Festival Stories

Five months ago I drove to Boston in the snow to see the first stop on the U.S. tour of the Druid theater company’s “Cripple of Inishmaan”, and it was almost impossible to imagine that come June we...

Load in has started on Frame Dances at the Yale University Art School Gallery @ 1156 Chapel St. Frame Dances presents a new way of looking at dance.

There are so many people who have had a big impact on my life, but there is only one person who has changed my life for years to come. My mom has had a strong, profound effect on me as an...

When I first acknowledged the fact that we were going to be interviewing board members, I wasn’t as nervous, but when I stepped inside that room it was like someone flicked on the nervous switch. I...

I have been through a lot throughout the course of my life. When I was born, my mother and father were in the military, which involved a lot of moving around. I was born in Middletown, Connecticut...

Read the article from the Huffington Post: The International Festival of Arts and Ideas: A Sure Sign of Summer in New Haven

Click here to read an article from the New York Times about the Bang on a Can All-Stars upcoming Courtyard Concert at the Festival, Tuesday June 14 at 8pm.

Here is a selection of press related to this weekend's opening!
Arts & Ideas: Only Martin McDonagh could have written 'The Cripple of Inishmaan'

Arts & Ideas: Its theatricality and sound make '...

The decision for today’s concert: Jose Condé with opening act Cosmic Jibaros will remain outside as scheduled. Click here for a note from
Executive Director Mary Lou Aleskie.

The decision for today’s concert:
The Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma will remain outside as scheduled.
Meteorologists from three
television stations in the state, as well as the support of the...

Read from the New Haven Register featuring an overview of the International Festival of Arts & Ideas

Read from the New York Times about the International Festival of Arts & Ideas. Article by Jan Spiegel.