Gallery Exhibition: Eye Cons
2014-01-21 09:00 - 2014-03-07 17:00 (America/New_York) | Joan and Robert Rechnitz Hall
EYE CONS: Michael Anthony Donato

‘The paintings in this show for the most part have been inspired by Pre Renaissance and Renaissance iconography. Although some may be based on familiar and traditional themes, all of the paintings are original contemporary interpretations of these themes.’
The Dimattio Gallery – Lower Level

Opening Reception: Friday January 31, from 7– 9 p.m.
Joan and Robert Rechnitz Hall Hours
Monday – Thursday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Friday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. | Saturday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Gallery Exhibition: Jeremiah Teipen's Inforifices
2014-01-21 09:00 - 2014-04-11 17:00 | Rotary Ice House Gallery
Inforifices, an exhibition by Jeremiah Teipen, features new works that aestheticize the processes by which we consume (and digest) large amounts of visual information. Teipen creates mesmerizing experiences that mirror our current hyper-saturated mediascape, but also allow the viewer to transcend it.
Opening Reception: Thurs. February 6, from 4:30 – 7 p.m
Rotary Ice House Gallery Hours

Monday – Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Met Opera: Falstaff Encore (Broadcast in HD)
2014-01-26 13:00 - 17:00 | Pollak Theatre
FALSTAFF (Verdi) New ProductionEncore: Sun. January 26 at 1:00 p.m. Run Time: 3:20
An undisputed master of Falstaff, Music Director James Levine conducts Verdi’s opera for the first time at the Met since 2005. Robert Carsen’s production—the first new Met Falstaff since 1964—is set in the English countryside in the mid-20th century. Ambrogio Maestri (last season’s Dulcamara in the Opening Night production of L’Elisir d’Amore) sings the title role of the brilliant and blustery Sir John Falstaff, opposite a marvelous ensemble that includes Angela Meade, Stephanie Blythe, Lisette Oropesa, and Franco Vassallo.
Broadcast in HD Falstaff is a co-production of the Metropolitan Opera; Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Teatro alla Scala, Milan; the Canadian Opera Company, Toronto; and De Nederlandse Opera, Amsterdam.

Provost Film Series: Walk on Water
2014-01-28 19:30 - 23:59 | Pollak Theatre
Following the suicide of his wife, an Israeli intelligence agent is assigned to befriend the grandchildren of a Nazi war criminal.
All movies will be shown in the Pollak Theatre at Monmouth University. Free of charge and open to the Monmouth University community and the general public.

National Theatre of London: Coriolanus
2014-01-30 19:00
Donmar Warehouse production of
Shakespeare’s CORIOLANUS
Thurs. January 30, 2014
National Theatre Live will broadcast the Donmar Warehouse’s production of Coriolanus, Shakespeare’s searing tragedy of political manipulation and revenge, with Tom Hiddleston (The Avengers, War Horse (film), BBC’s The Hollow Crown) in the title role and Mark Gatiss (Season’s Greetings at the National Theatre, BBC’s Sherlock) as Menenius, directed by the Donmar’s Artistic Director Josie Rourke.
When an old adversary threatens Rome, the city calls once more on her hero and defender: Coriolanus. But he has enemies at home too. Famine threatens the city, the citizens’ hunger swells to an appetite for change, and on returning from the field Coriolanus must confront the march of realpolitik and the voice of an angry people.

