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Artists Next Door Hank Hoffman Interviews Olive from Olive Tiger

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Camille A. Brown Rebekah L. Fraser Interviews the Award-Winning Choreographer

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Onnie Chan The HKETO-NY Arts Fellow’s Piece at the Festival

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Letter from the Editor At the International Festival of Arts & Ideas, it’s not which thing to see, it’s how many things can I possibly see? Clear your schedules, get your picnic baskets ready, and call your friends. It’s June in New Haven!

Chad Herzog is quoted in several articles, including mine about the four commissions the festival has thrown their weight (and money) behind. Herzog is the Director of Programming, along with being one of three Interim Co-Executive Directors while they find a replacement for Mary Lou Aleskie, who lead the International Festival of Arts & Ideas for more than a decade and has moved on to be the Director of the Hopkins Center of the Arts at Dartmouth College.

Aleskie left the Festival in a good place, to say the least, with the NEA naming it one of the top five art presentations in the nation (according to a release by Dartmouth about Aleskie). A national search is already underway for her successor, which the Festival plans to have in place by October 1.

This whole issue is about Festival people and places. As I mentioned before, I wrote about the commissions that the festival will be presenting for this year, including Aaron Jaffarris’ newest piece, (Be)longing. Hank Hoffman wrote about a local musician who will perform at the Festival with her band, Olive Tiger. Lucy Gellman wrote about Onnie Chan, one of four Yale China Fellows that has created work for the Festival. Rebekah L. Fraser returns to the pages of The Arts Paper with her interview with choreographer Camille A. Brown, who will present Black Girl: linguistic play at University Theatre June 15 & 16. And Steve Scarpa has written about how the Festival is highlighting more regional artists. One of the ways is with ALTAR’d Spaces, $10 performances in the historic churches on the Green. And Dan Haducky tackled the Big Read, an NEA program that offers grants to support organizations in developing community-wide programs that encourage

reading and participation by diverse audiences. They name 25+ books each year as “Big Reads.” This year, New Haven and the Festival have chosen one to create programming around.

Hajducky calls the novel, Into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea, “a dazzling feminist tale” about immigration and border relations. At printing time, there were already almost two dozen free Big Read events on artidea.org. I definitely recommend reading the timely book and attending at least one of these events to get to know your New Haven neighbors and learn how immigration has helped to make New Haven what it is today.

All this, and we didn’t even have space to write about the Ideas program at the Festival! That said, I’ll mention a couple of standouts: The new Ideas on Foot tours, which will delve into New Haven’s history, and a conversation with Taylor Mac (who was featured last year) and Bassem Youssef, a doctor and satirist who some have called the Jon Stewart of Egypt. He had a television program, Al-Bernameg, which at its height had more than 40 million viewers. 40 million! To put that in perspective, it’s roughly ALL of the people living in Argentina. Youssef has since been exiled from Egypt. He will appear with Mac on June 24 at the Yale University Art Gallery.

And last, but not least, it’s worth mentioning that the Festival has brought a reggae band for the first time as a headliner. But not just any reggae band, the reggae band, The Wailers.

We hope you enjoy this issue and the Festival!

On the Cover The New Haven Green inundated by festival-goers at a past event. This year, the International Festival of Arts & Ideas takes place June 3-24. Read all about it in this special issue all about the Festival.

In the Next Issue …

The July/August double issue of The Arts Paper will feature a story about Broad Stripes and Bright Stars, an exhibition at the Ely Center for Contemporary Art curated by Dave Coon and Aicha Woods.

Image by Price Harrision.

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Music Is the Connection olive tiger’s songs transcend genre

hank hoffman “Give all that we have to our new paradigm / trusting in all that we don’t know to carry us ever on,” Olive sings on her song “Beyond the Gate,” the concluding track of her band Olive Tiger’s first record, Until My Body Breaks. The music swirls cinematically on a lush bed of Olive’s cello and Jesse Newman’s electric violin. The couplet could be a credo for Olive, an oblique declaration of her quest to find in music a “transcendent space” and to share that experience with her audience.

“Music has a real unique way to connect us with each other,” Olive—she prefers the singular name in her music role—said in an interview with The Arts Paper.

Olive Tiger performs at the United Church on the Green on Wednesday, June 14, as part of the International Festival of Arts & Ideas’ ALTAR’d Spaces series of events. Over two weeks, music, spoken word, theater, and dance acts will perform in the four historic churches on the New Haven Green.

Along with her leadership of Olive Tiger, Olive also plays cello and sings harmony in Kindred Queer, which recently released its first record, Child.

She is reaching for an “envelopment” in music, Olive said. Her primary motivation for playing is to “create that sort of transcendent space” that she finds in the music she loves and finds healing.

Fostering a “sense of connection and a sense of transcendence within music” is her goal. “If I’m able to bring somebody to that point, it’s the best thing I could do as a human being, even just within music,” she said.

Olive organized the group—herself, Newman, drummer Dane Scozzari, and most recently, bassist John Greenawalt— in 2014, a couple of years after returning to Connecticut upon completion of her graduate degree in music therapy. They call their music “folktronic indie rock,”

Olive Tiger. Image courtesy of the Festival.

a genre-busting hybrid that organically meshes folk, rock, classical, and hip-hop elements. Their songs are hypnotic, often burrowing into the listener’s consciousness with irresistible repeated lyrical phrases, musical drones, and richly vibrant instrumentation.

“I enjoy having music that’s not confined to any particular thing because it allows for a lot of creative flexibility to write whatever I’m feeling and a greater palette of sounds and feelings to draw from,” Olive explained. “I don’t want to have a beat I think is really cool and go, ‘Oh, that doesn’t fit in my genre.’ That’s not really the way my brain works.”

Her influences include a quintet of current eclectic artists—St. Vincent, Joanna Newsom, Andrew Bird, tUnE-yArDs, Sylvan Esso. Olive also cited drummer Dane Scozzari as the music historian of the group. She noted that his deep knowledge of hip-hop has a big impact.

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“Anything that I would write that felt like it had a kind of hip-hop-y vibe, he would pick up on that and kind of ground that and emphasize it,” Olive said.

Olive Tiger’s unique sound evolved out of her experiments with using a loop pedal with her cello. Upon first returning to Connecticut in 2012, she sequestered herself in her room at her parents’ house, pouring her angst into songs. The loop pedal offered flexibility, allowing her to play a musical phrase and then have it repeat while she played other figures on top of it.

“The cello has four strings [but] you can only sustain two at a time,” Olive said.

“The loop pedal was a way to take little ideas and expand them into a more cohesive format.” Olive also plays guitar, a skill she picked up as part of her training as a music therapist.

“The guitar palette of colors is much wider in terms of chords that are available,” Olive noted. She likes to proportion the group’s music as half cello-based, half guitar-based. Composing on the different instruments is a different process and produces different results.

Her practice sessions often double as songwriting efforts. Rather than practice from etude books, she may find a melodic phrase that resonates. “Sometimes it will feel hypnotic and I just want to play it over and over and I know I have hit on something good,” Olive said. “I think a lot of my songs arise from personal etudes, in a way.”

That approach is characteristic of her songwriting process. She uses the voice memo app on her cell phone to record snippets of musical ideas and keeps a little notebook of potential lyrics. From her library of ideas, she stitches disparate elements together into songs.

Lyrically, many of her songs touch on

love and desire. But beyond that, Olive sings about “progress and growth, starting from a place of darkness and moving through that to a sense of change and growth,” as she described it.

“Generally, when I write, I’m reflecting on what is the specific thing I’m dealing with and how does that relate on a universal scale,” Olive said. “No one person’s experience is so isolated that nobody else has ever experienced it.” The key is how to zoom out and globalize her own experiences.

“I enjoy having music that’s not confined to any particular thing” -Olive For Olive, being a music therapist by day and playing in Olive Tiger by night are two sides of the same coin. In her music therapist role, “That relationship goes from the client to me and back to the client” as she uses music to “encourage growth in them in a specific, goal-directed, clinical way.”

“In my songwriting and Olive Tiger, it originates from me and goes out to the audience and then hopefully back to me,” Olive continued. “It’s yin and yang—two approaches to the same goal of growth and connection, transcendence and healing.” n For more on Olive Tiger, visit olivetiger.net and her page on the Festival’s website, artidea.org/olive-tiger.

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New Haven’s Festival

Aerial view of the New Haven Green. New this year will be ALTAR’d Spaces, $10 performances in the Green’s historic churches featuring regional artists.

steve scarpa images courtesy of the festival t sometimes seems as if everything happens or has happened on the New Haven Green. Created in 1638, the Green has been a marketplace, a graveyard, and a drilling ground. It has seen raucous social protest and peaceful assembly. In many palpable ways, the Green is the beating heart of the city.

The International Festival of Arts & Ideas has always understood this, using the Green as its base of operations for a few weeks in June each year. The Festival’s Headline Concerts on the Green are a highlight of summer in the city. The vibe during the concerts is New Haven at its finest. The

rich diversity of the city is on display—people of all kinds dancing and singing, sharing food with their friends and family, sweating in the heat of a city evening, united in a common love of music. There’s little like it.

“The city has been our stage,” said Chad Herzog, interim co-executive director of the Festival and director of programming.

Now, the four historic churches on the Green—First and Summerfield United Methodist Church, Center Church on the Green, United Church on the Green, and Trinity Church on the Green—are the locus of the Festival’s burgeoning community engagement efforts. The new program, called ALTAR’d Spaces, offers a dozen local performers the opportunity to take a central role in the Festival, a role that has not been

as readily available in the past. Spoken word performance, dance, folk music, and theater, all at reasonable prices ($10), will take place in these rather unique locations.

“So rarely have we been able to put regional artists on our stage,” Herzog said.

“So often we start to find ourselves in the circles we want to run in. We get used to these, but this is an opportunity to find out how eclectic and diverse this city is.”

