Green Street Arts Center Listings for February 2007
Green Street Arts Center
51 Green Street
Middletown, CT 06457
1.Type: Deadline
Title of Event: Registration Deadline for 6-week Classes
Location: Green Street Arts Center
Date: Thursday, February 1, 2007, 11:59pm
Fee: n/a
Phone: (860) 685-7871 Website: www.greenstreetartscenter.org
Description: Green Street's 6-week classes begin February 5th and include Video Storytelling, Drawing for Teens, Tai Chi and World Jewelry Techniques. To register by phone, call 860-685-7871.
2.Type: Open Mic
Title of Event: Green Speak: Open Mic
Location: Green Street Arts Center
Date: Friday, February 2, 2007, 8pm
Fee: $5 for non-performers, free to performers
Phone: (860) 685-7871 Website: www.greenstreetartscenter.org
Description: Green Street continues its open mic series, hosted by a different artist or group each month! Sign up begins at 7:30pm and performers of all varieties-poets, playwrights, acoustic musicians, comics-are invited to share their original work (10 minute limit) in a safe, supportive space.
3.Type: Workshop
Title of Event: Creative Home Workshop Series
Location: Green Street Arts Center
Date: Saturday, February 3, 2007, 2:30-4pm
Fee: $10; $8 members
Phone: (860) 685-7871 Website: www.greenstreetartscenter.org
Description: Learn how to use recycled, affordable materials to creatively re-invigorate your living space! Participants in each workshop will make a take-home project. Visit www.greenstreetartscenter.org to find out about upcoming workshops. Limit: 15. Advance registration is recommended by calling (860) 685-7871.
4.Type: Music
Title of Event: Green House Music Series
Location: Green Street Arts Center
Date: Friday, February 9, 2007, 8:00pm
Fee: $5, free to performers
Phone: (860) 685-7871 Website: www.greenstreetartscenter.org
Description: Green Street teams up with 88.1 WESUfm and Middletown High School students for an eclectic monthly series featuring high school and college-age musicians. Prepare yourself for a big variety of sounds-folk, emo, punk, jazz, bluegrass-up to three bands are featured each night. Doors open at 7:30pm.
5.Type: Workshop
Title of Event: Adult Workshop: Tap N' Jam Dancing with Andrew Nemr
Location: Green Street Arts Center
Date: Saturday, February 10, 2007, 3-4:30pm Workshop, 5:30-7pm Jam
Fee: Workshop: $25; Jam: $7 ($5 members and students).
Phone: (860) 685-7871 Website: www.greenstreetartscenter.org
Description: Instructor: Andrew Nemr. After he brought down the house at the 2006 DanceMasters Weekend at Wesleyan, Nemr returns to Middletown with another high-energy master class designed for students with intermediate to advanced tap experience. A founding member of Savion Glover's Ti Dii, and a protégé of Dianne Walker, Nemr has had an extensive performing history including at New York's Apollo Theater and at The Joyce, and as the artistic director of his own company, CPD (Cats Paying Dues). A faculty member at Broadway Dance Center, Nemr's class will emphasize rhythm and syncopation. Take the workshop or the jam, or do both!
6.Type: Solo Performance
Title of Event: Loving Haiti, Loving Vodou: A Self in Progress, by Gina Athena Ulysse
Location: Green Street Arts Center
Date: Friday, February 16, 2007, 8:00pm
Fee: $8 ($5 members)
Phone: (860) 685-7871 Website: www.greenstreetartscenter.org
Description: This monthly showcase features some of Connecticut's most exciting talent. Gina Ulysse was born in Petion-Ville, Haiti. She is the middle child of three sisters. In her early teens, they all migrated to the East Coast of the United States. Her family and has lived there ever since. Trained as an anthropologist, she is also a poet/performer and multi-media artist. Haiti is the main focus of her works.
Ulysse is also an assistant professor of Anthropology and African American Studies at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. For more information, visit http://ginaathenaulysse.com.
7.Type: Workshop
Title of Event: Workshop: Cartooning Fun (Age 6+)
Location: Green Street Arts Center
Date: Saturday, February 17, 2007, 2:30-4:30pm
Fee: $25 ($20 members and students)
Phone: (860) 685-7871 Website: www.greenstreetartscenter.org
Description: Create your own cartoon character and make a comic strip starring your creation! Learn cartooning techniques, and draw your favorite characters. You will leave the workshop with your own comic strip in hand! Materials are provided.
8. Type: Q & A
Title of Event: Sunday Salon Series: John Finn-An Academic Kitchen: Thinking About Cooking
Location: Green Street Arts Center
Date: Sunday, February 18, 2007, 2:00pm
Fee: $5.
Phone: (860) 685-7871 Website: www.greenstreetartscenter.org
Description: John Finn is a Professor of Government at Wesleyan. He received his B.A. from Nasson College, a law degree from Georgetown University, a doctorate in political science from Princeton University, and a degree in culinary arts from the French Culinary Institute. Professor David Beveridge hosts this monthly Q&A, designed to introduce Wesleyan faculty to the community-at-large. Exchange ideas, make new friends and enjoy wine and cheese in the company of other creative minds!
The Green Street Arts Center, which opened in January 2005, is a three-story arts and education center, founded by Wesleyan University in collaboration with the City of Middletown and the North End Action Team to provide an anchor for the revitalization efforts already underway in the North End. Programming in the former schoolhouse at 51 Green Street includes a vibrant after school program and a wide range of affordable classes and workshops for children and adults in music, dance, visual arts, theater, sound recording, media arts and creative writing.
Participation at Green Street is open to everyone; tuition assistance is available. To receive more information about the Green Street Arts Center, call 860-685-7871 or visit www.greenstreetartscenter.org.
GSAC Phone: (860) 685-7871 Address: Green Street Arts Center
E-mail: gsac@wesleyan.edu 51 Green Street
Middletown, CT 06457
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