On Screen in Person: Still Dreaming
2015-03-05 19:30 - 22:00 (America/New_York) | Pollak Theatre
Co-Directors Jilann Spitzmiller and Hank Rogerson
Still Dreaming follows a group of elderly entertainers living at the Lillian Booth Actors Home in New Jersey and a pair of young directors hired to stage an in-house performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. As the once-celebrated performers struggle with Alzheimer’s, dementia, and physical disabilities, the play’s themes of perception, reality and memory take on new relevance and poignancy.
There will be a post screening Q&A with the co-directors Jilann Spitzmiller and Hank Rogerson
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.

GIRLS NIGHT: THE MUSICAL
2015-03-07 20:00 - 23:00 | Pollak Theatre
GIRLS NIGHT: THE MUSICAL has been thrilling audiences and earning rave reviews since its sensational Off-Broadway debut. This touching and hilarious ‘tell-it-like-it-is’ musical takes audiences on a journey into the lives of a group of female friends. Audience members can’t help but laugh, cry and sing and dance in the aisles! Follow five friends as they visit their past, celebrate their present, and look to the future on a wild and hilarious night out … and you’ll recognize yourself in each of them! Described as “Desperate Housewives meets Mamma Mia” (Applause Magazine), and “As funny and outrageous as Sex and the City!” (The Advocate).GIRLS NIGHT is bursting with energy and packed with hits “Lady Marmalade,” “It’s Raining Men,” “Man I Feel Like A Woman,” “I Will Survive” and more.
Exclusive Preshow Gifts/Offers
for GIRLS NIGHT ticketholders at MONMOUTH MALL!
Go Shopping and grab drinks with your girlfriends
before the show!! The first 100 Girls
Night: The Musical ticketholders to show up at our table in the MONMOUTH MALL food court starting at 4
p.m. on the day of the show will receive a “swag bag” filled with special
gifts/coupons courtesy of Monmouth Mall. They will also be eligible for
drink/food discounts at participating restaurants at the mall. For more information about this offer call 732.263.5715. You must be present to receive a swag bag. Only one bag will be given out per person. We will also have a free photobooth in the lobby before the show and during intermission so that you and your girlfriends can get a group photo to remember the night.

Pattern "A" Classes End
2015-03-09

Pattern "B" Classes Begin
2015-03-10

Undergraduate Midterm Grades Due in Office of Registration and Records by 9:00am
2015-03-10

Miss Nelson is Missing
2015-03-10 10:00 - 11:00 | Pollak Theatre
PLEASE NOTE: This event has been rescheduled from the original 3/26 date.
The students in Room 207 were the worst-behaved class in the whole school: spitballs stuck to the ceiling; paper airplanes whizzing through the air – even though they had the sweetest teacher of all, Miss Nelson. But when Miss Nelson unexpectedly does not come to school one day, the class gets the strictest substitute they have ever met: Miss Viola Swamp! The search is on for Miss Nelson, who seems to have vanished. Hopefully the students of Room 207 will find her before it’s too late – for them! A lighthearted musical that reminds us all to show appreciation to those that we value!
(One hour in length, recommended for grades K – 5)

When the Gays Move into Mr. Rodgers Neighborhood
2015-03-11 19:00 - 23:00 | Pollak Theatre
In Joe & Bil’s program, “When the Gays Move Into Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood,” Joe & Bil explore the realities and human dimensions of living in a world of heterosexual privilege. Drawing from their own lives, their experiences as fraternity men and student affairs professionals, their family experiences, and the dynamics of their own relationship, Joe & Bil present this difficult topic in a non-threatening, humorous way.

National Theatre of London: Of Mice and Men (Broadcast in HD)
2015-03-12 19:00 - 23:59 | Pollak Theatre
Golden Globe® winner and Academy Award®
nominee James Franco (127 Hours, Milk)
and Tony Award® nominee Chris O’Dowd (Bridesmaids,
Girls) star in the hit Broadway production Of Mice And Men, filmed on stage by National Theatre Live. This
landmark revival of Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck’s play is a powerful
portrait of the American spirit and a heartbreaking testament to the bonds of
friendship.

