Festival Stories

Click here to read Christopher Arnott's review of "Moby Dick".

Click here to watch a preview video of "Moby Dick".

Click here to listen to Paul Goldberger's interview on WNPR's "Where We Live".

Click here for more information about his Ideas event at Festival on June 24.

Click here to listen to the broadcast of the Colin McEnroe show from The Study at Yale earlier today.

Colin's guests were Jack Hitt (who will be appearing as the guest lecturer in Chautauqua! at the Festival on June 23), as well as Conor Lovett and Caoimhin O'Raghallaigh, appearing in Moby Dick at the Festival though June 19.

Colin McEnroe will be the guest lecturer in Chautauqua! at the Festival on June 26 at 8pm.

Tonight's Courtyard Concert by Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter and guitarist Joyce Moreno has been moved into the University Theatre, located at 222 York Street in New Haven. One of the most influential musical treasures of Brazil, Joyce mellifluously combines samba rhythms and jazz harmonies with sublime, intelligent lyrics. Described as “one of the greatest singers of all time” by Antonio Carlos Jobim, since the late 1960s Moreno has written over 400 tunes that have reinvented the bossa nova genre.

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Click here to read the review of Amir ElSaffar & Two Rivers Ensemble by Chuck Obuchowski in the Hartford Courant.

Click here to read Christopher Arnott's review of "Susurrus".

Click here to watch a preview video of "Susurrus".

Click here to read Chris Arnott's blog on the New Haven Advocate website.

Neal Fudge

When I was introduced to the Arts and Ideas Fellowship Program, I didn't know what to expect from it. What surprised me the most is that we were getting involved first-hand with the International Festival of Arts and Ideas, such as blogging our experience, picking artists to come down and perform. I learned that the purpose for the Arts and Ideas Festival is to bring individuals together, network, congregate and share their experience as a whole. I was introduced to this amazing program from a teacher in school. I'm an artistic young male and it is my passion and the program has...

Click here to read the article in the New Haven Independent by Jay Dockendorf.

Anthony Ligon
Hello, my name is Anthony Ligon and I attend Wilbur Cross High School. I’m involved with the Uconn Gear Up Program and a lady named Julia introduced me to the Arts and Ideas Fellowship Program. She knows how much I really love theater and she thought that this would be a great way for me to get some real background knowledge on what goes on in a non-profit organization. Julia, my dear friend, told me that this program not only has to do with the arts, but also involves writing, marketing, and budgeting, as well. She thought this would be a nice opportunity to get my feet wet in...

Click here to read the article in the Boston Globe Sunday Magazine.
Click here to watch preview videos or find our more information about Susurrus, Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba, Khmeropédies I & II, Livability, Localism & Urban Utopias: What Does It Mean & What Does It Take?, and Sushi 101: A Children's Sustainable Sushi Class by Bun Lai.

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Click here to read the article in the Wall Street Journal by Shirley Wang.

Click here to watch preview videos or find out more information about Dance, Christopher Rouse: Transfiguration, Susurrus, Amir ElSaffar & Two Rivers Ensemble, Khmeropédies I & II, Stuck Elevator, The Blind Boys of Alabama, La Excelencia, and Festival Grand Finale: Dan Zanes & Friends.

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