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Show Up, Rock Out concerts are a civics lesson We don’t know how we got to June, but here we are. All spring, we’ve been having a blast with our first cohort of Youth Arts Journalists, and are already looking forward to building the program up for next year.

We’ve been doing our best to run a fair and equitable teen newsroom along the way.

Too often in our industry, the youth take the credit but the orgs pocket the grant money.

We hope to keep cutting them freelance checks into the summer!

As we began looking at themes for this issue, the region’s rich arts and cultural festivals jumped out, and we soon discovered that there was more to cover than we could hope to fit in these pages.

In this issue, you’ll find takes on Pride Month and Out Film CT, the Sunken Garden Poetry Festival, the International Festival of Arts & Ideas among others. We’ll be on the ground at those festivals throughout the month, so check in with us for daily stories and multimedia updates at artspaper.org.

In editing this month, we’ve been

pushed to think of how in great celebration, there is also great tragedy, and often greater resistance. As you take in Daniel Eugene’s beautiful essay on Pride Month or find a film that Out Film CT seems to have planned just for you, I urge you to also remember the 49 lives that were snatched from this world two years ago at Pulse Nightclub. Or maybe take in Andrea Gibson’s message of resistance before they perform at Sunken Garden, and learn about the slam poetry tradition it springs from. Or let yourself be moved to tears by a refugee testimony on the New Haven Green, and then take that art experience to spread some good in the world.

This summer, the arts are giving us tremendous opportunities to open our minds.

We invite you to show up and rock out.

Lucy Gellman Editor Stephen Urchick Layout Editor & Reporter

in this issue

The Arts Paper The Arts Paper is the voice of The Arts Council ... and of our community.

This is Why We Festival Hopefully, we become the city we need to be.

And see a little light.

lucy gelman.............................4 Our Festival Picks Excerpted from the Arts & Ideas schedule.

staff...........................................6 Picnic Season in the Sunken Garden There’s a difference between reading a poem and looking at the person who wrote it.

ali oshinskie.............................8 It’s Here. It’s Queer.

To claim PRIDE is to demand of oneself the highest standard; it is a responsibility.

daniel eugene..........................9 Out on the Big Screen The Festival was a part of a rise in consciousness that brought a long overdue recognition of neglected filmmakers.

leah andelsmith....................12 The Green, With Liberty and Justice For All? It’s so things don’t become this white guy taking photographs of immigrants, and using that as a way of trying to say ‘I feel good.’

The Arts Council of Greater New Haven strives to advance Greater New Haven by providing leadership and support to our diverse arts community. At the heart of The Arts Council is a desire to connect both artists and residents of Greater New Haven with vibrant and creative arts experiences. We believe that art, culture, and creativity are fundamental human rights that also advance the economy, health, education, and tourism.

The arts matter right now. So does arts journalism.

Serving New Haven and its surrounding towns, The Arts Paper explores, investigates, and invests in the arts that make our cities the cultural hubs they are.

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lucy gellman..........................13 Arts At Work Pt. III: Jocelyn Prince I want my theater to be culturally relevant, to be of the sociopolitical time that we live in.

elizabeth nearing.................14 But Wait, There’s More There were a lot of festivals we wanted to cover and didn’t have the pages to preview.

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quantum physicist and artist presenting together, on what it means to translate equations into work that anyone can understand.

A twice-over deconstruction of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band in time for its 50th birthday celebration. The hip-swinging, footstomping bands Las Cafeteras and Flor de Toloache. The youngest headlining artist that the New Haven Green has ever seen, and a zeroed in focus on residents of the city.

From June 9 to 23, all of these will unfold as part of the 23rd annual International Festival of Arts & Ideas, a citywide celebration of theater, visual and culinary art, music, walking tours, panels, talks and more. In late April, Festival Co-Directors Tom Griggs, Liz Fisher and Chad Herzog unveiled the 2018 lineup in a launch party at Gateway Community College.

“This is why we festival,” said festival codirector Chad Herzog. He added that it’s now

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a transitive verb—to “festival” is “to come together to celebrate our neighborhoods, our families, our friends. To challenge our thinking, open our hearts, and feed our souls.”

In advance of the announcement, the Arts Paper had a chance to sit down with Herzog and discuss programming decisions, the Festival’s new co-leadership structure, and ongoing budget woes as Connecticut navigates a financial crisis.

Selections from that interview are below.

* * * Let’s start by talking about the international-but-local tilt of the festival this year. Requiem for an Electric Chair, for instance, is utterly international in scope— but it’s also by Toto Kisaku, a refugee who just won asylum, and calls New Haven home.

Well, when we think of international—

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it’s international awareness, international perspective, international voice. As citizens of this city, if we are not aware what’s going on 2,000 miles away, 10,000 miles away, then we’re not being very good citizens.

I’m not one to throw out themes. But two years ago when I started working on this festival, [we had] the idea of what it meant to be a citizen today, minus that governmentissued ID card. That doesn’t matter to me as much as what it means to be a citizen in our neighborhoods, in our communities, in our workplaces, in our region, in our place.

Toto is so much a part of this community today. But the story he’s telling is not that of our community—or the community that we may know right now. His work is so relevant for the Congo, but what’s scary for me is depending on how the next couple years go, his work and Ain’s work [Ain Gordon, presenting Radicals in Miniature] … we could

find ourselves in the same boat.

Those are works that do question our current state. Works that question our leaders. I’m not talking about New Haven, but bigger—as we get into this country and this world. And that’s where the ‘international’ really becomes more prevalent in the festival. We need to know it.

But that was way before you could have known about the current administration.

People say to curators: “Oh, you must have known.” I know people said it to James Bundy after An Enemy of the People last year.

Yeah. I’ve been working on this festival for three years. I had no idea.

So where does that globe-crossing sweet spot come from?

I think that it comes from the history of the Festival … and probably the history of

people that have been at the Festival. We do put ourselves out there. Three years ago when I started thinking about this festival, it was not only the work that was being made at the time, but what was going to be made in the next couple years out.

Would I have guessed three years ago that this country would be in the place that it is? Hell no. No even in my wildest dreams. Not even two years ago. So sometimes as curators—I’ve heard people say we get lucky at the way things line up.

What would this festival have looked like with a different person running the country? It might have looked a lot different, it might not have. Who knows where we are?

Certainly, when this festival came together, it was before we knew Claudia Rankine’s Citizen: An American Lyric would be our big read book. It was before we knew that [Donald] Trump would be president. It was before we knew that Connecticut would be seeing the financial troubles that the state would be seeing.

together later than I wanted it to. It may feel, to some, very hyper-local. That’s not by accident. I think the diverse number of voices being heard are there. And we’re doing some new things too.

Like our first Ideas conversation. It’s moderated by Kyle Pederson of Connecticut Mental Health Center (CMHC) Foundation.

He’s a force! He’s moderating with Mindy Fullilove and her colleagues at University of Orange. In conversations with Kyle and Mindy, we’ve talked about having these … essentially Ideas speakers in residence. They’ll be back next year at the Festival, and in 2020 to continue the conversation.

It’s like we’ve done with artists in residence, where we have this longstanding relationship with some artists. We’re seeing that again with Mark Morris this year, and Pepperland. The same goes of Toto, and Kaki King. Not only are we presenting her work, The Neck is a Bridge To The Body, but we’ve also signed on to commission her newest piece, which maybe won’t premiere until 2020.

Let’s talk about that (the festival has been reeling since its line item in the state budget was slashed two years ago).

People come to Connecticut all the time saying it’s a blue state. And it’s not really anymore. I’d give it purple.

I came to Connecticut thinking: “I’m moving to a wealthy state, I’m moving to a progressive state.” Well, there is definite wealth in much of Connecticut, and we don’t get to see that. As a festival as a whole, we are very lucky that individual donors have stepped up to continue to make our festival happen. Just as we are very lucky that state funding has continued for us, and the city has continued to support us.

But corporate dollars are hard to get!

Being in a city like New Haven, there are so many nonprofits that are competing for the same dollars. All of us have a tremendous story to tell and all of us deserve those movies. What happens? How do you sustain?

It’s not the festival it was 23 years ago, when it first started. Hearing our founders talk about what it was like 20 years ago, or 10 years ago, or even five years ago—things have changed quite a bit. And I like to think that we’re nimble enough to react to what’s going on in our city. I’d like to think that the programming that’s happening this year is still relevant to what’s going on.

But I’ll tell you—if I had started our Ideas programming 18 months ago, what we’d be talking about in June would have nothing to do with where we are today.

There’s a lot there that I want to ask about. I know that two years ago, in 2016, the Festival brought The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Heart (Pru) to GPSCY in March, to make the Festival seem more like a year-round thing. Where is the thought on that now?

Well, it was more about what happened after that Festival. I was brought here with a Festival budget that was $2.5 million more than it is today, right?

It’s very hard in April to get people excited about a June festival, and then we don’t talk to people again until the following April or something. So we were able to do Pru that March. The following fall we brought the Projects in Situ piece to continue that. Last spring we had this “Global Sounds” program that we were able to continue with, and it’s really been about riding the numbers and keeping the Festival financially sound.

Moving forward, my hope and dream —speaking as Chad, not specifically one of the co-organizers of the Festival—is that we’ll be able to find ways that the Festival is relevant throughout the year. Whether that be presenting works that wouldn’t otherwise be represented in the city, or other theatrical or dance pieces—we have a nice cultural drought in the dance area— how can we find ways to be relevant?

You mentioned that that timeline wasn’t the case a year ago—that it was planned farther out. Was the change motivated by how fast current events and politics are moving?

Well, when I arrived at the Festival, I arrived with a lot more people doing the work. So that’s part of it.

For me, I have a running file of people that I want to have conversations with. At times, it has a couple hundred people. As I was starting to think about building the Ideas program last year, and throughout the summer and the fall, I had a hard time making an argument for what I was originally thinking.

Between Black Lives Matter, the #MeToo movement, social and economic changes in this country, political unrest in this country, and what it’s doing for us as citizens of New Haven, of Connecticut, of the United States and of the world—it really starts to make you question things.

And so the Ideas program did come

It’s been a year of formal transition, with a leadership structure that you, Liz, and Tom basically beta-tested last summer.

But we’ve gotta talk about the fact that it’s three white people leading this international festival that prides itself on diversity.

It’s something that I think about every day. I was given a privilege at birth that friends of mine, colleagues of mine, neighbors of mine were not born with. It’s a privilege that it took me a while to recognize—but a privilege that through recognition and through self-reflection and work, I’ve realized that I can’t give up, but I can use to make sure that I bring people along with me.

I’ve been allowed to sit at a table that many people have not. I’ve been invited to conversations, to jobs, to convenings—to sit at these tables. Have I always been the right voice there? Probably not. Have I always been the best voice there? Probably not. But I was given this invitation.

The way that I’ve made sure I’ve tried to use that invitation is that I’ve been able to bring people with me. And so, while I’ve never once tried to put myself

in somebody else’s shoes, because I’ve realized that I can’t do that, I’ve tried to listen and I’ve tried to make sure that the voices are coming along. That I, as having this privilege, can go to friends, colleagues, neighbors, and say ‘What can I do?’

One of my goals is that every Board member and every staff member will participate in Undoing Racism. In order for us as white people to even begin to try to understand things, we need to be going through training. And this is a training that we should all be part of.

Since we’re going in that direction, I noticed that the neighborhood festivals are very different this year. Let’s talk about that.

Well, it’s because of the neighborhoods.

Last June … we brought the neighborhood festivals, the “pop-up festivals” as we called them, together for a convening where we spent time working with them to evaluate their success. When “I say working with them to evaluate their success,” they worked to develop rubrics so they could evaluate their own success. Because it’s their festivals.

