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  • ART+AUTISM

    Presented in partnership with Autism Speaks New Jersey, this juried exhibition opening at the beginning of Autism Awareness Month will showcase the talents and abilities of artists living with Autism Spectrum Disorder and initiate a conversation about the unique power of art in the autism community. Each piece of work will be for sale and a portion of the proceeds will benefit Autism Speaks. 

    Opening Reception: April 2, 5-7 PM
    The opening reception will be presented in conjunction with the Bravo Amici benefit concert for Autism Speaks on April 2 at 8 PM.

  • TUESDAY NIGHT RECORD CLUB: NIRVANA’S Nevermind

    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 NIRVANA’S Nevermind. This event is free but registration is required.

    Panelists for this event include:
    Aaron Furgason, Chair, Monmouth University’s Department of Communication
    Rich Robinson, Program Director/ On-air Personality 90.5 The Night;
    Kim Zide Davis, Manager for the band Pantera  and the estate of “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott.

  • TUESDAY NIGHT RECORD CLUB: BOB DYLAN’S Blonde On Blonde

    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…there will be special guest moderators and panelists at each event!

    This discussion will feature BOB DYLAN’S Blonde On Blonde. This event is free but registration is required. Please note this event has moved to Pollak Theatre!

  • TUESDAY NIGHT RECORD CLUB: Blondie’s Parallel Lines

    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. 

  • TUESDAY NIGHT RECORD CLUB: THE BEATLES’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

    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 THE BEATLES’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. This event is free but registration is required. 

  • TUESDAY NIGHT RECORD CLUB: BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN’S Nebraska

    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 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN’S Nebraska. This event is free but registration is required.

  • BLACK MARIA FILM FESTIVAL

    The Black Maria Film Festival was founded in 1981 as a tribute to Thomas Edison’s development of the motion picture at his laboratory, dubbed the “Black Maria” film studio, the first in the world, in West Orange, NJ. Now in its 36th year, the festival attracts and showcases the work of independent filmmakers internationally. The festival is a project of the Thomas A. Edison Media Arts Consortium, an independent non-profit organization in residence at New Jersey City University’s Department of Media Arts. Unlike other major film festivals, the Black Maria Festival is not presented in only one location. Instead, the winning films are presented at universities, museums, libraries and cultural centers across the country all year.

  • WOMEN IN THE WORLD WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH FILM FESTIVAL

    Now in its 8th year, Women In Media – Newark’s international Women’s History Month Film Festival continues to educate about, and advocate for global issues facing women. “Women In the World,” the theme of the 2017 film fest, will focus on independent films that illustrate the resilience and determination of women worldwide to triumph over adversity and will include a panel of speakers on this topic. This will be the first year that this exciting, free film festival will be shared with Monmouth University’s audience.

    Films screened during the event include SOLD – a narrative, feature film adaptation of the globally acclaimed novel by Patricia McCormick. Based on true stories, SOLD, is the story of Lakshmi who journeys
    from a pastoral, rural village in Nepal to a gritty brothel/prison
    called Happiness House in Kolkata, India.

    SOLD is directed by Academy and Emmy award-winner, Jeffrey D. Brown,
    Executive Produced by two time Academy Award winner, Emma Thompson,
    Produced by Jane Charles, Co-Produced by Katie Mustard and Written by
    Joseph Kwong and Jeffrey D. Brown.

     There will be a post screening panel with about Human Trafficking with Wincey Terry Bryant and Susan Panzica, NJ Coalition Against Human trafficking;  Dr. Guia Calicdan-Apostle, Vice President, The HEAAT Foundation;  Keyla Munoz, FBI; Det. Shawn Murphy, SVU, Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office

  • Jerry Zolten: We Were What We Laughed At! An American Cultural History through the Art of Stand-Up Comedy

    Jerry Zolten, educator, author, musician, roots music historian and producer, also counts among his credits a stint as a stand-up comic. He will give a presentation on the history of stand up comedy that is richly illustrated with rare video performance clips. The talk will explore comedy as it relates to issues including ethnic stereotyping, freedom of speech, social injustice, and race and gender disparity.

    Motivated by his love of comedy and the power of the best comedians to shake up thinking on a range of significant social issues, Zolten dug into the history of American stand-up and over the years interviewed and published profiles of luminaries including Carl Reiner, Steve Allen, Dick Gregory, George Carlin, and Woody Allen, to name a few.

    His collaborations on roots music projects with noted satirists Robert Crumb and Harvey Pekar have led to guest appearances on public radio’s American Routes and as a featured speaker at Nashville’s Country Music Hall of Fame.

    He is the author of Great God A’Mighty! The Dixie Hummingbirds: Celebrating the Rise of Soul Gospel Music (Oxford University Press), co-editor of Bruce Springsteen, Cultural Studies, and the Runaway American Dream (Ashgate), and contributor to The Cambridge Companion to the Beatles (Cambridge University Press).

    Zolten contributed to two 2015 Grammy-Winning projects, The Rise and Fall of Paramount Records, Volumes 1 & 2 (Revenant/Third Man) and The Fairfield Four’s Still Rockin’ My Soul!.

    His most recent work includes an article on the centennial of the iconic Martin Dreadnought Guitar for the C.F. Martin Guitar Company’s Martin Journal of the Acoustic Guitar along with a featured on-screen appearance in the documentary film “The Ballad of the Dreadnought” produced by C.F. Martin & Co.

  • Art and Oceans: A Discussion About Coastal Environments

    Join us September 28 at 4 PM in Wilson Auditorium for a panel with artists Lucy Kalian, Mark Ludak, and Ira Wagner. Moderated by Urban Coast Institute Director, Tony MacDonald, the artists will discuss the coastal environments they depict in their artwork and the issues surrounding them.

    FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC