Donato Cabrera Picks Up The Guest Baton

Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  New Haven Symphony Orchestra  |  Southern Connecticut State University Lucy Gellman | January 19th, 2023

Donato Cabrera Tuesday morning at Kaiyden's. He is the first of four finalists to audition for music director at the New Haven Symphony Orchestra. Lucy Gellman Photos.

Co-Op Students Sculpt Their Way Forward

Arts & Culture  |  Co-Op High School  |  Downtown  |  Education & Youth  |  New Haven Public Schools  |  Sculpture  |  Visual Arts Lucy Gellman | January 19th, 2023

Ryan Minezzi and Mahari Kerrison. Lucy Gellman Photos.

One Cellist's New Effort To Amplify Women Composers

Arts & Culture  |  Music Corey Schmidt | January 18th, 2023

Ravenna Michalsen. Jessica Smolinksi Photo.

MLK Day Slam Passes Wisdom Through Community

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.  |  Poetry  |  Poetry & Spoken Word  |  Yale Peabody Museum Marie Sanford | January 18th, 2023

Ángel Martinez and Carlos Raúl Dufflar. Marie Sanford Photos.

In Edgewood, "Everyday Angels" Bless The Year Ahead

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Books  |  Poetry  |  Possible Futures  |  Sculpture  |  Whalley/Edgewood/Beaver Hills Lucy Gellman | January 17th, 2023

City Awards $187,200 To 42 Neighborhood Cultural Vitality Grantees

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Elicker Administration Lucy Gellman | January 17th, 2023

Dancers at the Elm City Freddy Fixer Parade on Dixwell Avenue in June 2019. After taking 2020 through 2022 to rebuild after the Covid-19 pandemic, the parade is returning this year. Lucy Gellman File Photo.

Strings & Steel Take MLK Day To Church

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Downtown  |  Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.  |  First and Summerfield United Methodist Church  |  Music  |  Music Haven  |  St. Luke's Steel Band Lucy Gellman | January 16th, 2023

Kenneth Joseph, who has directed the St. Luke's Steel Band since 2011. Founder Debby Teason, who is still the group's liturgical music director, was in the audience. Lucy Gellman Photos.

SCSU Student Finds Medicine In The Music

Arts & Culture  |  Beaver Hills  |  Music  |  Public Health  |  Southern Connecticut State University  |  Youth Arts Journalism Initiative Abiba Biao | January 13th, 2023

Abiba Biao Photos.

NEA Awards $80,000 To Four New Haven Grantees

Arts & Culture  |  Dance  |  International Festival of Arts & Ideas  |  Music  |  National Endowment for the Arts  |  New Haven Symphony Orchestra  |  Poetry  |  Yale Rep Theatre Lucy Gellman | January 12th, 2023

James Keene, who was a Harmony Fellow with the New Haven Symphony Orchestra in 2018. Lucy Gellman File Photo.