My Way: A Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra presented by Shadow Lawn Stage
2019-07-25 20:00 - 22:00, 2019-07-26 20:00 - 22:00, 2019-07-27 14:00 - 16:00, 2019-07-27 20:00 - 2019-08-06 17:00, 2019-07-28 15:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Lauren K. Woods Theatre
A swinging tribute to Ol’ Blue Eyes, My Way: A Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra relives Sinatra’s legendary career as four actors take you on a musical revue spanning the breadth of his career from his early beginnings as a crooner in New York, to the bright lights of Las Vegas with the Rat Pack, to his final performances. Conceived by David Grapes and Todd Olson, My Way invites its audience to take a trip down memory lane while reliving Sinatra’s remarkable five-decade career the 1950s to the1990s. From a songbook of over 1300 tunes, My Way chooses fifty-four of Sinatra’s songs that include “Fly Me to the Moon,” “Chicago,” “New York, New York,” and “That’s Life.” It’s a celebration just as Ol’ Blue Eyes would have wanted it – a few stories, a few drinks, and plenty of knockout tunes.
Director: Michael Perreca
Choreographer: Bob Boross
Musical Director: Michael Gilch
Shadow Lawn Stage Artistic Director: Sheri Anderson

Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies - Encore Screening
2019-07-29 19:00 - 21:00 | Pollak Theatre
ON SALE MAY 10

Take a fresh look at Van Gogh through the legacy of the greatest private collector of the Dutch artist’s work: Helene Kröller-Müller (1869-1939), one of the first to recognize the genius of Van Gogh. In the early 20th century, Kröller-Müller amassed nearly 300 of Van Gogh’s paintings and drawings now housed at her namesake museum in Holland.
The Basilica Palladina exhibition in Vicenza, “Amid Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies,” with 40 paintings and 85 drawings on loan from the Kröller-Müller Museum, lends the basis of this program, revealing Van Gogh’s art and his genius, while allowing audiences to understand the importance of drawing as part of his craft.
Van Gogh’s seemingly instinctive canvases were the result of long, preparatory studies very rarely exhibited – not just sketches but stunning works of art in and of themselves, where the broken flow of lines that characterize the style and strokes in Van Gogh’s paintings can already be seen.
Produced by 3D Productions and Nexo Digital

Small Island
2019-07-31 19:00 - 22:00 | Pollak Theatre
adapted by Helen Edmundson
based on the novel by Andrea Levy
Andrea Levy’s Orange Prize-winning novel Small Island comes to life in an epic new theatre adaptation. Experience the play in cinemas, filmed live on stage as part of National Theatre Live’s 10th birthday.
Small Island embarks on a journey from Jamaica to Britain, through the Second World War to 1948 – the year the HMT Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury, England.
The play follows three intricately connected stories. Hortense yearns for a new life away from rural Jamaica, Gilbert dreams of becoming a lawyer, and Queenie longs to escape her Lincolnshire roots. Hope and humanity meet stubborn reality as the play traces the tangled history of Jamaica and the UK.
A company of 40 actors take to the stage of the National Theatre in London in this timely and moving story.

Summer Encore Series: Il Barbiere di Siviglia
2019-08-07 19:00 - 22:00 | Pollak Theatre
On sale May 10
Rossini’s madcap comedy receives a spirited production by Tony Award–winning director Bartlett Sher and stars mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, tenor Juan Diego Flórez, and baritone Peter Mattei. Maurizio Benini conducts.

From the 2006–07 season
Runtime: 3 hours, 5 minutes

Summer Encore Series: Aida
2019-08-14 19:00 - 22:00 | Pollak Theatre
On sale May 10
Soprano Anna Netrebko and mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili offer blazing performances in Verdi’s grand drama of ancient Egypt, seen in a stunning production by Sonja Frisell. Nicola Luisotti conducts.
From the 2018–19 season
Runtime: 3 hours

