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Raymond Keane, Mary Lou Aleskie on WTNH

Raymond Keane, Artistic Director of Barabbas Theatre Company, and Festival Executive Director Mary Lou Aleskie were featured on WTNH Channel 8's "Connecticut Style" with Sonia Baghdady this morning. Click here to watch online.

Click here to watch preview videos of Circus, Ivanov, Dido & Aeneas, Buckwheat Zydeco & Slavic Soul Party!, and They Might Be Giants.

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Jason Moran, Alex Ross Interviewed by John Dankosky on WNPR

WNPR's John Dankosky interviewed Jason Moran as well as Ideas panelist Alex Ross.

Click here to watch a preview video of Jason Moran - IN MY MIND: Monk at Town Hall and for more information about Alex Ross: Listening to the 20th Century.

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Dance Magazine: "Arts + Ideas = New Dance Works"

The International Festival of Arts & Ideas is featured in Dance Magazine.

Click here to watch preview videos of Really Real and The Good Dance-dakar/brooklyn.

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Hartford Courant: "International Festival of Arts & Ideas Kicks Off This Weekend"

Click here to read the article by Frank Rizzo.

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New Haven Advocate: "We Need Arts & Ideas More Than Ever"

Click here to read the feature story by Christopher Arnott about the International Festival of Arts & Ideas, "the festival that helps us cope with reality".

Click here to watch preview videos or find out more about Circus, Buckwheat Zydeco & Slavic Soul Party!, Really Real, Mavis Staples, The Good Dance-dakar/brooklyn, Robert Farris Thompson, Frank McCourt & Rose Styron, Jill Abramson, Favorite Poem Project Community Reading with Robert Pinsky, Kelly Brownell, Alex Ross, Jonah Lehrer, Miguel Zenón, Tania Libertad, and Rupa & The April Fishes.

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New Haven Register: "Life’s a Circus"

Click here to read the article by New Haven Register Arts Editor Donna Doherty about the U.S. Premiere of "Circus" at the International Festival of Arts & Ideas.

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WTNH News Channel 8: "Record Turnout Expected For Festival"

Executive Director Mary Lou Aleskie was featured on WTNH News Channel 8, discussing the Festival's effort to be more conscious of its environmental footprint.

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Festival Launch Party at Lansdowne Bar & Grill on June 4

Celebrate this year’s Festival theme, Global Identities/Local Heroes,
with Festival staff at the 2009 Festival Launch Party! There will be
drink specials provided by New Haven’s “Best New Bar” (2009 New Haven
Advocate Readers’ Poll
), Festival prizes, and fun with KC 101.3FM,
southern Connecticut's number one hit music station:

Thursday, June 4, 2009

4pm-11pm


Lansdowne Bar & Grill, 179 Crown Street, New Haven

Free (no cover charge).

Festival Featured as USA Today "Travel Destination" in Connecticut

To kick off the summer travel season, USA Today's Travel staff tracked down free events and attractions in every state (and the District of Columbia). The International Festival of Arts & Ideas is featured as the "Travel Destination" in Connecticut.

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Click here to watch a preview video of Slavic Soul Party! or read about the Ideas panel with Kenji Yoshino.

Festival Featured in The Philadelphia Inquirer "Travel" Article

The International Festival of Art & Ideas was featured in The Philadelphia Inquirer's "10 for the Road" article in the Travel section, detailing festival and events within driving distance from Philadelphia (from Virginia to Vermont).

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Click here to watch preview videos of Circus and find out more information about all of these FREE events: They Might Be Giants, the Favorite Poem Project Community Reading with Robert Pinsky, Noon to Night on the New Haven Green, Children's Film Festival, Bike Tours and Walking Tours.

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Festival Featured As Weekend Getaway in Time Out New York

Time Out New York features the International Festival of Arts & Ideas as a weekend getaway in the Travel section this week, pointing out "Circus", Mavis Staples' concert on the Green and Ideas conversation with Elizabeth Alexander, the "Taste Fair Haven" Foodie Tour, and the "One Day Getaway" package with Metro-North, with quotes from Festival Executive Director Mary Lou Aleskie, Anthony Lupinacci of the Shubert Theater, and Festival founder Roslyn Meyer.

Click here to read the article online.

Click here to watch preview videos or find out more information about Circus, Mavis Staples' concert...

U.S. Premiere of "Ivanov" Featured in New York Times "Summer Stages"

The "Summer Stages" section of the New York Times, "a national guide to the places where sunscreen meets Strauss, Shakespeare and Santigold" features the U.S. Premiere of "Ivanov" at the International Festival of Arts & Ideas, as well as "Really Real", "Dido & Aeneas", "The Good Dance - dakar/brooklyn", "First Love", They Might Be Giants, Mavis Staples, and Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars. And Director of Performance Programs Cathy Edwards is described as a "visionary curator".

Click here to see the online listings for dance, theater, and pop/jazz.

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