This one-day session was totally inspiring. We were reflecting on five years of festivals that the neighborhoods had been making. We learned then that it was the first time that the neighborhoods that had ever come together as Dixwell, Fair Haven, and The Hill to talk about them.

At the end of the meeting, when we were talking about next steps, one of the first things said was “can we do this again?” So we brought everybody back together in October for their next meeting. And it was during that meeting that somebody said, “We’ve been around for five years. We’re not popping up anymore. Can we drop the name ‘Pop Up?’” It made total sense. A short while later, somebody said: “Since we’re here to stay, is there some way we can bring the best of our festivals to the Green on one of the days that the Festival is on the Green?”

So June 9 is our “Celebrate New Haven” day on the New Haven Green. It’s where we celebrate neighborhood festivals.

They’re bringing the best of their festivals to the Green, with main stage entertainment on the headlining stage all afternoon. They’ll have all the things that make their festivals special, from bike safety to a climbing wall to arts and crafts ... to the Readmobile.

Everything that has made what we knew as a “pop up” festival great in Dixwell or Fair Haven or The Hill will come to the Green and be a New Haven festival. All the way up to the evening performance on the Green—the Cool Breeze Jazz guys (Elan Trotman and Rohn Lawerence joined by The Rahsaan Langley Project).

And my hands are off. How do we have more ways to have this community programming this Festival? To have the community know that we’re listening. I hope that this is one of those ways. Just as Altar’d Spaces started last year and is continuing this year.

So that program (Altar’d Spaces), which collaborates with the churches on the Green, launched last year. This year, it includes classical music, Latin jazz and reggae, spoken word, and samba among others.

What lessons are you taking from last year?

I think we learned a lot with Altar’d Spaces last year. Not every kind of performance works great in those four spaces. We were throwing stuff against the wall last year. It’s curated by the churches, so artists submit their work to the Festival, we put that all together, the Festival and the

four churches meet, we put that all together and we meet and select the artists that they would like to be part of the program. So the relationship really is between the artist, the church, and the Festival.

What was great about watching that come together this year is what we all learned—and what the leaders of the churches learned. What works in their space, what doesn’t. Or while it might not work in their space, they know that something else would work in one of the other spaces. You won’t see dance this year, because dance is really hard to see when you’re sitting on a flat surface without an elevated stage.

Speaking of dance, that’s where I wanted to go next. You used this term earlier—a “dance drought.”

Yeah. As a multidisciplinary festival, we need to make sure all disciplines are being presented. The hard part for me is that I’ve always thought of this festival as having a lot more room for dance. When the funding cuts happened, we had to cut some dance out of the program.

This year we have Mark Morris Dance Group coming back. This is their fourth trip back to New Haven. It’s a company that New Haven has really gotten to know, and has come out to support. When we learned about Pepperland—Mark being invited by the city of Liverpool to create this piece commemorating the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band—it felt like a pretty natural piece for us to be having in New Haven.

Do we get to check off our dance card because we have Mark coming in? No. I would have loved to be able to bring in a lot more dance. The struggle that we have as a two-and-a-half week festival is enough time and enough space to present dance.

We don’t have a lot of spaces that dance works in. It starts to get pretty expensive.

This year feels very theater-heavy to me. If we did that much dance, we would be sinking the ship.

I wanted to ask about Pepperland specifically. You know, I saw it on the A&I website, and I was like ‘meh.’ There’s so much cultural nostalgia that probably plays a role in a piece like this, but I kind of feel like I’m over it.

Well, I think one thing people probably need to understand is they’re not going to hear a Beatles cover band playing the music.

This is the music that has been re-envisioned

by Ethan Iverson and by Mark Morris.

So there’s strong nostalgia. This is an album that changed people’s lives. We have those people who were changed by this music, who grew up in the 1960s and 70s who remember it like it was yesterday.

The interesting thing that I’ve found in talking about the Beatles and talking about this piece is the number of young people that are excited about it. And the only thing I can attribute that to is the push that Apple made when it released the Beatles’ album on iTunes and Apple Music.

You know, when it premiered last year in May in Liverpool, people thought they were going to see a rock concert. Instead, they got to see the way that Mark Morris was influenced, that Ethan Iverson was influenced, that the dance community was influenced by the music of the Beatles in the 60s.

There are some things coming back to the festival, like site-specific performances.

Tell me more about Compagnia de’ Colombari’s Merchant of Venice.

For three years—since I arrived in New

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Haven—people have been telling me about this thing the festival once did, which was a courtyard series. The last time the festival attempted to do this was 2012, and it never went off because it rained all festival.

But people had these great memories from these courtyard concerts. People have told me what it means to sit really close to somebody that you may or may not know in an intimate setting and have the world come alive for you through arts and culture. And so for us to be able to do a Merchant of Venice unlike any anyone has seen before in the Yale Law School courtyard, where it seems most appropriate, is most exciting to me.

Director Karin Coonrod … she’s made Shakespeare in particular finally seem relevant to me. In this Merchant of Venice, there are five different people that play Shylock. That’s because she sees a little bit of Shylock in all of us. Within the five Shylocks, there’s a male Shylock, a female Shylock, a Black Shylock, a white Shylock, a Muslim Shylock, a Jewish Shylock, a Christian Shylock. When I talk about it like that, there are more than five, but that’s how people are made up.

You mentioned theater-heaviness.

I’m really excited to be bringing Ain Gordon to the Festival. When I was able to see Radicals in Miniature last year, I knew that we needed to figure out a way to get it to New Haven. This is a piece that tells the stories that have been forgotten. The stories of those that we should know very well but have forgotten because of things like the AIDS epidemic or other life changes that have allowed them to fall out of Google search history.

I feel lucky to be able to premiere Toto Kisaku’s first piece, Requiem for an Electric Chair, in the United States. His story—it probably reads better as theater than it does in real life, because none of us can ever imagine in happening. At least none of us where we live.

To watch Toto develop as an artist, to find a home here in Connecticut, to seek and receive political asylum, and to share his story that is so powerful—a story that we could all be very close to depending on how things go.

And then to welcome a group like A Billion Nights On Earth. Thaddeus Phillips— his theater just blows me away. This piece, it’s truly a piece that we can all relate to.

We’ve all been a kid. And it’s a piece that whether we have kids or know a kid, there’s no reason why we shouldn’t think about bringing them to this performance.

What am I missing? For people who see this and say, it’s still not for me—what are you hoping to say to them with this Festival of Arts & Ideas?

I think with this Festival, like any of our festivals, I would hope that someone would be willing to take a chance. I think the only thing you have to lose is an hour or so of your time.

Maybe a little money if it’s a ticketed event.

But what you have to gain is an opportunity to perhaps see our world a little differently. I’m hoping that this festival helps to have us all ask each other questions. And I’m not expecting this Festival to give us all the answers.

But to be able to sit around with your neighbors, with people that you may or may not know, and ask some serious questions. Whether they’re questions on the performances that you’re seeing or the Ideas conversations, or the walk that you’ve just gone on with Elihu Rubin learning about a building that is falling down ... these are the questions that we need to be challenging ourselves with. If we’re not asking them, who is going to start?

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selected events free headline concerts Elan Trotman with Rohn Lawrence and Special Guests The Rahsaan Langley Project June 9, 6PM New Haven Green Barbados-born, Berklee-educated saxophonist Elan Trotman and Elm City’s own Rohn Lawerence are joined by The Rahsaan Langley Project to kick-off our headline series on the New Haven Green.

Flor de Toloache & Las Cafeteras June 10, 6PM New Haven Green NYC’s Flor de Toloache brings the fireworks every time they perform, combining influences from Mexico, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Colombia, Germany, Italy, and the U.S. to create an edgy, versatile, and fresh take on traditional mariachi music. Las Cafeteras brings together traditional Son Jarocho sounds, Afro-Mexican rhythms, the traditional dance zapateado, and inspiring lyrics—in English, Spanish, and Spanglish—to serve up a music both unique to East LA and universal in its appeal.

Whodini June 13, 6:30PM New Haven Green Coming out of the fertile early-’80s New York rap scene, Whodini was one of the first rap groups to add a straight R&B twist to its music, laying the groundwork for the new jack swing movement. The group consisted of rappers Jalil Hutchins and John “Ecstasy” Fletcher, and legendary DJ Drew “Grandmaster Dee” Carter, known for being able to scratch records with nearly every part of his body.

Ruth B June 16, 7PM New Haven Green JUNO-award winning singer-songwriter Ruth B stunned the world with the success of “Lost Boys”—reaching the top 100 on iTunes and eventually rising to become the only piano ballad on the Billboard Top 40 when she was still in her teens. Inspired by The Beatles, Carole King, Lauryn Hill, and Taylor Swift, Ruth B combines a soulful voice with powerful lyrics that are both universal and unmistakably her own.

Amir ElSaffar with Members of the Rivers of Sound Orchestra and New Haven Symphony Orchestra June 17, 4PM New Haven Green Iraqi-American trumpeter, santur player, vocalist, and composer Amir ElSaffar’s

Pepperland gareth jones

Rivers of Sound Orchestra brings together musicians from a broad spectrum of musical worlds, creating a musical language that combines Middle Eastern “maqams” (modes) and instruments such as oud (lute), santur (hammered dulcimer), and hand percussion, with the rhythm, aesthetics, and instrumentation of contemporary jazz. Rivers of Sound’s 2017 release, Not Two, was described by the Chicago Tribune as “some of the most sensuously beautiful large-ensemble work being created today.”

free lunchtime concerts Voci Angelica Trio June 12, 12PM New Haven Green A preview of Immigrant Voices, a new work the trio is developing, which will include a mixture of music and msonologues created from the stories of 25 U.S. immigrants from different countries and generations.

Elm City Dance Collective and Luis Antonio Productions June 13, 12PM New Haven Green ECDC will be showing their latest work, If You Knew You Then, a robust movement landscape where the performers are challenged with negotiating group chemistry and social constructs as they move through a social and solitary terrain. Luis Antonio Productions’ ESCAPADE uses various elements of dance, drag, and song to tell a deeply affecting story of transcendence through struggle and self-reflection.

free family series Elm Shakespeare Teen Troupe Presents: Scenes from The Merchant of Venice June 12, 1:15PM New Haven Green Elm Shakespeare Company’s Teen Troupe will perform scenes from their spring production of the play, followed by a community discussion on inclusion, antiSemitism, racism, and white supremacy, facilitated by ESC’s Education Program Manager Sarah Bowles. What could some of the characters have done differently in each of the scenes to stand up to oppression? Audience members of all ages will get the chance to step into the action and try out some new scenarios.

Tanglewood Marionettes: The Dragon King!

June 13, 1:15PM New Haven Green A terrible drought has overtaken the land, and all the world has turned brown and lifeless. The Dragon King is ruler over all things water, and the people are beginning to wonder why he has not brought the life-giving rains in such a very long time.

An underwater fantasy based on Chinese folklore, The Dragon King tells the tale of an intrepid Grandmother who journeys to the bottom of the sea in search of the elusive Dragon King, and the answers to why he has forsaken the land above.

free evening concerts The Funky Dawgz Brass Band June 12, 6:30PM New Haven Green

New Haven String Quartet June 14, 12PM New Haven Green

A contagious upbeat mix of traditional New Orleans R&B, original music, hip hop, funk, and today’s top hits with a brass twist.

As the permanent quartet-in-residence of Music Haven, the Haven String Quartet spearheads a nationally-recognized, free after-school lessons program for more than 80 students from New Haven’s most underserved neighborhoods.

Music of the East & West with Aaron Larget-Caplan June 14, 6:30PM New Haven Green

Toxic Holiday June 15, 12PM New Haven Green Toxic Holiday is a 4-piece indie-soul band based in New Haven whose oldest member is 18 years old. They have played such venues as Toad’s Place, The Space, Quinnipiac University, Lilly’s Pad and more. They were recently featured on the 91.7 WHUS and the WSIN 1590 radio stations. Their thoughtful music expresses tinges of The Strokes, Sublime, Steve Lacy and Anderson Paak.