Once the Festival decided to go in this direction, the idea of partnering with the churches worked on so many levels, both symbolic and practical. The churches are themselves symbols of sanctuary, grace, and community. They are places that ask New Haven by their mere presence to aspire to its best self.

“It was hard to not be intentional about it, to not place the work in the foundation of our city,” Herzog said.

The Festival started soliciting submissions last fall, and received more than one hundred responses. The Festival worked closely with the churches themselves to come up with a slate of programming.

“When we asked people to come forward I was struck by how varied it was,” he said.

ALTAR’d Spaces is only part of the community-minded programming presented by the Festival. Grammy nominated musician Jimmy Greene, a Connecticut native, will perform on the Green alongside the New Haven Symphony Orchestra. New Haven resident Aaron Jafferis’s newest piece, (Be)longing, written with Byron Au Yong,

Jimmy Greene. Photo by Jimmy Katz.

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Happenstance Theater. Photo by Josh Loock.

Shoreline Ballet. Photo by Melanie Barocas.

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Alison Cook Beatty Dance. Photo by Russell Haydn.

will be performed at Long Wharf Theatre.

The Big Read, a community wide reading initiative, will focus on Luis Alberto Urrea’s book Into the Beautiful North. And, of course, Pop-Up Festivals in Fair Haven, Dixwell, and the Hill showcase the unique flavor of each neighborhood.

The Pop-Up Festivals, in some sense, provided the inspiration for ALTAR’d Spaces.

“The pop-ups are doing a lot to break down the borders between neighborhoods that sometimes feel segregated from each other,” said Sarah Sherban, the Festival’s community engagement manager. “The pop-ups have a block party/neighborhood vibe for sure. They really showcase the

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Fair Haven Pop-Up Festival. Photo by Heaven Anderson.

neighborhood.”

For the first time last year, Sherban said there was crossover within the Pop-Up Festivals themselves.

“People are working really hard on their own neighborhoods to make things better, so they are busy. But once they get to know the organizers (in other neighborhoods) they have a lot in common,” she said.

Not only were the pop-ups tearing down barriers between neighborhoods, they were also becoming showcases for local talent. She has been everywhere in the city and has seen how rich the various artistic scenes can be.

“We always think we have to go someplace else to see the best or to get

something better. [But] we have so much incredible talent in this region,” Herzog said.

“We felt like we needed a next step (for local performers),” Sherban said. “We need to invest in the artists who are here. ... People wanted more collaboration in meaningful ways. We thought, how can we work with them and support them through their work? We want to really invest in that talent that is here and provide them bigger opportunities. People are able to take their ideas and make it happen just because we are here.”

The Festival will always bring a wide array of renowned international artists to New Haven. However, it looks like giving

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local artists a more prominent venue to display their work will become a more ingrained part of the Festival. In addition to giving community members more prominent opportunities, the Festival would like to transition to having a year-round presence through its education programs.

The early response to the shift in direction is a positive one, Herzog said. Once the Festival’s season was announced, a long-time patron dropped him a note.

“The note I received after we announced the Festival said, ‘I feel like the Festival is finally starting to listen to us,’” he said.

“I’d like to think this is the direction we’ll consider going in,” Herzog said. “We’ll learn a lot after this year.” n

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Award-Winning Choreographer In New Haven an interview with camille a. brown

Black Girl: linguistic play by Camille A. Brown. Photo by Christopher Duggan courtesy of the Festival.

rebekah l. fraser The International Festival of Arts & Ideas launches June 3. Among the numerous world-class performances scheduled, including several premieres and commissioned pieces, Camille A. Brown & Dancer’s Black Girl: linguistic play will run Thursday, June 15 and Friday, June 16 at University Theater (222 York St., New Haven). Brown uses the rhythmic play of social dance, double dutch, steppin’, tap, and live original music to represent a “nuanced spectrum of black womanhood in a racially and politically charged world.” I caught up with Brown earlier this spring, and she shared her thoughts about the importance of creating and sharing art that focuses on one story, rather than many.

Black Girl: linguistic play is an award-winning piece that debuted in 2015. Where else have you performed it?

Since its debut, we’ve done it in Portland, Chicago, Iowa... We’ve been touring for almost two years around the country, which has been really wonderful.

Why New Haven?

The Festival organizers asked me to come to New Haven. I’ve been to New

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Haven before, but I think this piece is for everybody and it should be done everywhere. The reason it’s coming to New Haven is to share a story of a black girl.

It’s not the black girl story. It’s a black girl’s story. It’s important to show that we are dimensional and we are human. I think people around the country, some people have perceptions that we are negative and have very specific ways of acting or being. I think it’s important to show that there are ways of looking at a black girl that do not involve trauma or negativity.

The thing about traveling around the country is that every audience isn’t the same. It may be the same demographic, but people are responding to it in different ways just based on the political climate, or the cultural climate, what’s going on. For me, the exciting thing is to figure out who is in this community in New Haven and what are their responses to the work. It may be the same, or it may be different from another community. The exciting thing for me is you get to know the community as they are getting to know you.

The show has been well-received by critics. How have audiences responded?

I was interested in knowing when we were showing it as a work in progress, what people thought when they heard the phrase, “black girl.” I feel like the audience has been guiding me in the direction of the piece. A lot of times, they said they thought negative things when they heard “black girl.” I wanted to show them something human. It seems like people get it. Black girls have told me they see themselves [in] it. It took them back to their own childhood.

People who are not black girls have said they see themselves in it [too], or that it’s the first time they’ve seen a black girl in this way.

Whose story are you telling?

People ask how I take all these stories and put it into one dance. The more specific you are, the more universal something becomes, and I think that’s why it’s important for an artist to be his or herself because you don’t want to start telling other people’s stories—unless that’s something you’re doing and you’re aware of. I didn’t want to try to get all of who black girls are in one story. For me, this is more of a contribution to something that black female choreographers have been doing for a long time.

It’s a single black girl’s story, but how many performers are involved?

Five dancers, including myself, and two musicians. I will be dancing with Katherine Patterson, and we’ve known each other since we were about 15 years old, so that history is part of this and it’s really special to me. It’s hard to do something you did as a kid as an adult. It has been 20 years since I’ve actually played double dutch, but it’s about the joy. If we tap into celebrating who we are—the joy, the sadness, the growth— then the other stuff doesn’t matter.

Would you say the overall tone of the piece is celebratory?

I would say the overall tone of the piece is human. We are human, and that encompasses a lot of different emotions. Hopefully, people go through those emotions. But the thing I want people to remember is that black girls have joy, and we do play. A white person came up to me after the show and said, “I used to do that as a kid.” And I said, “Yeah, you played as a child?” And they said, “Yes.” And I said, “So did black girls. The problem is, we don’t see enough of black girls in that way.” n Find more information about Black Girl: linguistic play at the International Festival of Arts & Ideas at artidea.org/camille-a-brown.

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Stand Still—She Dares You T lucy gellman

he first thing Onnie Chan noticed when she arrived in New Haven was how fast everyone around her was moving.

Smart phones buzzed constantly. Eyes flitted to and fro during group discussions, as if to say Are we done here yet?

Colleagues at Yale had trouble unwinding if they had 30 minutes between classes.

Meetings, which she had always thought of in two-hour increments, were condensed to an hour, with agendas that never seemed to get covered fully.

It was an obsession with efficiency that was, by her standards, wildly inefficient.

But Chan, one of the 2017 HKETO-NY Arts Fellows at Yale University, wasn’t deterred by it. Instead, she took in everything that was coming at her, and thought about how to channel it into her work. That is, an evolving formula that is one part gamification, one part audience reaction time, one part interaction, and one part introspection.

It’s not exactly what she was expecting when she embarked on the 2017 HKETO-NY Arts Fellowship, a partnership between Yale University and the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, New York that allows her to live in New Haven, audit classes at Yale University, and construct a collaborative, cross-cultural performance with Yale and the International Festival of Arts & Ideas between January and June 2017. But it’s not not what she was expecting, either.

Chan has long been intrigued by audience behavior. Drawn to the performing arts as a kid in Hong Kong, she began acting seriously when she was 12, earning a coveted spot at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts early in her teenage years. That training catapulted her into work at the Hong Kong Repertory Theatre, the city’s most revered company, by the time she was a young adult. There, she worked to broaden her range, throwing herself into eight-hour rehearsals six days a week.

But as she “started to do it as a real job,” she struggled with a growing sense of disconnectedness with the audience. Childhood friends, now working what she called “normal jobs,” were convinced the theater wasn’t a welcoming space for them. Inviting them to performances, she heard a litany of excuses—it was too literary, too stuffy, too far removed from working class life. The audiences that did come each night were reserved, and left her wanting more from the performances to which she dedicated so much of her energy. At 25, she quit the company, and made “a decision to start my new life.”

Fellowships in London and Iceland led her to immersive theater techniques for the first time. Taken by this “highly, highly interactive and very fun form,” she returned to Hong Kong to create FreeingHK!, an escape game company where interactive theater met elaborate puzzles. She also piloted Banana Effect, a group dedicated to “bringing strangers together” for immersive

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Onnie Chan performing A Funeral. A Funeral. A Funeral. A Funeral. A Funeral. A Funeral. A Funeral. A Funeral. at the Ely Center for Contemporary Art this April. Photo by Lucy Gellman.

art experiences. When the HKETO-NY Arts Fellowship arose as an option last fall, she saw it as a chance to expand her understanding of audiences in the U.S. What she hadn’t counted on was having to strong-arm peers into cross-cultural dialogue. Audiences were more relaxed, open, she said. But collaborating with fellow students—six in all, only one of whom had spent considerable time in Hong Kong—was another story. When she proposed using guns in her final HKETO-NY project—“it would be so much fun, for a Hong Kong audience!” she noted—her collaborators urged her not to. When she announced that the “winners and losers” in her project would be determined by “good genes” versus bad, they gently explained why that might not fly with an American

audience. She suggested an interactive element with Mahjongg; they pushed back with Battleship. But she was learning, too—more than she thought she would be able to in a six-month period. In both group settings and left alone with her thoughts, she found herself genuinely asking: What do audiences want right now? And where does my work fit in?