BEYOND GROUND ZERO: 9/11 AND THE AMERICAN LANDSCAPE - Photographs by Jonathan C. Hyman
2019-09-03 - 2019-09-13 | Pollak Gallery
On the afternoon of September 11, 2001, Jonathan C. Hyman, an artist and photographer based in upstate New York, embarked on a journey to document responses to the 9/11 terrorist attacks appearing in the landscape around him.
Armed almost daily with his camera, ladder, and car, Hyman captured evidence of the grassroots expressions of everyday citizens spurred by this national catastrophe. His investigations took him from Maine to Florida and west to Illinois, though the majority of photographs were taken closer to New York City. The result is an expansive archive of more than 20,000 film and digital images. Hyman encountered improvised tributes and memorials on public and private property, in urban and rural areas, and on all manner of surfaces from building walls, handball courts, and vehicles to tree trunks, construction fencing, and human skin. He continued for years to document these unofficial memorials, many of which remained long after the emergence of more formal tributes.
Jonathan C. Hyman (American, b. 1960), is a fine artist and freelance photographer, living in Sullivan County, New York. A graduate of Rutgers University and Hunter College of the City University of New York’s MFA program, he documents vernacular art and contemporary American popular culture. Hyman is Associate Director for Conflict and Visual Culture Initiatives at Bryn Mawr College’s Solomon Asch Center for Study of Ethnopolitical Conflict.
This exhibition is drawn from the collection of the 9/11 Memorial Museum.
All photographs © Jonathan C. Hyman

Karen Bright: Throughline
2019-09-03 - 2019-12-09 | DiMattio Gallery at Rechnitz Hall
Karen Bright: Throughline is an exhibition spanning 40 years of visual work by Karen Bright, Professor from the Department of Art and Design. Bright’s environmentally focused themes serve as the main thread over the 30 year span with consistent narratives on global warming, and climate change. Additional themes in Bright’s work relate to the MeToo movement, prevalent social and cultural issues, and current politics—all rendered as sculptures and paintings using encaustic-based materials.

Just Beachy/After Sandy
2019-09-03 - 2019-12-09 | DiMattio Gallery at Rechnitz Hall
A public, participatory installation by Karen Bright featuring a collaborative work with Assistant Professor of Communication, Amanda Stojanov, will feature placed-based work related to the legacy of Hurricane Sandy.
For Just Beachy/After Sandy, the public is invited to share their Sandy story
To participate:
by email, send your Sandy story to: kbright@monmouth.edu
or by mail to:
Professor Karen Bright
Department of Art and Design
400 Cedar Avenue
West Long Branch, NJ 07764

Intercultural Center Open House
2019-09-06 14:30 - 16:30 | Student Center – Conference Room 202C

Afrofuturist Design: Ancient Dogon To Wakandan Futures
2019-09-07 - 2019-10-23 | Guggenheim Memorial Library, Room 101, 400 Cedar Ave, West Long Branch, NJ, 07764, United States
We are extending this invitation for you to join us as we host Afrofuturist Design: Ancient Dogon To Wakandan Futures, beginning in September and ending in November 2019. We hope that you are able to join us.
Opening Reception Saturday, September 27 6 p.m.–8 p.m.
Black Speculative Arts Movement: Black Brain Belt Symposium Saturday, November 16 10 a.m.–6 p.m.

Pat Metheny Side-Eye w/ James Francies & Marcus Gilmore
2019-09-10 20:00 - 22:00 | Pollak Theatre
Pat Metheny is launching a new playing environment called “Side-Eye” for this upcoming season.
Pat explains “I wanted to create an ongoing setting to feature a rotating cast of new and upcoming musicians who have particularly caught my interest along the way.”
Pat continues “From my earliest days in Kansas City onward, I was the beneficiary of so many older musicians giving me a platform to develop my thing through the prism of their experience and the particular demands of what their music implied. I have been feeling like I wanted to have a specific platform to focus on some of the many younger musicians I have enjoyed recently who I have felt some kind of a kinship with.”
“I hear regularly from new players on the scene who have professed an influence from my records and tunes and I often invite them up to my house to play. Very often, it is really natural and organic to the music to play with them, they have literally grown up with it. I find myself inspired by how they deal with the musical challenges that come with the territory of some of those older tunes, and at the same time I find myself intrigued with the possibilities of what might be possible in writing new music just for them. This band setting is what that will be all about.”

Commemorating 9/11: Art, Perspectives, and Reflections
2019-09-11 07:00 - 21:00 | Pollak Theatre
On the 18th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, Monmouth University is partnering with the 9/11 Memorial & Museum to offer a day of free public programming including art and discussion. The programming will provide a platform for the varied perspectives and stories of those greatly impacted by the attacks. In coordination with events in the five boroughs of New York City, Monmouth University is the only New Jersey location hosting this exhibition.

