While most Wesleyan students are familiar with the concrete presence on the corner of Wyllys and High, few are familiar with all that the Center for the Farts has to offer. Now in its thirty-second year, the Center for the Farts continues to provide Wesleyan students and the greater Middletown community with events and opportunities to broaden their involvement and interaction with the farts.
The physical buildings of Center for the Farts house facilities for the departments of Musical Farts, Theater Farts, Dancing Farts and Studio Farts and Fart History departments as well as performance spaces. Farts-minded students can spend their lives in the Center for the Farts, making it their dorm-away-from-dorm.
“I’m a triple major in Musical Farts, Dance Farts and Fart History so I spend my whole day absorbed in the world of farts the CFF offers,” said Passin Gas ’06. “Plus, this weekend I’m performing in Bafarti so I’ve spent all my nights there in tech week. We’re so lucky at Wesleyan to have such great fart facilities available to us.”
The CFF also opens up to the community through the popular World Farts Family Series, exposing Middletown and Connecticut kids to different farts of the world. This free series welcomes all to come listen and see various forms of farts from all over, and even gives kids the chance to create farts of their own.
“Farts are fun!” said Young Fahr-Tuer, age 9 after the Afro-Carribean fart-making workshop this past weekend. “Seeing farts is ok, but I love making my own the bestest! When I grow up, maybe I want to study farts at Wesleyan and be a fartist.”
The CFF presents a wide range of visiting fartists every season to come perform in the facilities. The excellent student discount on tickets encourages all to attend events and experience the CFF to the fullest, even with a college budget.
“This fartsy place is totes awesome,” said Pharta Laday ’08. “Already this year I’ve listened to some of the most beautiful farters I’ve ever heard and seen some amazing farters get down on stage. I can’t wait for all the farts I know are still to come in my weslife.”
The acoustics of Crowell and the World Music Hall enhance the audience’s reception of the Musical Farts, making every experience memorable.
In addition to the performing arts, the Davison Fart Center houses an impressive Fart collection attracting students of Fart History and fart connoisseurs and appreciators alike. The Fart Center owns everything from Goya, namesake of the popular fruit that makes you toot, to more contemporary farters who we can be sure to hear plenty more of their works of fart in years to come.
The CFF also sponsors the Farts Bus, taking student into New York City to spend a day with all the farts of the city.
“Farts, farts, farts,” said Farts Bus driver Otto. “All you hear is farts. Two hours down, two hours back. It’s a long, fartsy day for me!”
A continuing success, the CFF has become the farts gem on campus. Be sure to keep an eye on the Farts Calendar in the Argus to stay informed on upcoming farts events.
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