Hip Hop in the Round
2023-02-22 19:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Lauren K. Woods Theatre
This year being the 50th anniversary of the emergence of hip hop, the Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music in association with Blue Hawk Records presents “Hip Hop in the Round,” an evening of conversation and music featuring hip hop artists from Monmouth University and Asbury Park.
Hosted by Bob Santelli, Executive Director of the Archives, artists will share insight into their creative process, their roots and influences, and their forms of inspiration as well as perform selective tracks from their body of work.
Student artists include senior music industry major, Gabe “Double G” Garza, and juniors, Justin Ume and Asad “Kid Ace” Whitehead. Also on the panel will be a special Asbury Park-based guest artist.
Reservations are encouraged and admission will be on a first-come-first-served basis.

Writing Memoir (Advanced) - SOLD OUT
2023-02-23 19:30 - 21:00 | Virtual
This class is SOLD OUT

Class Schedule: Thursdays – Feb. 9, Feb. 16 and Feb. 23 | 7:30 – 9:00 PM
This three-session virtual course taught by Mike Farragher (88) builds on the wildly popular Intro to Memoir Writing workshops with an emphasis on character development, dialogue, and scene setting that will make any story a page turner. Practical lessons are interspersed with writing prompts to get the creativity going during this 3 week course. No prior writing experience needed and all levels welcome!
Zoom Link will be provided upon registration.

Los Lobos
2023-02-24 20:00 - 22:00 | Pollak Theatre
The journey of Los Lobos began in 1973, 50 years ago this year, when David Hidalgo (vocals, guitar, and pretty much anything with strings), Louie Perez (drums, vocals, guitar), Cesar Rosas (vocals, guitar), and Conrad Lozano (bass, vocals, guitarrón) earned their stripes playing revved-up versions of Mexican folk music in restaurants and at parties. The band evolved in the 1980s as it tapped into L.A.’s burgeoning punk and college rock scenes. They were soon sharing bills with bands like the Circle Jerks, Public Image Ltd. and the Blasters, whose saxophonist, Steve Berlin, would eventually leave the group to join Los Lobos in 1984.
Early on, Los Lobos enjoyed critical success, winning the Grammy® for Best Mexican-American Performance for “Anselma” from its 1983 EP …And a Time to Dance. A year later, the group released its full-length, major-label debut, How Will the Wolf Survive? Co-produced by Berlin and T Bone Burnett, the album was a college rock sensation that helped Los Lobos tie with Bruce Springsteen as Rolling Stone’s Artist of the Year.
A major turning point came in 1987 with the release of the Ritchie Valens biopic, La Bamba. The quintet’s cover of Valens’ signature song topped the charts in the U.S. and the U.K. Rather than capitalize on that massive commercial success, Los Lobos instead chose to record La Pistola y El Corazón, a tribute to Tejano and Mariachi music that won the 1989 Grammy® for Best Mexican-American Performance.
That kind of sharp artistic turn has become Los Lobos’ trademark, serving to both fuel the band’s creativity and keep its fans engaged. In 1992, that willingness to defy expectations led them to record Kiko, an adventurous album produced by Mitchell Froom that’s considered by many to be one the band’s very best.
Since then, Los Lobos has continued to deliver daring and diverse albums such as Colossal Head (1996), Good Morning Aztlán (2002), The Town and the City (2006), Tin Can Trust (2010) and Gates of Gold (2015). On top of that, the band’s live shows never disappoint, as documented on the recent concert recordings Live at the Fillmore (2005) and Disconnected in New York City (2013). Through the years, they’ve managed to keep things interesting with unexpected side trips like an album of Disney songs in 2009, along with countless contributions to tribute albums and film soundtracks. One of those – “Mariachi Suite” from the 1995 film Desperado – earned the band a Grammy® for Best Pop Instrumental Performance. Los Lobos’ love letter to the city of Los Angeles as their album Native Sons (2021), returned the band to the Grammy winner’s circle with Best Americana Album of 2022. In 2023, Los Lobos celebrates its 50th anniversary as a band, a rare and impressive feat, as the band continues its great legacy.
Los Lobos has sold millions of records, won prestigious awards and made fans around the world. But perhaps its most lasting impact will be how well its music embodies the idea of America as a cultural melting pot. In it, styles like son jarocho, norteño, Tejano, folk, country, doo-wop, soul, R&B, rock ’n’ roll and punk all come together to create a new sound that’s greater than the sum of its parts.

More at: https://www.loslobos.org

Sam Lipsyte
2023-02-27 18:00 - 19:00 | The Great Hall -104
Sam Lipsyte is the author of five novels and two short-story collections, including The Ask, Hark and No One Left to Come Looking for You. His fiction and nonfiction have appeared in The New Yorker, Harper’s, The Paris Review, n+1, Noon, Open City, The Quarterly and Best American Short Stories, among other places. A Guggenheim Fellow and winner of the Believer Book Award, he lives in New York City and teaches at Columbia University’s School of the Arts.

Study Abroad 101
2023-03-01 14:45 - 16:15, 2023-03-08 14:45 - 16:15, 2023-03-15 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

As We Forgive
2023-03-01 19:30 - 21:30 | Pollak Theatre
Join us for a World Cinema Series film screening/discussion illuminating the theme “Wartime Lives: Enduring and Transcending Violence and Occupation” by analyzing the message and impact of the film As We Forgive (2009).
Directed by Laura Waters Hinson and narrated by Mia Farrow comes the award-winning documentary of two Rwandan women who struggle with the face-to-face encounter with the men who slaughtered their families during the 1994 genocide. These women and men speak for a nation still wracked by the grief of a genocide that killed one in eight Rwandans. Overwhelmed by an enormous backlog of court cases, the government released 50,000 perpetrators back to the very communities they helped to destroy. Without the hope of full justice, Rwanda has turned to a new solution of reconciliation. Come experience through their eyes the journey from death to life through forgiveness.
(District of Columbia: Image Bearer Films, 2010), 54 minutes
The discussion of the film will be led by Claude Taylor, Director For Academic Transition And Inclusion.

The Crucible
2023-03-02 19:30 - 22:30 | Pollak Theatre
A witch hunt is beginning in Arthur Miller’s captivating parable of power with Erin Doherty (The Crown) and Brendan Cowell (Yerma).
Raised to be seen but not heard, a group of young women in Salem suddenly find their words have an almighty power. As a climate of fear, vendetta and accusation spreads through the community, no one is safe from trial.
Lyndsey Turner (Hamlet) directs this contemporary new staging, designed by Tony Award-winner Es Devlin (The Lehman Trilogy). Captured live from the Olivier stage at the National Theatre.

A Doll’s House
2023-03-02 20:00 - 2023-03-09 22:00, 2023-03-03 20:00 - 2023-03-10 22:00, 2023-03-04 14:00 - 16:00, 2023-03-04 20:00 - 2023-03-11 22:00, 2023-03-05 15:00 - 17:00, 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.

Cherish the Ladies
2023-03-04 20:00 - 22:00 | Pollak Theatre
One of America’s most heralded Irish music ensembles for the last 37 years, Cherish the Ladies has won the hearts of audiences worldwide with their rousing blend of traditional music, captivating vocals, and propulsive step dancing. Under the leadership of Joanie Madden, these extremely gifted women create a moving experience with a blend of virtuoso instrumentals, beautiful vocals, traditional and original arrangements along with stunning step dancing — all presented with extraordinary talent, creativity, and humor.

Intro to Career Development
2023-03-06 13:30 - 14:15 | Career Development
Come learn more about career development with Coach Maria.

Liz Phair, Exile in Guyville
2023-03-07 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 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.

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.
