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A Fin-tastic Night!

Posted in events, fundraising, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on July 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

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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Mexican Mermaids and More Fabulous Prizes

Posted in events, fundraising, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on July 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

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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Can you feel the undercurrent?

Posted in development, events, fundraising, screening, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on June 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

What a week for Mermaids of New York! We had our first non-Coney Island screening, last week. Thanks to the lovely folks at Northside Fest and Union Docs for making that happen, it was truly an awesome night! Photos to come.

And Mermaids ruled the city at Coney Island Mermaid fest on Saturday, we even got a shout out from Gothamist!

But wait.. there’s more, the opportunities to get in on the Mermania continue….

We invite you join us for a special siren happy hour/screening/fundraiser to help us continue our documentary project, Mermaids of New York.

Thursday, July 7 · 6:30pm – 9:30pm @ R Bar 218 Bowery, NYC

It’s free (but donations are appreciated) and there will be drink specials, mermaid appearances, performances and raffles for fabulous prizes throughout the evening and all proceeds will help us bring Mermaids of NY to MerCon in Las Vegas!

If you’re interested in volunteering, performing or donating raffle items, please contact The Lady Aye at theladyaye@gmail.com for more information.

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Ever Heard a Mermaid Singing Before? Live Music Video Exclusive.

Posted in video, tagged , , , , , , , , , on April 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Wanted to share with you an incredible performance that Dame Darcy gave for us on a rooftop in Chinatown, NYC. In this clip she sings the traditional sea chanty, Greenland Whale Fisheries and plays the saw, accompanied by her sailor/rocker friend Peter Mavrogeorgis.

Darcy is a historian of many fantastic things and she brings this knowledge to her work in comics and music. She recorded an entire album of traditional sea shanties and murder ballads Cabin Fever, with her band Death By Doll.

We LOVE love love the mermaid-y illustration on the cover!

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Mermaids Go Blue

Posted in inspiration, video, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on April 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Being a Mermaid is not just fun and games, many we have encountered use their mermaid powers to raise awareness about the crucial environmental issue of protecting the earth’s water and its lifeforms. Makes sense, right?!

In this clip from Mermaids of New York, Mara Haseltine, environmental activist and sculptor talks passionately about why she does what she does.

Hard not to care, when you put it that way!

Mermaid Hannah, another professional mermaid, even started a non-profit which engages surfers to help protect marine life through direct action!

Not a mermaid but still interested in going blue? check out this out!

 

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A little teaser

Posted in video, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on March 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Just cut a little promo video for the film so we can start spreading the word about the big screening event we are having this summer… more news to come…

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Bambi Photo Shoot

Posted in production notes, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

As you can imagine, mermaids are hard to pin down but all of the subjects of our film Mermaids of New York have been extremely awesome at making time for us in their busy schedules. We recently caught up with, Bambi The Mermaid and had a beautiful evening on the west side piers in Manhattan. Jason Falchook took these great photos.

Bambi The Laughing Queen

Bambi The Mermaid at Sunset

Bambi The Mermaid posing on the pier

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Swimming with fishes

Posted in events, fundraising, tagged , , , , , , , , , on September 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Last night was the Mermaids of New York Benefit Ball at Galapagos in Brooklyn, and what a night it was!

In a word, it was nothing short of totally AWESOME! So many friends helped out to make the event happen and even more came out to support.

MC Kate Tellers kept the night rolling, there were fishy performances by Legs Malone, Bambi The Mermaid and The Brooklyn Babydoll and The Lady Aye showed off a talent that few, if any, fellow filmmakers share. Lavlier played two sets of their unique otherworldly rock stylings and they even treated us to an end of the night, ‘Don’t Stop Believin’ sing-a-long with Steve Milton on keys! Can’t really ask for more… but then there was Ted D’Ottavio hosting a non-stop photo booth, all night. AND we got some great responses from our friends at:

PopCandy “The highlight of the night was a sword-swallowing performance by Ilise Carter (“The Lady Aye”)”

The NYPress:

NY PRess

Thanks, again to everyone who attended The Mermaids of New York Benefit Ball and made it an amazing and fun night.

Stay tuned… MORE photos coming soon!

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Ship Shaping Up

Posted in events, fundraising, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on September 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I’ve got to say, I’m pretty pleased with the way Thursday night is shaping up! It is going to be an event you don’t want to miss so if you haven’t purchased your ticket yet, you can do it now online.. right here.

Everyone has been working overtime to get a representative segment of the film ready to share with you. It will be about 10min and includes introductions to four of our mermaid subjects with original music by Lavalier. This will be the first time we get to show it to anyone beyond the production team, so its very exciting and a more than a little nerve-wrecking. However, I am really proud of all the work everyone has done so far and looking forward to getting feedback from a live audience!

Something else to remind you about is the super-duper raffle we put together for Thursday.

In addition to the signed copy of UK edition of The Death of Bunny Munro, Nick Cave’s new book and a framed original print by photographer Thomas Daniel, we also have a gift card for a night out at The Slipper Room,  a custom pair of Converse and more! Tickets will be sold at the event for $5 each or 5 for $20.

BUY TICKETS For MERMAIDS OF NY at GALAPAGOS!

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Fundraising news!

Posted in fundraising, tagged , , , , , , , on September 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Arts Engine is now the fiscal sponsor of Mermaids of New York. We are now officially a zero profit production! Or rather we have a fiscal sponsor who essentially loans us their 501c3 status so that we can take tax deductible donations and do other fun things that non-profit organizations do to raise money (like having a fundraiser at Galapagos Art Space)

Arts Engine is an amazing organization that supports, produces, and distributes independent media projects. They are a fiscal sponsor for many other exciting film projects which you should check out here. We will also be able to accept donations online soon!

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