional dance company in the world dedicated to the tradition of stepping”
— and if that bears further explanation, you should know that stepping is a
century-long dance tradition that was developed and perfected by the members of
African American college fraternities and sororities. It’s a form that drew
from traditional African disciplines to create a mode of expression that uses
the whole body — in all of its tapping, clapping, spoken-word yapping
versatility — to convey a sense of community through sound and movement.
Traveling the world as official cultural ambassadors of the
United States — and riding a resurgent wave of interest in this exciting “new”
dance form — the nonprofit Step Afrika! company conducts an annual tour of
colleges and universities across the country. The Center for the Arts at
Monmouth University is proud to host the young dancers of Step Afrika! as part
of the 2012-2013 Performing Arts series.
More info: www.stepafrika.org

Provost Film Series: Moolaade
2013-04-11 19:30
Moolaade
When a woman shelters a group of girls from suffering female
circumcision, she starts a conflict that tears her village apart in this
film by Ousmane Sembene.

CANCELLED - Step Afrika Workshop
2013-04-11 15:30
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED
Learn the ins and outs of “stepping,” the percussive dance style created
by African American college students, with a lesson by dance troupe
Step Afrika. No experience needed.

Art Now: Multimedia Art - Matt Kenyon
2013-04-11 14:30
In 1999 Matt
co-founded SWAMP (Studies of Work Atmosphere and Mass Production) with
Douglas Easterly. Their work focuses on critical themes addressing the
affects of global corporate operations, mass media and communication,
military-industrial complexes, and general meditations on the liminal
area between life and artificial life. SWAMP has been making work in
this vein since 1999 using a wide range of media, including custom
software, electronics, mechanical devices, and often times working with
living organisms.

Met Opera: PARSIFAL (Encore)
2013-04-07 13:00
Wagner’s PARSIFAL ENCORE
Approx. Runtime: 5:40
Director François Girard’s timeless new vision for Wagner’s final masterpiece explores the many facets of this mystical score, while designer Michael Levine (Eugene Onegin) creates a surreal landscape. Jonas Kaufmann stars in the title role of the innocent who finds wisdom. His fellow Wagnerian luminaries include Katarina Dalayman as the mysterious Kundry, Peter Mattei as the ailing Amfortas, Evgeny Nikitin as the wicked Klingsor, and René Pape as the noble knight Gurnemanz. Daniele Gatti conducts.
Production a gift of the Gramma Fisher Foundation, Marshalltown, Iowa. Major funding from Rolex. Additional funding from Marina Kellen French and the Edgar Foster Daniels Foundation. A co-production of the Metropolitan Opera, the Opéra National de Lyon, and the Canadian Opera Company

John Hammond with Billy Hector
2013-04-05 20:00
As musical pedigrees go, they don’t come much more awesome
than being the son of legendary record man and activist John H. Hammond — the
same Hammond who’s credited with discovering everyone from Basie to Billie
Holliday, Bob Dylan to the Boss. That said, John Paul Hammond has indisputably
forged a name for himself as a master blues guitarist — a Grammy winning purist
whose recording career of 50-plus years attests to his laserlike focus and disdain
of musical fad or fashion, even as he’s racked up successful collaborations
with the likes of Tom Waits, Dr. John, Duane Allman, Robbie Robertson, and G.
Love.
With acoustic blues having been rediscovered — as it has
been every so often, by a new generation of fans — Hammond stands uniquely
poised to “show them how it’s done” when he takes the stage of the Pollak
Theatre, a room that’s been praised as a premier venue for acoustic guitarists.
The Blues Hall of Famer who once boasted both Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix in his band remains an artist with impeccable
taste in music, his instrument, and the audience he plays to.
Opening the show will be local living legend and award-winning blues guitarist and songwriter Billy Hector.
More info: www.johnhammond.com or www.billyhector.com
Cost: $30

