Gallery Exhibition: Robert Mueller – Selected Works From the Monmouth University Permanent Collection
Joan and Robert Rechnitz Hall
Week of Events
Urban Coast Institute $5 Million Challenge
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Gallery Exhibition: Glory Bound. Photographs by Barry Schneier
Opening Reception: September 11, 6-8 p.m.
Gallery Exhibition: Robert Mueller – Selected Works From the Monmouth University Permanent Collection
Inspired by mathematical models, literary sources, and his own social consciousness, Robert Emmett Mueller, artist, engineer, inventor, author, musician, puppet maker, and general wizard, is on a never-ending search for visual equivalents to his ideas.
Gallery Exhibition: David H. Wells
This exhibit examines the empty homes and foreclosed dreams littering the American landscape in the wake of the foreclosure crisis. After a house is foreclosed upon there is a fleeting moment when the ghosts of the one-time owners are all that is left – before the houses are cleaned and returned to the real estate market. The photographs in this exhibit capture the remaining signs of life that once filled these emptied houses bringing to light ideas about home, family and the American Dream. Opening Reception: Thursday, September 25, from 4:30 – 7pm
Gallery Exhibition: MAVIS SMITH / THINK AGAIN
Imagining the hidden realities of other people’s existences is a continuing theme in the work of Bucks County artist Mavis Smith. Smith, who’s works are often done in egg tempera, brings an almost surreal aesthetic to her paintings that further suggests the dislocation of appearances and realities. This exhibition samples a range of Smith’s work from years past, as well as several new pieces, including both paintings and works on paper as well as some recent sculptural works incorporating egg shells. Opening Reception: Fri. September 19, from 7 – 9 pm
Auction for BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN limited edition print
A limited edition 20” x 30” print taken by photographer Barry Schneier at the historic May 9, 1974 Bruce Springsteen concert at the Harvard Square Theatre in Cambridge, Massachusetts is up for auction!
Bystander Intervention: A Key Element in Going from Attitude to Behavior Change – A Lecture by Dr. John D. Foubert
Bystander Intervention: A Key Element in Going from Attitude to Behavior Change – A Lecture by Dr. John D. Foubert
The bystander intervention model is the latest trend in sexual assault awareness. This session will review the research on bystander intervention, the steps of bystander intervention, a model program for men and a model program for women, and outcomes showing the efficacy of both programs.
Augustana
Augustana
The band from Southern California (by way of Illinois) makes a rare coastal New Jersey appearance fronted by singer-guitarist-pianist and primary composer Dan Layus; with a revamped lineup, a new record label, and a new leg of tour dates behind their well-received 2014 release, Life Imitating Life. The whispery vocal verses and Coldplay-inspired ivories of the band’s early singles “Boston” and follow-ups “Sweet and Low” and “Hey Now” vaulted to the Top 10 at AAA Radio. Then in 2011, for the band’s self titled album on Epic, Layus had a major surprise with a punchier, more immediate sound that carried melodic currents of Soul Asylum, Tom Petty, Chris Isaak and Bruce Springsteen. Now the new album reconciles the various facets of the Augustana sounds through a succinct rhythmic attack and crisp production — with bright radio-ready anthems like “Ash and Ember” sharing the ride with introspective plaints like “Remember Me,” under the flag of Layus’s unerring pop instincts. Opening the show will be Jim and Sam.