Events

Please Come Donate Blood on Tuesday, April 5
2016-04-05 10:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
Monmouth University needs your help!
Please come donate blood on Tuesday, April 5 in Anacon!
Please use the available link to schedule your appointment time to avoid waiting. Or you can contact Leigh Wilkins by phone at 732-842-5750 x 270 or by email at lwilkins@cjbcblood.org. Appointments are now being honored in an effort to improve customer service.
TUESDAY, APRIL 5 – 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. – Anacon Hall, Rebecca Stafford Student Center
Did you know that Central Jersey Blood Center (CJBC) has a “Rewards for Life” incentive program? Log on to your CJBC account at www.cjbcblood.org and click Donor Login and see if you are eligible to redeem all your blood donation points for your favorite gift card! ITunes, Best Buy, and restaurant cards … just to name a few! You get an extra 50 points for scheduling your appointment online.
If you have any questions, please give Leigh Wilkins from CJBC a call at 732-673-5454 or send email to lwilkins@cjbcblood.org.

ART NOW: Eric Barry Drasin and Phillip David Stearns
2016-04-06 18:00 - 19:30 | The Great Hall
Demonstration: 4:30 pm Rechnitz Hall room 216
Artist Lecture: 6:00 pm Wilson Auditorium
Eric Barry Drasin is a Brooklyn-based artist, musician and curator working at the intersection of digital media, performance and installation. Rooted in the Expanded Cinema tradition, his work explores the relationship between composition, interface, performance, score, and synesthetic audiovisual systems.
Eric Barry Drasin’s website
Phillip David Stearns is also based in Brooklyn. His work is centered on the use of electronic technologies and electronic media to explore dynamic relationships between ideas and material. Deconstruction, reconfiguration, and extension are key methodologies and techniques employed in the production of works that range from audio visual performances, electronic sculptures, light and sound installation, digital textiles, and other oddities both digital and material.
Phillip David Stearn’s website
Eric and Phil will give a joint artist lecture as well as lead a demonstration of their tools and techniques.

World Cinema Series: Tangerines
2016-04-06 19:30 - 23:59 | Pollak Theatre
Zaza Urushadze’s “Tangerines” (2013) (not rated).War in Georgia, Apkhazeti region in 1990. An Estonian man Ivo has stayed behind to harvest his crops of tangerines. In a bloody conflict at his door, a wounded man is left behind, and Ivo is forced to take him in.

Second Senior Show – Graphic Design
2016-04-08 09:00 - 2016-04-16 17:00 | Joan and Robert Rechnitz Hall
DiMattio Gallery
Opening Reception: Friday, April 8 from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Featuring the work of Monmouth University graduating seniors who will receive their degrees in Graphic Design.

J. Seward Johnson Sculptures
2016-04-08 09:00 - 2016-08-31 19:00 | Pollak Theatre
Following an early career as a painter, Seward Johnson turned his talents to the medium of sculpture. Since then, more than 450 of Johnson’s life-size cast bronze figures have been featured in private collections and museums in the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia, as well as prominent places in the public realm such as Rockefeller Center, Pacific Place, Hong Kong, Les Halles in Paris, and Via Condotti in Rome. Seward Johnson is most widely known for his sculptures depicting people engaged in every day activities. Johnson’s desire to highlight the mundane in his Celebrating the Familiar sculpture series has brought a unique voice to the world of art in public spaces.
Johnson is often recognized for his most dramatic work — and also his largest — the 70’ aluminum giant entitled The Awakening. This sculpture was selected for the International Sculpture Conference & Exhibition and is currently sited along the Potomac River at National Harbor in Washington, DC. This work was profiled in LIFE magazine, Time Magazine and has become a “must see” destination in the nation’s capitol. In recent years, Seward Johnson’s monumental scale sculptures have captured the attention of the international media and a global audience. Among these are the 26 foot tall Forever Marilyn with her skirt blowing upwards defying the stainless steel and aluminum materials. Also, the iconic “kiss” sculpture depicting the moment in Times Square when the sailor and nurse embraced in celebration of the conclusion of World War II.
Pieces on Exhibit
God Bless America (Located in front of Pollak Theatre)Strolling Professor (Located in front of Pollak Theatre)Between Classes (Located in front of Pozycki Hall)
Exhibited April 8 – August 31

CANCELLED- Student Recital: Margaret Lymberis
2016-04-08 19:00 - 23:59 | Lauren K. Woods Theatre
CANCELLED– Margaret Lymberis, Music Major, will be holding her Senior Recital at the Woods Theatre on Friday, April 8, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. She will be featured on voice. Admission is free; light refreshments will be served.

