Linda Frye Burnham / 11:59 AM
Here's a fun e-mail from Kara Arsenault at the Arts Council of Greater New Haven, Conn.:
We hope that the Community Arts Network might consider posting information about our recent event, Exact Change. It was a fantastic afternoon, with folks from around the region traveling to ride on a "performance" bus. Our staff traveled with kids who were riding the bus for the first time; an adult who had been riding the bus for 35 years, but said this would be the ride she would always fondly remember; and many innocent bystanders who were just riding the bus to get to their next stop, but ended up becoming enthralled with the performances. We specifically tried to pick routes that traveled through diverse communities, in an attempt to showcase our talented local performance artists and to bring the arts to diverse communities that don't always have easy access to the arts.
If you'd like any images from the event, please let me know! I'd be happy to send some along!
Best,
Kara Arsenault
Director of Communications
Arts Council of Greater New Haven
Exact Change: Live performances on New Haven city buses
The Arts Council of Greater New Haven, in partnership with CT Transit, presented Exact Change, an afternoon of live entertainment on four New Haven city buses. All performances took place on Sunday, April 13, and included poetry, theater, music and more. Cost for a one-way bus ticket was $1.25.
Performances and participating bus routes included:
At 1:25 pm, bus GF departed from the Amity Shopping Center near 112 Amity Road in New Haven. Riders journeyed down Whalley Avenue and enjoyed a host of improv games performed by Meter Theater of the New Haven Theater Company, with each game using ideas and suggestions provided by the riders. Offered games included “The Forgetful Tour Guide,” “Is This Seat Taken?,” “The Bell Tour Guide,” and “The Musical.”
At 1:30 pm, bus D5 departed from Walmart near 315 Foxon Boulevard in New Haven. Riders on this bus took a trip down Grand Avenue while listening to a fusion of musical sounds and poetry by the Carlos Hortas Collective.
At 1:33 pm, bus D4 departed from Hamden Plaza near 2100 Dixwell Avenue in Hamden. Riders on this bus enjoyed Latin American folklore using music, movement, masks and puppetry by Teatro Del Sol y de la Luna of the New Haven Theater Company.
At 1:35 pm, bus PMF departed from Putnam Place near 1245 Dixwell Avenue. Riders traveled down Winchester Avenue and relished in spoken word poetry with members of the Universal Art Movement.
All four buses arrived at the New Haven Green at 2 pm, where the artists participated in a final performance.
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