Now, she has a concrete answer. In April, Chan presented A Funeral. A Funeral.

A Funeral. A Funeral. A Funeral. A Funeral.

A Funeral. A Funeral., based partly on her father’s death, at the Ely Center for Contemporary Art. Dressed in black, Chan led participants from room to creaking room, ritualizing and parodying her displays of grief with each step. In one spot, she fixated on a dizzying array of papers, repeat-

A Bannana Effect performance. Image courtesy of the Festival.

ing a single word—“white,” like the papers themselves—until she fell down and wept on cue. Before her, a video clip of ritual funerary practices sprang up, as if by magic.

In another, she led participants to a mirror in the corner of one room, watching them react in real time. In a third, she urged strangers to hug each other, and so allay their grief.

This month, she will do it again with Never Stand Still at the International Festival of Arts & Ideas June 22 to 24. As fellow HK Fellow Debe Sham works with New Haven Public School students to “find their voices in their city as they design their own urban playground,” Chan will transform the Iseman Theater into an old fashioned game room, where humans are the slowly moving pieces. She’ll pull out references that tie her to both of the cultures she’s juggling.

Mahjongg and Battleship. Cantonese and English, in which she said she has acquired a bravado. She’ll get, she said, “old-school,” abandoning technological references to gaming. And then, she’ll make participants stand totally, stunningly, still.

“I think there’s something connected to my experience right now and what people need in the U.S.,” she said in a recent interview with The Arts Paper. “I think it really helps people open their senses, and at the same time, it will open their mind. They can know the treasure of reconnecting with others in an actual, real way.”

“It’s reminding myself, in a way, to reconnect,” Chan said. n For more on Chan’s work, and the other HKETO-NY Arts Fellows that will appear at the Festival, visit artidea.org/yale-china.

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Four Festival Commissions

(Be)Longing. Photo by Richard Mallory Allnutt.

amanda may aruani images courtesy of the festival

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tanding ovations and critical acclaim are nice, but in the world of art—like the world in general— money talks. And it’s no different at the International Festival of Arts & Ideas.

“When we see someone doing great work, one of the best things we can do is commission their work,” the Festival’s Chad Herzog told The Arts Paper. “It shows them how much we like them. We stand behind them so strongly that we pay for it.”

Herzog is the Festival’s Director of Programming and one of this year’s Interim Co-Executive Directors. He has been with the Festival for two years and has the incredible job of seeing around 300 performances a year, scouting performers from all over the world to come to New Haven.

Always working on three festivals, Herzog has already commissioned work for 2018 and is working on 2019.

“The way we work, the way this business works, is when you start curating these performances, you start creating deep relationships,” Herzog explained. “We have history of working with certain groups, and have a working relationship with some artists. Other times you might see somebody, but they can’t perform in June, so you have

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to wait a year or two.”

Herzog and his colleagues follow no formula for their commissions. There are no required number of musical or theatre performances.

“It’s been a multi-disciplinary festival for the past 21 years, and we have continued that,” Herzog said.

This year, the Festival has commissioned four groups with the help of their in-house three million dollar Fund for the Future: (Be)longing, Manual Cinema: The End of TV, Wu Man and the Miró Quartet, and Martin Bresnick’s Whitman, Melville, Dickinson Passions of Bloom.

(Be)longing Saturday, June 17 & Sunday, June 18 The first commission secured for this year was (Be)longing, an original oratorio about how people and communities recover after gun violence. It is the second part of a trilogy by Byron Au Yong and New Haven’s own, Aaron Jafferis. (The first was Stuck Elevator in 2013). According to Herzog, the Festival first heard of (Be)longing as audience members at a talk back for Stuck Elevator.

“Someone asked a question like ‘What’s next?’ and then they announced what has become (Be)longing,” Herzog said. “I’d like to think we will learn what the third part of

the trilogy will be this year!” he said with a laugh.

(Be)longing is actually a co-commission with the Moss Arts Center in Blacksburg, Virginia. It will be presented at the International Festival of Arts & Ideas in Association with Long Wharf Theatre. The show premiered at Virginia Tech in March, was in Miami in April, will be here in New Haven in June and then will go on to Boston and San Francisco.

According to the Festival, (Be)longing is “a powerful performance event reflecting our society’s collective emergence from large-scale tragedies.” It will feature 36 locally cast singers, beatboxers, and hiphop artists, all telling a story about healing, community, isolation, and belonging.

“Auditions were in January,” Herzog said.

“It’s really a great group of singers.”

It’s no coincidence that the partnering commissioners are in Virginia and Connecticut, both communities touched by gun violence (appropriate on this, the ten year anniversary of the tragedy at Virginia Tech, and the five year anniversary of the Sandy Hook school shooting in Newtown, CT).

On artidea.org, (Be)longing promises to reflect on the impact of violence and considers deeper ways to connect and build communities of safety and support. The performance will include multiple com-

munity-created projects, curated by Yong and Jafferis. The community participation aspect falls under “Activate (Be)longing,” which began in April and included events leading up the the Festival as well as what will make up Act II of (Be)longing this June.

“Community members and organizations have submitted proposals of what they think they could share with the community,” Herzog told The Arts Paper earlier this spring. While the content of the proposals wasn’t yet known, Herzog said “it could be a slam poetry group and a community organization coming together and fostering the writing of poetry. It could be two groups coming together and doing deep breathing. It could be sharing their stories through photography. It could be a lot of things.” “[Aaron] is definitely a hometown hero, but he has an international foot on stage,” Herzog added. “We’re proud to call him New Haven’s own. We are lucky enough that Aaron lives in this town, but [the Festival] would be just as interested if he wasn’t. We believe in the power and strength of [his work]. This message of belonging is so important. We are affected by these shootings unfortunately too often,” Herzog said. “I hope (Be)longing continues on for years to come.”

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splash, earning eight 5-star and eight 4-star reviews.

The group announced they were beginning work on The End of TV and were looking for commissioning partners. The rest, as they say, is history. The End of TV will surely go on to be performed all over the world, but it will first be seen in New Haven. There are many excellent events on the schedule, but be sure to mark this one down as a “do not miss.”

Wu Man with a pipa, a traditional Chinese instrument. Photo by Stephen Kahn.

Wu Man + Miró Quartet Thursday, June 22 The Wu Man + Miró Quartet performance was commissioned almost two years ago and is another co-commission.

Partnering for commissions like these are mutually beneficial, according to Herzog, because it helps both organizations’ budgets go farther, but also because it allows the performances to have a life outside of the one-month festival.

For example, Wu Man and the Miró Quartet will tour after their performance in Yale’s Morse Recital Hall.

The piece they will play is the original work, “Gardenia” by Chinese composer Xiaogang Ye. The world premiere has been composed for string quartet and pipa (a traditional Chinese instrument, of which Wu Man is considered a virtuoso).

According to the Festival, “Gardenia” is among the subtropical plants series of Ye, other titles of which are “Scent of Green Mango,” “Enchanted Bamboo,” “Hibiscus,” and “December Chrysanthemum,” all of which “show the southern-China originated musician’s sensitivity and attention to the natural environment in a country of the Far East.”

“This relationship came to us through Mary Lou [Aleskie],” Herzog said. Her former colleagues at the La Jolla Music Society are very big fans of Mr. Ye, and were surprised he hadn’t been performed more in the west.

“Rarely is a western audience the first to experience new music from this legendary Chinese artist,” the Festival says on artidea. org.

Wu Man makes her return to the Festival for the June 22 performance, this time with the Austin-based, internationally touring Miró Quartet. This will be the quartet’s debut at the International Festival of Arts & Ideas.

Manual Cinema: The End of TV Monday, June 19 - Thursday, June 22 Another world premiere and commission for this year’s festival is The End of TV, a new performance by the Chicago-based theatre company Manual Cinema.

“They are one of the hottest theatre companies in the world right now,” Herzog said. “They are taking over. I have been following them for a few years now. They have had great acclaim. They were in Australia earlier this year, they were in Edinburgh,

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and they have sold out performances over and over again.”

According to manualcinema.com, Manual Cinema is a performance collective, design studio, and film/video production company founded in 2010. They combine handmade shadow puppetry, cinematic techniques and innovative sound and music to creative immersive visual stories. They use vintage overhead projectors, multiple screens, puppets, actors, live feed cameras, multi-channel sound design, and live music ensemble to create their theatrical shows.

Herzog first saw them in 2015 in Chicago and knew he had to bring them to New Haven.

“The last couple of years they are blowing up,” he said.

At their European debut, the 2016 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, they made a huge

Whitman, Melville, Dickinson Passions of Bloom by Martin Bresnick Tuesday, June 20 This is an example of commissions coming out of established relationships that Herzog referred to. Influential musical composer Martin Bresnick is on the faculty at the Yale School of Music and has done work with the Festival, as has the Yale Choral Artists directed by Jeffrey Douma, who will perform his world premiere oratorio.

This piece had undergone so many iterations, and hadn’t been finalized yet at press time, so Herzog couldn’t say exactly what the performance would be like, just that the Festival trusts Bresnick and his artistic vision. “[Artists] change their work often and sometimes we just don’t know what it’s going to feel like or how the performance is going to end up,” Herzog said. “Like anything, it grows. It begins with a spark and expands from there.”

What he can say is that it is set as a passion play involving another Yale faculty member, Harold Bloom.

“When you think of Bach’s St. John Passion, when you think of St. John in that passion play, we are looking at it now as Harold Bloom in that position,” Herzog explained.

“He is a Yale teacher. He’s somebody that

Bresnick has been friends with for a while, and looks up to him. Bloom has this presence in New Haven and obviously on campus as an icon-like figure. Martin is interested in portraying that on stage.”

