Events

Liz Phair, Exile in Guyville
2023-03-07 19:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | The Great Hall Auditorium/Virtual, 400 Cedar Ave, West Long Branch, NJ, 07720, United States
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 Liz Phair, Exile in Guyville.
This event will be held in person at The Great Hall Auditorium and will also be available remotely via Zoom. When you register you will be provided the ZOOM meeting link to join the conversation.
Free and open to the public, but registration is required.

A Doll’s House
2023-03-07 20:00 - 2023-03-14 21:00, 2023-03-08 20:00 - 2023-03-15 21:00, 2023-03-09 20:00 - 2023-03-16 21:00 | Lauren K. Woods Theatre
Monmouth University brings Henrik Ibsen’s scandalous 19th century masterpiece into the modern era. A Doll’s House follows a vibrant but sheltered housewife as she navigates a world in which women have no autonomy. As events spiral beyond her control, Nora’s journey of self awareness builds toward one of the most controversial endings in theatrical history. Directed by Sheri Anderson.

Study Abroad 101
2023-03-08 14:45 - 16:15, 2023-03-15 14:45 - 16:15, 2023-03-22 14:45 - 16:15, 2023-03-29 14:45 - 16:15, 2023-04-05 14:45 - 16:15 | Pozycki Hall, Room 204
Do you want to learn more about studying abroad?
Join us each Wednesday for information on studying abroad. Speak to students who have participated in our programs. Get some answers and get ready to travel.
Visit the Study Abroad site

Dinty W. Moore
2023-03-08 16:30 - 17:45 | The Great Hall -104
Dinty W. Moore is a celebrated American essayist and a pioneering, early practitioner of creative nonfiction. He received the Grub Street National Book Prize for Non-Fiction for his memoir, Between Panic and Desire, in 2008 and, more recently, is also the author of the memoir To Hell With It: Of Sin and Sex, Chicken Wings, and Dante’s Entirely Ridiculous, Needlessly Guilt-Inducing Inferno, the writing guides The Story Cure, Crafting the Personal Essay, and The Mindful Writer, and many other books and edited anthologies.

Wine vs Stein 2023
2023-03-11 16:30 - 19:00 | OceanFirst Bank Center
Sip and sample beer and wine back at the place you once called home. This alumni favorite includes live music, breakout sessions hosted by beer and wine experts and food pairings! All tickets include a commemorative glass.
Cost: $50 Regular Price, $45 for Alumni
$5 from the total cost per person will benefit the Access Fund (scholarships for students with unmet financial need).
Be Advised: All attendees must be at least 21 years old to participate. Attendees must bring a valid photo ID to verify their age. Current students are strictly prohibited. Payment for registrations not kept or cancelled are non-refundable.

Edith Wharton's The Custom of the Country
2023-03-14 19:30 - 21:30 | Virtual
Join us for Tuesday Night Book Club! Hosted by Monmouth University’s Ken Womack, 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 Edith Wharton, The Custom of the Country.
First published in 1913, Edith Wharton’s The Custom Of The Country is scathing novel of ambition featuring one of the most ruthless heroines in literature. Undine Spragg is as unscrupulous as she is magnetically beautiful. Her rise to the top of New York’s high society from the nouveau riche provides a provocative commentary on the upwardly mobile and the aspirations that eventually cause their ruin. One of Wharton’s most acclaimed works, The Custom Of The Country is a stunning indictment of materialism and misplaced values that is as powerful today for its astute observations about greed and power as when it was written nearly a century ago.
When you register you will be provided the meeting link to join the conversation.

Educator's Career Fair
2023-03-15 09:00 - 13:00 | Anacon Hall A and B
Career Fair for Education Majors
Contact careerdevelopment@monmouth.edu to register.

Lohengrin
2023-03-18 12:00 - 17:00 | Pollak Theatre
Wagner’s Lohengrin returns to the Met stage after an absence of 17 years with this atmospheric new staging by François Girard. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts a cast led by tenor Piotr Beczała in the title role of the mysterious swan knight. Soprano Tamara Wilson is the virtuous duchess Elsa, falsely accused of murder, going head-to-head with soprano Christine Goerke as the cunning sorceress Ortrud. Bass-baritone Evgeny Nikitin is Ortrud’s power-hungry husband, Telramund, and bass Günther Groissböck is King Heinrich.

Les Paul Thru the Lens
2023-03-20 00:00 - 2023-05-31 23:59 | Pollak Gallery
“Les Paul: Thru the Lens” explores the life of pioneering musician and innovator Les Paul. Through a series of 24 photographs, visitors will see a chronicle of Paul’s life, career, and achievements: his early performances as Red Hot Red, his marriage to and work with Mary Ford, his explorations in the recording studio and with the electric guitar, and of course his long and influential performing career.
Collectively, the images provide an intimate view into the life of an icon of the music and sound products industry and remind us that, through it all, music—and the industry—are inseparable from the people who make it.
This traveling exhibition is courtesy of The Les Paul Foundation.
There will be a special musical tribute concert, “The Les Paul Experience” presented in conjunction with the exhibition on May 12 at 8PM in Pollak Theatre.
**Exclusive Offer**: Les Paul in His Own Words

By Les Paul and Michael Cochran
Forward by Paul McCartney
Hard cover 368 pages, 9 1/2” x 12” x 1 1/2”
Special Offer – $50 + tax (Retails for $75)

The charm of this book is “listening” to Les Paul tell his story. Michael Cochran captures Les’ way of telling stories and Les had plenty to tell. This large, beautiful book encompasses the fascinating life of the musician and inventor who seemed to live forever. Les takes the reader from his childhood in Waukesha, Wisconsin through his adventures in St. Louis, Chicago, LA, New Jersey and New York. Les explains how he developed the solid-body guitar and endless recording techniques that changed the world of music.
The high quality color prints and photos include many of Les Paul, his extensive guitar collection, musician friends, his inventions and his home recording studios in LA and New Jersey.
Pre-order and pick up the night of show or anytime Monday-Friday 9am – 5 pm at the Pollak Box Office.

Collaborative Performances for Social Justice by Tessa Carr
2023-03-20 16:30 - 17:30 | Student Center
Feminist theatre/performance studies scholar and artist Dr. Tessa Carr will give an artist talk about her experiences directing plays and developing devised performances with college students and in communities using a feminist ethics of care.
Artist Talk: Monday, March 20, 2023, 4:30-5:30 SC 202B
Tessa Carr serves as Associate Professor of Theatre and Artistic Director of Mosaic Theatre Company at Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin in Communication Studies with an emphasis in Performance Studies and a portfolio in Women’s and Gender Studies. Her research focuses on devised performance in practice and theory, autobiographical performance, feminist performance strategies and performance as pedagogy. She is currently co-authoring a manuscript with Dr. Deanna Shoemaker about collaborative performance as a social justice communicative intervention. She writes, directs, and facilitates performance throughout the year in the mainstage season at Auburn University and with Mosaic Theatre Company.

Katherine Dykstra
2023-03-21 16:30 - 17:45 | The Great Hall -104
The author will read from her book What Happened to Paula followed by a Q&A.
Katherine Dykstra holds an MFA in creative writing from the New School. She served as senior nonfiction editor at Guernica for many years and taught narrative nonfiction in NYU’s continuing studies program. Her essays have been published in The Washington Post, Crab Orchard Review, The Common, Shenandoah, Gulf Coast, Brain, Child, Poets and Writers, Real Simple and the Random House anthology 20 Something Essays by 20 Something Writers, among other places. Her work has been included in the “Notables” section of both the 2015 and 2016 Best American Essays collections edited by Ariel Levy and Jonathan Franzen, respectively. She was one of three finalists for the 2014 John Guyon Literary Nonfiction Prize. She won first place in the 2012 Waterman Fund Essay Contest and placed third in the 2013 Real Simple Life Lessons Essay Contest.
She was recently named an “artist to watch” by Creative Capital for her work on the Paula Oberbroeckling story, which is the topic of her debut nonfiction book What Happened to Paula: On the Death of An American Girl, published by W.W. Norton. What Happened to Paula received a starred and boxed Publishers Weekly review and was designated a New York Times Summer Read, a People magazine Best New Book, one of Crimereads’ Top Ten Books of 2021, a Boston Globe Book of Summer, an Observer Best Book of Summer, and a Crimereads Best Book of Summer. You can find out more about Katie at her website: http://www.katherinedykstra.com/.

