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Dance, Master Classes

15 Years of Dance

The 15th annual International Festival of Arts & Ideas will take place June 12-26, 2010. ... more

Music, Family

15 Years of Music

The 15th annual International Festival of Arts & Ideas will take place June 12-26, 2010. ... more

Theater, Literature

15 Years of Theater

The 15th annual International Festival of Arts & Ideas will take place June 12-26, 2010. ... more

Jazz, Music, Master Classes

Amir ElSaffar & Two Rivers Ensemble

Iraqi-American Amir ElSaffar is a jazz trumpeter and composer, as well as a santour (hammered du ... more

Music, West African Music, Spirituality

Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba

Bassekou Kouyate and his sensational group perform their captivating music on four ngoni (West A ... more

Bike Tours, Free, Tours, Free: Tours, Society

Bike Tour: Commemorating New Haven: Monuments & Tributes

The best way to see New Haven is on a bicycle. New Haven has a vibrant cycling community, and th ... more

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Bike Tour: Environmental Art: The Andy Goldsworthy Tribute

The best way to see New Haven is on a bicycle. New Haven has a vibrant cycling community, and th ... more

Bike Tours, Visual Art

Bike Tour: Eye on New Haven: A Photographic Tour

The best way to see New Haven is on a bicycle. New Haven has a vibrant cycling community, and th ... more

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Bike Tour: Farmington Canal Greenway & Sleeping Giant

The best way to see New Haven is on a bicycle. New Haven has a vibrant cycling community, and th ... more

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Bike Tour: From Farm to Table Food & Bike Tour

The best way to see New Haven is on a bicycle. New Haven has a vibrant cycling community, and th ... more

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Bike Tour: Gardens & Greenspaces: Towards a Sustainable Community

The best way to see New Haven is on a bicycle. New Haven has a vibrant cycling community, and th ... more

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Bike Tour: Harborside Greenway East: Lighthouse Point

The best way to see New Haven is on a bicycle. New Haven has a vibrant cycling community, and th ... more

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Bike Tour: Harborside Greenway West: Savin Rock

The best way to see New Haven is on a bicycle. New Haven has a vibrant cycling community, and th ... more

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Bike Tour: Poetry on Wheels

The best way to see New Haven is on a bicycle. New Haven has a vibrant cycling community, and th ... more

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Bike Tour: Regicide Ride: Retrace the History of Fugitive Judges Whalley, Goffe & Dixwell

The best way to see New Haven is on a bicycle. New Haven has a vibrant cycling community, and th ... more

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Bike Tour: Shared Experiences: New Haven & International Sister Cities

The best way to see New Haven is on a bicycle. New Haven has a vibrant cycling community, and th ... more

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Bike Tour: Sustainable Design & Architecture in New Haven

The best way to see New Haven is on a bicycle. New Haven has a vibrant cycling community, and th ... more

Free, Culture, Literature

Book Signing: Karen Schaler

Meet Karen Schaler, Emmy Award-winning travel correspondent and author of Travel Therapy: Where ... more

Free, Music, Environment, Family, Global, Society

Box City

Imagine what the ideal place to live, work and play looks like. Then, build a dream city in two ... more

Dance, Theater, Culture, Politics, Society

Chautauqua!

The National Theater of the United States of America continues its interrogation of American cul ... more

Classical Music, Music, Minimalism

Christopher Rouse: Transfiguration

An evening celebrating the chamber ensemble repertoire of Pulitzer Prize winning American compos ... more

Dance, Film, Pop Music, Theater, Master Classes, Philosophy

Comme Toujours Here I Stand

Comme Toujours Here I Stand reinvents Agnes Varda's 1962 French New Wave film “Cleo From 5 To 7” ... more

Free, Music, Pop Music, Family, Politics

Connecticut Association of Schools "BandJam" Winners & The Bad Reps

4:30pm Rethink (from Danbury High School)5:15pm The Bad Reps (from the Connecticut House of Repr ... more

