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Visiting Writer: Brooks Haxton

The Great Hall Auditorium

Brooks Haxton, born in Greenville, Mississippi, in 1950, is the son of the novelist Ellen Douglas and the composer Kenneth Haxton. He has published six previous collections of poetry, two book-length narrative poems one book of creative non-fiction, and two books of translations from the ancient Greek. The recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Guggenheim Foundation, Haxton teaches in the writing programs at Syracuse University and Warren Wilson College. He lives in Syracuse with his wife and three children.

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.

World Cinema Series: A Woman in Berlin

Pollak Theatre

Max Faberbock’s “A Woman in Berlin” (Unrated) A woman tries to survive the invasion of Berlin by the Soviet troops during the last days of World War II.

POSTPONED: Toshi Reagon and BIGLovely

Pollak Theatre

This event has been postponed until further notice. Daughter of Bernice Johnson Reagon, founder of Sweet Honey in the Rock, Toshi Reagon is a one-woman celebration of all that’s dynamic, progressive and uplifting in American music. This versatile singer-songwriter has moved audiences of all kinds with her big-hearted, hold-nothing-back approach to rock, blues, R&B, country, folk, spirituals and funk. The New York Times described her blend as “…a love of mixing things up… vocal style ranges from a dirty blues moan to a gospel shout to an ethereal croon.” Leading her renowned band–BIGLovely, launched in 1996–she instantly connects, inspires and empowers. Reagon has collaborated with top innovators in music field including Lenny Kravitz, Elvis Costello, Ani DiFranco, Pete Seeger, Dar Williams, Lizz Wright, Me’shell Ndegéocello and Marc Anthony Thompson (aka Chocolate Genius). There will be a post-show discussion with Toshi Reagon free to all ticket holders.

$25; $35; 50 Gold Circle

Graduate Information Session

The Great Hall -104

This Information Session will cover all Graduate Programs offered at the University.

Willie Nile and Anthony D’Amato join Songwriters By The Sea

Lauren K. Woods Theatre

Songwriters By The Sea hosts, and accomplished New Jersey songwriters, Joe D’Urso and Joe Rapolla, bring their popular songwriters series to the historic Lauren K. Woods Theater. This show features the tireless touring Greenwich Village troubadour, Willie Nile and breakthrough artist Anthony D’Amato. Monmouth University Blue Hawk Records’ artists Natalie Zeller and Brittany Cannarozzi​ will open the show. Included with the ticket price is a reception, sponsored by the Leon Hess Business School, before the show at 7 p.m.

$25 (includes preshow reception)

Met Opera: LA DONNA DEL LAGO Encore (Broadcast in HD)

Pollak Theatre

New Production Bel canto superstars Joyce DiDonato and Juan Diego Flórez join forces for this Rossini showcase of vocal virtuosity, set in the medieval Scottish highlands and based on a beloved novel by Sir Walter Scott.

$23.00