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Festival 2024 Playlist

Machine Dazzle dazzles the Iseman Theater Lobby!

This installation by artist and costume designer Machine Dazzle was inspired by Taylor Mac’s A 24-Decade History of Popular Music: The 1990s, which was commissioned by the International Festival of...

Song of the Jasmine: Bharatanatyam and modern jazz meet up at the University Theater

Ragamala Dance Company with Rudresh Mahanthappa and Song of the Jasmine is a new work that spans cultures and traditions, combining the beauty of bharatanatyam—a classical dance from south India—with...

Cry You One at Maltby Lakes!

Cry You One is an outdoor processional performance with music, dances, and stories from the heart of south Louisiana's disappearing wetlands. Conceived by the New Orleans-based companies Mondo...

Dan Zanes is at Family Day!

Join us for a fun-filled, FREE day of performances and activities for all ages on the New Haven Green featuring family friendly music from Dan Zanes and Moona Luna!

It's Family Day on the New Haven Green!

Join us for a fun-filled, FREE day of performances and activities for all ages on the New Haven Green!

Taylor Mac debuts new show at the University Theater!

To celebrate Festival 20, the Festival has commissioned The 1990s from award-winning performance artist Taylor Mac. Mac performs as a bedazzled creature, accompanied by a live band, to present a...

The Stage is Getting Set!

Our crew has been busy this week getting everything ready! The fun starts this weekend!

Angélique Kidjo: Visionary Leadership Award 2015

The 2015 Visionary Leadership Award honors ANGÉLIQUE KIDJO- Singer, songwriter & UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. In an expansive career marked as much by extraordinary musical achievement as passionate...

South Africa Now: Reflecting on 20 Years of Democracy

2014 marks 20 years of democracy in South Africa, as we contemplate South Africa’s post-Apartheid hearings and the legacy of Nelson Mandela. Has the Truth and Reconciliation process been a catalyst...

Speech: The First Amendment in the Spotlight

Elevator Repair Service created its show Arguendo from a Supreme Court transcript of oral arguments from a First Amendment case. Leading experts in First Amendment law and the Supreme Court discuss...

The Art of Bibliotherapy, or How to Match-Make Between Books and Readers

For centuries, the role of the bookseller—or librarian, or literary friend—has been akin to that of the country doctor: get to know patients through time and experience, then lovingly place the right...

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