Events

La Bohème - Virtual Event Cinema
2021-04-21 - 2021-04-27 | Virtual
In response to the on-going health crisis, BY Experience is offering their beloved Live in HD titles for customers to view at home on an internet enabled device, as a “by appointment” basis. Customers screen as if they were attending at the venue itself (no fast-forward, pause, rewind or multi-watch option) in a virtual communal experience. The appointment screenings will be daily at 1pm, 4pm, 7pm and 10pm – You get to choose the date and time you would like to view it just like at the movies. Reserve your spot now!
Puccini’s La Bohème, the passionate, timeless, and indelible story of love among young artists in Paris, can stake its claim as the world’s most popular opera. In this live transmission from 2018, Franco Zeffirelli’s classic production stars soprano Sonya Yoncheva as the fragile Mimì and tenor Michael Fabiano as the poet Rodolfo. Marco Armiliato conducts.
Runtime: 2 hours, 20 minutes
Rating: Not rated / treat as PG

Understanding Climate Change
2021-04-22 19:30 - 2021-05-06 21:00 (America/New_York) | Virtual
Class Schedule: Thursdays – April 22, April 29 and May 6 | 7:30 – 9:00 PM
In this three-session virtual course taught by Heide Estes, students will learn about the nature of climate change and its evolving effects on humankind and the future of planet earth. Students will discuss powerful ways in which we can stem the tide of climate change on personal, local, and national levels.
Zoom link will be provided upon registration.

Secret Impressionists - Virtual Event Cinema
2021-04-28 - 2021-05-04 | Virtual
In response to the on-going health crisis, BY Experience is offering their beloved Live in HD titles for customers to view at home on an internet enabled device, as a “by appointment” basis. Customers screen as if they were attending at the venue itself (no fast-forward, pause, rewind or multi-watch option) in a virtual communal experience. The appointment screenings will be daily at 1pm, 4pm, 7pm and 10pm – You get to choose the date and time you would like to view it just like at the movies. Reserve your spot now!
Secret Impressionists
Secret Impressionists reveals the story of the art revolution sparked by the Impressionist movement of the late 1800s. The art-documentary unveils 50 previously unseen works by Impressionist masters Manet, Caillebotte, Renoir, Monet, Cézanne, Signac, Sisley, and Morisot.

Runtime: 90 minutes
Rating: PG-13

Virtual Tuesday Night Record Club: Paul Simon: Graceland
2021-05-04 19:30 - 21:30 | Virtual
We have decided to continue with Record Club in virtual format using the ZOOM app. When you register you will be provided the meeting link to join the conversation. CLICK HERE for more information on how to use ZOOM.
It’s just like book club but with albums! With new advances in technology, the way we consume music through our devices, apps and on demand streaming services like Pandora, Spotify and iTunes is making the idea of the “album” as an art form extinct. 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. This event will featuring Paul Simon’s Graceland will be hosted by Monmouth University Professor Meghan Hynson and is cosponsored by the Institute for Global Understanding.

The Ballerina of Auschwitz with Dr. Edith Eger
2021-05-06 19:00 - 20:30
Monmouth University’s Wayne D. McMurray School of Humanities and Social Sciences is a co-sponsor of
The Ballerina of Auschwitz
Dr. Edith Eger
With Dr. Edith Eger
New York Times Best Selling Author of The Choice
Thursday, May 6, 2021
7 – 8:30 p.m.
Presented on Zoom
This event is free but registration is required.
Register Online: chabadshore.com/ballerinaofauschwitz/
The virtual event, which is hosted by Chabad of the Shore, will feature a conversation with Edith Eger, Ph.D. One of the few living Holocaust survivors, Eger is the author of The Gift, and the New York Times bestselling book, The Choice.
Eger was sent to Auschwitz at 16-years old, where she endured unimaginable experiences, including being ordered to dance for the notorious Josef Mengele who killed her parents.
She is an inspiring speaker, human dignity advocate & award-winning author. Her book, The Choice, is a powerful memoir and a practical guide to healing which uses her past as a powerful analogy to inspire people to reach their potential and shape their destinies.

