This exciting new exhibit celebrates the photography of Eric Meola, whose iconic photo of Springsteen and saxophonist Clarence Clemons graces the Born to Run album cover. The free exhibit will be open to the public in Monmouth University’s Rechnitz Hall DiMattio Gallery from Friday, September 5 through December 18, 2025. See gallery hours and more here.
“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 […]
(July 9, 2025) The Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music announced today that tickets for this September’s multi-day celebration of the 50th anniversary of the release of Springsteen’s landmark album, Born to Run, will go on sale beginning at noon on Wednesday, July 16. Tickets for the main event, a full-day symposium that will […]
Join the Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music for an advance listen to selections from Tracks II: The Lost Albums on Thursday, June 26th at 7pm at Pollak Theatre at Monmouth University. The event is free and open to the public. Advance Registration is required. The session will be curated and moderated by radio personalities Tom Cunningham and Rich […]
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. View the official […]
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. View the official […]
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.
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 […]
The Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music will be curating two exhibits to mark the 50th anniversary of the landmark album Born to Run. One, opening in late August in Long Branch, is a collaboration with the city and explores Bruce Springsteen’s ties to the town where he wrote Born to Run from birth to the present. […]
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