Gallery Exhibition: Mike Harper: The Art of Illustration
2014-01-31 09:00 - 2014-02-28 17:00 | Pollak Gallery
Opening Reception: Fri. February 7, from 6 – 8 p.m.
Mike Harper a realistic airbrush artist who has illustrated professionally for over 15 years. He has worked with numerous publishing companies and advertising agencies that range from American Tourister to Zebra Pens. Works on display will include various advertising illustrations, book covers, editorial works & promotion pieces used by noted publishers Bantam, Scholastic, & Harlequin. Featured magazine covers include: Emergency Medicine Magazine and Games Magazine.
Pollak Gallery HOURS: Monday – Friday, 9 a.m. to 7
p.m. (Except during openings)

On Screen/in Person: Real Boy
2014-02-01 19:30 - 21:00 | The Great Hall Auditorium
Director Shaleece Haas
Film Trailer: https://vimeo.com/134142788
REAL BOY is the coming-of-age story of Bennett
Wallace, a transgender teenager on a journey to find his voice as a musician, a
friend, a son, and a man. Navigating the ups and downs of young adulthood, he
works to gain the support of his mother, who has deep misgivings about her
child’s transition. As tension mounts at home, Bennett is taken in by his idol,
Joe Stevens, the lead singer of the alt-Americana band, Coyote Grace. Exploring
how our search for personal identity also involves those closest to us, REAL BOY is a nuanced look at the new
American family and the people we turn to when our given families are
unavailable.
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.

Argentine Tango Classes (Spring Session I)
2014-02-03 18:45 - 2014-03-10 21:30 | MAC At Monmouth
Please note that the Feb 3 class is cancelled due to snow. A make up date will be scheduled.
February 3 – March 10
Monday Evenings
Advanced Class: 6:45 pm
Beginner Class: 8:00 pm
Eyas Lounge in the MAC
Please join instructor Lee Sager of Tango Pantera for a six week session of Argentine Tango Classes. No partner or experience necessary.
For more information about Tango Pantera visit www.TangoPantera.Blogspot.com

Ladies and Gentlemen...The Beatles!
2014-02-08 10:00 - 16:00 | The Great Hall
ONLINE REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED. STANDING ROOM TICKETS WILL STILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR. Seated tickets for this event are currently sold out, but standing room tickets are still available. By 10:15 am, we will begin to seat “standing room” ticket holders in any empty seats.
This February will mark 50 years since the Beatles landed at the newly-renamed Kennedy Airport and days later performed live on the Ed Sullivan Show to a record setting 73 million people changing music and popular culture forever. Monmouth University and the Los Angeles-based GRAMMY Museum have partnered to commemorate the tremendous impact that the Fab Four had on American society with this day-long symposium featuring a keynote address, three panels and musical performances through the day.
Symposium Schedule
9:30 am Registration
Musical Performance: Salvatore Boyd
10:00 am Keynote Address/Opening Remarks
Bob Santelli, Executive Director of the GRAMMY Museum
10:30-10:40 am – Student Music Performance: Justin Franco
10:40 – 12:00 pm Student Panel
Featuring current students who have taken Dr. Kenneth Campbell’s First-Year Seminar course, “The Beatles.” In addition to sharing their own research on the Beatles, the student panelists will reflect on their introduction to the Beatles, the Beatles’ impact on their generation, and the impact of technology on their experience with the group.
Moderator, Professor Kenneth Campbell
Alison Abate, “The Long and Winding Road: The Beatles Through the Years”
Timothy Kerner, “The Effects of Drugs on the Beatles and Their Music”
Sarah Lewis, “My Music Experience: The Beatles and Abbey Road”
Jessica Mentzel, “The Beatles: Past, Present, and Future”
12:00 – 12:45 pm Lunch
Video Presentation organized by Professor George Wurzbach

