Wild About The Waterfront:
A Benefit for the New Splash Pad’s Pollinator Planting Bed
Experience stellar nature images by accomplished local photographers, presented on the big-screen and accompanied by live string music. This one-of-a-kind multimedia experience celebrates the landscape and inhabitants of the Waterfront Trail, Stewart Park, and Cayuga Lake, while highlighting the work of photographers inspired by our natural world.
Program
Welcome message: Rick Manning, Executive Director of Friends of Stewart Park
Aerial Views of Finger Lakes’ Protected Waterfront Lands. Photos courtesy of the Finger Lakes Land Trust. Music by Benny Bleu.
Ithaca’s Historic Waterfront. Photos courtesy of Friends of Stewart Park. Music by Dave Davies & Brian Earle.
Walk With Me on the Waterfront Trail. Photos by Frank Muller. Music by Benny Bleu.
Talking to the Willows: Part Confessional, Part Love Letter. Photos by Dede Hatch. Music by Falling Waters Trio.
Postcards of Summer. Photos by Julian Euell. Music by Emmett Scott.
Numinous Cayuga: Part 1 - Listen. Photos by Tenzin Chopak. Music by Chopak & Scott.
INTERMISSION (10 mins)
COMMENTS: Diana Riesman, Executive Director of Wharton Studio Museum
Making Noise About Silent Film. Photos courtesy of Wharton Studio Museum. Music by Dave Davies & Brian Earle..
Native Plants We Grow and Love. Photos by Dan Segal & Plantsmen. Music by Falling Waters Trio.
Whistling Swans. Photos by Tenzin Chopak. Music written and performed by Hope Grietzer and Falling Waters Trio.
Numinous Cayuga: Part 2 - Know. Photos and Music by Tenzin Chopak.
Birdsong: Birds of Cayuga Lake. Photos by Rachel Hogancamp. Music by Benny Bleu.
Community Submissions. Photos by Stewart Park & Waterfront Trail Users. Music by the Wild Ones String Band.
Thank you to our musicians: Tenzin Chopak & Emmett Scott, Dave Davies & Friends, Benny Bleu, and the Falling Waters Trio (Hope Grietzer, Tom Hodgson & Rick Manning).
Thank you to our community artists: Kris Altucher, Manuel Amzallag, Muhammad Arif, Tommy Beers, Linda Byard, Paul Dawson, Linda Edsall, Coleen Foley, Sonia Jirka, Tracey Lynn Myers, Bob Riter, Tonya VanCamp
And special thanks to our featured photographers: Dede Hatch, Tenzin Chopak, Rachel Hogancamp, Julian Euell, Frank Muller and Dan Segal, with photos provided by the Finger Lakes Land Trust, Wharton Studio Museum, Friends of Stewart Park.
