Festival Stories

Connecticut College to present "First Love" on November 12

Did you miss it at the Festival? Gare St. Lazare Players Ireland's highly acclaimed, innovative adaptation of Samuel Beckett’s novella “First Love” will be performed at Connecticut College in New...

Phil Kline's "Unsilent Night" featured in Diane Smith's book "A Connecticut Christmas"

The International Festival of Arts & Ideas' presentation of composer Phil Kline's Unsilent Night is featured in author and television journalist Diane Smith's new book, A Connecticut Christmas, a...

Make an investment in the Festival on Monday November 1 at 8am

First-time donors to the International Festival of Arts & Ideas – don't miss your chance to double (or even triple) your investment in the Festival!
The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven is...

New York Times on "The D.I.Y. Foreign-Aid Revolution"

Zainab Salbi, Founder and CEO of Women for Women International, served as an inspiration to Lisa Shannon, who founded the organization Run for Congo Women. Click here to read the full story in the...

Festival to present "Visionary Leadership Award" to Zainab Salbi on November 18

The International Festival of Arts & Ideas will present the 1st annual Visionary Leadership Award to Zainab Salbi, Founder and CEO of Women for Women International, on Thursday, November 18, 2010....

Save the Date: Phil Kline's "Unsilent Night" in New Haven December 9

On Thursday, December 9, 2010, join the International Festival of Arts & Ideas
for the 4th annual presentation of composer Phil Kline's Unsilent
Night in New Haven!
Meet at the Yale Bookstore (77...

Thoughts on the Dublin Theatre Festival

A blog from the road by Director of Performance Programs Cathy Edwards
One of the things I love about attending the Dublin Theatre Festival is the festival tagline: Dublin Loves Drama. Certainly the...

Global opportunities and interdependence

A blog from the road by Festival Executive Director Mary Lou Aleskie.

Sitting in Warsaw's Frederic Chopin Airport waiting for my connection home from Tbilisi, I am trying to sort through the details...

MacArthur Foundation Honors Jason Moran

The MacArthur Foundation has named Jason Moran as one of 23 "genius award” fellowship recipients this year. Click here to read the article by Felicia R. Lee in the New York Times.
Jason Moran has...

Celebrate the Festival's Fall Fellows on Tuesday October 5

Celebrate the Festival's Fall Fellows!
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Time: 5:30pm-7pm
Location: 195 Church Street, 12th Floor, New Haven
Light refreshments will be served
Kindly RSVP to Dawn Gibson-Brehon...

Synchronicities with the Time-Based Art Festival

A blog from the road by Director of Performance Programs Cathy Edwards
It's been a great start to the Time-Based Art Festival (known affectionately as TBA Festival here in Portland), where I am in my...

Bill T. Jones to be celebrated at Kennedy Center Honors on December 5

Congratulations to Bill T. Jones, one of the 2010 Kennedy Center Honors recipients. Joining Bill this year on December 5 are Merle Haggard, Jerry Herman, Paul McCartney, and Oprah Winfrey.
Bill T....

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