Visiting Writers: Gerald Stern
2016-11-01 16:30 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | The Great Hall Auditorium
Gerald Stern was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1925 and was educated at the University of Pittsburgh and Columbia University. He is the author of 16 books of poetry, including, most recently, Divine Nothingness (Norton, 2014) and In Beauty Bright (Norton, 2012), as well as This Time: New and Selected Poems, which won the 1998 National Book Award and a kind-of memoir of a year in 85 sections titled Stealing History, was published by Trinity University Press in the spring of 2012. Stern was awarded the 2005 Wallace Stevens Award by the Academy of American Poets, was the 2010 recipient of the Medal of Honor in Poetry by the American Academy of Arts and Letters, he was inducted into the 2012 class of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and was the 2012 recipient of the Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry from the Library of Congress. He was the 2014 winner of the Frost Medal. Stern has two books coming out in 2017, a poetry collection from W. W. Norton called Galaxy Love and a book of non-fiction titled Deathwatch, to be released by Trinity University Press.

Click Clack Moo
2016-11-03 10:00 - 12:00 | Pollak Theatre
Tickets on sale July 1. “Cows that type? Hens on strike!
Whoever heard of such a thing!” Farmer Brown cries.
When his granddaughter Jenny comes for a
visit, Farmer Brown declared the farm a “tech-free zone.” He
confiscates her laptop in the cold barn along with the shivering cows who use
her computer to type messages requesting blankets.
“No way,” replies Farmer
Brown. “No blankets!”
So the cows go on strike and the
chickens join them in solidarity. No blankets: no milk, no eggs!
Will Farmer Brown give in to the
animals’ demands? Will Jenny get her computer back? Find out in a hilariously
“mooooo-ving” musical about negotiation and compromise, based on the
Caldecott Honor Book by Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin.
(One hour in length,
recommended for grades K -4) Curriculum Connections: Communication and Language
Arts, Literature-Based, Music, Social Studies.

One Last Waltz
2016-11-05 20:00 - 23:00 | Pollak Theatre
Tickets on sale July 1. Glen Burtnik,
Salvatore Boyd, Bob Burger & Arne Wendt, performing as The Band. Together
they will be joined on stage by both local and national talent. Recreating not
only the music but the celebration, camaraderie and talent that took over the
stage November 25th back in 1976. The Band’s style of writing and music has
influenced so many artists, bands and songwriters, from the Grateful Dead and
The Beatles to Elvis Costello and Pink Floyd to our own local artists,
throughout the years and continue to do so. This cast will bring you to your
feet and take you back in time. A wise man once said it’s better to burn out
than fade away, and on Thanksgiving Day of 1976, one of the best live acts of
the rock era went out in a blaze of glory. Special Guests include: Vini Lopez, Matt Wade, Bruce Gassman, Puggy Derosa, Emily Grove, Tommy LaBella, Sonny Kenn, StringBean, Fred Scribner, Kate Taylor, Arlan Fieles & more to be announced!

(This is a rental event and gift certificates and ticket vouchers are not valid for this event)

Met Opera Encore: Don Giovanni (Broadcast Live in HD)
2016-11-06 13:00 - 15:00 | Pollak Theatre
Tickets on sale July 20th, 2016
Simon
Keenlyside makes his Met role debut as the unrepentant seducer in Tony Award
winner Michael Grandage’s staging of Mozart’s masterpiece. Met Principal
Conductor Fabio Luisi leads a cast that includes Hibla Gerzmava as Donna Anna,
Malin Byström as Donna Elvira, Serena Malfi as Zerlina, Adam Plachetka as
Leporello, Matthew Rose as Masetto, Kwangchul Youn as the Commendatore, and
Rolando Villazón in his Live in HD debut as Don Ottavio.
Run Time: 3:45

On Screen/in Person: Love Thy Nature
2016-11-09 19:30 - 21:00 | The Great Hall Auditorium
Narrated by Liam Neeson, Love Thy Nature is a cinematic journey into the beauty and intimacy of our relationship with the natural world. Neeson is the voice of Homo Sapiens – our collective humankind – who, in the past few thousand years, has come to believe that we are separate from nature. Through Sapiens’ journey, the film reveals how a connection with nature ignites a sense of meaning and wonder so profound that it touches the very core of what it means to be human. Interweaving mesmerizing imagery and interview footage, Love Thy Nature is a guided tour of our relationship with nature that proposes new approaches to a sustainable future.
There will be a post screening Q&A with the director Sylvie Rokab .
Run time: 1 hour 16 minutes
On Screen/In Person is a program of Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation made possible through the generous support of the National Endowment for the Arts. For more information on the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation visit http://www.midatlanticarts.org.

