Events

Bar A Alumni Summer Happy Hour
2022-08-13 16:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)

Carson McCullers' The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter,
2022-08-16 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 Carson McCullers’ The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter.
The beloved classic that turned Carson McCullers into an overnight literary sensation and one of the Modern Library’s top 20 novels of the 20th century. In a Georgia Mill town during the 1930s, an enigmatic John Singer, draws out the haunted confessions of an itinerant worker, a doctor, a widowed café owner, and a young girl. Each yearns for escape from small town life, but the young girl, Mick Kelly, the book’s heroine (loosely based on McCullers), finds solace in her music.
When you register you will be provided the meeting link to join the conversation.

The Lost Princess of Oz – A World Premiere
2022-08-19 18:00 - 20:00, 2022-08-20 19:30 - 21:30, 2022-08-21 14:00 - 16:00, 2022-08-21 19:00 - 21:00, 2022-08-26 19:30 - 21:00, 2022-08-27 14:00 - 16:00, 2022-08-28 14:00 - 16:00, 2022-08-28 19:00 - 21:00 | Pollak Theatre
From the creator of America’s favorite story THE WIZARD OF OZ comes this little-known sequel THE LOST PRINCESS OF OZ! L. Frank Baum continues the adventures of Dorothy from Kansas, Glinda the Good Witch and the Wizard himself as they search for Princess Ozma to recover the magic stolen from Oz. In this fantastical tale, Baum introduces new characters including the Frogman, the Patchwork Girl, the clock man Tik-Tok, and, of course, the talking (singing) hen, played by Reagan Richards of the popular country duo Williams Honor. Gordon Brown, also of Williams Honor, portrays Baum.
This multimedia dance musical from the Axelrod Contemporary Ballet Theater is directed by Gabriel Chajnik with a libretto based on Baum by Shannon Hill and an exciting original score by Chris Becker, whose Appalachian-inspired composition is infused with country fiddles and bluegrass banjoes!
If you loved WICKED, the prequel to Oz, wait till you discover the music and the magic of THE LOST PRINCESS OF OZ! A great summer adventure for the whole family, from one to a hundred!

BOX OFFICE: 732-531-9106, ext 14.

Performances:
Preview Performance: Fri. Aug. 19 @ 6pm
Sat. Aug. 20 @ 7:30pm
Sun. Aug. 21 @ 2pm & 7pm
Fri. Aug. 26 @ 7:30pm
Sat. Aug. 27 @ 2pm
Sun. Aug. 28 @ 2pm & 7pm

Monmouth Alumni Day at Yankee Stadium
2022-08-20 13:00 | Yankee Stadium
Join your fellow Hawks at Yankee Stadium as the first-place Bronx Bombers take on the Toronto Blue Jays.
This game is sold out! Due to the popularity, we’ve added another Monmouth Alumni Day at Yankee Stadium for 9/24!

Miriam Beerman: 1923–2022 NOTHING HAS CHANGED
2022-09-06 - 2022-12-11 | DiMattio Gallery at Rechnitz Hall
This exhibition shines a spotlight on the late Miriam Beerman, a New Jersey artist whose works are included in the permanent collections of over 60 museums worldwide and a female pioneer in the 20th-century art world. Beerman (1923–2022) was one of the 20th-century’s most provocative artists, whose humanist expressionist works highlight her talent as a colorist. A pioneer as one of the first female artists to be given a solo exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Beerman is part of a canon of 20th-century women artists who were nearly lost to obscurity due to their gender in a male-dominated art world. Influenced by the social injustice seen around her, Beerman shines a spotlight on the horror and pathos of man’s inhumanity to man. The themes prove to be timeless, resonating today as much as when they were created in the 20th century. Her life and art were explored in the 2015 documentary Miriam Beerman: Expressing the Chaos.
Nearly 20 large-scale canvases by Beerman will be represented. The show is guest curated by gallerist James Yarosh and draws upon the recent exhibition Miriam Beerman – REDISCOVER, shown at James Yarosh & Associates Gallery in Holmdel, N.J., which opened in spring 2022. “Living with Miriam Beerman’s paintings at the gallery with the current exhibit REDISCOVER, one cannot help but be both moved and stirred to be in the presence of the colossal works, heavy with paint, laden with subject. When you see these humanist expressionist works existing silently, holding the weight of the world, you begin to understand the gallery’s presentation,” says Yarosh, a gallerist fueled by curatorial activism in recent years. “As I described Miriam’s art with clients, it occurred to me that those words also described the role of female artists of the 20th century whose voices were more stifled in favor of male artists—and of women’s roles in a patriarchal society. “If our art history is male-dominant, and the artists before us our teachers, we are only getting half the lessons to be learned,” he continues. “We have an opportunity to do better. This presentation with Monmouth University allows the conversations to continue and include a younger generation.”
Please join us for a closing reception on December 11 from 1 to 4 p.m.

