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  • Cherish the Ladies

    “It is simply impossible to imagine an audience that wouldn’t enjoy what they do,” says the Boston Globe speaking of Cherish the Ladies, the long-running, Grammy-nominated, Irish-American super group that formed in New York City in 1985 to celebrate the rise of extraordinary women in what had been a male-dominated Irish music scene and has
    since toured the world, played the White House and the Olympics, recorded 15 outstanding albums including their latest, An Irish Homecoming which was also videotaped for an Emmy-winning Public Television Special that is airing across America.

    Under the leadership of the dynamic and irrepressible flute and whistle champion Joanie Madden, these ladies create an evening that includes a spectacular blend of virtuoso instrumental talents, beautiful vocals, captivating arrangements, and stunning
    step dancing. Their continued success as one of the top Celtic groups in the world is due to the ensembles ability to take the best of Irish traditional music and dance and put it forth in an immensely entertaining show.

  • Imago Theatre’s ZooZoo

    Imago Theatre, best known for FROGZ is proud to announce its latest family hit ZooZoo, a whimsical, terrifically silly family show that has delighted audiences nationwide with its giggle-inducing short vignettes performed without words to an original score—a perfect theatre experience for children. ZooZoo is a circus, a zoo, and a world all its own, where penguins play musical chairs, a cat becomes trapped in a giant paper bag, hippos have insomnia, and anteaters work as waiters—all resulting in a madcap revue of illusion, comedy, and fun. Imago’s shows have been described as Cirque Du Soleil-evoking acrobatics mixed with Mummenschanz-like mime, set in a unique, yet accessible, French-influenced, avant-garde playground. Recommended for ages 3 and older.

    Children’s Tickets Half Price

    More information: http://imagotheatre.com/ 

  • Borealis Wind Quintet and The Monmouth Winds

    The
    Borealis Wind Quintet, like the Spectacular Aurora Borealis, displays a
    brilliant array of sparkling color and magic in the music they perform.
    Nominated for a Grammy in 2006, they are without question the major wind
    quintet of our time.

    Their warm yet commanding stage presence, combined with great music, always
    captivates the audience. Engaging and delightful, the Borealis brings a fresh
    sound and an exciting program to each performance. They are recognized for
    their fundamental contributions to the wind quintet literature with their many
    commissions, recordings, and editions of rare and traditional music.

    Their tours have taken them to major halls throughout the U.S. including Weill
    Hall (Carnegie) in New York, the Frick Museum, Princeton, Notre Dame, Wolf
    Trap, Four Seasons in Berkeley, Strathmore in Maryland and the Corning Museum
    in New York, just to name a few. The Borealis recordings number five with one
    Grammy nomination. The latest, Borealis En Salon, is both lush and elegant.

    The Monmouth Winds, formed in 2009, features five
    musicians from the Garden State: Jenny Cline, flute; Nicholas Gatto, oboe;
    Richard Grossman, clarinet; Richard Sachs, horn; and Linda Balavram, bassoon.
    They have been steadily building a following, delighting audiences in the
    tri-state area with their entertaining performances of eclectic
    repertoire.  Lately they have been busy commissioning new works for their
    ensemble, including works by Jeffrey Scott, Gary Schocker, Daniel Dorff, David
    Evan Thomas and Laurence Dresner.  They have performed at the 2013 (New
    Orleans) and 2015 (Washington, D.C.) National Flute Association conventions,
    and they will be premiering their next commission, a work by Eric Ewazen, at
    the Juilliard School this fall.

  • National Theatre Live: Hamlet (Encore Screening)

    Academy Award® nominee Benedict Cumberbatch (BBC’s Sherlock, The Imitation Game, Frankenstein at the National Theatre) takes on the title role of Shakespeare’s great tragedy. Directed by Lyndsey Turner (Posh, Chimerica) and produced by Sonia Friedman Productions, National Theatre Live will broadcast this eagerly awaited production live to cinemas. As a country arms itself for war, a family tears itself apart. Forced to avenge his father’s death but paralysed by the task ahead, Hamlet rages against the impossibility of his predicament, threatening both his sanity and the security of the state

  • Cancelled – Met Opera: The Magic Flute (Broadcast in HD)

    Due to renovation upgrades in the Pollak Theatre this screening has been cancelled.

     Celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Live in HD series by seeing the groundbreaking broadcast that started it all. Adults and children alike were enchanted by the whimsical humor and breathtaking puppetry of Julie Taymor’s hit production, presented in a shortened English-language version. Under the baton of Maestro James Levine, a winning ensemble cast – including Nathan Gunn, Ying Huang, Matthew Polenzani, Erika Miklosa, and René Pape – brings fresh life to Mozart’s timeless fairy tale.

  • Bruce Springsteen: A Photographic Journey

    Rechnitz Hall’s DiMattio Gallery, 1st Floor
    Opening Reception: Sun September 27, 1-4pm
    The opening reception  will include a Q&A with the photographers moderated by Grammy Museum executive director Bob Santelli at 2:30 PM.
    Free and open to the public

    Bruce Springsteen: A Photographic Journey, a traveling photography exhibition curated by the GRAMMY Museum Los Angeles, features 45 iconic images of Bruce Springsteen. The exhibit serves to document a great American music legend, and will feature photos taken by noted Springsteen photographers Danny Clinch, Ed Gallucci, Eric Meola, Pamela Springsteen and Frank Stefanko.

    “Our goal with this exhibition is to define the career of Bruce Springsteen in an entirely new light, as captured by these five incredible photographers,” said GRAMMY Museum executive director Bob Santelli. “Each of these photographers was able to artfully document Bruce’s world, at different stages in his career. We are honored to partner with each of them in order to help tell the story of one of the most important figures in American music.”

    Bruce Springsteen’s recording career spans more than forty years, beginning with 1973’s Columbia Records release Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ. He has released 18 studio albums, garnered 20 GRAMMY Awards, won an Oscar, has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, was a 2009 recipient of Kennedy Center Honors and was named 2013 MusiCares Person of the Year by The Recording Academy. Springsteen’s newest album High Hopes (Columbia) was released on January 14, 2014.

    While the majority of the exhibit focuses on Springsteen off-stage, four additional live performance photographs, shot by Barry Schneier, will be showcased. These photos were shot during the now famous Springsteen concert at Harvard Square Theater where famed Rolling Stone music journalist Jon Landau claimed, “I have seen the future of rock and roll, and its name is Bruce Springsteen.”

    Additionally, the exhibit will feature video interviews with each of the photographers, produced by the GRAMMY Museum.

  • Aaron Wexler

    Lecture: Thursday, September 24 from 4:30 – 5:30 p.m., Wilson Hall Auditorium
    Opening Reception: Thursday, September 24 from 5:30 – 7:00 p.m.
    Free and open to the Public

    Aaron Wexler’s work investigates shapes in nature as they relate to abstraction in painting. He collects distinctly different representations of abstraction of nature and architectural networks and utilizing prints, books, photographs and hand painted paper, makes drawings and collages from these source materials. Wexler received his M.F.A from the School of The Art Institute of Chicago in 1999. His work has been included in various solo and group shows in New York and London including the Morgan Lehman Gallery, Josee Bienvenu Gallery, The National Academy Museum, and Katonah Museum of Art, among others.

  • Selections from the Monmouth University Collection

    Rechnitz Hall’s DiMattio Gallery, 2nd Floor
    Free and open to the public

    Featuring selections from Monmouth University’s permanent collection including works by Adam Wurtz, Salvadore Dali, Jacob Landau, and Robert Mueller among others.

  • James Deane: A Hidden Treasure

    Opening Reception/ Gallery Talk: Wed. Oct 7 5:30-7:30 pm
    Free and open to the public

    This exhibit will feature recently discovered artwork by artistic visionary James Deane a life-long resident of Long Branch (1906 – 2001.) Prolific in many mediums, Deane created works of art with watercolors, pen and ink, pencil and clay. He was supported by his only sibling, his sister Laura, which allowed him the freedom to focus exclusively on his artwork for many years. The works featured in this exhibit include magnificent botanical studies, futuristic landscape paintings and whimsical pottery, most of which has been unseen since the 1930’s.

  • Sylvia’s Children

    Free and open to the Public
    Opening Reception: November 5, 5:30-7:30 PM

    Experience the village of Mbiriizi in Uganda, Africa. This exhibit tracks the progress of the Mbiriizi Advanced Primary School and its children over the last 12 years. It celebrates their lives through pictures, stories, crafts, batiks and artifacts. See the growth made possible through one woman’s determination to make a difference. The richness and beauty of the culture (as well as its poverty) is shared through audio clips from travelers who have visited and experienced the school. It is an exhibit of joy, of determination, of success, of life.