Arlo Guthrie
2016-11-11 20:00 - 22:00 | Pollak Theatre
On the heels of the sold-out Alice’s Restaurant 50th Anniversary Tour, Arlo Guthrie plunges into another musical trip certain to be a flashback inducing, mind-expanding show. For the Running Down The Road Tour, Arlo will again hit the road with a full band to fully embody the best of Guthrie’s catalogue from the late sixties and early seventies. Featuring the most outstanding cuts from Arlo (1968), Running Down The Road (1969), Washington County (1970) along with others, this tour exemplifies the sound that shaped a generation. Guthrie’s latest tour promises to take the audience back to the most remarkable, far-out era.

Also on November 11 – Come to the opening reception for Bob Dylan: Photographs by Daniel Kramer a gallery exhibition Curated by the GRAMMY Museum taking place from 5-7 PM in the adjacent Pollak Gallery. Daniel Kramer and Bob Santelli from the GRAMMY Museum will give a talk during the opening reception at 6:00 PM.

Spring Awakening
2016-11-11 20:00 - 2016-11-20 23:00 | Lauren K. Woods Theatre
November 11-13 & 16-20
All shows 8 PM except Sun. matinees at 3 PM
The winner of 8
Tony Awards, including Best Musical – told by Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater
through “the most gorgeous Broadway score this decade” (Entertainment
Weekly) – Spring Awakening explores the journey from adolescence to adulthood
with poignancy and passion that is illuminating and unforgettable. The landmark
musical is an electrifying fusion of morality, sexuality and rock & roll
that is exhilarating audiences across the nation like no other musical in
years. ADULT THEMES AND LANGUAGE: CONTENT MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR YOUNG CHILDREN
Presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.MTIshows.com

CANCELLED: SHENANDOAH
2016-11-13 19:00 - 22:00 | Pollak Theatre
PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED AND WILL NOW BE RESCHEDULED FOR A LATER DATE. When country music lovers talk about the greatest groups in the genre, Shenandoah is always at the forefront of any discussion. Fueled by Marty Raybon’s distinctive vocals and the band’s skilled musicianship, Shenandoah became well known for delivering such hits as “Two Dozen Roses”, “Church on Cumberland Road” and “Next to You, Next to Me” as well as such achingly beautiful classics as “I Want to be Loved Like That” and the Grammy winning “Somewhere in the Vicinity of the Heart” duet with Alison Krauss. Today that legacy continues as original members Raybon and Mike McGuire reunite to launch a new chapter in Shenandoah’s storied career. Shenandoah has recorded nine studio albums (3 certified gold) and placed 26 singles on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart. The boys from Muscle Shoals have left a potent legacy at country radio with over a dozen hit records.

Gallery Talk: Bruce Dorfman & Ira Goldberg
2016-11-15 13:00 - 14:00 | Joan and Robert Rechnitz Hall
Please join us for an informal gallery talk with exhibiting artist Bruce Dorfman and Ira Goldberg, Executive Director of the Art Students League of New York. The discussion will offer visitors the opportunity to ask questions, and hear stories about the artists life, work, and experiences working as a professional artist in NYC. In addition, Mr. Goldberg’s long association with Mr. Dorfman will add addition insight into the artists work and history.

World Cinema Series: The Official Story
2016-11-15 19:30 - 21:00 | Pollak Theatre
World Cinema Series
2016-2017
“Breaking the Silence,
Confronting the Past”
A global look at five filmmakers who defy repressive
regimes and their “official line” to promote human freedom, historical truth,
and social justice“The Official Story” (Director: Luiz Puenzo, Argentina
1985)
After
the end of the Dirty War, a high school teacher sets out to find out who the
mother of her adopted daughter is. Not Rated
(112 minutes)
(Director: Luiz Puenzo, Argentina 1985)
Organized by the Office for
Global Education
All synopses are based on
IMdB website

The Financial Crisis of 2008: An Insider's Prospective
2016-11-17 16:30 - 18:00 | Pozycki Hall Auditorium

