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Rhythm Exchange 2023

Afro Future, Afro Chic
Allen Lowe and the Constant Sorrow Orchestra
Dooley-O and Ch'Varda
Honoring Eastern Woodland Culture
Proyecto Cimarrón
Sol and The Tribu
Tai Chi with The Stressbender
Tarantella with Alessandra Belloni
The Bossa Nova Project

Music 2023

Berdine Joseph
Goodnight Moonshine
Grupo Tentación
Jon Secada
Keila Myles & The Moose Knuckles
Mical Teja
New Haven Symphony Orchestra with Angelique Kidjo
QUITAPENAS
Rising Higher: A Night of Soul
STOUT
The KC Sisters

Dance 2023

Dance Exchange
Garba360

Theater 2023

A Divine Homecoming & O'Sound

Ideas 2023

Columbia Digital Storytelling: Blockchain Fairy Tales PART 1
Columbia Digital Storytelling: Blockchain Fairy Tales PART 2
Democracy and the Struggle for the Right to Vote
Driving Connections
Ebb and Flow: Water and Migration
El Futuro es Ahora: Activism and Influences in the Arts
Greater New Haven Clean Cities Coalition
Housing Insecurity Resource Fair
Talk to Me About Water
The Art of Artificial Intelligence
The Future of Automobiles
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Artificial Intelligence
Understanding Housing Insecurity
Voices of Social Equity

Read 2023

A Dive into Special Education
An Evening with JJJJJerome Ellis
Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution Screening
Kulturally LIT Podcast x Sitting Pretty Book Discussion
Loving All of Me: A Conversation on Disability, Love & Dating
National Assistive Tech Day Celebration
NEA Big Read Kick-Off
Together We Rise: Resources and Disability Justice

Neighborhood Festivals 2023

Dixwell
Fair Haven
Newhallville
The Hill Neighborhood Festival
West Hills/West Rock

Juneteenth 2023

Jarron Taylor All-Sing, Musical performance by Stefon Hawkins & Juneteenth Elder Honoring Celebration
Juneteenth Celebration
Juneteenth Elder Honoring Ceremony

Family 2023

ARTFARM: Introduction to Circus Arts!
Kidz Kook
Leland Faulkner: Walker Between Worlds
Masem Enyong: Afro Beat Fun
New Inca Son
NHSO Family Concert
Polyglot Theatre: Bees
The Ghost Net: An Environmental Musical of the Sea
Universal Sounds
Wheel Life Theatre Troupe: Pooh's Adventures

Tours 2023

Back to School
Backyard Beekeeping 101
Bibliophilia & Taphophilia: The Living Archives of the Dead in New Haven
Building Projects, Affordable Housing, and New Haven
CAES: The Nation's Oldest Agricultural Experiment Station
Climb to Unimaginable Heights!
East Coast Greenway South
East Coast Greenway/Farmington Canal Trail North
Explore What's Queer About Downtown New Haven!
Fair Haven: From Maritime Village to City Neighborhood
Historic Districts of New Haven
Industrial Heritage of New Haven
Instants: Linda Lindroth's Polaroid Portraits
Introductory Tour of Beinecke Library
Lost in New Haven
Makers Underground Workshop
New York Times Ride
Pride Ride
Public Art in New Haven
Riding on Mixed Surfaces
Scavenger Hunt
Shared Experiences: New Haven and International Sister Cities
Social Justice New Haven Style
Tapping the Possibilities
The Humanities Quadrangle at Yale
Visit the Ely Center at the Historic John Slade Ely House
Welcome to Newhallville
What's Happening in Westville
Your Passport to City Parks

Drag 2023

The Intergalactic DRAGanza: Rise of the Dragons

Stories 2023

PechaKucha New Haven
Reconnect to Purpose
Reinvention Rebels Podcast Live
The Multifaceted Nature of Story with Laconia Therrio

More Art 2023

2023 Fellows Graduation
An Artist Conversation: The Making of Strange Light
Architectural Scavenger Hunt
Beneath the Green, The Quantum
Bill Lowe's Signifyin' Natives
Elements of Abundance: Fashion Essentials and Royal Couture
Four Elements Exhibition
Four Elements Exhibition Opening
New Haven Day
Strange Light: A VR/AR Project
Ten Years Screening

Read 2024

Building Peace Across Generations Conference
Building Your Family Tree
Celebrating Stories and Culture (Fair Haven Branch Library)
Celebrating Stories and Culture (Mitchell Branch Library)
Celebrating Stories and Culture (Stetson Branch Library)
Chinese Immigration Story Time
Exploring Vietnamese Block Printing
Fair Haven Book Club: The Best We Could Do
Ghost Mountain
Gina’s Journey: The Search for William Grimes + What Could Have Been - Film Screening
Iraqi Odyssey
NEA Big Read Kick-Off
Pushing The Elephant
Shun Li And The Poet/Io Sono Li
The Best We Could Do & AAPI Activism in CT
The Best We Could Do – A Book Talk
The Great Migration & New Haven
The Journey of Vaan Nguyen
The Storytelling of Bollywood
Under The Same Moon (La Misma Luna)
Urban Life Experience Book Discussion:The Best We Could Do By Thi Bui
What Does Legacy Mean To You?

