Arts Council of Greater New Haven Blog

"Beholder" Is A Celebration Of Blackness & Beauty

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  ConnCORP  |  Culture & Community  |  Visual Arts Lucy Gellman | August 25th, 2025

Elm's "Midsummer" Brings The Bard To Bollywood

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  East Rock  |  Edgerton Park  |  Elm Shakespeare Company  |  Youth Arts Journalism Initiative Magda Lena Griffel | August 21st, 2025

Elm Shakespeare Company Photo.

An Artist Unpacks Lives Lost To, Interrupted By Injustice

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  City Gallery  |  Culture & Community  |  East Rock Taylor Ikehara | August 20th, 2025

Taylor Ikehara Photos.

Black Wall Street Blooms Into Year Four

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Black Wall Street Festival  |  Black-owned businesses  |  Culture & Community  |  Economic Development  |  New Haven Green Lucy Gellman | August 18th, 2025

Black Wall Street Charts Its Return To The Green

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Black-owned businesses  |  Culture & Community  |  Economic Development  |  New Haven Green Lucy Gellman | August 11th, 2025

Artists Rally For Esdrás, As An Image Of A Young Musician Emerges

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Crafters of Color New Haven  |  Culture & Community  |  Immigration  |  Possible Futures Lucy Gellman | August 4th, 2025

Works-In-Progress Showing Reveals The History & The Magic Of Tap

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  ArtsWest CT  |  Dance  |  Music Back Then Performance Theatre  |  West Haven Jayla Anderson | July 31st, 2025

Vocalist Aster Rhys, Maria Clara Laet, Christie Echols, Alexis Robbins, Megan Gessner. Jayla Anderson 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.

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.