CANCELLED: Jarrod Spector & Kelli Barrett This Is Dedicated: Music's Greatest Marriages
2016-11-19 20:00 - 22:00 | Pollak Theatre
DUE TO SCHEDULING DIFFICULTIES THIS SHOW HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
Newly-married Broadway veterans Jarrod Spector and Kelli Barrett are often asked, “What’s it like to be married to a fellow artist?”
Bringing to life the greatest songs birthed from the greatest marriages, the two attempt to answer the question. From Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil and Alan & Marilyn Bergman to Sonny & Cher to Beyonce & Jay-Z, the themes of love, heartbreak, triumph, and despair infuse not only these incredible songs but also the storied partnerships themselves. In an evening filled with humor, heart, and powerhouse vocals, Barrett & Spector celebrate marriage as the driving force behind this timeless music and tackle the difficult questions behind keeping it all together.
Audiences can expect to hear such classics as Bruce Springsteen/Patti Scialfa’s “Because The Night,” Sonny & Cher’s “The Beat Goes On,” Johnny Cash & June Carter’s “Going To Jackson,” The Bergman’s “How Do You Keep The Music Playing” and many more songs written and/or performed by iconic married couples.
Tony Award nominee Jarrod Spector originated the role of Barry Mann in Beautiful. About his 54 Below debut, The New York Times wrote: “Witty, energetic and infused with a jolt of passion!” Jarrod is also known for his vocal prowess in the role of Frankie Valli in Jersey Boys, which he played on Broadway.
Kelli Barrett recently originated the leading role of Lara in Broadway’s Doctor Zhivago. She has also appeared on Broadway in Wicked, Baby It’s You!, and The Royal Family.
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Ink & Electricity: Up From Middlebrow
2016-11-29 16:30 - 17:30 | Bey Hall
For its fourth annual Ink & Electricity event, Monmouth will host the lecture “Up from Middlebrow” by Jonathan Rose, a William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of History from Drew University. Taking the title of his talk from Booker T. Washington’s Up from Slavery, Rose will survey the recent historiography of American middlebrow literature—from nineteenth-century black Shakespeare clubs to Oprah.
This event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.
Sponsored by the Wayne D. McMurray Endowed Chair in the Humanities. For more information, contact Kristin Bluemel.

Orchestra of St. Peter by the Sea
2016-12-02 20:00 | Pollak Theatre
A limited number of artist tickets for this concert have just been released!! They are available on a first come first serve basis.
An annual holiday tradition, the ever lovable and charismatic
Father Alphonse Stevenson returns to conduct the Orchestra of St. Peter by
the Sea for their 26th concert of carols and seasonal favorites. There’s simply no better way to start the
holiday season than to spend a special evening with Father Alphonse, his
42-piece orchestra and distinguished vocalists as he provides humorous and
personal anecdotes amidst a program of holiday classics and carols. Be sure to
get your tickets early for this annual sell out!

Holiday at the Hall
2016-12-03 19:00 - 22:00 | The Great Hall

Now What? Assessing the 2016 Election and What it Means for the Future
2016-12-05 18:30 - 19:30 | The Great Hall Auditorium

The Barbera-Villegas International Social Work Lecture
2016-12-06 17:30

Barbera-Villegas International Social Work Lecture: Lena Dominelli
2016-12-06 17:30 - 19:00 | The Great Hall Auditorium
Barbera-Villegas International Social Work Lecture
December 6, 2016
5:30 p.m., Wilson Hall Auditorium
5 p.m., Reception, Wilson Hall Auditorium Lobby