Virtual Living Room Concert Series – Stay Safe, Stay at Home - Volume 4
2021-05-07 20:00 - 21:00 | Virtual
Monmouth University Center for the Arts is proud to present the fourth installment of our Virtual Living Room Concert Series – Stay Safe, Stay at Home featuring some of your favorite singers, songwriters, poets and musicians from the Jersey Shore and beyond!
The concert will premiere on the Center for the Arts YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/wAza7NBF4HA on May 7, 2021 at 8 PM with a live chat from some of the performers and will be available to stream on the channel anytime afterward.
This living room concert features: Steve Forbert and Tom Parr ’85; Lucy Kaplansky; Pat Guadagno; Anthony Nunziata; Joe D’Urso and John Gorka.
The concert is directed by Monmouth University Alumnus Tom Parr ’85 and sponsored in part by Riptide records.

Virtual Tuesday Night Book Club: Taylor Jenkins Reid's Daisy Jones and the Six
2021-05-11 19:30 - 21:30 | Virtual
Join us for Tuesday Night Book Club! Hosted by Monmouth University’s Ken Womack and Michael Thomas, each month we’ll explore a different novel. All you have to do is Zoom in and join the discussion!
This month’s novel is Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Daisy Jones and the Six. A gripping novel about the whirlwind rise of an iconic 1970s rock group and their beautiful lead singer, revealing the mystery behind their infamous breakup. Taylor Jenkins Reid is a talented writer who takes her work to a new level with Daisy Jones & The Six, brilliantly capturing a place and time in an utterly distinctive voice.
When you register you will be provided the meeting link to join the conversation. GET MORE INFORMATION ON HOW TO USE ZOOM

42nd Street: The Musical - Virtual Event Cinema
2021-05-12 - 2021-05-18 | Virtual
In response to the on-going health crisis, BY Experience is offering their beloved Live in HD titles for customers to view at home on an internet enabled device, as a “by appointment” basis. Customers screen as if they were attending at the venue itself (no fast-forward, pause, rewind or multi-watch option) in a virtual communal experience. Screenings will take place daily at 1pm, 4pm, 7pm and 10pm – You get to choose the date and time you would like to view it just like at the movies. Reserve your spot now!
42nd Street: The Musical:
Captured live from the London stage and directed by the original author of the show, Mark Bramble, 42ND STREET is one of Broadway’s most classic and beloved tales. Full of crowd-pleasing tap dances, popular musical theatre standards including “Lullaby of Broadway”, “We’re in the Money”, “42nd Street” and more, plus show-stopping ensemble production numbers. Not to be missed!
5 Stars “A wow factor revival of one of the greatest musicals of all time” – The Times (London)
5 Stars “The mother of all show-biz musicals” — Daily Telegraph

Runtime: 2 hours, 35 minutes (includes 1 intermission)
Rating: Treat as PG

Commencement - All Fall 2020 (January 2021) graduates
2021-05-12 10:00 | Kessler Field

Commencement - Master and Doctoral candidates in the School of Humanities & Social Sciences, the School of Business and the School of Education
2021-05-12 14:00

Commencement - Master and Doctoral candidates in the School of Nursing & Health Studies, the School of Social Work and the School of Science
2021-05-13 10:00

Poetry Appreciation
2021-05-13 19:30 - 2021-05-27 21:00 | Virtual
Class Schedule: Thursdays – May 13 , May 20 and May 27 | 7:30 – 9:00 PM
This three-session virtual course, taught by Michael Thomas, provides attendees with an introduction to the craft of poetry, while also carefully considering poems that have been deeply meaningful to our lives.
Our current culture asks that we move quickly, while poetry demands the opposite– that we slow down and explore life experiences with careful reflection and deeper understanding.
While you may not be an experienced reader or writer of poems, this course will introduce methods of writing and reading that we hope will help you to take steps in developing an ear and eye for great poems and how, by inhabiting the poems you experience joys in reading.
“Poetry and poetry alone has saved my life,” wrote the poet, Anne Sexton. There is evidence of lyric poetry in every language and in every culture throughout history. It is with this fact that we can approach poetry as a vital force in our lives, not as a genre of literature reserved only for those with special talents.
Zoom Link will be provided upon registration.

