Underwater New York was so excited to be collaborating with children’s rock group The Deedle Deedle Dees to present this show! The Deedle Deedle Dees and UNY contributor Michael Hearst (One Ring Zero, Songs for Ice Cream Trucks) performed and the little ones wiggled all over the dance floor with an underwater disco dance party by UNY’s own DJ Dan Selzer.

It wasn't just the little guppies who enjoyed the show–The Deedle Deedle Dees write smart children’s songs about topics ranging from history (Sojourner Truth) to literature (Zora) to NYC traffic patterns (Major Deegan) that grown-ups can appreciate, too. Here's the amazing song about Dead Horse Bay they wrote for UNY:

The Deedle Deedle Dees book club also featured works by UNY contributor Matthea Harvey. Check out the kids’ pick The Little General and the Giant Snowflake and adult pick Modern Life.

Check out some of the amazing costumes here:

On Monday, October 18th, UNY invited a new audience to dive into “That Sinking Feeling,” the water-themed 24th installment of the monthly storytelling series TOLD. TOLD was hosted by Seth Lind, produced by Heidi Grumelot and presented by Horse Trade.

The lineup included:

- Ted McAdams, flailing in the deep with only a nemesis to help him

- Steven Berkowitz, riding on a ferry boat to nowhere

- Penny Pollack, navigating tipsy waters a sloshed friend leaves behind

- Boris Timanovsky, making flood-soaked first impressions

And waterlogged interludes curated by UNY including: 

-animation based on Boris's story by John Urquhart: 

 -poetry by Matthea Harvey

-and an original song by Deidre Rodman Struck

UNY founding editor Nicki Pombier Berger collected stories at the Underwater New York Story Tank, hosted by PortSide at Pier 11, Atlantic Basin, City of Water Day, July 24, 2010. Here is some of what she gathered! 

Nick Capodice, an educator at the Tenement Museum and tour guide with Urban Oyster, talks about why the Williamsburg is his favorite of the bridges spanning the East River, and what happened on a recent walk across it…

Author, Bronx native, unearther and explainer of New York City’s sunken and buried past,Robert Apuzzo talks with Lucy Oxios about their work restoring a 1952 tugboat, their plans to find the elusive HMS Hussar, an 18th century frigate that sank in Hell’s Gate, and the treasure they found on their first date. Listen to their story and check out these pictures ofThe Bronx at the Labor Day Tug Races September 5.

UNY contributing author Adam Sexton lists an impressive number of NYC waterways, and describes one with a memorable funk and an appetite for soccer balls….

David remembers finding a mysterious object on a Staten Island beach…

Maria Nieto reflects on what the waters of Red Hook mean to her, and what happened one Christmas Day on the pier behind Fairway….

These objects were collected and photographed by Sonna Schupak and other participants in the Child Development Institute’s Empowering Teachers Program at Sarah Lawrence College, during a day-long Dead Horse Bay excursion and workshop led by Underwater New York. Some of them inspired poetry by CDI participants Cindy Mahan and Helene Alalouf.