C.K. Williams
2013-04-04 16:30
C. K. Williams’s most recent book of poems, Wait,was published in 2010, as was his study of Walt Whitman, On Whitman. He will bring out a new book of poems, Writers Writing Dying, and a book of essays, In Time:On Poetry, Poets and the Rest, in the autumn of 2012.
He has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Ruth Lilly Prize.
He teaches in the Creative Writing Program at Princeton University, and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

The Civil War
2013-04-02 10:30
Over one hundred and fifty years ago, the United States of America split in half as the north and south waged war against each other over preserving a way of life versus preserving the union. While decisions made by Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, and General Sherman affected the course of American history, ordinary Americans carried out these orders, and often made the ultimate sacrifice for their country. The Civil War was a defining moment in American History – the fire of war burned away the scourge of slavery and, in time, melded the separate states into a true nation. In telling the tale of this large and complex event, this Theatreworks show focuses on the smaller stories of some of the soldiers who are caught up in it, including, Zak, a runaway slave who demands the right to fight his own fight; Will, his former best friend and “master;” Johnny, an Irish immigrant who volunteers to defend his new home; and Jackie, a girl who becomes a drummer boy.
Written by the playwright behind Theatreworks USA’s The Great Railroad Race, Footprints on the Moon, and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, this stirring production features traditional songs of the era while sensitively illustrating this complex, tumultuous chapter of American history. The Civil War illuminates the humanity and sacrifices of those who fought, and the many who died.
Appropriate for Grades 3 – 9

NICK OFFERMAN
2013-03-28 21:00
NICK OFFERMAN
Star of NBC’s PARKS AND RECREATION

Thursday, March 28th, 2013
at the Pollak Theatre*
Doors open at 8:00 p.m.
Show at 9:00 p.m.
*please note that this show location has been moved from the MAC
Seating Chart

There is an eight (8) ticket limit per household.
Ticket prices: $25, $35
There are also a limited number of $20 Monmouth student tickets available at the MAC and Pollak Theatre box offices

On sale Friday, February 15th at noon through Ticketmaster.com, phone charge at 800.745.3000 and in person at the MAC and Pollak Theatre box offices.
Produced by TTM, Inc and AEG Live

First Senior Exhibition - Graphic Design
2013-03-28 - 2013-04-05 | Rotary Ice House Gallery
March 28 – April 5, 2013
Ice House Gallery
Joan and Robert Rechnitz Hall
Free & Open to Public

Opening Reception: Thursday, March 28 | 7 – 9 p.m.

Featuring the work of Monmouth University graduating seniors who will receive their degrees in Graphic Design.

Senior Animation and Motion Graphics Screening
2013-03-28 | Joan and Robert Rechnitz Hall
Featuring the work of Monmouth University graduating seniors who have taken animation and motion graphics courses.
Screening Event: Thursday, March 28th | 7-9 p.m. – In conjunction with the Graphic Design Senior Exhibition

Provost Film Series: Munyurangabo
2013-03-26 19:30
Munyurangabo
In this film by Lee Isaac Chung, an orphan of the Rwandan genocide
travels from Kigali to the countryside on a quest for justice.

Met Opera: LES TROYENS (Encore)
2013-03-24 13:00
Berlioz’s LES TROYENS ENCORE
Approx. Runtime: 5:41
The Met offers a rare opportunity to witness Berlioz’s vast epic, last performed at the Met in 2003. Deborah Voigt, Susan Graham, Marcello Giordani, and Dwayne Croft lead the starry cast, portraying characters from the Trojan War. Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi marshals the large-scale musical forces.

Red Horse
2013-03-23 20:00
John Gorka, Lucy Kaplanski & Eliza Gilkyson
Cost: $30, $22
Some musical collaborations seem fated to exist only in the
studio, like some unstable isotope created under controlled lab conditions.
Other partnerships are torn apart by the stressful potholes of the road, while
still others expire with the termination of a record contract. The project
known as Red Horse, while technically just a few years old, carries with it a
history forged in long-standing friendship — a bond that seems only to have
strengthened through live performance.
Labelmates on the folk music imprint Red House Records, the
“supergroup” of Eliza Gilkyson, John Gorka and Lucy Kaplansky came about not so
much by commercial expediency as it did via a genuine respect for each other’s
music — a quality borne out by the fact that the three accomplished songwriters
take turns singing each other’s compositions, as well as introducing new
originals and reinterpreting old favorites that range from Neil Young to Traditional
anonymous.
Performing together and separately, this dream team of
Americana stylists finds a perfect setting for their songcraft in the Pollak
Theatre, the acclaimed acoustic-music venue where Kaplansky previously appeared
as a member of the trio Cry Cry Cry.