Video Screening

“2001” by Wolfgang Staehle
Pollak Theatre
Sept. 11, 7 a.m.–7 p.m.
From 7 a.m. until sunset, Monmouth University will present a free public viewing of artist Wolfgang Staehle’s dual-channel video work “2001.” This rare footage recorded the launch of the terrorist attacks on America from a pair of unmanned webcams.
Several days before September 11, 2001, Staehle, a pioneering internet artist, had situated two cameras in an apartment building in Brooklyn, focused on lower Manhattan. They were calibrated to continuously snap panoramic views of New York City, at four-second intervals, for live-streaming to the Postmasters Gallery in Manhattan. The installation was intended to convey the predictable normalcy of life at the start of the 21st century. Instead, Staehle’s cameras bore witness to the unexpected rupture of those mundane rhythms at the moments framing 8:46 a.m., when hijacked Flight 11 exploded through the North Tower of the World Trade Center. Staehle’s webcams continued to document lower Manhattan’s skyline for the next three weeks.
Monmouth University’s Pollak Theatre will show an excerpt of Staehle’s video work in real time throughout the day, and viewers are invited to stay for as much or as little of the footage as they would like. Presentation of this program is made possible through the generous support of the 9/11 Memorial Museum Presenting Sustainer Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund.
Panel Discussion
Pollak Theatre, 7 p.m.
At approximately sunset, Monmouth University President Patrick F. Leahy, Ed.D. welcomes all to a panel discussion moderated by Monmouth University Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Rekha Datta, Ph.D., featuring the varied perspectives of those impacted by the events of September 11, 2001. Hear from Virginia S. Bauer, a member of the Board of Directors for the 9/11 Memorial & Museum, as well as University faculty members Douglas Collier, M.A., John Comiskey, Ed.D., Christopher DeRosa, Ph.D., and Melissa S. Ziobro, M.A.
After her husband was killed at the World Trade Center, Virginia S. Bauer became a key activist on behalf of the families of the 9/11 victims. In her role as advocate for the 9/11 victims, Bauer worked closely with congressional leaders and the White House to achieve the successful enactment of 9/11 victim legislation in 2002. She is the CEO of GTBM Inc. in East Rutherford, New Jersey, which provides software security technology for law enforcement and corporate facilities. Bauer is also a member of the Monmouth University Society of Trustees.
Douglas Collier, who worked as a federal agent at the time of the September 11, 2001 attacks, is the director of professional outreach and engagement for Monmouth University’s graduate program in criminal justice and also serves as a faculty member with a special focus on federal, state, and international global studies in criminal justice. A retired DEA agent, he is also a State of New Jersey Police Training Commission certified instructor and professor, a member of the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police, and an associate academic member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police.
A retired New York City Police Department lieutenant, John Comiskey served as a first responder on September 11, 2001. He is a faculty member in the University’s criminal justice department, leading coursework in intelligence, evidence-based counter-terrorism operations, and the nexus of crime and terrorism for the University’s homeland security program. Comiskey’s undergraduate and graduate homeland security courses include the many lessons learned from the 9/11 terrorist attacks. He leads a Terrorism in New York City tour that features Ground Zero as well the 1920 Wall Street bombing, the 1979 Fraunces Tavern Bombing, and the 2017 West Side Truck Attack. Comiskey is also a member of the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve and serves as an intelligence specialist.
Christopher DeRosa is the chair of the department of history and anthropology at Monmouth University. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in the military and political history of the United States. His first-year seminar on the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars includes dedicated lessons on the September, 11, 2001 attacks. As part of the seminar, he leads student trips to the 9/11 Memorial & Museum.
Melissa Ziobro is a public historian and educator, who helped document both 9/11 response efforts and the subsequent global war on terror for the United States Army. She is a specialist professor of public history in the University’s Department of History and Anthropology, where her classes often explore issues of memory and commemoration.
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Gallery Exhibit

BEYOND GROUND ZERO: 9/11 AND THE AMERICAN LANDSCAPE
Photographs by Jonathan C. Hyman
Open Sept. 3–13
On the afternoon of September 11, 2001, Jonathan C. Hyman, an artist and photographer based in upstate New York, embarked on a journey to document responses to the 9/11 terrorist attacks appearing in the landscape around him.
Armed almost daily with his camera, ladder, and car, Hyman captured the grassroots expressions of everyday citizens spurred by this national catastrophe. His investigations took him from Maine to Florida and west to Illinois, though the majority of photographs were taken closer to New York City. The result is an expansive archive of more than 20,000 film and digital images. Hyman encountered improvised tributes and memorials on public and private property, in urban and rural areas, and on all manner of surfaces from building walls, handball courts, and vehicles to tree trunks, construction fencing, and human skin. He continued to document these unofficial memorials for years, many of which remained long after the emergence of more formal tributes.

