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June 30, 2008

Community Conversations:
The Next Chapter – from the Golden Age of Television to His Golden Age

sonny-fox2.jpgMonday, June 30
7:30 pm
McManus Room

Sonny Fox is the embodiment of life after 50...60...70...and 80..! With clips from his early years on television, he will entertain, enlighten, and show the enthusiasm that has allowed him to re-invent his life from his early on-air television career to his more recent activities with international social and health reform through entertainment .

Sponsored by The Smilow Family.

December 3, 2007

COMMUNITY CONVERSATION ON IMMIGRATION: A Look at Local Issues

statueofliberty.jpg Monday, December 3
7:30 pm
McManus Room

Eileen Heaphy, former Executive Director of the World Affairs Forum in Stamford and former Consul General in Monterrey, Mexico, will moderate a panel on local immigration issues. This event is in cooperation with the Westport League of Women Voters Immigration Study Committee.

Sponsored by The Smilow Family.

November 26, 2007

COMMUNITY CONVERSATION ON IRAN

ianbremmer.jpg Monday, November 26
7:30 pm
McManus Room

Ian Bremmer, president of the Eurasia Group in New York City, the world's largest political-risk consultancy, will lead a panel discussion on Iran. Bremmer is author of The J-Curve: A New Way to Understand Why Nations Rise and Fall, a columnist for The Financial Times, contributing editor at The National Interest, and a political commentator on CNN, Fox News, and CNBC.

Also on the panel will be Dr. Gary Sick. Dr. Sick served on the National Security Council staff under Presidents Ford, Carter and Reagan. He was the principal White House aide for Iran during the Iranian Revolution and the hostage crisis and is the author of two books on U.S.-Iranian relations.


More about Ian Bremmer.


More about Dr. Gary Sick.

Sponsored by The Smilow Family.