Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Home School Day at Thankful Arnold House in Haddam, CT
School Days
Location:
The Thankful Arnold House, Haddam, CT
Date:
3/5/2009
Time:
10 am to noon
Cost:
$8
Ages:
5-10
Description:
Winter/Spring 2009
The Haddam Historical Society
Invites You to
Explore the Past
The Haddam Historical Society is offering a new education program called
School Days for students ages 5-10 in the home school community. All the activities take place in the Thankful Arnold House in Haddam, once the home of Thankful and Joseph Arnold and their family, and now a museum portraying the 1820s period.
School Days
Students will step back in time 200 years and experience activities from a one room schoolhouse. Young scholars will learn to make their manners, write on a slate and with a quill pen, read aloud from an early textbook by Noah Webster, do their ciphering, and participate in a spelling bee.
The program is 2 hours in length, and there is a fee of $8 for each participant with a minimum of 8 (maximum group size is 16). Family discounts are available for 3 or more children. To learn more about the programs or to reserve a place for your child, contact Sarah Neal, Education Director at the Haddam Historical Society.
Sarah Neal, Education Director
email at education@haddamhistory.org
or call (860) 345-2400
Thursday, March 5 10 am to noon
snow date Friday, March 6 10 am to noon
Contact:
Sarah Neal
Phone:
860 345-2400
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Friday, January 11, 2008
Art Gala Benefitting the Levi Coe Library in Middlefield, CT
A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY for Homeschooled children across CT to share
their creative artistic talent with the public while giving back to
the community.
CREATIONS FROM THE HANDS AND MINDS OF CHILDREN: AN ART GALA
DATE: Saturday, February 16, 2008
PLACE: Levi Coe Library; Middlefield, CT
TIME: 5-8pm
MISSION: To provide homeschooled children the opportunity (1) to
present their art work to the community; (2) to learn to critique
their own work by determining the worth of their art work within the
given parameters; and (3) to give back to the community through the
donation of art work to benefit a local non-profit organization.
An added benefit is the money raised allows the Levi Coe Library to
purchase additional materials for the children & young adult
departments of the library.
PARTICIPANTS: Open to all CT homeschoolers - aged 1-18.
ARTWORK: Can be any medium a child chooses - the only limitation is
their imagination - including but not limited to paints(acrylics,
oils, watercolor, finger); drawings; sculpture, origami; fiber art;
sewing; sculpey, etc. The gala is a family event so please keep this
in mind as your children create their masterpieces. All artwork is
subject to Regenia Allen & Candy Hayden (Mueller) approval.
Regenia Allen and Candy Hayden (Mueller) are the organizers for this
event. If you desire to participate, please contact Candy at themuellers@mac.com to register your child
(ren).
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Friday, September 7, 2007
1776~America's Musical~Being Performed at Goodspeed Opera House Soon!
Monday, July 9, 2007
Free Art Workshops for Kids at Green Street
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Adam Kubota, Press & Marketing Coordinator
860-685-2806 | akubota@wesleyan.edu
Photos available on request
THE GREEN STREET ARTS CENTER AND THE NORTH END ACTION TEAM PRESENT
ARTS IN THE GARDEN
A WEEKLY SERIES OF FREE ARTS WORKSHOPS FOR KIDS & FAMILIES
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Middletown, Conn, July 5, 2007--Each summer, the Green Street Arts Center and the North End Action Team join forces to provide free, family-friendly arts workshops in a garden setting. Following tradition, this summer kicks off with a creative scarecrow-building workshop led by artist and Hay House resident David Brown. Following the workshop at Green Street, the scarecrows will be delivered to Erin St. to spruce up NEAT's community garden.
Weekly Arts in the Garden workshops will take place on Wednesdays, July 11-August 8 from 5:30-6:30pm in the Mary Susan Gawlak Memorial Garden at Green Street. Light refreshments will be served. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.
In the event of rain, Arts in the Garden will be moved indoors. The Green Street Arts Center is located at 51 Green Street in Middletown. For more information, contact the Green Street Arts Center (860-685-7871; www.greenstreetartscenter.org) or the North End Action Team (860-346-4845; www.neatmiddletown.org).
The schedule is a follows:
o July 11: Scarecrow building with David Brown
o July 18: Environmental Sculpture with Natasha Miles
o July 25: African Masks and Music with Lance Kamau James
o August 1: Found Object Printmaking with Scott Kessel
o August 8: "Charming" Jewelry Making with Jackie Bright
The Green Street Arts Center, now in its third year of programming, was created to serve as both an anchor to the revitalization of the North End and as a unique artistic and educational resource for residents of the neighborhood and the region. It is the result of a major collaboration between Wesleyan University, the North End Action Team (NEAT), the City of Middletown and other community and arts partners. A $1.5 million renovation to the former school at 51 Green Street was completed in January 2005, after which the GSAC moved into its permanent home in Middletown's North End. The facility offers a fully-equipped sound/recording, videography, digital photography, writing and graphic arts lab. It also features two visual arts studios for drawing, painting and sculpture, a dance studio and a performance studio with seating capacity of 100.