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Master Classes

Master Classes & Workshops Join the Festival's visiting artists for these special opportunit ... more

Classical Music, Music, Culture

Meet The Composer: Jin Hi Kim

New Haven Symphony Orchestra Music Alive Composer-in-Residence Jin Hi Kim is an innovative vir ... more

Theater, Biology, Literature, Master Classes, Philosophy, Spirituality

Moby Dick

A stunning stage adaptation of Herman Melville’s great American novel, Moby Dick is a vital one- ... more

Free, Jazz, Music, Culture, Family

Noon to Night: Ansambl Mastika

Ansambl Mastika's music synthesizes the tumultuous sounds and irresistible grooves of Eastern Eu ... more

Classical Music, Free, Music, Theater, Environment, Family

Noon to Night: Artfarm - Circus for a Fragile Planet

An exciting educational circus performance featuring juggling, clowning, physical comedy, acroba ... more

Free, Music, Family, Poetry

Noon to Night: Astrograss

Astrograss explores the history of bluegrass and folk standards as well as interprets Shel Silve ... more

Free, Music, West African Music, Culture, Family

Noon to Night: Balla Kouyate & World Vision

An extraordinary balafon player from the Djeli or griot tradition in Mali, Balla Kouyate can be ... more

Free, Music, Pop Music, Family, Society

Noon to Night: Dangerzone

An alternative R&B band, Dangerzone has backed up numerous artists including Case, Carl Thom ... more

Free, Jazz, Music, Pop Music, Culture, Family

Noon to Night: Electric Junkyard Gamelan

A world fusion project with inspirations from the Gamelan music of Bali and the modal traditions ... more

Dance, Free, Jazz, Music, Family, Society

Noon to Night: Elm City Dance Collective and Adele Myers & Dancers

Elm City Dance Collective's "Snap", a work created by Kellie Ann Lynch, is a movement ... more

Classical Music, Dance, Free, Music, Culture, Family

Noon to Night: InfiniTango

Violinist Jessica Meyer, accordionist Markus Centola, pianist Maria Centola, and bassist Sean Ru ... more

Classical Music, Free, Music, Pop Music, Family

Noon to Night: International String Trio

The International String Trio, alumni of the Berklee College of Music in Boston and originally h ... more

Free, Jazz, Music, Pop Music, Family, Master Classes, Poetry

Noon to Night: Iyeoka & The Rock by Funk Tribe

Boston-based Iyeoka intertwines spoken word and melodic lyrics with jazz, R&B and funk music ... more

Free, Music, Culture, Family

Noon to Night: Karim Nagi Mohammed

Karim gives a dynamic and entertaining bi-cultural demonstration of various Arabic instruments, ... more

Free, Music, Culture, Family

Noon to Night: MacTalla Mor

MacTalla Mor returns to the Festival for an evening performance! Gaelic for "great echo&quo ... more

Free, Music, Pop Music, Family

Noon to Night: Michael Cleary Band

Celebrating 19 years of original grooves and funky rock music, this Hartford-based group's monst ... more

Free, Jazz, Music, Pop Music, Family

Noon to Night: Miss Tess & The Bon Ton Parade

Miss Tess plays an eclectic array of originals on a 1920s archtop guitar that stem from roots in ... more

Free, Jazz, Music, Pop Music, Culture, Family, Society

Noon to Night: Nepo/Asante

A survivor of the Rwandan civil war, guitarist-bassist and singer Nepo Soteri's music is influen ... more

Classical Music, Dance, Free, Music, Family, Society

Noon to Night: New Haven Ballet

The New Haven Ballet Company will perform Sei por Quattro, a wild romp to the music of Italian c ... more

Free, Jazz, Music, Family

Noon to Night: Nicki Mathis' Afrikan Amerikan Jazz

Texas native Nicki Mathis' innovative ideas, effervescent classic performance style, and selecti ... more

Free, Music, Pop Music, Family

Noon to Night: Semi-Free

Singer Janine Nichols has collaborated with Hal Willner on anthology shows highlighting the musi ... more

