Arts Council of Greater New Haven Blog

Crowning Four Champions, "The Word" Weaves Poetry Into Power

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Neighborhood Music School  |  Poetry & Spoken Word  |  The Word Abiba Biao | March 18th, 2025

Audubon Arts Springs Into Session

Arts & Culture  |  Audubon Arts  |  Culture & Community  |  Education & Youth  |  Neighborhood Music School  |  Youth Arts Journalism Initiative Magda Lena Griffel | July 16th, 2024

New Haven's Jazz Legends Get Their Flowers

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Audubon Arts  |  Jazz  |  Music  |  Neighborhood Music School Elena Unger | November 14th, 2023

James "Dinky" Johnson, who owned and ran Dinkie's Jazz Club, with a new bust celebrating his imprint on New Haven jazz history. Coral Ortiz Photos.

Hip Hop Conference Finds Community In Music History

History  |  Juneteenth  |  Music  |  Neighborhood Cultural Vitality Grant Program  |  Neighborhood Music School  |  hip hop Lucy Gellman | June 20th, 2023

Dancer Reina Pelle. Lucy Gellman Photos.

At NMS, A New Studio Amplifies Arts Equity

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Music  |  Neighborhood Music School Lucy Gellman | May 4th, 2023

City Cultural Affairs Director Adriane Jefferson, Thabisa, Noah Bloom, and Eben Pariser. Hannah Hurwitz for The Narrative Project.

Student Poets Find Their Voices At “The Word”

Arts & Culture  |  Education & Youth  |  Neighborhood Cultural Vitality Grant Program  |  Neighborhood Music School  |  Poetry & Spoken Word  |  The Word  |  Youth Arts Journalism Initiative Abiba Biao | March 28th, 2023

Theo Constantinescu, writing down feedback from Tarishi Shuler. Abiba Biao Photos.

Ellington Series Honors A New Haven Hero, Brings Hot Jazz To A Cold Night

Black History Month  |  Jazz  |  Music  |  Neighborhood Music School  |  Yale School of Music  |  Yale University Jordan Ashby | February 6th, 2023

Matt Fried Photos. Courtesy of the Yale School of Music.

A New Opera Takes On The Tulsa Race Massacre

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Music  |  Neighborhood Music School  |  opera Lucy Gellman | December 1st, 2022

Adam Matlock. Lucy Gellman Photo.

An Emerging Composer Comes To The Festival Main Stage

Arts & Culture  |  COVID-19  |  Education  |  Educational Center for the Arts  |  International Festival of Arts & Ideas  |  Music  |  Neighborhood Music School  |  New Haven Symphony Orchestra  |  Youth Arts Journalism Initiative Makeda Murray | June 10th, 2022

Kot performing earlier this year, at the Le Duc des Lombards in Paris. Marion Ruszniewski Photo.