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.
Intended to express and highlight the beauty of science – through images, drawings, and photos of natural forms and visualization of scientific, mathematic, and engineering processes based on the research and coursework of MU faculty and students. Images will reveal the elegance of science art in scientific results, observations, and failures.
Featuring the work of Monmouth University graduating seniors who will receive their degrees in Fine Art.
Borodin’s defining Russian epic, famous for its Polovtsian Dances, comes to the Met for the first time in nearly 100 years. Dmitri Tcherniakov’s new production is a brilliant psychological journey through the mind of its conflicted hero, with the founding of the Russian nation as the backdrop.
Last day to withdraw from semester-long classes and receive a “W” on transcript
The films that become the centerpiece of the Black Maria Film and Video Festival honor the vision of Thomas Edison, New Jersey inventor and creator of the motion picture. It was his New Jersey studio, the world’s first, which he called the “black maria” (pronounced “mariah”) after which the festival is named. The cutting edge, cross-genre work that makes up the festival’s touring program, has been traveling across the country every year for decades.
Black Maria focuses on diverse short films – narrative, experimental, animation, and documentary – including those which address issues and struggles within contemporary society such as the environment, public health, race and class, family, sustainability, and much more. These exceptional works ranging from comedy to drama to the exploration of pure form in film and video are not sidebars to feature length films, they are the heart and soul of the festival. The program is free and all are welcome. Works which will be screened are unrated; some of the content is sophisticated and might not be suited to younger audiences.
Known worldwide for transcending the limits of tradition, the New York City-based string quartet ETHEL, comprised of Ralph Farris (viola), Dorothy Lawson (cello), Kip Jones (violin) and Tema Watstein (violin), has for the past decade and a half actively, aggressively, joyfully, adapted their epic skill-set to the presentation of rainbow-colored music of every style and description. Guitarist Kaki King, recognized as one of “The New Guitar Gods” by Rolling Stone has, likewise, won an enthusiastic international following as her gutsy, honest, and astonishingly beautiful works seem to defy gravity. Brought together, these celebrated sound worlds intermingle and swarm to create a glorious and inspired collaboration.
Puccini’s moving story of young love is the most performed opera in Met history—and with good reason. Anita Hartig stars as the frail Mimì in Franco Zeffirelli’s classic production, with Vittorio Grigolo as her passionate lover, Rodolfo.
Encore: Sun. May 4 at 1:00 p.m.
Much more than a concert, IN THE MOOD presents a retro 1940s musical revue featuring the IN THE MOOD Singers and Dancers with the sensational String of Pearls Big Band Orchestra. The music and the arrangements are as authentic as it gets. This was a time that all America was listening and dancing to the same kind of music.
UN Academic Impact Lecture featuring Dr. Azza Karam, Senior Advisor on Social and Cultural Development United Nations Population Fund
Location: Versaille Room, Wilson Hall Lecture by John Werner, TED Speaker, Co-Founder of Citizen Schools Project, Innovator of the Camera Culture Group at the MIT Media Lab , “Innovative Education Initiatives”
Academic Advising and priority/early registration for Summer 2014, Fall 2014 and Spring 2015. Tentative until final counts are prepared
Location: Wilson Auditorium, Wilson Hall School of Social Work and GUC feature lecture by Ercilia Melillán Toro “Social Work and Human Rights – Threats and Opportunities”
Elizabeth Graham, Associate Director of the Monmouth County’s Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Prevention Agency, 180 Turning Lives Around
Tai is 17 years old. Naim is 20. She’s Israeli. He’s Palestinian. She lives in Jerusalem. He lives in Gaza. Only 60 miles separate them but how many bombings, check-points, sleepless nights and bloodstained days stand between them?
Featured Speaker David Zirin, Author & sports editor of The Nation
An exhibition of works exploring the theme of war by American artist, humanist, and teacher Jacob Landau.
Opening Reception: April 10, 2014 at 4:30 p.m.
Prof. Andrew Demirjian, Department of Communication and Xiaoying Yuan, Independent Art Curator lead this lecture & discussion.
One of Ireland’s major folk voices returns to the Monmouth University for another extraordinary evening of deeply moving, engaging music and storytelling. Long time traditional musician, renowned storyteller and performance artist since the 1960’s, Sean Tyrrell has traveled extensively all over the world, collaborating with folks such as Tommy Peoples and Paddy Keenan. Siobhán Long of the Irish Times Review writes, “Here be folk music as it was meant to be: pugilistic at times, all embracing at others. Tyrrell’s appetite for telling it like it is is as unquenchable as ever.”
