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Arts Paper

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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NEA Cuts Hit New Haven Hard

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Arts For Learning CT  |  Culture & Community  |  International Festival of Arts & Ideas  |  Long Wharf Theatre  |  Music Haven  |  Yale Rep Theatre  |  Yale University  |  Yale University Art Gallery Lucy Gellman | May 7th, 2025

Top: Anne Cubberly's Giant Puppets at the 2024 International Festival of Arts & Ideas, which lost $65,000 of NEA grant funding. Bottom: Young cellist Amiel "AJ" Johnson, a sixth grader at Nathan Hale School and a student at Music Haven. Lucy Gellman File Photos.

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Music Haven Closes "Untold Stories" On A High Note

Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Erector Square  |  Fair Haven  |  Music  |  Music Haven  |  Storytelling Lucy Gellman | April 21st, 2025

Yaira Matyakubova, artistic director of the Haven String Quartet. Lucy Gellman Photos.

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Note By Note, Untold Stories Stretch From Dixwell To Kinshasa

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Black History Month  |  Culture & Community  |  Dixwell  |  Dixwell Community Q House  |  Music  |  Music Haven  |  Storytelling Lucy Gellman | February 10th, 2025

Yaira Matyakubova introduces storyteller and artist Toto Kisaku. Lucy Gellman Photos.

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Strings & Steel Make Sure The Day Belongs To MLK

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Downtown  |  Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.  |  Music Haven  |  St. Luke's Steel Band Lucy Gellman | January 20th, 2025

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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

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String Quartet Makes “Untold Stories” Sing

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Hispanic Heritage Month  |  Music  |  Music Haven  |  New Haven Free Public Library Lucy Gellman | September 25th, 2024

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On Whalley, Strings & Steel Prepare For Liftoff

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Music Haven  |  St. Luke's Steel Band  |  Whalley/Edgewood/Beaver Hills Lucy Gellman | August 5th, 2024

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Music Haven Fêtes A Year Of Growth & Transition

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Dixwell  |  Dixwell Community Q House  |  Music  |  Music Haven Lucy Gellman | June 10th, 2024

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Music Haven Fêtes Hispanic Heritage Month In Perfect Harmony

ARTE Inc.  |  Arts & Anti-racism  |  Culture & Community  |  Fair Haven  |  Hispanic Heritage Month  |  Music Haven Danielle Campbell | October 3rd, 2023

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Music Haven Plays Triumphantly Into Summer

Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Dixwell Community Q House  |  Education & Youth  |  Music  |  Music Haven Lucy Gellman | June 8th, 2023

Lucy Gellman Photos.

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