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Immigrants Land On The Green

32 immigrants and refugees will arrive on the New Haven Green this week, and remain there through August. You won’t be able to ask them their stories though—that will require a literal closer look. Lucy Gellman Photos.

Wisdom Launches Fashion-Foodie Collab

Julie Francois | May 14th, 2018

Read about it at our Youth Arts Journalism Initiative blog!

“Goatscaping” Takes On Edgewood Park

Adia Sakura-Lemessy | May 14th, 2018

Read about it in our Youth Arts Journalism Initiative blog!

IRIS Starts Mother’s Day Early

Arts at Work III: Jocelyn Prince

Arts & Culture | Arts at Work | Theater Elizabeth Nearing | May 11th, 2018

" I started off in theater as a lot of people do, as an actor. I went to undergrad initially on an acting scholarship. And then I realized that I was the type of actor who was always in my head, always thinking and focusing on the background story of the character. " Above, members of the company of Father Comes Home From the Wars, Parts 1, 2 & 3 by Suzan-Lori Parks, directed by Liz Diamond. Photo by Joan Marcus, 2018. Prince recently worked on the show.

Harmony Fellows Rock Wilbur Cross

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New Haven Scores NEA Dough

Arts & Culture | Legislative Agenda | National Endowment for the Arts | New Haven Lucy Gellman | May 9th, 2018

Students at Music Haven, one of the grant recipients, practice on their box violins in fall 2017. The organization received $25,000 for programming for the next fiscal year. Lucy Gellman File Photo.

Take Her To Church

The cast of Crowns. In an interview with the Arts Paper and the Inner City News earlier this year, playwright Regina Taylor said of the work: "I do find this piece defiant. I do find this piece political. You have an African-American woman at the center of it, and she is being questioned. I see myself as being questioned from the moment that I took my first breath. Sometimes just being is a statement of defiance. Being in this mind and being in this body. Where you stand ... it is a defiant act to breathe, to be, to have your own mind. It is political. " T. Charles Erickson Photo.

Jennifer's Top Five - May 9

Arts & Culture | Jennifer's top 5 | Member Orgs Jennifer Gelband | May 9th, 2018

Is it too soon to think about the weekend? Arts Council Marketing Director Jennifer Gelband offers her top five arts picks for this week, going into next. These come from our member organizations and are also featured in The Arts Council's weekly newsletter. To subscribe to that, click here.