Neighborhood Festivals 2024

Dixwell
Elm City: The Heartbeat of Connecticut
Fair Haven Day
Newhallville
The Hill
West Hills/West Rock

Music 2024

Caribbean Festival
Caro Pierotto
Cécilia
DakhaBrakha
Dobet Gnahoré
El Laberinto del Coco
Harmony in Action
Jo. L. & Friends
Kevin Harris: ROOTS, WATER, & SUNLIGHT
Luca Ciarla solOrkestra
Mulan Fitness Art School
New Haven Chinese Cultural Cooperative
New Haven Symphony Orchestra: Celebrate New Haven
Nino Ciampa and the Hartt Salsa All-Stars
Pamyua
Stokley Williams
The Ebony Hillbillies

Dance 2024

Alisa's House of Salsa
CONTRA-TIEMPO: Community “Get Down”
EveryBody Dances with Contra Tiempo
Tai Chi with Shirley Chock

Theater 2024

Elm Shakespeare’s Building a Brave New Theatre 2024
Improv Workshop with The Regicides

Ideas 2024

Amy Tan: Backyard Bird Chronicles
Changemakers: Ana María Álvarez & Aaron Jafferis
Climate Activism and Optimism
Climate Displacement
Decoding the Science of Happiness with Laurie Santos and Tamar Gendler
Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson in conversation with John Dankosky
Freedom of Expression
Live Broadcast of CT Mirror’s “In The Room” with Erick Russell
NXTHVN cARTie
Perspectives on Cultural Preservation
Redefining Aging: Embracing a New Paradigm
Social Connections to End Loneliness
Tempests of the Mind: Exploring Climate Change, Shakespeare, and the Human Experience
TRANSforming Shakespeare
Turning to the Humanities in Challenging Times with Shelly Lowe and Jason Mancini
Voting Rights – Citywide Youth Coalition
WORKSHOP: Climate and Migration Resource Fair
WORKSHOP: Midnight Oil Collective: Breaking Barriers: Transforming the Starving Artist Myth into Sustainable Creativity
WORKSHOP: Rethinking Age Discrimination: Your Attitude About Aging Impacts Your Future (with Donna Fedus)
WORKSHOP: Save the Sound: Reconnected (Restoring the Rivers of Long Island Sound)
WORKSHOP: Social Connection Art Workshop with Kwadwo Adae

Juneteenth 2024

Juneteenth Village
Constance Baker Motley Stamp
Juneteenth Celebration

Family 2024

Anne Cubberly's Giant Puppets
NHSO Family Concert

Tours 2024

Afghan Women's Narratives through Art: Exploring Themes of Identity & Home
Bibliophilia X Taphophilia: The Dead Shall Be Read
Botanical Garden of Healing Dedicated to Victims of Gun Violence
CAES: The Nation's Oldest Agricultural Experiment Station
City Parks - New Haven's Natural Beauties
Clue Remastered
Coffee Crawl
Downtown North: Cultural History and Heritage
East Coast Greenway South
East Coast Greenway/Farmington Canal Trail North
Ely Center of Contemporary Art
Explore New Haven with Take Pic's Here Photowalk
Explore What's Queer About Downtown New Haven
Juneteenth Bike Tour
Lost Landmarks: An Architectural Journey into New Haven’s Forgotten Past
New Haven's Pollinator Pathway
Notorious New Haven
Riding on Mixed Surface
Shining Light on Truth: New Haven, Yale, and Slavery
Shoreline Greenway
Tapping the Possibilities
ThaumCATrope: A Metaphorical Quantum Search in New Haven
ThaumCATrope: A Metaphorical Quantum Search in New Haven
The Murals of Fair Haven presented by Lee Cruz
The Sound of Music in New Haven
Tour Luckey Climbers
Tour of Amistad: Retold at the New Haven Museum
Tour of the Humanities Quadrangle
Welcome to Newhallville
Where in New Haven is Kevin McCarthy
Yale Peabody Museum Renovation Tour

