From the Artist in Residence

Click here to read the New York Times book review of “Representing Justice” by Yale Law School professors Judith Resnik and Dennis Curtis, which Randy Kennedy calls "an academic treatise on threats...

Shaina Vega
Festival Fellow
I am a drawer and painter because life and colors are my inspiration. Drawing and painting helps me understand life more, helps me see the "bigger picture" of why people...

Written by Shaina Vega
I thought the "Hot Club of San Francisco" and the Gypsy Jazz Music inspired by Django Reinhardt was creative and interesting. I hadn't seen a silent film before, so I felt like...

Written by Earl Ali-Randall
When I first walked into the theatre, I noticed there were more older people in the audience than younger ones, and the majority of them were Caucasian. We [IFAI] fellows...

Written by Sharon Dickey
When I first entered the theatre I observed that it was very neat and clean, unlike some other places I’ve been to. I liked that the theatre wasn’t so big where you’d get...

Written by Inez Bell
What comes to mind when I mention the words, “Fairfield County”? Be honest. Well, when I think of Fairfield County, I think of trees and large houses, not of people stepping on...

Written by Diamond Davis
As I sit in a dimly lit theater watching, “Hot Club of San Francisco,” many thoughts come to mind. Describing the event to people would be like telling a story to a nice...

Click here to read the editorial in the New Haven Register by Charles Kochakian.

As part of their holiday tradition, the International Festival of Arts & Ideas will present composer Phil Kline’s “Unsilent Night” on Thursday, December 9, 2010. A “boom box processional” that fills...

Click here to read the article in the Yale Daily Bulletin about Zainab Salbi's visit to New Haven this week.
The Festival's Visionary Leadership Award presentation and benefit luncheon is sold out.
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Click here to read the article in the New Haven Register about the Visionary Leadership Award.
Click here for more information about the Visionary Leadership Award luncheon and award presentation...

Bassist and composer Ben Allison joins the St. Luke's and Yale Steel Bands, directed by Deborah Teason, and the Common Ground Ensemble performing music by steel pan virtuoso Andy Akiho, Samuel Adams...