Virtuoso guitarist Aaron Larget-Caplan explores the sounds, poetry, culture, and aesthetics of classical music from the East and West. Includes works from his latest CD The Legend of Hagoromo, works by J.S. Bach and Modest Mussorgsky, as well as premieres by Vineet Shende and more.

2nd Annual New Haven GospelFest June 15, 6:30PM New Haven Green Performances will include a 100-person choir, various soloists, a dance troup, male and female vocal quartet, drill team, and more.

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free weekend extras Strong Lady June 9, 1PM & 3PM June 10, 12PM & 4PM New Haven Green A genuine strong woman, Betty Brawn presents an exhilarating array of demonstrations of strength: she tears thick books in half with her bare hands, twists solid metal, snaps steel chains and shatters gender clichés as she performs the Human Carousel––carrying the weight of two gigantic men from the crowd.

On the Green: Live Interactive Theater June 9, 3PM & 5PM New Haven Green Survivors of Society Rising is a burgeoning New Haven theater troupe of nonprofessional actors who use their lived experience to create original short plays.

“On the Green” is the culmination of the Survivors’ three-day intensive residency with Theatre of the Oppressed NYC, a company whose mission is to partner with communities facing discrimination to inspire transformative action through theatre. Don’t miss this dynamic, interactive performance exploring the human face of the New Haven Green.

Limitless: 3rd Annual Dance Competition June 16, 3-5PM New Haven Green An all-style dance competition where dancers are given a chance to compete and show off amazing talents for a cash prize and to be crowned the Limitless King or Queen, Curated by Bryce Howard of Future Project and New Haven Academy.

ticketed events Radicals in Miniature June 12 & 13, 8PM Iseman Theater, 1156 Chapel Street ($35/$55) OBIE Award-winning playwright Ain Gordon and percussionist Josh Quillen team up to tell stories of people who left an indelible impression on the world, even if their names have been long-forgotten

by Google and other modern measures of success. From the tax man who visited Ain Gordon’s childhood household every year to downtown cabaret legend John Sex, each person’s story is told with tenderness and reveals the extraordinary ways in which they––and each of us––are all connected.

Yale International Choral Festival June 13-16 Choirs from Germany, Sri Lanka, Mexico, as well as American companies comprised of multicultural singers, gather in New Haven for a thrilling four-day celebration the of the remarkable variety of choral traditions around the world and our universal language of music. ensemble cantissimo June 13, 8PM Morse Recital Hall at Sprague Hall, 470 College Street ($35) Founded in 1994, ensemble cantissimo is one of the most sought-after vocal

ensembles in the German-speaking world.

The name speaks for itself: cantissimo is synonymous with a cappella singing. With its distinctive interpretations and exciting choice of programs, the choir, with singers from Germany and Switzerland, conducted

by Markus Utz, has thrilled audiences and critics alike. Regular invitations to leading music festivals and a close collaboration with radio stations reflect the high regard the ensemble’s vocal artistry is held also feature on cantissimo’s numerous CD recordings.

Staccato June 15, 8PM Morse Recital Hall at Sprague Hall, 470 College Street ($35) Staccato, the student choir of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), boasts a wide and varied repertoire, focused mainly on a capella choral music of the 20th and 21st centuries.

Within Mexico, the ensemble maintains an active presence in the cultural life of the University, while also performing in diverse venues and in cultural festivals throughout the country. Staccato has performed in international festivals in Belgium, Poland, the Czech Republic, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina.

Young People’s Chorus of New York City and Yale Alumni Chorus June 16, 2PM Morse Recital Hall at Sprague Hall, 470 College Street ($35) The Young People’s Chorus of New York City® (YPC) is a multicultural youth chorus internationally renowned not only for its superb virtuosity and brilliant showmanship, but as a model for an inclusive society that is being replicated globally. Founded in 1988 by Artistic Director Francisco J. Núñez, a MacArthur Fellow, on a mission of diversity and artistic excellence, this groundbreaking program harnesses the power of music to fulfill the potential of every child musically, academically, and socially. The repertoire for YPC ranges from renaissance and classical traditions through gospel, folk, pop, contemporary, and world music.

adventure in which a father and son travel the world through a portal in their kitchen.

Astonishing puppetry and Kabuki stagecraft animates larger-than-life penguins, milk cartons, astronauts, and squirrel before our eyes in this celebration of the wonders of childhood that you will want to experience with your kids and your parents.

explores the creation myth and celebrates the guitar through an audio-visual feast that is not to be missed.

The Merchant of Venice June 19-23, 8PM Yale Law School Courtyard, 127 Wall Street ($45/$65)

The Beatles’ groundbreaking album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band has turned 50. To salute this milestone in musical history, the International Festival of Arts & Ideas partnered with arts organizations from around the world to commission the Mark Morris Dance Group’s creation of Pepperland. A huge hit at its debut in Liverpool, Morris’ choreography combines with fresh arrangements of Beatles songs and new Pepper-inspired pieces composed

by Ethan Iverson to create “a brilliant homage to one of the great rock albums” (The Telegraph).

In a utterly unique theatrical event, the Festival brings one of Shakespeare’s most well-known and controversial plays, The Merchant of Venice, to the Yale Law School Courtyard. First staged in Venice to commemorate the establishment of the Jewish Ghetto 500 years ago, the Compagnia de’ Colombari’s new production, directed by Karin Coonrod, features a cast of five multi-ethnic actors to explore Shylock’s complex humanity as a father and merchant, villain and victim.

Kaki King: The Neck Is a Bridge to the Body June 20, 8PM Morse Recital Hall at Sprague Hall, 470 College Street ($35/$55) Recognized by Rolling Stone magazine as one of the greatest guitar players of her generation, over the past thirty years Kaki King has evolved from a prodigious fingerstyle player to a true visionary. Combining her insatiable imagination with virtuoso technique, The Neck Is a Bridge to the Body is Kaki King at her storytelling best as she

Pepperland June 21-22, 8PM Shubert Theater, 247 College Street ($20/$45/$85/$125 Gala)

Requiem for an Electric Chair June 22-23, 6PM Iseman Theater, 1156 Chapel Street ($25) With a gun to his head, Toto Kisaku was moments away from being killed by his government when his executioner showed him a moment of mercy. His only crime?

Creating art that questioned the practice of child exploitation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Toto Kisaku found political asylum in the United States, but many people from his country have not been so fortunate. Be a part of the first audience to hear his harrowing story at the world premiere of his newest theatre piece Requiem for an Electric Chair. •

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Gala Concert June 16, 6PM Woolsey Hall, 168 Grove Street (Free) The gala final concert of the Yale International Choral Festival will feature performances by all of the festival’s visiting international choruses––Germany’s ensemble cantissimo, Mexico’s Staccato Coro Universitario, the Muslim Choral Ensemble of Sri Lanka, and the Young People’s Chorus of New York City––as well as the Yale Choral Artists and the Yale Alumni Chorus performing Jake Runestad’s The Hope of Loving with the Haven String Quartet. The concert will end with an evocative guided choral improvisation involving all the choirs.

A Billion Nights on Earth June 14 & 15, 7PM; June 16, 12PM & 3PM University Theatre, 222 York Street ($35/$55)

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Picnic Season in the Sunken Garden Poetry at the Hill-Stead Museum by ali oshinskie It’s a glorious day for the New Englander, when they can finally throw off their shoes and sink their feet into June grass. It’s the first of sign of a season, a season full of wine in plastic cups, musky back-of-the-car blankets and if you’re lucky, a dinner of cheese and crackers. It’s picnic season.

The Sunken Garden Poetry Festival is one of the best things picnic season has to offer—five nights of poetry on the campus of the historic Hill-Stead Museum in Farmington, Conn. There are four events left this season featuring the 2017 U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith, as well as poets Andrea Gibson, Molly McCully Brown, Solmaz Sharif and Javier Zamora. Each evening begins at 5 p.m. with a prelude interview. The headlining poet starts at 7 p.m.

This year marks the 26th Season for the Sunken Garden Poetry Festival.

Nicknamed the “Tanglewood of Poetry” after the award-winning chamber music festival in Massachusetts, the festival draws internationally known poets including current and former U.S. Poet Laureates. This year, 2017 U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith takes the stage. On July 11, she’ll read from her new collection of poems, titled Wade in the Water.

For her, live poetry readings are where her serious interaction with poetry began. She went to her first readings as an undergraduate at Harvard University, where she “started to understand that it was a history I could belong to, a tradition I could participate in.”

Before that, any poems she read were by long-dead authors. As she watched readers take the mic, the stage, or the lectern, she realized poetry was a living art form.

“It’s not an immediate result art form,” she said of her craft. At the same time, a live reading “allows you to hear poem the

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visual art way the poet hears it, that’s always going to be different from your image.”

She calls that “access to the creator.”

Which you can get too, for a fee. Smith, Javier Zamora and Molly Brown are all offering workshops the afternoon before their events. Tickets aren’t cheap, priced between $40 and $75.

But it’s not the only education HillStead offers. Each poet gives a prelude interview before the performance, during which audience members can walk right up to the mic to ask questions. In the off-season, the museum brings poets to Hartford public high schools. The Fresh Voices Poetry Competition invites students from any New England high school to polish their poetry for performance. Five winning poets read at the final night of the season. This year, they’ll take the stage before poet Andrea Gibson.

Lisa Lappe, the festival director, said the competition draws hundreds of submissions each year, and gives young poets a chance to perform in a high profile literary event.

And young people do show up to the festival every year. This year, Lappe said, she’s guessing that many of them will show up to see Andrea Gibson.

Gibson—who uses they/them pronouns—looks more like touring musician online than poet. Their website is full of tour dates, they’ve got more than 35 thousand followers on Instagram and their videos rack up 50,000-100,000 and in one case, 700,000 views. Most of their poetry is sold as albums, not books. In their most recent, titled Hey Galaxy, each poem is layered over instrumental music.

Gibson represents a community moved by slam poetry—a tradition that formally began in 1980s Chicago, and has developed a robust network of competitions, from college and statewide to regional, national, and international slams. On stage, the tradition turns Gibson into a firecracker, their words enunciated for impact, and punctuated with movement.

Which makes perfect sense to Lappe.

“Poetry was intended to be spoken out loud,” she said. “There’s a difference between reading a poem on a page and sitting and looking at the person who wrote it as they perform it to you.”

Part of the festival’s mission is to attract audience members who wouldn’t call themselves “poetry people.” It’s where the prelude interview comes in—a welcome guide for fans that also provides context for first-time participants. With a mission to bring more diversity to the audience, the Hill-Stead Museum has also partnered with Hartford Public Library to provide 500 complimentary tickets to library patrons and Hartford residents.

Who is that audience? Just about anyone, Lappe said. Twenty-six year veterans, millennials looking for a night out, and kids dancing between the flower beds and picnic blankets, diehard fans seated alongside firsttime festival-goers. Right around 7 p.m., as the sun is beginning to set, everyone hushes up to hear the first lines of poetry.

Tickets are available on The Hill-Stead Museum’s website, at hillstead.org. They are $15 online, $20 at the gate, and free for children under 18. Parking is free. •

it’s here it’s queer Views from Bridgeport’s pride festival photo essay by daniel eugene

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ook back to our cover. It’s a photo that you want to dive into. From the middle of a swelling crowd, bright flags flap in the wind, waving with the colors of the rainbow. Slowly, others emerge: blue and pink for transgender pride, blue, orange and pink for pansexual pride. In the front, a cluster of marchers carry a huge rainbow flag that billows out like a parachute.

