Ink & Electricity: Up From Middlebrow
2016-11-29 16:30 - 17:30 (America/New_York) | Bey Hall
For its fourth annual Ink & Electricity event, Monmouth will host the lecture “Up from Middlebrow” by Jonathan Rose, a William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of History from Drew University. Taking the title of his talk from Booker T. Washington’s Up from Slavery, Rose will survey the recent historiography of American middlebrow literature—from nineteenth-century black Shakespeare clubs to Oprah.
This event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.
Sponsored by the Wayne D. McMurray Endowed Chair in the Humanities. For more information, contact Kristin Bluemel.

Orchestra of St. Peter by the Sea
2016-12-02 20:00 | Pollak Theatre
A limited number of artist tickets for this concert have just been released!! They are available on a first come first serve basis.
An annual holiday tradition, the ever lovable and charismatic
Father Alphonse Stevenson returns to conduct the Orchestra of St. Peter by
the Sea for their 26th concert of carols and seasonal favorites. There’s simply no better way to start the
holiday season than to spend a special evening with Father Alphonse, his
42-piece orchestra and distinguished vocalists as he provides humorous and
personal anecdotes amidst a program of holiday classics and carols. Be sure to
get your tickets early for this annual sell out!

Holiday at the Hall
2016-12-03 19:00 - 22:00 | The Great Hall

Now What? Assessing the 2016 Election and What it Means for the Future
2016-12-05 18:30 - 19:30 | The Great Hall Auditorium

The Barbera-Villegas International Social Work Lecture
2016-12-06 17:30

Barbera-Villegas International Social Work Lecture: Lena Dominelli
2016-12-06 17:30 - 19:00 | The Great Hall Auditorium
Barbera-Villegas International Social Work Lecture
December 6, 2016
5:30 p.m., Wilson Hall Auditorium
5 p.m., Reception, Wilson Hall Auditorium Lobby

Lena Dominelli, Professor of Applied Social Sciences, University of Durham, United Kingdom
Beyond Social Exclusion: Incorporating Environmental Justice with Social Justice
Lena Dominelli, Professor of Applied Social Sciences and Academician in the Academy of the Learned Societies for Social Sciences, is an experienced educator, practitioner and researcher. Professor Dominelli is also a Co-Director for the Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience Research with specific responsibility for the Vulnerability and Resilience Programme. In this latter capacity, she endeavours to bring people together in research dialogues across the physical sciences, social sciences, health sciences, arts and humanities. She is currently also the Chair of the International Association of Schools of Social Work’s (IASSW’s) Committee on Disaster Interventions, Climate Change and Sustainability.
Professor Dominelli argues passionately for the realization of human freedom from social inequalities and injustices in her writings, policy-making forums and communities seeking to change their social and physical environments. Her current research interests include: climate change and environmental social work; globalization; social and community development; social change; women’s well-being and welfare; motherhood; fatherhood; child well-being and children’s rights.
Among Lena’s most recent single authored books are: Social Work in a Globalizing World (2010); Introducing Social Work (2009); Anti-Racist Social Work (2008, 3rd Edn.); Women and Community Action (2006, 2nd Edn.); Social Work: Theory and Practice in a Changing Profession (2004). Key edited works include Social Work: Themes, Issues and Dilemmas (3rd Edn.); Critical Practice in Social Work (2nd Edn.); and Practicing Social Work in a Complex World; (all 3 edited with R Adams and M Payne, 2009); and Broadening Horizons: International Exchanges in Social Work (edited with W Thomas Bernard, 2003).
Lena has received accolades for her contributions to social welfare in the international arena, including a medal from the Social Affairs Committee of the French Senate; and an Honorary Doctorate from the Univeristy of KwaZulu Natal in Durban, South Africa.
Abstract to the Presentation by Professor Dominelli
Wealthy societies are becoming increasingly polarized as wealth is accumulated by a few wealthy individuals, mainly but not all, from the global North, to the detriment of working class children, women, older people, people from black and minority ethnic groups, asylum seekers and refugees. Wealth distribution has become so distorted that Oxfam (2016) has published, An Economy for the 1%, to argue that 62 individuals hold more wealth between them than 50 per cent of the world’s population (3.6 billion people). Moreover, 53 of this super-wealthy elite group are men. According to the Forbes list of billionaires, the world’s richest man (Bill Gates) holds twice the wealth of the richest woman (Christy Walton). Women also hold only 24 Chief Executive Officer (CEO) positions in the Fortune 500 companies. While CEO salaries have become hugely inflated, salaries at the bottom end have remained stagnant or been reduced. For example, American CEOs have seen their salaries increase by 54 per cent since 2009 while salaries at the bottom have not moved. In India, a CEO earns 416 times the salary of the average worker. Women are concentrated in the lowest-paid, most precarious jobs, including dangerous work in the sweatshops of the world. These inequalities have been exacerbated in Europe through what I term ‘state-induced inequalities’ whereby public expenditure cuts and privatized welfare states are becoming the norm, and leading to rising social exclusion and inequality. Discourses about social justice are becoming marginalized, and environmental justice is scarcely considered, including in the post-Paris Agreement world.. The loss of re-distributive transfers through the welfare state mean that more and more people are struggling at society’s margins, merely to survive. Substantial numbers of people rely on food-banks and begging in major, affluent cities like London and Paris, as institutionalized solidarity in the shape of welfare benefits as of right become harder and harder to obtain.
Income inequalities lead to other forms of inequalities, including lost opportunities for the full growth and development of the talents of an individual. The ravages of a neo-liberal industrial model of development produce more losers than winners – the ‘one per cent and the rest’ as the Occupy Wall Street Movement put it. Intervening to prevent its march across the world demands a more sophisticated analysis than is evident to the public which is fed myths by a media that is dominated by right-wingers and right-wing politicians who have appropriated the words of progressive-minded individuals and turned them to their advantage. Such messages have legitimated racist discourses and intensified despair, social protests, loss of solidarity and empathy with those in difficulty, and lack of hope for a future that can deliver basic rights ranging from civic to environmental rights for all peoples living within a particular nation-state. In this presentation, I consider what social workers can do to promote a form of social justice that includes care for people, plants, animals and the planet in meeting human needs.

