Tag Archives: International Festival of Arts and Ideas

This Week in New Haven (April 25 – May 1)

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History, neuropsychology and epic high fantasy start a week that finishes in a festive mood. …

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This Week in New Haven (December 27 – January 2)

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Lights in the dark mark the final week of 2021. …

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Songs of Summer

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“We are hungry and thirsty for music,” and Make Music Day is the answer, says jazz/pop/soul artist Thabisa Rich…

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This Week in New Haven (June 14 – 20)

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A nonprofit celebrates, a festival starts to peak and a performance space roars back to life. …

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Hot Spots

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Last Saturday afternoon, the thermometer hovered in the high 80s, and despite a cooling breeze off the Long Island Sound, the sidewalks of downtown New Haven radiated heat. …

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Melodies and Movements

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Composer Byron Au Yong led a group of 18 local activists in this simple, repeated, four-note song. The sanctuary of…

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This Week in New Haven (June 24 – 30)

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Arts & Ideas remains ubiquitous this week. But you’ll also find plenty to do at year-round institutions like the public library, Artspace and various rock clubs. It’s a festive time of year, with dance and music and circus acts, but …

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The Big Idea

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For the finale of his one-man show L’homme Cirque, performed several times daily inside a small circus tent erected on New Haven Green, David Dimitri shoots himself out of a cannon onto a hanging rope, climbs the rope to …

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This Week in New Haven (June 17 – 23)

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The International Festival of Arts & Ideas began on Saturday and runs through June 29, with numerous events scheduled each day (except Mondays). That cultural omnipresence…

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Stuck Elevator. Photographed by Kevin Berne.

The face of the International Festival of Arts & Ideas is a place.

There’s also a phrase or a name or a concept with which folks attempt to shorthand Arts & Ideas if they want to. This year’s official theme/slogan …

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