This June through August, those marchers will join thousands across Connecticut for Pride Month celebrations in Bridgeport, Norwalk, and New London, timed to coincide with the 49th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots in New York City. Meanwhile, cities including New Haven and Hartford will celebrate Pride Month in September to avoid overlap with New York and Boston.

Those celebrations kick off with the Triangle Community Center’s “Pride in the Park” on Saturday June 9, from noon to 8 p.m. in Norwalk’s Mathews Park. Then a month later—delayed this year as not to clash with Pride in the Park”—City Lights Gallery will kick

off Bridgeport Pride with a march at 6:30 p.m., followed by a variety show at the Bijou Theater.

And on August 25, New London will celebrate its Pride festival at Ocean Beach Park.

In the following photos, New Haven photographer Daniel Eugene takes a deep dive into Pride Month activities from last year’s summer season, focusing largely on Bridgeport’s march and SAMESEX afterglow.

It’s just a slice of his exploration of the vibrancy of LGBTQ life in Connecticut, which also includes #NHVDrag, a photographic foray into the Elm City’s drag scene. Of these images, he writes the following: To claim PRIDE is to demand of oneself the highest standard; it is a responsibility. In regards to LGBTQ pride, this is the great purpose of our yearly celebration which acknowledges a terrible history of social injustice and the remarkable overcoming of that unnatural order. To justify relevance and maintain meaningful social significance, PRIDE must look to the future. •

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Out on the Big Screen

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Hartford’s LGBT film festival by leah andelsmith This June in Hartford, film fans and members and allies of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community will gather to watch their communities reflected on screen—and that’s by careful design.

It’s the story for the 31st Annual LGBT Film Festival, running from June 1 to 9 at Hartford’s Cinestudio, an independent movie house tucked into the Trinity College campus. To accommodate an ever-growing program, the schedule is packed with ten features, three documentaries and nearly 50 short films. James Hanley, Cinestudio’s founder and one of the original progenitors of the festival, said that he still finds himself “excited to see every single film during the week of the Festival.”

“I always consider the establishment of the Connecticut LGBT Film Festival at Cinestudio to be one of the most important moments in the long history of the theater,” he wrote by email in late April. “The festival was a part of a rise in consciousness that brought a long overdue recognition of neglected filmmakers, and of course the completely underserved audience. We had an enthusiastic group from the beginning, finding our way through the complicated logistics of securing the physical film prints to show, always being thrilled to see a growing audience sharing this journey, together.”

“The learning curve was steep at first, but I never had a doubt that the festival would endure over the years and grow more and more significant,” he added. “The festival has many fascinating threads to it, including being a part of the emerging political activism connected with it, bringing in so many of the people who had been excluded for so long.”

The festival originated three decades ago with a group called AlteRnaTiveS, an LGBT-focused organization dedicated to arts and culture. From its inception, AlteRnaTiveS published a magazine, produced theater, and put on a film festival. The third was the first in the state—and one of the first in the country—to focus on LGBT issues.

The festival struggled to keep its doors open at first, failing to get people from around the city and the state to come.

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attendees walked out, attempts at publicizing the event floundered, and they lost money in the festival’s first few years.

But according to festival historian and current director Shane Engstrom, that changed in the early 1990s, when a series of directors including Tyler Polhemus, Jason Plourde, Suzanne Shaye, and Dan Millett took the helm. Each of them stressed publicity, programming world premieres, foreign-language selections, and actor and director appearances. And they watched as attendance swelled.

Now it’s the flagship program of a very vibrant Out Film CT community. In addition to putting on the annual summer film festival, Out Film CT also chooses one LGBT film to screen every month of the year for their Second Thursdays Cinema series. That series is also held at Cinestudio.

Engstrom became involved with Out Film CT in 2000. Newly out of the closet, he said he wanted to meet people who were as interested in arts and culture as he was, and he signed up to volunteer with the organization after attending a festival screening.

For seven years, he served as secretary of the organization. For the past 11 years, he has served as either director or co-director.

“We’re an all-volunteer organization, and we’re always looking for more people to participate,” he said in a recent interview at Cinestudio.

One of the most important ways that volunteers help is by serving on the selection committee for the festival. Through their combined efforts, members of the selection committee plowed through 470 submissions this year, including 50 documentaries, 100 features, and over 300 shorts.

“At least a few people on the committee watch every one,” Engstrom said.

The festival has changed with the advent of new technology. In the past, filmmakers submitted DVDs and VHS tapes. Now, they send Vimeo links.

“It used to be 15 of us crowded in a room to watch a few movies together,” Engstrom recalled. “Now people can watch from home.”

At Sunday brunches held at committee members’ homes or in-person meetings on the Trinity campus, members get together primarily to discuss the films they’ve viewed.

“I don’t know if I like it better one way or the other, but it’s become a necessity.”

Engstrom said. “We now receive so many submissions we couldn’t possibly watch them all together.”

Throughout the selection process, the committee keeps an eye out for quality filmmaking and authentic stories among the pool of submissions. Then they work to assemble a slate of films with broad appeal in a variety of genres.

“We want to have something for everyone,” said Engstrom. He added that this year, the submissions were so strong that the committee decided to add more screenings rather than cut quality films.

That includes works like Ideal Home, a comedy starring Steve Coogan and Paul Rudd that will serve as the festival’s opening night film. Engstrom described Ideal Home as touching and fun. It’s about a gay couple whose lives are turned upside down when one partner’s grandson shows up on their doorstep in need of a guardian.

Or Close-Knit, chosen for the festival’s “centerpiece” screening on June 6. On the surface, Engstrom said, it “has a similar storyline to Ideal Home … but it’s 100 percent different.”

In the award-winning Japanese film, a little girl’s mother is unable to care for her, and when the girl’s uncle takes her in she finds out that his partner is transgender.

The ensuing story centers on the bond that grows between the child and the couple.

“You can’t help but love them,” said Engstrom.

In addition to those stories of LGBT families, Engstrom added that “there are also some very good coming out stories,” and films about LGBT athletes, gay weddings, and a star-studded documentary called Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood.

The last, which plays on June 8, tells the story of Scotty Bowers, Hollywood’s secret “sexual procurer to the stars” during the forties and fifties. In an it’s-a-smallworld twist, William Mann—one of the original founders of the AlteRnaTiveS—is one of the featured historians in the film.

One film in the line-up that is dear to Engstrom’s heart is Mr. Gay Syria. The documentary follows a group of gay Syrian refugees in Istanbul who organize a contest for a spot in the Mr. Gay World competition.

Though out of Syria, these refugees are still in danger and outcast because of their sexual

orientation and this contest is their way of celebrating their lives and identities in the midst of struggle, violence, and discrimination.

Following the film screening on June 3 at Real Art Ways Cinema in Hartford, there will be a panel discussion with the World Affairs Council of Connecticut around human rights issues for LGBT people around the world, particularly refugees.

In addition to the short films that play before all features, the festival has three programs composed entirely of shorts: a women’s program, a men’s program, and—for the first time this year—a trans program.

“There are a ton of really good transgender shorts out there” that have always been included in the festival before feature screenings, said Engstrom, but this is the first time there is a dedicated program just for trans shorts. That program runs on June 3.

While most festival goers are repeat attendees, the group works hard to grow the festival and reach new audiences.

Out Film CT hosts various events during the festival, including an after party on opening night, a free reception before the centerpiece screening, and a silent auction that runs throughout the festival.

Filmmakers often attend their screenings for post-film discussions and signing.

Closing night—which usually coincides with Trinity College’s alumni weekend—will be held in downtown Hartford at Spotlight Theatres on Front Street and the Aetna Theater in the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum, where there is more space to screen two separate programs and host an after party.

“We really think it is those extra events that set us apart and makes it different than just going to the movies,” Engstrom said. “My hope is that the festival continues to flourish and that we can reach younger audiences so that they know we’re here as a resource for them.”

“We really hope that people will get out of it a sense of community,” he added.

“An opportunity to gather as a community to share the collective experience of seeing an LGBT film in a theater full of people … to generate conversation, awareness, and to celebrate our lives on screen.”

For tickets, details, and a full schedule of the festival, visit outfilmct.org. •

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One Nation, On The Green, With Liberty And Justice For All? Problematizing a new public art project by lucy gellman You’re walking through the New Haven Green when you notice the faces. A cluster of them, wrinkles and birthmarks and all, towering high above eye level.

An eye, then a cheek, reveal themselves. Just a few feet away, there’s a smile framed by the soft folds of a hijab.

Then another, with trusting pupils that follow you as you move. New friends, to greet you on your walk.

Those faces will land on the New Haven Green this June, as the first stage of “WE ARE: A Nation of Immigrants-New Haven” a large photo installation planned for the sides of Trinity, Center and United Churches on the New Haven Green. Organized, shot and curated by photographer Joe Standart, the installation will feature photos of New Haven’s immigrant community, with QR codes by each image linking to audio and video stories.

In all, “WE ARE” will include 14 portraits printed on aluminum and snuggled in stainless steel frames, each measuring 9 x 25 feet. A second 48 x 68 foot installation was installed in May on the side of the iconic Pirelli Building, where artist Tom Burr had an inglorious homecoming last year.

Presenting to the Downtown-Wooster Square Community Management Team (DWSCMT) earlier this year, Standart said he had shot about 55 images and recorded almost as many stories in audio and video together.

He has been working out of a makeshift studio at 129 Church Street, across from the site of the project, with the blessing of the Proprietors of the New Haven Green. None of them were available for comment for this article.

“Our nation was born on the backs and imaginations of immigrants and has grown organically that way,” he said in his presentation to the DWSCMT. “They have fought to be here. And looking around America today … I’ve taken our privileges, our freedoms, for granted. So I want to hear the voices of immigrants express their drive and their desire with the hope that Americans can learn from that.”

A Michigan transplant who has lived in Connecticut for much of his life, Standart started the project last year, after thinking about both the history of the New Haven Green and the centuries of migration immigrants into New Haven. In the fall, he reached out to the three churches on the upper New Haven Green, who he said were

joe standart all “hugely receptive” to the project. Since, each of them have signed on to house images on their windows, walls, steps and surrounding perimeters.

He has since added community partners: Nasty Women Connecticut Co-Founder Lucy McClure, herself a photographer and an immigrant, and Urban Collective Director and Owner Randi McCray, who took over for Verge Arts Group founder Elinor Slomba earlier this year. With Standart, they are working with Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services (IRIS), Unidad Latina en Acción (ULA) and Junta for Progressive Action.

“It’s been wonderful to work with all these local organizations but also be able to listen to the stories about all these immigrants, refugees, and understanding their journey—being able to highlight their stories through these portraits,” McClure said at the meeting. “And to remove the stigma around the words immigrant and refugee. Being able to open the dialogue for us to communicate with each other and also understand that we all have a history.

We all come from somewhere.”

It’s an open air project with longstanding examples in and outside of New Haven: Gegen das Vergessen (Lest We Forget) in Berlin and at the United Nations earlier this year, an International Women’s Day installation outside the Musée Curie in Paris in March, Tom Stoddart’s 2012 Perspectives, a collaboration with the International Committee of the Red Cross for the London Olympic Games, the city’s own ill-fated Inside Out project in 2012.

Like those shows, it is flecked with complexities and potential criticisms—an outsider with power and means taking intimate images, where the photographer’s trained and lingering eye is always present, and so too his framing of the narrative. A partial story, edited by partial historians.

Locally, the project has also drawn criticism for its name, which some New Haveners have argued displaces Native people.

Earlier this year, both McCray and McClure said that the team acknowledges that aspect of the exhibition—and is doubling down on community collaborations to make sure that the show is as much about New Haven as it is about the new New Haveners featured, and the photographer working to showcase their stories.

“I keep a constant, open dialogue with Joe—as a woman and as an immigrant,” McClure said. “I always tell him ‘What else can we do?’ It’s so things don’t become this white guy coming into this city, taking photographs of immigrants, and using that as a way of trying to say ‘I feel good. I did something great.’ Because it’s not about that. It shouldn’t be about that.”

