Host Lucy Gellman chats with Billy DiCrosta and Neil Fuentes, owners of the New Haven Academy of Performing Arts, about their Broadway on Main initiative and the impact that theater, dance, and arts education has on youngn people's lives. They are joined by Lisa Costello, who plays M'Lynn in a current production of Steel Magnolias running at the theater through March 22.

Val Ramos Flamenco Ensemble CD Release Concert

March 17, 2026 12:30-1:30 p.m. Quinnipiac University’s Mount Carmel Auditorium (CCE/Communications, Computer & Engineering Building), 275 Mount Carmel Avenue, Hamden CT.
The Val Ramos Flamenco Ensemble will be perform a concert of Flamenco music, song, and dance in celebration of the release of its new CD “Eres la luna en mi cielo.” Selections from the CD will be featured and CDs will be available for purchase at the concert. Featured artists will include Val Ramos (lead guitarist), special guest Alfonso Cid (singer), Tere Luna (singer), Yohanna Escamilla (dancer), Carlos Hernández Chávez (bassist), Ashley Jones (violinist), Nestor Prieto (percussionist), Shawn Montañéz (guitarist), and Herman Carvache (percussionist). This is a free concert sponsored by The Common Hour at Quinnipiac University. THIS IS A FREE CONCERT & PARKING IS LIMITED