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Becoming a Homeowner: First Time Homebuyer Seminar
Instructor: Rosa Carrero
Wednesdays October 5, 12, 19, 26 | 6:00-8:00pm
Free; Childcare is provided
Rosa Carrero from Liberty Bank presents four info sessions designed to help you take the first steps toward buying a home. Topics include budgeting and credit counseling (Session 1), the lending process (Session 2), working with the realtor (Session 3), and understanding legalities (Session 4). This program is presented in partnership with the North End Action Team. Contact the NEAT office to register at (860) 346-4845.

Writers Out Loud: The Nightmare on Green Street
Friday, October 28 | 6:30 pm
Presented by 191914 Ministries
Suggested Admission: $5
Join Host Cocomo Rock and Emcee Richard Kamins for this creepy Open Mic contest! Winner will be decided by audience acclaim - so bring your own crowd. Do your very spookiest to be in the running for the $50 grand prize; stories are limited to 10 minutes. The WOL Literary Community Achievement Award will be presented at this event to Poet, Playwright, Actor and Community Activist, Terri Klein. Event will also feature a live art goods and services auction, plus raffles and surprise gifts. Refrehments, Prize and Award provided by 191914 Ministries.

Community Music 2010 with Emily Troll
Saturdays | 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
October 8, October 22, November 5, November 19, December 3
FREE
Community Music Saturdays include events, jam sessions, and performances for people of all ages and all musical skill sets. Each event includes a communal meal and several activities. Bring friends, family, and your voice for singing and a dish for sharing!

OPEN HOUSE Saturday, November 5 | 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Green Street celebrates Wesleyan University's Homecoming/Family Weekend! Join us for tour of our beautiful facility, and see our community in action. Guests will see our state-of-the art Sound Studio, observe the Community Music Initiative (a collaborative program with the North End Action Team) in action, and try out our fabulous West African Drumming class! Refreshments will be served, and shuttles will be available between the Usdan Campus Center and Green Street Arts Center throughout the event.

Are You Now or Have You Ever Been?
Saturday, November 5 | 7:30 pm
Presented by the Vintage Players
Pre-performance talk with Wesleyan University Muslim Chaplain Sister Marwa at 7:00 pm The Middletown-based Vintage Players presents a staged reading of the 1972 play by Eric Bentley, based on the transcripts of the hearings held by the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) from 1947-58. During the course of the reading, the audience will hear the words of writers Abe Burrows and Lillian Hellman, actors Larry Parks, Sterling Hayden and vocalist, actor, and civil rights activist Paul Robeson (among others.) Director Carolyn Kirsch rediscovered the play during the midst of New York Representative Peter King's "Muslim Hearings" in the Congressional House of Representatives this past March.

Kari Weil: "Thinking Animals"
Sunday, November 6
2:00 PM
Please join Wesleyan University Professor Kari Weil as she presents material from her forthcoming book, "Thinking Animals," and discusses recent trends and problems around animal representation. Her talk will include clips from Bill Viola's early documentary video entitled, "I do not know what it is I am like" (filmed on animal preserves) and photos from Frank Noelker's "Chimp Portraits." The audience will be invited to bring their own ideas about visual representations of human and non-human animals to the table. This event is part of Green s Sunday Salon Discussion Series.

After School Showcase: Winter Solstice
Friday, December 9 | 6:00 pm
Free Admission
Join us in our annual evening of performances, art exhibits, and multi-media presentations by the After School program. Your support of local arts begins with our young artists Street