2007-08 Open VISIONS Forum Schedule

David McCullough
Thurs., Oct. 18, 2007 at 8 p.m.
Two-time Pulitzer prize-winning historian. Author of Truman and 1776.

Co-sponsored by the Fairfield Museum and History Center

Joyce Carol Oates
VISIONS In Depth
Sun., Jan. 20, 2008 at 3 p.m.
Internationally renowned best-selling author

In collaboration with Pequot Library

Nicholas Kristof
VISIONS In Depth
Jacoby Lunin Humanitarian Lectureship
Weds., Oct. 24, 2007 at 8 p.m.
Columnist, The New York Times

Presented through the Carl & Dorothy Bennett Center for Judaic Studies and sponsored by the Frank Jacoby Foundation

Harold Ford, Jr.
VISIONS In Depth
Weds., Feb. 20, 2008 at 8 p.m.
Former U.S. Representative, D-Tenn.
Chair, National Democratic Leadership Council
Political Contributor, Fox News

Co-sponsored by FUSA

William Bennett
VISIONS In Depth
Mon., Nov. 5, 2007 at 8 p.m.
Co-director of Empower America and former Secretary of Education

Co-sponsored by Somerset Capital

Gael Greene *
VISIONS In Depth
Mon., March 24, 2008 at 8 p.m.
Culinary writer, columnist of "The Insatiable Critic," New York magazine

Co-sponsored by Moffly Publications and Westport Magazine

Lou Dobbs
VISIONS In Depth
Wed., Nov. 7, 2007 at 8:30 p.m.
Anchor and managing editor of CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight. Author of A New America: Awakening the National Spirit

Jon Meacham
University College Ignatian Lecture
Mon., April 14, 2008 at 8 p.m.
Editor of Newsweek, author of American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation

Brian Williams
VISIONS In Depth
Sun., Nov. 18, 2007 at 3 p.m.
MSNBC, NBC Anchor, NBC Nightly News