What becomes a community arts festival with a global bent? For Mary Lou Aleskie, executive director of New Haven’s International Festival of Arts & Ideas—who officially announced this year’s festival schedule yesterday…
This Week in New Haven (January 27 – February 2)

Pace yourself. Drink plenty of water. Between a cocktail event Tuesday, an extensive wine tasting Thursday, a BYO all-night rager blurring Friday with Saturday and a Super Bowl on…
This Week in New Haven (January 20 – 26)

New Haven is full of inspirations this week, like the civil rights hero Martin Luther King, Jr., considered and remembered today through…
This Week in New Haven (December 16 – 22)

It’s hard to have too much holiday spirit this time of year. Though it’s a quiet week—most of Yale is on break, and hey, the city’s many events organizers…
This Week in New Haven (October 14 – 20)

Music, astronomy, theater, charity, food, empowerment, visual arts and film, in that order, sate the senses and engage the intellect this week, reminding us why New Haven is such a lively place to live.…
This Week in New Haven (September 16 – 22)

The weather’s turning cooler, and so is New Haven. A much-respected under-the-radar band comes to Cafe Nine on Tuesday, the day before the Whitney Humanities Center presents an advance screening of the latest…
This Week in New Haven (April 8 – 14)

Theater in a department store. Brazilian dance music in a library. A Prairie Home companion at Southern Connecticut State University. The great outdoors, up against a wall, at the Yale Environmental Film Festival.…
This Week in New Haven (April 1 – 7)

Sorry, but not one of the items listed below is an April Fool’s prank. There really is that much to do in New Haven this week. You can hear Paul Giamatti speak, watch one of the most acclaimed documentaries of …
This Week in New Haven (October 15 – 21)

Take flight this week in New Haven with flamenco dancing, a documentary about singing doves and superheroes reading books to kids. Oh, and a time machine. Bon voyage!
Monday, October 15
The annual Post-It exhibit of the Student Arts League …
This Week in New Haven (September 3 – 9)

At this point in the cultural calendar, there are enough people back in town for the art galleries to be in full swing and for classes and workshops to start up. Though it’ll be a few more weeks before the …