As we get ready to honor Sheila Nevins, documentary film producer and President of HBO Documentary Films for Home Box Office, with our 4th Annual Visionary Leadership Award, our first awardee, Zainab...
What is a Visionary Leader?
January 29, 2014
As we get ready to honor Sheila Nevins, documentary film producer and President of HBO Documentary Films for Home Box Office, with our 4th Annual Visionary Leadership Award, last years winner,...
If Mayors Ruled the World
October 10, 2013
Cities are home to more than half of the world's population, and are the primary incubators of the cultural, social and political innovations that shape our planet. Benjamin Barber, author of the...
Preparing for 2050: The Changing Face of Race
August 25, 2013
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New Haven and Yale: Dreaming New Worlds Together
July 22, 2013
John DeStefano Jr., outgoing mayor of New Haven, and Richard Levin, outgoing president of Yale University, reflect on their 20-year partnership to knit together university and city. At the close of...
Shantala Shivalingappa
June 27, 2013
A classical Indian dancer whose artistic curiosity has spanned contemporary and traditional forms, Shantala Shivalingappa is widely acclaimed for her vivid, brilliantly musical performances....
Good Ideas
June 26, 2013
Ideas have enormous power. They inspire, they provoke, they delight.
The thinkers, scholars, adventurers, and artists gathered at this year’s Festival are people with ideas to share. Some have taken...
Freewheelers in the Elm City
June 23, 2013
A Broken Umbrella Theatre, New Haven’s award-winning ensemble theater company presents Freewheelers.
Broken Umbrella is known for creating original, site-specific theater inspired by the rich history...
There is a "Stuck Elevator" at Long Wharf Stage II
June 21, 2013
Stuck Elevator is a comic-rap-scrap metal musical prompted by the real life experience of a Chinese restaurant delivery man trapped in a Bronx elevator for 81 hours. The musical follows his...
A Midsummer Night's Dream in New Haven
June 20, 2013
This Video Blog offers a behind the scenes look at a new collaboration from the team behind the Tony Award-winning Broadway & West End hit, WAR HORSE.
Shakespeare’s inexhaustible A Midsummer Night’...
Meet the Chefs that make our Food Experiences unique!
June 19, 2013
Dive into one featured restaurant to experience something new—or to rediscover an old favorite! Meet the chefs and peek into their kitchens, watch a food demonstration, and sample delicious...