Social Justice meets sci-fi meets songwriting in this panel discussion between musician, composer, and curator Toshi Reagon; cultural producer & sacred artivist Hanifa Nayo Washington; and writer, activist, educator, and spoken word artist Wali

IMAGINANDO UN MUNDO SIN MUROS, JAULAS Y DETENCIÓN

Jun 25th, 2021 1m 15s

Esta conversación se llevará a cabo en español.This conversation will be held in Spanish. En asociación con Melting the Ice, un podcast y programa de radio bilingüe dedicado a compartir el testimonio de personas directamente afectadas por l

HONORING OUR BODIES: A FUTURE FOR ALL ABILITIES

Jun 25th, 2021 1h 16m

How do we create a world where we all care for each other? A world where fewer people have to fight for their rights to exist, while more people acknowledge and accommodate for the abilities of all? Host Lucy Gellman, editor of the New Haven Ar

HOW ARTISTS SHAPE OUR FUTURE

Jun 23rd, 2021 1h 20m

If you’re wondering where the spiritual "after party" for the Festival will be, look no further than this party in the form of a panel discussion, where New Haven Director of Cultural Affairs Adriane Jefferson will lead a talk among many of the

IMAGINE A WORLD WITHOUT PRISONS

Jun 22nd, 2021 1h 19m

What would a truly just system look like? In 2021 we saw a surge in anger and action regarding the state of the prison industrial complex, a system that is unjustly imprisoning Black and brown people, profiting off of their imprisonment, and ki

MONUMENTS AND COLLECTIVE MEMORY

Jun 22nd, 2021 1h 15m

Monuments shape the fabric of our landscapes and serve as permanent reminders of what and who our society values. They are installed to commemorate moments and people from the past that we want to carry forward, to demonstrate our achievements

CROWNING GLORY: THE ART OF HAIR

Jun 19th, 2021 1h 10m

Celebrate the necessary and overdue passage of the Connecticut CROWN Act -- which prohibits workplace discrimination on the basis of traits historically associated with race, including hair -- with this joyous panel discussion. Malakhi Eason, t

NEW HAVEN MUSEUM FOUNDERS CHAT: FINDING YOUR RHYTHM

Jun 16th, 2021 1h 30m

Imagine a creative life that unfolds in layers, fueled by your happiest memories of connection and belonging. Two-time business owner Alisa Bowens-Mercado has taken many a plunge into uncharted waters, making history while removing obstacles in

THE 15 MINUTE CITY: IMAGINING THE FUTURE OF TRANSPORTATION

Jun 10th, 2021 1h 16m

How would it change your life if you had everything you needed within a 15-minute walk? Throughout the world, architects, city planners and community organizers are constructing aesthetically pleasing, human-centered cities that rely less on ca

THE LEGACY & FUTURE OF LOVE AS LIBERATION A PANEL ON MUTUAL AID

Jun 10th, 2021 1h 15m

Raven A. Blake, cultural worker, community organizer and Founder and Visionary of Love Fed New Haven, hosts a conversation with global majority organizers and artisans who were working in mutual aid prior to the pandemic and who continue this v

Listening to Earth: Indigenous Wisdom & Climate Futures

May 27th, 2021 1h 17m

Hear from Indigenous voices on the climate knowledge that has existed in their communities for generations and the practical solutions that can spur a better collective attempt at caring for our planet.LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS

SANCTUARY: A LATINA THEORY CONVERSATION WITH AUTHORS PAOLA MENDOZA AND ABBY SHER

Oct 27th, 2020 54m 40s

Podcasters Maria Isa & Jessica Lopez Lyman of Latina Theory moderate a discussion between authors Paola Mendoza and Abby Sher about their new book SANCTUARY.MORE INFO ABOUT SANCTUARY:Paola Mendoza, the co-founder of the Women’s March makes her

ON BEING GOOD: A CONVERSATION WITH THE GOOD PLACE PHILOSOPHERS

Jun 30th, 2020 1h 29m

Philosophers Pamela Hieronymi and Todd May, who served as philosophy advisors on the acclaimed television comedy, The Good Place (NBC), explore the nature of goodness and its role in society, an especially poignant and visceral subject against

