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Tune in at Noon today to FOXBusiness.com to watch Festival Executive Director Mary Lou Aleskie's interview with Tracy Byrnes and Chris Cotter. Ms. Aleskie's interview will be preceded by segments with Michael Rubino, CEO of Rubino Financial Group; Drew Kessler, Director of Sales at Rand Mortgage; Matt McCall, President of Penn Financial Group; and Mitch Free , CEO of MFG.com.

The International Festival of Arts & Ideas has just added a new benefit for all 2010 Members: a 20% discount on tickets to Fishamble: The New Play Company's production of "Forgotten" at the Donaghy Theatre – Irish Arts Center, located at 553 West 51st Street (between 10th and 11th Avenue) in New York City. Dublin's award-winning Fishamble: The New Play Company returns to New York for this special limited engagement from February 17 to March 7, 2010.

Pat Kinevane's captivating portrayal of four vibrant elderly characters on the fringe of society is a unique collage of Kabuki dance and Irish...

Are you following the Festival on Twitter yet?

Follow the Festival at twitter.com/artideaWe are currently celebrating all of the performances that the Festival has presented over the past 14 years - next week we will begin focusing on the 1999 Festival. And then during the 15th annual Festival (June 12-26, 2010), you'll get up to the minute updates about what's happening.

Click here to read Allan Kozinn's review in the New York Times of last night's world premiere performance of Christopher Rouse's "Odna Zhizn (A Life)" by the New York Philharmonic.

The Calder Quartet will perform the world premiere of Christopher Rouse's String Quartet No. 3 at the Festival on June 18. Click here to see a preview video.

Members of the Festival can purchase tickets to this concert before the general public. Click here to become a Member.

The International Festival of Arts & Ideas is offering a discounted ticket and travel package to the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company performance of Fondly Do We Hope...Fervently Do We Pray on Friday February 12, 2010 at the Performing Arts Center at Purchase College.

See this thought-provoking dance theater work about Abraham Lincoln on the 201st anniversary of his birth! Click here to read more about the event.

This special $65 expedition package includes the following:

• Round trip transportation from New Haven, Connecticut to Purchase, New York

• Snacks and drinks on the expedition...

The International Festival of Arts & Ideas will be co-hosting a Town Hall Community Meeting on Thursday, February 4, 2010 from 5:30pm to 7pm in Meeting Room 1 of City Hall, 165 Church Street, New Haven.

Get a preview of the 2010 Festival; talk to Festival staff and ask about opportunties to volunteer, participate, vend or perform during the Festival (June 12-26, 2010); hear about past collaborations; share your thoughts; and meet some of the Festival's community partners.

The Town Hall Community Meeting will be co-hosted by the International Festival of Arts & Ideas along with the Arts...

The cornerstone artists for the 15th annual International Festival of Arts & Ideas (running Saturday, June 12 through Saturday, June 26, 2010) were announced last night during the Festival's "Sneak Peek" Preview Party, which featured an exclusive glimpse of a scene from Moby Dick performed by Conor Lovett of Gare St. Lazare Players Ireland. Click here to see the full list of events that have been announced.The Festival will be announcing more of this summer’s events during the month of February.

“Each of these works complement each other and create a shared experience, broadening the...

The Festival's presentation of the Royal Shakespeare Company's 2000 production of William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" is included in Frank Rizzo's list of The Ten Best Theatrical Shows Of The Decade in The Hartford Courant.

Ivanov was included in Christopher Arnott's list of the best theater productions of 2009 in the New Haven Advocate.

Ivanov and First Love were included in Frank Rizzo's list of the best theater productions of 2009 in the Hartford Courant.

Circus and Dido & Aeneas were included in Donna Doherty's best of 2009 article in the New Haven Register.

Click here to read the article by K. Leander Williams in the Village Voice about Phil Kline. Don't miss the Festival's third annual presentation of Kline's Unsilent Night in New Haven, which will be taking place on Thursday December 10 starting at 5:30pm at The Yale Bookstore (77 Broadway).

Click here to read Donna Doherty's article in the New Haven Register about the Festival's third annual presentation of Phil Kline's Unsilent Night in New Haven, which will be taking place on Thursday December 10 starting at 5:30pm at The Yale Bookstore (77 Broadway).