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  • National Theatre of London: War Horse

    Additional Screening March 14, 2014 at 7 p.m.

    The National Theatre’s original stage production of War Horse, broadcast live from London’s West End to cinemas. 

    Since its first performance at the National Theatre in 2007, War Horse has become an international smash hit, capturing the imagination of four million people around the world.

    Based on Michael Morpurgo’s novel and adapted for the stage by Nick Stafford, War Horse takes audiences on an extraordinary journey from the fields of rural Devon to the trenches of First World War France. Filled with stirring music and songs, this powerfully moving and imaginative drama is a show of phenomenal inventiveness. At its heart are astonishing life-size puppets by South Africa’s Handspring Puppet Company, who bring breathing, galloping, charging horses to thrilling life on stage.

     

    Don’t miss your chance to experience this landmark production in a cinema near you.

  • Senior Recital: Jasmine Walker

    Jasmine Walker, Music Education major will be performing her Senior Recital at the Woods Theatre on Friday, December 6, 2013 at 7:30 p.m.  She will be featured on voice and piano. Admission is free; light refreshments will be served.

  • Senior Recital: Rachel Armstrong

    Rachel Armstrong, Music Education major will be performing her Senior Recital at the Woods Theatre on Saturday, December 7, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. She will be featured on voice and piano. Admission is free; light refreshments will be served.

  • Senior Recital: Megan Conrad

    Megan Conrad, Music Education major will be performing her Senior Recital at the Woods Theatre on Sunday, December 8, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. She will be featured on tuba.  Admission is free; light refreshments will be served.

  • Senior Recital: Brendan Moore

    Brendan Moore, Music Education major will be performing his Senior Recital at the St. James Episcopal Church, 300 Broadway, Long Branch, NJ on Friday, December 13, 2013 at 7:30 p.m.  He will be featured on piano, voice and organ. Admission is free; light refreshments will be served.

  • Senior Recital: Ross Bernstein

    Ross Bernstein, Music Education major will be performing his Senior Recital at the Woods Theatre on Sunday, December 15, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. He will be featured on voice.  Admission is free; light refreshments will be served.

  • Ladies and Gentlemen…The Beatles!

    ONLINE REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED. STANDING ROOM TICKETS WILL STILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR. Seated tickets for this event are currently sold out, but standing room tickets are still available. By 10:15 am, we will begin to seat “standing room” ticket holders in any empty seats.

    This February will mark 50 years since the Beatles landed at the newly-renamed Kennedy Airport and days later performed live on the Ed Sullivan Show to a record setting 73 million people changing music and popular culture forever. 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 this day-long symposium featuring a keynote address, three panels and musical performances through the day.

    Symposium Schedule

    9:30 am     Registration
    Musical Performance: Salvatore Boyd

    10:00 am     Keynote Address/Opening Remarks
    Bob Santelli, Executive Director of the GRAMMY Museum

    10:30-10:40 am – Student Music Performance: Justin Franco

    10:40 – 12:00 pm     Student Panel
    Featuring current students who have taken Dr. Kenneth Campbell’s First-Year Seminar course, “The Beatles.” In addition to sharing their own research on the Beatles, the student panelists will reflect on their introduction to the Beatles, the Beatles’ impact on their generation, and the impact of technology on their experience with the group.

    Moderator, Professor Kenneth Campbell
    Alison Abate, “The Long and Winding Road: The Beatles Through the Years”
    Timothy Kerner, “The Effects of Drugs on the Beatles and Their Music”
    Sarah Lewis, “My Music Experience: The Beatles and Abbey Road”
    Jessica Mentzel, “The Beatles: Past, Present, and Future”

    12:00 – 12:45 pm     Lunch
    Video Presentation organized by Professor George Wurzbach

    Junior Beatle Band curated by the Lakehouse Music Academy
    Boxed lunches available for purchase

    12:45-12:55 pm – Student Music Performance: Alexa Mazurkiewicz

    12:45 – 2:30 pm     Faculty Panel
    Monmouth University faculty members will discuss their thoughts and research on the Beatles and technology, the impact of Motown on their early career, questions of identity surrounding the group, and the experience of the second generation of Beatles’ fans with the group.

