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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘documentary’
Mexican Mermaids and More Fabulous Prizes
Posted in events, fundraising, tagged documentary, event, film, fundraiser, lady aye, mermaid, Mermaids, mica scalin, micawave, new york, nyc, reality, screening, women 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 [...]
Can you feel the undercurrent?
Posted in development, events, fundraising, screening, tagged documentary, event, events, film, fundraising, ilise carter, lady aye, Mermaids, mermania, mica scalin, new york, ny event, nyc 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 [...]
Ever Heard a Mermaid Singing Before? Live Music Video Exclusive.
Posted in video, tagged Dame Darcy, documentary, live music, mermaid, Mermaids, music video, new york, nyc, sea chanty, singing saw 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 [...]
Mermaids Go Blue
Posted in inspiration, video, tagged activism, artist, documentary, environmentalism, going blue, interview, mermaid, Mermaids, new york, sculptor, water 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 [...]
A little teaser
Posted in video, tagged bambi the mermaid, brooklyn babydoll, coney island, Dame Darcy, documentary, ilise carter, lady aye, lavalier music, mara haseltine, Mermaids, mica scalin, micawave, trailer, video 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…
Bambi Photo Shoot
Posted in production notes, tagged bambi the mermaid, burlesque, documentary, film, ilise carter, jason falchook, mermaid, Mermaids, mica scalin, new york, photography, the lady aye, women 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. [...]
Swimming with fishes
Posted in events, fundraising, tagged burlesque, documentary, film, fund, fundraising, mermaid, Mermaids, new york, ny events, nyc 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 [...]
Ship Shaping Up
Posted in events, fundraising, tagged art, bunny munro, burlesque, documentary, event, film, fundraiser, mermaid, Mermaids, music, new york, nick cave, nyc 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.
Fundraising news!
Posted in fundraising, tagged coney island, documentary, film, fundraising, independent, mermaid, Mermaids, nyc on September 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Arts Engine is now the fiscal sponsor of Mermaids of New York.

