New Haven Symphony Orchestra “Renaissance Rhythms: From Harlem to New Haven,”Film Screening: Unsung Heroes: The Music of Jazz in New Haven

Stetson Branch Library 197 Dixwell Avenue, New Haven

The New Haven Symphony Orchestra (NHSO) will present “Renaissance Rhythms: From Harlem to New Haven,” a week of programs spanning the week of April 6- 14, which explore the artistic outpouring of music, theatre, and writing that flourished in both the Harlem Renaissance and New Haven’s Renaissance during the same era. Join us for a Film […]

New Haven Symphony Orchestra “Renaissance Rhythms: From Harlem to New Haven,” When Broadway was Black

Possible Futures Bookstore 318 Edgewood Ave, New Haven

The New Haven Symphony Orchestra (NHSO) will present “Renaissance Rhythms: From Harlem to New Haven,” a week of programs spanning the week of April 6- 14, which explore the artistic outpouring of music, theatre, and writing that flourished in both the Harlem Renaissance and New Haven’s Renaissance during the same era. Fireside Chat: Book Talk with […]

Salons at Stowe: Literary Activism Locked Up

Harriet Beecher Stowe Center 77 Forest Street, Hartford

A 2023 study by PEN America found that book bans in prison systems have risen dramatically in the last decades, even in seemingly progressive states.  Washington state, for example, more than doubled the instances of book bans between 2019 and 2021.  In addition to restrictions on reading through specific book bans, censoring certain topics in […]