TEDx Navesink: Makers
2016-04-09

Made in Monmouth
2016-04-09 10:00 - 16:00 | MAC At Monmouth
Fifth Annual Made in Monmouth
Products made in Monmouth County will be on display and for sale, Saturday April 9, 2016 from 10am – 4pm in the MAC at Monmouth University. Free admission and parking.
Non-perishable food items will be collected for the FoodBank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties.
Sponsored by the Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders in partnership with Monmouth University.

National Student Employment Appreciation Week
2016-04-10 - 2016-04-16 | Pozycki Hall
Monmouth University Celebrates National Student Employment Week – April 10 – 16, 2016
In celebration of National Student Employment Week, the Student Employment Office will sponsor a number of events celebrating the 20th Annual Student Employee Appreciation Week!
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Tuesday, April 12 – 3rd Annual “Bake Off” – Pozycki Hall Upstairs Patio
Wednesday , April 13 – Student Employee Appreciation Day – Student Center
Thursday, April 14 – “Deck Your Door Contest” Winner Announced
Friday, April 15 – Student Employee of the Year Reception – Wilson Hall

Borealis Wind Quintet and The Monmouth Winds
2016-04-10 15:00 - 18:00 | Pollak Theatre
The
Borealis Wind Quintet, like the Spectacular Aurora Borealis, displays a
brilliant array of sparkling color and magic in the music they perform.
Nominated for a Grammy in 2006, they are without question the major wind
quintet of our time.
Their warm yet commanding stage presence, combined with great music, always
captivates the audience. Engaging and delightful, the Borealis brings a fresh
sound and an exciting program to each performance. They are recognized for
their fundamental contributions to the wind quintet literature with their many
commissions, recordings, and editions of rare and traditional music.
Their tours have taken them to major halls throughout the U.S. including Weill
Hall (Carnegie) in New York, the Frick Museum, Princeton, Notre Dame, Wolf
Trap, Four Seasons in Berkeley, Strathmore in Maryland and the Corning Museum
in New York, just to name a few. The Borealis recordings number five with one
Grammy nomination. The latest, Borealis En Salon, is both lush and elegant.
The Monmouth Winds, formed in 2009, features five
musicians from the Garden State: Jenny Cline, flute; Nicholas Gatto, oboe;
Richard Grossman, clarinet; Richard Sachs, horn; and Linda Balavram, bassoon.
They have been steadily building a following, delighting audiences in the
tri-state area with their entertaining performances of eclectic
repertoire. Lately they have been busy commissioning new works for their
ensemble, including works by Jeffrey Scott, Gary Schocker, Daniel Dorff, David
Evan Thomas and Laurence Dresner. They have performed at the 2013 (New
Orleans) and 2015 (Washington, D.C.) National Flute Association conventions,
and they will be premiering their next commission, a work by Eric Ewazen, at
the Juilliard School this fall.

Order & Chaos: An Exhibit of Selected Works by Jacob Landau
2016-04-11 10:00 - 2016-04-17 19:00 | Monmouth University Library
Reception: Monday, April 11 | 4:30- 6 PM | Library Seminar Room 102
Gallery Hours: Tues. – Thurs.: 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Friday: 10:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m., Saturday: 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m., Sunday: 11:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Born in Philadelphia in 1917, Jacob Landau launched his career as an illustrator, winning national prizes at age 16 and a scholarship to the Philadelphia College of Art. He had over sixty one-person shows and was the recipient of many awards, including Tiffany, Guggenheim and National Arts Council grants. Many of his works are featured in permanent collections in the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York, among others. A master teacher, he retired as professor emeritus at New York’s Pratt Institute. In 1996, he was awarded an honorary Doctorate in Fine Arts by Monmouth University.
Jacob Landau viewed art as a defense against chaos. That all is subject to entropy haunted the artist his whole life. So art becomes a weapon to combat this descent into disorder. And it is a powerful weapon. For “each time we create something,” Landau has said, “we win a victory over decay.” Monmouth University’s exhibit “Order & Chaos” demonstrates this triumph. The exhibition features a selection of fifteen pieces. All works are from Monmouth University’s extensive collection of Jacob Landau’s work, comprising over 300 prints, drawings and paintings. The collection was gifted to Monmouth University in 2008 by the Jacob Landau Institute of Roosevelt, NJ. This exhibit is co-sponsored by the Jewish Culture Studies Program and the Honors School of Monmouth University.
This event is free & open to the public. Docent tours are available (for times, contact Professor Noel Belinski 732-263-5425; email: nbelinsk@monmouth.edu). For additional information on the exhibition and other gallery events on the West Long Branch campus of Monmouth University, please call 732-263-5759 or visit www.monmouth.edu/arts.