Commencement - Bachelor candidates in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences
2021-05-19 10:00

Commencement - Bachelor candidates in the School of Nursing and Health Studies and the School of Social Work
2021-05-19 14:00

Commencement - Bachelor candidates in the School of Business
2021-05-20 10:00

Commencement - Bachelor candidates in the School of Education and the School of Science
2021-05-20 14:00

Virtual Wine Tasting - California
2021-05-25 20:30
Note: Must be 21 years of age or older to participate. Please register by May 11 to receive your tasting kit in time.
Join us and your fellow Hawks for a guided, interactive wine tasting session. After you register for this event, a tasting flight of eight California coastal wines will be delivered right to your door.

Hermitage: The Power of Art – Virtual Event Cinema
2021-05-26 - 2021-06-01 | Virtual
In response to the on-going health crisis, BY Experience is offering their beloved Live in HD titles for customers to view at home on an internet enabled device, as a “by appointment” basis. Customers screen as if they were attending at the venue itself (no fast-forward, pause, rewind or multi-watch option) in a virtual communal experience. The appointment screenings will be daily at 1pm, 4pm, 7pm and 10pm – You get to choose the date and time you would like to view it just like at the movies. Reserve your spot now!
Hermitage: The Power of Art
A spectacular documentary event tours through St. Petersburg’s State Hermitage Museum, a wonderful complex of buildings with the largest collection of paintings in the world, to retrace two and a half centuries. Audiences pass through the magnificent interiors that provided a meeting point for foreign artists, architects and intellectuals creating connections through art and culture.

Runtime: 90 minutes
Rating: Treat as: PG-13

Music Contracts Made Simple
2021-05-26 14:00 - 15:00 | Virtual
Music Contracts Made Simple
Music Industry Webinar Series
Learn the key terms and clauses to be mindful of when negotiating music contracts.
The event, hosted by Blue Hawk Records through the Department of Music & Theatre Arts, is free but registration is required to attend.

Monmouth University's Leadership Excellence Award Dinner
2021-06-03 17:00 - 22:00 | The Great Hall
This Year Honoring …

Peter J. Cocoziello
Founder and CEO
Advance Realty Investors
Leadership Excellence Award Recipient

Anthony R. Coscia
Partner
Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf, LLP
Service to the Industry Award Recipient

For information and sponsorship opportunities, please contact Theresa Lowy at tlowy@monmouth.edu or 732-571-4412

Virtual Tuesday Night Record Club: The Beach Boys, Pet Sounds
2021-06-08 19:30 - 21:00 | Virtual
We have decided to continue with Record Club in virtual format using the ZOOM app. When you register you will be provided the meeting link to join the conversation. CLICK HERE for more information on how to use ZOOM.
It’s just like book club but with albums! With new advances in technology, the way we consume music through our devices, apps and on demand streaming services like Pandora, Spotify and iTunes is making the idea of the “album” as an art form extinct. 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. This event will feature The Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds.

Alumni Weekend 2021
2021-06-11 - 2021-06-14
Join us for a smattering of virtual get-togethers and in-person events for Alumni Weekend 2021.

Virtual Tuesday Night Book Club: David Guterson, Snow Falling on Cedars
2021-06-15 19:30 - 21:00 | Virtual
Join us for Tuesday Night Book Club! Hosted by Monmouth University’s Ken Womack and Michael Thomas, each month we’ll explore a different novel. All you have to do is Zoom in and join the discussion!
This month’s novel is David Guterson’s Snow Falling on Cedars.
San Piedro Island, north of Puget Sound, is a place so isolated that no one who lives there can afford to make enemies. But in 1954 a local fisherman is found suspiciously drowned, and a Japanese American named Kabuo Miyamoto is charged with his murder. In the course of the ensuing trial, it becomes clear that what is at stake is more than a man’s guilt. For on San Pedro, memory grows as thickly as cedar trees and the fields of ripe strawberries—memories of a charmed love affair between a white boy and the Japanese girl who grew up to become Kabuo’s wife; memories of land desired, paid for, and lost. Above all, San Piedro is haunted by the memory of what happened to its Japanese residents during World War II, when an entire community was sent into exile while its neighbors watched. Gripping, tragic, and densely atmospheric, Snow Falling on Cedars is a masterpiece of suspense— one that leaves us shaken and changed.
“Haunting…. A whodunit complete with courtroom maneuvering and surprising turns of evidence and at the same time a mystery, something altogether richer and deeper.”—Los Angeles Times
“Compelling…heartstopping. Finely wrought, flawlessly written.”—The New York Times Book Review
When you register you will be provided the meeting link to join the conversation. GET MORE INFORMATION ON HOW TO USE ZOOM

