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“Framing New Haven” Wraps Its Arms Around Refugee Narratives

Arts, Culture & Community  |  Creative Arts Workshop  |  Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services (IRIS)  |  Refugees  |  Theater  |  Visual Arts Karen Marks | December 6th, 2018

At Ely Center, Artists Unload One By One

Arts & Culture  |  Ely Center of Contemporary Art  |  Visual Arts Karen Marks | October 16th, 2018

“Captive Bodies,” Then And Now

Arts & Culture  |  Politics  |  Visual Arts  |  Yale Center For British Art  |  Yale Prison Education Initiative Karen Marks | September 25th, 2018

With “120 Years,” Scott Lewis’ Story Revisited

Arts & Culture  |  Community Heroes  |  Film & Video  |  New Haven Karen Marks | September 11th, 2018

Summer Apprentices Pay Homage

Arts & Culture  |  Artspace New Haven  |  Education & Youth  |  New Haven  |  Politics  |  Summer Apprenticeship Program Karen Marks | July 30th, 2018

Amie Mulungula. His hero, Jay Kemp, is pictured behind him. Karen Marks Photo.

Two “Tiny Hobos” Make A Home In Edgewood

Arts & Culture  |  The Tiny Hobo  |  Visual Arts Karen Marks | July 27th, 2018

Sisters Valerie and Beck Doty. Karen Marks Photos.

Wait, Who’s Coming To Dinner?

Arts & Culture  |  Collab New Haven  |  Food & Drink  |  Hojung Kim  |  Homecooked  |  Kevin Zhen  |  New Haven Karen Marks | July 26th, 2018

Kevin Zhen sets the table for Homecooked. Karen Marks Photos.

Drag Queens Take On Cancer

168 York Street  |  Arts & Culture  |  Drag  |  New Haven Karen Marks | July 24th, 2018

Sylvia Heart. Karen Marks Photos.

Paper or Plastic? Do We Have A Choice?

Arts & Culture  |  Marsha Borden  |  New Haven  |  New Haven Free Public Library  |  Plastic  |  Visual Arts Karen Marks | July 20th, 2018

Lost At Sea . Karen Marks Photos.

Irish Artists Bring The Civil War To Life

Arts & Culture  |  Ireland's Great Hunger Museum  |  New Haven  |  Visual Arts Karen Marks | July 18th, 2018

A detail of the of the illustrations. Karen Marks Photos.

Deconstructing Guns, Reconstructing Art

Arts & Culture  |  Artspace New Haven  |  New Haven  |  Ninth  |  Politics Karen Marks | July 13th, 2018

Katie Heinlein: “Each piece had a place...gun control should be more like that." Karen Marks Photos.

“Peacebuilders” Hit The New Haven Green

Arts & Culture  |  Downtown  |  Jerusalem Peacebuilders  |  New Haven  |  New Haven Green  |  Public art Karen Marks | July 11th, 2018

The billboard's next stop? Exit 42 on I-95. Karen Marks Photos.

Fair Haven's Parklet Makes Landfall

Architecture  |  Design  |  Fair Haven  |  Kassandra Leiva  |  Misha Semenov  |  New Haven  |  Parklet  |  Public art Karen Marks | July 9th, 2018

Misha Semenov and Kassandra Leiva in the finished parklet. Lesley Roy Photo.

1776, 1852, Or 2018?

Arts & Culture  |  Beinecke Library  |  New Haven  |  Poetry & Spoken Word Karen Marks | July 6th, 2018

Prints of Fredrick Douglass' address at the Beinecke. Karen Marks Photo.

“Cabaret” Brings Sex and Fascism to Lyric Hall

Arts & Culture  |  Lyric Hall  |  New Haven  |  The Harpers  |  Theater  |  Westville Karen Marks | July 5th, 2018

Remaining performances of Cabaret run July 6-8 and 13-15 at Lyric Hall, 827 Whalley Ave. in New Haven's Westville neighborhood. For tickets and more information, click here .Karen Marks Photo.

Free Speech And Free Voices

Arts & Culture  |  ConnCAT  |  Freedom of Speech  |  New Haven  |  Poetry & Spoken Word Karen Marks | July 2nd, 2018

ConnCAT's Steve Driffin flowing from emcee to poet back to emcee. Karen Marks Photos.

Azir Breathes Easy Into Summer

Camp Easy Breezy  |  Culture & Community  |  Education & Youth  |  Greater New Haven  |  Summer camp  |  asthma Karen Marks | June 28th, 2018

“It’s an open conversation between us and the kids,” said Easy Breezy Director Alex Fargeorge. “We still do all the activities other camps do...it’s tailored to their needs.” Karen Marks Photos.

Imaginary Theater Company Searches for Stars

Arts & Culture  |  Greater New Haven  |  Imaginary Theater Company  |  New Haven Free Public Library  |  Theater Karen Marks | June 26th, 2018

Actor Kelley Knight: . Karen Marks Photos

Sgt. Pepper Invades The Shubert

Karen Marks | June 25th, 2018

Gareth Jones Photo.

Trap Yoga Comes To The Green

Culture & Community  |  Greater New Haven  |  International Festival of Arts & Ideas  |  Trap  |  Yoga Karen Marks | June 21st, 2018

Thema Graves Photos.

Air Temple Soars On Its Stories

Air Temple Arts  |  Arts & Culture  |  Dance  |  Theater  |  Woodbridge Karen Marks | June 15th, 2018

“You don’t know how strong you are until you have no choice to be strong,” Bri Lachappelle tells the audience at the beginning of the show. Karen Marks Photos.

A Mural Blooms At Junta

Arts & Culture  |  Fair Haven  |  Junta for Progressive Action  |  New Haven  |  Visual Arts Karen Marks | June 12th, 2018

Joy Meikle: “Everyone leads, and you have to build from a diverse population.” Karen Marks Photos.