Music plays a haunting role in Ryan Coogler’s 2025 horror hit Sinners, where sound serves as a conduit not just to the divine, but to something far darker. But long before the film’s release, the Pine Barrens of New Jersey had its own tale of supernatural music. In this talk, Pine Barrens historian Paulie Wenger […]
It’s just like book club but with albums! With new advances in technology, the way we consume music through our devices, apps and on demand streaming services like Pandora, Spotify and iTunes is making the idea of the “album” as an art form extinct. Get together with other music enthusiasts on Tuesday nights to discuss […]
Pre-register here: https://monmouth.zoom.us/meeting/register/ffLw4XPHQaO0fNXBZYh2kA
“Tramps Like Us” Documentary to Premiere at Monmouth University August 24th Global Story of Bruce Springsteen Fans Comes Home to the Jersey Shore. West Long Branch, NJ — Tramps Like Us, the new and highly anticipated feature-length documentary exploring the global Springsteen fan community, will hold its world premiere on Sunday, August 24, 2025, at 7:30 PM at the Pollak […]
It’s just like book club but with albums! With new advances in technology, the way we consume music through our devices, apps and on demand streaming services like Pandora, Spotify and iTunes is making the idea of the “album” as an art form extinct. Get together with other music enthusiasts on Tuesday nights to discuss […]
A special viewing of rare footage from the making of Born to Run and from Springsteen’s 1975 Born to Run tour, hosted by filmmaker Thom Zimny with special guest, Max Weinberg. This viewing will be the evening of Friday, September 5, at Monmouth University’s Pollak Theatre. Tickets are $50.
The Main Event is a full-day symposium that will take place on Saturday, September 6 in Monmouth University’s Pollak Theatre. The symposium will feature panels, presentations, and interviews with members of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band, as well as with journalists and historians, music industry legends, and special guests. Tickets are $150.
Walking tours of the West End section of Long Branch, where Springsteen lived in 1974 and 1975 when he wrote the songs that comprise Born to Run. The September 7 tours, which include the chance to view Springsteen’s rented West End cottage, will take place at 11am and 2pm. Tickets are $40. 11am Tickets – Purchase Your […]
The Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music and the Wayne D. McMurray School of Humanities and Social Sciences will be hosting an academic conference devoted to the life, work, and influence of “The Boss” in honor of the 50th anniversary of the landmark Born to Run album’s 1975 release. Tickets are $100.
Pre-register here: https://monmouth.zoom.us/meeting/register/ATSmg3QARiKL01hrbzZ3iA
It’s just like book club but with albums! With new advances in technology, the way we consume music through our devices, apps and on demand streaming services like Pandora, Spotify and iTunes is making the idea of the “album” as an art form extinct. Get together with other music enthusiasts on Tuesday nights to discuss […]
Pre-register here: https://monmouth.zoom.us/meeting/register/n9xhH80URh6r0lBd65TfKg
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