Of Mice and Men is directed by Tony Award®,
Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circles award winner Anna D. Shapiro (Broadway’s August: Osage County) and features
Leighton Meester (Country Strong, Gossip
Girl) and Tony Award® winner Jim Norton (The Seafarer). The production was nominated for two Tony Awards®,
including Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play for Chris
O’Dowd.
Broadcast in HD
This ‘moving masterpiece’ (Time Magazine) will screen in movie
theaters internationally from November 6, 2014.

A Poetry Reading: “Poetry Au Jews: A Spiel and a Recitation"
2015-03-12 19:30
The Jewish Cultural Studies Program at Monmouth University
Spring 2015 program
…Free of charge and open to all…
A Poetry Reading
“Poetry Au Jews: A Spiel and a Recitation”
Thursday, March 12, 2015Wilson Hall Auditorium, Monmouth University
Philip Terman is the author of eight collections of poetry, including The Torah Garden, Rabbis of the Air, Book of the Unbroken Days, and The House of Sages. Autumn House Press will publish Our Portion: New and Selected Poems in 2015. His work has appeared in many journals and anthologies, including Poetry Magazine, The Kenyon Review, The Georgia Review, The Sun Magazine, The Bloomsbury Anthology of Contemporary Jewish American Poets, 99 Poems for the 99 Percent, and Blood to Remember: American Poets on the Holocaust. He has received the Anna Rosenberg Award for Poems on the Jewish Experience. He teaches creative writing at Clarion University, where he directs the Spoken Arts Reading Series, and is co-director of The Chautauqua Writers Festival at the Chautauqua Institution.
Organized by the Jewish Cultural Studies Program and the Office for Global InitiativesCo-sponsored by the School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Spring Break
2015-03-14 - 2015-03-20

Met Opera: LA DONNA DEL LAGO (Broadcast in HD)
2015-03-14 13:00 - 16:30 | Pollak Theatre
New Production
Bel canto superstars Joyce DiDonato and Juan Diego Flórez join forces for this Rossini showcase of vocal virtuosity, set in the medieval Scottish highlands and based on a beloved novel by Sir Walter Scott. DiDonato is the “lady of the lake” of the title, and Flórez is the king who relentlessly pursues her, their vocal fireworks embellishing the romantic plot in this Met premiere production conducted by Michele Mariotti.
Broadcast in HD
Encore: Sun. March 29, 2015, 1:00 p.m.

Approx. Runtime: 3 hours 30 minutes

Spring Holiday
2015-03-20

Lauren Fox: Canyon Folkies Over the Hills & Under the Covers
2015-03-21 20:00 - 23:00 | Pollak Theatre
Returning to the Pollak stage after wowing audiences
last season with her recreation of the love story between Leonard Cohen and
Joni Mitchell that resulted in some of the biggest hits of their careers,
Lauren Fox’s new show is wistful journey through a time and place where today’s
musical icons became legends. From the mid-sixties to the early-seventies,
something magical took place in Southern California…and it all happened in a
bucolic stretch of hills, just above the Sunset Strip, called Laurel
Canyon. Jackson Browne, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, The Byrds, The Mamas
& The Papas, The Eagles, and Crosby, Stills & Nash, to name just a few,
all lived, loved, created, and collaborated there. Lauren Fox tells the story
of this epic time in American music history, and sings the songs that it
inspired.

Bolshoi Ballet: Romeo & Juliet (Broadcast in HD)
2015-03-22 15:00 - 18:00 | Pollak Theatre
Music Sergei ProkofievLibretto Sergei Prokofiev, Sergei Radlov and Adrian PiotrovskyChoreography Yuri GrigorovichBroadcast in HD
Cast Alexander Volchkov (Romeo), Anna Nikulina (Juliet)
In Verona, the rivalry between the Capulets and the Montagues brings bloodshed to the city. When the Capulets organize a masked ball in honor of their daughter Juliet, Romeo Montague and his friend Mercutio attend incognito because of the hatred that tears the two houses apart. Romeo and Juliet fall madly in love, and are distraught when they realize they belong to rival families. William Shakespeare’s timeless story, written in 1595, is brought to the stage through breathtaking choreography and Sergei Prokofiev’s much-loved score. With its famous melodies, rhythmic variety and universal theme, this story of impossible love remains an all-time favourite, and is one of the world’s most popular ballets.
Stellar performances by Alexander Volchkov and Anna Nikulina illuminate this masterpiece, making the immortal tale of the lovers of Verona an unforgettable experience.
(Ballet recorded live on May 12th, 2013) Running time 2hr, 15