12th Annual Future of the Ocean Symposium & Champions of the Ocean Awards Luncheon
2016-12-07 10:00 - 13:30 | The Great Hall
Joint Ocean Commission Initiative Co-Chair and former New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman will be among the honorees at the Monmouth University Urban Coast Institute’s 12th Annual Future of the Ocean Symposium and Champions of the Ocean Awards Luncheon on December 7, 2016. The theme for this year’s symposium is America’s Ocean Future: Priorities for Congress and Next Administration.
The symposium will be held from 10 a.m. to noon in Wilson Hall, and is free and open to the public.
The awards luncheon will follow from noon to 1:30 p.m. Tickets are required to attend the luncheon, and online ticket orders will be available shortly.
Dr. Donald Boesch, President of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, will receive the UCI’s Regional Champion of the Ocean Award and serve as the second symposium speaker along with Gov. Whitman.
This year’s State, Coastal and Ocean Leadership Champion of the Ocean honorees will be David Rosenblatt, Assistant Commissioner, Engineering and Construction, at the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP); and Elizabeth Semple, Assistant Director, Division of Coastal and Land Use Planning, NJDEP.
For more information, visit the Urban Coast Institute web site or contact Danica Simmons at 732-263-5662 or via email at dsimmons@monmouth.edu.

SOLD OUT - A MUSICAL WINTER WONDERLAND
2016-12-08 19:30 - 21:00 | The Great Hall
A Musical Winter Wonderland in Wilson Hall on December 8 is SOLD OUT!! Standing Room tickets will be available day of show only for $10.
A cavalcade of Holiday favorites featuring the Monmouth University Chamber Orchestra, The Jazz Hawks, The Concert Choir, the Chamber Choir, soloists, and a special appearance by the Colts Neck Reformed Church Exultation Ringers, all in the magisterial setting of Wilson Hall.

December Senior Show
2016-12-09 10:00 - 2016-12-16 17:00 | Rotary Ice House Gallery
Opening
Reception: Friday, Dec. 9, from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.