Free, Music, Culture, Family, Society

Noon to Night: Slim Harrison Sunnyland Band

"Exploring the Roots of American Folk Music" teaches children about the many different ... more

Free, Jazz, Music, Pop Music, Culture, Family

Noon to Night: Son7

An eight-piece band from Bridgeport, pianist Edwin Rivera Jr.'s Son7 combines salsa, Latin and a ... more

Free, Music, Culture, Family

Noon to Night: Surcari

Originally from Chile, Ecuador, and Puerto Rico, this wind, string, and percussion trio returns ... more

Classical Music, Free, Jazz, Music, Family

Noon to Night: Thomas Bergeron Quintet

Trumpeter Thomas Bergeron presents his impressionistic interpretations of the piano preludes of ... more

Free: Dance, Music: Family, Free, Music: Free, Music, Free: Music, Visual Art, Culture, Environment, Family

Noon to Night: Weekend Showcase

SAT JUNE 19 3PMPerformances Elm Street Stage, New Haven Green FREE 3:00pm Full Force Dance Theat ... more

Artist Discussion, Music: Family, Music: Free, Free, Free: Music, Music, Family

Phil Kline's Unsilent Night

On December 10, 2009, join the International Festival of Arts & Ideas for the 3rd annual pre ... more

Classical Music, Music, Minimalism

Philip Glass in Concert

Philip Glass' body of work for solo piano immerses the listener in a sonic tapestry of elegant ... more

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Free: Dance, Music: Family, Music: Free, Free, Music, Free: Music, Family, Global: Free, Global

All Natural Band

All Natural Band is a funk collective from Bridgeport, delivering powerhouse performances i ... more

Music: Free, Free, Music, Free: Music, Family

Ben Allison & Man Size Safe

Ben Allison's name is familiar to all readers of jazz Ten Best lists and Downbeat polls. "O ... more

The Big Read, Literature

Big Read Community Events

Download a Word Doc of the Big Read Calendar Monday, April 21 1:00 - 2:3 ... more

The Big Read, Free: Tours, Tours, Environment, Global, Spirituality

Bike Tours

Cruise around town on bike tours guided by Elm City Cycling, New Haven's very own bike advocacy ... more

Music: Family, Free, Free: Music, Music, Family

Bushwhack

Don't get into a battle of the bands with these guys. This is all-instrumental prog metal music ... more

Music: Family, Music: Free, Free, Music, Free: Music, Family, Global: Free, Global

Carnival Trio

Music from recycled materials - steel drums! This Trinidadian trio plays and explains it all. more

Music: Family, Free, Music, Free: Music, Family

Carrie Ashton

Connecticut's own charismatic rocker, a rhythm-driven straight shooter with a big, brave voice, ... more

Music: Family, Free, Free: Music, Music, Family

Christopher Robin Band

Fairfield-born Christopher Robin, "a traveled troubador cut from the same cloth as the musi ... more

Artist Discussion, Dance, The Big Read, Master Classes, Spirituality, Technology

Chunky Move

In this evocation of the human longing for escape and transcendence, the audience surrounds a so ... more

Music: Family, Free, Music: Free, Free: Music, Music, Family

Cool Cat Jazz

Connecticut swings, Dixieland style! more

Free: Dance, Music: Family, Free, Free: Music, Free: Theater, Family, Global: Free, Global

CT Commission Artist Directory Showcase

The Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism fosters connections between the state's reside ... more

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Denyce Graves

Mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves grew up on the hidden side of Washington D.C., but you can't miss he ... more

Music: Free, Free, Free: Music, Music, Family

Don't Tell Muddy

The blues isn't just local, it's ageless and universal. New Haven's reigning blues band covers M ... more

Artist Discussion, Dance, Global, Master Classes, Society, Global: Ticketed

Doors

The visionary choreographer and Bessie Award-winning dance-theater director Sasha Pepelyae ... more