Superintendents' Academy: Session 1
2019-09-17 08:30 - 10:30 | Edison Atrium – Room 201
The School of Education at Monmouth University is pleased to announce the eleventh year of their Superintendents’ Academy for superintendents and central office administrators.

Alexandra Kleeman
2019-09-17 16:30 - 18:30 | The Great Hall Auditorium
Alexandra Kleeman is a Staten Island-based writer of fiction and nonfiction, and the winner of the 2016 Bard Fiction Prize. Her fiction has been published in The New Yorker, The Paris Review, Zoetrope: All-Story, Conjunctions, and Guernica, among others. Nonfiction essays and reportage have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Harper’s, Tin House, n+1, and The Guardian. Her work has received scholarships and grants from Bread Loaf, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Santa Fe Art Institute, and ArtFarm Nebraska. She is the author of the debut novel You Too Can Have A Body Like Mine (Harper, 2015) and Intimations (Harper, 2016), a short story collection

The Beatles, Abbey Road
2019-09-17 19:30 - 21:30 | The Great Hall Auditorium
It’s just like a book club but with albums! Get together with other music enthusiasts on Tuesday nights to discuss some of the greatest records of all-time! Listen to the album beforehand and then come prepared to discuss … there will be special guest moderators and panelists at each event!
This discussion will feature The Beatles’ Abbey Road. This event is free but registration is required.

MARGARET ATWOOD - Live in theatres
2019-09-19 19:30 - 21:30 | Pollak Theatre
ON SALE MAY 10
The Testaments, Margaret Atwood’s highly anticipated sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale, is revealed. The momentous literary event will be celebrated with an exclusive live cinema broadcast, as Fane Productions present an evening with the Canadian novelist, poet, literary critic and inventor.
The publication of Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale in 1985 and the current, Emmy Award-winning television series have created a cultural phenomenon, as handmaids have become a symbol of women’s rights and a protest against misogyny and oppression. Live from the London stage, Atwood will be interviewed by broadcaster and author Samira Ahmed in a conversation spanning the length of Atwood’s remarkable career, her diverse range of works, and why she has returned to her seminal handmaid story, 34 years later.
‘Dear Readers: Everything you’ve ever asked me about Gilead and its inner workings is the inspiration for this book. Well, almost everything! The other inspiration is the world we’ve been living in.’
With exclusive readings from the new book by special guests, this will be an unmissable and intimate event with Atwood, spotlighting her signature insight, humour and intellect.

A Sense of Place in Contemporary Encaustic
2019-09-20 08:00 - 2019-12-09 17:00 | Rotary Ice House Gallery
A Sense of Place in Contemporary Encaustic will be juried by renowned artist and teacher Lisa Pressman, curated by Karen Bright, Professor of Art and Design at Monmouth University, and guest curated by Oregon-based artist Kathleen Curtis Cosgrove. A national roster of artists were reviewed for this juried invitational. In the search for artists, the juror and curators sought out work that fit the theme of place, and also met the criteria for level of aesthetic and technical accomplishment using encaustic-based materials.
Artists Exhibiting Include:
Christine Aaron
Susanne K. Arnold
Dan Addington
Marilyn Banner
Pamela Blum
Debra Claffey
Kathy Cantwell
Linda Cordner
Pam Farrell
Diana González Gandolfi
Jeff Hirst
Jeffrey Juhlin
Sara Mast
Jane Michalski
Cherie Mittenthal
Laura Moriarty
Leslie Neumann
Marybeth Rothman
Sue Stover
Pamela Wallace
Janise Yntema

Climate Crisis Teach-In
2019-09-20 08:30 - 17:00 | The Great Hall -104
PROGRAM

8:30 a.m.
Coffee, bagels, fruit and mingling

9:00 a.m.
Bill Schreiber, “Introduction, Basic Climate Science, Basic Chemistry of Climate Change”
Catherine Duckett, “How Does Past Climate Change Help Us Understand the Present?”

