Daily Events

Friday, Feb 24

5 to 8pm – Opening Night VIP Reception

8 to 10pm - Eco-Art Walk - Student Art and Film Submission Showcase. Guest Artists: Margaret Ross Tolbert, Lorelei Esser, J. Henry Fair, John Moran. Music by Cathy DeWitt.

Saturday, Feb 25

1 to 6 pm – Celebrate Nature Fair

2, 4, 6, 8 pm – Environmental Films on Animals, Water - Special Guests Hardy Jones, Director of The Dolphin Defender; Peter Jay Brown and Lon Haber, Confessions of an Eco-Terrorist

Sunday, Feb 26

1 to 6 pm – Sustainable Solutions Fair 

2, 4, 6, 8 pm – Environmental Films on Energy - Special Guest Adams Wood, Director, On Coal River

Monday, Feb 27

4, 6, 8 pm –  Environmental films on Chemical Contamination: Why and How to Reduce Your Chemical Exposure.  Special Guest Jan van den Berg, director Silent Snow, via Skype.

Tuesday, Feb 28

4, 6, 8 pm – Environmental films on Food - Special Guests: Christine Heinrichs, featured in Mad City Chickens and Shelly Rogers, Director of a film about our local farmer’s markets. Evening co-hosted by Alachua County Sustainability Department.

4-8 pm – Pitch-in Dinner for Local Farmers - Help us Honor Our Local Farmers with a Community Potluck on our Food Film Night, Tuesday. Bring a dish created from local foods to show our farmer’s the creative ways we use the bounty they provide! We’ll share our dishes and together let’s Thank our farmers for helping to create a sustainable community. Free film admission for farmer’s all night! (RSVPs appreciated).

Wednesday, Feb 29

4, 6 pm – Environmental films on Sustaining our Land and Sea - Special Guest: Maryam Henein, Director of Vanishing of the Bees at Florida Museum of Natural History, co-hosted by UF Office of Sustainability.

8 pm Vintage Verde Fashion Show - Enjoy an array of recycled fashions from area thrift stores followed by a trunk show of treasures!

Thursday, March 1

4, 6 pm – Environmental films on Sustainable Government

8 p.m World music presentation by Tony Vacca - Wild night of music with an African beat

Friday, March 2

5 to 7 pm – Superfund Art Project Reception - Located at the Thomas Center

8 pm – Finale film on Sustainable Solutions: Deep Green – Special Guest: Matt Briggs, director of Deep Green joins our finale sponsored by Solar Impact, followed by discussion

9 pm – Awards Night and Wrap Party - Join Us to Celebrate Cinema Verde and THANK our Volunteers and Sponsors! Music by Hired Hand from Hollywood, FL.