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Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts Happenings for February 2025
Arts and Entertainment
February 5, 2025
From: Regina A. Quick Center for the ArtsComing up in February 2025
Open VISIONS Forum: Espresso
Jonathan Santlofer
“The Lost Van Gogh: Nazi Looting, Interpol Agents, Art Sleuths on a Mission”
Tuesday, February 4 | 7:30 p.m.
International bestselling author and visual artist Jonathan Santlofer discusses all things art history and historical fiction. Join us as Santlofer escorts us through his epic art-puzzle narrative and into the high stakes world of theft, forgery, and murder.
Fredrickson Family Innovation Lab
Dr. NaLette Brodnax
Carceral Ideology: A New Framework for Examining Equity in Education
Wednesday, February 5 | 7:30 p.m.
Free Virtual Event
Join us for Dr. NaLette Brodnax’s interdisciplinary discussion on how carceral ideology shapes the educational experiences of poor and racially minoritized students. Learn more about Dr. Brodnax’s research pertaining to carceral practices in schools and how they influence pedagogy, culture, and discipline, potentially hindering students’ transitions to college and the workplace.
Theatre Fairfield
Next to Normal
Book and Lyrics by Brian Yorkey and Music by Tom Kitt
February 6-8 | Thursday & Friday, 7:30 p.m. | Saturday, 2 p.m.
Fairfield University’s resident theatre company takes the stage in Next to Normal. A show that takes audiences into the minds and hearts of each character, presenting their family's story with love, sympathy, and heart. Next to Normal is an emotional powerhouse that addresses such issues as grieving, ethics in modern psychiatry, and suburban life.
Dance
Elephant JANE dance
Untitled sad piece
Saturday, February 8 | 8 p.m.
Heidi Henderson’s work set to songs by the 1970s duo The Carpenters, untitled sad piece examines the sensation of a sinking heart. In quiet reiterative solos, touching duets, and one wild investigatory burst of galumphing, five dancers respond to the deep sadness in the grain of Karen Carpenter's voice, initiate from the dancers’ hearts, and find tenderness.
Open VISIONS Forum: Espresso
Lucy Ferriss, PhD
“Education Is Her Weapon: AFSO’s Mission in Afghanistan”
Tuesday, February 18 | 7:30 p.m.
Join Dr. Lucy Ferriss, co-founder and board president of the Afghan Female Student Outreach, as she presents the work of the non-profit, which is committed to helping return Afghan women to intellectual and professional life. Learn about how the work is conducted through many university professors, including Fairfield University. Dr. Ferriss will be joined on stage by Dr. Sonya Huber, who has collaborated closely with AFSO, Maryam Gharmal ’26, and Grace Lannigan ’25.
Daniel Pearl Memorial Concert presented with the Bennett Center for Judaic Studies
Krakauer & Tagg’s Good Vibes Explosion
Thursday, February 20 | 7:30 p.m.
Renowned klezmer clarinetist David Krakauer and South African pianist and composer Kathleen Tagg present their new project, Good Vibes Explosion. By responding to negativity in the world, they created a musical celebration of our shared humanity. Their first album from the project, Mazel Tov Cocktail Party, offers an exuberant, high-octane mix of dance music, blending square dance, polka, hora, calypso, hornpipe, and hip-hop. It’s pure joy.
Open VISIONS Forum: Espresso
Annual Department of History Lectureship
Michael Davis, PhD
“Medieval Bones to Today’s Inspiring Spires: The Dedication & Recovery of Notre Dame Cathedral”
Wednesday, February 26 | 7:30 p.m.
In the aftermath of a tragic fire in April of 2019, a five-year restoration project began on Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. As the iconic landmark reopens to the public, Mount Holyoke College Professor Emeritus Michael Davis, PhD, will share the beloved medieval monument’s immortal saga and newly engineered revival—complete with the most up-to-date images—as Notre Dame prepares for its next 1,000 years.