9:30 a.m.
Randy Abate, “The Plight of Climate Refugees: Rising Seas, Melting Ice, and Inadequate Legal Protections”

10:00 a.m.
Pedram Daneshgar: “Climate Change Impacts on Plants and Plant Communities”

10:30 a.m.
Golam Mathbor, “Effects of Global Climate Change on Bangladesh and Implications for Other Countries”

11:00 a.m.
Walter Greason, “ADRIFT: Climate Change and the African Diaspora in the 21st Century”

11:30 a.m.
Peter Reinhart, “The Impact of Climate Change on Real Estate”

12:00* p.m.
Kayla Lewis, “Why Climate Models are Trustworthy”

12:30 p.m.
Nancy Mezey, “Global Capitalism and the Anthropogenic Causes of Climate Change”

1:00 p.m.
Panel Discussion
Megan Delaney, “Climate Stress and Mental Health”
Courtney Werner and Patrick Love, “Climate Rhetoric and Persuasion”
Heide Estes, “What Can You Do?”

2:00 p.m.
Coffee and Snacks

2:15 p.m.
Panel Discussion
Jason Adolf, “Climate Change Impacts on Oceans”
Keith Dunton, “Climate Impacts on Fish and Fisheries”
Sean Sterrett, “Climate Change Impacts on Reptiles and Amphibians”

3:30 p.m.
Tom Herrington, “Determining the Onset of Chronic Flooding in Coastal Communities”

4:00 p.m.
Depart for Red Bank Climate March, Riverside Park, Front Street, beginning at 5:00 p.m.
Walk (or otherwise proceed) to Elberon train station (1.4 miles) to take the 4:34 p.m. train
We welcome faculty, students, staff, friends, and companions.

“Just Beachy” – DiMattio Gallery – Rechnitz Hall
ALL DAY: A public participatory art installment that highlights the effects of Hurricane Sandy and shares the stories of residents impacted.
6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. – Opening Reception – Rechnitz Hall

* Vegetarian and Vegan salads and snacks will be offered.

Woodstock & Beyond: The Visionary Art of Mike Frankel
2019-09-23 - 2019-12-13 | Pollak Gallery
An exhibit of photographs by artist/photographer, Mike Frankel that capture many of the historic milestones in rock history including; the first ever appearance of Led Zeppelin in New York City and the Who’s first New York City performance of Tommy, along with photographs from the stage at Woodstock. The images have been scanned and printed directly from the 35 mm transparencies. The finished 35 mm slides were composed and exposed with up to 10 images on one frame of film while the action never stopped. There are some compelling single image photographs in the exhibition, but the multiple image photographs vividly demonstrate the power and dynamism of the rock ‘n’ roll experience.

Tintoretto: A Rebel in Venice
2019-09-23 19:30 - 21:00 | Pollak Theatre
Tintoretto: A Rebel in Venice fully immerses audiences in the life of the last great artist of the Italian Renaissance. With the enchanting narrative voice of twice Academy Award nominee Helena Bonham Carter, cinema audiences visit places that evoke and preserve the memory of the painter, including the State Archives, the Doge’s Palace, St. Mark’s Square, the Church of San Rocco, and more, all in celebration of the 500th anniversary of Tintoretto’s birth.
Run Time: 1 hour 30 minutes

Employees of Color Networking Lunch
2019-09-24 12:30 - 14:00 | Anacon Hall, 2nd Floor, Student Center
Click on image to register online for this event
The Intercultural Center, Office of Equity and Diversity, Office of the Provost, and Office of Human Resources invite Monmouth University employees to an affinity networking event for employees of Color to connect across departments and campus functional areas in addition to discussing future needs and resources. Lunch is included, and registration is required. Please click the image above to reserve your seat.

The Second Mother
2019-09-25 19:30 - 21:30 | Pollak Theatre
Monmouth University Global Education Office presents World Cinema Series 2019-2020 – “Women: Power and Identity”. A global cinematic survey of women as leaders of change in patriarchal cultures through their engagement in community, national politics, and film.
When the estranged daughter of a hard-working live-in housekeeper suddenly appears, the unspoken class barriers that exist within the home are thrown into disarray.(Director: Anna Muylaert, 2015)
This event is part of Hispanic American Heritage Month
Rated R
1 hour 52 minutes

Council of Endowed Chairs Fall Lecture
2019-09-26 01:30 - 14:45 | Pozycki Hall Auditorium
Future generations, wildlife, and natural resources – collectively referred to as “the voiceless” in this presentation – are the most vulnerable and least equipped populations to protect themselves from the impacts of global climate change. This presentation ﬁrst identiﬁes the common vulnerabilities of the voiceless in the Anthropocene era. It then proposes how the law can evolve to protect their interests more effectively through a stewardship-focused and rights-based system derived from the mandate inherent in the concept of sustainable development.
This presentation, sponsored by the Monmouth University Council of Endowed Chairs, is drawn from Professor Randall S., Abate’s forthcoming book, which will be published by Cambridge University Press in October 2019.

