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The Lavender Scare

Pollak Theatre

The Lavender Scare; Film and discussion with Filmmaker Josh Howard & Historian David Johnson. The Lavender Scare is the first documentary film to tell the little-known story of an unrelenting campaign by the federal government to identify and fire all employees suspected of being homosexual. In 1953, President Eisenhower declared gay men and lesbians to be a threat to the security of the country and therefore unfit for government service. In doing so, he triggered the longest witch hunt in American history.

The Beatles’ THE WHITE ALBUM: An International Symposium

Welcome to the academic conference series sponsored by the Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music. Convened on the beautiful campus of Monmouth University in West Long Branch, New Jersey, the conference will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Beatles’ 1968 classic LP The Beatles, later popularized as The White Album.

Pre-conference activities will commence on Thursday, November 8th, and conclude on the afternoon of Sunday, November 11th. The conference will welcome an international roster of participants, as well as a host of keynote speakers and musical acts celebrating the lives and works of the Beatles.

What Happened? Assessing the 2018 Midterm Elections

The Great Hall Auditorium

Join us for a discussion and Q&A with FiveThirtyEight’s Clare Malone and the Monmouth University Poll’s Patrick Murray as they break down the 2018 midterm results and look ahead to what it all means for 2020.

Marnie (Nico Muhly/Libretto Nicholas Wright)

Pollak Theatre

Nico Muhly’s Marnie, based on Winston Graham’s novel, which in turn inspired Alfred Hitchcock’s suspenseful thriller, has its U.S. premiere at the Met this season. Isabel Leonard stars in the title role opposite Christopher Maltman as her blackmailing husband Mark Rutland, Iestyn Davies as his brother Terry, Janis Kelly as Mrs. Rutland, and acclaimed mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves as Marnie’s mother. Robert Spano makes his company debut conducting.

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