Great Art, Big Ideas Podcast
Festival 2025 Playlist
HONORING OUR BODIES: A FUTURE FOR ALL ABILITIES
How do we create a world where we all care for each other? A world where fewer people have to fight for their rights to exist, while more people acknowledge and accommodate for the abilities of all?...
GOSPEL BRUNCH: KEVIN MONROE & DEVOTION WITH PASTOR DANNY BLAND
Church service and a big diner breakfast afterwards: it’s a classic cozy routine for close-knit communities. At Gospel Brunch, we’re bringing the prayer and pancakes together in a jubilant moment of...
Kodo
Japanese drumming group Kodō has popularized traditional Japanese taiko worldwide, having performed at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert and recorded on the anthem of the FIFA World Cup Japan, and the...
BRILLIANT BOBA: AMPLIFYING ASIAN VOICES
How can the arts help heal? This discussion, led by Brilliant Boba, a team composed of storytellers, artists, and educators in New Haven, will provide attendees with creative resources that build...
PAA KOW
“What IS that incredible sound?” This will be the question of the moment during internationally acclaimed Ghanian drummer and composer Paa Kow’s set. Playing a custom, hand-carved, traditionally...
MOVIMIENTO CULTURAL
Imagine a different type of cultural movement with New Haven-based Movimiento Cultural Afro-Continental (MCAC), Inc., a cultural, arts and community-based organization dedicated to entertaining and...
HOW ARTISTS SHAPE OUR FUTURE
If you’re wondering where the spiritual "after party" for the Festival will be, look no further than this party in the form of a panel discussion, where New Haven Director of Cultural Affairs Adriane...
IMAGINE A WORLD WITHOUT PRISONS
What would a truly just system look like? In 2021 we saw a surge in anger and action regarding the state of the prison industrial complex, a system that is unjustly imprisoning Black and brown people...
MONUMENTS AND COLLECTIVE MEMORY
Monuments shape the fabric of our landscapes and serve as permanent reminders of what and who our society values. They are installed to commemorate moments and people from the past that we want to...
DAWN TALLMAN
Dawn Tallman, The Queen of Gospel Energy, has been compared to those of many great vocalists, like Chaka Khan, Karen Wheeler and Oleta Adams, yet her style is completely & audibly her own. "Watching...
ART & HAIR SHOW
High-fashion, but make it hair! This catwalk event will feature never-before-seen hair styles (think: jellyfish bob) hosted by neo-soul talent Durand Bernarr, who frequently works with Erykah Badu,...
2021 JUNETEENTH DAY: "VISIONS OF OUR FUTURE" VIRTUAL PERFORMANCES
Join us on Juneteenth for the "Visions of Our Future" virtual performances. The artists performing will be M'Bosse Dance Company of Senegal and Keepers of the Culture Performing Arts Company with...