Free and Open to the Public
Featuring the work of Monmouth
University graduating seniors who will receive their degrees in Graphic Design,
Animation or Fine Art.

Met Opera: L’Amour de Loin (Broadcast Live in HD)
2016-12-10 13:00 - 15:00 | Pollak Gallery
One of the most highly praised operas of recent years, which had its premiere at the Salzburg Festival in 2000, Kaija Saariaho’s yearning medieval romance L’Amour de Loin (“Love From Afar”), has its Met premiere this season. The production is by
Robert Lepage, co-produced with L’Opéra de Québec, where it premiered to acclaim last summer, in collaboration with Ex Machina. Debuting Finnish conductor Susanna Mälkki leads the performance, which stars Susanna Phillips as Clémence, Eric Owens as Jaufré, and Tamara Mumford as the Pilgrim who carries messages of love between them.
Run Time: 3:00
Encore: Sunday, January 15,
2017 1:00 pm

Met Opera: Nabucco (Broadcast Live in HD)
2017-01-07 13:00 - 15:00 | Pollak Theatre
Met Music
Director James Levine conducts Verdi’s early drama of Ancient Babylon, Nabucco,
with Plácido Domingo adding a new role to his repertory as the title character.
Liudmyla Monastyrska sings the tour-de-force role of Abigaille, Nabucco’s
willful daughter, with Jamie Barton as Fenena, Russell Thomas as Ismaele, and
Dmitri Belosselskiy as the prophet Zaccaria, the role of his 2011 Met debut.
Run Time: 3:05
Encore: Sunday, January 29,
2017 at 1 pm

Met Opera Encore: L’Amour de Loin (Broadcast Live in HD)
2017-01-15 13:00 - 16:00 | Pollak Theatre
One
of the most highly praised operas of recent years, which had its premiere at
the Salzburg Festival in 2000, Kaija Saariaho’s yearning medieval romance
L’Amour de Loin (“Love From Afar”), has its Met premiere this season. The
production is by Robert Lepage, co-produced with L’Opéra de Québec, where it
premiered to acclaim last summer, in collaboration with Ex Machina. Debuting
Finnish conductor Susanna Mälkki leads the performance, which stars Susanna
Phillips as Clémence, Eric Owens as Jaufré, and Tamara Mumford as the Pilgrim
who carries messages of love between them

Run Time: 3:00

Monmouth University Department of Art and Design Faculty Exhibition
2017-01-17 10:00 - 2017-03-10 17:00 | Joan and Robert Rechnitz Hall
Opening Reception: Friday, Jan. 27, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Free and Open to the Public
Featuring the work of the Monmouth University Department of Art and Design Faculty and Adjunct Faculty.

Drones by Karina Aguilera Skvirsky
2017-01-17 10:00 - 2017-03-24 17:00 | Rotary Ice House Gallery
Lecture: Feb. 2, from 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. in Wilson Hall Auditorium
Opening reception: Friday, Feb. 2, from 5:30 – 7:00 p.m.
Drones are in the news. They carry out targeted killings; they are manned with cameras to record movements on the ground; hobbyists fly them in public spaces; Amazon wants to use them to deliver their products. Appropriating visual juxtapositions from the surrealists and kitsch sic-fi invasion films, Drones is a series of photo-collages that put flying objects into our aerial landscapes.
This series includes landscapes from US, Ecuador and other unidentifiable locations. “The Drones” function like a photographic bricolage of buildings. The cut of a scissors and Photoshop suggest something crucial about Drones: their immediate extraterrestrial appearance places them in a space between reality and fiction mirroring our own abstract experience (via the Internet).
Bio:
Karina Aguilera Skvirsky is a multi-disciplinary artist who works in photography, video and performance. Her work has been exhibited internationally in group and solo exhibitions. In 2010 she participated in There is always a cup of sea for man to sail, the 29th Sao Paolo Biennial (2010), where she exhibited work from her project, Memories of Development. In 2015 she was awarded a Fulbright grant and a Jerome Foundation Grant to produce “The Perilous Journey of Maria Palacios”, a performance based film that will premier in 2016 at the Cuenca Biennial, Ecuador. Artist in Residence programs she has participated in include: Office Hours, at El museo del barrio, NY, NY; LMCC Workspace, NY, NY; MacDowell Residency, NH; Smackmellon, Brooklyn, NY and others. Skvirsky is an Associate Professor at Lafayette College, Easton, PA and an MFA faculty member at the The New School, Parsons School of Design, NY, NY. She is represented by DPM Gallery, Guayaquil, Ecuador.
More about Karina Aguilera Skvirsky’s work on her website at: http://www.karinas.net/

