The Restaurant Tours:
Featuring Bun Lai, Miya's Sushi
Here’s a little pre-tour teaser and a sample of what the edible journey I am going to be taking people on will be like: People often ask me...
Go on an "edible journey" with Chef Bun Lai
June 11, 2009
IRIS presents an eye-opening Film Series
June 10, 2009
Lucille Bruce
Staff member at IRIS
Refugees in the '09 Festival
This year, the Yale Summer Film Institute, International Festival of Arts & Ideas, and IRIS (Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services, a...
Dramaturg gives insight into Ivanov
June 10, 2009
Where History Has Been Written: the Budapest Katona József Theatre
Anna Lengyel
After the suppressed revolution of 1956, Hungarian cultural politics realized the necessity of allowing a...
New Haven Advocate: "We Need Arts & Ideas More Than Ever"
June 9, 2009
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".
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Ideas Panelists Richard Colton is ready to soar at the Festival
June 9, 2009
Richard Colton
Really Real post-discussion moderator*
I'm thrilled about my first visit to this great Festival. I love that the visceral excitement that the Festival's performances seem to inevitably...
A Festival Enthusiast shares the joys of the Festival
June 8, 2009
by Kate McEvoy
Festival Enthusiast and active participant
The 2009 Festival is only 5 days away. I can hardly wait. I'm sure that you feel the same.
What a sense of anticipation is aroused by the...
New Haven Register: "Life’s a Circus"
June 7, 2009
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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For Raymond Keane, Life's A "Circus"
June 5, 2009
Raymond Keane
Artistic Director of Barabbas Theatre Company
And creator and director of CIRCUS
I'd like to start by answering the question I ask myself almost on a daily basis which is, "Why do I do...
WTNH News Channel 8: "Record Turnout Expected For Festival"
June 4, 2009
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
May 26, 2009
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...
Festival Featured as USA Today "Travel Destination" in Connecticut
May 22, 2009
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...
Festival Artists are all around
May 18, 2009
Cathy Edwards
Director of Programming
May 8, 2009
I went to Sprague Hall this past Sunday, May 3, to hear Concerti Grossi of the Baroque, performed by music students working with Robert Mealy,...