After the 9pm end of viewing the moon activities, PortSide will be screening the related film “City Dark” on the deck of the Mary Whalen. Trailer

After moving to New York City from rural Maine, former Red Hook resident filmmaker Ian Cheney asks a simple question, "What do we lose, when we lose the night?". Blending a humorous tone with cutting-edge science and poetic footage of the night sky, Cheney covers from Brooklyn to Mauna Kea, Paris, and beyond. Exploring the threat of killer asteroids in Hawaii, tracking hatching turtles along the Florida coast, and rescuing injured birds on Chicago streets, Cheney unravels the myriad implications of a globe glittering with -- including increased breast cancer rates, disrupted ecosystems, and a generation of kids without a glimpse of the universe above. Featuring astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, author Ann Druyan and NASA astronaut Don Pettit, THE CITY DARK is the definitive story of story of light pollution and the disappearing stars.