
The International Festival of Arts and Ideas
Each year in June, innovative musicians and dancers, brilliant theatrical performers and bright and emergent thinkers descend on New Haven. The Festival fuses arts and ideas programs, showcasing hundreds of international events of various genres at different venues around the city. More than 80 percent of the events, which span serious, controversial and whimsical topics, are free to the public.Venue: Various locations around the city
Date: June 2009
Website: www.artidea.org
Pilot Pen International Tennis Tournament
The Pilot Pen Tournament is a US Open Series event, part of a six-week summer season of North American events leading up to the Grand Slam in New York. The Pilot Pen attracts top players, including defending champions Justine Henin and Nikolay Davydenko.Venue: Connecticut Tennis Center at Yale University, 45 Yale Avenue
Date: 21-29 August 2009
Website: www.pilotpentennis.com