Women in Music
2023-03-21 19:00 - 21:00 | Lauren K. Woods Theatre
Are you looking to break into the music industry, but unsure of how to overcome the unique challenges facing women in the field? Look no further than our upcoming Women in Music event!
Join us for an unforgettable evening of inspiring stories and invaluable advice from some of the most successful women in the music industry. From musicians and media personalities to business owners, our panelists will share their personal experiences and insights on how to advance in the music industry as a female in 2023.
This event is not only a chance to learn from the best but also to network with other talented women in the industry. Share your own experiences and connect with like-minded individuals who are passionate about music and dedicated to achieving their goals.
Whether you’re an up-and-coming artist, a seasoned professional, or simply interested in the music industry, our Women in Music event is not to be missed. Don’t let the challenges facing women in the industry hold you back – come join us and gain the knowledge, skills, and connections you need to succeed. See you there!
See our Panelists and their organizations below:
Jenna Gaudio: Chief Operating Officer at Vydia
Karen Gross: Founder of She Rocked It
Michelle Arkuski: Executive Director of She is the Music
Deja Perez: On-Air Radio Personality & Founder of “What’s Pop-pin!”

Finance Career and Internship Fair
2023-03-22 14:00 - 16:30 | Virtual
Fair for Finance Majors Interested in Career Opportunities or Internships
Contact careerdevelopment@monmouth.edu to register.

Social Work Career Fair
2023-03-24 13:00 - 16:00 | OceanFirst Bank Center
Career Fair for Social Work Majors
Contact careerdevelopment@monmouth.edu to register.

Bilingual Poetry Reading and Q&A with Salgado Maranhão and Alexis Levitin
2023-03-29 18:00 - 19:30 | Great Hall 104 (Julian Abele Room)
Join us for a bilingual reading (Portuguese and English) and Q&A with Brazilian poet Salgado Maranhão and translator Alexis Levitin.

Salgado Maranhão
Born in the impoverished interior of Maranhão, in northeast Brazil, Salgado Maranhão became one of the most prominent Afro-Brazilian poets. Twice winner of Prêmio Jabuti, he has been awarded major prizes from the Academy of Brazilian Letters and the Writers’ Union. Five collections of his work have appeared in English: Blood of the Sun (2012), Tiger Fur (2015), Palavora (2019), Mapping the Tribe (2020), and Consecration of the Wolves (2021), all in Alexis Levitin’s translation. In addition to seventeen books of poetry, he has written song lyrics and made recordings with some of Brazil’s leading jazz and pop musicians.
Maranhão’s poetry explores, via metaphor, the various kinds of devastation we bring upon our lands and thus upon ourselves.

Alexis Levitin
Alexis Levitin translates works from Portugal, Brazil, and Ecuador. His forty-eight books of translation include Clarice Lispector’s Soulstorm, Eugenio de Andrade’s Forbidden Words, Astrid Cabral’s Cage and Gazing Through Water, and five collections by Salgado Maranhão, including the most recent, Consecration of the Wolves. He has served as a Fulbright Lecturer at the Universities of Oporto and Coimbra (Portugal), The Catholic University in Guayaquil (Ecuador), and the Federal University of Santa Catarina (Brazil) and has held translation residencies at the Banff Center (Canada), The European Translators Collegium (Germany), and the Rockefeller Foundation Study Center in Bellagio (Italy).

This presentation is co-sponsored by the Department of English, Monmouth Intercultural Center, Institute for Global Understanding, and Department of World Languages and Cultures

Resume Overview
2023-03-30 10:30 - 11:15 | Career Development
Come learn more about resume techniques with Coach Harry.

