Edit

Quick Center for the Arts Weekly News September 14 – September 21, 2023

Arts and Entertainment

September 19, 2023

From: Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts

THE BENNETT LECTURE IN JUDAIC STUDIES
Dara Horn, PhD
In the Haunted Jewish Present: On (Not) Confronting Anti-Semitism
Tuesday, September 19 | 7:30 p.m.
Dara Horn is an award-winning author and National Jewish Book Award recipient. Horn’s work has been recognized by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, and The Jewish Review of Books, among many more.
 
LEARN MORE

 
INSPIRED WRITERS SERIES
 
Hosted by MFA Program’s Phil Klay
The Art of the Personal Essay With Emily Bernard
 
Thursday, September 21 | 7:30 p.m.
 
Free Virtual Event | Registration is required.
 
Essayist Emily Bernard is the winner of the 2020 Los Angeles Times Christopher Isherwood Prize for autobiographical prose. She is joined by Fairfield professor and National Book Award-winning author Phil Klay to discuss the art of the personal essay, focusing on the complexities of being adoptive parents looking to provide her children a history from which they can project their own futures.
 
LEARN MORE


MEMBERSHIP BENEFIT
 
Open Rehearsal with Silkroad Ensemble
 
As part of the Quick’s artist-in-residence program, we often serve as a hub for acclaimed artists to come together and rehearse before a big national tour. Under the artistic direction of MacArthur Genius Grant recipient, Rhiannon Giddens, the Silkroad Ensemble will call the Quick “home” over the next week to prepare for their tour. If you’re not yet a Quick Member or still need to renew, do so now and receive your direct invite to this special open rehearsal. Fairfield University faculty, staff, and students are welcome to attend and can learn more by emailing Lori Jones.
 
JOIN TODAY