Artidea.org describes it as “a large-scale work for soloists, chorus, and orchestra that takes the thoughts of Harold Bloom, master teacher and secular evangelist of American Literature at Yale University, on a musical journey of passion, insight, and personal revelation. This world premiere is modeled on Bach’s St. John Passion oratorio, but centers on the lives of legendary poets Walt Whitman, Herman Melville, and Emily Dickinson.”

If that is a little hard to wrap your mind around, not to worry. On Bresnick’s website, it says he “delights in reconciling the seemingly irreconcilable.” n For more information about these, and many more performances, visit artidea.org.

Walt Whitman. Whitman’s poetry will have a place in Martin Bresnick’s Festival-commissioned oratorio.

The End of TV. Image courtesy of Manual Cinema.

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Dinosaur Into Bird by Mark Hallett. Gouache on cold pressboard, 1985. This image is one of the works that makes up the Dinosaurs Take Flight: The Art of Archaeopteryx exhibition at the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History. Originally created for zoo books, this image has been iconic for the process of dinosaurs taking flight. The transformation begins with a small therapod dinosaur evolving into an archaeopteryx and finally into a modern blue jay. Image courtesy of Mark Hallett and the Yale Peabody Musuem of Natural History.

Classes & Workshops Annie Sailer Studio Space Erector Square, 315 Peck St., Building 2, 1st Floor, Studio D, New Haven. (347) 306-7660. anniesailerdancecompany.com Modern Dance Classes with Annie Sailer Adult beginning and intermediate level modern dance classes taught by Annie Sailer. Adults of all ages welcome! The atmosphere is friendly, non-competitive, and professional. June 12-30. Beginning level classes: Tuesdays 6-7:30 p.m. and Fridays 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. Intermediate level classes: Mondays 6-7:30 p.m. and Wednesdays 5:30-7 p.m. Ten class card: $150. Single class: $18.

Art at Murray Pond 59 CT Route 148, Killingworth. (203) 390-0965. abbiesart.com Abstract Impressionist Workshop Taught by artists/ teachers Joan Levy Hepburn and Abbie Rabinowitz. Enjoy insights from two experienced artists, both trained in the tradition of the great Abstract Expressionists. Join us in a spacious art studio in a rural sanctuary in Killingworth, CT. Workshop designed to benefit representational and abstract painters. Intuitive. Large format. June 10, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $240.

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Artsplace 1220 Waterbury Road, Cheshire.

(203) 272-2787. artsplacecheshirect.org Summer Art Classes/Camps/Workshops Exciting art programs for all ages, taught by professional fine artists. All supplies included. Plenty of parking.

Subjects include drawing, pastels, oil, watercolor, felting, colored pencil, acrylics. Children’s full-day art camps include: Star Wars, Travels to Ireland, Puppet Art Camp, Fairytopia, Magical Kingdom, and Cabaret Camp. June 24-July 29. Classes held for five weeks and often include Sundays. Cost varies.

9 a.m.-8:30 p.m.

Mattatuck Museum 144 West Main St., Waterbury. (203) 753-0381. mattmuseum.org Studio @ The MATT Foundation Workshop: Colored Pencils with Rita Paradis Explore value exercises and basic layering techniques in this two-hour workshop. Artist Rita Paradis will get you started on a project which you will finish at home. All materials included. June 1, 1-3 p.m. Members: $45, Non-members: $60, BRASS Members: $35.

Monhegan Island, Maine The Island Inn, Monhegan. (203) 393-5399. fbruckmann.com Painting Workshop Join Frank Bruckmann for six full days of instruction and two evening critiques; individual instruction on how to create a composition, block in a painting and refine your piece

using a combo of values, color, and drawing. Bring your choice of medium: oils, acrylic, or pastels.

Sign up now! June 3-9. $500 for instruction, which includes two critiques with wine, hors d’oeuvres, and two lunches. Lodging at the Island Inn is separate. Please visit Frank’s website for more info.

Neighborhood Music School 100 Audubon St., New Haven. (203) 624-5189. neighborhoodmusicschool.org Chamber Winds Registration now open for programs Wednesday-Sunday, July 5-9. For grades 9 and up*, intermediate/advanced students, college and adult players (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, French horn) *Current 8th graders may participate in Chamber Winds with permission from the director. Please see website for details. 9 a.m.-12 p.m.

Summer Rocks! August 14-18. For Ages 8-adult.

Come celebrate American rock music by region, coast to coast. Sharpen your musical and performance skills while having fun. One year of experience recommended. All instruments welcome, including voice! Student performance August 18, 5:30 p.m. Please see website for details.

Summer Jazz! Program runs August 7-11; for ages 12 to adult. Small ensembles, big bands, theory, master classes and jam sessions, all taught by NMS faculty and noted guest clinicians. Student performance: Friday, August 11, 5:30 p.m. Stu-

dents will experience a master class with Grammy Award-winning saxophonist Wayne Escoffery.

Please visit website for details.

Jr. Chamber Winds at Neighborhood Music School Register now for this week-long, fun summer intensive for students in grades 5-8. (Flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, French horn). One year of playing is recommended for enjoyment; no chamber music experience necessary. Early registration discount available. June 26-June 30. See website for tuition cost.

Spectrum Art Gallery 61 Main St. Centerbrook.

(860) 767-0742. spectrumartgallery.org Art Classes for All Ages and Summer Camps Spectrum Gallery offers art instruction for all ages including after school art for children ages 7-11, as well as classes for adults: oil, acrylic, watercolor, drawing, and more. Try a Sunday afternoon workshop, and spend a few hours creatively experimenting with a variety of media. Summer camps are also offered in nature art and fashion design.

Prices and dates: spectrumartgallery.org.

Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History 170 Whitney Ave., New Haven. (203) 695-1215. ctnsi.com Summer Workshops and Classes Many inspiring workshops and full courses are offered during the

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summer months. Drawing and Painting Hummingbirds, Drawing from the Peabody Dioramas, Drawing I, Watercolor I, and Adobe Photoshop: A Tool for Scientific Illustration are just a few examples. Visit our website for the full list with all the details.

Daytime and evening options, plus Saturday and Sunday options during the day.

Dance 16 Friday NMS Dance Concert-Triple Threat Groups See NMS students dance, sing, and act in their colorful year-end performance. June 16, 6-8 p.m. Educational Center for the Arts, Dance Hall, 55 Audubon St., New Haven. (203) 624-5189. neighborhoodmusicschool.org.

17 Saturday NMS Dance Concerts See performances by NMS dance students of all ages. Jazz, tap, ballet, modern and more! June 17, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and 4:30-5:30 pm. Educational Center for the Arts, Dance Hall, 55 Audubon St., New Haven. (203) 624-5189. neighborhoodmusicschool.org.

Exhibitions Art in the Hallway Roy Money, 300 George St., New Haven. (203) 498-0690. roywmon@gmail.com Scotia in New Haven Photographs by Roy Money of Scotland featuring landscapes of the Isles of Skye and Mull. On view May 29-June 28, Monday-Fri-

day and on the weekend by arrangement. 7 a.m.-6 p.m. Free.

Artists Live 23 Royce Circle, Mansfield Storrs.

(860) 933-6000. kathleen-zimmerman-artist.com Artists Live is a visual arts program that was awarded a Regional Arts Grant. It features monthlong exhibitions starting the 1st Friday of each month through December except for August. The final Friday of each month the exhibiting artist and Kathleen Zimmerman will have an artist conversation at 5 p.m. followed by a reception at 6 p.m.

Exhibitions on view 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Free and open to the public.

City Gallery 994 State St., New Haven. (203) 782-2489. city-gallery.org A Passage to India June 1-30. Opening June 4, 3-5 p.m. Artist talk, June 25, 3 p.m. A shared trip to India encouraged Stephanie Joyce and Susan Newbold to share the exquisite patterning, geometry and meditative quality of their art. We’ve described this feast with rubbings, collages, drawings and paintings, some done individually and others collaboratively. On view Thursday-Sunday 12-4 p.m. or by appointment. Free and open to the public.

Creative Arts Workshop 80 Audubon St., New Haven. (203) 562-4927. creativeartsworkshop.org Out of Order Robert Gregson invites the audience to touch and interact with the pieces in this exhibition. Thus, the pieces are continually reinterpreted through the audience. Today, as we increasingly communicate through online media, and are less involved in the physical world, Gregson’s hands-on,

low-tech pieces serve as a cogent reaction to a digital world. May 21-June 30, Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m. to noon. Free.

Ely Center for Contemporary Art 51 Trumbull St., New Haven. elycenter.org Broad Stripes and Bright Stars Curated by Dave Coon and Aicha Woods. Public Reception Thursday, June 29, 5-7 p.m. Special summer hours: Wednesday & Thursday 5-8 p.m., and Sunday 1-4 p.m. On view June 29-August 12, 2017.

Kehler Liddell Gallery 873 Whalley Ave., New Haven. (203) 389-9555. kehlerliddellgallery.com How You Travel Is Your Destination On view at Kehler Liddell Gallery from June 1 to July 2, photographer Hank Paper presents How You Travel Is Your Destination. A detour from the usual photo travel essay. The show presents a vision of how we travel today. Running simultaneously, a show by photographer Matthew Garrett. Opening reception for both shows on Saturday, June 10, 3-6 p.m. See website for gallery hours. Free.

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Michael Franti & Spearhead will perform at College Street Music Hall on June 27. Image courtesy of College Street Music Hall.

Knights of Columbus Museum 1 State St., New Haven. (203) 865-0400. kofcmuseum.org Fleeing Famine: Irish Immigration to North America From 1845 to 1860, more than 1.5 million Irish immigrants sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to North America in the cramped quarters below the decks of “coffin ships.” On view through September 17. Open daily 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free admission & parking.

Mitchell Library New Haven Free Public Library, 37 Harrison St., New Haven. (203) 946-8117. nhfpl.org The Zen of Nimbus Comics and Artwork by Michael Sloan Exhibition by the artist Michael Sloan, an illustrator, painter, musician, and the author of The Zen of Nimbus comics and graphic novels. His illustrations have appeared in the pages of The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and the New Yorker. On view through June 30. Free.

