In Year Nine, Puerto Rican Fest Brings Out The Community

Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Festival Puertorriqueño  |  New Haven Green  |  Puerto Ricans United, Inc.  |  Puerto Rico  |  Youth Arts Journalism Initiative Jarelis Calderon & Abiba Biao | August 11th, 2025

Karla Burgos and Jenilyz Marie. Jarelis Calderon Photos.

Whitney Players Deliver A Delicious Opening Night

Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Hamden  |  Musical Theater  |  Theater  |  Whitney Players  |  Youth Arts Journalism Initiative Olivia Tapia Ko | August 8th, 2025

Kami Parisella Photos.

A Beloved "Third Space" Nears A Decade In New Haven

Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Downtown  |  Elm City Games  |  Youth Arts Journalism Initiative Keira Anderson | August 6th, 2025

Julia Belyung and friends at Elm City Games. Keira Anderson Photos.

A Bend & Snap, As “Legally Blonde” Kicks Off Audubon Arts Run

Arts & Culture  |  Audubon Arts  |  Musical Theater  |  Neighborhood Music School  |  Youth Arts Journalism Initiative Olivia Tapia Ko | August 1st, 2025

The cast of Legally Blonde The Musical at Audubon Arts. Virus Visuals.

At CitySeed’s Dixwell Farmers Market, Alternative Economies Flourish

CitySeed  |  Culture & Community  |  Dixwell  |  Dixwell Community Q House  |  Food Business  |  Food Justice  |  Youth Arts Journalism Initiative Tal Berkowitz | July 30th, 2025

Stylz Mitchell and Olivia Mitchell. Tal Berkowitz Photos.

"The Interview" Captures The Absurdity Of The Job Hunt

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Downtown  |  Theater  |  Yale Summer Cabaret  |  Youth Arts Journalism Initiative Olivia Tapia Ko | July 29th, 2025

Rethabile Headbush as Noluthando Princess Vavi / #587, Thando Mangcu as Dimakatso Leraba / #723. Richard Lee Photo.

A Guilford Librarian Is Celebrated In Style

Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Guilford  |  Libraries  |  Literacy  |  Youth Arts Journalism Initiative Ruby Szekeres | July 28th, 2025

Peabody Storytime Brings Black New Haven Voices Into Focus

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Books  |  Culture & Community  |  Yale Peabody Museum  |  Youth Arts Journalism Initiative Natalie Clorio | July 27th, 2025

Natalie Clorio Photos.

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.