BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Westport Journal - ECPv6.16.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Westport Journal X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://westportjournal.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Westport Journal REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251220T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251220T210000 DTSTAMP:20260615T014911 CREATED:20251021T212620Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251021T212620Z UID:10002112-1766257200-1766264400@westportjournal.com SUMMARY:It's a Wonderful Life DESCRIPTION:Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)\, starring James Stewart and Donna Reed\, has become a beloved American holiday classic. Celebrated for its timeless message of hope\, resilience\, and community\, the film’s heartfelt story reminds audiences of the impact one person can have. A perfect holiday tradition\, it continues to warm hearts and inspire joy year and year.\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Add as a preferred\n source on Google URL:https://westportjournal.com/events/its-a-wonderful-life/2025-12-20/2/ LOCATION:Quick Center for the Arts\, 1073 North Benson Road\, Fairfield\, Connecticut\, 06824\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westportjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Its-a-Wonderful-Life-Still.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251220T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251220T160000 DTSTAMP:20260615T014911 CREATED:20251021T212620Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251021T212620Z UID:10002111-1766239200-1766246400@westportjournal.com SUMMARY:It's a Wonderful Life DESCRIPTION:Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)\, starring James Stewart and Donna Reed\, has become a beloved American holiday classic. Celebrated for its timeless message of hope\, resilience\, and community\, the film’s heartfelt story reminds audiences of the impact one person can have. A perfect holiday tradition\, it continues to warm hearts and inspire joy year and year.\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Add as a preferred\n source on Google URL:https://westportjournal.com/events/its-a-wonderful-life/2025-12-20/1/ LOCATION:Quick Center for the Arts\, 1073 North Benson Road\, Fairfield\, Connecticut\, 06824\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westportjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Its-a-Wonderful-Life-Still.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251215T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251215T150000 DTSTAMP:20260615T014911 CREATED:20251021T213034Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251021T213034Z UID:10002113-1765803600-1765810800@westportjournal.com SUMMARY:The Met: Live in HD Giordano’s Andrea Chénier DESCRIPTION:Pre-screening talk with Michael Ciavaglia\, PhD: 12 p.m.\nThis free pre-screening talk will take place in the Quick Center’s Wien Experimental Theatre.\nQuick Members enjoy priority seating.\n\n\nGiordano’s passionate tragedy stars tenor Piotr Beczała as the virtuous poet who falls victim to the intrigue and violence of the French Revolution. Beczała reunites with soprano Sonya Yoncheva as Chénier’s aristocratic lover\, Maddalena di Coigny\, with baritone Igor Golovatenko as Carlo Gérard\, the agent of the Reign of Terror who seals their fates. Met Principal Guest Conductor Daniele Rustioni takes the podium to lead Nicolas Joël’s gripping staging.\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Add as a preferred\n source on Google URL:https://westportjournal.com/events/the-met-live-in-hd-giordanos-andrea-chenier/ LOCATION:Quick Center for the Arts\, 1073 North Benson Road\, Fairfield\, Connecticut\, 06824\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westportjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Andrea-Chenier_3859-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251209T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251209T210000 DTSTAMP:20260615T014911 CREATED:20251021T213800Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251021T213800Z UID:10002114-1765306800-1765314000@westportjournal.com SUMMARY:The Fifth Step By David Ireland DESCRIPTION:Olivier Award-winner Jack Lowden (Slow Horses\, Dunkirk) is joined by Emmy and BAFTA-winner Martin Freeman (The Hobbit\, The Responder) in the critically acclaimed and subversively funny new play by David Ireland.\n\n\nAfter years in the 12-step programme of Alcoholics Anonymous\, James becomes a sponsor to newcomer Luka. The pair bond over black coffee\, trade stories and build a fragile friendship out of their shared experiences. But as Luka approaches step five – the moment of confession – dangerous truths emerge\, threatening the trust on which both of their recoveries depend.\n\n\nFinn den Hertog directs the provocative and entertaining production filmed live from @sohoplace on London’s West End.\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Add as a preferred\n source on Google URL:https://westportjournal.com/events/the-fifth-step-by-david-ireland/ LOCATION:Quick Center for the Arts\, 1073 North Benson Road\, Fairfield\, Connecticut\, 06824\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westportjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/NTL-2025-The-Fifth-Step-Production-Photography-8-credit-Johan-Persson-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251124T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251124T210000 DTSTAMP:20260615T014911 CREATED:20251022T002233Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251022T002233Z UID:10002116-1764012600-1764018000@westportjournal.com SUMMARY:Caroline Angle Maguire\, PhD Secrets of the Smithsonian: Investigating Looted Collections at America's Largest Museum Institute DESCRIPTION:Caroline Angle Maguire is a historian and provenance researcher at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art (NMAfA). She conducts provenance research across NMAfA’s historic African art collections as part of the broader Smithsonian pursuit of Shared Stewardship and Ethical Returns. Maguire holds a PhD in history from the University of Maryland\, College Park. She is particularly interested in the histories of African museums and cultural institutions during political decolonization\, and she has published research in the African Studies Review\, the Journal of West African History\, and the Journal of Contemporary History.