New Haven Museum 114 Whitney Ave., New Haven. (203) 562-4183. newhavenmuseum.org Road Trip! New Haven Museum’s exhibition, Road Trip! is a celebration of the architecture, food, and fun found on the byways and back roads of America. On view through June 17. See website for museum hours. $2-$4.

Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs will be at the Long Wharf Theatre on Monday, June 5 as part of their annual fundraising gala. Performance only tickets also available. Visit longwharf.org for more information.

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Perspectives … the Gallery at Whitney Center The Arts Council of Greater New Haven, 200 Leeder Hill Drive, Hamden. (203) 281-6745. newhavenarts.org Where the Whole Universe Dwells Curated by Debbie Hesse. Multimedia show featuring works

by Jennifer Davies, Nancy Eisenfeld, Anne-Doris Eisner, Peter Konsterlie, and Jen Payne. On view through August 27, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 4-7 p.m., and Saturdays, 1-4 p.m. Free.

Spectrum Art Gallery 61 Main St., Centerbrook.

(860) 767-0742. spectrumartgallery.org Group Summer Festival Show A gallery show featuring a variety of artists who are participating in the Outdoor Summer Arts Festival (on the Essex Town Green June 17-18). Visit the Gallery Wed.-Sat., 12-6 p.m. and Sun., 12-5 p.m. through July 2. Free.

Sumner McKnight Crosby Jr. Gallery The Arts Council of Greater New Haven, 70 Audubon St., 2nd Floor, New Haven. 203-281-6745. newhavenarts.org We All Have Stories to Tell Multimedia works by Leigh Busby, Adam Chambers, Keana Dubose, Julia Hamer-Light, Briah Luckey, and Rashmi Talpade. On view through June 2. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Free.

Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History 170 Whitney Ave., New Haven. peabody.yale.edu/exhibits/ dinosaurs-take-flight-art-archaeopteryx Dinosaurs Take Flight: The Art of Archaeopteryx Dinosaurs are taken to new heights in Dinosaurs Take Flight: The Art of Archaeopteryx. Discovered in 1861, archaeopteryx provides a critical bridge between dinosaurs and birds. Its fossils have been critical to our understanding of the origin of birds, and the origin of flight. It is an icon of evolutionary theory! On view through August 30, Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., and Sunday 12-5 p.m. $6-$13.

Yale Center for British Art Robert L. McNeil Jr. Lecture Hall, 1111 Chapel St., New Haven. (203) 4322800. britishart.yale.edu A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions A suite of exhibitions featuring works given to, or purchased by, the Center in recent years. These exhibitions will honor the Center’s fortieth anniversary, incorporating selections from the last of Paul Mellon’s gifts to the institution as well as gifts from other

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of New Orleans and will leave you dancing in the aisles! June 4, 3 p.m. $35-49; college students $10; kids 7-17 go free with the purchase of an adult ticket. New Haven Symphony Orchestra, Shelton High School, 120 Meadow St., Shelton. (203) 922-3004.

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socialite, you are invited to another MATT by Night adventure! June 8, 6 p.m. Advanced tickets: $20, day of/at door: $25. 144 West Main St., Waterbury. (203) 753-0381. mattmuseum.org.

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Summer Arts Festival on the Essex Town Green Local and regional fine artists and crafters in a variety of media display and sell their work on the picturesque Essex Town Green.

Festival artists are also exhibiting at Spectrum Art Gallery and Artisan Store in the concurrent Summer Group Gallery Show, May 19-July 2, 2017 (61 Main St. Centerbrook). Outdoor Festival June 17-18. Saturday (10 a.m.-5 p.m.) and Sunday (11 a.m.-5 p.m.). Free. 12 Main St., Essex. (860) 767-0742. spectrumartgallery.org.

HSQ Gallery Talk: Playing Images An exploration of music & art with the Haven String Quartet and Yale University Art Gallery’s Jessica Sack. Explore the intersection of visual arts and music to discover how combining sound and sight can enhance what you see and hear! June 9, 1:30 p.m. and June 11, 3 p.m.

Music Haven, Yale University Art Gallery, 1111 Chapel St., New Haven. (203) 745-9030. musichavenct.org.

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10 Saturday Broad Stripes and Bright Stars, curated by Dave Coon and Aicha Woods, will be at the Ely Center for Contemporary Art starting June 29. Image by Price Harrison courtesy of the Ely Center for Contemporary Art.

significant donors, including donations of important modern and contemporary prints June 1-August 13. Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Sundays, 12-5 p.m. Free.

Galas & Fundraisers 2 Friday Fundraising @ The MATT Summer Fling City of Stars Join us for an evening of star-studded summer fun including dinner and dancing in the galleries, signature cocktails, a wine raffle, and auction. Mattatuck Museum, 144 West Main St., Waterbury. (203) 753-0381. mattmuseum.org.

Kids & Families Music Together Classes First Presbyterian Church, 704 Whitney Ave., New Haven. (203) 691-9759. MusicalFolk.com.

Musical Folk Offers Music Together Classes for Children A fun, creative music and movement program for babies through 5 years and those who love them. Sing, dance, and play instruments in an informal and fun setting. Classes and demo classes ongoing throughout the year in New Haven, Hamden, Woodbridge, Cheshire, and Branford. Classes held everyday (morning, afternoon, and weekend classes available).

11-week semester is $249 and includes a songbook and CD. Each semester is a new collection of music. Four semesters per year. Demo classes are free.

Music 3 Saturday What a Wonderful World: A Louis Armstrong Tribute Trumpeter and vocalist Byron Stripling makes his NHSO debut with an electrifying and heartfelt tribute to Louis Armstrong. With his engaging rapport, jazzy vocals, and virtuosic trumpet sounds, Byron dazzles audiences wherever he goes. Byron celebrates the spirit of New Orleans and will leave you dancing in the aisles! June 3, 2:30 p.m. $35-49; college students $10; kids 7-17 go free with the purchase of an adult ticket. New Haven Symphony Orchestra, Hamden Middle School, 2623 Dixwell Ave., Hamden. (203) 407-3140.

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4 Sunday What A Wonderful World: A Louis Armstrong Tribute Trumpeter and vocalist Byron Stripling makes his NHSO debut with an electrifying and heartfelt tribute to Louis Armstrong. With his engaging rapport, jazzy vocals, and virtuosic trumpet sounds, Byron dazzles audiences wherever he goes. Byron celebrates the spirit

Out of the Deep Out of the Deep, Greater New Haven Community Chorus’ Spring 2017 concert, features John Rutter’s beautiful Requiem, accompanied by a chamber orchestra, as the keystone piece. Other selections of meditation and rejoicing, include works by Lauridsen, Stroope, Thompson, Chilcott, and more. Advance tickets available at gnhcc.org. June 10, 7:30 p.m. $15 in advance; $20 at the door.

Greater New Haven Community Chorus, Battell Chapel, 400 College St., (at the corner of Elm St.), New Haven. (203) 303-4642. gnhcc.org.

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NMS Rock Ensemble Concert Join the fun!

Come hear NMS students play both classic favorites and original compositions. June 17, 5:30 p.m. Free and open to the public.

Neighborhood Music School Recital Hall, 100 Audubon St., New Haven. (203) 624-5189. neighborhoodmusicschool.org.

Special Events 8 Thursday MATT by Night Murder Mystery, Vol. 3 Whether you are a young professional or student, art lover or history buff, night owl or

3 Saturday & 7 Wednesday Shubert Backstage Tours These hour-long tours are the perfect activity for any theater or history enthusiast— you’ll be amazed by the incredible history of the legendary Shubert.

Please meet at the main lobby doors. No reservations required. 11 a.m.-12 p.m. Free. Shubert Theatre, 247 College St., New Haven. (203) 562-5666. shubert.com.

Motown The Musical The true American dream story of Motown founder Berry Gordy’s journey from featherweight boxer to the heavyweight music mogul who launched the careers of Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Smokey Robinson, and many more. Featuring classic songs such as Girl and Ain’t No Mountain High Enough, experience the story behind the music.

June 13-18. Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday 7:30 p.m., Friday 8 p.m., Saturday 2 & 8 p.m., Sunday 1 & 6:30 p.m. Cost varies by seat location. Shubert Theatre, 247 College Street, New Haven. (203) 562-5666. shubert.com.

JCC of Greater New Haven 360 Amity Road, Woodbridge. (203) 387-2424. jccnh.org Touch-A-Truck Join us for a family fun day at our hands-on event that allows children to climb on, explore, and discover their favorite trucks and vehicles including fire engines, police cars, and construction trucks. This event also features a DJ dance party, games, craft activities, food, snacks, and prizes. June 4, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Free admission and parking, with some fee-based activities and food available for purchase.

Neighborhood Music School 100 Audubon St., New Haven. (203) 624-5189. neighborhoodmusicschool.org Summer KinderArts A morning of music & dance adventures for ages 3.5-5.5. Aug. 7-11 & Aug. 14-18. Through music and songs from around the world, children explore a variety of instruments and learn music fundamentals such as pitch, rhythm, tempo, and dynamics. Dance, yoga, and visual arts are all featured. 9 a.m.-12 p.m.

The Isle of Skye as seen by Roy Money. Scotia in New Haven is an exhibition of photographs by Roy Money depicting Scotland’s landscapes. On view through June 28.

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Call For Artists The Woven Tale Press Art Competition.

Submission deadline: July 31, 2017. Medium: painting—acrylic, oil, or watercolor; can include mixed-media; 84 inches maximum size longest dimension. Submission of works consistent in style and medium suggested but not required.

Entry fee: $20 for up to 3 works. For more information go to thewoventalepress.net/ art-competition-painting.

Artists The 2017 Art Kudos International Juried Online Art Competition sponsored by Artshow. com offers $4,500 in cash awards. Awards judge: Mike Calway-Fagen, Assistant Professor of Sculpture at the University of Georgia. All media except video/film and wearable art. $35 for 3 images. Deadline: June 30, 2017. artkudos.com.