Junior Beatle Band curated by the Lakehouse Music Academy
Boxed lunches available for purchase
12:45-12:55 pm – Student Music Performance: Alexa Mazurkiewicz
12:45 – 2:30 pm Faculty Panel
Monmouth University faculty members will discuss their thoughts and research on the Beatles and technology, the impact of Motown on their early career, questions of identity surrounding the group, and the experience of the second generation of Beatles’ fans with the group.
Moderator, Dean Stan Green
Kenneth Campbell, “Who were the Beatles?: More than “Just a Band Who Made It Very, Very Big?”
Christopher DeRosa,”The Beatles in the Echo Boom.”
Aaron Furgason,“Beatles vs. the Record Labels: How Technology Impacted the Beatles and their Record Labels.”
Stuart Rosenberg, “The Beatles Discography: A Review of their Studio Albums, 1964-1970”
Hettie Williams, “The Motown Formula and the Boy Band Craze in the Pivotal Year 1964”
2:30-2:40 pm – Musical Performance: Joe Rapolla
2:40-4:00 pm Professional Panel
Moderator, Bob Santelli
Doug Sulpy, author, the Complete Beatles Audio Guide, the 910’s Guide to Beatles Outtakes
Bobby Bandiera, Guitarist with Bon Jovi, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes
Vini Lopez, Drummer with original E Street Band, Steelmill
Marc Muller, Musician who has recorded with Bruce Springsteen, Branford Marsalis and Kelly Clarkson, music director/multi-instrumentalist for Dead On Live, and Monmouth University Professor
Ongoing throughout the day – Brain on Beatles Project
The first 40 people who register for the symposium (SOLD OUT) will receive an audio postcard with a push button sound module that plays their brainwaves mapped to your favorite Beatles song – a one of a kind sound art piece. Innovative technology meets beautiful melodies as award winning media artist Andrew Demirjian provides a truly unique perspective on the Beatles music. With a five-minute visit, Prof. Demirjian will map your brain activity as you listen to your favorite Beatles song and then translate that brain data to musical notes – the piece provides a sonic snapshot, a self-portrait of your Brain on Beatles.

The symposium is free and open to the public, however advance registration is required

Met Opera: RUSALKA
2014-02-08 13:00 - 23:00 | Pollak Theatre
Location: Pollak Theatre
Dvořák’s Rusalka
Run Time: 4:00
The great Renée Fleming returns to one of her signature roles, singing the enchanting “Song to the Moon” in Dvorák’s soulful fairy-tale opera. Tenor Piotr Beczala co-stars as the Prince, Dolora Zajick is Ježibaba, and dynamic young maestro Yannick Nézet-Séguin is on the podium.

Encore: Sunday, February 23 | 1 p.m.

Art Now: R. Luke Dubois
2014-02-12 18:00
Location: Pollak Theatre
R. Luke DuBois is a composer, artist, and performer who explores the temporal, verbal, and visual structures of cultural and personal ephemera. He holds a doctorate in music composition from Columbia University, and has lectured and taught worldwide on interactive sound and video performance. He has collaborated on interactive performance, installation, and music production work with many artists and organizations including Toni Dove, Todd Reynolds, Jamie Jewett, Bora Yoon, Michael Joaquin Grey, Matthew Ritchie, Elliott Sharp, Michael Gordon, Maya Lin, Bang on a Can, Engine 27, Harvestworks, and LEMUR, and was the director of the Princeton Laptop Orchestra for its 2007 season.
Stemming from his investigations of “time-lapse phonography,” his work is a sonic and encyclopedic relative to time-lapse photography. Just as a long camera exposure fuses motion into a single image, his projects reveal the average sonority, visual language, and vocabulary in music, film, text, or cultural information. Exhibitions of his work include the Insitut Valencià d’Art Modern, Spain; 2008 Democratic National Convention, Denver; Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis; San Jose Museum of Art; National Constitution Center, Philadelphia; Cleveland Museum of Contemporary Art, Daelim Contemporary Art Museum, Seoul; 2007 Sundance Film Festival; the Sydney Film Festival; the Smithsonian American Art Museum; and PROSPECT.2 New Orleans. His work and writing has appeared in print and online in The New York Times, National Geographic, and Esquire Magazine.
An active visual and musical collaborator, DuBois is the co-author of Jitter, a software suite for the real-time manipulation of matrix data developed by San Francisco-based software company Cycling’74. He appears on nearly twenty-five albums both individually and as part of the avant-garde electronic group The Freight Elevator Quartet. He currently performs as part of Bioluminescence, a duo with vocalist Lesley Flanigan that explores the modality of the human voice, and in Fair Use, a trio with Zach Layton and Matthew Ostrowski that looks at our accelerating culture through electronic performance and remixing of cinema.
Watch an interview with the artist here