Stories 2024

A Night of Poet Laureates
DIY StoryCorps
Migrating Souls
PechaKucha: The Best We Could Do

Film & Exhibitions 2024

America Unfiltered: Portraits and Voices of a Nation
Farming While Black
The Mailroom

Circus 2024

The 7 Fingers: The Realities of ‘Duel Reality’
The Red Trouser Show

Neighborhood 2025

Elm City Freddy Fixer Weekend
Fair Haven Day
Honoring Hill Legends: Moving On Up
Newhallville Day
WEB (Whalley, Edgewood, Beaver Hills)
West Hills/West Rock
What is Quantum? And How Can I Be Involved?

Big Read 2025

AI: Creativity, Privacy, and Collaboration
Big Read Kick Off
Blackout and Found Poetry: A Drop-In Event
Burning Bright: A Writing & Drawing Workshop with KC Councilor
Civics 101
Crafternoon: Fun with Bookmaking
Fahrenheit 451: Film Screening and Community Discussion
Fair Haven Book Club: Fahrenheit 451
Monday Book Club
NEA Big Read Intergenerational Conversation about Book Ban
NHFPL Teens Book Club: Fahrenheit 451
Science Fiction: The Truth Telling Genre
Sensation vs. Thinking
Stay & Play at Stetson
Storytime: Featuring A Banned Book
Thursday Book Club
Wednesday Book Club
West Haven Reads: Big Reads Community Event
Whimsical Wonders: A Story Time Adventure - Freedom to Read
Who Am I?

Film 2025

CT Public Film: Where Then Shall We Go? (2025)
Exhibiting Forgiveness (2024) - A FILM BY Titus Kaphar
Sister City Film - China: Hi, Mom (你好，李焕英) (2021)
Sister City Film - France: Amélie (Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain) (2001)
Sister City Film - Israel: Cinema Sabaya (2021)
Sister City Film - Italy: The Hand of God (2021)
Sister City Film - Mexico: The Chambermaid (La Camerista) (2018)
Sister City Film - Nicaragua: La Yuma (2009)
Sister City Film - Sierra Leone: Amistad (1997)
Sister City Film - Vietnam: Don't Burn (Đừng đốt) (2009)

Music 2025

Caribbean Festival
Christine Tassan et les Imposteures
City of Floating Sounds (Part 2)
DJ Kasey Cortez
HHTTS (Hang Him To The Scales)
Seny Tatchol Camara
Sol and The Tribu
Sons of Mystro
SQUONK: Brouhaha

Ideas 2025

Keynote: Autumn Peltier
Keynote: Martyna Majok
Let's Get it Right New Haven
Making Memories: Neurons, Quantum Computing, and Art
Theater as Resistance

Tours 2025

Alice Washburn in Westville
Beaver Hills Tudor Tour
Botanical Garden of Healing Dedicated to Victims of Gun Violence
CAES: The Nation's Oldest Agricultural Experiment Station Turns 150!
City of Floating Sounds (Part 1)
East Coast Greenway / Farmington Canal Trail North
East Coast Greenway South
East Shore Greenway
French
It Didn't Happen Here
MakeHaven: A Hub for Makers, Artists, and Innovators
Mixed Surfaces
More Than Oysters: A Walking History of "Fair Haven East"
Neighborhood Lit Fun Labs
New Haven Picnic Basket
New Haven's Closet: 400 Years of Queer History in the Elm City
Ride New Haven: New Haven's e-Bike Share
Sacred Forest: Specials Exhibition Tour
Secret Societies
Shining Light on Truth: Blacks Lives at Yale & in New Haven at the Grove Street Cemetery
Sketching in the Galleries
Spotlight Talk
Tapping the Possibilities
The Estate
The Murals of Fair Haven presented by Lee Cruz
The Path of Memory, the Space Within: From Synapses to Quantum Physics
Urban FUN! Joel Schiavone, Your Father's Mustache, and New Haven's Downtown Revitalization
Whodunnit? A New Haven Murder Mystery on Your Two Wheels.
Witness Stones Project

Stories 2025

PechaKucha New Haven (#44): The “False Advertising” Edition

Juneteenth 2025

7th New Haven Hip Hop Conference: Visions of Truth
Juneteenth Jamboree
Juneteenth Flag Raising Ceremony
Juneteenth Restaurant Week 
Juneteenth Village & Marketplace

Circus 2025

Cirque Kikasse: SANTÉ (Art Walk)
Cirque Kikasse: SANTÉ (Wake Up the Green)