Met Opera: FRANCESCA DA RIMINI (Broadcast in HD)
2013-03-16 12:00
Zandonai’s FRANCESCA DA RIMINI
Approx. Runtime: 3:57
Encore: Sun., April 14, 2013 at 12 p.m.
Zandonai’s compelling opera, inspired by an episode from Dante’s Inferno, returns in the Met’s ravishingly beautiful production, last seen in 1986. Dramatic soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek and tenor Marcello Giordani are the doomed lovers. Marco Armiliato conducts.
Broadcast in HD

On Screen In Person: Abel Raises Cain
2013-03-14 19:30
Abel Raises Cain
Filmmaker Jenny Abel explores the life and career of her father Alan Abel, known to
many as “the world’s greatest hoaxer.”

Mary Gaitskill
2013-03-12 16:30
Awarding-winning author Mary Gaitskill is best known for delivering powerful stories of dislocation, longing, and desire with prose that “glides lightly over unsoundable depths” [Village Voice]. She is the author of the novels Two Girls, Fat and Thin, and Veronica, which was nominated for the 2005 National Book Award, National Critic’s Circle Award, and L.A. Times Book Award. She is the author of the story collections Bad Behavior and Because They Wanted To, which was nominated for the PEN/Faulkner in 1998. Bad Behavior, now a classic, made critical waves when it was first published, heralding Gaitskill’s arrival on the literary scene and established her as one of the sharpest, erotically charged, and audaciously funny writing talents of contemporary literature. Her newest collection of stories is titled Don’t Cry (2009):Written with her distinctive, uncanny combination of bluntness and high lyricism, Don’t Cry takes its place among artworks of great moral seriousness.” [Bomb Magazine]
Mary Gaitskill was born in 1954 in Lexington, Kentucky. In 1981 Gaitskill graduated from the University of Michigan, where she won an award for her collection of short fiction The Woman Who Knew Judo and Other Stories.

Art Now: There's An App for that Shirt!
2013-03-11 18:00
THERE’S AN APP FOR THAT SHIRT!
An Augmented Reality Performance Project
PLANGERE TV STUDIO, 1st FLOOR
Katherine Behar and her collaborators will present a
performance/fashion show. The piece will feature
garments which can be seen multiple ways through the AR (augmented
reality) application. MU students, contortionists, and more will be
performing! Bring your
phones (Droid or Apple phones/iPads) to view the app at the event!

Justin Townes Earle with special guest Tift Merrit
2013-03-09 20:00
Family dynasties in country music are surely nothing new —
but just as surely as Steve Earle has blazed a trail of bracingly honest
songcraft and life experience that could never be conjured by a Music Row
publicist, so too has Justin Townes Earle fought on the frontlines of
alt-country, Americana and those no-man’s-lands between the relative safety of
the stylistic pigeonholes.
Named for iconic rebel Townes Van Zandt; born in Nashville
(but never necessarily of it), Justin Townes Earle nonetheless has style to
spare — a sensibility that’s landed him on GQ’s list of “style stars,” and
that’s made him every lanky inch the stranger at large in the wilds of New York
City. As many thousands of fans also realize, JTE backs up that easy style with
some hard skills — a beyond-his-years musical wisdom and a guitar/vocal
technique that’s allowed him to wow audiences variously characterized as
“bluegrass,” “Americana,” “blues,” “folk” and “alternative.” Touring behind his
2012 Bloodshot Records release Nothing’s
Gonna Change the Way You Feel About Me Now, Earle returns to Monmouth
County for his first area theater show, on the Pollak stage at Monmouth. Opening for JTE will be soulful singer-songwriter Tift Merritt.
*This concert has been rescheduled from the original November 4, 2012 date
www.justintownesearle.com

