May 4 – June 26, 2022
Rethink community. Honor the Earth. Embrace your roots. Meet new neighbors. Baila en la calle. Break the fourth wall. Learn something new. Connect with the Festival, and connect it all.
The International Festival of Arts & Ideas returns for its 27th Festival from May 4 through June 26, 2022, with more than 200 fully in-person events related to the theme “Connect.” Most events will also be live-streamed, and 85% of programming will be free with some ticketed events on sale in April.
This year, we'll explore how artistic genres connect to one another, and how our roots intertwine across generations, planting seeds for the future even as we embody the legacies of our past. Our city and community connect us all through shared space and vital issues. The Festival embraces the multi-faceted nature of all of us by finding ways to connect performance and workshop, new skills and old, and strangers through the arts.
Here's just a sneak peek at what's to come! A runway show with New Haven designers and Project Runway contestant Prajje Oscar, LA musician-activists Las Cafeteras, and Dallas Black Dance Theatre.
Stay tuned: We're announcing the full season in April!
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How do you connect to your roots, your community, your world? Join us in kicking off our 2022 season in style with a night of drinks, bites, giveaways, dancing, tunes by Cuban jazz pianist Nachito Herrera, DJ Ch'Varda—and more. This is your first chance to see the 2022 Festival line-up and experience a taste of the artistry with live performances. Be the first to buy tickets and plan your summer...
This fully staged opera created by Toshi Reagan in collaboration with her mother, Bernice Johnson Reagon, brings together more than 30 original anthems drawn from 200 years of black music to recreate Butler’s sci-fi, Afrofuturist masterpiece.
