Springsteen Archives' online "summer sessions" begin tonight; special SINNERS-themed event next week

July 16, 2025

Summer's here and the time is right for... getting online and learning more about Springsteen-connected stuff with various authors, as well as your fellow fans. The Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music (BSACAM) at Monmouth University continues to offer interesting - and free! - monthly online interactions with authors and scholars about various Springsteen-related topics. Below for easy reference is the complete/updated schedule of BSACAM's Conversations with our Curator series (including registration links) through not only Summer 2025 (beginning with tonight's online session about the first-ever Springsteen-focused Little Golden Book,) but also through the rest of the year. And check out next week's special additional online session inspired by Ryan Coogler's excellent film Sinners, presented by BSACAM in conjunction with Monmouth University's History and Anthropology Department:

Each of the Conversations with our Curator and other events listed below will begin promptly at 7pm ET on the respective date. BSACAM Curator Melissa Ziobro's online conversation with each author will be followed by an audience Q&A session. Registration to attend any of these online events is free and open to the public. Individual links for each author's book and/or to register for each author's event are available below, as well.

Tonight, Wednesday, July 16 - Laurel Snyder, author of Bruce Springsteen: A Little Golden Book Biography - Click here to register.

Wednesday, August 13 - Ricky Riccardi, author of Stomp Off, Let's Go: The Early Years of Louis Armstrong - Click here to register.

Wednesday, September 10 - WP Tandy, editor of Beach Badge - Click here to register.

Wednesday, October 15 - Allison Bumsted, author of TeenSet, Teen Fan Magazines, and Rock Journalism: Don't Let the Name Fool You - Click here to register.

Wednesday, November 19 - Jay Sweet, author of Ray Brown: His Life and Music - Click here to register.

Wednesday, December 10 - John Morrison, author of Boyz II Men 40th Anniversary Celebration: Unauthorized & Unofficial  - Click here to register.

SPECIAL ADDITIONAL PROGRAM IN CONJUNCTION WITH MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY'S HISTORY AND ANTHROPOLOGY DEPARTMENT - Thursday, July 24 - Sinners of the Pine Barrens - 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 explores the life and lore of Sammy Giberson, the legendary fiddler whose talent was said to rival (and perhaps even outmatch) the Devil himself. Join us for a journey through backwoods ballads, ghostly gigs, and the enduring power of music to stir both the soul and the shadows. - Click here to register.

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All past Conversations with our Curator events also are archived at BSACAM's YouTube channel, so you always can catch up on any event that you might have missed, or re-watch any event. Click here to view the Archives' Conversations with our Curator  YouTube playlist.