Come celebrate the thirteenth annual Audubon Arts on the Edge on Saturday, June 7, on Audubon Street in downtown New Haven. This free arts and entertainment event takes place, rain or shine, from noon until 7 pm, with music, dancing and hands-on activities to entertain the entire family.

Events at Audubon Arts on the Edge kick off at noon with the Traveling Art Van with Carmella Ricciardelli, face painting with Porsche Edmundson, the “Have Bones Will Travel” program with the Yale School of Nursing, and language lessons with Aux Trois Pommes.

Festivities continue throughout the day, as families can build straw geometry hats with Joy Wulke, create and play drums with Baba Coleman, dance to Neighborhood Music School’s Steel Drum Band, and laugh to kid’s comedy provided by the New Haven Theatre Company. Visitors can also take in a Punch and Judy puppet show with Don Wunderlee, groove to jazz and Latin tunes provided by students at ACES Educational Center for the Arts, make their mark with chalk art, and dance with the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange, courtesy of the International Festival of Arts and Ideas. KC101.3 will be live on Audubon Street from 1-3 pm and from 4-7 pm, families can “Find all Nine” coordinated gallery openings in or around Audubon.

In the evening, festivities continue at Koffee on Audubon. At 7 pm, Koffee will host a poetry slam. At 9 pm, a movie will be shown outdoors.

Stop by and celebrate Audubon Arts on the Edge on Saturday, June 7 and see why Audubon has been hailed as one of the greatest streets in New England!

Audubon Arts on the Edge is made possible by support from LEGO. LEGO and the LEGO Children’s Fund logo are trademarks of the LEGO Group, used here with permission. © 2008 The LEGO Group. All rights reserved. Additional support provided by the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism, Audubon Arts & Retail District, KC 101.3, ACES Educational Center for the Arts, The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, and Suzio York Hill.

For more information on Audubon Arts on the Edge, please call the Arts Council of Greater New Haven at (203) 772-2788.


SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Caricature Artist, Bill Hernandez, 12noon-2:30pm
Aux Trois Pommes Language School, 12noon-3pm
Have Bones Will Travel - Program by the Yale School of Nursing, 12noon-4pm
Crafts on the Block, Traveling Art Van with Carmella Ricciardelli, 12noon-4pm
Schooner, Inc Touch Tank, 12noon-4pm
Face Painting by Porsche Edmundson, 12noon-5pm
Pups Without Partners, Greyhound Adoption Group, 12noon-7pm
Chalk Painting, Paint Alley & Recycled Sculptures, 12noon-7pm
Don Wunderlee, Punch & Judy Puppet Show, 1-1:30pm
KC101.3 Van, 1-3pm
Liz Lerman Dance Exchange with Prayer flag workshop, 2-3pm & 3:30-4:30pm, Compliments of the International Festival of Arts & Ideas
Straw Geometry Hats with Joy Wulke, 2-5pm
New Haven Theatre Company – Kid’s Comedy, 2:30-3pm
Neighborhood Music School’s Steel Drums, 3-3:40pm
Jake the Clown, 3-5pm
Neighborhood Music School’s Baba Coleman, Drum Making Workshop, 3:30pm & Drum Performance, 4:15pm
Coordinated Gallery Openings, 4-7pm (Click Here for more information)
ACES ECA Dancers, 5-5:30pm
Rumberos Dance, 5:30pm
Plus Poetry Slam 7-9pm at Koffee on Audubon
Outdoor Movie behind Koffee at 9pm


DIRECTIONS TO AUDUBON ARTS ON THE EDGE

Coming from New York
From I-95, take exit 47 onto Route 34 connector. Stay in the right lane and take
exit 1. At the first 4-way intersection (a traffic light), take a right onto Church
Street. Continue on Church Street past the New Haven Green. After crossing
Grove Street, Church Street becomes Whitney Avenue; the next right is Audubon
Street.

Coming from Hartford
From I-91, take exit 3 (Trumbull Street exit). At the end of the ramp, turn left
onto Orange Street. Go two blocks and turn right at the light onto Grove Street.
Turn right at the next light onto Whitney Avenue; the next right is Audubon
Street.

PARKING

Parking is available on all streets around Audubon Street. You can also park in Audubon Court Garage -- enter on Orange Street between Audubon and Grove.