On Screen In Person: Deaf Jam
2016-04-11 19:00 - 22:00 | Pollak Theatre
Illuminating the extraordinary power of American Sign Language (ASL) poetry, Deaf Jam is story of Aneta Brodski’s bold journey into the spoken word slam scene. When Aneta, a deaf Israeli immigrant high school student, makes an extraordinary connection with a hearing Palestinian slam poet, they transcend personal and political divisions to generate a new form of poetry that speaks to both the hearing and the deaf.
Judy Lieff is a filmmaker and educator with a background in dance and experimental film. She participated in the American Film Showcase 2013/2014 program with her first feature documentary, Deaf Jam, traveling to South Korea, Zimbabwe, and Turkey. Judy won a finishing grant from ITVS for the film. She is on faculty at SUNY Purchase teaching film production that explores the intersections of film and dance. Judy earned her M.F.A. in dance & experimental film/video from the California Institute of the Arts (Cal Arts), following a career as a professional dancer. Her credits include: a Dance On Camera residency with BBC producer Bob Lockyer at the Banff Centre for the Arts, a National Dance/Media fellowship from the Pew Charitable Trusts, and six grants for media projects with youth. Judy has years of experience working in production and post-production on commercials, industrials, shorts, and EPKs for feature films. Additionally, she has worked as a motion capture performer/choreographer, and as a stop-motion performer/choreographer on projects including Terry Gilliam’s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Pat O’Neil’s The Decay of Fiction.There will be a Q&A with director Judy Lieff 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.

Student Employee Appreciation Week Bake Off
2016-04-12 12:00 - 14:00
Supervisors, show your student employees how sweet they are by baking them something in the “Bake Off!”
Tuesday, April 12th from noon to 2pm on the Pozycki Hall Upstairs Patio.

Robert Bly: A Thousand Years of Joy
2016-04-12 19:30 - 23:59 | Pollak Theatre
Director/ Producer: Haydn Reiss
Beginning in 1994, Reiss has made a series of documentaries on writers and poets, including William Stafford & Robert Bly: A Literary Friendship and the award-winning Rumi: Poet of the Heart, which was narrated by Debra Winger. Both films aired on PBS.
In 2005, Reiss produced, How Democrats and Progressives Can Win: Solutions from George Lakoff’ Professor Lakoff, a noted expert in linguistics and political language, is showcased in a tightly knit program that explains how modern politics is waged through ideas like “framing” the debate, the way a party’s “values” influence voters and much more. At that time only the political right had made use of these cognitive techniques to gain political power and the film was made in response to that imbalance.
Reiss’ 2009 film, Every War Has Two Losers, a look at poet William Stafford’s years as a conscientious objector, was a 2011 winner at the Canadian International Film Festival and an official selection of the 2011 United National Film Festival.
2015 brought the completion of Robert Bly: A Thousand Years of Joy, the first feature documentary profile of the prolific and controversial poet and activist. Featuring Martin Sheen, Gary Snyder Mark Rylance, Jane Hirshfield, Philip Levine and many others from the world of art and literature. It is set for a PBS broadcast next year.
In a previous life Haydn worked as assistant on the psychological thriller Jacob Ladder and as assistant to the producer Alex Ho on Oliver Stone’s JFK.
Mr. Reiss has been awarded grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, Minnesota Film & TV, the Nathan Cummings Foundation, the Lannan Foundation, the Witter Bynner Foundation for Poetry, the Westcliff Foundation and others.
There will be a Q&A with the filmmaker, Haydn Reiss, following the screening. This event is sponsored by the Visiting Writers Series and Jewish Cultural Studies.