Music: Free, Free, Music, Free: Music, Global: Free, Global, Spirituality

East Village Opera Company

The East Village Opera Company-two classically trained singers, string quartet, electric bass, g ... more

Dance, Free: Dance, Free, Ideas, Free: Tours, Tours, Civil Liberties, Environment, Family, Global: Free, Global, Politics, Society, Spirituality

Finding Space Sacred: 5 Twilights Plus

Thursday, June 19 – Friday, June 27 Finding Space Sacred: 5 Twilights Plus What makes ... more

Tours, Food

Food Tour: 9th Square Noshes II

Experience New Haven's culinary treasures as you never have before! Peek into kitchens, watch fo ... more

Tours, Food

Food Tour: Downtown Dim Sum & Tapas

Experience New Haven's culinary treasures as you never have before! Peek into kitchens, watch fo ... more

Tours, Food

Food Tour: Elegant American & Contemporary French Masters

Experience New Haven's culinary treasures as you never have before! Peek into kitchens, watch fo ... more

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Food Tour: Oysters on the Sound

Experience New Haven's culinary treasures as you never have before! Peek into kitchens, watch fo ... more

Tours, Food

Food Tour: Steak & Spice in 9th Square

Experience New Haven's culinary treasures as you never have before! Peek into kitchens, watch fo ... more

Tours, Food

Food Tour: Eclectic Chapel West

Experience New Haven's culinary treasures as you never have before! Peek into kitchens, watch fo ... more

Free, Free: Theater, Family

Freestyle Repertory Theater

Acting as a competitive sport! Two teams of classically trained actors throw down to create scen ... more

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Gamelan Galak Tika and Ensemble Robot

PLEASE NOTE: Due to inclement weather, the Sunday, June 15 concert by Gamelan Galak Tika a ... more

Free: Dance, Free, Family, Global: Free, Global

Ginga Brasileira

Be dazzled by the fast, fancy footwork, daring acrobatics and split- second timing required ... more

Theater, Global, Literature, Politics, Society, Global: Ticketed

Global Scenes

Continuing social and political upheaval provides rich subject matter for Eastern European playw ... more

Music: Free, Music, Family, Global: Free, Global

Grupo Fantasma

A megawatt, ruled-by-the-groove Latin double bill that is not to be missed! For openers, PISTOLE ... more

Music: Family, Free, Free: Music, Music, Global: Free, Global

Heart and Tango

This sultry ensemble (piano, accordion, two violins, guitar, double bass and two dancers) plies ... more

Free, Free: Music, Theater, Free: Theater, Family, Poetry

Hip Hop Dimensions

Learn all about the evolution of break dancing and hip-hop from young dancers who are still lear ... more

Free, Ideas, Global, Politics, Society, Spirituality

Ideas: Jude Kelly: Arts As Catalyst To A Creative Economy

As ideas replace heavy industry as the engine of our economy what roles can art, artists and cre ... more

Free, Ideas, Civil Liberties, Global, Politics, Society, Spirituality

Ideas: Muslim Identity

What is the experience of being Muslim in today's world? How can we better understand Muslims' s ... more

Artist Discussion, Free, Ideas, Theater, Global, Literature, Poetry, Society

Ideas: Paul Muldoon and Sebastian Barry

For a small country, Ireland continues to have an outsize impact on global literature. Meet two ... more

Free, Ideas, Environment, Global, Politics, Society, Spirituality

Ideas: Peace Through Environmental Activism

Gidon Bromberg, director of EcoPeace/Friends of the Earth Middle East, works to find common grou ... more

Free, Ideas, Civil Liberties, Environment, Global, Politics, Society, Spirituality

Ideas: Presidential Elections

With just two months to go before the national conventions, join top political analysts, reporte ... more

Free, Ideas, The Big Read, Civil Liberties, Literature, Politics, Society, Spirituality, Technology

Ideas: Art Spiegelman: Comix 101.1

Art Spiegelman He won the Pulitzer-Prize for "Maus," using the comic book f ... more