The Fine Art of Denim
2021-06-17 08:00 - 2021-10-14 17:00 | Pollak Gallery
EXHIBITION EXTENDED UNTIL OCTOBER 14!!
Denim, with all its symbols and dualities, is a common item of clothing that unites many around the globe. Dad Jeans, skinny jeans, low riders, bell bottoms, boot leg, wide leg, no leg, 501s, 504s, button fly, stretch jeans, the American dress code writ large across centuries. With so many styles available and ways to accessorize/manipulate the fabric, denim has historically allowed for a freedom of expression representing both individuality and shifts in cultural movements. Denim comes in a wide range of blues and other colors, washes, fades and textures making it a perfect, but not obvious, medium to create fine artwork. Denim that was discarded can open up a new way of looking, a startling way of seeing past the everyday. What we have abandoned, will be presented again, re-purposed from the lives we lived, to moments we experience together “forever in blue jeans.”
Monmouth University’s Center for the Arts is pleased to present The Fine Art of Denim, a juried exhibition of artists who use recycled denim in new and creative ways. The works featured in this exhibit come from artists all over the United States and abroad.
Pieces were selected from almost 100 entries by juror Vincent DiMattio, an accomplished artist and Monmouth University Professor in the Department of Art and Design, where he has taught for over 50 years and served as department chair and as gallery director for more than 20 years.
Exhibiting Artists include: Michele Fandel Bonner, Howard Brandenburg*, Kerstin Bruchhaeuser, Emily Budd*, Don Coulter, Allison Dent, Debra Disman, Heidi Drahota, Shelley Gardner, George Gianakopoulos, Sabine Heinlein, Malka Kutnick, Tanya Lucadamo, Bob Mosier, Johanna Norry, Janice Patrignani, Leah Poller, Mary Schwarzenberger, Ashley Thomas, Ann Vollum, Shirley Wagner
Virtual Exhibit:

The Fine Art of Denim Artist Statements

*artists featured in virtual exhibit only.
Virtual Opening Reception:
June 24, 2021 at 7 p.m. via ZOOM

Natasha Tretheway - Monmouth University Summer Music & Arts Festival
2021-07-01 19:00 - 2021-07-31 17:00 | Virtual
A special reading by former United States Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner Natasha Tretheway, as part of the 2021 Monmouth University Summer Music & Arts Festival.

For more information on the festival visit: https://www.monmouth.edu/mca/festival/.

Monmouth University Music & Arts Festival 2021
2021-07-01 19:00 - 2021-07-31 23:59 | Virtual
Entering its 2nd year on the virtual stage, this year’s Monmouth University Music & Arts Festival will feature members of the Garden State Philharmonic performing music from Civil War era Marches through Ragtime, Dixieland, and Jazz featuring music by composers George Gershwin, Scott Joplin, C.W. Handy, Duke Ellington, and Louis Armstrong. The festival will also highlight selections and solos from The Monmouth University Chamber Choir, a performance by the Blue Hawk House Band and a special reading by former United States Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner Natasha Tretheway. The festival will premiere at 7:00 PM on July 1st and be available to view through July 31st. To receive the streaming link for the festival you will need to register.
The Monmouth University Music & Arts Festival is designed to provide Monmouth County communities and beyond, along with the students, faculty, and staff at Monmouth University, with the opportunity to enjoy a top-flight music and arts event each summer.
In 2022, we are looking forward to presenting a robust program of offerings as the festival will host its inaugural in-person event. Our university is the year-round home for working musicians and artists, not to mention scores of students honing their talents as instrumental and theatrical performers, visual artists, and arts administrators. With the Music and Arts Festival becoming a yearly tradition, we hope to attract nationally and internationally acclaimed musicians and other fine artists to our campus. Not only will they supplement our students’ arts education, they will be on site each summer to provide visitors with opportunities to experience premiere concerts and exhibitions right here on the Shore.
PROGRAM:
The Garden State Philharmonic – Brass Quintet and Percussion
STRIKE UP THE BAND!