CANCELLED: National Theatre of London: Frankenstein
2014-02-13 19:00
This screening is CANCELLED due to the weather. It will be rescheduled for March 6. Nick Dear’s Frankenstein
National Theatre Live’s 2010 broadcast of Frankenstein returns to cinemas as part of the National Theatre’s 50th anniversary celebrations.
Frankenstein enjoyed a sell-out run at the National Theatre, and went on to win awards including the 2012 Olivier Award for Best Actor for Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller.
Oscar-winner Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire) directs a sensational production. In this encore screening Benedict Cumberbatch (Star Trek: Into Darkness, BBC’s Sherlock) plays Dr. Frankenstein and Jonny Lee Miller (Trainspotting, CBS’s Elementary) his creation.
Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein’s bewildered creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck maker. Meeting with cruelty wherever he goes, the friendless Creature, increasingly desperate and vengeful, determines to track down his creator and strike a terrifying deal. Urgent concerns of scientific responsibility, parental neglect, cognitive development, and the nature of good and evil are embedded within this thrilling and deeply disturbing classic gothic tale.

Seussical - second show added at 12:15 pm
2014-02-18 10:00 - 23:00 | Pollak Theatre
10 AM SHOW SOLD OUT2nd Show Added at 12:15 pm “Oh, the thinks you can think” when Dr. Seuss’s best-loved stories collide and cavort in an unforgettable musical caper! Adapted from the Broadway version, this adaptation especially for young audiences features thirteen actors and enhanced production values. Seussical is TheatreworksUSA’ biggest show ever!
The Cat in the Hat is the host and emcee (and all-around mischief-maker) in this romp through the Seuss classics. When the sweet, good-natured elephant Horton hears a small cry for help coming from a small speck of dust, he promises to rescue and guard it because “a person’s a person, no matter how small.”
On that small speck of dust lives JoJo, an imaginative young Who. JoJo has astounding “thinks,” in which anything’s possible, but his parents believe this creativity is inappropriate for the son of the Mayor of Who-Ville. Meanwhile, the one-feathered bird, Miss Gertrude McFuzz, desperately wants Horton to notice her. Maybe, she thinks, she just needs a more impressive tail. At the same time, the amazingly lazy Maysie La Bird connives, cajoles and convinces Horton to sit on her egg while she goes off on a spree.
Will the planet of Who survive? Will Horton pay attention to Gertrude? Will Maysie ever return for her egg? Dr. Seuss’s beloved classic characters find themselves intertwined in an incredible crazy-quilt adventure, in which the power of imagination and the most miraculous “think” ever save the day!
(Recommended for grades K – 5)
For more information and study sheets visit: www.theatreworksusa.org

Provost Film Series: The Time that Remains
2014-02-18 19:30 - 23:59 | Pollak Theatre
A humorous heartbreaking film that depicts the life of Palestinian Arabs living as a minority in Israel.
All movies will be shown in the Pollak Theatre at Monmouth University. Free of charge and open to the Monmouth University community and the general public.

On Screen/In Person: The Exquisite Corpse Project
2014-02-20 19:30 - 23:59 | Pollak Theatre
On Screen/In Person: The Exquisite Corpse Project  with director Ben Popik February 20, 2014 at 7:30 pm Pollak Theatre In The Exquisite Corpse Project, five writers are presented with a surprising challenge: each must write 15 pages of a movie, having read only the previous five pages of the script. Combining documentary and narrative, this unique film is both an absurd comedy
There will be a Q & A with the filmmaker following the screening.
On Screen/In Person is made possible by Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation through the generous support of the National Endowment for the Arts’ Regional Touring Program.

