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Read the Hartford Courant's review of Cripple of Inishmaan. The show performs Saturday June 18 at 3pm and 8pm and Sunday at 3pm.

The 6pm Noon to Night concert has been cancelled due to thunderstorms. Noon to Nights will resume on Tuesday June 21.

The Noon to Night Concerts at Noon, 3pm and 6pm will proceed as scheduled.

Tonight’s concert by Emeline Michel, originally scheduled to conclude the International Festival’s Courtyard Concert Series at the Yale Law School Courtyard, will be performed indoors instead at Yale Repertory Theatre (1120 Chapel Street, at York Street) due to predicted weather conditions for this evening.

Discounted Arts & Ideas parking is available across the street from Yale Rep at the Chapel-York Garage (on York Street between Crown and Chapel Streets).

Click here for a letter from Executive Director Mary Lou Aleskie

The unexpected weather last night forced a cancellation of the Courtyard Concert with Lionel Loueke . Ticket holders for that event may use their tickets for any upcoming Festival event or can exchange them for seating in the First Niagara Hospitality area on the New Haven Green for any of the upcoming weekend headline events. For Hospitality seating, contact Laura Folker at lfolker@artidea.org or 203.498.3758. To exchange tickets for any other Festival event call the Shubert Theater Box Office at 203.562.5666 or visit at 247 College Street .

An announcement for tonight’s concert with Emeline...

Festival Executive Director Mary Lou Aleskie, along with Festival artists and Ideas panelists will be feature on WNPR's Where We Live with John Dankosky and The Colin McEnroe Show.

Tonight's Courtyard Concert, Bang on a Can All-Stars, has been moved indoors to the Yale Repertory Theatre, 1120 Chapel Street (at York).

For details from Festival Executive Director Mary Lou Aleskie, click here.

Read the article from the Huffington Post: The International Festival of Arts and Ideas: A Sure Sign of Summer in New Haven

Click here to read an article from the New York Times about the Bang on a Can All-Stars upcoming Courtyard Concert at the Festival, Tuesday June 14 at 8pm.

Here is a selection of press related to this weekend's opening!

Arts & Ideas: Only Martin McDonagh could have written 'The Cripple of Inishmaan'

Arts & Ideas: Its theatricality and sound make 'Adamantine' more than a dance

Beginning Festival With a Bang (On a Can — and Others Arts, Ideas)

The decision for today’s concert: Jose Condé with opening act Cosmic Jibaros will remain outside as scheduled.

Click here for a note from Executive Director Mary Lou Aleskie.

The decision for today’s concert: The Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma will remain outside as scheduled.

Meteorologists from three television stations in the state, as well as the support of the musicians helped the Festival make this decision. The Festival looks forward to an exciting and successful event.

Click here for a note from Executive Director Mary Lou Aleskie.