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  • WOMAN AT WAR
 – VIRTUAL PANEL DISCUSSION

    Join us for a World Cinema Series zoom discussion illuminating the theme “A Delicate Balance: Global Communities and the Natural World” by analyzing the message and impact the 2018 film, Woman at War.

    Set in Iceland the film is a drama, with moments of whimsical comedy, about Halla, a 50-year old environmental activist determined to halt the construction of a new aluminum smelter near Reykjavik by destroying power lines and thwarting negotiations between the government of Iceland and a corporation and community eager to see the contracts awarded. Yet, it is her personal, ethical crisis that brings this drama, based on actual events, to a stirring conclusion.

    The discussion of the film will be led by Catherine Duckett, Associate Dean in the School of Science; Nancy Mezey, Dean of the Honors School and Maiya Furgason, professor in the Department of Management and Leadership.

    The film is available for streaming on a number of platforms including Vudu, Amazon Prime Video, YouTube, Google Play Movies and TV, or iTunes (for rent or purchase).

    When you register you will be provided the meeting link to join the conversation.

    Free and open to the public, but registration is required.

  • We Banjo 3: Live From Ireland

    For We Banjo 3: Live From Ireland, all four WB3 band members will be TOGETHER & PERFORMING LIVE ON STAGE for the first time since the pandemic shut down concerts exactly one year ago. Tune in for this very special March show – streaming live, in real time, from the stunning Pearse Lyons Distillery in Dublin, Ireland.

    A portion of each ticket sold benefits Monmouth University Center for the Arts. Act fast to take advantage of Loyalty Early Bird discounted tickets (available on purchases made before 11:59pm EST on Friday, February 12) and exclusive bundles featuring limited-edition event merch items. Each ticket purchase includes on-demand streaming access for 7 days post-event.

    About WB3
    Debuting in the U.S. in 2012, We Banjo 3 has since emerged as fast-rising touring darlings in the country that two of the members now call home. The Galway, Ireland, and Nashville-based quartet––comprised of two sets of brothers, Enda & Fergal Scahill and Martin & David Howley––continually push musical boundaries while maintaining an unwavering devotion to the essential audience experience. WB3 seamlessly converge the shared and varied traditions of Americana, Bluegrass, and Celtic music with pop-sensible song craft to create a truly unique and gratifying signature sound.

    With recent stunning performances at such broad ranging festivals Merlefest, BottleRock, Summercamp, ROMP, Wintergrass and others, enthusiasts of almost every genre of music are taking notice. We Banjo 3 recently released a recording of Tom Petty’s “Wildflowers,” the title track from Petty’s classic 1994 album. The recording, which was premiered by SiriusXM’s Bluegrass Junction channel, features Steve Ferrone on drums. Ferrone played in Petty’s band, and the Wildflowers album marked the first recording he did with Petty.

  • The Odyssey – Virtual Panel Discussion

    Join us for a World Cinema Series zoom discussion illuminating the theme “A Delicate Balance: Global Communities and the Natural World” by analyzing the message and impact the 2016 film, The Odyssey.

    The aquatic adventure of the highly influential and fearlessly ambitious pioneer, innovator, filmmaker, researcher, and conservationist, Jacques-Yves Cousteau, covers roughly thirty years of an inarguably rich in achievements life. The French-Belgian biographical adventure film directed by Jérôme Salle and written by Salle and Laurent Turner, is based on the non-fiction book Capitaine de La Calypso by Albert Falco and Yves Paccalet. The film stars Lambert Wilson, Pierre Niney, and Audrey Tautou.

    The discussion of the film will be led by Dr. Jason Adolf, Endowed Associate Professor of Marine Science, and Tony Macdonald, Director of Monmouth University’s Urban Coast Institute. When you register you will be provided the meeting link to join the conversation.

  • A.J. Croce – Livestream Series

    We are proud to partner with A.J. Croce  to bring you access to a special livestream series!  A portion of each ticket sold benefits Monmouth University Center for the Arts.

    Thursday, March 18 – A.J. Croce ‘By Request’ Album Release Show featuring the studio band
    The album release show celebrates the release of the new A.J. Croce studio album By Request available on CD and LP for pre-order today and out on February 5 via Compass Records. The album was born of memories—of favorite artists and shows, but mostly, of late-night gatherings with groups of friends, many of them fellow musicians, with Croce at the piano taking requests.

