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Get ready to sing along! 🎶 American Icons brings the New Haven Symphony Orchestra to the Green for a night celebrating legendary artists including Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Prince, Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder, and more.

Featuring vocalists Capathia Jenkins and Ryan Shaw.

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SOMI'S COMING TO NEW HAVEN.
Grammy®-nominated. Broadway star. TED Fellow. Renaissance woman.
Somi takes our stage on June 25
One night only.
https://t.co/B9XGAyZAKP → get your tickets before they're gone.

#Somi #ARTIDEA #LiveMusic #Jazz #NewHaven #SomiMusic

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The 61st Annual Elm City Freddy Fixer Weekend is bringing the energy to New Haven 🔥
Join us at Q House for a celebration of community, culture, music, and connection featuring DJ Too Much, Majesty, Slay Washington, and more.

📍 June 6
🎟 FREE: https://t.co/pcYa9hAz8H

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ONE NIGHT. ONE STAGE. ONE PERFORMANCE YOU'LL NEVER FORGET.
Pilobolus brings their breathtaking Other Worlds Collection to the Festival on June 18 — and you do NOT want to miss it.
tickets at https://t.co/zsewSaOIbH

#Pilobolus #OtherWorlds #artidea #NewHaven #LiveDance #MustSee

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Join us for an intimate evening woven from personal stories and live performance—a space to slow down and explore belonging in all its forms.

📍 Tue. June 16th at Manjares (382 W Rock Ave.) from 6:30PM to 8:30PM
*Note: Doors will open at 6:00PM

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🎻 Experience an unforgettable evening of choral music that explores grief, remembrance, resilience, and hope through the power of the human voice. See the performance at Morse Recital Hall on June 20th from 7:00PM–8:30PM. 🎼📜⏳️

🌐 Buy Tickets: https://t.co/2soctAsW9b

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Explore New Haven through immersive tours, walking experiences, bike rides, art spaces, and community storytelling events that uncover the histories, people, and places shaping New Haven.

For more info, visit: https://t.co/eVnCLQmoVN

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A lost album. A queer and femme cast. A performance you've never seen before.
THE MERCY VELVET PROJECT - June 26–27 in New Haven.
https://t.co/4nCZnodlVh
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A lost album. A queer and femme cast. A performance you've never seen before.

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Join the Yale Choral Artists for an exciting and adventurous program featuring the premiere of Grammy-winning composer Chris Cerrone, Michael Gilbertson, and Ildebrando Pizzetti.

📍June 20 from 7:00PM–8:30PM | Morse Recital Hall
🎟 GET YOUR TICKETS: https://t.co/5OTjm2oBlQ

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🎙️ Award-winning vocalist and Grammy-nominated artist Somi brings her globally celebrated sound for one unforgettable night. See the performance at University Theatre on Thursday, June 25th from 7:30PM–9:00PM. 🎼 🎷🌍️

🌐 Buy Your Tickets TODAY: https://t.co/9w474hGgaO

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Sandra Cisneros joins Arts & Ideas virtually for a special conversation on storytelling, identity, and belonging.

📍June 28 from 3:45PM–4:45PM | New Haven Museum
🎟 FREE RSVP: https://t.co/EUyfkDNdpj

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Celebrate community and honor our neighborhood heroes by coming to the Newhalville Festival TOMORROW!

📍Sunday, May 31 from 2:00PM–6:00PM | Lincoln Basset Park (130 Basset Street)

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⚠️ IMPORTANT UPDATE: Due to strong wind gusts and colder-than-expected temperatures, today's West Rock/West Hills Festival will be moved indoors to "The Shack". We look forward to seeing everyone there and appreciate your understanding.

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Antoinette Brim-Bell invites writers to imagine memory as a curated, living archive—one that holds objects both visible and invisible, enduring and ephemeral, awe-inspiring and ordinary.

📍June 28 from 2:30PM–3:30PM | New Haven Museum
🎟 FREE RSVP: https://t.co/5w8jrkHZe2

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Matt Kampe & The Hub bring the groove to the New Haven Green! Blending funk, rock, and soul, this high energy band creates music built on rhythm, collaboration, and pure live energy.

📍 June 26 on the New Haven Green at 6:00PM
Visit https://t.co/uM4bux9N9i for more events.

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Who gets to feel at home in America? 🇺🇸 "WHOSE AMERICA?" brings together four powerful contemporary voices for a conversation on race, citizenship, identity, and belonging.

📍June 28 from 1:00PM–2:00PM | New Haven Museum
🎟 FREE RSVP: https://t.co/b0qEJGIWkR

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See you TOMORROW at the West Rock/West Hills Festival!

📍Saturday, May 30 from 2:00PM–6:00PM | West Rock Author's Academy (311 Valley Street)

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Honor the legacy. Celebrate the joy. Move together. ❤️🖤💚 Join us Friday, June 19 for a powerful Juneteenth gathering on the New Haven Green as part of the 13th Annual citywide Juneteenth Celebration.

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Drew Dixon was in the room where hip hop crossed over, broke boundaries, and changed culture forever — but her story, like those of so many Black women in the industry, was nearly erased.

📍June 21 from 3:30PM–4:30PM | New Haven Museum
🎟 FREE RSVP: https://t.co/rxCJaj4fXC

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The Mercy Velvet Project transforms the 1999 album Live in Vain into an immersive performance experience blending tap dance, contemporary movement, live music, and storytelling.

📍 June 26–27 at TDPS Black Box Theater
🎟 Tickets available now: https://t.co/LkQ1pacHoN