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Gallery Exhibition: Art in Science

Pollak Gallery

Intended to express and highlight the beauty of science – through images, drawings, and photos of natural forms and visualization of scientific, mathematic, and engineering processes based on the research and coursework of MU faculty and students. Images will reveal the elegance of science art in scientific results, observations, and failures.

Second Senior Show: Graphic Design & Animation

Joan and Robert Rechnitz Hall

Featuring the work of Monmouth University graduating seniors who will receive their degrees in Graphic Design and Animation.

On Screen/In Person: United in Anger: A History of ACT UP

The Great Hall

United in Anger: A History of ACT UP is the first feature-length documentary to explore ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) from an historical perspective and describes how a small group of men and women of all races and classes came together to change the world and save each other’s lives. There will be a Q & A with the filmmaker Jim Hubbard following the screening.

Teacher From The Black Lagoon & Other Story Books

An exciting new musical revue based on favorite contemporary children’s books including Teacher From the Black Lagoon (by Mike Thaler and Jared Lee), Dogzilla (by Dav Pilkey), Grumpy Bird (by Jeremy Tankard), I Want My Hat Back (by Jon Klassen), Lily’s Purple Plastic Purse (by Kevin Henkes), Love Splat, Splat the Cat (by Rob Scotton), The Grasshopper and the Ant.

Natalie Diaz

The Great Hall Auditorium

Native American poet Natalie Diaz will speak about the language revitalization program at Fort Mojave, her home reservation, where she works with the last Elder speakers of the Mojave language.

Spring Awakenings: A Concert Featuring Orchestra and Collegiate Chorus

Pollak Theatre

A concert featuring three perennial favorites, each uncommonly effervescent, sweet and vibrant as if made for Springtime. This concert is sponsored by the Monmouth University Performing Arts Series with orchestra and collegiate chorus conducted by Dr. David M. Tripold.

$22, $30

Visiting Writers: Louise Gluck

Louise Glück is one of America’s finest contemporary poets. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Glück is a former Poet Laureate of the United States and the author of a dozen widely acclaimed books. Stephen Dobyns, writing in the New York Times Book Review, said “no American poet writes better than Louise Glück, perhaps none can lead us so deeply into our own nature.” Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Hass has called her “one of the purest and most accomplished lyric poets now writing.”