The City of Middletown hosted its first Middnight On Main New Year’s Celebration on Dec. 31. The event, which was co-sponsored by Wesleyan, drew more than 10,000 midnight revelers of all ages from the Middletown community and surrounding region. Food, fun, live performance art, and fireworks created bright memories for all. The event also included a jazz piano performance by Wesleyan’s Jazz Ensemble coach Noah Baerman and a performance by SteveSongs’ Steve Roslonek ’93. Middnight on Main is featured in the video below:
Arts & Culture
Video Feature on Theater Major Sarah Wolfe ’12
by Benjamin Travers •
Sarah Wolfe ’12 is a theater major with a concentration in acting. She aspires to teach middle and high school students about the potential of live theater to make a difference in the lives of others. Learn more about Sarah in the video below:
Video Feature on Opraha Miles ’14
by Benjamin Travers •
Opraha Miles ’14 is an intended neuroscience and behavior major from Jamaica who sings, dances in the ISIS women of color dance troupe, is a member of the West Indian Student Association (WISA), student manager at Usdan University Center and is a dedicated YouTube enthusiast. Learn more about Opraha in this video below:
Video Feature on Fire-Spinning Group Prometheus
by Benjamin Travers •
Wesleyan’s student-run fire arts and performance group Prometheus practices the art of fire-spinning and object manipulation. The students featured are Gabriel Urbina, Kimberly Prosise, David Foregger, Jesse Friedman, Spencer Ewall, Pei Liu and Chinh Duong.
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