Arts Council of Greater New Haven Blog

New Keyhole Residents Take Up At The Ely Center

Arts & Culture  |  Ely Center of Contemporary Art  |  Visual Arts  |  Youth Arts Journalism Initiative Jarelis Calderon | October 9th, 2025

Dario Mohr, Aimée Burg, Lauren Flaaen, and Diana Abouchacra. Jarelis Calderon Photos.

City's Second Poet Laureate Has A Vision For Youth

Arts & Culture  |  ConnCAT  |  Culture & Community  |  Elicker Administration  |  Kulturally Lit  |  Poetry & Spoken Word Abiba Biao | October 9th, 2025

"Dracula," With A Stringed Assist, Plays In Spooky Season

Arts & Culture  |  Best Video Film & Cultural Center  |  Culture & Community  |  Film & Video  |  Lyric Hall  |  Music  |  Music Haven Nelani Mejias | October 8th, 2025

Power, Prose, Poets & Pages, As LIT Fest Celebrates A "Year Of X"

Arts & Culture  |  BAMN Books  |  ConnCAT  |  Culture & Community  |  Literacy  |  Science Park Lucy Gellman & Abiba Biao | October 7th, 2025

Adae Fine Art Rings In 20 Joyful Years

Arts & Culture  |  Black-owned businesses  |  Culture & Community  |  East Rock  |  Education  |  Kwadwo Adae  |  Visual Arts  |  Youth Arts Journalism Initiative Jarelis Calderon | October 6th, 2025

Poetry, Planets Collide At Symphony Season Opener

Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Downtown  |  Music  |  New Haven Symphony Orchestra Lucy Gellman | October 6th, 2025

Long Wharf Theatre's Artistic Director To Step Down

Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Long Wharf Theatre  |  Theater Lucy Gellman | October 2nd, 2025

Jacob G. Padrón in his office at Long Wharf Theatre when the building was still at 222 Sargent Drive. The photo, which he keeps with his, depicts Rev. Jesse Jackson (right) kissing labor leader César Chávez on Aug. 1, 1988, as Chávez withstood his final and longest fast for the United Farm Workers (UFW) in Delano, Calif. Jackson later joined the fast, stepping in for Chávez after he was unable to continue after 36 days with only water. Lucy Gellman File Photo.

"Rachel On The Rooftops" Is A Love Letter To New Haven

Arts & Culture  |  Music  |  Youth Arts Journalism Initiative Claire Armstrong | October 2nd, 2025

"Rachel On The Rooftops" cover by Karl Christian Krumpholz.

With Stop Solitary Doc, Elm City Reels Meets The Moment

Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Film  |  Flint Street Theater  |  Incarceration  |  Stop Solitary CT Abiba Biao | October 1st, 2025

Trey Moore (a.k.a. Orion Solo) and Travis Carbonella. Abbia Biao Photos.