The Visionary Leadership Award honors a leader whose trailblazing work is impacting the world. Occurring outside of the annual Festival, the award connects the Festival’s Ideas programs to every day...
Brenda Dixon Gottschild: African-American Dance and the Measure of Culture
January 22, 2013
Guided by the premise that dance is a barometer of society, Brenda Dixon Gottschild gauges the pulse of contemporary American performance: using dance as the focus and race as the parameter, she...
Dr. Daphne Miller: The Wisdom & Science of Traditional Foods
November 16, 2012
Daphne Miller, MD is the author of The Jungle Effect, a unique travelogue of healthy eating. Her understanding of the interconnectedness of food, the environment and health reveal essential clues to...
Ha Jin & David Henry Hwang: The U.S.-China Literary Landscape
October 10, 2012
Two icons of literature and theater read from their current work and talk about the intersection of contemporary writing and cultural perspectives on China.
Graham Sheffield, C.B.E.: From Soft Power to Global Connectivity-The International Birds-Eye View of Arts & Culture
September 11, 2012
A major part of the cultural conversation today is about local culture in the global community: culture is part of the toolkit for global understanding, diplomacy, and more. Particularly in light of...
Slate Political Gabfest: The Emily Bazelon Hometown Gabfest
July 3, 2012
The Slate Political Gabfest was recorded live in New Haven, Conn. on June 27, as part of the International Festival of Arts and Ideas. On the show, David Plotz, Emily Bazelon, and John Dickerson...
Enlivening Global Traditions: What Happens when Peking Opera meets Shakespeare in Wu Hsing-Kuo's Contemporary Legend Theater
June 8, 2012
Ken Smith, noted critic, journalist and partner in Museworks LTd., a Hong-Kong cultural consulting firm speaks with Mary Lou Aleskie, Executive Director of the International Festival of Arts & Ideas...
Mark Morris in Conversation with Joan Acocella
May 11, 2012
Choreographer and conductor Mark Morris discusses his work with a special focus on his company's 20th anniversary performances of Dido and Aeneas. He is joined by Joan Acocella, dance writer for The...
How Pleasure Works
February 21, 2012
Why do we like what we like? This wide-ranging and humorous discussion explores the idea that there are deep and surprising commonalities in the pleasures that we get from art, food, sex, stories,...
The Irish Literary Landscape
January 25, 2012
Three generations of Irish writers share their stories and discuss writing for the 21st Century. Featuring Colm Toibin, an award-wining novelist, short-story writer and critic whose bittersweet novel...
Haiti: Models for Rebirth
January 10, 2012
Last year's catastrophic earthquake was one of several humanitarian crises Haiti has faced in recent decades.
Emeline Michel, a native Haitian singer and songwriter whose music draws from the island...
Jill Abramson in conversation with Linda Greenhouse, at the Visionary Leadership Award, November 2011
December 1, 2011
On November 4, 2011 the International Festival of Arts and Ideas honored New York Times Executive Editor Jill Abramson with its 2nd annual Visionary Leadership Award. At the award luncheon, Abramson...