SOON IS NOW’s annual festival will be held on Saturday, October 5th, 2024 from 1:00pm-4:30pm at Scenic Hudson’s Long Dock Park, free and open to all. Parking is free at the park and at the Beacon Metro North train station, a short walk to the park. For more info contact evemorgenstern@gmail.com

Part reverence for the River, part cry for what is lost to climate chaos, part response to the pollution and rejuvenation of our park’s ecosystem.

SOON IS NOW places art in conversation with the landscape and brings audiences into an immersive experience with original works that engage with the impacts of our warming world, the history that brought us to this place, and the future we can imagine.

Program: 1pm & 2pm: workshops: Mugwort meditative plant walk and tea service with Amy White Eyes.

1:00 - 4:00 Hands-on, mark-making experimentation with carbon sequestering biochar for adults and children ages 5+with T. Charnan Lewis with special guided exercise from 1:30-2:30pm

2:00pm/ 2:30pm/ 3:00pm Sign up to go on one of 3 walking tours of the performances in Scenic Hudson’s Long Dock Park. Artists: Edwin Torres, Andrew Brehm, Jim Fletcher, Rafael Sánchez, Tom King, Katiana Rangel, Alex Waterman, Elisa Santiago, Twinkle Burke, Jojo Gonzalez, Martin D. Fowler, Lori Merhige

All day: Visit our visual art exhibition with work by Elizabeth Castagna, Jean Brennan and T. Charnan Lewis in the River Center and talk to environmental groups Riverkeeper and Beacon Climate Action Now