Special Events

Recent and Upcoming IRIS Celebrations and Social Functions

Shop For A Cause: IRIS Clothing Sale

Thursday, June 25, 10am-6pm
Friday, June 26, 10am-6pm
Saturday, June 27, 10am-2pm

Center Church Parish House, 311 Temple Street (directly behind the Public Library)

IRIS Clothing Sale

Gently used and new clothing! Low prices. Great selection. Women’s, men’s, and children’s clothing.

Donations are welcome during sale!

All sales benefit refugees resettled by IRIS.

Download the Sales flyer >

 

World Refugee Day photo

The Art of Survival

June 18, 5-8 PM

World Refugee Day 2009

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Celebrate with IRIS at three special events sharing culture from the Connecticut refugee community:

The Art of Survival

June 18, 5-8 PM

Featuring live music, dance, film, visual art, and food celebrating the lives and cultures of New Haven’s refugees!

 

Photograph from World Refugee Day 2008 by Bradley E. Clift

 

Performance schedule:

5:00 PM Aly Camara & Mark Zarrillo, Guinean dance & rhythm workshop/performance

6:00 PM Echo Uganda, traditional music of Uganda  www.echouganda.com

6:30 PM José Lezcano, Cuban-American guitarist www.joselezcano.com

7:30 PM Amir ElSaffar, Iraqi Maqam singer www.amirelsaffar.com

Visual art by Susan Clinard, Aaron Kotowski, Jack Levine, and others.  Also featuring short films made by refugees living in refugee camps in Kenya, produced by FilmAid International.

Henry R. Luce Hall
34 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven
Suggested donation of $15 to benefit IRIS (free for children)

The Future Will Be Possible

June 13-14

A weekend of films exploring the refugee experience, presented in collaboration with Yale Summer Film Institute and the International Festival of Arts & Ideas. IRIS's executive director Chris George moderates panel with filmmakers and refugees on June 14, 2:30 PM.

Whitney Humanities Center
53 Wall Street, New Haven
Free
Further information: artidea.org

White Collar, Blue Collar, Pink Slip

Opening June 30

Visual art exhibition exploring the meaning of work in all its human variety—including the experiences of refugees and other immigrants looking for work and trying to start new lives in the USA. Presented in collaboration with The Arts Council of Greater New Haven and The Parachute Factory.

The Parachute Factory Gallery
Erector Square, Building One, New Haven
Opening reception: June 30, 5-7 PM
Free
Further information: newhavenarts.org

Thanks to the World Refugee Day 2009 event sponsors: