Agathe et Adrien N.Ormes Wednesday, October 4 | 7:30 p.m. Thursday, October 5 | 7:30 p.m.   Through dance, acrobatics and story-telling, Agathe and Adrien present a truly unique performance that shatters the expectations of a circus and pushes the audience to reconsider their assumptions about our bodies and our roles in society. LEARN MORE

OPEN VISIONS FORUM   Art Spiegelman “Surviving Maus: Visualizing the Unimaginable” Tuesday, October 17 | 7:30 p.m.   Pulitzer Prize-winning artist, illustrator and author Art Spiegelman takes the stage to discuss his work, which almost single-handedly brought the popularity of comic books out from the toy closet to the literature shelves. Spiegelman’s Maus broke boundaries for comic literature, masterfully crafting a Holocaust narrative which portrayed Jews as mice and Nazis as cats, and was called “the first masterpiece in comic book history” by The New Yorker. LEARN MORE

OPEN VISIONS FORUM   Radhika Dirks “The Future is Here: The Promise and Peril of Artificial Intelligence” Thursday, October 26 | 7:30 p.m.   Named by Forbes as one of its “30 Women in AI to Watch,” Radhika Dirks is a leading expert in AI and an acknowledged tech visionary. Join this conversation to understand both the risks and benefits of this technology, and how AI can be used to make “moonshots”—bold ideas that change everything—a reality. LEARN MORE

The Met: Live in HD   Dead Man Walking Saturday, October 28 1 p.m. (encore) | 12 p.m. pre-screening talk   Based on Sister Helen Prejean’s memoir about her fight for the soul of a condemned murderer, Dead Man Walking matches the high drama of its subject with Jake Heggie’s poignant music and a libretto by Tony and Emmy Award–winner Terrence McNally. A free pre-screening talk with Michael Ciavaglia, PhD will be held at the Dolan School of Business Event Hall. LEARN MORE

OPEN VISIONS FORUM ESPRESSO   Peter Shapiro “The Music Never Stops: Promoting Rock Shows from Dylan to the Dead” Monday, October 30 | 7:30 p.m.   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, 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. LEARN MORE

FREDRICKSON FAMILY INNOVATION LAB   Jonathan Soma and Jeannie Joshi “Alspiration: Reimagining the Humanities and Art With Generative AI” Wednesday, October 11 7:30 p.m.   Free Virtual Event | Registration Required   Join Jonathan Soma, faculty member at Columbia Journalism School and the director of the LEDE program, and Jeannie Joshi, a visual designer and faculty member in the Graduate Communication Design program at Pratt Institute, for a virtual panel discussion that aims to provide a deeper understanding of how AI is beginning to shape the humanities and art, and to inspire new ideas for adopting AI ethically in higher education. REGISTER

THEATRE FAIRFIELD   DollHouse A Drama by Theresa Rebeck Based on Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House Tuesday, October 17 - Saturday, October 21   This contemporary adaptation sheds a fresh new light on Nora's struggle to reclaim herself. In the tony suburbs of Connecticut, Nora's children are cared for by a nanny, her husband's best friend is in love with her, and her stifling marriage is crumbling. Nora also has a secret, the revelation of which irrevocably sets her life on a new course. LEARN MORE

THEATRE FAIRFIELD   Project X By Judy Tate Wednesday, October 25 Thursday, October 26   This is an original piece that investigates race and privilege at Fairfield University, and also reflects America's 21st century struggle with race and social justice. Created from interviews of Fairfield University Alumni, Students, Faculty, and Staff. These are screenings of the recorded live performance. LEARN MORE