Arts Council of Greater New Haven Blog

A Dynamic Duo Asks: What Does The Library Mean To You?

Arts & Culture  |  Black-owned businesses  |  Culture & Community  |  Kulturally Lit  |  Mardi Gras  |  New Haven Free Public Library Lucy Gellman | January 19th, 2026

Filmmaker and photographer Lydia Douglas tears up the dance floor during the Cupid Shuffle at NHFPL Mardi Gras in 2023. Lucy Gellman File Photo.

Literary Luminaries Get A Moment In The Spotlight

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Kulturally Lit  |  Shubert Theatre  |  Youth Arts Journalism Initiative Jarelis Calderon | November 19th, 2025

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

At NXTHVN, DiasporaCON Swoops Into Its Fourth Year

Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Dixwell  |  Kulturally Lit  |  NXTHVN Abiba Biao | April 30th, 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

Lit Fest Fêtes A Century Of Baldwin

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Books  |  ConnCAT  |  Culture & Community  |  Kulturally Lit  |  Science Park  |  Year of Baldwin Lucy Gellman | October 7th, 2024

Baldwin Blurs Past & Present At The Beinecke

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Beinecke Library  |  Collective Consciousness Theatre  |  Kulturally Lit  |  Year of Baldwin  |  Youth Arts Journalism Initiative Magda Lena Griffel | August 6th, 2024

Comics and Cosplay at DiasporaCon

Arts, Culture & Community  |  Comics  |  Graphic Design  |  Kulturally Lit  |  Southern Connecticut State University Kapp Singer | May 7th, 2024

Maya Lwazi Rose dressed as the Mystery Machine. Photos Kapp Singer.

"The Year Of Baldwin" Rolls Into Best Video

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Best Video Film & Cultural Center  |  Hamden  |  Kulturally Lit  |  Possible Futures  |  Year of Baldwin Danielle Campbell | April 30th, 2024

Danielle Campbell Photos.

Kultrally Lit Launches Baldwin Centennial Celebration

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Arts, Culture & Community  |  Elm City LIT Fest  |  Kulturally Lit  |  Year of Baldwin Markeshia Ricks | January 29th, 2024

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.

At Second Annual DiasporaCon, "Blerds" Build A Bridge To The Future

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Comics  |  Culture & Community  |  Kulturally Lit  |  Literacy  |  North Haven  |  Quinnipiac University  |  Visual Arts Lucy Gellman | April 17th, 2023

Shenkarr Davis and Taekyung Bennett. Lucy Gellman Photos.