The New York Loves Mountains Festival is coming up this weekend, kicking off with the reading of the new play Light Comes this Friday. It’s an awesome event focusing on solidarity between the lights of Broadway burning up MTR coal as well as new and unchecked destruction from drilling for gas in the Catskills.
Amazing cast includes accomplished author/performer Jeff Biggers and Headwaters Founder Steph Pistello and lightning rod activist & Kentuckian, Teri Blanton. The concert at Brooklyn’s Bell House Sunday night features Kentuckian Ben Sollee and Kentucky author/musician Silas House. Saturday there’s a Fossil Fools scavenger hunt in Union Square with bike powered smoothies.
Full schedule below.
Friday, May 29th
7:00 p.m. Reception
8:00 p.m. Reading
A reception with live music by Ben Sollee and refreshments will precede and follow the reading.
fortify yourself for the “hunt”, Rock the Bike (http://www.rockthebike.com/about) will be
present, making bike-powered smoothies!
7:30 p.m.
BLOG:
http://nylovesmountains2009.blogspot.com/
WEBSITE:
http://www.nylovesmountains.com/_NY_Loves_Mountains/Events.html
Jeff Biggers: NY is Burning
http://www.indypendent.org/2009/05/14/new-york-burning/
Jeff Biggers: Taking Off-Broadway Off Coal
http://www.grist.org/article/green-theatre-taking-off-broadway-off-coal
Katrin Redfern: Moving Mountains with Theatre
http://www.indypendent.org/2009/05/18/moving-mountains/
Concert venue:
http://www.thebellhouseny.com/calendar.php
