Great Art, Big Ideas Podcast

Festival 2025 Playlist

HOW THE ART OF EXPERIENCE EMPOWERS CULTURE CHANGE

In the Age of Experience, how can one drive actionable social change through deepened physical and digital live story-sharing systems? A leader in immersive experiences, Mikhael Tara Garver will...

CONFRONTING IDENTITY: AN ARTS & IDEAS FELLOWS TOWN HALL

It has become a Festival tradition for our high school Festival Fellows to begin our Festival and Ideas program with their own Town Hall. Join them this year as they explore the themes of Jhumpa...

LIVING FOR THE CITY - JONATHAN HOLLOWAY

As a Festival Director in Europe and Australia, Jonathan Holloway has repeatedly reinvented the ways in which festivals explore, reclaim and celebrate their city for all those who use it, from the...

NEXT PRESENTS THE CITIES PROJECT: NEW LIFE FOR NEW ENGLAND’S INDUSTRIAL PAST

New England is filled with old factory buildings and other remnants of our industrial history. This built environment is one of our distinguishing characteristics, but it also provides challenges as...

STONEWALL AT 50

How do we honor this landmark in a struggle that began before the “first brick was thrown” and still continues? How do we tribute the indignation, outrageousness (fabulousness) and complexity of ALL...

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