“It takes a really open dialogue,” she added. “Being honest, being up front, and being nonjudgemental. I think that that’s a big thing. If I had ever felt that this was a white guy coming in and saving the day, I wouldn’t be involved in this project. I would have jumped out a long time ago.”

Part of that is making sure lifetime New Haveners have a stake in “WE ARE,” said McCray. In addition to running the project’s presence on social media, she is working with students at Gateway Community College on mobile app development, to develop the QR codes that will appear beside each image. In the months leading up to June, she trained local high school and college students to do visitor interviews and “story collection” with those taking in the exhibition this summer.

“I grew up in New Haven and I realize the complexities of how it feels when people come into the city and do something and people who are not involved feel like ‘Oh, it just popped up,’” she said. “So what I’ve been trying do is to assist Joe with getting ahead of it. Let’s let people know it’s coming.”

“We’ll be collecting responses from the community throughout,” she added.

“How do they feel about this conversation?

How do they feel about the exhibit? What didn’t they know before? What do they know now? So asking all of these questions so we can share that.”

In an initial presentation, Standart told the DWSCMT he too has reason to think that the project will click—because he’s done it before. “WE ARE” comes as a sequel to “Portrait Of A City: New London,” a 2006 installation that the artist did in New London.

For that project, Standart took photos from 2004 to 2006—he estimates 300 in all—of citizens who were walking around downtown New London. They were then installed on the streets of the city, where they had originally been taken.

On the exhibition’s 10th anniversary in

2016, Standart brought a selection of the exhibition back, showing several of the prints at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum.

To concerns about defacement of the work, Standart said he isn’t concerned.

While he said that churches leaders have warned him about “the needle problem,” homelessness and panhandling on the Green, he said he thinks the works, in their larger-than-life format, will garner enough respect to be left alone.

That has not always worked for these types of shows. Berlin’s Gegen das Vergessen has endured drawings of testicles on the faces of Holocaust survivors, and “Inside Out” was tagged within days of going up in New Haven.

At the time of publication, Standart said there was not yet a plan for taking down and quickly replacing any of the images if tags or other graffiti appear on them.

“In other cities, it’s never really happened,” he said. “People see our work and they really seem to respect it.

And I would certainly like to be my own ambassador, in meeting people and trying to gain familiarity.”

Funding for the project remains incomplete. In mid-March, the project received a $20,000 grant from the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven and launched a Kickstarter Campaign to cover a remaining $10,000.

IKEA has contributed $5,000 toward the portrait on the side of the Pirelli Building, where it often places advertisements.

The Arts Council of Greater New Haven is acting as a fiscal agent, which means that it can accept donations for the project. Standart said those amounts, with the Kickstarter, cover only the cost of photography and materials, and that he is not making money on the project.

Standart said that he hopes for this installation to be the first phase of a greater “WE ARE: A Nation of Immigrants” presence in New Haven. The artist suggested that in the coming year, he would like to expand the installation to the five branches of the New Haven Free Public Library, City Hall, Hall of Records at 200 Orange Street, and community centers.

Those sites, like the Green, will hopefully encourage viewers to “go explore New Haven” he said. “That’s what public art does so well.” •

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Arts At Work Pt. III: Jocelyn Prince Dramaturg dishes on her daily duties by elizabeth nearing joan marcus What do you do?

This is usually the first question I’m asked in new situations, when people want to know about my profession. The short answer is community outreach at Long Wharf Theatre, where I act as the Community Engagement Manager. But the long answer—and it’s much, much longer—often gives me pause.

As an artist, arts administrator, producer, director, and organizer, it’s hard to distill that identity into a job description. No two days are the same on the job. And I hypothesize that’s the same for many in the field.

As someone who is constantly asking “Why do this? Why choose the arts?” I wanted to dig a little deeper. This is the third installment in a series of interviews on the arts—fine, performing, culinary, and more— and their practitioners at work in New Haven.

Work is one of the central tenets of culture in America. This is an opportunity to get a look into the worlds of the people that make art happen in this city.

In the first installment, I spoke with cellist Ravenna Michalsen. In the second, I sat down with sculptor Kyle Kearson. If you haven’t read those, please go check them out. What follows is an edited version of the conversation I had with Jocelyn Prince, a local and relatively new to New Haven theater maker. This is what she had to say about her work.

* * * What do you do?

I’m the artistic coordinator at Yale Repertory Theater and I’m a lecturer in theater management at the Yale School of Drama. That’s my full-time gig. I’m also a part of Beehive Dramaturgy Studio, which is a dramaturgy collective based in New York. I serve on the board of directors of Collective Consciousness Theatre Company, which is a New Haven based multicultural theater company dedicated to using theater as a tool for social change. I also volunteer here and there with the Democratic Party.

That’s a lot of things! How did you wind up in New Haven?

I was working at Cleveland Playhouse and I took a leave of absence to work full time on the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign for 2016. We obviously lost that election— everyone got laid off and I needed a job. I knew I still wanted to work in theater, so I was continuing to apply for a lot of things.

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he’s about to graduate. So, it was a great way for us to come together. I was applying for theaters all over the country as well as jobs in public programming, jobs in foundations, jobs in activism. A variety of different types of jobs.

And this is the one that worked out!

How many hours a week do you think you spend working?

Probably too many. Technically my job is 37.5 hours a week, which is a standard at Yale School of Drama. We work 10-6 p.m.

In addition to that I probably spend at least another 15 hours a week on freelance and volunteer work.

What does the freelance work look like?

For Beehive dramaturgy for example, we’re a collective of dramaturgs who work on everything from script consultations with individual playwrights to being dramaturgs in residence for new play development workshops to helping people come up with ideas on community engagement or public programming for a show they’re doing.

For people who might not know— what’s a dramaturg?

A dramaturg is an artist first and foremost. It’s definitely somebody who has a good knowledge of theater history, someone who is very interested and invested in storytelling and how an audience makes meaning in a theater. There are two types of dramaturgy, I would say.

There’s production dramaturgy that’s for classic plays, or established or well-known plays where your work as a dramaturg is more focused on production research and research into the world of the play. The cultural, socioeconomic context of the play.

New play dramaturgy is helping the playwright work on things like character, structure, dialogue, language, theme, plot—all the elements that go into making a really good script. But not as an editor.

Not somebody who’s taking the script and proofreading it and making changes, but as someone who’s collaborating with the director and the playwright and the actors and designers to help create something that is brand new.

What do you like about it?

That’s a very good question. I started off in theater as a lot of people do, as an actor. I went to undergrad initially on an acting scholarship. And then I realized that I

was the type of actor who was always in my head, always thinking and focusing on the background story of the character.

Thinking is the worst, right?

Yeah—that’s what you’re not supposed to do. I had all this stuff in my head and I wasn’t that invested in expressing it through my body. I also didn’t like … I hated auditioning. I didn’t have this burning desire to perform outside of college.

I was attracted to dramaturgy because I like thinking about storytelling and I like thinking about cultural context and history and I love reading plays. I always thought of myself when I started as an actor’s dramaturg, because I liked helping actors create their character. At Steppenwolf [Theatre Company] I was the dramaturg on Intimate Apparel by Lynn Nottage. It was one of my favorite shows to work on because it was turn-of-the-century New York City. It was fascinating to work on how diverse the characters in that play are and what their world was like and what their daily life was like. What were the sounds and the smells and the sights? And what were the norms of the time? It’s like a living history.

It’s history you might read in a book—literally being able to help make it come to life on stage.

And you get to be an expert in so many different things at once.

Right. Somebody told me once that dramaturgy is about being a mini-expert on whatever topics are necessary for the play to have a good life.

What’s one of the weirdest things you’ve had to research?

On this show, Intimate Apparel, I had to research birth control practices in the turn of the century New York, which were kind of horrifying. They were very rudimentary and not very effective. And not scientifically sound. You’re talking about a time before electricity. Because in the play there’s a woman who’s a prostitute in the tenderloin district, and she’s seeing customers during the play. So understanding what she would’ve been doing to protect herself, or guard against pregnancy, was important to that actor. That’s one of the things I had to look at.

That’s really cool. Working on plays as a dramaturg is like getting to float in and out of worlds on a really regular basis. Is that something you find, in your position

now as an artistic coordinator, what kind of worlds are you floating between? You have to be kind of a chameleon to do both administrative work, and dramaturgy.

Right now for Beehive I’m working on a play about the freedom riders that’s set in the South during the Civil Rights Movement. I worked on Father Comes Home from the Wars at Yale Rep, on the world of the antebellum south in Texas.

Artistic coordinator is, like a lot of theater jobs, a sort of amalgam of a lot of different responsibilities and tasks. As a part of my job I lead the “Will Power” program at the Yale Rep, which is for high school students and some middle school students.

It encompasses student matinees, a study guide, a teacher tool kit and free teacher workshop for students bringing their kids to the show. Since I’ve been here, we’ve added costume workshops and technical tours for extended day for students who come to see the matinee. We have lunch with them and then they stay to meet our technical design and production department.

I also do assistant line producing for the Binger Center for New Theatre, which is Yale Rep’s new play development center.

We have a number of commissioned playwrights, and we continue to commission five or six new playwrights a year. We work with those playwrights to develop their work on a very tailored basis to the writer’s individual process. That involves planning and producing residencies, workshops— which we all run out of the artistic office.

We’ve also started to work on community engagement. We’ve spent a lot of time talking with the artistic director, the associate artistic director, marketing, communications and a lot of big picture conversations about how Yale Rep can engage more deeply with the surrounding community. I do some work on accessibility.

I prepare things like the open caption script for people who are hearing impaired.

So what does a day in the life look like? You wake up, what happens?

I wake up, I read usually the New York Times and the Washington Post. I get to work at around 10 a.m. I look at all of the things I have to do as far as tasks and meetings. I plan out what my workflow is going to look like. Then the day is a combo of administrative work— updating budgets and expense tracking for programs that I’m running, doing financial paperwork to help pay artists or guest

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Father Comes Home from the Wars speakers who are coming in.

Then meetings with teachers, local educators, meetings with internal staff as well. External meetings with people in the community. All of it is usually preparation for some sort of event or happening. Whether it’s a production, or a workshop, or it’s a residency.

It takes a lot of planning and organization because there is so much multitasking in my job. I’m working on so many projects.

Where do you find the art in your job?

I spend time in rehearsals. Earlier this year I spent some in the Father Comes Home rehearsals to prepare to help the teachers and students incorporate the play into their curriculum. It’s important for me to have a knowledge of what’s going on artistically so I can help translate it to that particular audience, or help engage that particular audience.

I get to read plays. I participate in the season planning process. I read scripts that are on the shortlist to potentially either commission a writer or produce them in our season. And I’m always reading the scripts we’re producing now.

I do a lot of writing, which I approach creatively and artistically. I’m working on writing and editing our teacher packet. I’m writing a mission and values statement for our community program.

Circling back to my first question, when people ask you “what do you do,” how do you respond?

I would say I’m a theater artist and an activist. That’s how I look at myself. Some people say artivist. I’m a theater maker.

I’m invested from a producorial level, as a dramaturg, as an administrator—in creating great theater. I’m very interested in social justice and social change. I’m always moving towards thinking about how theater can affect society in a positive way. That theater can lift up voices that can tend to be marginalized. That can tell stories that are often unseen. And to create and develop a sense of empathy. Which to me is the goal of theater—to see yourself reflected on stage, to see people not like you reflected on stage and just create a sense of human understanding and compassion.

Working at Yale Rep is excellent because the work we do is culturally relevant and we produce a diverse group of writers. Not all theaters are like that.

I’m not just interested in any theater.

I want my theater to be culturally relevant,

to be of the sociopolitical time that we live in and that’s really speaking to what’s going on in our world—making the case for the relevance for theater in people’s lives.