    Thursday, March 25 – A.J. Croce Performing a Retrospective of his 30-Year Career
    A.J. Croce brings his touring band to the stage with him to perform music from his ten studio albums of roots music ranging from Blues and Jazz to Rock and Roll and Soul, including covers from the new album. This performance will include a variety of originals from albums like That’s Me in the Bar, Twelve Tales, and Just Like Medicine.

  • Enter The Facilitatrix: Strategic Soft Power for Collaborative Artists

    Elliot Reed’s Enter the Facilitatrix outlines a select few performances and, through the use of participatory exercises, enacts some the process he uses during rehearsals. Rehearsal provides an invaluable tool for developing content, building camaraderie, and identifying the unique talents of each person in the room. Reed believes in play and respects “unscripted” studio time as a constant wellspring of potential. His role as director is to highlight, edit, and reassemble the material presented to him. This is only possible by treating the cast as individuals, promoting a shared goal while developing trust between each other. A trusting cast is able to extend their limits and offer support, because the fear of ostracism is greatly diminished. His objective is to share improvisational tools for generating ideas, clearing creative muck, and bringing people together—inspiration that extends to many collaborative, creative, and social disciplines.

    Elliot Reed is a performance artist and director based in New York City. Working in realtime, Reed creates solos, ensemble performances, and videos that center the live subject. His projects exist between people, leveraging candid interaction among performers and audience. Utilizing a choreographic lens, Reed assembles bodies, movement prompts, and narrative within exhibition spaces. As viewers move through his work, the narrative arc moves through them, unfurling itself in actual time. Reed is a 2019 danceWEB scholar, 2019-20 Artist In Residence at The Studio Museum in Harlem, and recipient of the 2019 Rema Hort Mann Emerging Artist Grant. Recent works include a commission with JACK Quartet (2020), MoMA PS1 (2021), The Getty Museum (2018), The Hammer Museum (2016), The Dorthy Chandler Pavilion (2018), The Broad (2017), University of Southern California (2016), and performances at MoonStep Tokyo (2017), MNSKTM Osaka (2017), VFD London (2017), and MOOI Collective Mexico City (2017).

    For more information, visit elliotreedlabs.com or email Amanda Stojanov, Assistant Professor of Digital Media (astojano@monmouth.edu).

    This event is being recorded for educational and archival purposes and it may be posted on our website. By participating in this presentation, you give permission for Monmouth University to record the presentation for University purposes. You understand that your name, likeness, voice and statements may be recorded. If you do not wish to be recorded, a recording of this presentation will later be available upon request, and you can contact Amanda Stojanov, Assistant Professor of Digital Media (astojano@monmouth.edu) with any questions you may have regarding the presentation.

  • Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain – VIRTUAL PANEL DISCUSSION

    Join us for a World Cinema Series zoom discussion illuminating the theme “A Delicate Balance: Global Communities and the Natural World” by analyzing the message and impact of Ravi Kumar’s 2014 docudrama, Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain. Released on the 30th anniversary of the Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal, India on December 2-3, 1984, the film analyses the causes of the chemical leak and vapor spread that killed as many as 10,000 people in Bhopal and the responsibility of the Union Carbide corporate leadership, its local operatives in Bhopal, and the complicity of local officials in creating the conditions that led to the environmental catastrophe, their efforts to avoid accountability, and the legacy of the disaster. Combining suspense and a charismatic cast the film, in the words of one critic (Martin Tsai of ‘The Los Angeles Times’) is “a cautionary tale that could not be more relevant.” (13 November 2014). The discussion of the film will be led by Dr. Datta Naik, Professor of Chemistry, and Dr. Marina Vujnovic, Associate Professor of Communication, and a specialist on global communications.

    The film is available for streaming on a number of platforms including Vudu, Amazon Prime Video, YouTube, Google Play Movies and TV, or iTunes (for rent or purchase).

    When you register you will be provided the meeting link to join the conversation.

  • Father Alphonse and The Orchestra of St. Peter by the Sea’s Virtual Christmas Concert 2020

    While we missed not being able to host our annual holiday concert with Father Alphonse and The Orchestra of St. Peter by the Sea this December we do have a special treat for his fans! Please join Father Alphonse and friends for this FREE Virtual Christmas Concert which features many of the same faces and voices you enjoy each year at Pollak Theatre. Happy Holidays!

    Watch here: https://vimeo.com/490078103/60a243d1ee

  • Cherish the Ladies: Christmas in Ireland – Live in Concert

    Cherish the Ladies has shared timeless Irish traditions with audiences worldwide and 2020 celebrates the incredible milestone of their 35th anniversary!   During that time, they have become one of the most engaging and successful ensembles in the history of Irish music.

