The city of New Haven , located on Long Island Sound, serves as one of the Northeast's major centers of education, medical care and culture. Both the city, settled in 1638, and Yale University , founded in 1701, offer a variety of cultural programs, many of which are linked to this website.
New Haven combines big city arts quality and quantity with small city accessibility.
Once known as a try-out town, the home of the Shubert Theater where shows prepared for a Broadway run, New Haven is now renowned as the cultural center of Connecticut. The Long Wharf Theatre , one of the country's best-known regional theater companies, has taken many productions to Broadway. Artists and art lovers,too, are drawn to the area for the high caliber and variety of arts activity. And the city, which began as one of the few planned communities in colonial America, has a cosmopolitan style. In addition, five colleges and universities are located in Greater New Haven.