\n\n\nPresented with the Fairfield University Art Museum and Art History and Visual Culture Program\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Add as a preferred\n source on Google URL:https://westportjournal.com/events/caroline-angle-maguire-phd-secrets-of-the-smithsonian-investigating-looted-collections-at-americas-largest-museum-institute/ LOCATION:Quick Center for the Arts\, 1073 North Benson Road\, Fairfield\, Connecticut\, 06824\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westportjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Caroline-Maguire.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251122T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251122T150000 DTSTAMP:20260615T014911 CREATED:20251022T002647Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251022T002647Z UID:10002117-1763816400-1763823600@westportjournal.com SUMMARY:The Met: Live in HD Strauss’s Arabella DESCRIPTION:Pre-screening talk with Orin Grossman\, PhD: 12 p.m.\nThis free pre-screening talk will take place in the Dolan School of Business Event Hall.\nQuick Members enjoy priority seating.\n\n\nStrauss’s elegant romance brings the glamour and enchantment of 19th-century Vienna in a sumptuous production by legendary director Otto Schenk that “is as beautiful as one could hope” (The New York Times). Soprano Rachel Willis – Sørensen stars as the title heroine\, a young noblewoman in search of love on her own terms. Radiant soprano Louise Alder is her sister\, Zdenka\, and bass-baritone Tomasz Konieczny is the dashing count who sweeps Arabella off her feet.\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Add as a preferred\n source on Google URL:https://westportjournal.com/events/the-met-live-in-hd-strausss-arabella/ LOCATION:Quick Center for the Arts\, 1073 North Benson Road\, Fairfield\, Connecticut\, 06824\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westportjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Arabella_4199-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251120T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251120T210000 DTSTAMP:20260615T014911 CREATED:20251022T003227Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251022T003227Z UID:10002118-1763667000-1763672400@westportjournal.com SUMMARY:An Evening with Stav Shaffir DESCRIPTION:THE 28th ANNUAL JACOBY-LUNIN HUMANITARIAN LECTURE IN AFFILIATION WITH THE CARL AND DOROTHY BENNETT CENTER FOR JUDAIC STUDIES\n\n\nStav Shaffir is a social entrepreneur\, former Member of the Israeli Parliament\, and one of Israel’s most prominent leaders for democracy. At 27\, she became the youngest woman ever elected to the Knesset after leading Israel’s largest social movement for social justice. In Parliament\, she transformed political culture by introducing new standards of transparency\, public participation\, and oversight into a rigid system. As chair of the Transparency Committee\, she exposed corruption and reformed budget practices\, later serving as head of the OECD’s global parliamentary committee on transparency and anti-corruption. A relentless advocate for democracy and peace\, Stav played a pivotal role in uniting pro-democracy forces during Israel’s political crisis\, pushing for cross-partisan collaboration to safeguard democracy.\n\n\nCurrently\, Stav is a Yale World Fellow\, continuing her work on the future of democracy\, governance\, and political imagination. She leads the Ministry of the Better Future\, a civic initiative that promotes visionary policy ideas and bold storytelling on what the future could look like. She is also the founder of Shira Academy\, an innovative academic program for young adults with autism and special needs\, and a fellow at Reichman University where she focuses on democracy and the budget.\n\n\nHer leadership has been recognized globally: she has been named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum\, selected among Apolitical’s most promising future political leaders\, and featured in Forbes 30 Under 30. A frequent political commentator and speaker\, she writes and lectures on democracy\, security\, and the future of peace in the Middle East. She also hosts the podcast It Could Be\, where she explores politics\, society\, and innovation with leading global thinkers.\n\n \n\n\nCo-Sponsored by Jewish Federation of Greater Fairfield County and the Bennett Center for Judaic Studies\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Add as a preferred\n source on Google URL:https://westportjournal.com/events/an-evening-with-stav-shaffir/ LOCATION:Quick Center for the Arts\, 1073 North Benson Road\, Fairfield\, Connecticut\, 06824\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westportjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/stav-shaffir-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251118T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251118T210000 DTSTAMP:20260615T014911 CREATED:20251022T003614Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251022T003614Z UID:10002119-1763492400-1763499600@westportjournal.com SUMMARY:Mrs. Warren’s Profession By George Bernard Shaw DESCRIPTION:Five-time Olivier Award-winner Imelda Staunton (The Crown) joins forces with her real-life daughter Bessie Carter (Bridgerton) for the very first time\, playing mother and daughter in George Bernard Shaw’s incendiary moral classic.\n\n\nVivie Warren is a woman ahead of her time. Her mother\, however\, is a product of that old patriarchal order. Exploiting it has earned Mrs. Warren a fortune – but at what cost?\n\n\nFilmed live from the West End\, this new production reunites Staunton with director Dominic Cooke (Follies\, Good)\, exploring the clash between morality and independence\, traditions and progress.\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Add as a preferred\n source on Google URL:https://westportjournal.com/events/mrs-warrens-profession-by-george-bernard-shaw/ LOCATION:Quick Center for the Arts\, 1073 North Benson Road\, Fairfield\, Connecticut\, 06824\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://westportjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/NTL-2025-Mrs.-Warrens-Profession-Listing-Image-Landscape.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR