Union Station Street Fair!

New Haven Project Storefronts and Park New Haven is hosting the first-ever Union Station Street Fair! The fair will be open Friday, July 18th from 4-9 PM and July 19th from 9 am - 2 pm, in the West Lobby of the station. Music and bright banners will attract commuters to our 16 vendors. Ranging from pillows made by artist Gordon Skinner to hand-made soaps, all vendors are New Haven entrepreneurs offering unique items.

Audubon Arts on Edge Saturday

Photo by Amanda May of ArtsCouncil

Every June The Arts Council presents Audubon Arts on the Edge, an afternoon full of free, family-oriented music and dance performances, interactive arts-and-crafts activities, fun educational programs, and giveaways. The event always takes place in the Audubon Arts & Retail District, on the block of Audubon Street between Whitney Avenue and Orange Street. The 2014 Audubon Arts on the Edge will take place Saturday June 7, 2014, 12pm-5pm.

Featuring:
Aux Trois Pommes Language School
Caricaturist
City Seed
Elm City Market
Face Painting
Katalina’s Cupcakes
Neighborhood Music School Instrument Petting Zoo
New Haven Animal Shelter
New Haven Free Public Library
New Haven Museum
New Haven Promise
New Haven Reads
Schooner
Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History
Yale School of Nursing – Have Bones Will Travel
Performances by:
ACES ECA Dance Ensemble
ACES ECA Jazz Ensemble
Neighborhood Music School Do So Band
Neighborhood Music School Suzuki Strings
New Haven Ballet
Sound School Chanteens
St. Luke’s Steel Band
Wudang Kung Fu Academy Wushu Ensemble
Zolotyj Promin-Ukrainian Dance Ensemble

Audubon Arts on the Edge is organized by the Arts Council of Greater New Haven, Creative Arts Workshop, ACES Educational Center for the Arts, Neighborhood Music School, and the New Haven Ballet.

This year’s event is sponsored by First Niagara as well as the The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, Audubon Arts & Retail District, Suzio York Hill, Star 99.9, George A. & Grace L. Long Foundation,  Bank of America, N.A., and Alan S. Parker, Esq., Trustees,  Pfizer, The Werth Family Foundation and the Department of Economic and Community Development-Office of the Arts.

Check out the complete schedule here (PDF).
Interested in helping out or volunteering?
See photos from Audubon Arts on the Edge 2013