Arts Council of Greater New Haven Blog

Elm City Names Its Inaugural Poet Laureate

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Elicker Administration  |  Elm City LIT Fest  |  Kulturally Lit Lucy Gellman | September 12th, 2023

LIT Fest Brings Black Romance To Dixwell

Arts & Culture  |  Books  |  Culture & Community  |  Dixwell  |  Dixwell Community Q House  |  Elm City LIT Fest  |  Kulturally Lit  |  New Haven Free Public Library  |  Romance  |  Yale University Lucy Gellman | September 11th, 2023

Krystal Marquis and Margo Hendricks ("I'm a badge thief!" she joked of wearing author Nicole Jackson's badge during the presentation). Lucy Gellman Photos.

They Carried Us: Our 2022 Top 10

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Dance  |  Education & Youth  |  Elm City LIT Fest  |  New Haven Free Public Library  |  Shubert Theatre Lucy Gellman | December 23rd, 2022

Dakarai Langley at Betsy Ross Arts Magnet School’s Winterfest earlier this year. Maya McFadden Photo.

At LIT Fest, The Future Is Black

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  BAMN Books  |  Books  |  Culture & Community  |  Dixwell  |  Dixwell Community Q House  |  Elm City LIT Fest  |  New Haven Free Public Library Lucy Gellman | October 24th, 2022

Author Rosamond White, reading from her book Home: Where Is Home? Lucy Gellman Photos.

"DiasporaCon" Puts Black Comics, Creators Center Stage

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Comics  |  Elm City LIT Fest  |  Quinnipiac University  |  Visual Arts Shawn Murray | April 28th, 2022

BAMN Books Boosts Black Lit At Bloom

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  BAMN Books  |  Black History Month  |  Black-owned businesses  |  Books  |  Economic Development  |  Elm City LIT Fest  |  Westville Lucy Gellman | February 21st, 2022

In Year Two, LIT Fest Becomes A Destination

Arts & Culture  |  Books  |  COVID-19  |  Dixwell  |  Elm City LIT Fest  |  Poetry  |  Whalley/Edgewood/Beaver Hills Shawn Murray | September 14th, 2021

In Praise Of All Things LIT

Arts & Culture  |  Dixwell  |  Elm City LIT Fest  |  Poetry & Spoken Word  |  WNHH Lucy Gellman | September 10th, 2021

Children's Lit Meets Black Girl Magic

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Books  |  COVID-19  |  Elm City LIT Fest Lucy Gellman | October 6th, 2020