Arts Council of Greater New Haven Blog

Tea Spilled, As Poetry Meets Public Health

Arts & Culture  |  Audubon Arts  |  Culture & Community  |  Poetry & Spoken Word  |  Public Health Abiba Biao | April 21st, 2026

Poetry Lounge Weaves Together Life, Literature & Lyricism In West Haven

Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Poetry & Spoken Word  |  West Haven Public Library Solé Scott | February 17th, 2026

Two Poets Laureate Get To Work

Arts & Culture  |  Creative Writing  |  Culture & Community  |  Educational Center for the Arts  |  Elicker Administration  |  Kulturally Lit  |  Poetry & Spoken Word  |  Wilbur Cross High School Lucy Gellman | February 5th, 2026

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

"Three Degrees" & A New Artistic Language

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Dance  |  Education & Youth  |  Painting  |  Poetry & Spoken Word Prince Davenport | August 28th, 2025

Fueled By The Sun: How One Poet Turned Loss Into Lyricism

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Black Lives Matter  |  Creative Writing  |  Poetry & Spoken Word  |  Politics  |  Youth Arts Journalism Initiative Mya DeBerry | July 18th, 2025

Sun Queen and her goddaughter, Ka'meya Ingram, at a Black History Month open mic at the Hill Museum of Arts in February 2023. Ingram's sweatshirt is part of Sun Queen's "Black Girls Are Sunshine" brand. Lucy Gellman File Photo.

At Strange Ways, An Open Mic Feels The Love

Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Ninth Square  |  Poetry & Spoken Word  |  Strange Ways Abiba Biao | May 9th, 2025

Poetry Into Power, As Hundreds Rally On The Green

Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  New Haven Green  |  Poetry & Spoken Word  |  Politics Lucy Gellman | April 6th, 2025

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