Twelfth Night, or What You Will
2013-03-06 20:00 - 2013-03-14 20:00 | Lauren K. Woods Theatre
Location: Lauren K. Woods Theater
Twelfth Night, or What You Will
by William Shakespeare
Please note that the March 6th performance has been cancelled due to the weather.
March 6-9 & 12-14, 2013 | 8:00 p.m.
March 10, 2012 | 3:00 p.m.
Directed by Nicole Ricciardi
Filled with a cast of unforgettable characters, Twelfth Night combines high comedy with some of the subtlest poetry and most beautiful songs Shakespeare ever wrote. The Department of Music and Theatre Arts presents Shakespeare’s epic tale as a wildly theatrical and innovative production, performed by a company of singers, actors, and musicians. with original music by George Wurzbach, whose compositions are “Stunningly original…” – Back Stage Magazine

Tommy Sands
2013-03-04 19:00
Location: Wilson Hall
Versailles Room in Wilson HallCost: $25
Tommy Sands, County Down’s singer, songwriter and social activist,
has achieved something akin to legendary status in his own lifetime.
From the pioneering tours with the highly influential Sands Family,
playing Carnegie Hall to Moscow’s Olympic Stadium, he has become one of
Ireland’s most powerful songwriters and enchanting performers. He enjoys
celebrity status in many parts of the world, tempered by artistic
integrity and the sorrow of personal tragedy in his war-torn homeland.
Walking the road between two cultures, he dreams of an Ireland without
conflict. Indeed, his songs speak to all that Ireland is, from its
troubled past to its indomitable spirit and a vision of “a land of
dreaming.” And his work around the globe speaks to our common heritage,
using music to bridge cultural differences. In this way he shares a
vision with songwriters instigating social change, such as Phil Ochs,
Joan Baez, and close friend Pete Seeger.
Presented in conjunction with the Irish Studies Program
More info: www.tommysands.com

Shawn Mullins and Mindy Smith
2013-03-03 19:00
Grammy
nominated singer songwriter Shawn Mullins has undergone a series of
transformative experiences leading to his eleventh studio release, Light You Up.
His experiences included delving into the collaborative creative
process by intensive co-writing, and in one instance putting him atop of
the country charts via a key contribution to the Zac Brown Band’s
“Toes,” marking his fourth #1 single, following 1999’s “Lullaby” and the
2006 Triple A/Americana chart-topper “Beautiful Wreck.”
The world got its first introduction to Mindy Smith nearly a decade ago,
when she won over Dolly Parton lovers with an elegantly pleading cover
of “Jolene,” then promptly added to their number fans of wide-ranging
Americana, connoisseurs of confessional songcraft, appreciators of
mature pop melodicism and seekers of spiritual heft with her Vanguard
Records debut One Moment More and the three albums that followed.

Met Opera: PARSIFAL
2013-03-02 12:00
Wagner’s PARSIFAL
Encore: Sun., April 7, 2013 at 1 p.m.
Approx. Runtime: 5:40
Director François Girard’s timeless new vision for Wagner’s final masterpiece explores the many facets of this mystical score, while designer Michael Levine (Eugene Onegin) creates a surreal landscape. Jonas Kaufmann stars in the title role of the innocent who finds wisdom. His fellow Wagnerian luminaries include Katarina Dalayman as the mysterious Kundry, Peter Mattei as the ailing Amfortas, Evgeny Nikitin as the wicked Klingsor, and René Pape as the noble knight Gurnemanz. Daniele Gatti conducts.
Production a gift of the Gramma Fisher Foundation, Marshalltown, Iowa. Major funding from Rolex. Additional funding from Marina Kellen French and the Edgar Foster Daniels Foundation. A co-production of the Metropolitan Opera, the Opéra National de Lyon, and the Canadian Opera Company

Provost Film Series: Bamako
2013-02-26 19:30
Bamako
In this film by Abderrahmane Sissako, Melé is a bar singer, her husband
Chaka is out of work, and the couple is on the verge of breaking up.
African civil society spokesmen have taken proceedings against the World
Bank and the IMF whom they blame for Africa’s woes. Chaka does not seem
to be concerned by Africa’s desire to fight for its rights.

