Open VISIONS Forum: Espresso
Saïd Sayrafiezadeh
“American Estrangement With Saïd Sayrafiezadeh”
Tuesday | 7:30 p.m.
September 13, 2022
Season Calendar
Select your genre:
nora chipaumire
Nehanda
Friday | 6 p.m.
September 23, 2022
Mariachi Herencia de México with Lupita Infante
Herederos
Friday | 8 p.m.
September 30, 2022
Aaron Jafferis
Smooth Criminal
Monday | 7 p.m.
October 3, 2022
CT Dance Now presented in partnership with Connecticut Dance Alliance
Broadening our Reach.
Monday | 6 p.m.
October 3, 2022
Brett Bailey
The Stranger
POSTPONED
Fredrickson Family Innovation Lab
Victoria Vesna and James Gimzewski
“NANO: Making the invisible - visible, the inaudible – audible”
Wednesday | 7:30 p.m.
October 12, 2022
Free Virtual Event.
Wilton Cardinal Gregory
The Inaugural Lecture for Mission and Ministry’s
“Faith Leaders for Racial Justice” Series
Thursday | 7 p.m.
October 13, 2022
Open VISIONS Forum: Espresso
Sandra Gibson and Luis Recoder
“Obscurus Projectum:
The Lost Cinematic Art of the Camera Obscura”
Monday | 7:30 p.m.
October 17, 2022
Open VISIONS Forum
Carl Bernstein
“Focusing a Journalistic Lens:
Watergate to Washington 2024”
Tuesday | 7:30 p.m.
October 18, 2022
Theatre Fairfield
Tiny Beautiful Things
by Nia Vardalos
Based on the book by Cheryl Strayed
Tuesday, October 18 – Friday, October 21 | 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, October 22 | 2 p.m.
Inspired Writers Series
Hosted by MFA Program’s Phil Klay
Helen Oyeyemi
Peaces
Thursday | 12 p.m.
October 27, 2022
The Metropolitan Opera: HD Live
Medea (Cherubini)
Saturday | 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. (encores) | 12 p.m. Pre-talk
October 29, 2022
Open VISIONS Forum
Frances Haugen
“Ethics, the Public Good, and the Challenge of Social Media”
Tuesday | 7:30 p.m.
November 1, 2022
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Pass it On: 60th Anniversary Musical Celebration
Friday | 8 p.m.
November 4, 2022
The Metropolitan Opera: HD Live
La Traviata (Verdi)
Saturday | 1 p.m. (live) and 6 p.m. (encore) | 12 p.m. Pre-screening Talk
November 5, 2022
CT Dance Now presented in partnership with Connecticut Dance Alliance
Statewide Dance Meeting
Monday | 6 p.m.
November 7, 2022
Fredrickson Family Innovation Lab
Stephanie Dinkins
“Exploring Transmedia Art Using AI for Social Equity”
Wednesday | 7:30 p.m.
November 9, 2022
Free Virtual Event.
School Matinee Series
Sugar Skull!
A Día de Muertos Musical Adventure
Thursday | 10 a.m. and 12 p.m.
November 10, 2022
Open VISIONS Forum
Evelyn Tribole
“Intuitive Eating”
Thursday | 5 p.m.
November 10, 2022
Orin Grossman, PhD
Musical Borderlands
Sunday | 3 p.m.
November 13, 2022
National Theatre Live
The Seagull
by Anton Chekhov, in a version by Anya Reiss
directed by Jamie Lloyd
Tuesday | 2 p.m. & 7 p.m.
November 15, 2022
Open VISIONS Forum: Espresso
Steven Rivellino
“The Playwright and the Goddess –
Arthur Miller and Marilyn Monroe”
Tuesday | 7:30 p.m.
November 29, 2022
Inspired Writers Series
Hosted by MFA Program’s Phil Klay
Katy Carl, Christopher Beha
“New Catholic Novelists and Editors”
Thursday | 7:30 p.m.
December 1, 2022
Theatre Fairfield
Director's Cut
Thursday, December 1 | 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, December 3 | 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, December 4 | 2 p.m.
The Metropolitan Opera: HD Live
The Hours (Puts)
Wednesday | 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. (encores) | 12 p.m. Pre-screening Talk
December 14, 2022
The Metropolitan Opera: HD Live
Fedora (Giordano)
Saturday | 1 p.m. (live) and 6 p.m. (encore) | 12 p.m. Pre-screening Talk
January 14, 2023
Vertigo Dance
Pardes
Wednesday | 8 p.m.
January 18, 2023
Back to Back Pictures presents
SHADOW
Friday | 5:30 p.m.
January 20, 2023
Open VISIONS Forum
Bret Stephens
“Negotiating for the Center – At Times Beyond the Fringe”
Thursday | 7:30 p.m.
January 26, 2023
Fr. Bryan Massingale, S.T.D.