Met Opera: Roméo et Juliette (Broadcast Live in HD)
2017-01-21 13:00 - 15:00 | Pollak Theatre
The
electrifying team of Vittorio Grigolo and Diana Damrau reunites for a new
production of Gounod’s opera based on the Shakespeare play. Damrau makes her
role debut as Juliette in Bartlett Sher’s new production, conducted by
Gianandrea Noseda. Elliot Madore sings Mercutio and Mikhail Petrenko sings
Frère Laurent. Sher’s staging is a La Scala production, initially presented by
the Salzburg Festival, where it premiered in 2008.
Run time: 3:30
Encore: Sunday, February 12,
2017 at 1 pm

Bolshoi Ballet: The Bright Stream - Live in HD
2017-01-22 15:00 - 17:00 | Pollak Theatre
During harvest festival at a collective farm, a visiting dance troupe reunites a ballerina with her childhood friend Zina. In order to teach her unfaithful husband a lesson, Zina, the ballerina and the ballerina’s husband decide to swap roles for the evening…

Alexei Ratmansky invokes the genius of Shostakovich’s score at the Bolshoi, creating a laugh-out-loud masterpiece with its bits of slapstick comedy, hilarious deceptions, false identities including Principal Dancer Ruslan Skvortsov dressed as a Sylph and its many colorful characters! The Bolshoi bursts with vivid life and bright spirits in Ratmansky’s brilliantly choreographed smash.
Running time: 2:30
Captured live on Apr 29, 2012
Music Dmitri Shostakovich
Choreography Alexei Ratmansky

World Cinema Series: Labyrinth of Lies
2017-01-25 19:30 - 21:30 | Pollak Theatre
World Cinema Series 2016-2017
“Breaking the Silence, Confronting the Past”
A global look at five filmmakers who defy repressive regimes and their “official line” to promote human freedom, historical truth, and social justice
“Labyrinth of Lies” (Director: Giulio Ricciardelli, Germany 2014)
A story that exposes the conspiracy of prominent German institutions and government branches to cover up the crimes of Nazis during World War II. Rated R (124 minutes)
Organized by the Office for Global Education
All synopses are based on IMdB website

National Theatre of London: No Man's Land (Live in HD)
2017-01-26 19:30 - 22:00 | Pollak Theatre
Following their hit run on Broadway, Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart return to the West End stage in Harold Pinter’s No Man’s Land, broadcast live to cinemas from Wyndham’s Theatre, London.
One summer’s evening, two aging writers, Hirst and Spooner, meet in a Hampstead pub and continue their drinking into the night at Hirst’s stately house nearby. As the pair become increasingly inebriated,
and their stories increasingly unbelievable, the lively conversation soon turns into a revealing power game, further complicated by the return home of two sinister younger men.
Also starring Owen Teale and Damien Molony, don’t miss this glorious revival of Pinter’s comic classic. The broadcast will be followed by an exclusive Q&A with the cast and director Sean Mathias.

Met Opera Encore: Nabucco (Broadcast Live in HD)
2017-01-29 13:00 - 15:00 | Pollak Theatre
Met Music
Director James Levine conducts Verdi’s early drama of Ancient Babylon, Nabucco,
with Plácido Domingo adding a new role to his repertory as the title character.
Liudmyla Monastyrska sings the tour-de-force role of Abigaille, Nabucco’s
willful daughter, with Jamie Barton as Fenena, Russell Thomas as Ismaele, and
Dmitri Belosselskiy as the prophet Zaccaria, the role of his 2011 Met debut.
Run Time: 3:05

