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Mountaintop Removal Benefit Concert, Fri. July 11

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NY Loves Mountains Weekend, Fri. July 11 – Sat. July 12
Co-sponsored by Sierra Club NYC, Neighborhood Energy Network, Canary Adventure Society, Fractured Atlas, Rice NY. 

Music for the Mountains Benefit Concert, Fri. July 11, 7 PM
Benefit to save Marsh Fork Elementary School, Sundial, West Virginia.  T
he Jalopy Theater, 315 Columbia Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn
Pre-concert reception, 7 PM, with Rory McIlmoil of Coal River Mountain Watch, JW Randolph of Appalachian Voices, Brooklyn-based photojournalist Antrim Caskey, and Ed Wiley of Pennies of Promise. Silent auction featuring original art, jewelry & crafts from NYC and Appalachia; raffle items from NY-based businesses & artists.   Music starts at 9 PM featuring: Here’s to the Long Haul, Andrea Reising, The IEDs, Cari Norris, Sam & Karen Duffy, and Supermajor. 

Reception and concert $65 / $75 at the door.  Concert only, $15 / $20 at the door. 
Produced by Headwater Productions of Brooklyn and Canary Adventure Society.

Oppose Mountaintop Removal and Coal Mining - Union Square, Sat. July 12, 11 AM – 5 PM
Rally support for a clean energy future. Sign letters to sign, enjoy street music and theatre, hear Appalachian and NYC activists. 

Workshop reading of new play, Sat. July 12, 7 PM  
Current Changes in Empire, a new play by Sarah Moon about mountain top removal and electricity, workshop reading of Act 1.  $10 suggested donation. The Actors Institute, 50 West 30th Street, 14th floor, NY, NY 10001

NY Loves Mountains was created to educate New Yorkers about our connection to the devastation of one of America’s greatest natural resources, the Appalachian Mountains, by a form of coal mining called Mountain Top Removal (MTR). They hope to ban NY State purchase of MTR coal from Central Appalachia and replace that coal-generated energy with clean alternatives available to us through wind and solar power, bring a clean energy economy to the communities of Appalachia, and to build a strong renewable energy infrastructure in New York. Contact Stephanie Pistello, Canary Adventure Society, spistello@gmail.com. Visit www.nylovesmountains.com