Arts Council of Greater New Haven Blog

Two Poets Laureate Get To Work

Arts & Culture  |  Creative Writing  |  Culture & Community  |  Educational Center for the Arts  |  Elicker Administration  |  Kulturally Lit  |  Poetry & Spoken Word  |  Wilbur Cross High School Lucy Gellman | February 5th, 2026

Hot Jazz For A Cold Night

Arts & Culture  |  Best Video Film & Cultural Center  |  Culture & Community  |  Hamden  |  Jazz  |  Music Solé Scott | February 5th, 2026

Wynona Wang Dazzles At The MAC

Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Milford  |  Milford Arts Council  |  Music Raheem Nelson | February 3rd, 2026

Raheem Nelson Photos.

Amid Anti-ICE Strike, Small Businesses Raise Funds For Immigrant Rights

Arts & Culture  |  Culinary Arts  |  Culture & Community  |  Economic Development Lucy Gellman | February 2nd, 2026

Clockwise, from top: Reinaldo Sánchez in his Whitney Avenue storefront last summer; Bill Frisch at East Rock Breads in March 2024; Lauren Anderson with writer Quartez Harris, the poet Kortney Morrow, and ConnCAT President and CEO Erik Clemons at Kulturally LIT Fest last year; and Meg Fama in summer 2025. Lucy Gellman and Kapp Singer File Photos.

Citywide Read Delivers A Lesson In American History

Arts & Culture  |  Books  |  Culture & Community  |  Education & Youth  |  Literacy  |  MLK Day  |  New Haven Free Public Library  |  Yale University Lucy Gellman | January 29th, 2026

"It's About Humanity:" An Artist Responds To ICE Terror

Arts & Culture  |  Cheshire  |  Culture & Community  |  Erector Square  |  Painting  |  Visual Arts Lucy Gellman | January 28th, 2026

"He Was Only Five," which is oil on canvas and stands at 24 x 24. Lee Massaro Photo.

Possible Futures Nears Day Nine With No Heat

Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Possible Futures  |  Whalley/Edgewood/Beaver Hills Lucy Gellman | January 28th, 2026

Anderson with NHPS students waiting for their school bus, which never showed up, on Tuesday. Possible Futures Photo.

At The New Haven Museum, Ava Gets Her Day

Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  New Haven Museum  |  Visual Arts Solé Scott | January 27th, 2026

Ava Orphanoudakis with her own work. Solé Scott Photo.

"Art Without A Home" Shines A Light On A Housing Emergency

Arts & Culture  |  Community Heroes  |  Culture & Community  |  Downtown  |  U-ACT  |  Visual Arts  |  housing Lucy Gellman | January 26th, 2026