Green Street Blog

Dancing is my life and it is something I really want to pursue as a career path.  I started dancing as soon as I could walk.  As far as I can remember I always loved watching music videos on TV and listening to music in general.  I mainly taught myself how to dance; it must [...]

Rachel recently sat down with b-boy (breakdancer) and Green Street teaching artist Bryan Giles to talk about the upcoming screening of Middletown B-boys and the Youth Dance Invitational. Q: What is your dancing history? A: I have been b-boying, exclusively, for the last 15 years.  I got into it when I snuck into a party [...]

Recently the Green Street staff went out to lunch to enjoy good food, good company, and beautiful weather.  They decided to take advantage of the discounts they receive at local businesses with their Green Street membership card.  At Tandoor Indian Restaurant, Jessica, Lisa, Sarah-Jane, Rachel, and Claudia enjoyed delicious food from the lunch buffet, which [...]

What makes a community?  It is not the buildings and roads of a place, but the bonds between people, that create a community.  This is apparent in Reaghan Tarbell’s film, To Brooklyn and Back: A Mohawk Journey.  The film tells the story of the Mohawk people of Kahnawake, Quebec, who, for over 50 years, have [...]

I actually met Sarah-Jane Ripa during Orientation week at an event on Wesleyan’s campus where she was running a booth for Green Street Arts Center. I asked her about ballet classes at Green Street and she told me that none were presently offered but that she would be glad to find me a teacher so [...]

Gabby and Lisa sat down one day to talk about what Green Street Arts Center means to an 11-year-old 5th grader in the After School Arts & Science program. Learning at Green Street: I first took photojournalism because I took some pictures for my best friend’s graduation, and they came out really, really good, so [...]