I Wish That I Had Spoken Only of It All: 20 Years of Sheryl Oring’s I Wish to Say
DiMattio Gallery at Rechnitz Hall
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I Wish That I Had Spoken Only of It All: 20 Years of Sheryl Oring’s I Wish to Say
With backgrounds in journalism and fine art, Sheryl Oring began her ongoing project I Wish to Say in 2004 from a concern that many people’s voices were not being heard. She started to take dictation from the public about what they wanted to say to the (next) President. Dressed as a 1960s secretary with a typewriter, she records whatever participants say onto a postcard, making copies with carbon paper. During larger events, a secretarial bank takes dictation. Oring mails the postcards to the White House and exhibits copies. To date she has mailed over 4100 postcards.
Free and open to the public
Michael Anthony Donato: Angels & Devils
Michael Anthony Donato, a School of Visual Arts graduate, is an award-winning children’s book illustrator. His work on Squanto and the First Thanksgiving aired on Showtime and earned honors from the American Library Association. His illustrations for Tales Alive, a collection of global folktales, received a Parents’ Choice Award. Donato also collaborated with Simon & Schuster and the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Voyage Up the Nile. He currently teaches drawing and advanced painting at Monmouth University.
Free and Open to the Public
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MU Chanukah Party
MU Chanukah Party
Join Us for Monmouth University’s Chabad Chanukah Party! Sign up for the Party! Celebrate the Festival of Lights with us! Enjoy delicious food, an exciting dreidel competition, a ventriloquist show by Jon Pizzi, an AGT contestant, and tons of fun. Be one of the first 50 attendees to receive a special gift bag, and don’t […]
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The Fourth Annual Julian Abele “Out of the Shadows” Public History Symposium (Virtual)
The Fourth Annual Julian Abele “Out of the Shadows” Public History Symposium (Virtual)
Sponsored by the Public History Minor at Monmouth University Free and open to all 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 […]
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Cookie Decorating & Hot Cocoa
Cookie Decorating & Hot Cocoa
Enjoy some restful cookie decorating and tasty hot cocoa in the Library Cafe!
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Percival Everett, James
Percival Everett, James
Join us for Tuesday Night Book Club! Hosted by Monmouth University’s Ken Womack. This month’s novel is Percival Everett’s James. AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR SO FAR FOR 2024 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW • A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and darkly humorous, told from the enslaved Jim’s point of view. When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he decides to hide on nearby Jackson Island until he can formulate a plan. Meanwhile, Huck Finn has faked his own death to escape his violent father, recently returned to town. As all readers of American literature know, thus begins the dangerous and transcendent journey by raft down the Mississippi River toward the elusive and too-often-unreliable promise of the Free States and beyond.
Free and open to the public, registration required.
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Holiday Bazaar
Holiday Bazaar
Need to get friends, family, and loved ones some Christmas gifts but haven’t had the time? Visit the Holiday Bazaar to shop for them and for yourself! Then stop by to enjoy some free pizza and play dough for dinner at 5 pm in the Cafe Area!
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Pizza & Play Dough
Pizza & Play Dough
Stop by to enjoy some free pizza and play dough for dinner at 5 pm in the Cafe Area! Then enjoy the Holiday Bazaar to shop for friends and family!
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Make a Gingerbread House
Make a Gingerbread House
Need some holiday décor? Come with your friends by the library to create your Gingerbread House for the holidays!
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Self-Service Gift Wrapping and Holiday Cards
Self-Service Gift Wrapping and Holiday Cards
Create some holiday cheer by gift wrapping the things you got at the Holiday Bazaar on Thursday 12/12/2024 at our special wrapping event!