“Spirituality for Racial Justice”
Tuesday | 7:30 p.m.
January 31, 2023
Open VISIONS Forum: Espresso
Vijay Iyer in Conversation with
Michael Ciavaglia
“Musicalities: Scenes of Sonic Mattering”
Wednesday | 7:30 p.m.
February 1, 2023
Open VISIONS Forum: Espresso
Steven Rivellino
“Berlin Cabaret 1920s – 1940s.
The Mythical Decadence of Weimar Cabaret”
Wednesday | 7:30 p.m.
February 15, 2023
Inspired Writers Series
Hosted by MFA Program’s Phil Klay
Margaret Wilkerson Sexton
Thursday | 7:30 p.m.
Feb. 16, 2023
Open VISIONS Forum & the College of Arts & Sciences Common Ground Series
Nick Gillespie & Bhaskar Sunkara
"Political Extremism vs. Reason:
Insurrection or Collaboration?"
Thursday | 7:30 p.m.
February 23, 2023
WPKN’s Black History Month Celebration
Presenting:
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company
Saturday | 7:30 p.m.
VIP Reception at 6 p.m.
February 25, 2023
Fredrickson Family Innovation Lab
Andrea Kantrowitz
“Exploring Cognitive Psychology: Human Imagination, Art, and Perception”
Wednesday | 7:30 p.m.
March 1, 2023
Free Virtual Event.
An Evening With Joel Grey
This event has been postponed due to illness.
New Date TBA
National Theatre Live
The Crucible
by Arthur Miller
directed by Lyndsey Turner
Tuesday | 2 p.m. & 7 p.m.
March 7, 2023
Open VISIONS Forum: Espresso
Garth Greenwell
Wednesday | 7:30 p.m.
March 8, 2023
The Kingdom Choir
Friday | 7:30 p.m.
March 10, 2023
Global Theatre: Performance Series
Curated by Cheryl Wiesenfeld
Surviving Troubled Waters:
From Prison to Freedom through Music
By Ron Jenkins
Tuesday | 7 p.m.
March 21, 2023
The Metropolitan Opera: HD Live
Lohengrin (Wagner)
Sunday | 1 p.m. (encore) | 12 p.m. Pre-screening Talk
March 26, 2023
CT Dance Now presented in partnership with Connecticut Dance Alliance
The Roots of Jazz with Melanie George
Monday | 6 p.m.
March 27, 2023
One Book, One Town 2023
Ivan Maisel, Author
I Keep Trying to Catch His Eye
Tuesday | 7 p.m.
March 28, 2023
The Metropolitan Opera: HD Live
Falstaff (Verdi)
Sunday | 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. (encores)
April 2, 2023
Open VISIONS Forum
Reverend Nontombi Naomi Tutu
"Striving for Justice: Searching for Common Ground"
Monday | 7:30 p.m.
April 3, 2023
WE
by Emily Coates and Emmanuèle Phuon
Thursday, April 13, 2023 at 7 p.m.
Friday, April 14, 2023 at 7 p.m.
Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour
Celebrating 65 Years
Sunday | 7 p.m.
April 16, 2023
Inspired Writers Series
Hosted by MFA Program’s Phil Klay
Vauhini Vara
Thursday | 12 p.m.
April 20, 2023
Theatre Fairfield
Eurydice
by Sarah Ruhl
Wednesday, April 19 – Friday, April 21 | 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 22 – Sunday, April 23 | 2 p.m.
Cirque Alfonse
Animal: A Farm Story
Sunday | 7p.m.
April 23, 2023
Open VISIONS Forum | Bank of America
Women and Leadership Series
Judy Woodruff
"Ethical Challenges for Journalism:
Democracy at a Crossroad"
Wednesday | 8 p.m.
April 26, 2023
The Metropolitan Opera: HD Live
Champion (Blanchard)
Saturday | 1 p.m. (live) and 6 p.m. (encore)
April 29, 2023
National Theatre Live
Othello
by William Shakespeare
directed by Clint Dyer
Thursday | 2 p.m. & 7 p.m.
May 4, 2023
The Metropolitan Opera: HD Live
Der Rosenkavalier (Strauss)
Saturday | 12 p.m. and 6 p.m. (encores) | 11 a.m. Pre-screening talk
May 6, 2023
The Metropolitan Opera: HD Live
Don Giovanni (Mozart)
Tuesday | 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. (encores) | 12 p.m. Pre-screening talk
May 23, 2023
The Metropolitan Opera: HD Live
Die Zauberflöte (Mozart)
Tuesday | 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. (encores) | 12 p.m. Pre-screening talk
June 6, 2023
National Theatre Live
Best of Enemies
Thursday | 2 & 7 p.m.
June 8, 2023
National Theatre Live
GOOD
by C.P. Taylor
directed by Dominic Cooke
Sunday | 3 p.m.
July 16, 2023
