Arts Council of Greater New Haven Blog

On Fountain Street, Dr. Rivers Keeps The Beat

Arts & Culture  |  Artwalk  |  Culture & Community  |  Music  |  Westville Nelani Mejias | May 14th, 2025

In front of Elm City Sounds, ethnomusicologist Patrick Rivers was doing his best to make and spread a beat. The sweet aroma of kettle corn, the excited “hellos” of unexpected familiar faces, and the groovy blues of Joe Cocker all filled the air around him.

Library Launches Card Design Contest

Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Graphic Design  |  New Haven Academy  |  New Haven Free Public Library  |  Visual Arts Mya DeBerry | May 13th, 2025

Clergy Speak Out As Avelo Deportation Contract Begins

Annex  |  Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  East Haven  |  Faith & Spirituality Lucy Gellman | May 13th, 2025

A "BFD" As Farmington Canal Opens Its Final Stretch

Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Downtown  |  Environment  |  Public art Lucy Gellman | May 12th, 2025

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

How A T-Shirt Contest Centered Community

Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Design  |  East Rock  |  New Haven Free Public Library Lucy Gellman | May 8th, 2025

NEA Cuts Hit New Haven Hard

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Arts For Learning CT  |  Culture & Community  |  International Festival of Arts & Ideas  |  Long Wharf Theatre  |  Music Haven  |  Yale Rep Theatre  |  Yale University  |  Yale University Art Gallery Lucy Gellman | May 7th, 2025

Top: Anne Cubberly's Giant Puppets at the 2024 International Festival of Arts & Ideas, which lost $65,000 of NEA grant funding. Bottom: Young cellist Amiel "AJ" Johnson, a sixth grader at Nathan Hale School and a student at Music Haven. Lucy Gellman File Photos.

W.E.B. Launches Inaugural Neighborhood Festival

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Community Gardens  |  Culture & Community  |  Goffe Street Armory  |  Whalley/Edgewood/Beaver Hills Lucy Gellman | May 6th, 2025

Patricia Bellamy-Mathis. Lucy Gellman Photos.

Fair Haven Day Shines On In Third Year

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Fair Haven  |  Fair Haven School  |  International Festival of Arts & Ideas Lucy Gellman | May 5th, 2025