The Moody Blues, Days of Future Passed
2022-09-13 19:30 - 21:00 | Woods Theatre/Virtual, 400 Cedar Ave, West Long Branch, NJ, 07764, 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 Moody Blues, Days of Future Passed.
This event will be held in person at Woods Theatre 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 Community Conversation With Dr. Cornel West
2022-09-15 19:00 | Count Basie Center’s Hackensack Meridian Health Theatre, 99 Monmouth Street, Red Bank, NJ, 07712, United States
Co-sponsored by the Basie Center, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield, and Monmouth University’s Social Justice Academy and Intercultural Center.
Featured Opener: A’Liah Moore ’23

Roots of Rock ’n’ Roll, Part I
2022-09-15 19:30 - 21:00, 2022-09-22 19:30 - 21:00, 2022-09-29 19:30 - 21:00 | Virtual
Class Schedule: Thursdays – Sept. 15, Sept. 22 & Sept. 29 | 7:30 – 9:00 PM
When the Rock ’n’ Roll Hall of Fame nominations occur every year, the debate ignites: just what is rock? Instead of drawing from one genre, rock ’n’ roll draws from several, all combining to create a sumptuous gumbo that rapidly captured the world’s imagination.
This three-session virtual course taught by Kit O’Toole – the first of a two-part course – explores how gospel, blues, and jazz contributed to the development of the music of Elvis Presley, Fats Domino, Little Richard, and much more. How gospel, blues and jazz impacted instrumentation, vocal style, and composition will also be studied. In addition to multimedia presentations, class discussion and activities will enable attendees to identify the essential elements of rock.
Zoom Link will be provided upon registration.

Jeanine Pennell: Stepping Off the Page: Stories in Clay
2022-09-19 - 2022-12-02 | Rotary Ice House Gallery
An exhibition of work by artist Jeanine Pennell
Artist Statement:
I began this year journeying away from the studio. I left behind my bags of clay and my work tools. Bringing with me only a sketchbook and watercolors. It was the first time since the pandemic that I was away from clay.
I was in search of a new creative process. All of my early sculptures were created in short spurts of time, capturing the fleeting magic of a creative idea, much like gesture drawing. But this process did not serve when I began to push the boundaries. As the sculptures grew and I was creating without a clear end in mind, I found myself stuck. Clay figures draped in plastic shrouds collected in the corners of my studio.
During this time away I turned the process around. I began drawing small intuitive drawings. The sketches were quick, with no purpose or expectation. Capturing the essence of ideas that would float up. Later I would return to color them in and to excavate the meaning behind the art. What did the masks mean? The sharp teeth…faces and more faces? What did it all mean?
I then developed the ideas from my sketchbook in 3-D or clay by creating small maquettes. Once the sculptures were completed early mornings found me sitting with the art to write what I saw. The stories came out. Slowly at first, but with practice more steadily.
This collection is a record of that journey. In the main gallery is a collection of the largest, finished sculptures. As you descend to the lower gallery you will encounter the beginning of the journey. On display are the original drawings, maquettes and early sculptures as well as the stories behind the art.
Opening Reception September 30, 2022 7 PM – 9 PM | Ice House Gallery

Ta-Nehisi Coates' The Water Dancer
2022-09-20 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 Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Water Dancer.
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK
From the National Book Award–winning author of Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates comes a boldly conjured debut novel about a magical gift, a devastating loss, and an underground war for freedom.
This is the dramatic story of an atrocity inflicted on generations of women, men, and children—the violent and capricious separation of families—and the war they waged to simply make lives with the people they loved. Written by one of today’s most exciting thinkers and writers, The Water Dancer is a propulsive, transcendent work that restores the humanity of those from whom everything was stolen.
When you register you will be provided the meeting link to join the conversation.

Ken Womack
2022-09-21 16:30 - 17:45 | The Great Hall -104
Kenneth Womack is one of the world’s leading authorities on the Beatles and their enduring cultural influence. He is the author of a two-volume biography devoted to famed Beatles producer Sir George Martin, including Maximum Volume (2017) and Sound Pictures (2018). His latest book, John Lennon 1980: The Last Days in the Life (2020), traces the story of the former Beatle’s comeback after five years of self-imposed retirement. Dr. Womack will be reading from his upcoming biography of Beatles roadie, Mal Evans.
This event is free and open to the public. RSVP to mmcbride@monmouth.edu

Monmouth Alumni Day at Yankee Stadium
2022-09-24 13:00
Join your fellow Hawks at Yankee Stadium as the first-place Bronx Bombers take on the Toronto Blue Jays.

