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Volunteer Orientations Just Announced!
Interested in Volunteering, but want to learn more before joining? Come to an Orientation!
Festival Volunteers, new and old, please join us at one (1), one-hour orientation session. Orientation sessions will be held on Tuesday, June 3 at 5:30 p.m. and Saturday, June 7 at 10:00 a.m.Both Orientations will be held at
Pratt Hall Center Church Parish House 311 Temple Street New Haven Meet the Staff and learn how you can be a successful Festival volunteer. Light refreshments will be served. We hope to see you there! Click here to go to the Volunteer Page.Arts & Ideas Hits the New York Times
The International Festival of Arts & Ideas appeared in the NY Times 'Connecticut' Section over the weekend, highlighting New Haven as one of the hot Summer Arts Festivals in the region. Check it out to read more...
Dublin's dance, theater scene a hotbed of new work
Director of Programming Cathy Edwards muses about her recent trip to Ireland to check out new dance and theater offerings. Read it in BlogFest!
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Executive Director Mary Lou Aleskie shares her thoughts on the countdown to the Festival. Join BlogFest! Now!
International Festival of Arts & Ideas Launches The Big Read
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 17, 2008
Contact: Anthony Lupinacci
Director of Public Relations, Shubert Theater
Tel. 203.624.1825
AnthonyL@CAPA.com
International Festival of Arts & Ideas Launches The Big Read - Greater New Haven With a Free Kick-Off Celebration On Thursday, May 1 at 5:00pm At the Shubert Theater
Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451" creates central theme
for various FREE activities planned from May 1 through June 28, 2008
to encourage literary reading in the Greater New Haven Region
(New Haven, CT . . . April 17, 2008) Mary Lou Aleskie, Executive
Director of the ...
Festival Founders Honored During Ceremonies at State House
The International Festival of Arts & Ideas' three founders - Ann Tyler Calabresi , Jean Handley and Roslyn Milstein Meyer -- were honored by the Gov. M. Jodi Rell as Distinguished Arts Advocates for their itreless volunteer service on behalf of the Festival and other arts organizations in the state.
Workshops Continue Creation of Arts & Ideas Dance Project
The Liz Lerman Dance Exchange is holding workshops for "613 Radical Acts of Prayer." Free and open to the public, these workshops allow anyone interested to participate in the performance piece scheduled for this year's Festival. This piece goes beyond dance to explore the nature of prayer and social action.
Read more in the New Haven Register.
U.K., Irish Dramas Set For New Haven Arts Fest
Two European theater companies will present the American premiere of their productions at Arts & Ideas. The Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company brings to the stage "Burial at Thebes," June 14 to 19. Also, festival-goers will have the chance to see Fishamble Theatre Company's production of "The Pride of Parnell Street" between June 24 and 28. Read the full article from the Hartford Courant