    Moderator, Dean Stan Green
    Kenneth Campbell, “Who were the Beatles?: More than “Just a Band Who Made It Very, Very Big?”
    Christopher DeRosa,”The Beatles in the Echo Boom.”
    Aaron Furgason,“Beatles vs. the Record Labels: How Technology Impacted the Beatles and their Record Labels.”
    Stuart Rosenberg    , “The Beatles Discography: A Review of their Studio Albums, 1964-1970”
    Hettie Williams, “The Motown Formula and the Boy Band Craze in the Pivotal Year 1964”

    2:30-2:40 pm – Musical Performance: Joe Rapolla

    2:40-4:00 pm     Professional Panel
    Moderator, Bob Santelli
    Doug Sulpy, author, the Complete Beatles Audio Guide, the 910’s Guide to Beatles Outtakes
    Bobby Bandiera, Guitarist with Bon Jovi, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes
    Vini Lopez, Drummer with original E Street Band, Steelmill
    Marc Muller, Musician who has recorded with Bruce Springsteen, Branford Marsalis and Kelly Clarkson, music director/multi-instrumentalist for Dead On Live, and Monmouth University Professor

    Ongoing throughout the day – Brain on Beatles Project
    The first 40 people who register for the symposium (SOLD OUT) will receive an audio postcard with a push button sound module that plays their brainwaves mapped to your favorite Beatles song – a one of a kind sound art piece. Innovative technology meets beautiful melodies as award winning media artist Andrew Demirjian provides a truly unique perspective on the Beatles music. With a five-minute visit, Prof. Demirjian will map your brain activity as you listen to your favorite Beatles song and then translate that brain data to musical notes – the piece provides a sonic snapshot, a self-portrait of your Brain on Beatles.

    The symposium is free and open to the public, however advance registration is required

  • National Theatre of London: King Lear

    Academy Award® winner
    Sam Mendes (Skyfall, American Beauty) returns to the National Theatre to
    direct Simon Russell Beale (Timon of Athens, Collaborators) in
    the title role of Shakespeare’s tragedy.

     An aged king decides to
    divide his kingdom between his three daughters, according to which of them is
    most eloquent in praising him. His favourite, Cordelia, says nothing. Lear’s
    world descends into chaos.

  • Argentine Tango Classes (Spring Session I)

    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.

    For more information about Tango Pantera visit www.TangoPantera.Blogspot.com

  • 33rd Annual Black Maria Film and Video Festival

    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.

    Films:
    A Place of Spirit – Jury’s Choice
    6.5 min. by Natalie Conn and Jay Weichun, Brooklyn, NY
    This is the story of Andrea Phillips, a Staten Island based artist, facing eviction from her home after 44 years.  Rather than center itself around the policy issues associated with Andrea’s eviction, “A Place of Spirit” focuses on Andrea’s emotional and spiritual relationship to her eccentric, unique and uncommon home.

    Something Like Whales – Jury’s Choice
    5 min. by Nora Sweeney, Val Verde, CA.
    In a dying industrial neighborhood in Cincinnati, Ohio, the Queensgate Train Yard pulses with life. A local worker describes the haunting sound emanating from the yard as ‘something like whales.’  This poetical film was shot in part with a camera obscura.

    For The Birds – You Be the Judge: Peoples’ Choice Award
    14 min. by Tara Atashgah, Santa Monica, CA.
    Inspired by a true story, “For The Birds” follows a young Iranian girl as she is taken to the gallows to be hanged, having been accused of adultery. In her final moments, she imagines her fate in the hands of the surrounding townspeople.

    Close the Lid, Gently: A Home Document Scan – Jury’s Choice
    5.5 min. by Ariana Gerstein, Barton, NY.
    A video made entirely from two home desktop scanners – one a photo scanner, the other a refurbished low-end document scanner. Each has its own texture and sees the domestic environment in its own particular way, one scan at a time. This piece deals with the deliberate misuse/re-purposing of commercial image producing machines for a slow, individual, low tech, approach to the motion picture making process.

    The Apothecary – Jury’s Choice
    17 min. by Helen Hood Scheer, Palo Alto, CA.
    A moving portrait of beloved druggist, Don Colcord, in a rural Colorado outpost. Don is a man who operates the only pharmacy within 4,000 square miles.  He navigates a profound divide between his public persona and his personal life.  To the community, he is jovial and heroic.  At home, he is impotent and isolated due to his wife’s disability.  “The Apothecary” explores notions of individual duty and obligation in the face of privately held grief and ambivalence.

    Wise Choice or Lucky Guess – Directors’ Choice
    3.5 min. by Ellen Raines, Fox Point, WI.
    A recently deceased man has to make a choice between heaven and hell, while sitting on an escalator.

    Rehearsal – Directors’ Choice
    11 min. by Tom Rosenberg, Austin, TX.