Arts Council of Greater New Haven Blog

"Camryn's Candles" Spring From A Mother's Grief

Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Grief  |  Newhallville Lucy Gellman | August 13th, 2026

The Theater Angels Of "Old Oak Ridge"

Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Musical Theater  |  SOUND & Stage Theater Company  |  Woodbridge Sophia Carey | August 12th, 2026

SOUND & Stage Theater Company Photo.

From Sea Witches To Ice Cream Cones, Sand Sculpture Contest Is A Sun-Baked Delight

Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Milford  |  Milford Arts Council  |  Youth Arts Journalism Initiative Jayniel Bermudez | August 12th, 2026

Kyle Jr (left, 8), John (middle, 4), and Leah (right, 6) creating the Kyle Kyle Crocodile. Jayniel Bermudez Photo.

"Fast Track" Gives New Haveners A Peek Into An Artist's Process

Arts & Culture  |  Cheshire  |  Culture & Community  |  Lost In New Haven  |  Public art  |  Wooster Square Lucy Gellman | August 11th, 2026

Rachel Carson’s Sense of Wonder

Arts & Culture  |  Beinecke Library  |  Culture & Community  |  Environment Jacquelyn Gleisner | August 11th, 2026

Installation view of Silent Springs, Windswept Seas: Rachel Carson's Environmental Vision at Beinecke Library, Yale University. Photo by Samantha Annette Photography. Courtesy of Yale University. The image below is Rachel Carson holding binoculars, 1951. Photo by Norman Driscoll. Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library. Image: Norman J. Driscoll, with permission of the Rachel Carson Council, Inc. Courtesy of Yale University.

City Kicks Off Black Wall Street Week

Arts & Culture  |  Black Wall Street Festival  |  Culture & Community  |  New Haven Green Lucy Gellman | August 10th, 2026

At 10th Annual Fest, Puerto Rican Pride & A Renewed Commitment To The Island

Arts & Culture  |  Boricua pride  |  Culture & Community  |  Festival Puertorriqueño  |  New Haven Green  |  Puerto Ricans United, Inc. Lucy Gellman | August 10th, 2026

Listen: The Music Of Resistance Comes To Cafe Nine

Arts & Culture  |  Cafe Nine  |  Culture & Community  |  Migration  |  Music  |  WNHH Lucy Gellman | August 7th, 2026

A Hamden Author Spreads Her Wings

Arts & Culture  |  Books  |  Culture & Community  |  Hamden  |  Migration  |  Poetry  |  Youth Arts Journalism Initiative Naiyanna White | August 6th, 2026

Cover art by author Rohanna Ssanyu and graphic designer Jessy Montoya.