The American Soldier
2023-03-31 15:00 - 17:00 | Pollak Theatre
MATINEE SHOW ADDED! Douglas Taurel (“Nurse Jackie,” “Blue Bloods”) is the creator and star of the Off-Broadway Award-nominated solo play, “The American Soldier,” based on true events and documentary letters written by veterans and their family members from the American Revolution through current-day Afghanistan. It honors the experiences of veterans and their families and explores the internal struggles they face when returning home from combat. “The American Soldier” has been nominated for the Amnesty International Award for theatre excellence , received 4 stars internationally, and has been featured in The Huffington Post, The Washington Post and Time Out.

There will also be a FREE evening performance of this show at 8PM. Click here for more information.

This program was made possible thanks to The Board of County Commissioners and Monmouth County American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) COVID-19 Community Recovery Grant Program.

The American Soldier
2023-03-31 20:00 - 22:00 | Pollak Theatre
Douglas Taurel (“Nurse Jackie,” “Blue Bloods”) is the creator and star of the Off-Broadway Award-nominated solo play, “The American Soldier,” based on true events and documentary letters written by veterans and their family members from the American Revolution through current-day Afghanistan. It honors the experiences of veterans and their families and explores the internal struggles they face when returning home from combat. “The American Soldier” has been nominated for the Amnesty International Award for theatre excellence , received 4 stars internationally, and has been featured in The Huffington Post, The Washington Post and Time Out.
There will also be a FREE matinee performance of this show at 3 PM. Click here for more information.

This program was made possible thanks to The Board of County Commissioners and Monmouth County American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) COVID-19 Community Recovery Grant Program.

Falstaff
2023-04-01 12:30 - 17:00 | Pollak Theatre
Verdi’s Shakespearean comedy features a brilliant ensemble cast in Robert Carsen’s celebrated staging. Baritone Michael Volle sings his first Verdi role at the Met as the caddish knight Falstaff, gleefully tormented by a trio of clever women who deliver his comeuppance. Reuniting after their acclaimed performances in the production’s 2019 run are soprano Ailyn Pérez as Alice Ford, soprano Jennifer Johnson Cano as Meg Page, and mezzo-soprano Marie-Nicole Lemieux as Mistress Quickly. Soprano Hera Hyesang Park and tenor Bogdan Volkov are the young couple Nannetta and Fenton, and Daniele Rustioni conducts.

Intro to Career Development
2023-04-03 13:30 - 14:15 | Career Development
Come learn more about career development with Coach Alec.

What Remains: Ghost Forests, What We Have Lost and Gained.
2023-04-04 18:30 | Edison Atrium – Room 201
Pedram Daneshgar, Ph.D.
Climate change induced sea level rise and storm related flooding events have had a dramatic effect on the coastal ecosystems of New Jersey. Salt water intrusion into coastal forests that are normally buffered by salt marsh ecosystems forests results in extensive tree die offs leaving behind what has been termed a “ghost forest,” a novel marsh hybrid ecosystem filled with dead trees. Often these ghost forests are invaded by non-native species like phragmites, which completely alter the function of the ecosystem. Pedram Daneshgar, Ph.D., will share the work his lab has done exploring the Ecology of ghost forests specifically looking at how the forest communities are changed. Then he will discuss preliminary work on restoration strategies for these forests.

The Kinks' Are the Village Green Preservation Society
2023-04-04 19:30 - 21:00 | The Great Hall Auditorium/Virtual, 400 Cedar Ave, West Long Branch, NJ, 07720, United States
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 Kinks’ Are the Village Green Preservation Society.
This event will be held in person at The Great Hall Auditorium and will also be available remotely via Zoom. When you register you will be provided the ZOOM meeting link to join the conversation.
Free and open to the public, but registration is required.

School of Communications Career Networking Fair
2023-04-05 14:30 - 16:30 | Plangere Center for Communication, First Floor
Career Networking Fair for Communications Majors
Contact careerdevelopment@monmouth.edu to register.

2023 Senior Exhibition
2023-04-10 08:00 - 2023-04-23 17:00 | DiMattio Gallery at Rechnitz Hall
Featuring the work of Monmouth University graduating seniors who will receive their degrees from the Department of Art & Design.
Closing Reception: April 23 from 1 to 4 p.m.