Strike up the Band – George Gershwin, arr. Holcombe

Signal March – G.W.E. Friederich

The Entertainer – Scott Joplin arr. Arthur Frackenpohl

High Society – Cole Porter, arr. Luther Henderson
Beale Street Blues – C.W Handy, arr. Luther Henderson
Sweet Georgia Brown – Ben Bernie & Maceo Pinkard, arr. Luther Henderson
It Don’t Mean a Thing if it Ain’t Got That Swing – Duke Ellington, arr. David Kosmyna
Sousa Stars and Stripes – John Philip Sousa – Holcombe
The Monmouth University Chamber Choir
Steal Away – American Spiritual, arr. Gwyneth Walker
A Gershwin Jazz Trio – Words and music by Ira and George Gershwin, arr. Jay Althouse

“Nice Work if you Can Get it.”
“Someone to Watch Over Me.”
“I Got Rhythm.”

Seasons of Love – Words and music Jonathan Larson, arr. Steve Zegree
Soloists: Brynn Coy, Jordan Dilone, Tyler Oden, Kailey Rouse, David Wilderotter
Vocal Solos by Members of the Monmouth University Chamber and Concert Choirs
Shenandoah – American Folk Song, arr. Jay Althouse
Brynn Coy – soprano
Desperado – Eagles –
Samantha Jordan, mezzo soprano
She Used to Be Mine – from the Broadway musical “Waitress,” Sarah Barellies
Rachel Wilson, soprano
Wayfaring Stranger – American Spiritual, arr. Nick Garrett
Nick Garrett, guitar and voice
Strange Fruit – Billie Holiday
Jenae Louis-Jacques, mezzo soprano
Run Away with Me – Words and music Kait Kerrigan and Brian Lowdermilk
David Wilderotter, baritone
Cry Me a River – Arthur Hamilton
Georgette Abinader, mezzo soprano
Who I’d Be – from “Shrek the Musical,” Words and music David Lindsay- Abaire and Jeanine Tesori
Mitchell Hendricks, baritone, Mia Heim, mezzo soprano Jordan Dilone, tenor
Summertime – from the Opera “Porgy and Bess,” George Gershwin
Jenae Louis-Jacques, mezzo soprano
Somewhere Over a Rainbow – Words and music by Edgar Harburg and Harold Arlen, arr. Murray Cutter.
Kristen Wilczewski, soprano
Blue Hawk House Band
Cover version of “Freedom,” composed by John Lomax, Jonny Coffer, Alan Lomax, Frank Tirado, Dean McIntosh, Kendrick Lamar, Carla Marie & Beyoncé
Performance Groups:

Garden State Philharmonic – Brass Quintet and Percussion:
Diane Wittry – Music Director and Conductor
Michael Baker (Trumpet 1), Olivia Pidi (Trumpet 2), Karl Kramer-Johansen (Horn), Roger Verdi (Trombone), Wes Krygsman (Tuba), Gregory Landes (Percussion), Michael Avagliano (Score Reader)
For more information on the program and performers click here
Monmouth University Chamber Choir:
Dr. David Tripold, director, Maggie Tripold, accompanist
Georgette Abinader; Kendall Brighton; Brynn Coy; Jordan Dilone; Mia Heim; Mitchell Hendricks; Arina Martin; Erin McGinniss; Tyler Oden; Lindsay Ploskonka; Delaney Rivera; Kailey Rouse; Nicholas Sewell; David Wilderotter; Rachel Wilson
Blue Hawk House Band
George Wurzbach, Director
Mani Kissling (vocals), Mark Rodriguez (Guitars/Keyboards,) Dee DiMeola (Drums), Max Adolf (Guitar), Michael Rabbits (Rap) Dillon Schindler (Keyboards) Sara Wojciehowski (Bass/producer), B. J. Biedebach (engineer)

