• Meena Alexander

    Meena Alexander considered one of the foremost Indian poets of her generation. Editor of Indian Love Poems and author of several other publications, her memoir Fault Lines was picked as one of Publishers Weekly’s Best Books of the Year.

  • American Rococo: Asbury Park Trek

    Art Building

    A performative walking tour through economically varied sections of the communities surrounding Monmouth University. This project explores a society that has advanced to a point where an excess of highly specialized tools and goods results in a trajectory towards some form of collapse.

  • Tinariwen with Special Guest Kishi Bashi

    Their backstory has been called “the most compelling of any band” — a stranger than fiction saga involving a guitar made from a tin can and stick a wood

  • Great Hall Milonga

    DUE TO WEATHER, GREAT HALL MILONGA IS CANCELLED FOR SUN. OCT. 28

    All tango lovers (beginners through experienced) and even those who are just thinking about learning to tango are invited to join us for a sensational afternoon of dancing amongst the beautiful background of Wilson Hall. There will be an intro to Tango lesson for all beginners an hour before the Milonga given by Lee Sager and Silvana Brizuela of Tango Pantera.

  • Met Opera: TEMPEST

    Composer Thomas Adès conducts the Metropolitan Opera premiere of his 2004 work, which has been widely praised as a modern masterpiece.

  • Provost Film Series: Camp de Thiaroye

    Provost Film Series: Camp de Thiaroye
    Event: Provost Film Series: Camp de Thiaroye
    Date: 11/12/2012
    Location: Pollak Theatre

    In this semi-autobiographical film by Ousmane Sembene, black soldiers help to defend France in the Algerian War, but are detained in prison camp before being repatriated home.

  • Fall Poetry Festival

    Bey Hall

    The day will consist of readings by nationally known poets, some of whom will conduct poetry workshops for participants. The keynote readers will be Pulitzer Prize winner Stephen Dunn and Cave Canem Fellow Rachel Eliza Griffiths. Stephen Dunn was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for Different Hours.

  • Met Opera: OTELLO (Encore)

    Verdi’s Shakespearean masterpiece returns to the Met with an exciting cast. Johan Botha sings the title role opposite the acclaimed Desdemona of star soprano Renée Fleming, with Falk Struckmann as Iago and Semyon Bychkov conducting.