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  • Virtual Tuesday Night Record Club: Joni Mitchell: Blue

    We have decided to continue with Record Club in virtual format using the ZOOM app. When you register you will be provided the meeting link to join the conversation. CLICK HERE for more information on how to use ZOOM.

    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 Joni Mitchell: Blue

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

  • Virtual Tuesday Night Record Club: Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life

    We have decided to continue with Record Club in virtual format using the ZOOM app. When you register you will be provided the meeting link to join the conversation. CLICK HERE for more information on how to use ZOOM.

    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 Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life.

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

  • Virtual Tuesday Night Record Club: Bruce Springsteen: The River

    We have decided to continue with Record Club in virtual format using the ZOOM app. When you register you will be provided the meeting link to join the conversation. CLICK HERE for more information on how to use zoom

    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 Bruce Springsteen: The River

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

  • Virtual Tuesday Night Book Club – American Dirt

    Join us for Tuesday Night Book Club! Hosted by Monmouth University’s Ken Womack and Michael Thomas, 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 Jeanine Cummins’s American Dirt. A #1 New York Times Bestseller and an Oprah’s Book Club Pick, American Dirt is already being hailed as “a Grapes of Wrath for our times” and “a new American classic.” Lydia Quixano Pérez lives in the Mexican city of Acapulco. She runs a bookstore. She has a son, Luca, the love of her life, and a wonderful husband who is a journalist. Forced to flee, Lydia and eight-year-old Luca soon find themselves miles and worlds away from their comfortable middle-class existence. Instantly transformed into migrants, Lydia and Luca ride la bestia—trains that make their way north toward the United States. Lydia soon sees that everyone is running from something. But what exactly are they running to? Jeanine Cummins’s American Dirt is a rare exploration into the inner hearts of people willing to sacrifice everything for a glimmer of hope.

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

     

  • Spice-up your Taco Tuesday with Chef B

    Live from the Virginia Cory Community Garden, join Chef B while in your own kitchen as he prepares garden inspired accompaniments for grilled meats, tacos and more.

    RSVP and receive a shopping list in advance of the class!

    Chef Christopher Burgos

    The fact that Chef Burgos is a chef/instructor is proof of a career that has gone full circle.

    He graduated from the Culinary Institute of America in 1984 and worked at the World Trade Center, NYC. Soon after, he moved to San Antonio, TX, and worked at numerous restaurants and hotels, most notably The Four Seasons’ Anaqua Dining Room. He also freelanced as a cook for several conventions in North Carolina.

    But his hometown, New York City, beckoned and Chef Burgos returned.

    He has been an Executive Chef, Kitchen Manager, Executive Sous Chef, a Catering Chef and as a seasonal chef. This also includes consultation work during the opening of several NYC restaurants. He has also taught at-risk adults and worked as a butcher/fish cutter for WholeFoods market.

    Since 2011, Chef Burgos has been teaching at Food & Finance High School in Manhattan. Here he teaches all incoming freshmen their basic introduction to the culinary arts.

    “I strongly believe that food should be respected and taken seriously, but on the other hand it should be enjoyed and celebrated to the fullest.”

  • Mr. Ray – Music for Little People Live Virtual Concert

    Music for kids that INSPIRES, CHALLENGES…and ROCKS!

    Join us for a special virtual concert with Mr. Ray! Positive, inspiring songs & interactive performances with a message of kindness, respect & social/emotional awareness for children Pre-K to 3rd grade.

    When you REGISTER you will be provided the Zoom link to join the concert.
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  • “A Dead Husband is a Better Ticket to Congress than a Log Cabin”: Widows in Office, 1920-1940

    Presenter: Katherine Parkin, Ph. D. – Professor of History and the Jules Plangere, Jr. Endowed Chair in American Social History

    When the late Senator John McCain (R-AZ) died in 2018, speculation turned to who the governor would appoint to fill out the remaining term, and one of the names circulating was his widow, Cindy McCain. The tradition of women finding widowhood as a path to politics is as old as women’s suffrage, dating back one hundred years to 1920.

    This talk will cover the two decades after women secured the right to vote, when a minuscule number of women found their way into political office. Heralded by history as pioneering politicians, a significant portion of the women in office at local, state, and national levels in these decades only found themselves elected or appointed to hold the seat of their dead husbands. While not the pioneering politicians we might imagine, the political coverage of widows did help open the possibility for women to independently enter into politics. Indeed, widows themselves and constituents following them discovered that women could be astute, successful politicians. While not intended to extend power to women, widowhood helped introduce women to the political arena and awakened Americans to their political potential.

    Please RSVP by 7/21 to Stacey Ayers.

    Zoom Information

    Topic: “A dead husband is a better ticket to Congress than a Log Cabin”: Widows in Office, 1920-1940
    Time: Jul 23, 2020 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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  • Monmouth University Music and Arts Festival 2020

    The Monmouth University Music and Arts Festival will provide Monmouth County communities and beyond, along with the students, faculty, and staff at Monmouth University, with the opportunity to enjoy a top-flight music and arts event each summer. Every year, we welcome thousands of tourists and other visitors to the area, and we’re delighted to afford families with cultural opportunities to supplement their days at our lovely beaches. This year, of course, we are presenting the Music and Arts Festival virtually. With the help of cutting-edge contemporary technology, our performers are delighted to afford our community with a great boon during these challenging times.