Virtual Tuesday Night Record Club: The Who, Who’s Next
2021-07-06 19:30 - 21:00 | Virtual
We have decided to continue with Record Club in virtual format using the ZOOM app. When you register you will be provided the meeting link to join the conversation. CLICK HERE for more information on how to use ZOOM.
It’s just like book club but with albums! With new advances in technology, the way we consume music through our devices, apps and on demand streaming services like Pandora, Spotify and iTunes is making the idea of the “album” as an art form extinct. 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. This event will feature The Who, Who’s Next.

Virtual Tuesday Night Book Club: Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises
2021-07-13 19:30 - 21:00 | Virtual
Join us for Tuesday Night Book Club! Hosted by Monmouth University’s Ken Womack and Michael Thomas, each month we’ll explore a different novel. All you have to do is Zoom in and join the discussion!
This month’s novel is Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises.
Originally published in 1926, The Sun Also Rises is Ernest Hemingway’s first novel and a classic example of his spare but powerful writing style.​
A poignant look at the disillusionment and angst of the post-World War I generation, the novel introduces two of Hemingway’s most unforgettable characters: Jake Barnes and Lady Brett Ashley. The story follows the flamboyant Brett and the hapless Jake as they journey from the wild nightlife of 1920s Paris to the brutal bullfighting rings of Spain with a motley group of expatriates. In his first great literary masterpiece, Hemingway portrays an age of moral bankruptcy, spiritual dissolution, unrealized love, and vanishing illusions.
“The ideal companion for troubled times: equal parts Continental escape and serious grappling with the question of what it means to be, and feel, lost.” —The Wall Street Journal
When you register you will be provided the meeting link to join the conversation. GET MORE INFORMATION ON HOW TO USE ZOOM

Virtual Tuesday Night Record Club: James Taylor, Sweet Baby James
2021-08-03 19:30 - 21:00 | Virtual
We have decided to continue with Record Club in virtual format using the ZOOM app. When you register you will be provided the meeting link to join the conversation. CLICK HERE for more information on how to use ZOOM.
It’s just like book club but with albums! With new advances in technology, the way we consume music through our devices, apps and on demand streaming services like Pandora, Spotify and iTunes is making the idea of the “album” as an art form extinct. 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. This event will feature James Taylor, Sweet Baby James.

Virtual Tuesday Night Book Club: Jennifer Egan, A Visit from the Goon Squad
2021-08-10 19:30 - 21:00 | Virtual
Join us for Tuesday Night Book Club! Hosted by Monmouth University’s Ken Womack and Michael Thomas, each month we’ll explore a different novel. All you have to do is Zoom in and join the discussion!
This month’s novel is A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan.
Jennifer Egan’s spellbinding novel circles the lives of Bennie Salazar, an ageing former punk rocker and record executive, and Sasha, the passionate, troubled young woman he employs. Although Bennie and Sasha never discover each other’s pasts, the reader does, in intimate detail, along with the secret lives of a host of other characters whose paths intersect with theirs, over many years, in locales as varied as New York, San Francisco, Naples, and Africa.
A Visit from the Goon Squad is a book about the interplay of time and music, about survival, about the stirrings and transformations set inexorably in motion by even the most passing conjunction of our fates. In a breathtaking array of styles and tones ranging from tragedy to satire to PowerPoint, Egan captures the undertow of self-destruction that we all must either master or succumb to; the basic human hunger for redemption; and the universal tendency to reach for both—and escape the merciless progress of time—in the transporting realms of art and music. Sly, startling, exhilarating work from one of our boldest writers.
When you register you will be provided the meeting link to join the conversation. GET MORE INFORMATION ON HOW TO USE ZOOM
