# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Luminary Soirée - Awards & Fundraiser
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 16 Nov, 2025 at 05:00 pm – Sun, 16 Nov, 2025 at 07:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Sunday, November 16th
Shubert Theatre Cabaret
5PM - 7PM

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An Intimate Evening of Elegance. A Celebration of Legacy & Literature. A Call to Illuminate the Future.

​Kulturally LIT is pleased to present our inaugural Luminary Soirée, a literary awards gala and annual fundraiser experience, honoring bold voices, creative leaders, and cultural revolutionaries shaping the literary landscape of the African Diaspora.

​Held in the heart of New Haven at the Shubert Theatre Cabaret, this unforgettable evening will gather writers, artists, cultural workers, and community champions for a night of inspiration, recognition, and connection that will also help raise funds for Kulturally LIT's 2026 programming.

This year we will be honoring three Connecticut based writers:

✴ Nzi​ma Hutchings, Literary Cultivator Award - Honoring a writer that has nutured literary growth and fosters creativity through literature

✴ Sharmont Little, Cultural Steward Award - Honoring a local leader whose work impacts and uplifts the literary arts community

✴ Marilyn Nelson - Firestarter Trailblazer Award, Honoring a CT author or writer who has blazed a trail in the literary community

✴ Tochi Onyebuchi - Literary Legend Award, Honoring a Giant in the literary world who has made significant contributions to the global community

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What to expect:
✦ Red carpet arrival & VIP Lounge
✦ Buffet Dinner
✦ Luminary Awards Ceremony
✦ Performances from Not Your Average Violinist and New Haven Poet Laureate Yex Diaz
✦ Music, storytelling, and celebration

What to wear:
✦ Elegant evening/cocktail wear

Tickets on sale now: kulturallylit.org/luminary-soiree
Can't attend? Donations are accepted and appreciated! All money raised will be matched by an anonymous donor. ✨
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/new-haven/luminary-soirée-awards-and-fundraiser/200029041008317
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, nonprofit, theatre, trips-adventures, it, storytelling
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 66

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.kulturallylit.org/event-details-registration/luminary-soiree?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=new+haven-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: New Haven
- **state**: CT
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Shubert Theatre
- **lat**: 41.306504609602
- **long**: -72.929068453305
- **full address**: Shubert Theatre, Insomnia Cookies, 240 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Kulturally LIT (https://allevents.in/org/kulturally-lit/23544554)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sun, 16 Nov, 2025 at 05:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Shubert Theatre, Insomnia Cookies, 240 College St, New Haven, CT 06510, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Kulturally LIT
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art, nonprofit, theatre, trips-adventures, it, storytelling
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Luminary Soirée - Awards & Fundraiser ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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