Dancers warming up behind the stage As I entered Stuyvesant Cove Park early this evening, I kept my eyes peeled for a large stage and crowds of people who I assumed would be attending the Solar-Powered Dance Series, presented by Solar One, a green energy, arts, and education center. But around 6 PM, it [...]

Image courtesy of Solar One The fourth annual Solar-Powered Dance Series, hosted by Solar One, kicks off today at 6 PM in Stuyvesant Cove Park. From today through July 26th, and July 31st through August 2nd, the Series will feature performances by thirteen emerging choreographers who work in a variety of dance styles. Solar electricity will [...]

I’m off to the Adirondacks this weekend for some more hiking, biking, and kayaking. On Saturday night, I’ll be heading to the Saratoga Performing Arts Center to see New York City Ballet’s summer Gala performance, which is an all-Jerome Robbins program including Brahms/Handel (co-choreographed by Twyla Tharp), Opus 19/The Dreamer, and West Side Story [...]

Starting on Wednesday, July 16th, the Joyce Theater and City Parks Foundation will present Dance Out!, five days of free outdoor dance performances in several parks throughout the five boroughs. I’m not familiar with any of the choreographers or performers, but according to the Joyce, the pieces were “created to resonate with the energy [...]

If you haven’t yet seen Pixar’s “WALL-E”, you should. I never thought that a little rusty robot could show so much emotion - desire, frustration, pride, loneliness, and most of all love - with so little dialogue. It is a truly poignant and beautiful film. With its implications about the future of human [...]

This Sunday, the Green Edge Collaborative will be hosting a potluck dinner and discussion in Brooklyn with Leda Meredith, a former ballet dancer turned botanist who is a “locavore” - the term used to describe someone who strives to eat only locally grown foods - as well as a foraging expert, educator, and environmental activist. [...]

Quiksilver and Roxy celebrate Earth Day tomorrow with a new campaign called Quiksilver Thinks Green, as an effort to reduce its own impact on the environment. They’re launching a range of products using organic cotton and a range of bags and backpacks in Q-Tec, an environmentally- friendly coating replacing the traditional PVC coating; it contains no [...]