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UpdatedWed, Mar 10, 2021 at 4:34 am ET Reply Tara Westover, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Educated (Photo credit: Paul Stewart) Fairfield University's Open VISIONS Forum and the Bank of America Women and Leadership Series will welcome #1 best-selling memoirist Tara Westover for a virtual lecture about the power of knowledge to overcome the most difficult circumstances. FAIRFIELD, CT – The Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts at Fairfield University will welcome Tara Westover, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Educated, for a livestreamed lecture on Tuesday, March 16, ...

'100-years-old legacy': Sacred Heart's community theater readies for next act in Fairfield Jarret Liotta FacebookTwitterEmail 1of11 The Sacred Heart University Community Theatre in Fairfield on Tuesday.Brian A. Pounds / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less 2of11 The Sacred Heart University Community Theatre in Fairfield on Tuesday.Brian A. Pounds / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less 3of11 4of11 The Sacred Heart University Community Theatre in Fairfield, Conn. on Tuesday, March 01, 2021.Brian A. Pounds / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less 5of11 Bill Harris, Director of th...

February 2, 2021 66 Fairfield University’s Quick Center for the Arts is offering a new season of interactive virtual seminars on topics from publishing to music, religion, history and art through its Open Minds Institute. A “classroom without walls,” the institute is designed to “encourage community cross-conversations and informed, civil dialogue,” according to program director and Fairfield University professor Philip Eliasoph. In February and March, OMI will offer six free, hourlong classes, each led by instructors in their chosen fields. All sessions begin at 1 p.m. To participa...

UpdatedThu, Feb 4, 2021 at 5:16 am ET Reply(1) Nobel Peace Laureate Nadia Murad to Share Her Story of Survival at 2021 Annual Student Forum, Feb. 11 Fairfield University's Open VISIONS Forum will welcome Nadia Murad to speak in support of victims of genocide and human trafficking, and to lead a panel of students in a virtual discussion centered on survival, advocacy, and activism. FAIRFIELD, CT —Human rights activist and 2018 Nobel Peace Prize recipient Nadia Murad will be the keynote speaker at Fairfield University's Annual Student Forum on Thursday, February 11, 2021 at 8 p.m. This panel ...

UpdatedSat, Jan 30, 2021 at 4:35 am ET Reply FAIRFIELD, CT – The Quick Center's history-making 30th anniversary year continues with the launch of the spring season's robust virtual calendar of groundbreaking performances, classic audience favorites, and thought-provoking lectures. Thanks to Quick Center partners including the Fairfield University Art Museum, the Fredrickson Family Innovation Lab, the College of Arts and Sciences' Humanities Institute: Hindsight 20/20 Lecture Series, and others, Executive Director Peter Van Heerden promises "a robust and engaging spring season of more than ...