Join Orkestai Farm for an autumnal celebration in gratitude for the Abundance of the Land and the contributions of our Neurodiverse Farmers. The evening will include live music, a dance performance, collaborative community art, farm-fresh hors d'oeuvres, and drinks.  

Contributions will help us continue to develop our winter programming, Overwintering, which will provide year-round consistency and meaningful engagement to our Neurodiverse Community.  In addition, you will be helping us develop the necessary land-based and social infrastructure to flourish during all seasons.

Orkestai Farm exists to promote creative participation in our community of people of All Abilities, including Autism and other Developmental Differences, through the practice of ecological agriculture and expressive arts. 

SPONSORSHIPS and DONATIONS

Please note that in addition to tickets, we are offering sponsorships to help us underwrite our event. Each sponsorship comes with ticket(s) to Harvest Moon.

The bottom of this page also includes an opportunity to contribute any amount you wish. Our primary donation page can be found on our website.

EVENT PROGRAM

Location: Due to the forecasted rain, our venue is St Luke's Church in Sea Cliff.

Date and Time: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7th, 2023 -- 3:30PM-6:30PM

Everyone welcome!  Neurodiversity Welcome!  Children Welcome!  

Children under 10 are free.

Food: ORKESTAI FARM AND VARIOUS LOCAL CHEFS  

We share our organic produce with local chefs, who concoct gorgeous, delicious, and nutritious platters for your palate's delight. 

The chefs are from establishments such as:

La Bussola, Foster, Rising Tide, IEatGreen, The View Grill, Grassroots Naturally Delicious, and more!

Music: Rusty String Band

The Rusty String Band plays an eclectic blend of Americana, bluegrass, and psychedelic acoustic rock. They have been performing in the tri-state area for over 30 years. Past performances include the Long Island Folk and Fiddle Festival and the Long Island Apple Festival, and for 9 years running, they have been featured performers at the Sea Cliff Beach Summer Music Series, Sea Cliff’s Sunset Serenade, Jerry Jam Festival, and they play frequently at many North Shore L.I. nightspots.https://www.instagram.com/therustystringband/?hl=en

Dance: Yin Mei Dance

Yin Mei has been choreographing and performing contemporary works worldwide since coming to the United States in 1985. She formed Yin Mei Dance in 1995. In Yin Mei’s vision, the company’s purpose is to touch people through performance—indeed, to offer work that goes beyond performance, offering and evoking a personal, even spiritual connection between performers and the audience.

Yin Mei sees her work as both traditional and experimental, drawing on classical sources while willing at the same time to subvert them. Employing Chinese energy direction and spatial principles as a means of creating dance within the rubric of contemporary dance theater, Yin Mei’s goal as a choreographer and performer is to make visible through dance the inner world that lies beneath the surface of everyday life—a parallel world beyond material purposes and goals, stemming from emptiness, filled with the mystery of life.

Please click this link to view more info about her performance.

This link is for her webpage.

Community Art: 

This year we will create a community mandala using found natural materials and flowers from the farm.  Our facilitators will be Kristin Orsini, somatic coach and mindfulness guide from Koha Space (https://kohaspace.com/home), and Erica Milone, Waldorf early childhood teacher and co-founder of Orkestai's summer farm experience for children.