Met Opera: AIDA (Encore) (Broadcast in HD)
2013-02-24 13:00
Verdi’s AIDA ENCORE
Broadcast in HD
Approx. Runtime: 3:54
The Met’s unforgettable production of Verdi’s ancient Egyptian drama stars Liudmyla Monastyrska and Hui He. The story centers on the enslaved Ethiopian princess caught in a love triangle with the heroic Radamès, played by Roberto Alagna. The proud Egyptian princess Amneris is played by Olga Borodina. Fabio Luisi conducts this revival, which features recent choreography by Alexei Ratmansky.

Shore Conference Basketball - Boys and Girls Finals
2013-02-23 13:00
Shore Conference Basketball
High School Boy’s and Girl’s Basketball Finals
The MAC at Monmouth University
Saturday, February 23, 2013
Girl’s Game: 1:00pmBoy’s Game: 3:00pm
Doors open at 12:00pm*Snow date: February 24, 2013 (game times will be the same)*
Emergency Hotline for weather related information: 732.263.5900
Important Event Information:
NO RE-ENTRY
No Tailgating
No Signage, Noise Makers, Spirit Flags, or Banners

Met Opera: MARIA STUARDA (Encore)
2013-02-22 19:00
Donizetti’s MARIA STUARDA ENCORE
Approx. Runtime: 3:15
Fresh from her triumph in the Met’s The Enchanted Island, mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, one of the world’s most exciting singers, takes on the virtuosic bel canto role of the doomed Mary, Queen of Scots. Having scored a major success with his production of Anna Bolena, director David McVicar now turns to the second opera of Donizetti’s Tudor trilogy, which explores regal characters at fateful moments of their lives. Elza van den Heever sings Elizabeth I, and Maurizio Benini conducts.
Production a gift of The Sybil B. Harrington Endowment Fund

On Screen In Person: Cafeteria Man
2013-02-21 19:30
Cafeteria Man
This feature documentary film by Richard Chisolm chronicles an ambitious effort to ‘green’
the public school diet serving 83,000 students in Baltimore.

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
2013-02-17 14:00
Have you ever had a really rotten day? Alexander has… He wakes up
with gum in his hair, he trips on a skateboard, and then he accidentally
drops his sweater in the sink – all before breakfast! Alexander can
already tell – it’s going to be a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad
day! Alexander’s day continues to go downhill as he gets smushed in the
car on the way to school, his teacher doesn’t like his drawing of an
invisible castle, and Paul doesn’t want to be his friend anymore.
There’s no dessert for lunch, there’s lima beans for dinner, and even
worse: there’s kissing on television! It’s enough to make you want to
move to Australia!
Laugh and sing along with Alexander’s misadventures in this hilarious
musical, featuring book and lyrics by Judith Viorst, author of the
best-selling classic book. Discover along with Alexander that sometimes,
everyone has a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.
Appropriate for Grades Pre K – 4

Met Opera: RIGOLETTO
2013-02-16 12:55
Verdi’s RIGOLETTO
Encore: Friday, April 26, 2013 at 7 p.m.
Approx. Runtime: 3:31
Director Michael Mayer has placed his new production of Verdi’s towering tragedy in Las Vegas in 1960—an ideal setting for this eternal conflict of depravity and innocence. In this production, inspired by the antics of the Rat Pack, Piotr Beczala is the womanizing Duke of Mantua, with Željko Lucic as his tragic sidekick, Rigoletto. Diana Damrau is Rigoletto’s daughter—and their victim. Michele Mariotti conducts.
Production a gift of the Hermione Foundation, Laura Sloate, Trustee; and Mr. and Mrs. Paul M. Montrone
Additional funding from Marina Kellen French