Lena Dominelli, Professor of Applied Social Sciences, University of Durham, United Kingdom
Beyond Social Exclusion: Incorporating Environmental Justice with Social Justice
Lena Dominelli, Professor of Applied Social Sciences and Academician in the Academy of the Learned Societies for Social Sciences, is an experienced educator, practitioner and researcher. Professor Dominelli is also a Co-Director for the Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience Research with specific responsibility for the Vulnerability and Resilience Programme. In this latter capacity, she endeavours to bring people together in research dialogues across the physical sciences, social sciences, health sciences, arts and humanities. She is currently also the Chair of the International Association of Schools of Social Work’s (IASSW’s) Committee on Disaster Interventions, Climate Change and Sustainability.
Professor Dominelli argues passionately for the realization of human freedom from social inequalities and injustices in her writings, policy-making forums and communities seeking to change their social and physical environments. Her current research interests include: climate change and environmental social work; globalization; social and community development; social change; women’s well-being and welfare; motherhood; fatherhood; child well-being and children’s rights.
Among Lena’s most recent single authored books are: Social Work in a Globalizing World (2010); Introducing Social Work (2009); Anti-Racist Social Work (2008, 3rd Edn.); Women and Community Action (2006, 2nd Edn.); Social Work: Theory and Practice in a Changing Profession (2004). Key edited works include Social Work: Themes, Issues and Dilemmas (3rd Edn.); Critical Practice in Social Work (2nd Edn.); and Practicing Social Work in a Complex World; (all 3 edited with R Adams and M Payne, 2009); and Broadening Horizons: International Exchanges in Social Work (edited with W Thomas Bernard, 2003).
Lena has received accolades for her contributions to social welfare in the international arena, including a medal from the Social Affairs Committee of the French Senate; and an Honorary Doctorate from the Univeristy of KwaZulu Natal in Durban, South Africa.
Abstract to the Presentation by Professor Dominelli
Wealthy societies are becoming increasingly polarized as wealth is accumulated by a few wealthy individuals, mainly but not all, from the global North, to the detriment of working class children, women, older people, people from black and minority ethnic groups, asylum seekers and refugees. Wealth distribution has become so distorted that Oxfam (2016) has published, An Economy for the 1%, to argue that 62 individuals hold more wealth between them than 50 per cent of the world’s population (3.6 billion people). Moreover, 53 of this super-wealthy elite group are men. According to the Forbes list of billionaires, the world’s richest man (Bill Gates) holds twice the wealth of the richest woman (Christy Walton). Women also hold only 24 Chief Executive Officer (CEO) positions in the Fortune 500 companies. While CEO salaries have become hugely inflated, salaries at the bottom end have remained stagnant or been reduced. For example, American CEOs have seen their salaries increase by 54 per cent since 2009 while salaries at the bottom have not moved. In India, a CEO earns 416 times the salary of the average worker. Women are concentrated in the lowest-paid, most precarious jobs, including dangerous work in the sweatshops of the world. These inequalities have been exacerbated in Europe through what I term ‘state-induced inequalities’ whereby public expenditure cuts and privatized welfare states are becoming the norm, and leading to rising social exclusion and inequality. Discourses about social justice are becoming marginalized, and environmental justice is scarcely considered, including in the post-Paris Agreement world.. The loss of re-distributive transfers through the welfare state mean that more and more people are struggling at society’s margins, merely to survive. Substantial numbers of people rely on food-banks and begging in major, affluent cities like London and Paris, as institutionalized solidarity in the shape of welfare benefits as of right become harder and harder to obtain.
Income inequalities lead to other forms of inequalities, including lost opportunities for the full growth and development of the talents of an individual. The ravages of a neo-liberal industrial model of development produce more losers than winners – the ‘one per cent and the rest’ as the Occupy Wall Street Movement put it. Intervening to prevent its march across the world demands a more sophisticated analysis than is evident to the public which is fed myths by a media that is dominated by right-wingers and right-wing politicians who have appropriated the words of progressive-minded individuals and turned them to their advantage. Such messages have legitimated racist discourses and intensified despair, social protests, loss of solidarity and empathy with those in difficulty, and lack of hope for a future that can deliver basic rights ranging from civic to environmental rights for all peoples living within a particular nation-state. In this presentation, I consider what social workers can do to promote a form of social justice that includes care for people, plants, animals and the planet in meeting human needs.

12th Annual Future of the Ocean Symposium & Champions of the Ocean Awards Luncheon
2016-12-07 10:00 - 13:30 | The Great Hall
Joint Ocean Commission Initiative Co-Chair and former New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman will be among the honorees at the Monmouth University Urban Coast Institute’s 12th Annual Future of the Ocean Symposium and Champions of the Ocean Awards Luncheon on December 7, 2016. The theme for this year’s symposium is America’s Ocean Future: Priorities for Congress and Next Administration.
The symposium will be held from 10 a.m. to noon in Wilson Hall, and is free and open to the public.
The awards luncheon will follow from noon to 1:30 p.m. Tickets are required to attend the luncheon, and online ticket orders will be available shortly.
Dr. Donald Boesch, President of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, will receive the UCI’s Regional Champion of the Ocean Award and serve as the second symposium speaker along with Gov. Whitman.
This year’s State, Coastal and Ocean Leadership Champion of the Ocean honorees will be David Rosenblatt, Assistant Commissioner, Engineering and Construction, at the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP); and Elizabeth Semple, Assistant Director, Division of Coastal and Land Use Planning, NJDEP.
For more information, visit the Urban Coast Institute web site or contact Danica Simmons at 732-263-5662 or via email at dsimmons@monmouth.edu.

