4th Biennial Interdisciplinary Conference on Race
The Criminalization of Race in History and Global Societies: Social Activism and Equal Justice
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ART NOW: Wafaa Bilal
The Great Hall AuditoriumIraqi-born artist Wafaa Bilal, an Associate Arts Professor at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, is known internationally for his on-line performative and interactive works provoking dialogue about international politics and internal dynamics. For his 2007 installation, Domestic Tension, he spent a month in a Chicago gallery with a paintball gun that people could shoot at him over the internet. The Chicago Tribune called it “one of the sharpest works of political art to be seen in a long time” and named him 2008 Artist of the Year. His work can be found in the permanent collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Museum of Contemporary Photography; MATHAF: Arab Museum of Modern Art; amongst others.
Something’s Happening Here Spring Showcase
The Great HallA musical cavalcade featuring the Monmouth University Chamber and Concert Choirs, Chamber Orchestra, Jazz Ensemble, student bands and soloists. The concert is conducted by Professor Michael Gillette, Professor Bryan Jenners and Dr. David M. Tripold.
$15
Dead Man Walking: The Journey Continues
The Great Hall AuditoriumDead Man Walking: The Journey Continues a lecture by Sister Helen Prejean, Ministry Against the Death Penalty. Lecture is Friday, April 17 from 4:00pm-6:00pm in Wilson Hall Auditorium.
All Time Low: The Future Hearts Tour with special guests Issues, Tonight Alive, & State Champs
MAC At MonmouthTickets are now on sale!
$29 – $35
Marc Muller’s Hippie Jazz
Lauren K. Woods TheatreDrawing from influences ranging from The Beatles to Miles Davis, MU Music and Theater Arts Adjunct Professor Marc Muller presents an evening of his instrument original “Hippie Jazz” compositions in the intimate setting of the Woods Theater.
General Admission $15, MU Students $5
Student Recital: Molly Mantell
Lauren K. Woods TheatreMolly Mantell, Music Industry major, will be performing her Senior Recital. She will be featured on voice. Admission is free; light refreshments will be served.”
Peter Yarrow of Peter Paul and Mary
Pollak TheatrePeter Yarrow’s talents as a creative artist—both with the legendary trio Peter, Paul & Mary and as a solo performer—are frequently directed at using music to convey a message of humanity and caring. His gift for songwriting has produced some of the most moving songs including Puff, the Magic Dragon, Day is Done, Light One Candle and The Great Mandala. We all know the music of Peter, Paul and Mary—folk classics that remain the soundtrack for many generations and in this family-oriented performance, Yarrow performs heartwarming renditions of the iconic songs we all know and love.
$22; $30
Justice for All: An Exhibition of Selected Works by Jacob Landau
Monmouth University LibraryMonmouth University Library,
Seminar Room 102
Opening Reception: April 21
4:30 p.m.
The exhibition features a selection of 12 pieces. All works are from Monmouth University’s extensive collection of Jacob Landau’s work, comprising over 300 prints, drawings and paintings. The collection was gifted to Monmouth University in 2008 by the Jacob Landau Institute of Roosevelt, NJ. This exhibit is co-sponsored by the Jewish Culture Studies Program and the Honors School of Monmouth University.
Visiting Writer: Brian Turner
The Great Hall AuditoriumBrian Turner is a soldier-poet who is the author of two poetry collections, Phantom Noise and Here, Bullet which won the 2005 Beatrice Hawley Award, the New York Times “Editor’s Choice” selection, the 2006 Pen Center USA “Best in the West” award, and the 2007 Poets Prize, among others. He also has a memoir, My Life as a Foreign Country (2014) that retraces his war experience. Turner served seven years in the US Army, to include one year as an infantry team leader in Iraq with the 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division. Prior to that, he was deployed to Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1999-2000 with the 10th Mountain Division. Turner’s poetry has been published in Poetry Daily, The Georgia Review, and other journals, and in the Voices in Wartime Anthology published in conjunction with the feature-length documentary film of the same name.