Festival Stories

Starting Tuesday April 7 at 9:30am, all ticketed Festival events will go on sale to the general public. You will be able to order tickets online or at the Shubert Theater Box Office (203-562-5666 or 888-736-2663).

You can save time and money by purchasing the See Everything Package to enjoy all the wonderful ticketed performances the Festival has to offer. The "See Everything Package” schedule also makes it possible for you to attend outstanding free performances on the New haven Green.

The Festival Member advance sale period ends this Friday April 3 – you only have three days left to purchase discounted $25 tickets for all performance programs! Becoming a Member is easy:

• Join Online

• In person at the Shubert Theater Box Office (247 College Street, New Haven)

• By phone at 203-562-5666 or 888-736-2663

If you are (or would like to become) a Festival Member, and would benefit from personal insight into the 2009 Festival programming, join the Festival staff on Thursday April 2 from 5:30pm to 7pm in the Shubert Theater lobby (247 College Street, New Haven) for happy hour. Festival staff will answer all your questions and help you place your discounted ticket order. The Festival Member advance sale period ends on Friday April 3.

Starting on Tuesday March 24, Festival Members will be the first to be able to purchase tickets to seven different Foodie Tours , which typically sell out well in advance of June. And tickets to hear The Choir of Royal Holloway, University of London will be available to Festival Members for a discounted price of $10. This special Festival Member ticket price will be in effect until Friday April 3. Tickets will go on sale to the general public on April 7, 2009.

Tickets for these events will be available for purchase online at www.artidea.org with a Festival Member password, in person with a...

This Saturday, March 21 and Sunday March 22, the public is invited to take part in
the final weekend of workshops hosted by the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange:

Saturday March 21 from 8pm to 9pm - Celebration/Pizza Party with
Elizabeth Johnson of the Dance Exchange at Center Church Parish House, 311 Temple Street.

Sunday
March 22 from 1pm to 3:30pm - Final All Come Dance Workshop / Ideas Lab at Broadway
Rehearsal Lofts, 294 Elm Street.

By TIFFANY HOPKINS
Multi-Media Producer

One of the great joys of working for the Festival is the opportunity to meet so many interesting people and truly compelling artists. A few months ago, we were delighted to play host to Raymond Keane, artistic director of Barabbas Theater Company in Dublin, Ireland and director of Circus, their critically acclaimed show that we will be presenting this summer. He was in town to meet with our staff, confirm details about the show, and tour the space we would be presenting it in.

His first evening in town, a number of our staff took him out to one of the...

Today is the 20th anniversary of the premiere of Mark Morris' Dido & Aeneas. The International Festival of Arts & Ideas in New Haven is the only place where Dido & Aeneas is scheduled to be performed this year (June 25-26, 2009). $25 tickets for these performances are currently on sale to Members of the Festival, so become a Member now for a chance to get the best seats! Tickets go on sale to the general public on April 7, 2009.

By ANDRIA MATTHEWS
Community Programs Manager

On February 21, an incredible group assembled for a dance workshop, Process, Principles and Performance with the Dance Exchange and Wally Cardona. Dancers on foot and on wheels, young and old, professionals and non-professionals all joined together to meet Wally Cardona and hear about his project Really Real.

The workshop also offered the Festival an opportunity to bring two dance companies with different perspectives about art-making and performance together: the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange, which created Radical Prayer for the 2008 Festival,...

Celebrate poetry during the 2009 International Festival of Arts & Ideas! The public is invited to attend an organizational meeting for the "Favorite Poem Project" on Friday March 13 at 9am at the International Festival of Arts & Ideas, 15th Floor conference room of the New Alliance Bank Building in New Haven, located at 195 Church Street. The "Favorite Poem Project" is dedicated to celebrating, documenting and encouraging poetry's role in Americans' lives. Please RSVP to amatthews@artidea.org to attend the organizational
meeting, or if you’d like additional information about the "Favorite
...

By MARY LOU ALESKIE
Executive Director

The tunes were there Little Rootie Tootie, Crepuscule with Nellie,'Round Midnight...the ones we immediately associate with Monk...but the surprise in Jason Moran's tribute IN MY MIND: Monk at Town Hall 1959 was the seamless and compelling story told in the music, recordings and visual images that flowed together to paint a portrait of the man. So beautifully constructed yet so natural in its unfolding, this celebration of a true American hero was made more immediate to us as Jason shared personal connections and inspirations with Monk. The arrangements...

Click here to read the review of "IN MY MIND: Monk at Town Hall 1959" by Ben Ratliff.

Two new music events will go on sale to Festival Members on Tuesday, March 10, 2009 for $25 each:

Jason Moran returns to the Festival on June 23 to perform IN MY MIND: Monk at Town Hall 1959. Moran will perform this piece at New York’s Town Hall on February 27 as part of the 50th anniversary of Thelonious Monk’s historic 1959 concert at the venue.

Rupa & The April Fishes will perform on June 18 and completes the lineup of the Courtyard Concert series, which includes Miguel Zenón on June 16 and Tania Libertad on June 17.

Starting March 10, tickets for these two new events will be available...