Great Art, Big Ideas Podcast
Festival 2025 Playlist
Don't Miss: STORIES, SOVEREIGNTY, AND IMAGINING FORWARD
Theater director Madeline Sayet invites you to join her and a distinguished panel of Native American artists and leaders who offer their perspective on issues of sovereignty, ancestry, and post-...
Scene On Your Screen, Ep. 7
This week, we continue our Ideas series on the theme of Democracy: We the People, particularly timely as citizens here in New Haven and throughout the country are exercising their right to protest...
Compagnia de' Colombari - More or Less I am, episode 2: The City
In our community, we are all citizens, we are one.
THIS IS THE CITY
Ashlyn Isler, Sorab Wadia, Jenni Lea Jones, Carlton Terrence Taylor, Uncle Ted, Cristina Spina
Ned Eisenberg, Paul Robert Pryce...
DEMOCRACY, REFUGEES, AND ASYLUM
Historian Quan Tran, sociologist Jasmina Besirevic-Regan, and Nour Al Zouabi, a Syrian refugee, share their personal stories and professional perspectives on borders, migration, and democracy.listen...
DEMOCRACY, PANDEMIC, AND HOW WE MOVE FORWARD
Former Connecticut Secretary of State Miles Rapoport moderates a conversation with political commentator and author Heather McGhee, political activist and CEO of Voto Latino María Teresa Kumar, and...
Constitution Cafe: The Role of Government During Pandemic, June 3
Mayor Justin Elicker, facilitator Eric Rey, your neighbors, and local experts engage in a community dialogue about the role of the government in a pandemic.
DE-CENTERING GENDER AND THE POLITICS OF TRANS ALLYSHIP
As part of our NEA Big Read Series, Nasty Women Connecticut is sitting in conversation with phenomenal local artists and educators to unpack what it means to decenter gender in a very binary world,...
SEMINAR: EXPLORING THE ARTS-SCIENCES COLLABORATION
The “Exploring The Arts-Sciences Collaboration” Seminar, moderated by Emily Chew, provides a unique opportunity to hear the Hong Kong artist Chi-Yung WONG, previous resident artist in the artists-in-...
THE ROLE OF ARTISTS IN DEMOCRACY
The 2012 Inaugural Poet Richard Blanco is joined by four-time Grammy Award winner Angélique Kidjo, Lakota playwright Larissa FastHorse, and Founder of Theatre of the Oppressed NYC and New Haven...
WEALTH IN OUR DEMOCRACY: ANAND GIRIDHARADAS IN CONVERSATION
A conversation about income inequality in the U.S. with Anand Giridharadas, author of the recently published Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World (Alfred A. Knopf, 2018).
DINNER STORIES #2 NEW HAVEN: WHY I CAME AND WHY I STAYED
Sit down to dinner in the comfort of your own home and enjoy three New Haven storytellers sharing stories on the theme of New Haven - Why I Came and Why I Stayed.
Appetizer Course: Elisabeth Anton...
ACTIVIST SONGBOOK VIRTUAL CHOIR #3: THERE WILL BE JOY
INSPIRED BY PJ AND ROY HIRABAYASHI BY BYRON AU YONG AND AARON JAFFERIS FEATURING ALI EWOLDT AND FRANCIS JUEActivist Songbook honors organizers and organizing through collective music-making. Material...