Upcoming Arts & Events: March 21–April 3, 2026
Late March settles into a steady cadence of concerts and forum talks, with Fairfield Theatre Company and the Quick Center carrying much of the programming. The emphasis is on live music in intimate rooms, punctuated by a run of Open VISIONS conversations that bring a different kind of audience to campus.
Max Creek
The second night of a two-night stand from a band that has long treated improvisation as a local language. The set will likely stretch familiar material into extended passages, with the StageOne room favoring attention over spectacle. Fairfield Theatre Company StageOne — Saturday, March 21, 8:00 p.m. Tickets are listed as available.
Orin Grossman — A Celebration of Gershwin
A program built around the songs and piano works of George Gershwin, moving between Broadway, film, and concert music without much concern for category. The format is a seated recital-style performance, with the material carrying the structure. Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts — Sunday, March 22, 3:00 p.m. Tickets are listed as available.
Gina Barreca — “A Seat at the Table: Celebrating the Feast of Italian American Culture”
A talk that treats culture as something performed as much as inherited, with food, ritual, and memory as its organizing themes. Barreca’s delivery tends to move between lecture and conversation, making the evening feel less formal than the setting suggests. Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts — Tuesday, March 24, 7:30 p.m. Tickets are listed as available.
Temple Grandin — The Way I See It: A Personal Look at Autism
Grandin’s presentations combine firsthand experience with practical explanation, focusing on how autistic people perceive and process the world. The event is structured as a seated lecture and is listed as sold out, with a wait list through the venue. Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts — Wednesday, March 25, 6:00 p.m.
Danielle Nicole
A blues set built for a small room, where voice and rhythm carry more weight than amplification. StageOne’s format keeps the focus on the performance itself rather than production. Fairfield Theatre Company StageOne — Thursday, March 26, 8:00 p.m. Tickets are listed as available.
James McMurtry with BettySoo
Songwriting that leans toward narrative detail—characters, settings, and the small frictions of American life—presented in a straightforward concert format. The venue lists the event on wait list rather than open sale. Fairfield Theatre Company StageOne — Friday, March 27, 8:00 p.m.
David Brooks — “How to Know a Person”
A forum talk on attention and understanding, framed within a broader symposium on Viktor Frankl. The setting is a seated lecture format, and the event is listed as sold out with a wait list. Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts — Sunday, March 29, 3:00 p.m.
Stephen Wilkes — “America the Beautiful: Time, Memory, and History”
A presentation built around photographic work that compresses time into a single image, turning landscapes into records of change and duration. The program follows the shorter Open VISIONS: Espresso format. Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts — Tuesday, March 31, 7:30 p.m. Tickets are listed as available.
Listings are curated and verified at publication. Scheduling changes may occur. Omissions are intentional.
