Arts Paper
As the editorially independent arm of The Arts Council of Greater New Haven, the Arts Paper seeks to celebrate, explore, and investigate the fine, visual, performing and culinary arts in and around New Haven.
Netta: “So what I notice, especially in the music scene, sometimes everybody leaves Connecticut. And it shouldn’t be like that. I want to bring pride back to being from here. We did this here. This is just for you and I. This is for us.” Lucy Gellman Photos.
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Today’s show is a conversation about Passover, privilege, social justice and so much more. I’m joined on this joint episode by Lucy Gellman of The Kitchen Sync podcast and the Arts Paper of Greater New Haven. We’re two Jews of European descent talking about our complicated relationship to Judaism and the importance of telling the passover liberation story. We also dig into white privilege, the Jewish art of questioning everything, our commitment to transformational social justice and of course, food.
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On Thursday evening, finalist Miller took the stage to conduct an all-russian program at Woolsey Hall, starting with Alexander Borodin (In The Steppes Of Central Asia) and working through Shostakovich up to an epic, bombastic Tsaikovsky. In the audience sat music haven students robert oakley, cris zunis, noel mitchell and Jordan Brown, all ready for a different aspect of the program.
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"I’ve taken our privileges, our freedoms, for granted. So I want to hear the voices of immigrants express their drive and their desire with the hope that Americans can learn from that." Rendering courtesy of the artist.
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Rebecca Miller: "If I were going to book something for today , my program would look much different." Lucy Gellman Photo.
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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.
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"When you suddenly realize the trees have names and they have characters the way that you walk around New Haven is very different. You’re like: “Oh, that’s an elm tree!” “That’s a sycamore!” “That’s a sweetgum!” You realize they have personalities." Misha Semenov Photo.
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Between January and May of 1999, New Havener Arnold Gorlick renovated the Madison Art Cinemas, making adjustments to the seats, sound quality and appearance that he hoped would bring visitors in in droves. Arnold Gorlick Photo.
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