4 Things To Do This Week In Fairfield

There's plenty to do this week in Fairfield. Here are a few highlights:

1. Visual art in "Punching the Air"

WHEN: 6:30 p.m. Wednesday

WHERE: Virtual event held via Zoom

WHAT: Art historian Rhonda Reymond will discuss references to art movements, artists and specific artworks in this year's One Book, One Town selection, "Punching the Air," by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam. The book tells the story of Amal Shahid, an artist and poet who is convicted at age 16 of a crime he didn't commit and finds refuge in his art.

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2. Housing disparity in Fairfield

WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday

WHERE: Virtual event held via Zoom

WHAT: Explore how the history of redlining contributes to the homogeneity of Fairfield in a discussion that features Fairfield University English professor Sonya Huber and is part of the "How the House was Built" speaker series. The series is a collaboration between Fairfield Yabantu, the Fairfield Museum and History Center, the Pequot Library, and the Unquowa School’s IDEA Committee.

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3. Meet a Pulitzer-winning playwright

WHEN: 6 p.m. Thursday

WHERE: Virtual event held via Zoom

WHAT: Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and author Ayad Akhtar will discuss his book "Homeland Elegies," the story of an immigrant father and American son in post-Trump America, at this Pequot Library event.

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4. A naturalist and a Talking Head

WHEN: 7 p.m. Thursday

WHERE: Virtual event held via Facebook Live

WHAT: Artist and naturalist James Prosek and Chris Frantz, co-founder and drummer of the Talking Heads, will discuss their latest publications, "Art, Artifact, Artifice" and "Remain in Love."

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