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Inviting Motion (Sabbatical project Wobbe F. Koning)

The Great Hall Auditorium/IDM Lab (Plangere 135) 400 Cedar Ave, West Long Branch, NJ, United States

As part of his Sabbatical from Monmouth University, Wobbe F. Koning returned to his alma mater The Ohio State University and worked with the community at the Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design (ACCAD) to produce this VR experience. Motion Capture was used to create the attention grabbing and inviting motions, which are sparsely represented (using a limited amount of points) but are still instantly recognizable as human.

Free and open to the public

Mihaela Moscaliuc and Michael Waters

Great Hall 104 (Julian Abele Room)

Mihaela Moscaliuc is the author of the poetry collections Cemetery Ink (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2021),  Immigrant Model (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2015) and Father Dirt (Alice James Books, 2010), translator of Liliana Ursu’s Clay and Star (Etruscan Press, 2019) and Carmelia Leonte’s The Hiss of the Viper (Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2015), editor of Insane Devotion: On the Writing of Gerald Stern (Trinity University Press, 2016), and co-editor (with Michael Waters) of Border Lines: Poems of Migration (Knopf, 2020). She has published scholarship in the field of Romani Studies, on issues of representation, appropriation, exophony and code-switching, and on the works of Kimiko Hahn, Agha Shahid Ali, and Colum McCann. She is the Translation Editor for Plume.  Michael Waters’ recent books include Sinnerman (Etruscan Press, 2023), Caw (BOA Editions, 2020), & The Dean of Discipline (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2018). Darling Vulgarity (BOA Editions, 2006) was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. His co-edited anthologies include Border Lines: Poems of Migration (Knopf, 2020) & Reel Verse: Poems About the Movies (Knopf, 2019). His poems have appeared in numerous journals, includingPoetry, American Poetry Review, Paris Review, Yale Review, & Kenyon Review. A 2017 Guggenheim Fellow, recipient of five Pushcart Prizes & fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, Fulbright Foundation, & NJ State Council on the Arts, Waters lives without a cell phone in Ocean, NJ.

Free and open to the public

AI and Education: How to Navigate with Generative AI

Virtual (Zoom)

The School of Education Instructional Technology Committee is happy to announce a free webinar about artificial intelligence and its effect on the educational landscape, which will be hosted by Ai Kamei, Ph.D.How can we navigate through an AI-infused future in education? While it’s true that tools like ChatGPT do present genuine challenges for educators, they […]

Wadjda

Pollak Theatre

Young Wadjda dreams of owning a green bicycle. She wants to race a boy from the neighborhood, but the law prohibits girls from riding bikes. Just as she is losing hope, she hears about a cash prize for a Koran recitation competition at her school. Wadjda decides to earn the cash to fulfil her dream.

There will be a post screening Q&A hosted by Professor Claude Taylor with special guest speaker Prof. Saliba Sarsar.

Free and open to the public

The Third Annual Julian Abele “Out of the Shadows” Public History Symposium (Virtual)

Virtual (Zoom)

Sponsored by the Public History Minor at Monmouth University The Public History Minor at Monmouth University hosted the first annual Julian Francis Abele “Out of the Shadows” Virtual Public History Symposium via Zoom in 2021. Free for presenters and attendees alike, the Symposium is intended as a welcoming place for public history practitioners at all […]

Chanukah Party & Menorah Lighting

Anacon Hall, 2nd Floor, Student Center

Join Chabad for a radiant celebration of light at our Menorah Lighting event on Tuesday, December 12, at 5:30 p.m., right outside the student center. The evening will be graced with warm greetings from President Patrick F. Leahy, setting the stage for a festive and inclusive experience. Co-sponsored by Chabad, the Student Government Association (SGA), […]

The Eagles’ Hotel California

Virtual

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 Eagles’ Hotel California.

Free and open to the public but registration is required

William Styron’s Sophie’s Choice

Virtual

Join us for Tuesday Night Book Club! Hosted by Monmouth University’s Ken Womack. This month’s novel is William Styron’s Sophie’s Choice. The author’s last novel, it concerns the relationships among three people sharing a boarding house in Brooklyn: Stingo, a young aspiring writer from the South, Jewish scientist Nathan Landau, and his lover Sophie, a Polish-Catholic survivor of the German Nazi concentration camps, whom Stingo befriends.

Free and open to the public but registration is required

Blue Hawk Boardwalk Jam

The Break 1000 Ocean Ave N, Asbury Park, NJ, United States

This event is part of the annual Light Of Day’s WinterFest concert events that raise money and awareness for the foundation’s cause, Parkinson’s disease and related illnesses like ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) and PSP (Progressive Supranuclear Palsy), and the fight for a cure. The foundation has raised over $5.75 million since 2000, holding these annual concerts, which started in Asbury Park. Past performers have included Bruce Springsteen, Michael J. Fox, John Rzeznik from the Goo Goo Dolls, as well as local NJ artists. This year’s lineup consists of Monmouth artists, Amani Lillian, Abby Garcia, Samantha Spano, and White Wing; The Blue Hawk House Band, and local Asbury Park band, Wavez. The event is also being hosted by Monmouth’s very own Professor Joe Rapolla, Chair of the Music & Theatre Arts Department, and alumnus, Zack Sandler.

Admission to the event is free