Arts Council of Greater New Haven Blog

Music Haven Closes "Untold Voices" On A High Note

Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Erector Square  |  Fair Haven  |  Music  |  Music Haven  |  Storytelling Lucy Gellman | April 21st, 2025

Yaira Matyakubova, artistic director of the Haven String Quartet. Lucy Gellman Photos.

“Spoken Word Magic” Brings Poetry, Power, & Ancestral Connection To NXTHVN

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Black History Month  |  Culture & Community  |  Dixwell  |  NXTHVN  |  Storytelling Aster Rhys | February 26th, 2025

From left: Jeremiah Craggett as Jeremiah Black, Jonah Craggett as Johan Black, Brandon Hutchinson as Alfira, and Gail Staggers as the narrator performing the first episode of the audiodrama “Haus of Black” at NXTHVN. Aster Rhys Photos.

Note By Note, Untold Stories Stretch From Dixwell To Kinshasa

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Black History Month  |  Culture & Community  |  Dixwell  |  Dixwell Community Q House  |  Music  |  Music Haven  |  Storytelling Lucy Gellman | February 10th, 2025

Yaira Matyakubova introduces storyteller and artist Toto Kisaku. Lucy Gellman Photos.

Two Storytellers Weave Past Into Present

Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Guilford  |  Storytelling  |  Youth Arts Journalism Initiative Ruby Szekeres | October 3rd, 2024

Denise Page. Ruby Szekeres Photos.

Rhythm Exchange Connects Dance And Diaspora

Arts & Culture  |  Dance  |  Downtown  |  International Festival of Arts & Ideas  |  New Haven Green  |  Storytelling Lucy Gellman | August 19th, 2022

The Narrative Project Cuts Ribbon On Local Office, National Plans

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Downtown  |  Storytelling Lucy Gellman | May 24th, 2022

On World Refugee Day, IRIS Centers Story

Arts & Culture  |  COVID-19  |  Hamden  |  Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services (IRIS)  |  Sanctuary Kitchen  |  Storytelling  |  Whitneyville Liney Kindler | June 30th, 2021

Rachel Peet Photos.

Connecticut Storytellers Offer Glimmers of Hope, Spoons of Power

Arts & Culture  |  COVID-19  |  Downtown  |  International Festival of Arts & Ideas  |  Storytelling Leah Andelsmith | June 29th, 2021

Cynthia Rojas. Leah Andelsmith Photos.

One City, Many Stages, Endless Stories

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  COVID-19  |  Long Wharf Theatre  |  Refugees  |  Storytelling  |  Theater Rachel Ababio | September 30th, 2020