Film Premiere: The Mystic Herring Run: The Return of 2012 and Beyond

The Mystic River will be celebrated in multiple forms during the "Into
the Mystic" Environmental Art and Film Festival in Medford Square, from
June 19-22.

On Saturday June 21st, the festival’s feature film, "The Mystic
Herring Run: The Return of 2012 and Beyond," will be given its premiere
at 7 p.m. at the Hyatt in Medford. The documentary, by
independent filmmaker Shervin A. Arya, explores the past, present and
future of the Mystic River through the story of the blueback herring. Each
spring, tens of thousands of the small fish journey from the inner
Boston Harbor to the Upper Mystic Lake to spawn before swimming back out
to sea.
Arya, founder of Illuminating Minds
Media, a cloud-based media production company focused on quality
science-based films, will be on hand to discuss his film and take
questions.

Meanwhile, the top 20 entries in the
Into the Mystic art competition will be displayed festival weekend at
the Hyatt all day Friday and Saturday and until 5 p.m. Sunday.

The
pieces include found art sculpture, photography, mosaic, painting,
drawing and mixed media creations.Admission to all of the festival events is free.

RSVPs are requested for the Saturday night feature film at this web page.

For more information see http://www.mysticartgallery.org/events/