Fest will have carnival, music and film

A group working to stop construction of Spectra Energy’s Algonquin Incremental Market (AIM) gas pipeline through New York will hold a fundraising festival at the Paramount Hudson Valley on Saturday, April 16.

ResistAIM’s “Say NO Say YES Fest” will begin at 10 a.m. with a carnival of games, sustainable crafts and activities, and nonprofit groups presenting about renewable energy and sustainability. At 11 a.m. the Eco Family Circus and Variety Show will take the stage. At 3 p.m. How to Let Go of The World (And Love All the Things Climate Can’t Change), a new film by Josh Fox, who was nominated for an Oscar for his documentary Gasland, will be screened.

At 7:30 p.m. there will be an activist-oriented show filled with music and comedy and surprise guests, both musical and political. Tickets are $20 and can be ordered at brownpapertickets.com. Children ages 12 and younger are admitted free.

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