WOMEN IN THE WORLD… A VISUAL PERSPECTIVE
2017-02-01 09:00 - 2017-03-24 19:00 | Pollak Gallery
The Women In the World…A Visual Perspective, art exhibit ties into the theme for Women In Media – Newark’s 8th annual Women’s History Month Film Festival, and takes a broad look at the struggles and triumphs experienced by women globally. This exhibition, exquisitely curated by the renowned Gladys B. Grauer, uses the work of a socially and culturally diverse group of New Jersey based women artists to explore this seemingly simple topic. The images in this exhibit are not necessarily intended to be a literal interpretation of the theme, rather they often offer a metaphorical relationship to the theme. This inspiring exhibit is not to be missed!
Exhibiting Artists include: Sybil Archibald, Anonda Bell, Cathleen McCoy Bristol, Eleta Caldwell, Caren King Choi, Dominique Duroseau, Anne Dushanko Dobek, Adebunmi Gbadebo, Evelyn Graves, Donna Conklin King, Yolande Skeete-Laessig, Grace Graupe Pillard, Patricia Arias-Reynolds, Melissa Saenz, Danielle Scott, Armisey Smith, Nette Thomas, Toni Thomas, Shoshanna Weinberger, and Adrienne Wheeler.

Opening Reception: Feb. 10, 6:30-8:30 PM

National Theatre of London: Amadeus (Live in HD)
2017-02-02 19:00 - 22:00 | Pollak Theatre
Please Note the time of this screening has changed to 7:00 PM.
Music. Power. Jealousy. Lucian Msamati (Luther, Game of
Thrones, NT Live: The Comedy of Errors) plays Salieri in Peter
Shaffer’s iconic play, broadcast live from the National Theatre, and with live orchestral
accompaniment by Southbank Sinfonia. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a rowdy young
prodigy, arrives in Vienna, the music capital of the world – and he’s
determined to make a splash. Awestruck by his genius, court composer Antonio
Salieri has the power to promote his talent or destroy his name. Seized by
obsessive jealousy he begins a war with Mozart, with music, and ultimately,
with God. After winning multiple Olivier and Tony
Awards when it had its premiere at the National Theatre in 1979, Amadeus
was adapted into an Academy Award-winning film.

CANCELLED: NEXT STOP HARLEM! WITH THE MIMI JONES SEXTET
2017-02-04 20:00 - 23:00 | Pollak Theatre
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED
Featuring the Mimi Jones Sextet, this mini musical theater piece blends arranged music based on the Harlem Renaissance and Jazz from the 30’s, 40’s and 50’s with poetry and dialogue. Bassist/vocalist/ producer/label owner and now filmmaker Mimi Jones has reigned supreme, as a side woman to an impressive coterie of musicians and as a leader with her own Hot Tone Music record label. Mimi has toured extensively throughout the world and is recognized as a U.S. Jazz Ambassador. She has played with Kenny Barron, Frank Ocean, Dianne Reeves, Tia Fuller, Ingrid Jensen, Marc Cary, Toshi Reagon, Rachel Z, Terri Lyne Carrington’s Grammy Award winning Mosaic Project and more.
This event will include:Mimi Jones on Bass/ Voice/ DirectorArcoIris Sandoval on pianoRussell Carter on bassTim Vaughn on tromboneGabriel Murphy on alto saxNadje Nordhuis on trumpetJoseph Wiggins Dancer/Choreographer

TUESDAY NIGHT RECORD CLUB: Blondie's Parallel Lines
2017-02-07 19:30 - 21:00 | Lauren K. Woods Theatre
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 in Woods Theatre to discuss some of the greatest records of all-time! Listen to the album beforehand and then come prepared to discuss…there will be special guest moderators and panelists at each event!
This discussion will feature Blondie’s Parallel Lines. This event is free but registration is required.

