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Capoeira is a Brazilian martial arts form that brings together music, dance, and acrobatics to create community. You’ll sing, play instruments, and improve your balance and flexibility. You’ll learn to physically and mentally challenge yourself and your opponents while building self-confidence in a game-like environment. Capoeira is great activity for kids and adults alike.

Joel Mendelez is a sought after teaching artist in Connecticut.  He is an amazing instructor that is known for his acrobatic skills in the art of Capoeira.  In addition, Joel is the director of the Advanced Circus Program in the Children’s Circus of Middletown, teaches at Oddfellows Playhouse, the Footlights Center for the Performing, and the Green Street Arts Center.  Joel will connect and transport the students to a world free of inhibitions where all is possible.

Want to stay fit and build community? Come join us at Green Street for a 6-week series of Capoeira classes this fall.

(Children in grades 3-5 can register for Capoeria class on Fridays from 4-5:00 p.m. during our AfterSchool program.)

7:00 – 8:30pm – ages 12 to adult, $15 per class

6:00 – 7:00pm — ages 7-11, $10 per class

Classes will be Tuesdays September 10, September 17, September 24, October 1, October 8, and October 15.

Registration fee for 6 week class block due to Green Street up front.  Cash, Check, or Credit Card (Visa, MasterCard, Amex).

Uniform purchase is separate

Please call the Green Street front desk at 860-685-7871 or email us at gsac@wesleyan.edu to register today.

On Friday, August 2nd, from 5-8:00 p.m. (in conjunction with Middletown’s Gallery Walk series) there will be an opening reception for Connecticut artist, Jon Sideriadis whose exhibit, Astromythos, featuring compelling, other worldly illustrations will be on display at Green Street from August 2nd through August 29th during regular business hours (M-TH 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and Fridays 9 a.m.-12 noon).

Jon Sideriadis is an accomplished freelance illustrator and writer, as well as, an adjunct faculty member at Hartford Art School at the University of Hartford.  The exhibit title, Astromythos, a Greek-like word that Sideriadis has purposefully invented, literally translates to “the star myth”– and also serves as the title for a fictional universe that is the setting for an illustrated book series that Sideriadis has been developing for the past thirteen years.  This creatively concocted term combines the words “astronomy” and “mythology”– two subjects for which he is intensely passionate.  In the tradition of the Epic poets, the fictional world of Astromythos presents an older, more sophisticated mode of storytelling to modern fans of fantasy and science fiction.  Heavily influenced by the art of the Byzantium and Illuminated Manuscripts, each of his intricately detailed paintings depicts an allegorical character or a scene from one of the fascinating myths of his magical Astromythos universe.  To visitors of this exhibit—young or old, literary scholar, or sci-fi fan, each of those alluring characters and startling frames of imagery provides a certain visual feast for the imagination.

Capoeira is a Brazilian martial arts form that brings together music, dance, and acrobatics to create community. You’ll sing, play instruments, and improve your balance and flexibility. You’ll learn to physically and mentally challenge yourself and your opponents while building self-confidence in a game-like environment. Capoeira is great activity for kids and adults alike.

Joel Mendelez is a sought after teaching artist in Connecticut.  He is an amazing instructor that is known for his acrobatic skills in the art of Capoeira.  In addition, Joel is the director of the Advanced Circus Program in the Children’s Circus of Middletown, teaches at Oddfellows Playhouse, the Footlights Center for the Performing, and the Green Street Arts Center.  Joel will connect and transport the students to a world free of inhibitions where all is possible.

Want to stay fit and build community this summer? Come join us at Green Street for a 4-week series of Capoeira classes.

(Children in grades 3-5 can register for Capoeria class on Fridays from 4-5:00 p.m. during our AfterSchool program.  We also hope to run a Tuesday evening capoeira class for kids sometime in the near future.”)

7:30-9:00pm — ages 12 to adult, $15 per class

Classes will be Tuesdays July 23, July 30,  August 6, and August 13.

Registration fee for 4 week class block due to Green Street up front.  Cash, Check, or Credit Card (Visa, MasterCard, Amex).

Uniform purchase is separate

Please call the Green Street front desk at 860-685-7871 or email us at gsac@wesleyan.edu to register today.

Are you an experienced knitter or someone who has always wanted to learn?

Every other Wednesday starting next week, May 15th Green Street will host a knitting group with our very own Claudia Foerstel.

No experience necessary. Please bring your own yarn and needles if you can. We’ll have some supplies available.

Call us today to find out more information – 860-685-7871.

$5 suggested donation to fund more yarn for community projects.

Meredith Arcari was our featured artist for the first Middletown Gallery Walk this year. Her work emphasizes Connecticut architectural landmarks like the Colt Building in Hartford and the Arrigoni Bridge in Middletown.

Meredith is also one of our teaching artists in the Art and Science AfterSchool Program. Her visual arts classes like Art Around the World and Environmental Art are very popular with our students.

The exhibit will be on display at the Green Street Arts Center until the end of May. Come check it out.

On April 24 at the New Haven Lawn Club, the Project to Increase Mastery of Mathematics and Science (PIMMS) at Wesleyan University was recognized for its successful, effective, and influential program in professional development for mathematics and science teachers in Connecticut.

PIMMS received the Dr. Sigmund Abeles Science Advocate Award at the annual awards banquet of the Connecticut Science Teachers and Connecticut Science Supervisors Associations for Excellence in Science Education and Supervision. The award is designed to recognize individuals or organizations that have demonstrated staunch advocacy for science education in Connecticut as evidenced by their substantial and sustained support and contributions. The award was established to honor Dr. Sigmund Abeles, State Science Consultant emeritus for his outstanding leadership and service to science education in Connecticut.

The Chair of PIMMS, Dr. Robert A. Rosenbaum, who started the organization in 1979, and new Director, Sara MacSorley, accepted the award together at the ceremony.

“It’s such an honor to come into a well regarded organization and to be able to work with Dr. Rosenbaum. I’m looking forward to continuing to support the professional development of Connecticut’s science and math teachers,” says MacSorley.

Dr. Rosenbaum’s humble words in response to this tribute reminds us all of why we feel so passionate about him. As an extraordinary educator and gifted thinker, his accomplishments have affected countless teachers in their careers. The evening came to a close with a beautiful song sung by Marjorie Rosenbaum.

PIMMS would like to express its immense thanks to the Connecticut Science Teachers and the Connecticut Science Supervisors Associations for this recognition, to all the math and science teachers who participated in PIMMS training, and to the many classroom students who benefitted from their instruction.

Call today to sign up for our Scarf Felting Class with Irene Dizes. Irene’s work is on display at Green Street until May 2, 2013.

The class is on Sunday, May 19th from 9:30am – 4:30am. No experience needed.

Irene is a 20-year veteran fiber artist who will teach workshop participants the Nuno felting method in this day-long scarf making workshop. Each participant will design and construct a one-of-a-kind scarf in which wool and silk fibers are artfully intermingled, such as the one Irene is modeling in the picture here.

There is a $100 registration fee which includes materials. Call us today to sign up as space is limited – 860-685-7871.

The Greening Green Street project truly turned into a community effort.

During Part 2, we made pebble mosaics. Our After School Students and community members who have been important players in our history came together to make mosaics for the planters.

People from the community also made generous donations of plants from their own gardens and gave their time to help with the project.

One telling moment was when Pat Charles, the superintendent of Middletown Public Schools, joined us to make a piece. How often do you see school administrators and their first graders participating, hands on, in the same project? That was pretty incredible to see.