    Due to the Coronavirus the ladies were unable to tour their highly anticipated Celtic Christmas show in America.  With so many requests from fans around the globe requesting the Christmas program, bandleader Joanie Madden assembled the entire group together in County Clare in Ireland in Spanish Point located alongside the rugged wild Atlantic coastline to record a special socially distanced Christmas program featuring a 12-piece ensemble of incredibly talented musicians, singers and dancers.

    For more than two decades the ladies have placed their unique classic stamp on music of the season releasing three critically acclaimed holiday albums, “On Christmas Night”, “A Star in the East” and “Christmas in Ireland”.

    In this special Christmas in Ireland Live program, the Ladies put their signature mark on classic carols such as “Angels we Have Heard on High”, “Joy to the World”, “Hark the Herald Angel Sing”, “Mrs. Fogarty’s Christmas Cake”, “Ding Dong Merrily on High” and “Silent Night” in arrangements that highlight the group’s unique Celtic instrumentation, beautiful harmonies and spectacular step dancing.

    The show streaming to you in High Definition features the outstanding musicianship of Joanie Madden (flute, whistle, harmony vocals), Mary Coogan (guitar), Mirella Murray (accordion), Kathleen Boyle (piano, harmony vocals), Nollaig Casey (fiddle), The Waterboys and Lunása’s Trevor Hutchinson (Upright Bass), Riverdance’s Jimmy Higgins (percussion) also featured are the gorgeous vocals of Kate Purcell, Don Stiffe, Bruce Foley and Seámus O’Flatharta (harp, vocals, step dancing).  Five-time World Champion step dancer David Geaney rounds out the troupe.

    Don’t miss this spectacular live show from Ireland that the entire family will surely enjoys!

  • Virtual Blue Hawk Records Release Show for “Reviver”

    With the ever-changing, and at times frightening outside world, there is one thing that’s for certain: nothing can stop the music. Blue Hawk Records has been grinding to perfect their seventeenth compilation album, Reviver. Since the start of the fall 2020 semester, the team has been meeting regularly, held in-person and virtual auditions, went into Lakehouse Recording Studio in Asbury Park to record, mix, and master the album, and is set for an upcoming virtual release show. The release show will be held on Instagram live on December 9 starting at 8 pm. The Instagram handle to tune in to is @bluehawkrecordsoffical.

    Included are two rappers, Hasan Chambers and Gabe Garza, otherwise known as Double G, both whose songs take the listener through a story-like experience with a moving message. A&R reps Ethan Christensen and Mikey Sacnhez, helped arrange, and recorded on, artist Charlie Krause’s piano-based song “Those Green Eyes”, giving it a driving full-band sound. Nick Garretch and his band, White Wing, contributed a modern day, fist-pumping, rock track with “Out All Night”. With the team’s help, Monmouth freshman and solo singer-songwriter, Abby Garcia, took her once acoustic-only song, “Silver Linings” and added various musical elements to give it a very current and mystical sound. Rapper-Singer, Justin Ume, known as UME, who already has an impressive following, contributed the hit-sounding pop track, “At The Tone”.

    The Live release show will be hosted by one of Monmouth University’s WMCX top DJ’s, Kayla Booker, and will feature live performances by our artists.

    You can find and follow Blue Hawk Records at @bluehawkrecordsofficial

     

  • The Doo Wop Project: LIVE In Your Home For The Holidays


    OLD SCHOOL, NEW GENERATION, NEW EXPERIENCE!

    Let the Doo Wop Project Boys get you into the Holiday Spirit! Hear old school Holiday Classics like The Drifters White Christmas, The Temptations Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons version of Santa Claus is Coming to Town along with “Doowopified” contemporary hits like This Christmas and Last Christmas. It’s sure to be a jolly good time!

    Over 1,000,000 people around the world have fallen in love with The Doo Wop Project and now you can too. From your living room!

    Featuring Tony-nominated members of Broadway’s smash hits Jersey Boys, Motown: The Musical, A Bronx Tale, and more, the Doo Wop Project’s dynamic live show takes audiences on a journey from early doo wop groups The Flamingos and The Belmonts through their influence on R&B like Smokey Robinson and The Four Seasons, all the way to DooWopified versions of modern hits by Michael Jackson, Amy Winehouse, and Maroon 5. The last five years have seen sold-out shows across the country and performances with everyone from Katy Perry to Jon Bon Jovi to Jay Leno.