Met Opera: RUSALKA Encore
2014-02-23 13:00 - 17:00 | Pollak Theatre
RUSALKA (Dvořák)Encore: Sun. February 23 at 1:00 p.m.Run Time: 4:00
The great Renée Fleming returns to one of her signature roles, singing the enchanting “Song to the Moon” in Dvorák’s soulful fairy-tale opera. Tenor Piotr Beczala co-stars as the Prince, Dolora Zajick is Ježibaba, and dynamic young maestro Yannick Nézet-Séguin is on the podium.

National Theatre of London: War Horse
2014-02-27 19:00 - 23:00 | Pollak Theatre
Additional Screening March 14, 2014 at 7 p.m.
The National Theatre’s original stage production of War Horse, broadcast live from London’s West End to cinemas.
Since its first performance at the National Theatre in 2007, War Horse has become an international smash hit, capturing the imagination of four million people around the world.
Based on Michael Morpurgo’s novel and adapted for the stage by Nick Stafford, War Horse takes audiences on an extraordinary journey from the fields of rural Devon to the trenches of First World War France. Filled with stirring music and songs, this powerfully moving and imaginative drama is a show of phenomenal inventiveness. At its heart are astonishing life-size puppets by South Africa’s Handspring Puppet Company, who bring breathing, galloping, charging horses to thrilling life on stage.

Don’t miss your chance to experience this landmark production in a cinema near you.

Met Opera: PRINCE IGOR
2014-03-01 12:00 - 23:00 | Pollak Theatre
Borodin’s Prince Igor
Run Time: 4:30
Borodin’s defining Russian epic, famous for its Polovtsian Dances, comes to the Met for the first time in nearly 100 years. Dmitri Tcherniakov’s new production is a brilliant psychological journey through the mind of its conflicted hero, with the founding of the Russian nation as the backdrop. Star bass-baritone Ildar Abdrazakov takes on the monumental title role, with Gianandrea Noseda conducting.

Encore: Sun. March 30 | 1 p.m.

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo
2014-03-02 16:00 | Pollak Theatre
“Keen parody always turns on some level of mastery of the target, and here the Trocks set the standard, with whipping turns…buoyant jumps and, most of all, uncanny speed.” (Chicago Tribune)
For almost 40 years, Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, have been performing hilarious and technically impressive parodies of the world’s most-loved ballets. Performing in tutus, tiaras and tights, this all-male ballet company specializes in hilarious twists on the classics such as Swan Lake and Giselle, with equal parts comedy and technical prowess. Devoted fans and newcomers alike will be awed and delighted by the company’s loving knowledge of dance, comic approach, and the astounding fact that men can, indeed, dance en pointe without falling flat on their faces.
Post-Show Conversation with the Dancers: Following the performance there will be a Q&A session with the company members.

Little Shop of Horrors
2014-03-05 20:00 - 2014-03-13 23:00 | Lauren K. Woods Theatre
Location: Lauren K. Woods Theatre
Spring Musical Little Shop of HorrorsMarch 5-8 & 11-13 at 8 p.m. March 9 at 3 p.m. (This performance is SOLD OUT)
Little Shop of Horrors, the story of a hapless florist shop worker who raises a plant from outer space that feeds on human blood, has become a comedy classic since its origins as a sci-fi “B” movie in the 50s, an off-Broadway hit in the 80s and a hit film in 1986. With a book by Howard Ashman, the music by composer Alan Menken (also the composer of the current Broadway hit Newsies and the Disney film The Little Mermaid) includes several well-known tunes, including the title song, “Somewhere That’s Green”, and “Suddenly, Seymour”.
Presented by special arrangement with Music Theatre International

Art Now: Jennifer Levonian - Stop Motion Painter
2014-03-06 16:30 - 23:00 | The Great Hall Auditorium
Jennifer Levonian creates animations and paintings in Philadelphia, PA. Her work has been screened and exhibited across the United States, including at the Philadelphia Museum of Art; the National Museum for Women in the Arts and the National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C. In 2009, she was awarded a Pew Fellowship in the Arts. In addition to delivering an artist lecture and screening a few of her short films, Jennifer will lead a workshop on stop motion animation.

