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Gallery Exhibition: Jeremiah Teipen’s Inforifices

Rotary Ice House Gallery

Inforifices, an exhibition by Jeremiah Teipen, features new works that aestheticize the processes by which we consume (and digest) large amounts of visual information. Teipen creates mesmerizing experiences that mirror our current hyper-saturated mediascape, but also allow the viewer to transcend it.

Free

Met Opera: Falstaff Encore (Broadcast in HD)

Pollak Theatre

An undisputed master of Falstaff, Music Director James Levine conducts Verdi’s opera for the first time at the Met since 2005. Robert Carsen’s production—the first new Met Falstaff since 1964—is set in the English countryside in the mid-20th century.

$23

Provost Film Series: Walk on Water

Pollak Theatre

Following the suicide of his wife, an Israeli intelligence agent is assigned to befriend the grandchildren of a Nazi war criminal.

National Theatre of London: Coriolanus

National Theatre Live will broadcast the Donmar Warehouse’s production of Coriolanus, Shakespeare’s searing tragedy of political manipulation and revenge, with Tom Hiddleston (The Avengers, War Horse (film), BBC’s The Hollow Crown) in the title role and Mark Gatiss (Season’s Greetings at the National Theatre, BBC’s Sherlock) as Menenius, directed by the Donmar’s Artistic Director Josie Rourke.

Gallery Exhibition: Mike Harper: The Art of Illustration

Pollak Gallery

Opening Reception: Fri. February 7, from 6 – 8 p.m.
Mike Harper a realistic airbrush artist who has illustrated professionally for over 15 years. He has worked with numerous publishing companies and advertising agencies that range from American Tourister to Zebra Pens. Works on display will include various advertising illustrations, book covers, editorial works & promotion pieces used by noted publishers Bantam, Scholastic, & Harlequin.

On Screen/in Person: Real Boy

The Great Hall Auditorium

REAL BOY is the coming-of-age story of Bennett Wallace, a transgender teenager on a journey to find his voice as a musician, a friend, a son, and a man. Navigating the ups and downs of young adulthood, he works to gain the support of his mother, who has deep misgivings about her child’s transition. As tension mounts at home, Bennett is taken in by his idol, Joe Stevens, the lead singer of the alt-Americana band, Coyote Grace. Exploring how our search for personal identity also involves those closest to us, REAL BOY is a nuanced look at the new American family and the people we turn to when our given families are unavailable.

Argentine Tango Classes (Spring Session I)

MAC At Monmouth

Please note that the Feb 3 class is cancelled due to snow. A make up date will be scheduled. February 3 – March 10
Monday Evenings
Advanced Class: 6:45 pm
Beginner Class: 8:00 pm
Eyas Lounge in the MAC

Please join instructor Lee Sager of Tango Pantera for a six week session of Argentine Tango Classes. No partner or experience necessary.

$40 MU Students; $60 MU Employees; $100 General Public

Ladies and Gentlemen…The Beatles!

The Great Hall

Monmouth University and the Los Angeles-based GRAMMY Museum have partnered to commemorate the tremendous impact that the Fab Four had on American society with a day-long symposium called Ladies and Gentlemen … The Beatles! to be held in the historic Wilson Hall. The symposium will feature a keynote address, three panels and musical performances through the day.

Met Opera: RUSALKA

Pollak Theatre

The great Renée Fleming returns to one of her signature roles, singing the enchanting “Song to the Moon” in Dvorák’s soulful fairy-tale opera.

Encore: Sunday, February 23 at 1:00 p.m.

$23

Art Now: R. Luke Dubois

R. Luke DuBois is a composer, artist, and performer who explores the temporal, verbal, and visual structures of cultural and personal ephemera.