MáM Michael Keegan-Dolan

Friday, November 17, 2023 • 8 p.m.

$50 Special Event ticket includes Meet & Greet with the artists

$35 | $5 Fairfield University student

H Quick Member: $25 H

MáM brings together the virtuoso, Irish traditional concertina player Cormac Begley with the European classical contemporary collective stargaze and 12 international dancers from his Teac Damsa company. Mám – Gaelic for ‘mountain pass,’ as well as ‘under the yoke of sin,’ or maybe even ‘a handful of sweets!’ – follows the success of KeeganDolan’s acclaimed re-imagining of Swan Lake, becoming a meeting place between classical and traditional, the local and the universal: “another mythic yet timely production that acknowledges how life’s polarities can on occasion come together and find resolution.”

“In Ireland we love telling stories, and whenever I retell a memory, I make it sound much more interesting than it really was…”

“The dancers and players of MáM embody every human emotion during their dazzling 90-minute marathon.”

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“Like a swiftly brewed, perfectly measured shot of aromatic coffee, the Open VISIONS Forum: Espresso is a smaller, more intimate series of talks and public conversations. Promoting more intimacy between our distinguished speakers and audiences, the style and tone of these programs encourages more participatory dialogue. For thoughtful students of all ages, it demonstrates the value of doing and thinking. Appreciating that citizenship in a thriving democracy demands constant learning, questioning, and analysis, we invite you to attend our enriching ‘Espresso’ evenings.”

Philip Eliasoph, PhD, Founder/Director/Moderator, Open VISIONS Forum

Peter Shapiro

“The Music Never Stops: Promoting Rock Shows From Dylan to the Dead”

Monday, October 30, 2023 • 7:30 p.m.

Dolan School of Business Event Hall

$30 | $5 Fairfield University student

Quick Member: $10

Learn how to “think like a fan” and other secrets of independent music entrepreneur and rock promoter Peter Shapiro, in conversation with special panelist Gary Lambert, a host of the Sirius XM Grateful Dead Channel’s “Tales from the Golden Road.” Shapiro is the chairman of HeadCount, one of the U.S.’s leading youth-voter engagement and participation organizations.

James Campbell

“From Profits to Ponzi: Inside Madoff’s $67 Billion Scam”

Thursday, November 2, 2023 • 7:30 p.m.

Dolan School of Business Event Hall

$30 | $5 Fairfield University student

Quick Member: $10

As featured in his hard hitting 2023 Netflix series Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street, syndicated radio show host Jim Campbell talks about the ways the 70-year-old market maker, investment advisor, and former chairman of the NASDAQ orchestrated the largest Ponzi scheme in world history during the depths of the 2008 financial crisis.

Patrick Bringley

“Guarding the Met’s Masterpieces: Meditating on the Meaning of Art While Discovering My Own Soul”

Tuesday, January 30, 2024 • 7:30 p.m.

Dolan School of Business Event Hall

$30 | $5 Fairfield University student

Quick Member: $10

Presented in collaboration with Fairfield University Art Museum, Art History Program, and the Visual and Performing Arts Department

“How can the guards at the Met’s Italian Renaissance collection stand so still watching over the various paintings about ancient myths and biblical parables without dozing off?”

Patrick Bringley’s personal journey flows within the intersection of guarding the treasures of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, encountering personal loss, and discovering his own pathways through the visual stories of the world’s greatest paintings. With over seven million visitors touring its encyclopedic galleries, the Met is the most visited art institution in the Western Hemisphere.

Wendell Wallach

“Hype v. Reality: Navigating the Future of AI Ethics and Governance”

Wednesday, February 7, 2024 • 7:30 p.m.

Dolan School of Business Event Hall

$30 | $5 Fairfield University student

Quick Member: $10

Presented in collaboration with the Fredrickson Family Innovation Lab

The embedding of AI in nearly every facet of contemporary life offers wide-ranging benefits along with a plethora of risks and undesired societal consequences. Innovative yet flawed technologies such as large language models (e.g., ChatGPT) become integrated into the fabric of daily life long before we can put in place necessary ethical/legal safeguards. To complicate matters, discerning which challenges require immediate attention is often obscured by hype and fearmongering.

Gail Levin

“Searching for Edward Hopper: Legal and Ethical Issues of a Vanished Legacy”

Wednesday, February 21, 2024 • 7:30 p.m.

Dolan School of Business Event Hall

$30 | $5 Fairfield University student

Quick Member: $10

Presented in collaboration with Fairfield University Art Museum, Art History Program, and the Visual and Performing Arts Department

The popularity of the American realist painter, Edward Hopper (1882-1967) has continued to grow. Professor Gail Levin has singlehandedly – and courageously – brought to the art world’s attention a series of unanswered questions about how the estate of Edward and Josephine Hopper was managed, directed, or even illicitly parceled off in the art market trade. What are the correct methods, practices, and standards needed to watchdog the artistic legacy of one of America’s most beloved artists?