Visiting Writer: Brooks Haxton
2015-03-24 16:30 - 18:30 | The Great Hall Auditorium
Brooks Haxton was born in Greenville, Mississippi, in 1950. His books include six collections of poems from Knopf, two book-length narrative poems, and one book of creative non-fiction. He has also written introductions to five books, essays, and the script of an American Masters Series film on Tennessee Williams, nationally broadcast on PBS. Since the mid-seventies, his poems and prose have been appearing in Atlantic Monthly, New Republic, The New York Times Book Review, The New Yorker, and Paris Review. His work has been acclaimed by critics at All Things Considered, The New York Times, Newsweek Online, Time Magazine, The Village Voice, and The Washington Post. His four books of translations from Classical Greek, French, and German have included an alternate selection for the Book-of-the-Month Club. He has received awards and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Guggenheim Foundation, among others. In 2013 the Fellowship of Southern Writers presented him with the Hanes Award, recognizing a distinguished body of work by a poet in mid-career. He lives with his wife and children in Syracuse, where he has taught for twenty years at Syracuse University.

U.S. Feminist Movements: Select Social Histories from Monmouth Scholars
2015-03-25 13:00 - 15:00 | Magill Commons
Magill Commons 107 & 108
A panel presentation with Dr. Enoch Nappen, Dept. of Political Science and Sociology, Dr. Katherine Parkin, Dept. of History and Anthropology, and Dr. Johanna Foster, Dept. of Political Science and Sociology.
Part of the Artful Explorations of Gender Series – a year-long engagement in a range of work across the arts that examines the contemporary and historical meanings and boundaries of gender, the persistence of gender inequalities locally and globally, and the role of art and artists in movements for gender justice.

The Affordable Care Act: Is it Working in New Jersey?
2015-03-25 16:30 - 18:15 | MAC At Monmouth
The Affordable Care Act: Is it Working in New Jersey?
A Frank Assessment of the First Year of “Obamacare”
The Affordable Care Act in New Jersey
The ACA may be the most significant policy legacy of the Obama presidency. What can we tell about its impact after the first year of implementation in the Garden State and nationally? Did the reforms go too far or not far enough? What has been the impact on the front lines of health care services? What will be the impact of pending court cases, especially in states like New Jersey which do not have their own exchanges?
Join us for a frank discussion of the Affordable Care Act in New Jersey with respected policymakers and front-line health care providers. The forum will include an opportunity for audience Q&A.
PANEL
Hon. James J. Florio — former Governor of New Jersey
Mr. Wardell Sanders — President, New Jersey Association of Health Plans
Mr. John Lloyd — President & CEO Meridian Health
Dr. Frank Vozos — President & CEO Monmouth Medical Center
Moderators:
Dr. Kathryn Fleming, Specialist Professor of Nursing Administration
Dr. Stephen Chapman, Assistant Professor of Political Science

This free event is open to the public.
Video will be live streamed Wednesday, March 25, 2015 from 4:30 to 6:15 p.m. on the Polling Institute web site.
For more information: 732-263-5860 or polling@monmouth.edu
Sponsored by the Monmouth University Polling Institute, Marjorie K. Unterberg School of Nursing & Health Studies, and the Political Science Club
MAC (Multipurpose Activity Center) Varsity Club
Use entrance at 142 Larchwood Avenue (lots 13/14)

World Cinema Series: A Woman in Berlin
2015-03-25 19:30 - 22:00 | Pollak Theatre
World Cinema Series
(formerly the Provost’s Film Series)
2014-2015
“A World at War, 1937-1945:Triumph, Tragedy, Memory, and Myth”
With the 70th Anniversary of the end of World War II in 2015, Monmouth University is pleased to present five films on the life-and-death decisions that people made in the invaded countries to survive in the war, defend their homeland and beliefs, and protect their families. Collectively, the films show episodes of resistance, collaboration, and heroism in addition to the legacy of the global war for the later 20th century and our current century as well.
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.
Host: Dr. Thomas S. Pearson, Professor, Department of History & Anthropology
“A Woman in Berlin”
Discussant: Dr. Frederick McKitrickAssociate Professor, History & Anthropology
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
7:30 p.m.
Max Faberbock’s “A Woman in Berlin” (Unrated): A woman tries to survive the invasion of Berlin by the Soviet troops during the last days of World War II.