The North End Action Team (NEAT) is a neighborhood organization that began in l997 to develop grassroots leadership in the North End of Middletown. NEAT is made up of residents, business leaders, property owners, and stakeholder groups. NEAT's mission is to provide neighborhood-based participation and leadership, to identify concerns, define strategies, and develop resources to improve the quality of life in the North End. By raising a collective neighborhood voice, the North End can bring about positive change. |
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Monday, July 2, 2007
Artfarm Presents the 2nd Annual EcoFestival
ARTFARM, a professional theater company based in Middletown, presents the second annual EcoFestival, as part of the 2007 Shakespeare in the Grove production. The EcoFestival will be held July 15 and 22, from 4 to 6:30 pm, on the scenic grounds of Middlesex Community College overlooking the Connecticut River Valley.
The EcoFestival will feature not only musicians, circus performers and interactive Shakespeare, but also a rich variety of eco-activism. There will be local organic farmers with produce for sale, green vendors of all kinds, and local and national environmental organizations represented with information, exhibits and activities highlighting their conservation work and educational programs, as well as other local artisans, bread-bakers and craftspeople. Following the EcoFestival, there will be music performances beginning at 6 pm. Beginning at 7 pm, there will be a free performance of Macbeth presented by ARTFARM.
For more info call ARTFARM at (860) 346-4390 or visit
www.art-farm.org
. Middlesex Community College is located at 100 Training Hill Road, Middletown, CT. 06457. |
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Monday, March 26, 2007
Spring Classes at Green Street Arts Center
CREATIVITY IN FULL BLOOM
THIS SPRING AT THE
GREEN STREET ARTS CENTER
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GREEN STREET ARTS CENTER OFFERS AFFORDABLE CLASSES FOR ADULTS & CHILDREN IN MUSIC, DANCE, WRITING, VISUAL AND MEDIA ARTS
SPRING REGISTRATION DEADLINE: THURSDAY, APRIL 5th
Middletown, Conn., March 22, 2007-The Green Street Arts Center, a project of Wesleyan University in collaboration with the City of Middletown and the North End Action Team, is offering six-week classes for adults, teens and children this spring. The spring registration deadline is Thursday, April 5th, for classes in everything from World Jewelry Techniques and Video Storytelling, to Tai Chi and Ballet. Classes begin the week of April 9th, leading up to the third annual Green Street Arts Festival June 16th. The Center's after-school arts program is admitting children ages 7-8 and 12-18.
In keeping with Green Street's goal of helping people identify and realize their creative potential, many of Green Street's classes have beginner-friendly prices of $100 or less. Register with a friend or family member and you both will receive 15% off the price of tuition. Senior citizens get a 10% discount.
Throughout the spring, Green Street will be offering workshops in tap dance, cartooning, jewelry making, filmmaking and buying a home for first-time buyers. Space is limited! Register now by calling 860-685-7871.
Green Street's Friday night series are also growing in popularity, including Green Speak: Open Mic (first Fridays); the Green House Music Series (second Fridays) and In the Limelight (third Fridays).
Those interested in registering for classes in the spring session may call 860-685-7871 or visit www.greenstreetartscenter.org for more information. Private music lessons with vocalists, drummers, pianists, saxophonists, guitarists, and violinists are open for new students and need-based financial aid is available.
The Green Street Arts Center, which opened in January 2005, is an initiative of Wesleyan University developed 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
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Monday, January 22, 2007
Green Street Arts Center Class offerings
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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Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Green Street Arts Center Homeschool Classes in Middletown, CT
The Green Street Arts Center (51 Green Street, Middletown) provides
evening classes for adults and youth, and weekday classes for families who
home school. This Saturday, January 20 from 12-4, families are invited to
attend Free Art Day for a day of fun arts classes and demonstrations
including: Belly Dancing, Ballet, Sound Recording, African Drumming,
Visual Art and more.
We also have a "Sunday Salon" talk, called Recycled Art and Grocery Store
Science, on Sunday January 21 at 2pm. Admission is $5.
For a complete list of our evening and weekend classes for children, click
http://www.greenstreetartscenter.org/SP07_catalog.pdf to download the
Spring 2007 Catalog. Or, call Green Street’s Assistant Director, Lex
Leifheit, at (860) 685-7791.
New class offerings this spring include:
MUSIC ALIVE!: TIGER SESSION
(Birth–5)
Instructor: Gwen Pond
Thursdays 10–11am (Pond)
10-week Thursday session: February 1–April 5
Music Alive! (using The Music Class curriculum) gives children and their
caregivers a chance to experience music using a variety of rhythms and
styles. Participants enjoy music together through singing, dancing and
playing percussion instruments. Class is designed for 1 caregiver/1 child
pairs.
Tuition: $135 (Tuition includes book, cd or tape)
BALLET I
(Ages 7-9)
Instructor: Rachel Leigh Roccoberton
Thursdays 11am–12pm
Session 1 (6 weeks): February 8–March 15
Session 2 (6 weeks): April 12–May 17 A class for those with no or little
prior dance experience. Students are introduced to the structure of a
ballet class, acquiring the basics of ballet movement and vocabulary. They
will work on coordination, spatial awareness and memory of steps.
