A Culture-Bearer Passes On: Elaine Peters Dies At 70

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Community Heroes  |  Culture & Community  |  Dance  |  Kwanzaa Lucy Gellman | January 16th, 2025

Elaine Peters at last year's Caribbean Heritage Festival on the New Haven Green. For those who knew her, Coconut was forever by her side. He is now in the care of her friend, Marcey Lynn Jones. Lucy Gellman File Photo.

In The Hill, Three Kings Dance The Snow Away

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Faith & Spirituality  |  Music  |  New Haven Free Public Library  |  The Hill Lucy Gellman | January 6th, 2025

Three Kings Make The Journey To Casa Otoñal

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Casa Otoñal, Inc.  |  Culture & Community  |  Puerto Ricans United, Inc. Lucy Gellman | January 6th, 2025

Our 2024 Top 10: Taking It (Back) To The Grassroots

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Black Wall Street Festival  |  Cafe Nine  |  Education & Youth  |  Faith & Spirituality  |  Gateway Community College  |  Kulturally Lit  |  Music Haven  |  New Haven Museum  |  New Haven Pride Center  |  New Haven Symphony Orchestra  |  Possible Futures  |  Semilla Collective  |  Year of Baldwin Lucy Gellman & Kapp Singer | December 31st, 2024

Artist Of The Year

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Elicker Administration  |  International Festival of Arts & Ideas  |  New Haven Symphony Orchestra  |  Poetry & Spoken Word Lucy Gellman | December 20th, 2024

Sharmont "Influence" Little performs with the New Haven Symphony Orchestra in Nov. 2024. Photo by Matt Fried, courtesy of the New Haven Symphony Orchestra.

At Co-Op, Three "Soles" Tap Into Cross-Cultural Storytelling

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Co-Op High School  |  Culture & Community  |  Dance  |  Education & Youth  |  Yale Schwarzman Center Lucy Gellman | December 18th, 2024

"Big Dog" Gets Stetson In The Christmas Spirit

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Dixwell  |  Jazz  |  Music  |  New Haven Free Public Library Abiba Biao | December 18th, 2024

Chris "Big Dog" Davis with his "Stetson Star" Award. Abiba Biao Photos.

A Montessori Preschool Grows Its Freedom Dream

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Education  |  Westville Lucy Gellman | December 16th, 2024

"Macbeth In Stride" Kills It At The Yale Rep

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  New Haven Adult & Continuing Education Center  |  Shakespeare  |  Theater  |  Yale Rep Theatre Lucy Gellman | December 13th, 2024

Whitney White (foreground) with Ciara Alyse Harris, Holli’ Conway, and Phoenix Best in a scene from Macbeth in Stride written and performed by Whitney White, directed by Taibi Magar and Tyler Dobrowsky, choreographed by Raja Feather Kelly. Yale Repertory Theatre, December 5-14, 2024. Photo © Joan Marcus.