Here, There, Then, Now: Dahlia Elsayed
Art BuildingThis special site-specific event is a cross-disciplinary project chronicling how public histories and private narratives temporarily attach to landscape, specifically to bodies of water.
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Provost Film Series: Under the Bombs
In the wake of Israel’s 2006 bombardment of Lebanon, a determined woman finds her way into the country convincing a taxi cab driver to take a risky journey around the scarred region in search of her sister and her son. Panelists: Dr. Azzam Elayan, lecturer in chemistry, Monmouth University and Dr. Saliba Sarsar, professor of political science, Monmouth University
Met Opera: Manon – Massenet
Anna Netrebko’s dazzling portrayal of the tragic heroine in Laurent Pelly’s new production travels to the Met from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
On Screen In Person: Blast!
Welcome to astrophysics, Indiana Jones-style! Five-time Emmy winner Paul Devlin follows the story of his brother, mark Devlin PhD, as he leads a tenacious team of scientists trying to figure out how all the galaxies formed by launching a revolutionary new telescope under a NASA high-altitude balloon.
Visiting Writer: Naomi Shihab Nye
Author and/or editor of more than 25 volumes or poetry, Naomi Shihab Nye will read selections from her work.
Met Opera: Ernani Encore – Verdi (Broadcast in HD)
Angela Meade takes center stage in Verdi’s thrilling early gem.
Marc Muller’s Dead On: Live
Faithful note-for-note re-creations of The Grateful Dead’s 1970 Workingman’s Dead and American Beauty albums, which include such favorites as “Uncle John’s Band,” “Casey Jones,” “Truckin’,” and “Sugar Magnolia.”
La Traviata – Verdi
Natalie Dessay will put on the red dress in Willy Decker’s stunning production, in her first Violetta at the Met.
Rule Americana: Spring Concert
Students in the Monmouth University Orchestra, the Concert Choir, and the Chamber Choir will perform. Department Chair David Tripold, with faculty members Ron Frangipane and Michael Gillette, have selected representative works from renowned American composers, mostly of the 20th century. Among the works to be heard that evening will be Samuel Barber’s “Sure on a Shining Night” and his popular “Adagio For Strings,” “Alleluia” by Randall Thompson, and the “Chichester Psalms” by Leonard Bernstein, which will feature the soloist Jeffrey Mendelbaum, who is on the roster of the Metropolitan Opera and has performed concerts and opera up and down the East Coast.
DAUGHTRY – Break the Spell 2012 Tour
Daughtry “Break the Spell 2012 Tour” with special guest pop rock group Safetysuit and opening the show is singer songwriter Mike Sanchez