Tuition for session 1 or 2: $70; for sessions 1 and 2: $120
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Monday, January 8, 2007
Theatre Classes for Homeschoolers at the Oddfellows Playhouse in Middletown, CT
Theatre Fun and Techniques For All
Oddfellows Playhouse in Middletown has designed a new theatre arts program especially for home schoolers. Join the fun to learn some new skills, make new friends, or fill the gaps in your drama knowledge. Classes will be taught by professionals.
At this time, three sessions are being offered: Mime Technique, Putting on the Mime (a construction and performance of mime shows), and Stage Combat. Another class or two may be offered later.
The cost at this time depends on the number of people who sign up. It could be slightly higher or lower than the estimates listed below.
If you're interested, please sign up as soon as possible as class sizes are limited to 15 participants. To sign up send a check made out to Judy Rintoul in the amounts listed below. (If the tuition is adjusted due to class sizes additional payments may be required or refunds issued.) Send your check to:
Judy Rintoul
Judydrintoul@gmail.com
Mime Techniqueanuary 25
Thursdays from 1:00p.m. to 3:00 p.m. for 6 weeks (approximately $75 per participant)
Learn the language of silence! Mime is an art form that transcends all ages, and ethnicities. Through stylized gestures, learn to transport yourself and others into entire worlds of imagination. This class will cover an introduction to mime technique: body control, illusions, rhythms, characters, the robot, and more...
Instructor: Daniel Cossette
For ages 12-17imit 15
Putting on the Mime: Session Two: 10 weeks (March-May 2007)
Thursdays from 1:00p.m. to 3:00 p.m. (approximately $100 per participant)
Instructor: Daniel Cossette
One session per week at two hour sessions
For ages 12-17imit 15
Using skills from previous class, we will develop an ensemble mime performance that is portable around a theme determined by the class; culminating in a public performance, with preference for an outdoor venue. Focus will be on small group, or individual performances. Instruction on how to build a theme, convey a message, do street performance incorporating stories, clowning etc.
Instructor:
Daniel Cossette is a graduate of Mimeistry International, the only full-time professional mime university in the world. He was trained in the French style of mime (popularized by Marcel Marceau) by Master mimes Dr. Todd and Marilyn Farley, achieving the level Performance Journeyman. He toured nationally and internationally with Mime istry for two years, both teaching and performing. He then returned to his home state, Connecticut, to found the Ambassador Arts organization, and is teaching and performing as a soloist based out of Connecticut. He continues to lead professional performing arts troupes on national tours, as well as teaching and training. Dan desires to see young people raised up in the dramatic arts, and is heading up a local drama team.
A smattering of ballet, jazz, tap, hip hop, and karate also make their way into his shows.
Stage Combat: Thursdays from 1:00p.m. to 3:00 p.m. (approximately $100 per participant); 6 Weeks (Feb.-March 2007)
Instructor: Jeffery Allen
For ages 12-17
Class Objective: Learn the basic skills and techniques for stage combat, from basic hand-to-hand to basic broad sword technique.
Instructor:
Jeffery Allen is the new artistic director of Oddfellows Playhouse in Middletown. Prior to moving to CT, he served as the Director of Education for Cleveland Public Theatre, Northeast Ohio 's leading alternative theatre. He also spent four seasons at Great Lakes Theater Festival, Cleveland's only professional classic stage company in the nationally recognized Education Outreach program, and on the main stage under the direction of Gerald Freedman and James Bundy. Jeffery is a proud member of the Lincoln Center Theatre's Directors Lab and Actors' Equity Association, and regularly directs and performs in the stage and commercial industry.
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Saturday, September 2, 2006
Homeschool Program at Bushy Hill Nature Center in Ivoryton, CT
The Bushy Hill Nature Center in Ivoryton, CT is offering a Young Naturalist Program for homeschoolers. This is their 16th year offering programs to homeschoolers, and I have heard that the program is great!
The Young Naturalist Program for Home Schooled Children and Their Families consists of 12 Friday morning classes which will run from 9:30 to 11:30 between October and May. Classes begin and end at the Gym field promptly at 9:30 and 11:30. Families are welcome to bring picnic lunches for after the program. Classes include:
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Introductions and team building exercises
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Wild Food Gathering, Preparation and Uses
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Primitive Studies/ Native Story Telling
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Primitive Studies / Primitive Fire
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Winter Tree ID / Winter Fire Making
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Animal forms and Tracking
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Maple Syrup Program
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Bird Language and ID
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Primitive shelter and geodome construction
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Orienteering/ Lost Proofing
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Wetland study
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Hammonasset State Park
There is also an extra 7 classes available to develop a more in depth connection with nature through sit spot routines, story telling, spelunking, journaling and studying plants, trees, and animals.
There are about 1 to 2 classes a month and they begin on September 22nd. For more information, check their website at: www.bushyhill.org
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