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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.

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Festival Peers Into “Positive Proximity”

Dar Williams on her book tour. “I grew up with a downtown and a lot of people grew up with a downtown, and there are all sorts of economic arguments for why it’s so important to have that collection of stores who sponsor little leagues, have apprentices," she said in her talk last Sunday. Photo Courtesy of the artist and her website .

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"Empowered" Crew Gets To Work

Artist Kwadwo Adae: “If our mothers, sisters, daughters are oppressed, how are any of us free?” Lucy Gellman Photos.

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Sketch N’ Chill Swings Into Summer

Lucy Gellman Photos.

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Dragapalooza Hits Its Stride

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Air Temple Soars On Its Stories

“You don’t know how strong you are until you have no choice to be strong,” Bri Lachappelle tells the audience at the beginning of the show. Karen Marks Photos.

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Dwight/Edgewood Project Takes Flight

Moses Ingram as Ellei the Butterfly, a character in Allison Miranda's Lost Siblings . Lucy Gellman Photo.

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Say Their Names

“I grew up around a generation of people who I, wrongly, thought of as permanent,” Ain Gordon said during an audience talkback Tuesday night. “I just thought they were always going to be there. Many of them also had been … had been seminal in some way, or seemed to be a big deal. And then slowly they were not a big deal. And then slowly, they were no deal.” Paula Court Photo Courtesy International Festival of Arts & Ideas.

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Long Wharf Theatre "Goes Fresh"

“This has gotten us as an organization to thinking—well, obviously it’s not who we want to be, and what do we have to do to change that?” Thomas Breen Photo.

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A Mural Blooms At Junta

Joy Meikle: “Everyone leads, and you have to build from a diverse population.” Karen Marks Photos.

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Matador Invades College Street

Snail Mail rocks the stage. Sachyn Mital Photo.

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