Organized by the Office of Global Initiatives

Gallery Exhibition: First Senior Exhibition - Graphic Design and Animation
2015-03-27 09:00 - 2015-04-04 14:00 | Joan and Robert Rechnitz Hall
March 27 – April 4, 2014
Rechnitz Hall’s DiMattio Gallery
Opening reception: Friday, March 27, from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Featuring the work of Monmouth University graduating seniors who will receive their degrees in Graphic Design and Animation.

POSTPONED: Toshi Reagon and BIGLovely
2015-03-27 20:00 - 23:00 | Pollak Theatre
This event has been postponed until further notice. Please call the box office for 732.263.6889 for more information.
Toshi Reagon is a one-woman celebration of all that’s dynamic, progressive and uplifting in American music. Since first taking to the stage at age 17, this versatile singer-songwriter-guitarist has moved audiences of all kinds with her big?hearted, hold-nothing-back approach to rock, blues, R&B, country, folk, spirituals and funk. The New York Times described her blend as “…a love of mixing things up…[her] vocal style ranges from a dirty blues moan to a gospel shout to an ethereal croon.” Her live performances, in particular, aren’t just accessible; they’re irresistible. And Toshi Reagon loves her audiences. Leading her renowned band–BIGLovely, launched in 1996–she instantly connects, inspires and empowers.
Over nearly 30 years, Reagon has collaborated with top innovators across a wide spectrum of the entertainment field. Since Lenny Kravitz chose her, straight out of college, to open for him on his first world tour, she has gone on to share stages with notable colleagues such as Nona Hendryx, Elvis Costello, Ani DiFranco, Pete Seeger, Dar Williams, Lizz Wright, Me’shell NdegéOcello and Marc Anthony Thompson (aka Chocolate Genius). Her performances with her mother, Bernice Johnson Reagon–civil rights activist and founder of the a cappella group, Sweet Honey in the Rock—are legendary. Post show discussion/Q&A: As part of the Artful Explorations of Gender series, Reagon will discuss her unique upbringing and how it has impacted her 30 year career in the music business.

Graduate Information Session
2015-03-28 10:00 - 11:30 | The Great Hall -104
This Information Session is for prospective students interested in Graduate School at Monmouth University. All programs will be represented.
Two additional sessions will be held following the session:

Princeton Review GMAT Strategy Session, hosted by the Monmouth MBA Program. Free workshop for students planning to take the GMAT, immediately following Monmouth’s MBA Information Session.
Princeton Review GRE Strategy Session, hosted by Monmouth University’s Graduate School. Free workshop for students planning to take the GRE, immediately following Monmouth’s Graduate School Information Session.

For more information and to register, please visit our Graduate Information Session registration site.

Willie Nile and Anthony D'Amato join Songwriters By The Sea
2015-03-28 20:00 - 23:00 | Lauren K. Woods Theatre
Songwriters By The Sea hosts, and accomplished New Jersey songwriters, Joe D’Urso and Joe Rapolla, bring their popular songwriters series to the historic Lauren K. Woods Theater. The series began as an intimate, casual coffeehouse jam in Asbury Park, NJ and has evolved into a regional and national show. The series has attracted the attention and participation of many of the most revered singers and songwriters on the scene today.
This show features the tireless touring Greenwich Village troubadour, Willie Nile. Willie makes a stop at the Monmouth University right in the middle of his European tour where he’s been showcasing songs from his new CD, American Ride. Also joining Rapolla and D’Urso is breakthrough artist Anthony D’Amato*. D’Amato just signed to New West Records and released his critically acclaimed CD, coincidentally titled, The Shipwreck from the Shore. Monmouth University Blue Hawk Records’ artists Natalie Zeller and Brittany Cannarozzi​ will open the show.
Included with the ticket price is a reception, sponsored by the Leon Hess Business School, before the show at 7 p.m.
*Please note that Anthony D’Amato will be replacing Sam Llanas

