New Haven

Photographer Sees America, Unfiltered

It’s a road in the Southwest, and the photograph’s exposure emphasizes the blasting sun and shadows it makes. The weathered face of the subject, the cast of his

West African Kora Master Hypnotizes Cafe 9

The chitchat at Cafe Nine on Wednesday might have been getting a little intense, but a flourish of notes from the 21-string kora of Madou Sidiki Diabaté was enough to

Youth Artists Make The Case For Peace

In international traveling exhibit.

Album Club Dives Into The Punk Poetry Of Patti Smith’s Horses

The powerful voice of Patti Smith emanated from the speakers in the side room of Never Ending Books Monday night, as the latest installment of Album Club met to pour

“Apology From Hades”: Three Bands Make Sunday Sweeter

Sunday nights find most people in the throes of anticipation of the week ahead, often lamenting the freedom of the weekend that they are leaving behind. Last night at Best

It Was All A Dream

NXTHVN’s new show welcomes rest and relaxation.

Artists Become Curators

Jennifer Knaus’s portrait pulls in the viewer in five different ways. There’s the vivid color choices, the exquisitely rendered, phantasmagorically fecund hair. But perhaps more than anything, there’

Religious Artists Make The World A Gallery

“Life could be black and white like the old TVs. Instead, God made it like an art gallery.” These are the words of Msgr. Paul Steimel on Aug. 27, 2020,

Caribbean Fest Lights Up The Green

Bossa Nova Energizes, As Arts & Ideas Fest Nears Finish

The evening was warm but not too warm, the New Haven Green was packed full of people, and the sweet sounds of Brazilian bossa nova perfumed the air. Caro Pierotto,

Joy Resounds

Samara Joy wowed the crowd at College Street Music Hall Wednesday night with her powerhouse vocal stylings aspart of the International Festival of Arts and Ideas. A rising star in

What’s In A Legacy? Exhibition On Wheels Brings High-School Art To NXTHVN

A small white bus was parked outside of NXTHVN, at 169 Henry St., its walls decorated with handwritten definitions of the word “legacy”: “legacy is saying cheers to the next

Star-Crossed Acrobats Take Romeo & Juliet To New Heights

The 7 Fingers, an acrobatic and theatrical company, was about to begin its performance of Arts & Ideas’ Duel Reality, a circus-like retelling of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, when

Rhythms Cross Continents

As Ukrainian, Haitian musicians perform on the New Haven Green for the Festival of Arts & Ideas.