The Heart of Saturday Night the music of Tom Waits by Pat Guadagno & Small Change
2022-09-24 20:00 - 22:00 | Pollak Theatre
Pat Guadagno and some very special guests, celebrate the Head-Scratching, Mind-Bending, Brilliance of Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Tom Waits.
Jazz, Rock Diva Eryn O’Ree and Shady Street Showman Ryan Gregg, join Guadagno and his band Small Change to deliver the Blood and Whiskey-Stained music of one of the most deviant and provocative artists of our time.
In a career spanning 6 decades, Grammy Award winner Tom Waits recorded over 30 groundbreaking albums. His prolific catalogue, with theatrical tales of bungled romance, late night diners and early morning cold fronts sets the stage for a unique, innovative evening, as The Music of Tom Waits ‘cuts through the night like a Cleveland-bound Greyhound’ straight to The Heart of Saturday Night.

Open Heart : M O V E M E N T Experience
2022-09-25 13:00 - 2022-10-16 15:00 | 10 PRL, 515 Bath Avenue, Long Branch, NJ, 07740, United States
Come join us in the Open Heart : M O V E M E N T experience! The session will begin with a guided meditation emerging in a sound bath of relaxation. Flowing into freely guided movement experiences, together we will integrate music and dance to collectively express. No experience necessary.
Facilitators:
Christine Elise [Vocal Guide/ Harp/ Singing Bowls]
Kuf Knotz [Electronic Production / Sound]
Karlee Bloom [Keyboard / Bass]
Instrumentation: Harp, Electronic Production, Keyboard, Singing Bowls, Keyboard/Bass, Various Percussion instruments
Approximate Schedule:
Arrival
Welcome (5 minutes)
Guided Meditation (15 minutes)
Guided Improvisation Movement Music Experience (60 minutes)
Cool Down (15 minutes)
Group Discussion Circle (25 minutes)
Leave
Classes held: Sundays September 25 & October 16

Age-Friendly Principles of Older Adult Care: The 4Ms
2022-09-28 18:00 - 19:00 | Live over Zoom
Hosted by: The Center for Professional Development in Nursing and Health
Fee: $20 MU Alumni and Preceptors $15, MU Students may register free of charge.
1.5 Nursing Continuing Professional Development contact hours will be provided This program will provide information about the Age-Friendly Health System movement’s 4Ms Framework: What Matters, Medication, Mentation, and Mobility. Resources will be provided with links to evidence-based guidelines and tools for use in providing age-friendly care to older adults, caregivers, and families.
Key topic areas include: Introduction to Age-Friendly Health Systems and the 4Ms Framework

What Matters: Align care with the older adult’s health outcome goals
Medication: Ensure medications do not interfere with What Matters, Mobility, or Mentation
Mentation: Prevent, identify, treat, and manage dementia, delirium, and depression
Mobility: Ensure older adults move safely every day to maintain function and do What Matters

Speaker: Sherry Greenberg, PHD, RN, GNP-BC, FGSA, FNAP, FAANP, FAAN Professor, Hess Endowed Chair in Nursing Education Monmouth University, The Marjorie K. Unterberg School of Nursing and Health Studies.
Successful Completion: Participants will attend 95% of the program, and complete an online evaluation to receive contact hours. Planners, content experts and speakers have declared no conflict of interest. There is no commercial support for this activity.
Register online! https://www.monmouth.edu/school-of-nursing-health/continuing-education-programs/
Pre-registration is required so please register early! Visit our website to view registration and refund policies. For additional questions, email bpaskewi@monmouth.edu
The Marjorie K. Unterberg School of Nursing and Health Studies at Monmouth University is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by New Jersey State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation Provider Number: P242-10/21-24

Roger McGuinn
2022-10-01 20:00 - 22:00 | Pollak Theatre
As a co-founder of The Byrds, Roger McGuinn is firmly established as an indisputable industry icon. From his signature 12-string Rickenbacker sound, to his instantly recognizable vocals on hits like Turn, Turn, Turn, Eight Miles High and Mr. Tambourine Man, Roger McGuinn didn’t just make music; he made history.

