Arts Council of Greater New Haven Blog

Defending Slam Champ Reigns Supreme

Arts & Anti-racism  |  MLK Day  |  New Haven Museum  |  Poetry  |  Yale Peabody Museum Kapp Singer | January 16th, 2024

Victor Rodgers (aka Slangston Hughes). Photos Kapp Singer.

Poetry On Palestine Envisions A Freer World

Arts & Culture  |  Books  |  Culture & Community  |  LGBTQ  |  Poetry  |  Possible Futures Adrian Huq | January 6th, 2024

Adrian Huq Photos.

Poets Celebrate A Year Of Community On State Street

Arts & Culture  |  Creative Writing  |  Culture & Community  |  East Rock  |  Never Ending Books  |  Poetry  |  Poetry & Spoken Word Lucy Gellman | October 17th, 2023

Photo courtesy Brian Ember.

Young Voices Lifted At "Youth Resilience" Showcase

Arts & Culture  |  Bregamos Community Theater  |  Creative Hearts, Inc.  |  Culture & Community  |  Dance  |  Education & Youth  |  Ignite The Voice, Inc.  |  Music  |  Neighborhood Cultural Vitality Grant Program  |  Poetry Kamini Purushothaman | July 5th, 2023

Amir Glenn Jr.: Contemplative and melancholic. Kamini Purushothaman Photos.

Three West Haven Students Give Nature A Poetic Voice

Arts & Culture  |  Citizen Contributions  |  Culture & Community  |  Education & Youth  |  Land Trust of West Haven  |  Poetry  |  West Haven Marilyn Wilkes | May 4th, 2023

Accepting their awards at the Land Trust’s Poetry Post are, from left, Bruna Reppetto Tobias, Jace Rodriguez, and Dana Guadarruma. Land Trust of West Haven Photo.

MLK Day Slam Passes Wisdom Through Community

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.  |  Poetry  |  Poetry & Spoken Word  |  Yale Peabody Museum Marie Sanford | January 18th, 2023

Ángel Martinez and Carlos Raúl Dufflar. Marie Sanford Photos.

In Edgewood, "Everyday Angels" Bless The Year Ahead

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Books  |  Poetry  |  Possible Futures  |  Sculpture  |  Whalley/Edgewood/Beaver Hills Lucy Gellman | January 17th, 2023

NEA Awards $80,000 To Four New Haven Grantees

Arts & Culture  |  Dance  |  International Festival of Arts & Ideas  |  Music  |  National Endowment for the Arts  |  New Haven Symphony Orchestra  |  Poetry  |  Yale Rep Theatre Lucy Gellman | January 12th, 2023

James Keene, who was a Harmony Fellow with the New Haven Symphony Orchestra in 2018. Lucy Gellman File Photo.

Writing As Care: Five Poets Bring Craft And Custom To West Haven

Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Poetry  |  University of New Haven  |  West Haven Asher Duke | November 22nd, 2022

Breakout sessions from each of the panelists were also part of the afternoon. Here. poets José B. González and Frederick-Douglass Knowles II talk to attendees. Asher Duke Photos.