My last question—where do you hope this goes for you?

My work right now? Ultimately I’d like to be the artistic director of a theater. So that’s what I’m shooting for, what I’d like to have happen. It’s very difficult for a woman of color to do that. There’s currently no woman of color who runs a LORT [League of Resident Theatres] theater, or a major theater of any size.

[Shortly after this interview, a LORT theatre hired a woman of color.] It’s hard to try to shoot for something for which there is no model or try to go somewhere nobody has gone before.

And the model is shifting.

Right. And a lot of those types of jobs are turning over so I remain optimistic. But I also know that the road is one that is not yet been traveled. Primarily because I would really like to to pick a season. Everywhere I worked I’ve had a hand in season planning and I’m ready to make my own.

Is there an artist you’d love to program?

If somebody who’s reading wants to read a play Jocelyn Prince recommends, what would you put on their reading list?

Hard to pick just one. I really admired Chay Yew’s season at Victory Gardens. That’s the type of season. Something very diverse.

Most plays produced in this country are still written by white men. The latest statistic I think I read is that three percent of the plays produced in America are written by women of color. That’s a shockingly low number.

It’s not so much about what play. It’s more about point of view. Let’s give an opportunity for voices to be heard that aren’t a part of the hegemony.

Any final words about working in the theater in New Haven?

New Haven is an amazing community.

I didn’t know much about it when I moved here. All I sort of knew was Yale. The more I stay the more I’m falling in love with the community here. There’s a lot happening with art here—visual, performing. I think that there’s a very strong commitment in New Haven to social responsibility and societal issues. Given the large amount of non-profits and the number of smart, dedicated, hardworking people doing good work. •

There were a lot of festivals we wanted to cover, and didn’t have the manpower or extra pages to preview before we went to press. We’ll be at several of them this month and summer, doing multimedia and online coverage with Facebook live, photoessays, and articles. In the meantime, here are a handful that made the shortlist. All words belong to the festivals listed:

* * * New Haven Food Truck Festival & Dragon Boat Regatta dragonboatregatta.canaldock.org The New Haven Food Truck Festival invites you to enjoy the savory choices of great New Haven street food on our historic Long Wharf waterfront. This family-friendly event takes place on Saturday, June 2, 2018 from 12-7 p.m., and will feature delicious food, live musical performances, and more. From 12-4 p.m. the same day, New Haveners can also experience the third annual Dragon Boat Regatta. Both are free and open to the public.

The 4th Annual Greater Hartford Latino Fest hartfordlatinofest.com Get ready for June 23, 2018! The Greater Hartford Latino Fest’s mission is to provide the community with an opportunity to experience traditional and contemporary Latin American culture through the presentation of the performing artists.

Participation attracts multi-cultural families,

businesses, organizations to a variety of activities throughout the region. Our pledge is to nourish the community through economic, cultural exchange and services through the community-based initiative.

Riverfront Music Revival riverfrontmusicrevival.com Scheduled for June 9-10 in Shelton’s Veterans Memorial Park, the festival is a revival of all the musical senses. Headlining performers include Ripe, Mates of State, Gangstagrass, and Brother Joscephus & the Love Revolution. The Main Stage is rounded out with local favorites The Alpaca Gnomes, Creamery Station and Fattie Roots as well as regional sought-after artists such as Kat Wright, The Southern Belles, The Big Takeover and Nardy Boy. Elm Shakespeare Company’s 23rd Annual Shakespeare In The Park elmshakespeare.org August 16-September 3 in New Haven’s Edgerton Park. By popular demand, Elm Shakespeare returns to one of the bard’s less well-known plays this season. Chock full of witty wordplay, music, dance and riotous mishaps, Love’s Labour’s Lost marks the start of Shakespeare’s most lyrical comedies. Set at the dawn of Jazz with live music before and throughout the performance, Elm’s production promises to be as luscious in language and look as Edgerton Park itself, while posing questions about consent, class, and a woman’s role in the political arena. •

bulletin Entries appear as they are submitted by member organizations to us. We do not have time to recheck date, time, location or fee for each of these, nor do we have time to track down member organizations who are late with information. The next deadline, for the July/ August 2018 issue, is May 26 at 5 p.m. Late submissions will not be accepted.

calls for Artists Now in its 12th year, STYLE is a show, sale, and benefit celebrating independent contemporary design. This is a curated event focused on the highest quality fashion, jewelry, and accessories. STYLE ‘18 will take place over two days on Saturday, November 3, 2018 (10:00 AM – 5:00 PM) and Sunday, November 4, 2018 (10:00 AM – 4:00 PM) at the Museum of Craft and Design in San Francisco. Our esteemed jurors will hand select 36 national and international designers to participate in the 2018 event. Attendees can experience and purchase original pieces as well as meet the makers. All proceeds will go to support MCD’s MakeArt education program for children and families in the Bay Area. To apply, please visit https://sfmcd.org/ style-18/. Eligible Media: Apparel, jewelry and fashion accessories. Application Deadline: June 1, 2018. Application Entry fee: $25. For additional questions please contact Caroline Holley at cholley@sfmcd.org or 415.773.0303.

Artists The Artists for World Peace 6x6 4 Peace Project: Bringing free eye care to thousands of Native Americans. In September of 2017, through the vision of AFWP’s founder Wendy Black-Nasta, Artists for World Peace launched its 6x6 4 PEACE Project.

We invited artists to create a painting on a six-inch-by-six-inch canvases that they would then donate to AFWP. In just three weeks AFWP received 1,500 canvases.

AFWP will be selling these donated works of art through its on-line gallery and at “pop-up” galleries throughout the country.

All of the proceeds from the 6x6 4 PEACE Project will be used to support AFWP’s NATIVE EYES Project for 2018. Go to http://www.artistsforworldpeace.org/6x64-peace/ for more information.

Artists The Bruce S. Kershner Gallery of the Fairfield Public Library would like to invite visual artists to apply to show their work in its dedicated gallery space during the upcoming calendar of rotating exhibitions. Artists interested in applying should visit the website for full information about submitting an application: http://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/ our-community/bruce-s-kershner-gallery/ Also follow us on Instagram to see the gallery and our recent exhibitions: https://www. instagram.com/the_kershner_gallery/ Artists-in-Residence The Skopelos Foundation for the Arts, an American owned and operated artist studio located on the Greek Island of Skopelos is offering artist residencies for 2018. The studio is equipped for painters, printmakers, clay artists, digital photographers, and videographers. The length of residence is from 2-4 weeks from March-October. The studio is

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perched high on a hill overlooking the Aegean Sea near the village of Skopelos.

Application information: https://www. skopartfoundation.org.’

Singers Silk ’n Sounds a’ Capella women’s chorus is looking for new members to join us on our amazing journey of musical discovery!

Come meet us (we are very friendly) and our award winning director, Christine Lampe-Onnerud, at one of our Tuesday night rehearsals from 6:15-9:15pm at the Spring Glen Church located at 1825 Whitney Ave in Hamden. You can contact Lynn at (203) 623-1276 for more information or check us out online at www. silknsounds.org or on Facebook.

Singers The New Haven Oratorio Choir, a community chamber choir, invites singers of all voice parts to audition for a position in the choir. Singers are also welcome to attend one of our rehearsals which are held Wednesday nights from 8-10 pm at Church of the Redeemer, 185 Cold Spring St. in New Haven. For more information please check out our website http://www.nhoratorio. org/sing-with-us. To schedule an audition please contact Gretchen at 203-624-2520 or membership@nhoratorio.org.

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.

Volunteers Interested in working with theatre artists in a thriving New Haven Arts Community?

If the answer is yes, join Collective Consciousness Theatre’s volunteer team today! Ushering, House Management, Social Media Consulting, Marketing. Please email us at ccttheatreorg@gmail.com if you are interested in becoming a part of CCT. Volunteers Masonicare Home Health and Hospice is seeking hospice volunteers to visit our hospice patients. We are looking for singers who can sing in small groups at bedside. We are also looking for volunteers with a variety of artistic talents for our expressive arts program. We are a community based program and have needs in many towns and communities.

Please call Jolan at 203.679.5342 or jszollosi@masonicare.org to find out how you can make a difference in someone’s life.

classes Barre Workout I can come to you, New Haven to Westport.

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September 25 - October 30. Choose a time and day private hours are flexible. $55 for an hour session. 9/1pm 6/9pm Mattatuck Museum Mattatuck Museum 144 West Main street, Waterbury. 203-753-0381. https://www. mattmuseum.org Yoga in the Galleries Find a calm mind and strengthened body with an all-levels flowing yoga class in the Early American Art Gallery. Instructors may vary.

Bring your own mat. February 6 - December 31. Every Tuesday, 5:30-6:30pm. $8-12.

5:30-6:30pm Tai Chi Move and groove to music with certified Tai Chi instructor Joe Atkins. Tai Chi classes will allow you to find new energy and stamina. Tai chi also helps improve balance, flexibility and mobility, and reduces stiffness and soreness. Wear comfortable clothes. All levels welcome.

February 7 - December 31. Every Wednesday, 10-11:00a.m. $8-$12. 10-11:00a.m. Tai Chi Move and groove to music with certified Tai Chi instructor Joe Atkins. Tai Chi classes will allow you to find new energy and stamina.

Tai chi also helps improve balance, flexibility and mobility, and reduces stiffness and soreness. Wear comfortable clothes. All levels welcome. April 11 - December 26. Every Wednesday from 10-11a.m. $8 for Members $12 for General. 10-11a.m. Yoga in the Galleries Find a calm mind and strengthened body with an all-levels flowing yoga class in the Early American Art Gallery. Instructors may vary.

Bring your own mat. Wellness programs at the museum are generously supported in part

by St. Mary’s Hospital, a member of Trinity Health new England. April 17 - December 18. Every Tuesday from 5:30-6:30pm. $8 for Members $12 for General Admission. 5:306:30pm Photographing the Human Figure and Encaustic Workshop The MATT presents a special artistic offering with Photographing the Human Figure and Encaustic Workshop.

Artists Heather Whitehouse and Leslie Giuliani will focus on teaching students to combine photography with encaustic paints and pigment sticks in this three-day workshop. May 20 - June 10. Sundays: 5/20, 6/3, 6/10 10a.m.-4pm. $550. 10a.m.-4pm New Haven Academy of Performing Arts 597 Main Street, East Haven. 475-238-8119. https://www.nhaopa.com/summer-musicaltheatre-ca.m.p.html Summer Musical Theater Camp Give your child a summer they will NEVER forget send them to the New Haven Academy of Performing Arts.

The summer musical theatre offers two three-week sessions for students, ages 7-17, Monday through Friday from 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

Each session includes fun-filled performance classes in dance, acting, singing, improvisation and team building theatre June 25 - August 12. M- F 9a.m. to 3pm Before and After Care available. 1 session = early registration paid in full price $575 (save $75) Exp. 3/15/18 Price after March 15th $650 Book two sessions and save more! 2 sessions = early registration paid in full price $1050 (save $250) Exp. 3/15/18 Price aft. 9a.m. - 3pm Private Yoga Class for Women 32 Webster St, New Haven CT 06511. 203690-8501. sharonbaily30@gmail.com

Private Yoga for depression and Anxiety Gentle yoga uses to relax and calm the body and mind for those suffering from depression and or anxiety using proper poses to release negative moods and tense excited feelings along with some affirmative guided meditation during savasana. Be renewed and invigorated with gentle calming vinyasa yoga. April 2 - April 1. These are private one on one sessions I can come to you. $30 for a 45 minute session. Mornings Spectrum Art Gallery 61 Main Street, Centerbrook. 860-767-0742. www.spectrumartgallery.org Ongoing Art Classes and Workshops Spectrum Gallery in Essex Township hosts an array of seasonal art programs for adults and children. Please visit our online calendar for information and to register: www.spectrumartgallery.org.

Questions? Call 860-663-5593. April 1 August 1. Ongoing Classes and Workshops Spectrum Gallery in Essex Township hosts an array of seasonal art programs for adults and children. Please visit our online calendar for information and to register: www.spectrumartgallery.org. Questions?

Call 860-663-5593. May 1 - June 30. Please visit website for specific details!. You Can Photograph Your Artwork! In this workshop explore the techniques necessary to capture art for websites, juried show/gallery submittals, and ultimately the reproduction of your artwork. Learn the fundamentals of lighting, accurate color rendition and file preparation for web, show submittals, and print. Please bring the smartphone or digital camera you will be using. June 3. Sunday June 3. $60. 1 pm - 4 pm Introduction to Digital Photography Are you new to Digital Photography? Would you like to know what those controls on that new camera you just bought do? Start the afternoon out with learning about the camera menu and controls, exposure, ISO, aperture, depth of field and shutter speeds. Then move on to the field of view basics, lens choices, composition and lighting. Point and shoot June 17. Sunday June 17. $70. 12:30pm4:30pm Summer Fluid Painting - the Dirty Pour Fluid painting involves layering acrylic paints of different densities and incorporating certain additives (i.e. silicone, dimethicone, alcohol, Dawn dish soap (etc.) which can result in gorgeous combinations of paint, cells, and lacing..or mud depending upon what you put together! In this workshop you do have several chances so not to worry. June 24. Sunday June 24. $40, $20 material fee paid directly to instructor.

1:30pm - 4pm Yale Center for British Art 1080 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT 06510. 203-432-2800. britishart.yale. edu Sketching in the Galleries Enjoy the tradition of sketching from original works of art in the Center collection and special exhibitions. Artists will offer insights on drawing techniques and observational skills.

Drawing materials are provided, and all skill levels are welcome. May 2 - July 25. Select Wednesdays from noon-1 pm. The program is free, but preregistration is requested for each session. Contact Education (ycba. education@yale.edu | +1 203 432 2858) Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History 170 Whitney Avenue, New Haven. 203432-5050. peabody.yale.edu/events/

Botanical Watercolor I Discover how to paint portraits of flowering plants in watercolor as you observe them in the classroom. Hone your drawing and watercolor skills as you discover the intricacies of different plants that are blooming in the spring. Many examples of Botanical Art will be shared. April 13 - June 8. Every Friday, except May 25, 10a.m.-1pm.

Registration closes April 3. Register at: http://peabody.yale.edu/education/naturalscience-illustration-registration. $400.

Peabody member $360.

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dance Barre Workout Class Yogi Boho Fitness is offering Barre workout classes. Barre is a sculpting and conditioning class inspired by ballet barre warmups targeting the core, posture alignment, toning and strengthening the arms, legs as well as firming the bottom. A portion of the class utilizes small weights and the class cools down with gentle yoga floor stretches. July 26 - July 1. Every Monday and Wednesday 12:30 -1:30 pm, $400. Peabody member $360. 1125 Dixwell Ave, Hamden. 203-690-8501.

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994 State St, New Haven. 203-7822489. www.city-gallery.org Partial Vision Photographer Phyllis Crowley presents PARTIAL VISION, featuring images of snow storms taken mostly through icy, frosty or dripping car windows. The exhibit will be on view at City Gallery from May 31 June 24; Opening Reception: June 3 from 4-6pm. Refreshment. Free, open to the public. For more about the show, visit www. city-gallery.org. May 31 - June 24. Visit website for Gallery hours. Free Creative Arts Workshop New Haven Paint & Clay Club, 80 Audubon Street, New Haven. 203-562-4927. www. newhavenpaintandclayclub.org 117th Annual Juried Art Exhibit at Creative Arts Workshop The New Haven Paint and Clay Club exhibition will feature works created by artists from Connecticut and New England. The juror for the exhibition is D. Samuel Quigley, Director of the Lyman Allyn Museum, New London, CT. Opening reception on Saturday, May 12th from 2-4pm. Awards will be presented at 3pm. May 7 - June 2. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday 9a.m. to 6pm and Saturday 9a.m. to 12pm. Free.

Kehler Liddell Gallery 873 Whalley Ave, New Haven, CT. 203389-9555. www.kehlerliddellgallery.com Robert Bienstock, From the artist: “I use near-parallel lines to explore theoretical spaces spatial, mathematical, emotional and philosophical. I lay them down with paint and ink, pen and brush, on monotype or painted backgrounds. My lines explore concepts such as the intersection of order and disorder, and relationships between independently coherent spaces.” May 31 July 1. Opening Reception: June 9th, 3-6pm Gallery Hours: Thursday + Friday, 11a.m.4pm; Saturday + Sunday, 10a.m.-4pm; or by appointment. Free and open to all. Amy Browning, From the artist: “The works are abstract reflections of life on the island we have shared for the last quarter century with many friends, animal, vegetable and mineral. Change is the leit-motif of island existence with the ever-present elements of wind, calm, heat, cold, tides, bloom, decay and the daily orbit of the sun.” May 31 - July 1. Opening Reception: Saturday, June 9th, 3-6pm Gallery hours: Thursday & Friday, 11a.m.-4pm; Saturday & Sunday, 10a.m.4pm; or by appointment Free and open to all New Haven Museum New Haven Museum, 114 Whitney Avenue,, New Haven. 203-562-4183.

newhavenmuseum.org 21st-Century Tales from WWI Award-winning comic-book illustrator Nadir Balan creates a series of dynamic, over-sized, graphic-novel style murals based on the dramatic World War I (WWI) diary of one New Haven serviceman who witnessed firsthand the adventure, horror, and pathos of the front lines. The powerful result is The Courier: Tales from the Great War. November 7 - November 11.

Tuesday-Friday: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Saturday 12 - 5 p.m. Free 1st Sundays: 1-4 p.m. $2- $4 Spectrum Art Gallery 61 Main Street, Centerbrook. 860-7670742. www.spectrumartgallery.org Summer Group Gallery Exhibit A sixweek group gallery show at the Spectrum Gallery and Store of select pieces by artists participating in the annual Summer Arts Festival in Essex (June 9-10, 2018). May 25 - July 8. Wed, Fri & Sat 12-6pm, Thur & Sun 12-5pm Free Summer Arts Festival Exhibition The non-profit Spectrum Art Gallery and Arts Center Killingworth hosts the 3rd Annual Summer Arts Festival and this exciting, annual event also includes a six-week group gallery show at the Spectrum Gallery and Store of select pieces by participating award-winning Festival artists and artisans from Connecticut and tri-state area. Includes represent May 25 - July 8. W-TR-F-SAT 12-6pm Sunday 125pm 12 pm - 6 pm Free Yale Center for British Art 1080 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT 06510.

203-432-2800. britishart.yale.edu Celia Paul The Center will present an exhibition of work by the contemporary British artist Celia Paul (b. 1959) in spring 2018, the first in a series of three successive exhibitions curated by the Pulitzer Prizewinning author Hilton Als. Following the final exhibition, the Center will publish a volume of Als’s personal reflections on the three artists. April 3 - August 12.

Tuesday - Saturday, 10 a.m. - 5 pm Sunday, noon - 5 pm FreeArt in Focus: John Goto’s High Summer In his series “High Summer” (2000-2001), a portfolio of fifteen digital prints, the photographer John Goto creates composite scenes in which contemporary figures disrupt the landscape gardens of eighteenth-century British country estates.

This student-curated exhibition explores the historical sites that Goto references in eight of his photographs. April 6 - August 19. Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m. - 5 pm; Sunday, noon - 5pm Free Salt and Silver: Early Photography, 1840-1860 Featuring more than one hundred seldom-displayed salt prints, on loan from the Wilson Centre for Photography in London, the exhibition will provide visitors with an opportunity to see some of the earliest photographs in the world. June 28 - September 9. TuesdaySaturday, 10 a.m. - 5 pm; Sunday, noon - 5 pm Free Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History 170 Whitney Avenue, New Haven. 203432-5050. peabody.yale.edu/exhibits/ object-study-gallery Object Study Gallery: Teaching With the Collection From the bones of massive dinosaurs to art and cultural artifacts from across the globe, the collections of the Yale Peabody Museum and like institutions are the foundation for our understanding of the world. Spanning many disciplines, the objects in this gallery

have been selected by Yale University faculty to support courses in a broad range.

March 28 - June 30. noon-5pm $6-$13

kids & families Mattatuck Museum 144 West Main street, Waterbury. 203-7530381. https://www.mattmuseum.org Art, Movement and Meditation with Robin’s Nest Come to The MATT for sessions focused on art, movement and meditation with Robin’s Nest. Robin DiStiso, President of Robin’s Nest, will lead children ages 5-11 in sessions that combine art, gentle movement and guided meditative practices to promote health and social development.

May 1 - June 26. Every Monday from 4-5pm from May through June. 4-5pm $15 Monthly Pass $5 Single Session Neighborhood Music School 100 Audubon St., New Haven. 203-6245189. www.NMSnewhaven.org NMS End-Of-Year Student Awards Night NMS celebrates this year’s student award recipients (including those receiving endowed awards). Award presentations are interspersed with terrific performances by this year’s recipients! Free and open to the public! June 4. 6:30 pm Free Yale Center for British Art 1080 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT 06510.

203-432-2800. britishart.yale.edu Family Program | Exploring Artism This is a free program for families with children who are five to twelve years of age and on the autism spectrum. While the needs of individuals with autism are considered in the design of this program, it is also intended to be fun for parents, siblings, caregivers, and other relatives too! April 21 - June 23. Saturdays from 10:30 a.m. to noon, April 21, May 19, and June 23.

10:30a.m.-noon The program is free, but preregistration is required. Please contact Education (ycba.education@yale.edu | +1 203 432 2858) with your name, number, and a good time to reach you. A museum educator will contact you by phone to complete and confirm your registration.

music GNHCC Invites Singers A non-auditioned, four-part (SATB) chorus with singers of diverse musical backgrounds—some who have never sung in a chorus. During the three-week enrollment period at the beginning of each semester (September and Jan.), interested singers are invited to attend three rehearsals before making the commitment to join. Even after open enrollment ends, rehearsals are open to visitors. Rehearsals are held every Thursday from September to mid-December and Jan. to mid-June, from 7-9 p.m, at the First Presbyterian Church, 704 Whitney Ave., New Haven. GNHCC presents a concert at the end of each semester. For more, contact: info@gnhcc. org, (203) 303-4642, or visit: gnhcc.org.

Glen Campbell Xperience: Jimmy Mazz Jimmy Mazz delivers the world’s premier tribute to Glen Campbell, the man and his music, featuring all the great, timeless

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bulletin tunes from a music icon who touched the hearts of virtually everyone for over four decades. Jimmy pays tribute to this legend, capturing the essence of Campbell’s musical genius in The Glen Campbell Xperience. June 1. 2:00 & 7:30 PM Prices range from $12.00 - $43.00. Nelson Hall Theater, Nelson Hall Theater, 140 Cook Hill Road, Cheshire. 203-699-5495. www. nelsonhallelimpark.org

Annual Summer Arts Festival. The free festival presents award-winning artists and fine artisans from Connecticut and tri-state area. Located on the Essex Connecticut Town Green (in historic downtown Essex) the Festival includes representational and abstract painters work June 9 - June 10. Saturday June 9 10a.m.-5pm Sunday June 10 11a.m.-5pm 10 a.m.-5 pm Free. 12 Main Street, Essex. 860767-0742. www.spectrumartgallery.org

Simply Diamond: Music of Neil Diamond

Full of Your Glory: Liturgy, Cosmos, Creation

Simply Diamond is one of the most musically authentic Neil Diamond tribute bands in the country. Brian LaBlanc and his band focus on the music first and foremost.

‘Sweet Caroline, Forever In Blue Jeans, America, Song Sung Blue and so many more great Neil Diamond hits in store! June 21.

2:00 & 7:30 PM Prices range from $12 - $47.

Nelson Hall Theater, Nelson Hall Theater, 140 Cook Hill Road, Cheshire. 203-6995495. www.nelsonhallelimpark.org

spaces Event/Party With 2,000 square feet of open exhibition space, Kehler Liddell Gallery is a unique venue for hosting events. We tailor to the special interests of private parties, corporate groups, arts organizations, charities and academic institutions. Our inviting, contemporary atmosphere provides the perfect setting for your guests to relax, mingle and enjoy the company of friends. We provide a warm atmosphere filled with paintings, drawings and sculptures by CT contemporary artists and free parking, with front door wheel chair access. Contact Kehler Liddell Gallery at 203389-9555 or kehlerliddell@gmail.com 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 for Dance, Performing Arts, Events A 1,500-square-foot hall 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.

special events Summer Arts Festival Annual Summer Arts Festival on Saturday, June 9, 10-5pm and Sunday, June 10, 11-5pm. The free festival presents awardwinning artists and fine artisans from Connecticut and tri-state area. This exciting, annual event also includes a 6-week group gallery show at the Spectrum Gallery and Store in Centerbrook. June 9 - June 10.

Saturday, June 9, 10-5pm Sunday, June 10, 11-5pm Free. 12 Main Street, Essex. 860767-0742. www.spectrumartgallery.org Summer Arts Festival 2018 The non-profit Spectrum Art Gallery and Arts Center Killingworth hosts the 3rd

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The conference will explore ideas of creation and cosmos embedded in the worship life of the church at a time of unprecedented attention to ecological and cosmological concerns. Conference speakers will highlight some of the rich traditions of the past (ritual, visual, and musical, among others) and also address contemporary concerns. June 18 - June 21.

See conference website for more details See website Registration required. 409 Prospect Street, New Haven. 203-4325062. ism.yale.edu/liturgy2018

talks & tours Introductory Tour Docent-led introductory tours of the Center’s collections are offered on most Fridays at 2 pm, and Saturdays at 11 a.m. Saturday tours feature a visit to the Founder’s Room.

Please visit the Center’s website for more information. April 20 - August 10. Free. Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, 1080 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT 06510. 203-432-2800. britishart.yale.edu Architecture Tour Tours of the Center’s architecture are offered on Saturdays at 11 a.m. on April 28, May 26, June 9 and 30, and July 28. April 28 - July 28. 11 a.m. Free. Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, 1080 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT 06510. 203432-2800. britishart.yale.edu Art Circles Join a museum educator for a thirty-minute discussion in the Center’s galleries to explore one highlight of the collection. The work of art changes every session, making each visit a new experience. Meet at the Information Desk. May 3 - July 19. Select Thursdays at 12:30 pm. Free. Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, 1080 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT 06510.

203-432-2800. britishart.yale.edu Exhibition Tour Docent-led tours of the special exhibition “Celia Paul” are offered on select Thursdays at 11 a.m. and Sundays at 1 pm. Please visit britishart.yale.edu for more information.

May 3 - August 12. Thursdays at 11 a.m.: May 3, June 21, July 12, and August 2 Sundays at 1 pm: May 20, June 17, July 8 and 22, and August 12 Free. Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, 1080 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT 06510. 203432-2800. britishart.yale.edu New Haven & Northampton Canal Bob Madison will discuss his new rails-to trails book so others who enjoy the outdoors can learn a little about the old

canal and its history by experiencing it.

June 11. 6:00-7:00 pm Free. New Haven Free Public Library, Ives Main Library, 133 Elm St, New Haven. 203-946-8130

theater Chicago Chicago has everything that makes Broadway great: a universal tale of fame, fortune and all that jazz; one showstopping song after another; and the most astonishing dancing you’ve ever seen. It’s no surprise that CHICAGO has wowed audiences from Mexico City to Moscow, from Sao Paulo to South Africa. And now it’s coming to your town! June 1 - June 3.

June 1 - 8 p.m. June 2 - 2 p.m. June 2 - 8 p.m. June 3 - 6:30 p.m. Varies By Seat Location. 247 College Street, New Haven.

203-562-5666. www.shubert.com Elm Shakespeare Teen Intensive This brand new summer program brings teens together for a three week session of pure Shakespearian adventure. Students spend three weeks immersed in a challenging, creative and fun environment working with theater professionals who are experts in their specialty. June 25 - July 13. M-F 9a.m.-5pm $750. 501 Crescent Street, New Haven. 203392-8882. www.elmshakespeare.org

arts council member organizations A Broken Umbrella Theatre abrokenumbrella.org (203) 868-0428 Alyla Suzuki Childhood Music Education alylasuzuki.com (203) 239-6026 American Guild of Organists sacredmusicct.org (203) 671-9393 Another Octave-CT Women’s Chorus anotheroctave.org (203) 672-1919 Artspace artspacenh.org (203) 772-2709 Artsplace: Cheshire Performing & Fine Arts cpfa-artsplace.org (203) 272-2787 Artfarm art-farm.org (860) 346-4390 Ball & Socket Arts ballandsocket.org Bethesda Music Series bethesdanewhaven.org (203) 787-2346 Blackfriars Repertory Theatre blackfriarsrep.com (646) 461-2445 Branford Art Center branfordartcenterct.com (203) 208-4455

Branford Arts and Cultural Alliance facebook.com/bacact Branford Folk Music Society branfordfolk.org (203) 488-7715 Chestnut Hill Concerts chestnuthillconcerts.org (203) 245-5736 The Choirs of Trinity Church on the Green trinitynewhaven.org (203) 776-2616 City Gallery city-gallery.org (203) 782-2489 Civic Orchestra of New Haven civicorchestraofnewhaven.org College Street Music Hall collegestreetmusichall.com (203) 867-2000 Connecticut Dance Alliance ctdanceall.com Connecticut Gay Men’s Chorus ctgmc.org (203) 777-2923 Connecticut Hospice Arts Program hospice.com (203) 315-7522 Connecticut Women Artists ctwomenartists.org (201) 803-3766 Creative Arts Workshop creativeartsworkshop.org (203) 562-4927 Creative Concerts (203) 795-3365 CT Folk ctfolk.com DaSilva Gallery dasilva-gallery.com (203) 387-2539 East Street Arts eaststreetartsnh.org (203) 776-6310 EcoWorks CT ecoworksct.org (203) 498-0710 Elm Shakespeare Company elmshakespeare.org (203) 392-8882 Firehouse 12 firehouse12.com (203) 785-0468 Gallery One CT galleryonect.com (860) 663-3095 Guilford Art Center guilfordartcenter.org (203) 453-5947 Guilford Art League gal-ct.blogspot.com Guilford Poets Guild guilfordpoetsguild.org

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

New Haven Ballet newhavenballet.org (203) 782-9038

Yale Institute of Sacred Music yale.edu.ism (203) 432-5180

Billy DiCrosta Vocal Studio billydicrosta.com (203) 376-0609

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

New Haven Chamber Orchestra newhavenchamberorchestra.org

Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History peabody.yale.edu (203) 432-8987

Toad’s Place toadsplace.com (203) 624-8623

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

institutional support

Hamden Arts Commission hamdenartscommission.org (203) 287-2546 Hamden Symphony Orchestra hamdensymphony.org (203) 433-4207 Hugo Kauder Society hugokauder.org (203) 562-5200 Imaginary Theater Company imaginarytheatercompany.org The Institute Library institutelibrary.org (203) 562-4045 International Festival of Arts & Ideas artidea.org (203) 498-1212 Jazz Haven jazzhaven.org (203) 393-3002 Kehler Liddell Gallery kehlerliddell.com (203) 389-9555 Knights of Columbus Museum kofcmuseum.org (203) 865-0400 Legacy Theatre legacytheatrect.org (203) 208-5504 Madison Art Society madisonartsociety.blogspot.com (203) 458-8555

New Haven Chorale newhavenchorale.org (203) 776-7664 New Haven Museum newhavenmuseum.org (203) 562-4183 New Haven Oratorio Choir nhoratorio.org (860) 339-6462 New Haven Paint and Clay Club newhavenpaintandclayclub.org New Haven Symphony Orchestra newhavensymphony.org (203) 865-0831 Orchestra New England orchestranewengland.org (203) 777-4690 Pantochino Productions pantochino.com (203) 937-6206 Paul Mellon Arts Center choate.edu/artscenter (203) 697-2398 The Second Movement secondmovementseries.org Shoreline Arts Alliance shorelinearts.org (203) 453-3890 Shoreline Arts Trail shorelineartstrail.com Shubert Theater shubert.com (203) 562-5666

Make Haven makehaven.org (203) 936-9830

Silk n’ Sounds silknsounds.org

Mattatuck Museum mattatuckmuseum.org (203) 753-0381

Site Projects siteprojects.org (203) 376-8668

Meet the Artists and Artisans meettheartistsandartisans.com (203) 874-5672

Spectrum Art Gallery & Store spectrumartgallery.org (860) 767-0742

Mirror Visions Ensemble mirrorvisions.org

Summer Theatre of New Canaan (203) 966-4634 stonc.org

Yale School of Music music.yale.edu (203) 432-1965 Yale University Art Gallery artgallery.yale.edu (203) 432-0601

community partners Department of Arts Culture & Tourism cityofnewhaven.com (203) 946-8378 Dept. of Economic & Community Development cultureandtourism.org (860) 256-2800 Homehaven homehavenvillages.org (203) 776-7378 Hopkins School (203) 397-1001 hopkins.edu JCC of Greater New Haven jccnh.org (203) 387-2522 New Haven Free Public Library nhfpl.org (203) 946-8130 New Haven Preservation Trust nhpt.org (203) 562-5919 Overseas Ministries Study Center omsc.org (203) 624-6672 Town Green Special Services District infonewhaven.com (203) 401-4245 Visit New Haven visitnewhaven.com Westville Village Renaissance Alliance westvillect.org (203) 285-8539

Milford Arts Council milfordarts.org (203) 876-9013

Theater Department at SCSU southernct.edu/theater

Musical Folk musicalfolk.com (203) 691-9759

University Glee Club of New Haven universitygleeclub.org (203) 248-8515

Music Haven musichavenct.org (203) 745-9030

Wesleyan University Center for the Arts wesleyan.edu/cfa (860) 685-3355

Neighborhood Music School neighborhoodmusicschool.org (203) 624-5189

Whitney Arts Center (203) 773-3033

business members

Yale Center for British Art britishart.yale.edu (203) 432-2800

Access Audio-Visual Systems accessaudiovisual.com (203) 287-1907

Nelson Hall at Elim Park nelsonhallelimpark.org

Executive Champions Yale University Senior Patrons H. Pearce Real Estate L. Suzio York Hill Companies Marcum Odonnell Company Corporate Partners Firehouse 12 Fusco Management Company Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce Jewish Foundation of Greater New Haven Knights of Columbus Webster Bank Yale-New Haven Hospital Business Patrons Albertus Magnus College Halsey Associates Gateway Community College Lenny & Joe’s Fish Tale Newmann Architects Wiggin and Dana Business Members Access Audio-Visual Systems Branford Art Center Brenner, Saltzman & Wallman, LLP Griswold Home Care Foundations & Government Community Foundation for Greater New Haven DECD/CT Office of the Arts City of New Haven Department of Arts, Culture, & Tourism The Ethel & Abe Lapides Foundation Josef and Anni Albers Foundation National Endowment for the Arts NewAlliance Foundation The Wells Fargo Foundation The Werth Family Foundation

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Whitneyville Cultural Commons 1253whitney.com (203) 780-8890 Yale-China Association yalechina.org (203) 432-0880

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