Great Art, Big Ideas Podcast
Festival 2024 Playlist
2023 Visionary Leadership Award honoring Leah Penniman
Join us as we honor Leah Penniman, Award-Winning Black Kreyol Farmer & Food Justice Activist, at our 13th Annual Visionary Leadership Award Ceremony!
Leah discusses her impactful work and vision...
Miss Shalae LIVE ON THE NEW HAVEN GREEN!
Joining the eleganza extravaganza for a grand finale you won’t want to miss, Miss Shalae, the world’s #1 Beyoncé tribute artist, will be serving up “Single Girl” realness and sending us all directly...
DRAGtastic Journey
PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NEW HAVEN PRIDE CENTERGet ready to WORK and SLAY on the DRAGtastic Journey featuring some of New Haven’s local drag royalty! At this larger-than-life event, drag...
El Hogar que Cargamos: Inmigración y Cultura
¿Cómo mantenemos vivos los recuerdos del hogar? Se parte de un seminario en español sobre inmigración narrado a través de la música en The Home We Carry: Immigration and Culture, presentado por la...
Las Cafeteras LIVE on the New Haven Green
Fusing passion, energy, and dance, Las Cafeteras celebrates their Chicano heritage and showcases traditional Son Jarocho sonic stylings in their “urgent, relevant music.” (BBC) The band highlights...
PROYECTO CIMARRON
Who knew liberation had such an infectious beat? Projecto Cimarron CT brings bomba, the Afro-Puerto Rican music and dance form to the stage, focusing on its history of resistance and liberation....
EL PUEBLO UNIDO: VOCES EN ACTIVISMO LATINO
VOICES IN LATINX ACTIVISMAprende acerca de las voces del activismo latino de la mano de la consumada activista de derechos civiles y organizadora comunitaria Dolores Huerta, fundadora y presidenta de...
The Category is: BALLROOM
A HISTORY OF BALLROOMStrike a pose! Drag performer and Beyoncé impersonator Miss Shalae and ball performer Aishah “Spyder” Murray discuss the roots of ball culture, an art form that originated in the...
LAUGHING MATTERS WITH FUNNY ASIAN WOMEN KOLLECTIVE
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic the United States has seen an uptick in violence against Asians. Funny Asian Women Kollective (FAWK) combats the invisibility and dehumanization of Asian,...
THE POWER OF CHOICE IN CLIMATE CHANGE
Paul Greenberg will be talking about the future of our oceans and how we can make changes to help the environment. Greenberg’s writings on oceans, climate change, and the environment appears...
Okaidja LIVE ON THE NEW HAVEN GREEN
West African singer-songwriter Okaidja incorporates percussion, traditional dance, and vocals in Ga, one of the languages of Ghana, into his Afropop vocals and soft guitar pickings. Okaidja, who...
K.Dub LIVE ON THE NEW HAVEN GREEN
Reminiscent of A Tribe Called Quest, K. Dub’s flow cascades effortlessly over immaculately produced beats for enticing and engaging songs that represent himself, his identity, and the Elm City. K....