The Lehman Trilogy
2019-09-26 19:30 - 21:30 | Pollak Theatre
ON SALE MAY 10
By Stefano Massini, adapted by Ben Power
directed by Sam Mendes
The story of a family and a company that changed the world, told in three parts on a single evening. Academy Award-winner Sam Mendes (Skyfall, The Ferryman) directs Simon Russell Beale, Adam Godley and Ben Miles who play the Lehman Brothers, their sons and grandsons. On a cold September morning in 1844 a young man from Bavaria stands on a New York dockside. Dreaming of a new life in the new world. He is joined by his two brothers and an American epic begins. 163 years later, the firm they establish – Lehman Brothers – spectacularly collapses into bankruptcy, and triggers the largest financial crisis in history. This critically acclaimed and five-time Olivier Award nominated play features stunning set design from Es Devlin (NT Live: Hamlet) and will be broadcast live from London’s West End as part of National Theatre Live’s 10th Birthday season.

KISS THE SKY -The Jimi Hendrix RE-Experience
2019-09-28 20:00 - 23:00 | Pollak Theatre
Saluting the 50th anniversary of Woodstock with tributes to Jimi Hendrix and Santana!
Rolling Stone Magazine Says: “Yes believe the hype! This show lives up to it!”
KISS THE SKY is the #1 Jimi Hendrix Tribute Show. They return to Monmouth Center For The Arts Pollak Theatre to recreate Hendrix’s famed set at Woodstock for the 50th anniversary year of the legendary concert. Garnering rave reviews and playing to sold out festivals and venues in 2019, Kiss The Sky’s recreation set features replica wardrobe, gear and set list exact to the performance that Jimi Hendrix and his Gypsy Sun and Rainbows gave at Woodstock in 1969. Playing the part of Jimi Hendrix is left handed guitar virtuoso and the longest running Hendrix tribute artist Jimy Bleu. Bleu executes all of Hendrix’s legendary stage moves so well that he has toured with Hendrix bass player Billy Cox.
SANTANA AMIGOS is the only “WOODSTOCK ERA” Tribute dedicated to the ground breaking band SANTANA when they exploded onto the late 1960’s scene as a multi-cultural, Latin based rock fusion band fronted by the Guitar God.. Carlos Santana.
SANTANA AMIGOS features guitar phenom, “The Angel” Euriel Marrero on guitar as Carlos Santana…The tribute band has re-created this formation of SANTANA with musicians that look and perform just like SANTANA during the groundbreaking era… dressed with replica wardrobe from their famous show at Woodstock using authentic instruments to get the real Santana sound.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uO2udjkm-78

AMERICAN GURU: Jimi Hendrix and The Spirit of a Generation Presented by Jimy Bleu, Eliott Landy and Leonard J. Eisenberg
2019-10-02 19:30 - 21:30 | The Great Hall Auditorium
This three-part lecture-demonstration focuses on Jimi Hendrix and his contemporaries. Told through photographs and guitar technique demonstrations Jimy Bleu focuses on Hendrix’ rise to super-stardom, his tremendous impact on Popular and ‘serious music’, his indefinable musical style, his virtually unknown potential as a spiritual leader and his political awakening which coincided with the turbulent times of that era in the United States. Bleu’s research, documentation and musical illustrations stand alone in presenting the most comprehensive and at times unheard viewpoints and topics about this remarkable musician. Learn why almost 50 years after his death the iconic Jimi Hendrix is still incredibly relevant and named “The Greatest Guitarist of All Time”!
Leonard J. Eisenberg tells the story of Jimi Hendrix through photos taken by him at three concerts in the 1960’s and recently published in his book “Photographing Jimi Hendrix.” In 1968 Leonard was three feet away from the guitar god at The Boston Garden allowing him an unprecedented point of view. His photos of Hendrix at Woodstock have been seen around the world and photos from The Carousel in Framingham, MA are renowned. Hear the stories of how these amazing images came to be.
Join Elliott Landy, official Woodstock 1969 photographer as he presents a journey highlighting Jimi Hendrix, iconic photos of Woodstock and the events and personalities of the historic late 1960’s era while telling the behind the scenes stories captured by his camera lens. His instantly recognizable photographs of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, The Band, Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, pre Vietnam protests and legendary performers still resonate with audiences today.
