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Events
2011 Arts & Events at Solar 1 (as of August 1, 2011)
AUGUST 2011
Friday August 5- Nothing As It Seems: Rooftop Films Presents Short Films from the Darker Side of Life
These films run along a spectrum but most hover in the realm of the dark. We are at times lost, broken down. The characters recount traumas, or create them. A pulse beats throughout the films, pulling us between calm and storm. Though the program varies widely, a thread connects the films, as if the characters are cut from the same cloth, a band of outsiders plotting to take over our world. Tickets available through Rooftop Films only or at the door. Doors open at 8pm.
Saturday August 6- Folk Dancing with Evelyn Diamond: Presented by the Stuyvesant Cove Park Association
Join the Stuyvesant Cove Park Association and local legend Ecvelyn Diamond for a most unusual and unsually fun take on “folk dancing”. Suitable for all ages and skill levels. Starts at 7pm.
Thursday, Friday & Saturday August 18-20 (Rain date Sunday August 21)- Solar Powered Film Series Week 1
This first week of Solar One’s annual Film Series, co-presented with Green Edge Collaborative, will feature films about food and urban agriculture. Final selections are still being made- check back here and on the Film Series page in the coming weeks to find out what’ll be playing! Along with the films, we’ll have expert speakers, demos and surprise guests. Starts at 7:30pm. Sponsored by Chapin Hill Advisors.
Saturday August 20- Solar One Family Day: Creatures!
August’s Family Day will focus on native creatures, some of which make Stuyvesant Cove Park their home! We’ll be inviting an animal rescue group to bring a petting zoo including snakes, frogs, rabbits and other East Coast native creatures. In addition, we’ll be doing some monarch butterfly activities, including butterfly tagging (if the butterflies cooperate). RSVP to dina[at]solar1[dot]org or daisy[at]solar1[dot]org. Activities start at 10am.
Friday August 26 and Saturday August 27 (Rain date Sunday August 28)- Dance Siteworks in the Park: Handleless by Gabriel Forestieri and projectLIMB
Choreographer Gabriel Forestieri and his group projectLIMB return to Stuyvesant Cove Park to perform Handleless, a site-specific dance work created for Stuyvesant Cove Park. Performances start at 5pm. For more info, please visit http://solar1.org/events/dance.
Thursday, Friday & Saturday August 25-27 (Rain date Sunday August 28)- Solar Powered Film Series Week 2
The second week of the Film Series continues with more general topics- we’ll be showing the short films of actor, activist and Friend of Solar One Matthew Modine, plus 2 other environmental features that will be named soon. Very, very soon. Co-presented with Green Edge Collaborative and sponsored by Chapin Hill Advisors.
Monday August 29- Paul Sachs
Local singer-songwriter and band. Presented by the Stuyvesant Cove Park Association. starts at 6pm, FREE.
Tuesday August 30- Folk Dancing with Evelyn Diamond
Informal dance lessons and open dancing with local legend Evelyn Diamond. Presented by the Stuyvesant Cove Park Association. Starts at 7pm, FREE.
Wednesday September 7- Dance Films Association Presents Dancing In Public
Live performance from Rebecca Brooks with dancers Ursula Eagly and Emily Wexler, and short dance films from Jennifer Edwards, Content Creator and Founder of JenEd Productions, and Christy Park, Executive Director of Dance Films Association. This is an event – with works by OK GO, JenEd Productions, David Hinton, and Anthony Atanasio – that holds something for everyone yet promises to carry viewers on a journey through shifting landscapes and genres effortlessly. A Q&A with the choreographer and filmmakers will follow the screening. Starts at 7pm.
Saturday September 10 (Rain date Sunday September 11) 6th Annual Sun to Stars South Asian Festival
For the 6th year in a row, we are presenting our most special and unique event- Sun To Stars. Solar One will be transformed into a South Asian paradise with carpets to lounge on, the finest in local South Asian music and dance talent and delicious food from Five Star Banquet and Catering. From 2-4pm, we’ll be having special activities for kids including clay pot lamp making, kite making, storytelling and more. For full details and artist information, please visit the Sun To Stars page.
Thursday September 15- Women In the Dirt: Landscape Architects Shaping Our Land
Join Solar One and the American Society of Landscape Architects for this special screening of Women In the Dirt, a documentary profiling the work of seven female landscape architects. Program begins at 7pm.
Check back here often- events for September will be added soon!
About Events at Solar One
Solar One utilizes its solar panel array to host the first and only Green Energy Arts Festival in New York City. Solar One has spent several years developing a unique Green Energy Arts program as a way to boost the visibility of Solar One and bring more people to the site. This program has reached thousands of New Yorkers including many who might not normally attend an “environmental” event. Backed by the idea that a person watching a performance or listening to a concert is more receptive to new or unique ideas, the Green Energy Arts Festival makes environmental conservation an experience rather than just an abstract concept.
The Green Energy Arts Festival was held for the first time in 2005, and has continued every year since. In 2011, the Green Energy Arts Festival will include Dance Siteworks in the Park, choreographed by Solar-Powered Dance Series alumni Gabriel Forestieri and Julie Troost; workshop performances of WATER: the secret life of objects, a play about the human relationship to water before, during and after a global flood of catastrophic proportions; the Sun To Stars South Asian Music and Dance Festival, a day-long celebration of South Asian dance, music and culture, now in its 6th season; and the Solar-Powered Film Series- 3 nights of themed environmental documentaries, shorts, speakers and activities. Plus music and dance events presented by the Stuyvesant Cove Park Association in June, July and August- summer is the best time to visit Solar One!
Solar One is available to rent for your event! Please contact Events and Marketing Coordinator Dina Elkan at dina[at]solar1[dot]org for more information.