Faculty Lecture Series - Woodrow Wilson: Legacy, Memory and Achievement
2016-04-14 17:30

National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Broadcast in HD)
2016-04-14 19:00 - 22:00 | Pollak Theatre
Following the hugely successful broadcasts of Coriolanus and King Lear, National Theatre Live brings the Donmar Warehouse’s highly anticipated new production of Les Liaisons Dangereuses to cinemas – broadcast live from the Donmar’s London home.
Directed by Josie Rourke (Coriolanus), the cast includes Michelle Dockery (Downton Abbey), Janet McTeer (The White Queen) and Dominic West (The Wire).
In 1782, Choderlos de Laclos’ novel of sex, intrigue and betrayal in pre-revolutionary France scandalised the world. Two hundred years later, Christopher Hampton’s irresistible adaptation swept the board, winning the Olivier and Evening Standard Awards for Best Play. Josie Rourke’s revival now marks the play’s thirty year anniversary.
Former lovers, the Marquise de Merteuil and Vicomte de Valmont now compete in games of seduction and revenge. Merteuil incites Valmont to corrupt the innocent Cecile de Volanges before her wedding night but Valmont has targeted the peerlessly virtuous and beautiful Madame de Tourvel. While these merciless aristocrats toy with others’ hearts and reputations, their own may prove more fragile than they supposed.

Student Employee of the Year Reception
2016-04-15 | The Great Hall
Students, recognized the outstanding mentoring of your supervisor by nominating them for Supervisor of the Year!
Supervisors, take a moment to recognize exceptional student employees by nominating them for Student Employee of the Year!
The winners will be honored at a reception held in Wilson Hall

The Addams Family: The Musical
2016-04-15 20:00 - 2016-04-18 20:00 | Lauren K. Woods Theatre
Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love. By Boom Roasted Productions.
Tickets available at the Central Box Office at the MAC. Cash Only.

Interested in Graduate Studies at Monmouth University? Attend Our Upcoming Information Session
2016-04-16 10:00 - 13:00 | The Great Hall

Met Opera: Roberto Devereux (Broadcast in HD)
2016-04-16 13:00 - 17:00 | Pollak Theatre
Soprano Sondra Radvanovsky takes on the extraordinary challenge of singing all three of Donizetti’s Tudor queens in the course of a single season, a rare feat made famous by Beverly Sills—and not attempted on a New York stage since. In this climactic opera of the trilogy, directed by Sir David McVicar, she plays Queen Elizabeth I, forced to sign the death warrant of the nobleman she loves, Roberto Devereux. Tenor Matthew Polenzani is Devereux, and mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča and baritone Mariusz Kwiecien complete the principal quartet in the bel canto masterpiece, conducted by Donizetti specialist Maurizio Benini.

Tickets on sale Friday, July 24

Bolshoi Ballet: Don Quixote (Broadcast Live in HD)
2016-04-17 15:00 - 18:00 | Pollak Theatre
Music: Leon MinkusChoreography: Alexei Fadeyechev (after Marius Petipa and Alexander Gorsky)
Cervantes’ eccentric hero Don Quixote leaves on journey full of adventures with his loyal squire Sancho Panza in search of his perfect woman. On the way he meets Kitri, the dazzling daughter of an innkeeper who he thinks might be his ideal love. The Bolshoi’s panache and excellence are combined in Fadeyechev’s critically acclaimed staging of this exalting performance with Leon Minkus’ famous score. Featuring brand new sets and costumes to accompany this colorful and technically challenging production, DON QUIXOTE is quintessential Bolshoi, abounding with life and not to be missed!

Student Recital: Taylor Bernosky
2016-04-17 15:00 - 23:59 | Joan and Robert Rechnitz Hall
Taylor Hope Bernosky, Music Performance and Math Major, will be performing her Senior Recital at Rechnitz Hall on Sunday, April 17, 2016 at 3:00pm. She will be featured on violin. Admission is free; light refreshments will be served.

The Race Card Project
2016-04-18 15:00 - 18:00 | Anacon Hall, 2nd Floor, Student Center
The Race Card Project
The Race Card Project: Asks you to share your opinions, beliefs, observations, and experiences on race and cultural diversity in a 6-word sentence.
Michele Norris, creator of the Race Card Project, will give a keynote presentation, followed by 2 smaller group discussions.

Topic for the first discussion group: Examining the Power of Implicit Bias, Easy Assumptions, and Cultural Stereotypes in U.S. Society
Time and Location: 4:30 – 5:15 p.m. Club Dining Room
Topic for Second Discussion Group: The Role of Race to Win Votes
5:30 – 6:15 p.m. Club Dining Room

The keynote presentation will be held in Anacon Hall, second floor of the Rebecca Stafford Student Center. The group discussions will take place in the Club Dining Room.

