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Sirens & Society

If you are in the NY area, you will not want to miss tomorrow night’s Mermaids of NY event. In fact, it’s a critic’s pick in Time Out New York, this week!

Bambi The Mermaid looks across the hudson to the shores of Jersey city.


Tomorrow, Thursday July, 21, will be an amazing evening of film and discussion for anyone already obsessed with mermaids or just mer-curious. Sirens & Society: Postmodern Mermaidia is a screening and panel discussion to investigate the new wave of mermaid imagery and lifestyle being created by individual artists and the culture industry at large. We will begin with a preview screening of our new documentary Mermaids of New York, followed by a panel discussion featuring professor Amy Herzog.

We are thrilled to have Amy joining us, she is a very knowledgeable mermaid and an associate professor of film studies at Queens College and The Graduate Center, CUNY. She is the author of Dreams of Difference, Songs of the Same: The Image of Time in Musical Film, which includes an extended study of Esther Williams and “water-based” musical cinema.

The event is $5 and begins at 8pm at Observatory, in Brooklyn.

Can’t wait to sea you there!

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Thanks to everyone who joined us at R Bar for a very fun evening!
We screened 10 minutes of our Mermaids of New York documentary, raffled off fabulous mermaid prizes (generously donated by our friends Carolyn Turgeon, La Sirena (Mexican Arts & Crafts) and Sourpuss Clothing) and of course, drinking Coney Island Memaid Lager!
But the best part of all was meeting new new mermaid friends and catching up with some that have been riding the waves with us since we first embarked on this journey.

Thankfully, Jason Falchook was on hand to capture some of the highlights…

What can I say, we get excited about raffles!

Mermaid Kai Altair lent a hand


The Brooklyn Babydoll fancy in fins!


The Lady Aye, about to take a stab at it

If you are curious about that last photo, well, you’ll just have to come to one of our screenings to find out what happens next!

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If you are in NYC, next week, come join the Mermaids of New York for a screening and happy hour!

Mermaids of New York Happy Hour Screening
Thursday, July 7th 6:30pm
R-Bar 218 Bowery St. New York, NY

We’ll be showing some of our documentary film and toasting to all the mermaids of new york and beyond.
Plus we’ll be raffling off some fabulous prizes with from our amazing friends Bambi The Mermaid, Carolyn Turgeon, La Sirena (Mexican Arts & Crafts), Sourpuss Clothing, A.V. Phibes and more!

Mexican mermaids from La Sirena in NYC


Mermaid by Carolyn Turgeon

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