Roger McGuinn was already a veteran of the New York and Los Angeles music scenes when he co-founded the group that would become the Byrds with Gene Clark and David Crosby in 1964. Prior to forming the Byrds, Roger toured and performed with the Limeliters, Chad Mitchell Trio and Bobby Darin as a guitarist and banjo player. He was also the musical director on Judy Collins #3. In 1973, the legendary Byrds disbanded and Roger McGuinn went on to make five solo albums with Columbia Records, and continued to tour.
In 1995 Roger McGuinn began The Folk Den Project. He records and uploads a traditional Folk song to his website www.Mcguinn.com as an effort to preserve traditional songs. Each month a different song is added to the site accompanied with lyrics and chords for free download.
Today, Roger McGuinn offers shows that are as mesmerizing and magical as ever. He delivers the gift of an evening with a master that is as intimate as it is spellbinding. He’ll take you along a journey of story and song, populated by the “old friends” you expect to hear, as well as new acquaintances from the folk music that Roger so passionately embraces. This Grammy Award-winning artist tours the world delighting audiences with the songs and stories from his long and continually productive musical career.

Fall Harvest
2022-10-02 11:00 | Von Thun’s Country Farm Market, 505 Ridge Rd., Dayton, New Jersey
Tickets include the following activities: Unlimited Hayrides, 6+ acre Corn Maze, Singing Chicken Show, Farm Animals, Giant Pumpkin Checkers, Rubber Duck Races, Kiddie Coral, Pedal Karts, Straw Jump, Horseshoes, John Deere Trike Course, Barnyard Bouncers, Junior Pedal Karts, Straw Maze, Barnyard Mini Golf, Peter Pumpkin, Pumpkin Bowling, Corn Hole, Spookley Corn Maze, Barnyard Basketball, Photo Ops, Bee Barn, Connect Four, Tug-O’ War, Sand Box, Giant Pumpkin TicTacToe, Sand Diggers, Rocking Horses, Soccer Pool, Tractor Pull, Roller Bowler, Wall Ball, and Barnyard Baseball.

The Red Bank: Rum Runner - Immersive Digital Storytelling
2022-10-04 18:00 - 19:30, 2022-10-05 14:45 - 16:30 | Various Campus Locations
Award Winning local Red Bank filmmaker and Monmouth Alum will present a talk and creative workshop at Monmouth University’s ArtNOW visiting artists series. Anthony Jude Setaro and cousin Douglas Booton will discuss their creative process in-depth as they dive deeper into the local history of their family emigrating from Italy. The Setaro family left Sassano, Italy, their home for the last 400 years, in 1888, searching for a better life in America. With maps and trade routes drawn out by their father, Don Vito Setaro, his sons split the family apart to create shipping routes to establish their wine business on the shores of New Jersey, establishing an Italian community and then bootlegging in the Red Bank area.
After releasing a podcast, The Red Bank: Rum Runner, Part 1: Temperance, which they recorded with Ming Chen (A Shared Universe), Setaro and Booton are now using cutting-edge 3D software, Unreal Engine (also used in The Mandalorian and The Matrix Awakens), to visually recreate Red Bank and Monmouth County in the early 1900s. Anthony and Doug are using Unreal Engine to bring long-forgotten ancestors back to life with an incredible level of lifelike detail. The filmmakers combine live footage, filmed by cinematographer and producing partner Joe Minnella (Joe Minnella Studios), with virtual footage to transport viewers to a time of significant change in our area.
October 4th
Tuesday 6pm – 7:30pm , 30min Q&A
Location: The Great Hall Auditorium
October 5th
Wednesday 2:45pm – 4:30pm
Location: IDM (Interactive Digital Media) Research Lab, Plangere Room 135
RSVP Required
For more info or to RSVP, contact Amanda Stojanov at astojano@monmouth.edu

Kendrick Lamar, To Pimp a Butterfly
2022-10-04 19:30 - 21:00 | Pollak Theatre/Virtual, 400 Cedar Ave, West Long Branch, NJ, 07764, 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 Kendrick Lamar, To Pimp a Butterfly.
This event will be held in person at Pollak Theatre 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.

Monmouth Hawk Night
2022-10-06 18:00 - 20:00 | The Great Hall Auditorium
Calling All Storytellers
Have you ever woken up laughing from a funny dream? Do you dream of what the future might hold? Had a terrifying nightmare? Gotten caught daydreaming in class?
Tell Us Your Dreams
Come for a night of storytelling and fun as The Monmouth Review and Commworks Present: Monmouth Hawk Night
There will be snacks and prizes!
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