Met Opera: LA DONNA DEL LAGO Encore (Broadcast in HD)
2015-03-29 13:00 - 16:15 | Pollak Theatre
Bel canto superstars Joyce DiDonato and Juan Diego Flórez join forces for this Rossini showcase of vocal virtuosity, set in the medieval Scottish highlands and based on a beloved novel by Sir Walter Scott. DiDonato is the “lady of the lake” of the title, and Flórez is the king who relentlessly pursues her, their vocal fireworks embellishing the romantic plot in this Met premiere production conducted by Michele Mariotti.Broadcast in HD

Last day to Withdraw with "W" Grade (semester long classes)
2015-03-30

National Theatre of London: Behind the Beautiful Forevers (Broadcast in HD)
2015-03-31 19:00 - 23:00 | Pollak Theatre
Meera Syal (The Kumars, Goodness Gracious Me, Rafta Rafta at the National) returns to the National Theatre, directed by Rufus Norris (Broken, London Road). Pulitzer Prize-winner Katherine Boo spent three years in Annawadi recording the lives of its residents. From her uncompromising book, winner of the National Book Award for Non-Fiction 2012, David Hare has fashioned a tumultuous play on an epic scale. India is surging with global ambition. But beyond the luxury hotels surrounding Mumbai airport lies a makeshift slum, full of people with plans of their own. Zehrunisa and her son Abdul aim to recycle enough rubbish to fund a proper house. Sunil, twelve and stunted, wants to eat until he’s as tall as Kalu the thief. Asha seeks to steal government anti-poverty funds to turn herself into a ‘first-class person’, while her daughter Manju intends to become the slum’s first female graduate. But their schemes are fragile; global recession threatens the garbage trade, and another slum-dweller is about to make an accusation that will destroy herself and shatter the neighbourhood.

Nine for IX: Let Them Wear Towels
2015-04-01 19:00 | Pollak Theatre
A look at how women sports reporters, Lisa Olson, Melissa Ludtke, Claire Smith, Lesley Visser, and Jane Gross fought to be accepted, regardless of gender, and create a harassment-free work environment. Nine for IX is a series of documentary films which originally aired on ESPN celebrating the 40th anniversary of Title IX, the federal civil rights law that prohibits sex discrimination in education. Four of the episodes will be screened during the year.

2015 Black Maria Film Festival
2015-04-02 19:30 - 23:00 | Pollak Theatre
From the world-renowned Black Maria Film Festival, the Department of Communication presents a screening of highly-recognized and award-winning short films, spanning across several genres and topics. Introduction and post-screening discussion to be held by Specialist Professor Matthew Lawrence.

National Theatre of London: A View from the Bridge (Broadcast in HD)
2015-04-07 19:00 - 23:00 | Pollak Theatre
Don’t miss a stellar cast led by Mark Strong (The Imitation Game; Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy) in the Young Vic’s ‘magnetic, electrifying, astonishingly bold’ production of A View from the Bridge – the Evening Standard, Guardian and Independent’s top theatre pick of 2014. The great Arthur Miller confronts the American dream in this dark and passionate tale. In Brooklyn, longshoreman Eddie Carbone welcomes his Sicilian cousins to the land of freedom. But when one of them falls for his beautiful niece, they discover that freedom comes at a price. Eddie’s jealous mistrust exposes a deep, unspeakable secret – one that drives him to commit the ultimate betrayal.
The visionary Ivo van Hove directs this stunning production of Miller’s tragic masterpiece, broadcast from London’s West End by National Theatre Live.

Gallery Exhibition: Second Senior Show - Fine Art and Art Education
2015-04-10 09:00 - 2015-04-18 17:00 | Joan and Robert Rechnitz Hall
April 10 – 18, 2014
Rechnitz Hall’s DiMattio Gallery
Opening Reception: Friday, April 10, from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Featuring the work of Monmouth University graduating seniors who will receive their degrees in Fine Art and Art Education.

TEDxNavesink presents ACCELERATORS
2015-04-11 | Pollak Theatre