SOLD OUT - A MUSICAL WINTER WONDERLAND
2016-12-08 19:30 - 21:00 | The Great Hall
A Musical Winter Wonderland in Wilson Hall on December 8 is SOLD OUT!! Standing Room tickets will be available day of show only for $10.
A cavalcade of Holiday favorites featuring the Monmouth University Chamber Orchestra, The Jazz Hawks, The Concert Choir, the Chamber Choir, soloists, and a special appearance by the Colts Neck Reformed Church Exultation Ringers, all in the magisterial setting of Wilson Hall.

December Senior Show
2016-12-09 10:00 - 2016-12-16 17:00 | Rotary Ice House Gallery
Opening
Reception: Friday, Dec. 9, from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.

Free and Open to the Public
Featuring the work of Monmouth
University graduating seniors who will receive their degrees in Graphic Design,
Animation or Fine Art.

Met Opera: L’Amour de Loin (Broadcast Live in HD)
2016-12-10 13:00 - 15:00 | Pollak Gallery
One of the most highly praised operas of recent years, which had its premiere at the Salzburg Festival in 2000, Kaija Saariaho’s yearning medieval romance L’Amour de Loin (“Love From Afar”), has its Met premiere this season. The production is by
Robert Lepage, co-produced with L’Opéra de Québec, where it premiered to acclaim last summer, in collaboration with Ex Machina. Debuting Finnish conductor Susanna Mälkki leads the performance, which stars Susanna Phillips as Clémence, Eric Owens as Jaufré, and Tamara Mumford as the Pilgrim who carries messages of love between them.
Run Time: 3:00
Encore: Sunday, January 15,
2017 1:00 pm

Met Opera: Nabucco (Broadcast Live in HD)
2017-01-07 13:00 - 15:00 | Pollak Theatre
Met Music
Director James Levine conducts Verdi’s early drama of Ancient Babylon, Nabucco,
with Plácido Domingo adding a new role to his repertory as the title character.
Liudmyla Monastyrska sings the tour-de-force role of Abigaille, Nabucco’s
willful daughter, with Jamie Barton as Fenena, Russell Thomas as Ismaele, and
Dmitri Belosselskiy as the prophet Zaccaria, the role of his 2011 Met debut.
Run Time: 3:05
Encore: Sunday, January 29,
2017 at 1 pm

Met Opera Encore: L’Amour de Loin (Broadcast Live in HD)
2017-01-15 13:00 - 16:00 | Pollak Theatre
One
of the most highly praised operas of recent years, which had its premiere at
the Salzburg Festival in 2000, Kaija Saariaho’s yearning medieval romance
L’Amour de Loin (“Love From Afar”), has its Met premiere this season. The
production is by Robert Lepage, co-produced with L’Opéra de Québec, where it
premiered to acclaim last summer, in collaboration with Ex Machina. Debuting
Finnish conductor Susanna Mälkki leads the performance, which stars Susanna
Phillips as Clémence, Eric Owens as Jaufré, and Tamara Mumford as the Pilgrim
who carries messages of love between them

Run Time: 3:00

Monmouth University Department of Art and Design Faculty Exhibition
2017-01-17 10:00 - 2017-03-10 17:00 | Joan and Robert Rechnitz Hall
Opening Reception: Friday, Jan. 27, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Free and Open to the Public
Featuring the work of the Monmouth University Department of Art and Design Faculty and Adjunct Faculty.