NEW DATE: National Theatre of London: Frankenstein
2014-03-06 19:00 - 23:35 | Pollak Theatre
National Theatre Live’s 2010 broadcast of Frankenstein returns to
cinemas as part of the National Theatre’s 50th anniversary celebrations.
Frankenstein
enjoyed a sell-out run at the National Theatre, and went on to win
awards including the 2012 Olivier Award for Best Actor for Benedict
Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller.
Oscar-winner Danny Boyle
(Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire) directs a sensational production.
In this encore screening Benedict Cumberbatch (Star Trek: Into Darkness,
BBC’s Sherlock) plays Dr. Frankenstein and Jonny Lee Miller
(Trainspotting, CBS’s Elementary) his creation.
Childlike in his
innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein’s bewildered creature is
cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck maker. Meeting
with cruelty wherever he goes, the friendless Creature, increasingly
desperate and vengeful, determines to track down his creator and strike a
terrifying deal. Urgent concerns of scientific responsibility, parental
neglect, cognitive development, and the nature of good and evil are
embedded within this thrilling and deeply disturbing classic gothic
tale.
Tickets for the Feb. 13 performance that was cancelled will be accepted for this screening.

Pattern "A" Classes End
2014-03-10

Advanced Summer Registration Begins
2014-03-10 - 2014-03-25

Provost Film Series: Fill the Void
2014-03-10 19:30 - 23:59 | Pollak Theatre
A young Hasidic Jewish woman is pressured into an arrange levirate marriage to an older widower.
All movies will be shown in the Pollak Theatre at Monmouth University. Free of charge and open to the Monmouth University community and the general public.

Undergraduate Mid-Term Grades
2014-03-13 - 2014-03-19

Gallery Exhibition: Art in Science
2014-03-13 09:00 - 2014-04-30 23:59 | Pollak Gallery
March 14 – April 30
Opening Reception: Thurs. March 13 from 6-8 pm
Intended to express and highlight the beauty of science – through images, drawings, and photos of natural forms and visualization of scientific, mathematic, and engineering processes based on the research and coursework of MU faculty and students. Images will reveal the elegance of science art in scientific results, observations, and failures.
Pollak Gallery: Monday – Friday, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. (Except during openings)

National Theatre of London: War Horse - Second Screening
2014-03-14 19:00 - 23:00 | Pollak Theatre
National Theatre of London: War Horse – Second Screening
The National Theatre’s original stage production of
War Horse, broadcast live from London’s West End to cinemas.

Since its first performance at the National
Theatre in 2007, War Horse has become an international smash hit,
capturing the imagination of four million people around the world.
Based on Michael Morpurgo’s novel and adapted
for the stage by Nick Stafford, War Horse takes audiences on an
extraordinary journey from the fields of rural Devon to the trenches of First
World War France. Filled with stirring music and songs, this powerfully moving
and imaginative drama is a show of phenomenal inventiveness. At its heart are
astonishing life-size puppets by South Africa’s Handspring Puppet Company, who
bring breathing, galloping, charging horses to thrilling life on stage.
Don’t miss your chance to experience this landmark production in a
cinema near you.

Spring Break
2014-03-15 - 2014-03-21

Met Opera: WERTHER
2014-03-15 13:00 - 23:00 | Pollak Theatre
Massenet’s Werther
Run Time: 3:15
Jonas Kaufmann stars in the title role of Massenet’s sublime adaptation
of Goethe’s revolutionary and tragic romance, opposite Sophie Koch as
Charlotte. The new production is directed and designed by Richard Eyre
and Rob Howell, the same team that created the Met’s recent hit staging
of Carmen. Rising young maestro Alain Altinoglu conducts.
Encore: Sun. April 13 | 1 p.m.
