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We have a great selection of art, math, and science classes at Green Street this spring. Talk to your kids and sign up early for their first class picks. The semester runs from January 27 – May 9, 2014.

Elementary school students (Grades 1-5) have 2-3 class choices for every day of the week from 4:15-5:15pm. We also offer homework help Monday-Thursday after class until 5:45pm. Middletown Public Schools transport student directly to Green Street and parents or guardians are responsible for pick up.

The fee is $150 per class day for the semester and $75 per homework help day. Financial assistance is available. We also have programming for Middletown’s early dismissal days. An extra $5 per half day will be applied to the total semester fee.

Classes for Grades 1-3 include:

• Art and Science
• Recess Rocks
• Musical Mentoring
• Sign Language
• Kids in the Kitchen
• Yoga
• Hip Hop
• Environmental Art
• Art Around the World
• Science Club
• Breakdance
• Felt Fiesta
• Word Play

Classes for Grades 3-5 include:

• Fashionistas
• Breakdance
• Musical Mentoring
• Art and Science
• Hip Hop
• A Cappella
• Improv Theater
• Experience World Music
• Kids in the Kitchen 2
• Digital Art
• Capoeira
• African Drumming

At the end of the semester we celebrate the student work at a Solstice Celebration. They put on performances and display their artwork from their classes.

Call us at 860-685-7871 for more information or to set up a registration appointment.

Wesleyan professor, Brian Northrup, visiting Green Street for three days in a row to do a series of science experiments about plastics with our middle school students. The students learned all about polymers, made their own silly putty, and learned how mood rings work by making crystals that reacted to temperature.

Wesleyan professor, Meredith Hughes, and her college students visited the Green Street AfterSchool Program to do a series of astronomy activities with our elementary school students. Dr. Hughes carried in three surprisingly small boxes and unpacked a portable planetarium that transformed our Performance Studio into scenes from the cosmos. College students gave presentations about the stars inside the planetarium and AfterSchool students learned about constellations.

Shaping Sounds is a 10 week class that will teach students the techniques of sound production using ProTools software and plug ins.  Students will also learn nuanced parts of the process like how to get the best work out of musicians in the studio.

Instructor: John Bergeron

Location: Green Street Arts Center, 51 Green Street, Middletown CT

Monday or Wednesdays from 1:00-4:00pm (based on student schedules)

 

Spring 2014

Week of February 3 – Week of April 21 (no class weeks of March 10, and March 17)

Class size: 4-6 students, 4 minimum enrollment

Class fee: $550.00 per student

Registration deadline: January 27th, 2014

 

Class Description: Learn how to record a song from start to finish at the Green Street Arts Center Sound Studio.  Our professional sound engineer, John Bergeron has recorded many albums of his own and has worked as a session player for keyboards, an arranger of strings and horns, a producer, and a recording engineer over the years.  He’s recorded in Los Angeles, New York, Nashville, London, and more.

The class will start with learning the tools and etiquette of the studio of the studio.  Once students are acclimated to the equipment, John will demo the process of recording a song step by step.  Students in the class will identify singer songwriters or guitarists at Wesleyan to serve as guest artists for the class.  Guest artists will receive a free recording session and a copy of the final song.

Once the demo is complete, the class becomes very hands on.  Each student gets to go through the process of recording a guest artist with guidance from John.  You will get to pick the artist, set up the studio, record, edit, mix, and master the song.

If interested, please contact the Green Street Arts Center with your contact information and preferred class day of the week (Monday or Wednesday) at 860-685-7871 or gsac@wesleyan.edu .  This class is open to all majors.

 

 

 

 

Ornament decorating workshop courtesy of Middletown Parks & Recreation Dept at Green Street Arts Center.

Kids can decorate an ornament for FREE to place on their tree at home or give as a gift.

Saturday, December 14, 2013

10:30am-12:00pm

MxCC will be offering a credit & noncredit Music Appreciation Class at Green Street this Spring 2014.

Course Info:

MUS*137, History and Appreciation of Jazz 3 credits & noncredit option A music appreciation course that uncovers the development of Jazz from ragtime to contemporary practice.

CRN: 1671 (credit)

CRN: 1710 (noncredit)

Day: Friday

Time: 9am to 12pm

Instructor: Nathan Nokes

Start Date: February 7, 2014 (late start)

Location: Green Street Arts Center (2nd floor, performance studio)

Registration: Visit the Records Office,

Founders Hall at MxCC

Middlesex Community College

100 Training Hill Rd

Middletown, CT 06457

Hours: M 9am-6pm / T-Th 9am-4pm / F 9am-3pm

For more information contact Dr. Donna Bontatibus at 860-343-5802

www.mxcc.edu

 

 

 

Wesleyan Physics Professor, Dr. Christina Othon, and students from her lab came to visit the Green Street Arts Center last week.

The Othon Lab led an activity for our AfterSchool elementary school students on one of their early dismissal days. The students learned about physics concepts, specifically the force called drag by making paper helicopters. In groups, they experimented with different variables to make the paper helicopter that fell to the ground the slowest while learning about the physics behind flight.

Thank you Dr. Othon and friends!

The Green Street Arts Center is honored to receive a donation from Acadia Insurance to support our Art and Science AfterSchool Program. The support is much appreciated and our students thank you.

Acadia Underwriting Team Lead, Lou Gold, and Underwriter Dave Walsh, visited Green Street this week to deliver the check. They are pictured here with Green Street Director, Sara MacSorley.

Our integrative classes in art, math, and science foster creativity and build problem-solving skills in a safe space where students can express themselves. We serve students in grades 1 – 8, many of them from the North End of Middletown. Support from organizations like Acadia Insurance allows us to give scholarships so that all children can enjoy our program. You can watch their enthusiasm in the video of last semester’s student showcase.

Registration for spring classes will open soon.

This fall we had exciting new classes for middle school students. In Art with Math, students explored shapes, patterns, and measurement while building spatial skills and creating works of art.  Wesleyan Bound took students to the Wesleyan University campus once a week to tour science laboratories, meet with student groups, participate in special art and cultural activities with the Center for the Arts, and more.

Please call the Green Street Arts Center at 860-685-7871 for more information about our AfterSchool Program or to get on our waiting list for spring registration appointments.

Capoeira is a unique Brazilian martial arts form that brings together music, dance, and acrobatics to build community. You’ll sign, 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.

Watch our AfterSchool students perform Capoeira.

Classes run on Tuesday evenings from 7:00-8:30pm for ages 12-adult. The class is 6 weeks long and meets on 10/29, 11/5, 11/12, 11/19, 11/26, and 12/3.

Registration is required and payment for the full class block, $90, is due at the first class. Call Green Street today at 860-685-7871 or email us at gsac@wesleyan.edu to sign up today.

*A minimum enrollment of 10 people is required to run the class. 

Come join us on Sunday, October 27th for a family-friendly Halloween Bash! Wear your costume and enjoy fun fall activities. Green Street’s basement will be transformed into a haunted house too!

The festivities start at 5pm and we’ll wrap up at 7pm.

Hope to see you there.