    Our university is the year-round home for working musicians and artists, not to mention scores of students honing their talents as instrumental and theatrical performers, visual artists, and arts administrators. With the Music and Arts Festival, we will attract nationally and internationally acclaimed musicians and other fine artists to our campus. Not only will they supplement our students’ arts education, they will be on site each summer to provide visitors with opportunities to experience premiere concerts and exhibitions right here on the Shore.


    EVENT SPONSOR:

      
    With additional support from The Grove/West at Shrewsbury and Cammack Retirement
         
    PROGRAM:

    Blue Hawk House Band, “What’s Going On,” Marvin Gaye (1939-1984)

    Bill Timoney, American actor, “William Lloyd Garrison, The Liberator”

    Lakehouse Music Academy, “Go,” Amy Ray (1964-)

    Colm Tóibín, Irish author, “Elizabeth Bishop”

    Katie Coffman, soprano, “Will There Really Be Morning,” Richard Hundley (1931-2018)

    Joseph Marano, tenor, “Oh, What a Beautiful Morning,” Richard Rodgers (1902-1979) and Oscar Hammerstein II (1895-1960)

    The Sea Sharps, Monmouth University a cappella choir, “Just Got Paid,” Johnny Kemp (1959-2015)

    Julie Dzikiewicz (1962-), American artist, She Persisted (including “Suffrage Cat,” “Ida B. Wells,” “The Story of the Ham”)

    Garden State Philharmonic, Diane Wittry, conductor and music director

    Selections from West Side Story (“America,” “Prologue,” “Somewhere,” “Mambo”), Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)

    “Starburst,” Jessie Montgomery (1981-)

    “Portraits of Langston: Harlem’s Summer Night,” Valerie Coleman (1970-)

    “Perhaps,” Reena Esmail (1983-)

    “Tango from Two Latin Dances,” Lauren Bernofsky (1967-)

    “Stars and Stripes,” John Philip Sousa (1854-1932)

    PERFORMANCE GROUPS:

    Blue Hawk House Band:

    George Wurzbach (Director, conga, production), Sara Wojciehowski (bass, production), Jason Caprioni (engineer), Bruce Davis (vocals 1), Jenae Louis-Jacques (vocals 2), Shadiyah Jai (vocals 3). Dillon Schindler (piano, arrangements), Max Adolf (guitar), Zach Sandler (saxophone), Danielle DiMeola (drums), Mark Rodriguez (synth).

    The Sea Sharps:

    Katie Coffman (arranger/president), David Wilderotter (soloist), Antonio Gonzalez (vocal percussionist/music director), Kaylee Figalora-Torres (music director), Arina Martin (music director), Mitchell Hendricks, Jamie Burch, Jason Castillo, Kyle Anderson, Anastasia Francisquini, Gabriella Estrada, Jordan Dilone, Delaney Rivera, Ruby Branyan, Nate Wilkie 

    The Garden State Philharmonic:

    Diane Wittry (Director/Conductor), Ruotao Mao (violin), Uli Speth (violin), Nick Pappone (violin), Krisztina Kiss (viola), Jameson Platte (cello), Nathan White (bass), Allison Kiger  (flute/piccolo), Emily Tsai (oboe/production), Chris Nichols (clarinet), Melissa Kritzer (bassoon), Karl Krammer-Johansen (horn), Tom Cook (trumpet), Roger Verdi (trombone), Jay Krush (tuba), Gregory Landes (timpani/percussion); guest pianists (Garah Landes, Candace Chien, Craig Ketter, Martha Locker)

    Jamie Bernstein Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4C4qI7faNw&feature=youtu.be

    STEERING COMMITTEE:

    Eileen Chapman, Chris Hellstrom, Darika S. Lara-Rodriguez, Nancy Mezey, Lynda Rabens, Joe Rapolla, Michael Thomas, David Tripold, Hettie Williams, Diane Wittry, Sara K. Wojciehowski, Kelly Barratt, Kenneth Womack (coordinator) 

  • Virtual Tuesday Night Book Club: Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale

    Join us for Tuesday Night Book Club! Hosted by Monmouth University’s Ken Womack and Michael Thomas, 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 Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale. In Margaret Atwood’s dystopian future, environmental disasters and declining birthrates have led to a Second American Civil War. The result is the rise of the Republic of Gilead, a totalitarian regime that enforces rigid social roles and enslaves the few remaining fertile women. Offred is one of these, a Handmaid bound to produce children for one of Gilead’s commanders. Deprived of her husband, her child, her freedom, and even her own name, Offred clings to her memories and her will to survive. At once a scathing satire, an ominous warning, and a tour de force of narrative suspense, The Handmaid’s Tale is a modern classic.

    When you register you will be provided the meeting link to join the conversation. Get more information on how to use zoom

  • Strategies for Gaining Professional Success during these Uncertain Times

    Executive and Career Transition Coach, John Neral ’96, hosts an interactive workshop for Monmouth alumni to learn strategies for self-promotion and career advancement.

    Join via Zoom on June 17 at 4 p.m.

    Meeting ID: 224 174 7417

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    RSVP to careerservices@monmouth.edu