Artists #IBelieveInWaterbury Exhibition dates: September 10-December 3, 2017. Mattatuck Museum invites submissions for an upcoming exhibition focusing on the City of Waterbury.

Artists are challenged to identify those unique aspects of the city and her people that resonate for you. The Museum is asking artists to share their inspiration in works that demonstrate the beauty, joy, prosperity, and momentum of Waterbury. Share with non-artists what your trained eye is finding that inspires and uplifts.

All styles and media are encouraged. All forms of art are sought: painting, sculpture, photography, works on paper, textile, video, installation art, performance, sound, light, spoken and written word, and intervention. The Museum seeks fresh work, created particularly for this project. Submission deadline: August 1, 5 p.m. mattmuseum.org.

Artists After a tempestuous 2016 presidential election, many Americans—here within the United States and abroad—are struggling to put their feelings into words. Art has the ability to provide an explanation beyond words, unite people, and create concord among communities. Uniting The States is a call for art depicting images of people pulling together as a country through friendship, freedom, equality, and peace. Community Art Therapy Services Inc., a 501c3 non-profit organization, is pleased to issue a call for art on “using art to give form to a vision of unity.” This is a call for artists working in all medias to submit work exemplifying how art can provide a common vision of hope and expectation. Abstract and figurative interpretations welcome. Deadline for submissions: August 4, 2017. unitingthestates.artcall.org.

Artists The Colors of the Night Entry deadline: June 30, 2017. Exhibition Dates: August 19-September 30, 2017. Smithtown Township Arts Council invites submissions for its upcoming juried fine art exhibition The Colors of the Night at Mills Pond Gallery. Juror/Judge Tim Newton.

This exhibition/competition will encompass all varieties of nocturnal art. Twilight/dusk, dawn, urban, interiors, landscapes, figures, etc. are all possibilities. No subject is off limits.

Juror expectations will be originality/creativity, good design, and skillful execution within your medium. Open to U.S. artists age 18 or older.

All media considered except photography and computer generated art. Entry fee $45 for up to 3 images. Awards: $1,000 best of show, $500 second place, $250 third place. Prospectus at stacarts.org/exhibits/show/103. Contact gallery@stacarts.org; (631) 862-6575.

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Artists Connecticut Women Artists announce their dates for 2017 National Open Juried Exhibition to be held September 1–29, 2017 at the Vernon Arts Center East in Vernon, CT. The juror of selection and awards will be Nancy Stula, Executive Director of the William Benton Museum of Art, UConn, Storrs, CT. You need not be a member to submit work to this show.

See prospectus for complete info at ctwomenartists.org. Submissions are being accepted at onlinejuriedshows.com. Entry deadline: Friday, July 30, 2017 until midnight.

Artists Multiple opportunities for artists throughout the year! Spectrum Gallery and its affiliate, the Arts Center Killingworth, present two annual outdoor arts festivals with concurrent gallery exhibitions (Summer Arts Festival, Essex Town Green, Essex, CT June 17-18, and Autumn Arts Festival, Madison Town Green, Madison, CT October 7-8). Spectrum hosts six exhibits per year and is always looking for artists and artisans working in various media.

Please visit spectrumartgallery.org/futureexhibitions to see the calendar of exhibits, themes, and festival prospecti. The non-profit Spectrum Art Gallery in Centerbrook, CT is a contemporary gallery and fine artisan store.

Housing Are you a New Haven resident with an extra bedroom willing to host a visiting Artspace alum during our reunion June 23-25? artspacenh.wufoo.com/forms/x8qo37v18rshsl.

Papers Long Shadows: Tradition, Influence, and Persistence in Modern Craft In this graduate student symposium, we invite papers based on history, theory, and practice. MFA students whose work addresses the symposium themes are encouraged to apply. The deadline for applications in June 15, 2017. britishart.yale.edu/ research/research-programs/ call-papers-long-shadows-traditioninfluence-and-persistence-modern-craft.

Past Staffers, Curators & Volunteers of Artspace: Save the date for Artspace’s reunion June 23-25, 2017. Artspace is planning its 30th anniversary reunion to which you, and all artists, interns, and volunteers who have been associated with Artspace in its first 3 decades, are invited. Register now: artspacenewhaven.org/reunion.

Photographers Are you a fan of photography?

A program of The Arts Council of Greater New Haven, the Photo Arts Collective aims to cultivate and support a community of individuals who share an interest in photography through workshops, lectures, exhibitions, portfolio reviews, group critiques, and special events. The Photo Arts Collective will meet for the last time on Thursday, June 1 at 7 p.m. at the Kehler Liddell Gallery, 873 Whalley Ave., New Haven. There will be a presentation followed by a party.

Singers The award-winning Silk ’n Sounds Chorus is looking for new members from the Greater New Haven area. We invite women to join us at any of our rehearsals to learn more. We enjoy four-part a cappella singing, specializing in the barbershop harmony style. Our repertoire has broadened to include jazz, American Song Book, and other styles. Rehearsals are every Tuesday from 6:30-9 p.m. at the Spring Glen Church located at 1825 Whitney Ave. in Hamden. You can contact Lynn at (203) 623-1276 for more information. Visit us at silknsounds.org.

Volunteers Arts for Learning Connecticut, a state-wide arts in education organization, is

seeking board members and volunteers. Please call Eileen Carpinella, Executive Director, at (203) 230-8101 or email ecarpinella@aflct.org regarding your interest. aflct.org.

Volunteers and Interns Volunteering at the Institute Library is a great way to meet your local community, have fun, and make a major difference at one New Haven’s great treasures.

More volunteers means more (and longer) hours that we can stay open! Contact us if you are interested at home@institutelibrary.org.

Our internship program is also expanding! Let us know if you are a high school, college, or continuing education student looking for credit and a meaningful professional development experience.

Volunteers The non-profit Spectrum Art Gallery and its affiliate, Arts Center Killingworth offer numerous opportunities for volunteers!

Learn new skills, meet new people, and be part of a creative organization that gives to the community. Opportunities exist throughout the year for a variety of events and ongoing programs. Teens are welcome and can earn community service credit. Email Barbara Nair, Director, at barbara@ spectrumartgallery.org or call (860) 663-5593.

Creative Services Historic Home Restoration Contractor Period appropriate additions, baths, kitchens; remodeling; sagging porches straightened/leveled; wood windows restored; plaster restored; historic molding & hardware; vinyl/aluminum siding removed; wood siding repair/replace.

CT & NH Preservation Trusts. RJ Aley Building Contractor: (203) 226-9933, jaley@rjaley.com.

Web Design & Art Consulting Services Startup business solutions. Creative, sleek web design by art curator and editor for artist, design, architecture, and small-business sites. Will create and maintain any kind of website. Hosting provided. Also low-cost in-depth artwork analysis, writing, editing services. (203) 387-4933. azothgallery@comcast.net.

Space

Upcoming Arts Paper Advertising & Calendar Deadlines: The deadline for advertisements and calendar listings for the July/August issue of The Arts Paper is: Friday, May 26 at 5 p.m.

Future deadlines are as follows: September 2017: Monday, July 24, 5 p.m.

October 2017: Monday, August 28, 5 p.m.

November 2017: Monday, September 25, 5 p.m.

December 2017: Monday, October 23, 5 p.m.

Calendar listings are for Arts Council members only and should be submitted online at newhavenarts. org. Arts Council members can request a username and password by sending an e-mail to communications@newhavenarts.org.

The Arts Council’s online calendar includes listings for programs and events taking place within 12 months of the current date.

Listings submitted by the calendar deadline are included on a monthly basis in The Arts Paper.

Studio/Event Space at Erector Square in New Haven available for dance and theatre rehearsals and performances, events, workshops, and exhibitions. 1,500 sq. ft., 1st floor, 14 ft. ceilings, white walls, great light, wooden floors. Contact Annie at anniesailer@gmail.com.

Studio Space for Dance, Performing Arts, Events Hall A 1,500 sq. ft. space with adjoining rooms in a turn-of-the-century mansion in a historic district. Hardwood floors. Vintage stage with curtains. Mahogany woodwork and glass doors. Ample natural light. Chairs and tables on premises. Contact whitneyartsctr@ aol.com.

Jobs Please visit newhavenarts.org for up-to-date local employment opportunities in the arts.

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Sign of the Times new haven’s 2017 big reads selection tackles border relations, immigration dan hajducky

and Iglesia de Dios Pentecostal) declared themselves sanctuaries for undocumented “O friends, I have come searching for you / immigrants fearful of being sought out and I crossed over flowering fields / And here, at deported in response to Trump’s January 20, last, I’ve found you / Rejoice / Tell me your 2017, anti-Muslim executive order. stories / O friends, I am here.” So reads the In March, former New Haven Mayor John epigraph of Luis Alberto Urrea’s novel Into DeStefano—who was credited with helping the Beautiful North (Little, Brown, 2009), a New Haven to become known as a “sanctuary dazzling feminist tale of a nineteen-year-old city” in the late 2000s—predicted soon-toMexican teenager Nayeli who refuses to surcome raids on undocumented immigrants render her Mexican village Tres Camarones— similar to those of 2007. more than 1,000 miles from the U.S.-Mexican In early February, undocumented 47-yearborder—to “nasty drug-dealing bandidos.” old Honduran Wilmer Galo-Andino, who’d Nayeli’s father migrated to the United States lived in New Haven since 2004, was ordered in search of work, just as nearly all the village’s to leave the country by March 23, despite men have, leaving their families behind to fend being married (though estranged) to a U.S. citfor themselves. Nayeli, inspired by The Magizen and having full custody of his 9-year-old nificent Seven (the 1960 remake of Kurosawa’s daughter. Galo-Andino said, at his Immigration Seven Samurai featuring Yul Brynner, Steve and Customs Enforcement hearing in FebruMcQueen, and Charles Bronson), ventures to ary, that agents dangled handcuffs in front of America to find her own “Siete Magnificos” to him. defend her home.

