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Fifty Years of ‘Makin’ This Guitar Talk: A Bruce Springsteen Forum

The Great Hall

The Friends of Bruce Springsteen and Monmouth University will sponsor a unique Springsteen-themed forum in celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of Bruce Springsteen’s first major steps towards becoming a professional musician.
The structure of the forum will be centered around a series of moderated panel discussions on various Springsteen-related topics, allowing the audience to hear from and interact with a variety of authors and scholars. Tickets will be available at the door. Cash Only.

$10 (without lunch)

Symposium on Religion in Public Life

The Great Hall Auditorium

A symposium reflecting on the impact and significance of
Pope Francis’s papacy for global and American Catholicism from both ecclesiastical and scholarly perspectives.

Fall Poetry Festival

Bey Hall

Do you write poetry? Have you considered writing or translating poetry? Do you love language and its ability to engage in meaningful exploration? Monmouth University and the Long Branch Arts Council invite you to a series of workshops in poetry, lyrical essay, and translation of poetry; readings by acclaimed writers; lunch & discussion, and a reading by registered participants.

Asbury Park’s West Side Music Legacy Presentation

Pollak Theatre

A multimedia presentation of the music from Asbury Park’s West Side from 1910 to 1970. Includes song clips, videos and fascinating stories that go along with the exhibition, “Asbury Park’s Springwood Avenue Harmony”.
The presentation covers Jazz, Gospel, Rhythm & Blues, Doo Wop and Soul music from Asbury’s Springwood Avenue area, from Count Basie to Billy Brown.
Presented by music historians Charlie & Pam Horner of Classic Urban Harmony LLC, who also curated the current exhibit.

When the Gays Move into Mr. Rodgers Neighborhood

Pollak Theatre

Joe Bertolino and Bil Leipold explore the realities and human dimensions of living in a world of heterosexual privilege. Drawing from their own lives, their experiences as fraternity men and student affairs professionals, their family experiences, and the dynamics of their own relationship, Joe & Bil present this difficult topic in a non-threatening, humorous way.

U.S. Feminist Movements: Select Social Histories from Monmouth Scholars

Magill Commons

A panel presentation with Dr. Enoch Nappen, Dept. of Political Science and Sociology, Dr. Katherine Parkin, Dept. of History and Anthropology, and Dr. Johanna Foster, Dept. of Political Science and Sociology. Part of the Artful Explorations of Gender Series.

TEDxNavesink presents ACCELERATORS

Pollak Theatre

We’ll explore how Accelerators are creating game-changing innovation and cutting edge thought. Accelerators are: Catalysts. Change makers. Inflection points. Pivotal moments.

Mind and Life: Humanity in a Creative Universe

The Great Hall Auditorium

Mind and Life: Humanity in a Creative Universe by Stuart A. Kauffman, Author of Reinventing the Sacred: A new View of Science, Reason and Religion and Katherine P. Kauffman, EPS International, Harvard Divinity School and Northeastern University. This lecture is Tuesday, April, 14 from 2:30pm-4:20pm in Wilson Hall Auditorium.