GUC Featured Movie and Conversation with director, Lisa Gosses, documentary “My So Called Enemy”
Featuring the work of Monmouth University graduating seniors who will receive their degrees in Graphic Design and Animation.
Location: Turrell Boardroom, Bey Hall Guatemala Public Health 2014: “It’s an Adventure,” Panel Discussion Students join professors for a panel discussion on the state of public health in Guatemala. Panel members include Prof. Chris Hirschler and Corey Inzana, Alexandra Evangelista, Chelsea McDermott, Melanie Pardun, Carly Samona, Angelica Santos, Students.
Jonas Kaufmann stars in the title role of Massenet’s sublime adaptation of Goethe’s revolutionary and tragic romance, opposite Sophie Koch as Charlotte. The new production is directed and designed by Richard Eyre and Rob Howell, the same team that created the Met’s recent hit staging of Carmen. Rising young maestro Alain Altinoglu conducts.
United in Anger: A History of ACT UP is the first feature-length documentary to explore ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) from an historical perspective and describes how a small group of men and women of all races and classes came together to change the world and save each other’s lives. There will be a Q & A with the filmmaker Jim Hubbard following the screening.
An exciting new musical revue based on favorite contemporary children’s books including Teacher From the Black Lagoon (by Mike Thaler and Jared Lee), Dogzilla (by Dav Pilkey), Grumpy Bird (by Jeremy Tankard), I Want My Hat Back (by Jon Klassen), Lily’s Purple Plastic Purse (by Kevin Henkes), Love Splat, Splat the Cat (by Rob Scotton), The Grasshopper and the Ant.
Native American poet Natalie Diaz will speak about the language revitalization program at Fort Mojave, her home reservation, where she works with the last Elder speakers of the Mojave language.
A concert featuring three perennial favorites, each uncommonly effervescent, sweet and vibrant as if made for Springtime. This concert is sponsored by the Monmouth University Performing Arts Series with orchestra and collegiate chorus conducted by Dr. David M. Tripold.
Monmouth University Honors School presents a screening of the acclaimed new documentary.
Louise Glück is one of America’s finest contemporary poets. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Glück is a former Poet Laureate of the United States and the author of a dozen widely acclaimed books. Stephen Dobyns, writing in the New York Times Book Review, said “no American poet writes better than Louise Glück, perhaps none can lead us so deeply into our own nature.” Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Hass has called her “one of the purest and most accomplished lyric poets now writing.”
Alejandro Escovedo is a roots rock/alternative country singer/songwriter from Austin, Texas. He began a career in the early 1980’s that spans 14 albums, thousands of live shows and hundreds of thousands of miles on the road forging an identity that is one with his muse and his music.
Music Director James Levine makes his long-awaited return to the Met podium to conduct Mozart’s beloved opera about testing the ties of love.
Encore: Sun. May 18 at 1:00 p.m.
Michael Aragones (Drums/Piano) Music Education major & Scott Johnston (Guitar) Music major will be performing their Senior Recital.
Zoe Taddei, Music major, will be performing her Senior Recital at the Woods Theatre on cello
Opening Reception: Sunday, April 27 from 1-4 pm. Featuring select works by Monmouth University students in photography, graphic design, animation and studio art.
The Kislak Real Estate Institute and Leon Hess Business School Are Co-Sponsoring a Lecture with Guest Speakers Mitchell E. Hersh, Ara K. Hovnanian, and Ronald E. Ladell.
TWO SHOWS: 10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Direct from Australia, Erth’s DINOSAUR ZOO Live™ brings an awesome array of prehistoric creatures to life on stage. From cute baby dinos to teeth-gnashing giants, your family will observe and interact with extraordinary, life-like creatures in this highly imaginative, entertaining and educational live show.
Classical pieces by Mozart, Grieg, Verdi, Bach, Vaughn, Williams, Schubert, Rossini, & Clarke performed by the Chamber Orchestra & Ensembles
This Information Session will cover all Graduate Programs offered at the University.
Katrina Lebron, Music/Music Industry major, will be performing her Senior Recital on voice
Kelly Thomas, Music major, will be performing her Junior Recital at the Woods Theatre on voice.
