Ecofest is a unique cultural and educational festival to highlight the environment. Free to the public, this event is in its 18th year. Highlighting New York and the World’s natural resources and innovative alternative-energy technologies, Ecofest will have everything from alternative-energy vehicles to a eco-friendly fashion show. There will also be arts, crafts and music for the kids. Should be fun for the whole family, and the perfect way to enjoy the last of our Indian Summer.
Ecofest
When: Sunday September 30th, from 11am to 6pm
Where: Lincoln Center Plaza, Damrosch Park, (62nd Street at Amsterdam Avenue)
The 45th New York Film Festival will premiere 28 films when it runs September 28 – October 14 at the Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center. The festival, presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center and sponsored by Sardinia Region Tourism and The New York Times, also features the 11th Annual Views from the Avant-Garde as well as two other showcases, three music documentaries and six retrospective films. This year’s HBO Films Directors Dialogues will be with Wes Anderson, Todd Haynes, Sidney Lumet and Julian Schnabel ~ close encounters focusing on their entire body of work & delving into the filmmaking process. In addition to screening Blade Runner: The Final Cut, our 25th anniversary salute to this key work of science fiction includes “The Future Is Now,” a panel discussion with prominent film scholars.
Venue & Ticket Information
Due to ongoing renovations at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall, this year’s New York Film Festival screenings will be held at the Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center, in the Time Warner Center. The Opening and Closing Night screenings will be held at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall.
When: September 28 – October 14, 2007
Visit their website for more information.
Photo of members of the LIC Community Boathouse on Newtown Creek (is that the trail in the background?) by elderta_2001 on flickr
Okay, I know what you are thinking. They opened a Nature Walk on NEWTOWN CREEK!?!! Yes, yes they did. This weekend the Newton Creek Nature Walk opens up in northeast Greenpoint located in Brooklyn. Long the polluted redheaded stepchild of New York waterways, the Department of Environmental Protection has built an 800-foot walkway and picnic and fishing area at a price tag of $3.2 million. Officially known as the Newtown Creek Nature Walk, it will open to the public this Saturday, September 29th, with light refreshments being served.
Now the kicker is, Newtown Creek is affectionately known as “Sh&t River” by the locals, and is the site of centuries worth of brutal environmental blasphemies. While some associate the Exxon Valdez as the worst oil spill in American history, the underground oil leakage in this part of Greenpoint dwarfs even that spectacular disaster in Alaska.
And of course, there is the Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant, which gives the place its Bladerunner feel. This plant also happens to be the biggest in the city, btw. Kerosene plants, animal-corpse processers and copper refineries long lined its banks. Plus years of plastic exporting, heavy industry and basic disregard for the environment that was the norm 200 years ago have made this one of the worst water systems in the world. Yes, the world.
So why go? Why even utter this new parks name? Because the more that people use it, the more likely it will be that the powers that be will finally clean it up. The new park will have a legal launching area for time, allowing kayakers and canoers on the creek. While that might sound like the craziest idea ever, there are parts where you can instantly slip into wilderness and then seem to re-emerge on a set left over from the shooting of The Warriors.
With the lawsuit that state attorney general’s office filed against Exxon Mobil in July, more money will keep following into Newtown Creek, hopefully to restore it to its once natural state. And when that happens, you will know that New York City is really serious about going green.
Stand-up comedy hopefuls from small clubs, YouTube and even their living rooms come together once again for a variety of showcases and contests. The NYUCF undeniably stand outs as the country’s hottest comedy festival with an unprecedented track record of showcasing the country’s top emerging talent first. During the 12-day festival there are more than 100 events, including parties and workshops.
Various locations
Through October 8
Call (212) 265-5510 for more details.
Free to $25, depending on event
Some choice events:
Thursday, October 4th, 10:00 PM
“Funniest Federal Employee Contest”
Saturday, October 6th, 10:00 PM
“The Grand Extravaganza”
Sunday, October 7th, 10 PM
“The Founder’s Show”
With the hype surrounding Rudy Giuliani and his Presidential bid, there comes a time to reflect on his antics as mayor of New York City. This documentary, Guiliani Time, uses journalists, activists, legal experts and New Yorkers to remind America what the Big Apple was like under Giuliani. There will be a discussion with filmmaker Kevin Keating after the screening.
Giuliani Time Brecht Forum
451 West Street
7:30 p.m.
