From the Executive Director

Yo-Yo leads it off: Glitterati and artists we should know share stage at International Festival of Arts & Ideas

Read from the New Haven Register featuring an overview of the International Festival of Arts & Ideas

Arts and Ideas Festival Extends Reach Across Borders

Read from the New York Times about the International Festival of Arts & Ideas. Article by Jan Spiegel.

Vogue lists Arts & Ideas in "Summer Theater" article

Read from Vogue about the International Festival of Arts & Ideas included in the article, "Summer Theater: What to see in New York and Beyond".

National Geographic lists Arts & Ideas

Read from the New Haven Independent about The International Festival of Arts & Ideas included in the National Geographic's "Traveler 20" list of "travel-worthy events and happenings"!

Arts & Ideas iPhone and Droid App now available!

The Festival App is now
available in both the iPhone and Droid App Store. Search Arts & Ideas. It is a free download and
will be continuously updated throughout the Festival. Get Festival daily...

Poet and Professor Ravi Shankar on James Mars and the Freedom"s Journey Project

Now in early spring, cherry blossoms blooming in Wooster Square in New Haven, Connecticut transforms itself from the last vestiges of winter, but it was on one of those last cold and dreary days that...

The New York Times Summer Stages and IFAI

The New York Times Summer Stages came out this weekend and featured the International Festival of Arts & Ideas in the following categories:

Classical
Pop and Jazz
Dance
Theater

New Haven Independent: Shows Over for the Green Stage

Hartford Courant: Bank Gift Supports Yo-Yo Ma Free New Haven Concert

New Haven Register: First Niagara brings $100,000 Sponsorship to New Haven Festival

Freedom"s Journey Poetry: Marian Anderson"s Studio



On Saturday April 30, Festival audiences had the pleasure of listening to the work that poet Kate Rushin created to celebrate Freedom’s Journey at the Marian Anderson Studio. Marian Anderson,...

Experience Freedom's Journey Two Ways this Saturday

Freedom's Journey: Poetic Reflections
CT Freedom Trail Site: Marian Anderson Studio
Saturday, April 30 at 1pm
Huntington Hall, Danbury Museum

Poet Kate Rushin reads her original poetry based on the...

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