“They’re being extremely aggressive,” GaWhen Urrea’s novel was published in 2009, lo-Andino’s attorney Sharyn D’Urso noted. it was part comment on the turbulence of Since Trump took office, “[this] is the new border relations, part hero’s journey, and part reality we’re dealing with.” coming-of-age tale featuring a fascinatingly Despite the current climate of America— headstrong heroine. However, considering the deportation threats, the long-refrained claim 2016 presidential election, Urrea’s novel has of putting up America’s own great wall to keep rightfully experienced a second life as a sign of out “bad hombres,” to say the least—Urrea’s the times. choice of epigraph speaks to the American The National Endowment for the Arts—the Dream of old: America being a brilliant tapfive-plus-decades-strong federal agency estry of other cultures combining to form whose existence is in danger from President another. Our differences used to be celebrated Donald Trump, who vehemently threatens and revered; now, they’re pointed out and defunding—named Into the Beautiful North an scolded.

NEA Big Reads selection. New Haven’s InterAccording to a 2015 study done by the national Festival of Arts & Ideas (running June Community Foundation for Greater New 3-24) chose Urrea’s novel, in conjunction with Haven, one of eight residents of Greater New the New Haven Free Public Library, as the 2017 Haven is foreign born, and “about half of all Big Reads selection. immigrants are naturalized U.S. citizens; the “Reading to broaden and deepen our unother half are legal permanent residents, legal derstanding of society is fundamental to the temporary residents, or undocumented immimission of the New Haven Free Public Library grants.” The same study noted that Greater and [Urrea’s] Into the Beautiful North is a beau- New Haven immigrants contribute millions tifully crafted story exposing the complexities in property taxes to municipal governments, of cultural identity, family, and home,” said City are more likely to own small businesses and Librarian Martha Brogan. “This bilingual book homes and be employed than native-born selection strengthens partnerships and collab- Americans. Nationally and locally, one in four orations across the city, bringing an amazing children has a foreign-born parent. In 2012, array of creative programs, films, book club of Connecticut’s foreign-born population discussions, and performances for adults, (481,880), 75 percent were naturalized citteens, and young minds.” izens or legal non-citizens, with 25 percent There will be dozens of free events, which being undocumented immigrants. started with The Big Read Block Party at “The International Festival of Arts & Ideas Junta for Progressive Action on May 5 (where is honored to join forces with the New Haven copies of Urrea’s book were distributed) and Free Public Library system to represent New run through June 24. (For a full list of related Haven as one of only 77 cities nationwide parevents, head to artidea.org/tag/big-read). ticipating in this remarkable program which, One must-see event is the Troker & Fulaso like the Festival, aims to inspire conversation concert on the New Haven Green on June 17, and discovery through remarkable works of a fusion of Mexican (Troker) and Latin soul art,” said Chad Herzog, Interim Co-Executive (Fulaso) that’s sure to provide an unforgettable Director of the Festival, on behalf of his fellow evening.

Interim Co-Executive Directors Liz Fisher and Simon Edgett, lead English Language Arts Tom Griggs. teacher of New Haven Public Schools, said, In 2013, it was estimated that there were “Into the Beautiful North presents many themes 11.3 million undocumented immigrants living in relevant to our youth: coping with loss, desire the United States, equal to 3.6 percent of the for family, struggles of immigration, and perpopulation. Does the vitriol spewed towards ceptions of gender roles.” the United States’ immigrant “problem” in the True to Edgett’s comments, for New Haven, past election seem commensurate to 3.6 perthere couldn’t be a better choice of book, nor cent of the population? The United States’ mila better time. In late April, two New Haven itary defense budget is currently $596 billion, churches (Summerfield United Methodist more than the six next closest countries com-

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Into the Beautiful North’s cover. Image credit: Little, Brown.

bined. In terms of literacy, 32 million American adults can’t read—14 percent of all American adults—and 19 percent of high school graduates can’t read. Despite being the world leader in nominal GDP, in a study published by The Lancet in September 2016, the U.S. ranked 28th of 188 countries (wedged between Japan and Estonia) in “health-related sustainable development goals,” mostly due to poor rankings in natural disasters, HIV, suicide rate, and alcohol abuse. (For reference, the United States is 64th in mothers dying per 100,000 births and 40th in rate of children under five dying.)

Illegal immigration is way down on this country’s list of problems, but treated as a chief concern. Imagine treating a pimple with the same attention as one would cancer.

Urrea points this out in Into the Beautiful North when border agent Arnie Davis notes the following: “The government knew a secret that the American public didn’t: the numbers of border crossers were down, across the board. Maybe the fence, maybe the harsh new atmosphere in the United States, maybe everybody had already fled Mex […] But all

these new agents were here, pumped, eager for action. The DHS paranoia and training had them searching for terrorists under every desk […] So they had to do something […] until the next election season, anyway.”

Pulitzer Prize finalist Urrea is uniquely qualified to document the American immigrant experience; he is the son of a Mexican father and American mother, born and raised in Tijuana, who went to the University of California, San Diego as an undergraduate and the University of Colorado as a graduate student. Urrea utilized his experience growing up in Mexico and becoming a U.S. citizen as well as heavy research in the writing of Into the Beautiful North.

There couldn’t be a more pertinent, nor important work of art to herald at this given time.

Community togetherness and empathy for one’s neighbor is the fabric of civilized society.

Now seems as vital a time as ever to remind ourselves of that notion. n For more information about the Big Read, visit artidea.org/tag/big-read and neabigread.org/books/intothebeautifulnorth.

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International Festival of Arts & Ideas 2017 Headline Concerts on the New Haven Green TROKER & Fulaso June 17, 6 p.m.

Jimmy Greene Quartet and the NHSO June 18, 7 p.m.

The Wailers & Rusted Root June 24, 7 p.m.

Ticketed Events Black Girl: linguistic play June 15-16, 8 p.m.

(Be)Longing Festival Co-Commission June 17-18, 2 p.m.

Manual Cinema: The End of TV World Premiere & Festival Commission June 19-22, 8 p.m.

We are Citizens Theatre of the Oppressed NYC June 21, 5:30 & 8 p.m.

Wu Man + Miró Quartet World Premiere & Festival Commission June 22, 8 p.m.

Whitman, Melville, Dickinson- Passions of Bloom

By Martin Bresnick World Premiere June 20, 8 p.m.

Yale Institute for Music Theatre Open Rehearsal Readings June 23-24 1 & 5 p.m.

Rolie Polie Guacamole June 14, 4:30 p.m.

Deborah Lifton, soprano June 14, 6 p.m.

LEO The Anti-Gravity Show June 23, 8 p.m.

June 24, 12 & 3 p.m.

Olive Tiger June 14, 7:15 p.m.

Yale China Fellows Phoebe Hui: The Chaos Project Cai Ying: in-between Debe Sham Onnie Chan: Never Stand Still June 22-24

Tere Luna & Val Ramos Duo June 19, 7:15 p.m.

Afro Peruvian New Trends Orquestra June 19, 8:30 p.m.

African Literature Association Conference: Kintu author Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi June 15, 12:30 p.m.

The Hired Man author Aminatta Forna June 16, 12:30 p.m.

Behold the Dreamers author Imbolo Mbue June 16, 5:30 p.m.

Never Look an American in the Eye author Okey Ndibe June 17, 12:30 p.m.

ALTAR’d Spaces

The Word Citywide High School Poetry Jam June 21, 6 p.m.

Shoreline Ballet June 10, 3 p.m.

Layavinyasa June 21, 8:30 p.m.

Allison Cook Beatty Dance June 10, 6 p.m.

Ideas: Lectures & Conversations

Walking Tours Exhibition Talks & Tours Bike Tours Food Experiences Master Classes & Workshops Boat Tours

Ideas on Foot – Dixwell’s Roots June 4, 5:30 p.m.

Even More

Taylor Ho Bynum + Friends June 11, 6:30 p.m.

Mariachi Mexico Antiguo June 13, 5 p.m.

Rap Guide to Climate Chaos June 13, 7:15 p.m.

Happenstance Theater June 14, 8:30 p.m.

Survival of the Fittest: Youth, Guns, and the Culture of Violence June 8, 5:30 p.m.

Ideas on Foot – The Changing Roles of Downtown June 12, 5:30 p.m.

On Tyranny: 20 Lessons from the 20th Century June 13, 5:30 p.m.

The Survivors Swing Band June 13, 8:30 p.m.

We Thought it Was About the Economy?

June 14, 5:30 p.m.

Imaging New Haven: Candy/A Good and Spacious Land June 15, 5:30 p.m.

Imagining New Haven: Engaging the City June 16, 1:30 p.m.

American Cuisine, New England Cuisine, New Haven Cuisine June 18, 3 p.m.

Citizenship: An Exploration June 20, 5:30 p.m.

Ideas on Foot- Wooster Square: The Immigrant Experience June 21, 5:30 p.m.

Talking Around the Back Porch: Stories on August Wilson A conversation with Constanza Romero and Harry J. Elam, Jr. June 22, 5:30 p.m.

TREX

Scene on the Green HI Crew Presents - Refacing New Haven 108 Monkeys Yoga Box City Limitless 2nd Annual Teen Dance Competition Creative Music Play-In Asana & Art: Mash-up Yoga Class Gospel Fest: Made in New Haven The Human Library New Haven Photo Day “Exchange” with A Broken Umbrella Theatre Pop Up Festivals Fair Haven - June 3, 2-6:30 p.m.

Dixwell - June 4, 2-6 p.m.

Hill - June 10, 1-5 pm.

Big Read The Rejuvenary River Circus June 20, 2:30 p.m.

Abbie Gardner June 21, 12 p.m.

Soro Bindi June 21, 2:30 p.m.

Li Liu June 22, 2:30 p.m.

