Arts & Entertainment
Quick Center Launches Multidisciplinary Virtual Season for Fall
Ticket sales for the nine paid offerings are open to the public at quickcenter.com.
Fairfield University’s Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts announces its fall schedule featuring 60 livestreamed events for global audiences, most of them free of charge. Ticket sales for the nine paid offerings are open to the public at quickcenter.com.
FAIRFIELD, CT - Juxtaposing cutting-edge performance art alongside classic audience favorites and thought-provoking panel discussions, the Quick’s 30th anniversary year boasts a robust fall lineup of 60 virtual events spanning arts, culture, education, and contemporary topics. With only nine events requiring a ticket purchase, the bulk of programming will be offered free to the global digital audience.
“We have been through a lot as a community this year — locally, nationally, and globally. We believe it is our role as an arts center to be flexible so that we are not only meeting the needs of our community as a venue, but also as a window to the world around us,” said the Quick Center’s Executive Director Peter Van Heerden. “In this season we bring you critical perspectives, information, and conversations that we hope will help us move forward as a society, but we also bring the cultural performances and discussions that provide a much-needed balm in unprecedented times.”
On Sept. 21, voice actor and P.T. Barnum enthusiast Will Sarris will host the Barnum Museum’s Executive Director Kathleen Maher for a fun-filled presentation that reveals fact vs. fiction in the film The Greatest Showman. For those who miss thought-provoking and compelling drama at the theatre, award-winning TV writer and producer Stan Zimmermann’s Right Before I Go will be presented on Oct. 10 as part of the Quick Center’s Global Theatre Series, curated by Broadway producer Cheryl Wiesenfeld. On Dec. 8, fan-favorite Orin Grossman will grace screens with a repertoire of Gershwin favorites.
The Open VISIONS Forum boasts a stellar lineup of interdisciplinary speakers. Author and columnist Peggy Noonan kicks things off on Oct. 2 with “Finding the Moral High Ground/Challenges for USA’s Reboot,” in the Bank of America Women and Leadership series. The following week, Yamiche Alcindor, White House correspondent for the PBS NewsHour, and CNN political commentator Ana Navarro, will engage in “Decision 2020: A Presidential Election Conversation.” On Nov. 18, Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha — pediatrician, professor, and public health advocate whose research exposed the Flint water crisis — will discuss the state of children’s healthcare.
Designed to foster an inclusive worldview, the Quick Center’s programming reflects diverse perspectives across disciplines. Returning this year as a senior fellow, performance artist and audience favorite Nora Chipaumire will continue to explore the African experience and black bodies in the arts. A film screening of Let the People Decide with producer/director Gavin Guerra will share first-hand stories from the Civil Rights movement. In partnership with the College of Arts and Sciences’ Humanities Institute, the speaker series Hindsight/2020 will bring revered experts in the arts and humanities to interpret and contextualize critical developments in issues of racialized violence, public health, and social responsibility.
The Open MINDS Institute is back for a semester of virtual learning, with curated courses in fine art, opera, publishing, and more. The Quick has also partnered with the Fairfield University Art Museum on a full schedule of webinar gallery talks and discussions that range from collecting to the psychology of art.
This small sampling of what the Quick has to offer this fall is representative of the holistic, multidisciplinary programming upon which Fairfield University prides itself… but there is so much more. For complete information about performing arts programming at the Quick Center and Fairfield University, view the Fall 2020 Season brochure online at quickcenter.com.
Premiere Events Schedule:
The nine events below require a purchased ticket. Quick Center Members, Fairfield University President’s Circle Members, and Bellarmine Society Members enjoy all nine events for free.
Friday, October 2 | 8 p.m.
Open VISIONS Forum | Bank of America Women and Leadership Series
Peggy Noonan: “Finding the Moral High Ground/Challenges for USA’s Reboot”
Tuesday, October 6 | 8 p.m.
Open VISIONS Forum | COMMON GROUND Series
Yamiche Alcindor and Ana Navarro: “Left or Right? The Direction of USA Going Forward”
Saturday, October 10 | 8 p.m.
The Quick’s Global Theatre Series
Curated by Cheryl Wiesenfeld
Right Before I Go
Written by Stan Zimmerman
Wednesday, October 14 | 8 p.m.
Open VISIONS Forum | COMMON GROUND Series
Jared Cohen: “Presidential Leadership - Risk and Reward for a Lasting Legacy”
Tuesday, October 27 | 5 p.m.
Open VISIONS Forum | Dolan School of Business Lecture
Bernice Pan, PhD: “Deploying Valuism: Can Fashion Reform Consumerism?”
Thursday, November 12 | 5 p.m.
OVF presented by the Marion Peckham Egan School of Nursing
Gina Kolata: “The COVID-19 Vaccination: How and When Will the U.S. Get It?”
Friday, November 13 | 7 p.m.
Ann Hampton Callaway
Diva Power
Wednesday, November 18 | 8 p.m.
Open VISIONS Forum | Jacoby-Lunin Humanitarian Lecture
Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha: “Flint’s Fight for America’s Children”
Tuesday, December 8 | 5 p.m.
Quick Center Fan-Favorite
Orin Grossman Performs Gershwin
These ticketed performances are available to patrons through the following special offers:
· Become a Quick Member to enjoy all programming for free.
· Subscribe to all nine paid ticket events for just $175.
· Or, purchase single tickets for $20 per event (Right Before I Go. Benefit Ticket: $40).
Tickets are currently on sale to Quick Members, and go on sale to the general public on Wednesday, September 16. For more information about performing arts programming at the Quick and Fairfield University, please visit quickcenter.com.
