Festival Stories

Hartford Courant: "10 Must-See Events at the International Festival of Arts & Ideas"

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Click here to watch preview videos for Dance, Susurrus, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Festival Grand Finale: Dan Zanes & Friends, Bassekou Kouyate...

Frank Rizzo: "After 15 Years, Festival Still Stimulating"

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Christopher Arnott: "International Festival of Arts & Ideas: The Run-Down"

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ABC News: Festival a "Top Learning Vacation"

Click here to watch as Karen Schaler, Emmy Award-winning travel correspondent and author of "Travel Therapy: Where Do You Need To Go?", talks about the International Festival of Arts & Ideas as one...

Festival Fellow: Rodnesha Williams-Green

     Rodnesha Williams-Green
A Review of Pilobolus
Hi my name is Rodnesha Williams-Green. I am 17 years old, and I am I junior at Cooperative Arts and Humanity Magnet High school. On Friday, April...

New York Times: "A Festival That Caters To Body and Mind"

Click here to read the preview article about the Festival in the New York Times by Anita Gates.
Click here to watch preview videos or find out more information about Moby Dick, A Celebration of Sol...

Hartford Courant: Festival Celebrates Sol LeWitt

Click here to read Roger Catlin's article about the Festival's celebration of Sol LeWitt in the Hartford Courant.
Click here to watch the featured video about the Festival's celebration of Sol LeWitt...

New Haven Register: Three artistic pioneers make beautiful music together in "Dance"

Click here to read Donna Doherty's interview with Lucinda Childs in the New Haven Register.
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New Haven Register: David Leddy's "Susurrus" is more than a walk in the park

Click here to read Donna Doherty's interview with David Leddy in the New Haven Register.
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New Haven Register: Share the experience - the Festival celebrates 15 years of creative collaboration

Click here to read the interview and watch the video as Donna Doherty of the New Haven Register discusses the Festival with Executive Director Mary Lou Aleskie.
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General Admission Tickets to "Philip Glass: Works For Solo Piano" Sold Out

General admission tickets to the solo piano concert by Philip Glass on Sunday June 13 are sold out. If you are a Festival Member, or want to become a Member, you can be put on a stand-by list, so...

Inside Ideas: Helen Ibbitson Jessup on Khmer Rouge & Iraq

The International Festival of Arts & Ideas is filled with great Ideas panels (which are totally FREE). Helen Ibbitson Jessup, founder of Friends of Khmer Culture and specialist in the art and...

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