City That Drinks the Mountain Sky: Part Two! at Veterans Park in Stamford Oct. 12

STAMFORD — The West Kortright Center is proud to present Arm-of-the-Sea Theater presents City That Drinks the Mountain Sky: Part Two!, Sunday October 12th at 1pm Veterans Park, Stamford, sponsored by The Catskill Watershed Corporation in this free event.

Here’s the epic tale of New York City’s water supply presented in the elemental beauty of mask & puppet theatre. This sequel to the company’s original 1999 production continues the story into the 21st century, revealing the ecosystem of the Catskill mountain forest and introducing a new generation of watershed stewards confronting the challenges of climate change and monumental infrastructure repair needed to keep the water clean.

Arm-of-the-Sea is an arts ensemble that fuses visual storytelling with live music in large-scale works of mask and puppet theater. Founded in 1982 by Marlena Marallo and Patrick Wadden, the company’s hybrid performance style channels

the evocative power of the arts as a force for joy, insight, and community uplift. Their low-tech devices of theatrical enchantment illuminate relations between humans and the life-support networks of this blue-ocean planet.

Under the direction of Marallo & Wadden, the creative team includes musicians Maclain Maier, Joseph Davis and Helen Houghton; and performers Joanna Grabiarz, Doug Keller, Dee Dee Maucher, Nick Panken, Rakel Stammer, Soyal Smalls and MJ Smythe.

Arm-of-the-Sea tours its original productions to cultural centers, festivals, and community venues throughoutNew York and adjacent states. The organization is transforming the ruins of a 19th century papermill In Saugerties into a waterfront cultural park for bio-regional arts & science.

Veteran’s Park in Stamford is at the corner of Main Street and Railroad Ave.

The West Kortright Center’s programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. Our Foundation supporters are the O’Connor Foundation, the Robinson Broadshurst Foundation, and the Bert Santora Trust. Our Season Sponsors are Catskill Country Living, Argosy Designs, Bovina Center Montessori School, Delaware National Bank of Delhi, ecoagents, Good Cheap Food, Golden Artist Colors, Greentree Home, Livestock Foundation, Mimish, One Group, Sportsfield Specialties, and Rockland Cider Works.

Link for more info: https://www.westkc.org/arm