Best of the Eagles
2017-02-11 20:00 - 23:00 | Pollak Theatre
BEST OF
THE EAGLES (BOTE) to perform HOTEL CALIFORNIA in its entirety!
The BEST OF THE EAGLES (BOTE) “The Eagles Tribute Band” was established in 2012 with veteran New Jersey musicians. BOTE plays the music of The Eagles, who have sold over 150 million albums worldwide, drawn from their entire career which includes the Joe Walsh years. At the upcoming 2+ hour Pollak show, BOTE will perform the Eagles mega-hit album Hotel California in it’s entirety as well as many more Eagles hits, nuggets and fan faves. The Hotel California album sold over 32 million copies worldwide and contained such classic Eagles songs as “New Kid In Town”, “Life In The Fast Lane”, “Victim of Love”, “The Last Resort” and of course “Hotel California”.
Gold Circle seating includes an after show meet and greet with refreshments.
(Please note this is a rental event and gift certificates and ticket vouchers are not valid on this event)

Met Opera Encore: Roméo et Juliette (Broadcast Live in HD)
2017-02-12 13:00 - 15:00 | Pollak Theatre
The
electrifying team of Vittorio Grigolo and Diana Damrau reunites for a new
production of Gounod’s opera based on the Shakespeare play. Damrau makes her
role debut as Juliette in Bartlett Sher’s new production, conducted by
Gianandrea Noseda. Elliot Madore sings Mercutio and Mikhail Petrenko sings
Frère Laurent. Sher’s staging is a La Scala production, initially presented by
the Salzburg Festival, where it premiered in 2008.

Run time: 3:30

On Screen/in Person: Hilleman - A Perilous Quest to Save the World's Children
2017-02-13 19:30 - 21:00 | Pollak Theatre
The Twentieth-Century was a dangerous time to be young. Before vaccines, there were a multitude of diseases that too often kept children from reaching even their teenage years. From the throws of that environment, Dr. Maurice Hilleman would emerge to lead a revolution in vaccine innovation and save many millions of young lives each year. But after being forced to retire at the height of his productivity in 1985, Hilleman watched as one company after another began to abandon vaccine research. When parents began choosing not to vaccinate their children in the 1990s the cruel irony became clear; Hilleman’s unprecedented successes had allowed us to forget just how devastating childhood diseases could be.
There will be a post screening Q&A with the director Donald Rayne Mitchell.
Run Time: 64 minutes
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.

Walnut Street Theatre’s Last of the Red Hot Lovers
2017-02-16 19:30 - 21:30 | Pollak Theatre
America in the 1960s, an era that encouraged LOVE, was populated by “Mad Men” and “Mod Women” trying to navigate the new normal. In this freshly conceived production of Neil Simon’s classic, Last of the Red Hot Lovers, true comedy ensues when a modern man in the hip sixties looks for something new and different, but ends up finding himself in the same situation, again and again…and again!
Barney Cashman is middle-aged, married, overworked and overweight. It’s finally his turn to join the sexual revolution… before it’s too late. With no experience in covert maneuvers, he arranges three attempted trysts. His targets; a bawdy bundle of fun who likes smooth whiskey and other women’s husbands, a young actress too kooky for words, and a neurotic housewife who happens to be married to his best friend. And through all the mishaps and laughter, Barney begins to rediscover his humanity and what he thought was missing all along.
Last of the Red Hot Lovers had a lengthy run on Broadway and was made into a hit film starring Alan Arkin and Sally Kellerman.
Walnut Street Theatre, America’s Oldest Theatre, celebrated 200 years of great entertainment in 2009. Most noteworthy American actors of the 19th century and many from the 20th century have appeared on stage at the Walnut. Some of the Walnut’s shining stars include: Edwin Forrest, Edwin Booth, the Drews, the Barrymores, George M. Cohan, Will Rogers, The Marx Brothers, Helen Hayes, Henry Fonda, Katharine Hepburn, Marlon Brando, Jessica Tandy, Ethel Waters, Audrey Hepburn, Sidney Poitier, Lauren Bacall, George C. Scott, Jane Fonda, Robert Redford, Julie Harris, Jack Lemon, and William Shatner.
The theatre has been home to many pre-Broadway try-outs of plays that would go on to become American classics, such as A Streetcar Named Desire starring Marlon Brando, A Raisin in the Sun featuring Sydney Poitier, The Diary of Anne Frank featuring Susan Strasberg, Mister Roberts, starring Henry Fonda, and Neil Simon’s first Broadway play, Come Blow Your Horn.
The Walnut began its most recent incarnation as a self-producing, non-profit regional theatre when Bernard Havard took the helm in 1982, founding the Walnut Street Theatre Company with a vision of once again creating theatre in a space that is so steeped in the American theatre’s traditions and history. Today, you can experience the realization of that dream when you attend a live performance. With over 56,000 subscribers annually, Walnut Street Theatre is the most subscribed theatre company in the world. For additional information about Walnut Street Theatre: Visit WalnutStreetTheatre.org.
“Delightfully hilarious and witty, as well as filled with wisdom about human nature…an uproariously funny author. But he is far more than that. He has a mellow and compassionate understanding of how weak and essentially well meaning mankind behaves…a genuinely brilliant play.”- New York Post