Drones by Karina Aguilera Skvirsky
2017-01-17 10:00 - 2017-03-24 17:00 | Rotary Ice House Gallery
Lecture: Feb. 2, from 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. in Wilson Hall Auditorium
Opening reception: Friday, Feb. 2, from 5:30 – 7:00 p.m.
Drones are in the news. They carry out targeted killings; they are manned with cameras to record movements on the ground; hobbyists fly them in public spaces; Amazon wants to use them to deliver their products. Appropriating visual juxtapositions from the surrealists and kitsch sic-fi invasion films, Drones is a series of photo-collages that put flying objects into our aerial landscapes.
This series includes landscapes from US, Ecuador and other unidentifiable locations. “The Drones” function like a photographic bricolage of buildings. The cut of a scissors and Photoshop suggest something crucial about Drones: their immediate extraterrestrial appearance places them in a space between reality and fiction mirroring our own abstract experience (via the Internet).
Bio:
Karina Aguilera Skvirsky is a multi-disciplinary artist who works in photography, video and performance. Her work has been exhibited internationally in group and solo exhibitions. In 2010 she participated in There is always a cup of sea for man to sail, the 29th Sao Paolo Biennial (2010), where she exhibited work from her project, Memories of Development. In 2015 she was awarded a Fulbright grant and a Jerome Foundation Grant to produce “The Perilous Journey of Maria Palacios”, a performance based film that will premier in 2016 at the Cuenca Biennial, Ecuador. Artist in Residence programs she has participated in include: Office Hours, at El museo del barrio, NY, NY; LMCC Workspace, NY, NY; MacDowell Residency, NH; Smackmellon, Brooklyn, NY and others. Skvirsky is an Associate Professor at Lafayette College, Easton, PA and an MFA faculty member at the The New School, Parsons School of Design, NY, NY. She is represented by DPM Gallery, Guayaquil, Ecuador.
More about Karina Aguilera Skvirsky’s work on her website at: http://www.karinas.net/

Met Opera: Roméo et Juliette (Broadcast Live in HD)
2017-01-21 13:00 - 15:00 | Pollak Theatre
The
electrifying team of Vittorio Grigolo and Diana Damrau reunites for a new
production of Gounod’s opera based on the Shakespeare play. Damrau makes her
role debut as Juliette in Bartlett Sher’s new production, conducted by
Gianandrea Noseda. Elliot Madore sings Mercutio and Mikhail Petrenko sings
Frère Laurent. Sher’s staging is a La Scala production, initially presented by
the Salzburg Festival, where it premiered in 2008.
Run time: 3:30
Encore: Sunday, February 12,
2017 at 1 pm

Bolshoi Ballet: The Bright Stream - Live in HD
2017-01-22 15:00 - 17:00 | Pollak Theatre
During harvest festival at a collective farm, a visiting dance troupe reunites a ballerina with her childhood friend Zina. In order to teach her unfaithful husband a lesson, Zina, the ballerina and the ballerina’s husband decide to swap roles for the evening…

Alexei Ratmansky invokes the genius of Shostakovich’s score at the Bolshoi, creating a laugh-out-loud masterpiece with its bits of slapstick comedy, hilarious deceptions, false identities including Principal Dancer Ruslan Skvortsov dressed as a Sylph and its many colorful characters! The Bolshoi bursts with vivid life and bright spirits in Ratmansky’s brilliantly choreographed smash.
Running time: 2:30
Captured live on Apr 29, 2012
Music Dmitri Shostakovich
Choreography Alexei Ratmansky

World Cinema Series: Labyrinth of Lies
2017-01-25 19:30 - 21:30 | Pollak Theatre
World Cinema Series 2016-2017
“Breaking the Silence, Confronting the Past”
A global look at five filmmakers who defy repressive regimes and their “official line” to promote human freedom, historical truth, and social justice
“Labyrinth of Lies” (Director: Giulio Ricciardelli, Germany 2014)
A story that exposes the conspiracy of prominent German institutions and government branches to cover up the crimes of Nazis during World War II. Rated R (124 minutes)
Organized by the Office for Global Education
All synopses are based on IMdB website

National Theatre of London: No Man's Land (Live in HD)
2017-01-26 19:30 - 22:00 | Pollak Theatre
Following their hit run on Broadway, Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart return to the West End stage in Harold Pinter’s No Man’s Land, broadcast live to cinemas from Wyndham’s Theatre, London.
One summer’s evening, two aging writers, Hirst and Spooner, meet in a Hampstead pub and continue their drinking into the night at Hirst’s stately house nearby. As the pair become increasingly inebriated,
and their stories increasingly unbelievable, the lively conversation soon turns into a revealing power game, further complicated by the return home of two sinister younger men.
Also starring Owen Teale and Damien Molony, don’t miss this glorious revival of Pinter’s comic classic. The broadcast will be followed by an exclusive Q&A with the cast and director Sean Mathias.