Visiting Writer: Laura Kasischke
2016-04-19 16:30 - 18:00 | The Great Hall Auditorium
Laura Kasischke has published eight collections of poetry and eight novels. She was the recipient of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry for her collection SPACE, IN CHAINS (Copper Canyon Press, 2011). She has also been the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Rilke Award for Poetry, the Bess Hokin Award from POETRY magazine, and two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts. She is teaches in the MFA Program and the Residential College at the University of Michigan, from which she graduated. She lives with her husband and son in Chelsea, Michigan.
More information: www.laurakasischke.com

Intro to Celtic Music Workshop with Switchback
2016-04-20 16:30 - 17:45 | Pollak Theatre
Attendees are presented with traditional pieces of Irish music, folklore and dance. Following the historic time-line of Irish emigration to the United States, participants are made aware of the evolution of Irish music, once immigrants reached America. They will listen to the transformation of Irish music into today’s western, jazz and bluegrass. The resurgence of Irish music, dance and culture are also examined.
Brian FitzGerald and Martin McCormack of Switchback have been playing their brand of eclectic Celtic and Americana music at sold-out concert halls, performing arts centers and festivals for over 20 years. Featuring a mix of Irish music and original songs, their concerts have been described as “breathtaking scenery for your ears.” With a mix of mandolin, guitar, and bass their harmonies have won comparisons to the Louvin Brothers, the Everly Brothers and Simon and Garfunkel.
Held in conjunction with the concert featuring Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill with Switchback on April 22 at 8 PM in Pollak Theatre

CANCELLED: An American Celebration of Grandmother Earth
2016-04-20 19:30 - 21:00 | Pollak Theatre
Traditional Native American storytelling is deeply rooted in the earth – honoring all life, especially the plants and animals we depend on. Years upon years of a kinship with the land, life, water and sky has lead to intimate connections to the earth and a relationship of give and take with the natural world. Kevin Locke, visionary Hoop Dancer, preeminent player of the indigenous Northern Plains flute, storyteller, cultural ambassador, recording artist and educator leads an ensemble of multi-talented performers in an uplifting evening of storytelling interwoven with traditional Native American music and dramatic dance elements. Featuring music from Locke’s 2009 Nammy (Annual Native American Music Awards) award-winning album “Earth Gift” this world-premiere event will empower and energize us all to become stewards of our surroundings, preserving our world for posterity and encourage us to live together as part of the Universal heartbeat.

“Rockin’ through the Decades” with Taylor Hope and Friends
2016-04-21 19:30 - 23:00 | Pollak Theatre
Take a musical journey through the decades with Taylor Hope, a
prominent electric violinist in the New Jersey music scene and student at
Monmouth University. Along with well-known musicians such as Glen
Burtnik, Joe Bellia, Joe LaFragola, and others to be announced, Taylor will
lead the audience from the groovy vibes of the 1960’s to the cutting edge
styles of today. So come out to Pollak Theatre for an unforgettable night
of rock and roll with Taylor and her friends.

Something's Happening Here: Spring Showcase
2016-04-21 19:30 - 23:00 | The Great Hall
A musical cavalcade featuring the Monmouth University Chamber and Concert Choirs, Chamber Orchestra, Jazz Ensemble, student bands and soloists. The concert is conducted by Professor Michael Gillette, Professor Bryan Jenner and Dr. David M. Tripold.

Student Recital: Mahal Wilson
2016-04-22 19:00 - 23:59 | Lauren K. Woods Theatre
Music Major, will be performing her Senior Recital at the Woods Theater on Friday, April 22 at 7 pm. She will be featured on voice. Admission is free; light refreshments will be served.

Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill with Switchback
2016-04-22 20:00 - 23:00 | Pollak Theatre
Two world renowned Celtic duos come together for the first time on the Pollak Stage for a spectacular night of Irish music. Irish fiddle virtuoso Martin Hayes and American master guitarist Dennis Cahill have garnered international renown for taking traditional Irish music to the edge of the genre with slow-building, fiery performances while incorporating sensibilities from the worlds of blues and jazz. NPR calls them “one of the best fiddlers on the planet and a subtle guitar master” and The New York Times says “simply exquisite.” Hayes and Cahill have performed for President Obama and leaders of the European Union, in major concert halls and headlining festivals around the globe.Brian FitzGerald and Martin McCormack of Switchback have been playing their brand of eclectic Celtic and Americana music at sold-out concert halls, performing arts centers and festivals for over 20 years. Featuring a mix of Irish music and original songs, their concerts have been described as “breathtaking scenery for your ears.” With a mix of mandolin, guitar, and bass their harmonies have won comparisons to the Louvin Brothers, the Everly Brothers and Simon and Garfunkel.
