Green Street Arts Center, Neighbor

Since opening in 2005, more than 20,000 people from Middletown and the region have experienced Green Street's programs in the visual, performing, and media arts and early childhood development.  Through evening and weekend events that include Writers Out Loud: Literary Open Mic, Sunday Salon Series, film screenings, Salsa Socials, and other special events, audiences can sample a wide array of performances, lectures, and workshops from professional artists, Wesleyan faculty, and visiting and local artists.  Green Street enables people from diverse backgrounds to converge in one special place, a place that celebrates diversity, encouraging us all to learn more about our community, appreciate people's differences and similarities, and respect who we are as individuals.

Green Street offers an eclectic mix of events, exhibitions, classes, and workshops to a diverse population, serving local individuals and families, as well as people from more than 25 surrounding towns.  Green Street's three-story, state-of-the-art educational facility includes a sound recording studio, black-box theater, computer and media labs, and dance and art studios.