Open Ring Circus June 22, 6:30 p.m.

The Bossa Nova Project June 23, 12 p.m.

Ginga Brasileira June 23, 2:30 p.m.

A conversation with Taylor Mac and Bassem Youssef June 24, 3 p.m.

4th Annual New Haven Documentary Film Festival Screenings: Startup.com - June 9, 7 p.m.

The War Room - June 10, 1 p.m.

God Spoke: Al Franken - June 10, 3 p.m.

Kings of Pastry - June 10, 7 p.m.

Unlocking the Cage - June 11, 1 p.m.

Film Panel: Unlocking the Cage and Animal Rights June 11, 3:30 p.m.

LEO. Photo by Andy Phillipson.

The Wailers

Schedule courtesy of The International Festival of Arts & Ideas. Check artidea.org to varify dates and times and for locations and more information.

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The Arts Paper member organizations & partners

Arts & Cultural Organizations A Broken Umbrella Theatre abrokenumbrella.org Alyla Suzuki Early Childhood Music Education alylasuzuki.com (203) 239-6026 American Guild of Organists sacredmusicct.org Another Octave-CT Women’s Chorus anotheroctave.org (203) 672-1919 Artfarm art-farm.org Arts for Learning Connecticut www.aflct.org Arts in CT artsinct.org Artspace artspacenh.org (203) 772-2709 Artsplace: Cheshire Performing & Fine Art cpfa-artsplace.org (203) 272-2787 ARTTN Gallery www.arttngallery.com Ball & Socket Arts ballandsocket.org Bethesda Music Series bethesdanewhaven.org (203) 787-2346 Blackfriars Repertory Theatre blackfriarsrep.com Branford Art Center branfordartscenter.org

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Branford Folk Music Society branfordfolk.org

Firehouse 12 firehouse12.com (203) 785-0468

Chestnut Hill Concerts chestnuthillconcerts.org (203) 245-5736

Gallery One CT galleryonect.com

City Gallery city-gallery.org (203) 782-2489

Guilford Art Center guilfordartcenter.org (203) 453-5947

Civic Orchestra of New Haven civicorchestraofnewhaven.org

Guilford Art League gal-cat.blogspot.com

Classical Contemporary Ballet Theatre ccbtballettheatre.org

Guilford Poets Guild guilfordpoetsguild.org

College Street Music Hall collegestreetmusichall.com

Guitartown CT Productions guitartownct.com (203) 430-6020

Connecticut Gay Men’s Chorus ctgmc.org 1-800-644-cgmc

Greater New Haven Community Chorus gnhcc.org

Connecticut Natural Science Illustrators ctnsi.com (203) 934-0878

Hamden Art League hamdenartleague.com (203) 494-2316

Creative Arts Workshop 203-562-4927 creativeartsworkshop.org Creative Concerts (203) 795-3365 CT Folk ctfolk.com East Street Arts eaststreetartsnh.org (203) 776-6310 EcoWorks CT ecoworksct.org Elm City Dance Collective elmcitydance.org Elm Shakespeare Company elmshakespeare.org

Hamden Arts Commission hamdenartscommission.org Hamden Symphony Orchestra hamdensymphony.org Hopkins School hopkins.edu The Institute Library institutelibrary.org International Festival of Arts & Ideas artidea.org Jazz Haven jazzhaven.org Kehler Liddell Gallery (203) 389-9555 kehlerliddell.com

Knights of Columbus Museum kofcmuseum.org

Creative Businesses

New Haven Museum newhavenmuseum.org (203) 562-4183

Susan Powell Fine Art susanpowellfineart.com (203) 318-0616

Long Wharf Theatre longwharf.org (203) 787-4282

New Haven Oratorio Choir nhoratorio.org

University Glee Club of New Haven universitygleeclub.org

Lyman Center at SCSU www.lyman.southernct.edu

New Haven Paint & Clay Club newhavenpaintandclayclub.org

Wesleyan University Center for the Arts wesleyan.edu/cfa

Madison Art Society madisonartsociety.blogspot.com

New Haven Symphony Orchestra newhavensymphony.org (203) 865-0831

Mattatuck Museum mattatuckmuseum.org Meet the Artists and Artisans meettheartistsandartisans.com (203) 874-5672 Milford Fine Arts Council milfordarts.org (203) 878-6647 Music Haven musichavenct.org (203) 745-9030 Musical Folk musicalfolk.com (203) 691-9759 Neighborhood Music School neighborhoodmusicschool.org (203) 624-5189 Nelson Hall at Elim Park nelsonhallelimpark.org New Haven Ballet newhavenballet.org (203) 782-9038 New Haven Chamber Orchestra newhavenchamberorchestra.org New Haven Chorale newhavenchorale.org

New World Arts Northeast (203) 507-8875 Orchestra New England orchestranewengland.org (203) 777-4690 Palette Art Studio paletteartstudio.com Pantochino Productions pantochino.com Paul Mellon Arts Center choate.edu/artscenter Reynolds Fine Art reynoldsfineart.com Shoreline Arts Alliance shorelinearts.org (203) 453-3890 Shoreline ArtsTrail shorelineartstrail.com Shubert Theater shubert.com (203) 562-5666 Silk n’ Sounds silknsounds.org Site Projects siteprojects.org Spectrum Art Gallery & Store spectrumartgallery.org

Whitney Arts Center (203) 773-3033

I Luv A Party 203-461-3357

Community Partners

Yale Center for British Art yale.edu/ycba Yale Institute of Sacred Music yale.edu.ism (203) 432-5180 Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital Child Life Arts & Enrichment Program www.ynhh.org (203) 688-9532 Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History peabody.yale.edu

Yale School of Music music.yale.edu (203) 432-1965

Hull’s Art Supply and Framing hullsnewhaven.com (203) 865-4855

Toad’s Place toadsplace.com

Yale Cabaret yalecabaret.org (203) 432-1566

Yale Repertory Theatre yalerep.org (203) 432-1234

Access Audio-Visual Systems accessaudiovisual.com

Connecticut Experiential Learning Center ctexperiential.org Department of Arts Culture & Tourism, City of New Haven cityofnewhaven.com (203) 946-8378 DECD/CT Office of the Arts cultureandtourism.org (860) 256-2800 Fractured Atlas fracturedatlas.org JCC of Greater New Haven jccnh.org New Haven Free Public Library nhfpl.org

Yale University Art Gallery artgallery.yale.edu

New Haven Preservation Trust nhpt.org (203) 562-5919

Yale University Bands yale.edu/yaleband

Town Green Special Services District infonewhaven.com Visit New Haven visitnewhaven.com

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Perspectives …

The Gallery at Whitney Center Location: 200 Leeder Hill Drive, south entrance, Hamden Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 4-7 p.m., and Saturdays, 1-4 p.m.

Where the Whole Universe Dwells Curated by Debbie Hesse Multimedia works by Jennifer Davies, Nancy Eisenfeld, Anne-Doris Eisner, Peter Konsterlie, and Jen Payne.

Dates: May 17-August 27, 2017

Sumner McKnight Crosby Jr. Gallery Location: The Arts Council of Greater New Haven, 70 Audubon St., 2nd Floor, New Haven Hours: Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

We All Have Stories to Tell Multimedia works by Leigh Busby, Adam Chambers, Keana Dubose, Julia Hamer-Light, Briah Luckey, and Rashmi Talpade.

Dates: Through June 2

Shuffle & Shake 2017 A two-part exhibition featuring randomly selected artist members of The Arts Council.

Part 1: Shuffle June 2-July 14 Opening reception: Thursday, June 8, 5-7 p.m.

Part 2: Shake July 21-September 7 Closing reception: Thursday, September 7, 5-7 p.m.

Peter Konsterlie. Where the Whole Universe Dwells. Perspectives ... The Gallery at Whitney Center.

Arts on Air Listen to The Arts Council’s Arts on Air broadcast on Monday, June 12 during WPKN’s Community Programming Hour, 12-1 p.m. Hosted by the Arts Council’s Director of Artistic Services and Programs, Debbie Hesse, Arts On Air engages in conversations with local artists and arts organizations. This episode will focus on balancing life as an artist. Listen live and online at wpkn.org.

Advice from the AC Need help finding exhibition space/opportunities, performance/ rehearsal space or developing new ways to promote your work or creative event? Schedule a free one-on-one consultation with Debbie Hesse, the organization’s director of artist services and programs, by calling (203) 772-2788. Walk-ins are also welcome.

Dates: Thursday, June 15, 1-4 p.m.

Location: Arts Council offices, 70 Audubon St., 2nd Floor, New Haven

Photo Arts Collective

Peter Rice with his visual poetry project. Adam Chambers lead the workshop at Liberty Community Services.

The Photo Arts Collective has been an Arts Council program that aims to cultivate and support a community of individuals who share an interest in photography through workshops, lectures, exhibitions, portfolio reviews, group critiques, and events. After 21 years, the Photo Arts Collective will meet for the last time on Thursday, June 1 at 7 p.m. at the Kehler Liddell Gallery, 873 Whitney Ave., New Haven. There will be a presentation followed by a party. To learn more email photoartscollective@gmail.com.

Technical Support Workshop Series: Websites 101- Learn the Basics with Jeanne Criscola Date: Tuesday, June 20, 12:30-1:30 p.m.

Cost: $5 members, $15 non-members. Light snacks provided.

Location: The Arts Council of Greater New Haven, 70 Audubon St., 2nd Floor, New Haven

Writers Circle Write-in with Daisy Abreu Date: June 10, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

Location: Institute Library, 847 Chapel St., New Haven More info at newhavenarts.org/arts-council-programs/writers-circle

Do Walker, Eric Ginnish, Theresa Martin, and Nichole René. Arts on Air. Leigh Busby. We All Have Stories to Tell.

Sumner McKnight Crosby Jr. Gallery.

For more information on these events and more, visit newhavenarts.org or check out our mobile events calendar using the Arts, Nightlife, Dining & Information (ANDI) app for smartphones.