Artist Discussion, Ideas, Theater, Global: Free, Global, Literature

Ideas: Global Scenes: Symposium on International Theater

Co-presented with the Long Wharf Theatre Playwrights in the Global Scenes read ... more

Free, Ideas, The Big Read, Civil Liberties, Politics, Society

Ideas: Habeas Corpus: From Racial Justice To The War On Terror

The Writ of Habeas Corpus is the legal instrument through which an individual may request a cour ... more

Artist Discussion, Free, Ideas, Music, The Big Read, Society, Spirituality, Technology

Ideas: Invisible Forces: The Mystic Crossroads of Science, Philosophy and Art

Ray Lee For Ray Lee, creator of the "Siren" sound installation, the invisibl ... more

Artist Discussion, Dance, Free, Ideas, Civil Liberties, Master Classes, Poetry, Politics, Society, Spirituality

Ideas: Liz Lerman: Breaking Rules/Making Rules

Choreographer and political philosopher Liz Lerman, the creative force behind "613 Radical ... more

Free, Ideas, The Big Read, Literature, Poetry, Society

Ideas: Robert Pinsky: Favorite Poem Project

Three-term U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky has always believed that poetry has a vital but litt ... more

Free, Ideas, The Big Read, Politics, Society, Spirituality

Ideas: The Arts: The Value Is Intrinsic

Don M. Randel, the music historian recently appointed to head the $6 billion Andrew W. Mellon Fo ... more

Music: Family, Free, Music: Free, Free: Music, Music, Family, Global: Free, Global

Jazz Jam Session

ALL GREAT JAZZ IS LOCAL All Great Jazz is Local featuring two innovative Jaz ... more

Music: Family, Free, Free: Music, Music, Family, Global: Free, Global

Jose Gonzalez and Criollo Clasico

José Gonzalez' superb family band explores the history of two New World guitars, the cuatro and ... more

Music: Family, Free, Music: Free, Music, Free: Music, Family

Kenn Morr Band

He moved to rural Colebrook for peace and seclusion and found community and his roots-rock write ... more

Free, Ideas, The Big Read, Civil Liberties, Literature, Society

Literary Futures: What Lies Ahead?

How do contemporary values and issues influence the creation of fictional futures? Writers conve ... more

Free: Dance, Dance, Free, Civil Liberties, Family, Master Classes, Poetry, Society, Spirituality

Liz Lerman 613 Radical Acts of Prayer

Grand Finale Begins at Center Church on-the-Green and United Church on the Green, betwee ... more

Artist Discussion, Free: Dance, Dance, Free, Global: Free, Spirituality

Liz Lerman Dance Exchange Advisory Group Meeting

Elizabeth Johnson, Associate Artistic Director of the ground-breaking inter-generational dance c ... more

Artist Discussion, Free: Dance, Dance, Free, Global: Free, Society, Spirituality

Liz Lerman Dance Exchange Choreography Tools Workshop

Elizabeth Johnson, Associate Artistic Director of the ground-breaking inter-generational dance c ... more

Artist Discussion, Free: Dance, Dance, Free, Global: Free, Master Classes, Spirituality

Liz Lerman Dance Exchange Community Building Tools Workshop

Elizabeth Johnson, Associate Artistic Director of the ground-breaking inter-generational dance c ... more

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Liz Lerman Radical Derby

By necessity, the women in Connecticut's thriving roller derby community know how to protect the ... more

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Mavis Staples

The Festival could not have a more exhilarating launch than a free concert by Mavis Staple ... more

Artist Discussion, Music, Music: Ticketed, Global, Spirituality, Technology, Global: Ticketed

Maya Beiser

The virtuosic, ever-inventive Maya Beiser is "doing for cello what Kronos did for the strin ... more

Dance, Free: Dance, Free, Family

NEFA Dance Exchange

Join the New England Foundation for the Arts and dance professionals from the region and the sta ... more

Music: Family, Music: Free, Free, Free: Music, Music, Family, Global: Free, Global