$6 – $15
For generations, war photographers were the link between the people back home and the mayhem of the battlefield. While today war is sanitized for the evening news, there was a time when the media printed the effects of war in the raw. One such photographer was Robert Capa, whose work from the front lines of the Spanish Civil War and World War II will be on display at the International Center of Photography. The exhibit, titled “This is War!”, includes over 2,3000 of Capa’s famous prints from the fascists wars of the last century.
International Center of Photography
1133 Avenue of the Americas (6th Avenue at 43rd Street)
New York, NY 10036
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
$8 – $12
Ph. (212) 857-0000
This exhibit will be on display till January 6, 2008.
I have been a fan of John Vanderslice since the epic indie band mk Ultra. After the band broke up in 1999, Vanderslice started a solo career that has produced countless brilliant albums. His use of analog instruments produces a richer and rawer sound than digital productions, and his song writing skills are top notch. Come enjoy his unique sound backed by narrative lyrics.
Presented by the National Asian American Theatre Company, this production of Jorge Ignacio Cartiñas’s Blind Mouth Singing is a tale of an “overly strict matriarch; her young son Reiderico who sneaks out of the house to visit his best friend who lives at the bottom of a well; her sister who treats syphilis patients in the open-air market; and her older son who bullies everything within his reach.”
Baruch Performing Arts Center
55 Lexington Avenue
7 p.m.
$20
Jump is a high energy action show from Korea. Created by the YEGAM Theatre Company of Korea, it is a mix of tao kwan do, acrobatics, and slap stick comedy. Although JUMP is set in a traditional Korean home, its inhabitants are anything but. The entire family – the strict grandfather, the no-nonsense mother, the drunken uncle, the daughter and her suitor – love nothing more than to challenges each other in martial arts and acrobatic displays. Their skills are put to good use when burglars break into their home and get to experience the family’s talent first hand.
Jump at Union Square Theatre
100 East 17th Street
$20 – $65
SCHEDULE Tuesday – Friday 8:00 pm
Saturday 2:00 pm & 8:00 pm
Sunday 3:00 pm & 7:00 pm
Born in New York City, Don DeLillo is often overlooked when discussing writers from the Big Apple. DeLillo made the national scene with his book White Noise in 1985, which lead to his opus Underworld. He is know for painting detailed portraits of American life in the last two centuries, and his new book updates this style. In Fallen Man, a WTC survivor walks out of the attacks unharmed physically, but we all know that day left other kinds of scars.
Ecofest is a unique cultural and educational festival to highlight the environment. Free to the public, this event is in its 18th year. Highlighting New York and the World’s natural resources and innovative alternative-energy technologies, Ecofest will have everything from alternative-energy vehicles to a eco-friendly fashion show. There will also be arts, crafts and music for the kids. Should be fun for the whole family, and the perfect way to enjoy the last of our Indian Summer.
The 45th New York Film Festival will premiere 28 films when it runs September 28 – October 14 at the Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center. The festival, presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center and sponsored by Sardinia Region Tourism and The New York Times, also features the 11th Annual Views from the Avant-Garde as well as two other showcases, three music documentaries and six retrospective films. This year’s HBO Films Directors Dialogues will be with Wes Anderson, Todd Haynes, Sidney Lumet and Julian Schnabel ~ close encounters focusing on their entire body of work & delving into the filmmaking process. In addition to screening Blade Runner: The Final Cut, our 25th anniversary salute to this key work of science fiction includes “The Future Is Now,” a panel discussion with prominent film scholars.
Stand-up comedy hopefuls from small clubs, YouTube and even their living rooms come together once again for a variety of showcases and contests. The 
For generations, war photographers were the link between the people back home and the mayhem of the battlefield. While today war is sanitized for the evening news, there was a time when the media printed the effects of war in the raw. One such photographer was 
I have been a fan of 
Presented by the National Asian American Theatre Company, this production of Jorge Ignacio Cartiñas’s Blind Mouth Singing is a tale of an “overly strict matriarch; her young son Reiderico who sneaks out of the house to visit his best friend who lives at the bottom of a well; her sister who treats syphilis patients in the open-air market; and her older son who bullies everything within his reach.”
Jump is a high energy action show from Korea. Created by the YEGAM Theatre Company of Korea, it is a mix of tao kwan do, acrobatics, and slap stick comedy. Although JUMP is set in a traditional Korean home, its inhabitants are anything but. The entire family – the strict grandfather, the no-nonsense mother, the drunken uncle, the daughter and her suitor – love nothing more than to challenges each other in martial arts and acrobatic displays. Their skills are put to good use when burglars break into their home and get to experience the family’s talent first hand.
Born in New York City, 