Koresh Dance Company
2017-02-18 20:00 - 23:00 | Pollak Theatre
In its 25th year, Koresh Dance Company presents Classic KORESH, a selection of favorites drawn from the company’s quarter century of innovative work. These repertoire classics include interpretations of Classical compositions by Bach, Beethoven, and Ravel, from the rolling strains of “Moonlight Sonata” to the trumpeting processions of “Bolero.” Moments of tenderness and grace alternate with humor and brash force on this tour of highlights drawn from over 60 existing works by Artistic Director Ronen Koresh. As a unique feature of our anniversary program, Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23 will feature in a newly commissioned work, “23: Deconstructing Mozart,” a collaborative initiative driven by Koresh and multi-media artist Paul Miller, a.k.a. DJ Spooky. There will be a post show Q&A with members of the company.

Bolshoi Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty - Live in HD
2017-02-19 15:00 - 17:00 | Pollak Theatre
On her 16th birthday, a curse by the evil Carabosse causes the beautiful Princess Aurora to fall into a deep slumber for 100 years. Only the kiss of a prince could awaken her…

In this resplendent and magical classic, the Bolshoi dancers take us on a dream-like journey through this classic fairytale complete with jewel fairies, a magical kingdom, a youthful princess and a handsome prince in this purest style of classical ballet. The Bolshoi’s sumptuous staging with its luxurious sets and costumes gives life to Perrault’s fairy tale unlike any other. A must-see!
Run time: 2:50
Music Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Choreography Yuri Grigorovich
Libretto Ivan Vsevolozhsky and Marius Petipa (after Charles Perrault)

Art Now: Hasan Elahi - Tracking Transience - an Artist Talk
2017-02-21 16:30 - 18:00 | The Great Hall Auditorium
Free and Open to the Public
Hasan Elahi is an interdisciplinary artist working with issues in surveillance, privacy, migration, citizenship, technology, and the challenges of borders. An erroneous tip called into law enforcement authorities in 2002 subjected Elahi to an intensive investigation by the FBI and after undergoing months of interrogations, he was finally cleared of suspicions. After this harrowing experience, Elahi conceived “Tracking Transience” and opened just about every aspect of his life to the public. Predating the NSA’s PRISM surveillance program by half a decade, the project questions the consequences of living under constant surveillance and continuously generates databases of imagery that tracks the artist and his points of transit in real-time. Although
initially created for his FBI agent, the public can also monitor the artist’s communication records, banking transactions, and transportation logs along with various intelligence and government agencies who have been confirmed visiting his website.
Elahi’s work has been presented in numerous exhibitions at venues such as SITE Santa Fe, Centre Georges Pompidou, Sundance Film Festival, and at the Venice Biennale. Elahi has spoken to audiences as diverse as the Tate Modern, American Association of Artificial Intelligence, International Association of Privacy Professionals, TED Global, and the World Economic Forum. His work is frequently in the media and has appeared on Al Jazeera, Fox News, and on The Colbert Report. In addition to receiving a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2016, his awards include grants from the Creative Capital Foundation in 2006 and Art Matters Foundation in 2011. In 2014, he was Artist-in-Residence at Shangri-La/Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art and in 2009, Resident Faculty at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. He is currently Associate Professor of Art at University of Maryland, roughly equidistant from the CIA, FBI, and NSA headquarters.
See attached photo. Image credit: E. Brady Robinson
