Fairfield University’s Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts will showcase three Grammy Award winners for a special one-night-only performance of jazz standards on Friday, May 3, 2024 at 8 p.m.
— an announcement from Fairfield University
The performance, entitled Duets, will feature pianist Chucho Valdés, vocalist Dianne Reeves, and saxophonist Joe Lovano. Together, the three performers have a combined 12 Grammy Awards. Chucho Valdés is an 82-year-old pianist who is deemed one of the most influential figures in modern Afro-Cuban jazz. He has won an astounding six Grammys and three Latin Grammy Awards throughout his 60-year career. Valdés is perhaps best known as the founder, pianist, and main composer and arranger of Irakere, a landmark Cuban music ensemble.
What it means “to advertise and engage in the modern landscape” will be senior marketing vice president at Mastercard late Tuesday afternoon, April 2, at Fairfield University and online. The event is free. — an announcement from Fairfield University
On April 2 at 5 p.m., Fairfield University’s Dolan School of Business Deans Executive Forum will feature Anne Valentzas, senior vice president of consumer marketing and sponsorships at Mastercard. Valentzas aims to impart insight into MasterCard’s latest, successful campaign with the Grammys and Sza for the Priceless Planet Coalition — highlighted by Campaign US as one of the top Grammys campaigns of the year, and named a “Marketing Winner of the Week” by AdAge. Valentzas has been with Mastercard for over 11 years where she has held various roles in consumer and B2B marketing and as a product architect, where she helped deliver solutions to meet the unique needs of co-brand partners.
New York Times best-selling author, Bettina L. Love, PhD, will be Fairfield University’s keynote speaker at the 2024 Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation entitled “Punished For Dreaming: The Case for Abolitionist Teacher and Educational Reparations,”on Tuesday, Feb. 6. This year’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. observance takes place at 5:30 p.m. at the Quick Center for the Arts. The convocation is free and open to the public. A week of programming celebrating the life and influence of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., will be held from Feb.
Tickets are now on sale at Fairfield University for three upcoming lectures: One on a museum guard’s transformational journey, another on the ethics surrounding AI, and the third on the artistic legacy of Edward Hopper. — an announcement from Fairfield University
The lectures take place at the university’s Dolan School of Business Event Hall, located in the new Dolan Business School Building. Each lecture starts at 7:30 p.m. The first is this Wednesday, Jan, 24, the others on Jan. 30 and Feb. 21. Tickets ($30 each for the general public, $10 for Quick members) are available on the Quick Center website.
New York Times best-selling author, Bettina L. Love, PhD, will be Fairfield University’s keynote speaker at the 2024 Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation entitled “Punished For Dreaming: The Case for Abolitionist Teacher and Educational Reparations,”on Feb. 6. This year’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. observance takes place at 5:30 p.m. at the Quick Center for the Arts. The convocation is free and open to the public. A week of programming celebrating the life and influence of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., will be held from Feb.