Shaping Our Voices Into Movements, Action and Allyship

Jun 24th, 2020 1h 26m

AN ACTIVIST SONGBOOK DISCUSSIONJoin the Activist Songbook team as fellow artists and activists discuss how we can raise our voices to become agents for social change and what People of the Global Majority (PGM) allyship looks like. We grapple w

SLAVERY & THE AMERICAN STORY

Jun 23rd, 2020 1h 25m

Join Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter and creator of the landmark 1619 Project for The New York Times Magazine Nikole Hannah-Jones in conversation with the host of The Center For Investigative Reporting’s Reveal podcast, Al Letson,

Who is Essential? Race, Culture, and Identity in American Democracy

Jun 17th, 2020 1h 3m

John Dankosky invites Khalilah Brown-Dean, Political Science Professor at Quinnipiac University, and others to reflect on identity politics at this disorienting time when a new identity has emerged in our society: “essential.”listen on apple po

HOUSING AS A HUMAN RIGHT? TACKLING CHALLENGES OF AFFORDABILITY AND DISCRIMINATION

Jun 14th, 2020 1h 12m

John Dankosky moderates this talk exploring the intersection of housing and democracy with Connecticut experts including Karen DuBois Walton (Executive Director of the Elm City Communities/Housing Authority of the City of New Haven), Jacqueline

Stories, Sovereignty, and Imagining Forward

Jun 10th, 2020 1h 28m

A conversation with Native American artists and leaders who offer their perspective on issues of sovereignty, ancestry, and post-pandemic survival, organized in partnership with theater director Madeline Sayet and featuring Tara Moses, Asa Bena

DEMOCRACY, REFUGEES, AND ASYLUM

Jun 6th, 2020 57m 5s

Historian Quan Tran, sociologist Jasmina Besirevic-Regan, and Nour Al Zouabi, a Syrian refugee, share their personal stories and professional perspectives on borders, migration, and democracy.listen on apple podcasts

DEMOCRACY, PANDEMIC, AND HOW WE MOVE FORWARD

Jun 5th, 2020 1h 30m

Former Connecticut Secretary of State Miles Rapoport moderates a conversation with political commentator and author Heather McGhee, political activist and CEO of Voto Latino María Teresa Kumar, and political scholar Archon Fung, all of whom hav

THE ROLE OF ARTISTS IN DEMOCRACY

May 31st, 2020 1h 15m

The 2012 Inaugural Poet Richard Blanco is joined by four-time Grammy Award winner Angélique Kidjo, Lakota playwright Larissa FastHorse, and Founder of Theatre of the Oppressed NYC and New Haven native Katy Rubin who reflect on their roles as me

WEALTH IN OUR DEMOCRACY: ANAND GIRIDHARADAS IN CONVERSATION

May 31st, 2020 1h 1m

A conversation about income inequality in the U.S. with Anand Giridharadas, author of the recently published Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World (Alfred A. Knopf, 2018).In his book, Giridharadas asks hard questions: Why, f

STEPHANIE BURT IN CONVERSATION

May 19th, 2020 1h 1m

In this Ideas event—also part of the NEA Big Read—poet Stephanie Burt discusses her book Advice From The Lights (Graywolf Press, 2017), an essential work that asks who we are, how we become ourselves, and why we make art. Burt is a poet, litera

SONGWRITING AS RADICAL IMAGINATION: AN ACTIVIST SONGBOOK DISCUSSION

May 13th, 2020 1h 7m

Joined by Activist Songbook Composer Byron Au Yong and Lyricist Aaron Jafferis, a panel of artists/activists will discuss music and its role in activism and democracy. Joined by a panel that includes local New Haven activist/musician New Haven

George Takei and Byron Au Yong in Conversation

Feb 25th, 2020 37s

In this talk, from our 10th Annual Visionary Leadership Award, George Takei, the pioneering actor, social media superstar, Grammy-nominated recording artist, and New York Times bestselling author is joined in conversation with composer, Byron A