Gerald Cavallo, associate professor of Marketing at Fairfield University, thinks Black Friday can be an important indicator of how the rest of the holiday shopping season will go. He sees retailers offering enough bargains to stimulate consumers to spend. “It seems that the economy has bottomed out,” Cavallo said. “This day [Black Friday] is important to merchants. They are starting the Christmas shopping season earlier and earlier that could stimulate spending.”

Published in the Fairfield and Westport Minuteman on 11/19/09

It took 30 years of stand-up, but Paula Poundstone finally allowed herself to be talked into releasing her first comedy album. She released “I [Heart] Jokes: Paula Tells Them in Maine” this year. Poundstone, 49, who will be at Fairfield University’s Quick Center on Friday, had resisted putting out an album.  Most comedy albums are just hidden in the back of record stores.

Published in The Hour, Wilton Villager on 11/19/09

The Quick Center for the Arts in Fairfield is the place to experience international sounds once again, as this weekend it presents the marvelous music of Cape Verdean singing sensation Sara Tavares in concert at 3 p.m. Sunday. Tavares is on a national tour that has already made stops at the San Francisco Jazz Fest and New York’s Carnegie Hall.

Published in the Wilton Villager, The Stamford Times on 11/19/09

Ebong Udoma spoke with Cape Verdean/Portuguese vocalist Sara Tavares on his morning show, “WPKN Morning with Ebong Udoma” about her current international tour which ends Sunday at the Quick Center for the Arts. He played Tavares’ new CD, “Xinti” and offered premium tickets to the first five people who called in. Tickets were gone quickly.

Appeared on WPKN on 11/18/09

Comedian Paula Poundstone made just one promise about her show Friday night at Fairfield University’s Quick Center for the Arts: “No one will get physically hurt.  It’s an injury-free show.”

Published in TMCnet.com, Connecticut Post, Stamford Advocate, Greenwich Time, News-Times on 11/18/09

Old-time radio is back with a vengeance at Fairfield University’s Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts with the popular series Live Radio Dramas. The new season begins with vintage programs from the 1930s and 40s series, Lights Out, starring Keir Dullea and Mia Dillon, Friday, Nov. 20 at 8 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 21, at 3 and 8 in the Wien Experimental Theatre.

Published in Weston Forum on 11/18/09

Frank Jacoby doesn’t need gore and graphic violence to tell a scary story - all he requires is his own voice, a microphone and a collection of props to recreate the sinister sounds of monsters and murder.

Published in Connecticut Post, Stamford Advocate, Greenwich Time, News-Times on 11/17/09

“Revenue increases don’t come from taxing businesses; they come from growing the business base,” said Milo Peck, a Fairfield University accounting professor. “You have to make it convenient for businesses to locate here.”

Published in Hartford Business Journal on 11/16/09

“Failure can be part of an entrepreneur’s daily life,” explains Mukesh Sud, assistant professor of management at the Charles F. Dolan School of Business at Fairfield University, adding that six out of 10 businesses fail. However, he says, “The great ones are the ones that learn from it and carry on.”

Published in MSNBC.com ‘Business on Main’ career column on 11/16/09

Donald W. Greenberg, associate professor of politics at Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut, said Democrats need Lieberman a lot more than he needs them. “He feels now that he’s secure,” Greenberg said in an interview. “His history has always been as a social liberal. There are lots of issues where he might bolt the party, but you wouldn’t think this is the one.”

Published in Bloomberg.com (NAT), Yahoo! News (NAT) on 11/16/09

Comedian Paula Poundstone brings her act to the Quick Center for the Arts at Fairfield University, Friday at 8 p.m., and the town librarians will be happy to see her.

Published in New Haven Register on 11/15/09

Audiences will be able to get a taste of the golden age of radio drama next weekend when three live performances of the classic radio show “Lights Out” are presented at the Wien Experimental Theatre on the Fairfield University campus.

Published in Connecticut Post on 11/15/09

Imagine a world in which Goldman Sachs Group Inc., JP Morgan Chase & Co., Citigroup Inc. and other financial leviathans have been slain by a federal regulator. Goldman Sachs veteran executive E. Gerald Corrigan spoke out against such a world Tuesday, delivering a Fairfield University Charles F. Dolan Lecture.

Published in Stamford Advocate, Norwalk Advocate, Connecticut Post, Danbury News Times, Greenwich Time, TradingMarkets.com, Quote.com on 11/13/09

The world is divided between those who understand the intricacies of money and those who don’t. As Coco Chanel reportedly remarked, “There are people who have money and people who are rich.” Niall Ferguson gave a lecture Monday night at 8 p.m. His talk, entitled “Wall Street to Main Street,” based upon his book, “The Ascent of Money,” and the popular PBS series of the same name, was part of Fairfield University’s Open Visions Forum.

Published in the Fairfield Minuteman on 11/12/09

On Nov. 4 last Wednesday evening, David Plouffe, manager of the “Obama for America” campaign, spoke to a group of approximately 200 at Fairfield University’s Open Visions Forum in the Oak Room of the Campus Center. Professor Philip Eliasoph of the University introduced the speaker. Eliasoph hailed the late Dr. John Orman, University professor politics, in whose memory the current Visions season is dedicated.

Published in the Fairfield Minuteman on 11/12/09