Nepo Soteri

A survivor of the Rwandan civil war, Nepo Soteri makes buoyant music that draws freely on elemen ... more

Free: Dance, Dance, Free, Family

New Haven Ballet

NHB provides training and unique performance opportunities (like this one) for serious ballet st ... more

Music: Family, Music: Free, Free, Music, Free: Music, Family

New Haven Brass Quintet

The young virtuosos in this ensemble from Yale School of Music have performed with chamber g ... more

Dance, Free: Dance, Music: Family, Free, Music: Free, Free: Music, Music, Theater, Free: Theater, Family, Global: Free, Global, Society

Noon to Night

*ALL 1:15PM Shows Curated by Young Audiences Arts for Learning Connecticut JUNE 17 ... more

Music, Music: Ticketed, Global, Global: Ticketed

Orchestra Baobab

Since 1970 ORCHESTRA BAOBAB has been brewing a sublime, distinctly Senegalese pop born of Afro-C ... more

Music: Free, Free, Music, Free: Music, Global: Free, Global

Pistolera

A megawatt, ruled-by-the-groove Latin double bill that is not to be missed! For openers, PISTOLE ... more

Music, Music: Ticketed, Family, Master Classes, Poetry, Spirituality

Poets & Prophets

The uncompromising Rosanne Cash is, like her father Johnny, an emotionally precise songwriter an ... more

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Puerto Plata

The seductive, truth-telling musical style known as son was all the rage in Cuba, Puerto Rico an ... more

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Sali Oyugi

A vibrant mix of East African rhythms and American funk from "Kenya's own Miriam Makeba&quo ... more

Film, Free, Ideas, The Big Read, Civil Liberties, Literature, Society, Technology

Sci-fi Film Festival

Provocative double features and lively discussions with sci-fi aficionados, film experts and civ ... more

Free, Theater, Family

Scott Jameson

This delightful performer uses magic, mime, juggling and every trick up his sleeve to reveal wha ... more

Music, The Big Read, Music: Ticketed, Family, Global, Society, Technology, Global: Ticketed

Siren

The otherworldly hit of the 2007 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, SIREN is a transfixing audio-visual ... more

Dance, Civil Liberties, Global, Master Classes, Poetry, Politics, Society, Spirituality, Global: Ticketed

Small Dances About Big Ideas

Commissioned by Harvard Law School for the 60th anniversary of the Nuremberg trials, Small Dance ... more

Music: Family, Music: Free, Free, Free: Music, Music, Family, Global: Free, Global

Taikoza

Japanese outdoor festivals often feature exhilarating, highly visual performances on the thunder ... more

Music: Family, Free, Free: Music, Music, Global: Free, Global, Spirituality

The Afro-Semitic Experience

Consider what Charles Mingus might play at a combined Jewish wedding/Baptist revival and let the ... more

Artist Discussion, Theater, Civil Liberties, Global, Literature, Master Classes, Poetry, Politics, Society, Global: Ticketed

The Burial at Thebes

In his 1995 Nobel lecture, the Northern Irish poet and translator Seamus Heaney spoke of poetry' ... more

Dance, The Big Read, Theater, Environment, Family, Global, Technology, Global: Ticketed

The Japanese Garden

It's a magic carpet ride through an ever-unfolding Japanese garden. Italy's beloved visual theat ... more

Artist Discussion, Theater, Global, Literature, Society, Global: Ticketed

The Pride of Parnell Street

In “honeyed prose spiked with wormwood humour” (The Guardian), the Irish novelist-turned-playwri ... more

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The Randy Bandits

These fellows play about a hundred instruments each; they love pop, jazz, bluegrass, doo-wop, co ... more

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Tim Latta

Dancer, acrobat, actor, director, the ingenious Tim Latta has traveled the globe with companies ... more

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Toyota Mobile Hybrid Experience

Toyota's "Highway to the Future: Mobile Hybrid Experience" will appear for the first n ...