Arts Council of Greater New Haven Blog

Strings & Steel Add New Voices To MLK Day Mix

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.  |  Education & Youth  |  First and Summerfield United Methodist Church  |  Music  |  Music Haven  |  St. Luke's Steel Band Lucy Gellman | January 20th, 2026

At Anti-ICE Rally, Artists Weave Culture Through Calls To Action

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Immigration  |  New Haven Green Lucy Gellman | January 12th, 2026

Our 2025 Top 10

Alisa's House of Salsa  |  Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Collective Consciousness Theatre  |  Elicker Administration  |  Festival Puertorriqueño  |  Kwadwo Adae  |  New Haven Board of Alders  |  New Haven Public Schools  |  Unidad Latina en Acción Lucy Gellman, Abiba Biao, Jarelis Calderon, Nelani Mejias & Shaunda Holloway | December 31st, 2025

Noir Vintage, Announcing A New Chapter, Closes Its Court Street Doors

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Black-owned businesses  |  Community Heroes  |  Culture & Community  |  Downtown  |  Economic Development Lucy Gellman | December 5th, 2025

Possible Futures' (Updated) Thanksgiving Reads

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Books  |  Indigenous rights  |  Possible Futures  |  Whalley/Edgewood/Beaver Hills Lucy Gellman | November 26th, 2025

Literary Luminaries Get A Moment In The Spotlight

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Kulturally Lit  |  Shubert Theatre  |  Youth Arts Journalism Initiative Jarelis Calderon | November 19th, 2025

In Inaugural Mid-Autumn Celebration, NHM Fêtes The Breadth Of A Diaspora

AAPI  |  Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  New Haven Chinese Cultural Cooperative  |  New Haven Museum Abiba Biao | November 14th, 2025

Abiba Biao Photos.

In Fair Haven, Día de Muertos Becomes A Celebration Of Community Care

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Dia de los Muertos  |  Fair Haven  |  Immigration  |  Unidad Latina en Acción Lucy Gellman | November 3rd, 2025

Ailey II Brings Dance Dreams To Life At The Shubert

Ailey II  |  Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Dance  |  Shubert Theatre Shaunda Holloway | October 22nd, 2025

Jada Ammons, Kamani Abu, and Adanna Smalls in Renée I. McDonald's "Likes vs. Life." Nir Arieli Photo.