Puffin Cultural Forum/February

February 2008

Friday, February 1, 8:00 p.m.
Theater/Concert: Paul Robeson Through His Words & Music
Written by Gayle Stahlhuth
Performed by Derrick McQueen
An interweaving of two dozen songs that were sung by Robeson, with a narrative of his life as an actor, singer, activist, and humanitarian. The story of the son of a former slave who became one of the most popular performers of his day, and of an American whose government was so fearful of his belief that all people are equal, that the FBI took his passport. "Derrick McQueen’s voice is phenomenal…the text emphasized what a multi-talented Renaissance man Robeson was.” Cape May Star & Wave (NJ)

$10 suggested donation.

Wednesday, February 6, 7:00 p.m.
Film: Road to Guantanamo
Winner of the Silver Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival. Michael Winterbottom and Mat Whitecross’ film is the terrifying first-hand account of three British citizens who were held for two years without charges in the American military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Part documentary, part dramatization, the film chronicles the sequence of events that led from the trio setting out from Tipton in the British Midlands for a wedding in Pakistan, to their crossing the Afghanistan border just as the U.S. began its bombing campaign, to their eventual capture by the Northern Alliance and their imprisonment in Camp X-Ray and later at Camp Delta in Guantanamo. (2006, 95 min.)

Free and open to the public.

Before the film meet at the the National Guard Armory (Teaneck Road and Liberty Road) for a Bring the Troops Home NOW! Vigil, 4:30–6:00 p.m. and then a pizza party at the Puffin, 6:30-7:00 p.m.

Friday, February 8, 8:30 p.m.
JAZZ JAM with Alex Collins Trio
Alex Collins and his rhythm section. Come and sign up for a chance to join Alex and featured guest musician trumpeter Darren Barrett in performing Jazz standards for an enthusiastic and appreciative audience.
$5 suggested donation.

Saturday, February 9, 8:00 p.m.
WORLD CONCERT: Peace Train
Sharon Katz and Peace Train return to the Puffin for another concert sure to make your heart sing and your feet move to their African rhythms!

$10 suggested donation.

Sunday, February 10, 11:00 a.m.
BRUNCH EVENT: Bagels, Schtick & a Play
Garage Theatre Group and the Puffin present: Play it Forward (or Bagels, Lox, and a Play…) In collaboration with the Garage Theatre, the Puffin Cultural Forum presents a new pre-show series that previews Garage productions. Actors and directors from FDU’s resident troupe the Garage Theatre Group come for an informal presentation about their upcoming performance of “The Night Reginald Filbert Called It Quits” by Rex Knowles and directed by Frank Licato.

$5 suggested donation.

Root Shock Book

Sunday, February 10, 7:00 p.m.
AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Mindy Fullilove
Interview with author of “Root Shock: How Tearing Up City Neighborhoods Hurts America, and What We Can Do about It” (One World, 2005). In this groundbreaking and ultimately hopeful book, Dr. Mindy Fullilove examines "root shock" through the story of urban renewal and its effect on the African American community. Between 1949 and 1973 this federal program, spearheaded by business and real estate interests, destroyed 1,600 African American neighborhoods in cities across the United States. When a neighborhood is destroyed its inhabitants suffer "root shock": a traumatic stress reaction related to the destruction of one's emotional ecosystem.

Free and open to the public.

Blood of My Brother Movie

Wednesday, February 13, 7:00 p.m.
FILM: Blood of My Brother
Go behind the scenes of one Iraqi family's struggle to survive amidst the carnage of the growing Shia insurgency. Nineteen-year-old Ibrahim dreams of revenge when his brother is shot and killed by an American patrol. Documentary in nature, but theatrical in the sense of plot or character development. (2005, 90 min.)

Free and open to the public.

Before the film meet at the the National Guard Armory (Teaneck Road and Liberty Road) for a Bring the Troops Home NOW! Vigil, 4:30–6:00 p.m. and then a pizza party at the Puffin, 6:30-7:00 p.m.

Friday, February 15, 8:00 p.m.
POETRY: Vets Against War
Co-sponsored by Veterans for Peace (Chapter 21 - NJ), Teaneck Peace & Justice Coalition, and Military Families Speak Out (Bergen County). Vietnam veteran poet Dayl Wise, founder of Post Traumatic Press, and two other featured vet/poets, ThomasBrinson and Jim Murphy will headline this evening of anti-war poetry and solidarity with our veterans returning from Ira and Afghanistan. The featured presentation will be followed by an open mi. Walt Nygard (Veterans For Peace) will be the evening's MC.

Free and open to the public.

Yass Hakoshima Mime

Saturday, Feb. 16, 8:00 pm
THEATER: Yass Hakoshima
A rare appearance by famed Japanese mime / movement artist, Yass Hakoshima, who will perform his solo show "Wings." With musical accompaniment by a stellar trio of renowned musicians: Samir Chatterjee (tabla), Min Xiao-Fen (Chinese pipa), and Masayo Ishigure (koto).

$15 suggested donation / $12 seniors & students
children under 13 are free

Shiau-uen Ding

Sunday, February 17, 4:00 p.m.
CLASSICAL CONCERT: Shiau-uen Ding
For the fourth On the Rise concert, we present Shiau-uen Ding, an exciting young pianist who brings her deep passion from Baroque roots to more recent repertory presenting a program entitled: The Piano Today: l'Esprit de joie. While incorporating electronic and multimedia elements into her performance, we can expect a full musical palette ranging from scintillating Debussy to the most electrifying of living traditions available at the piano. An appearance at the Pre-Concert Talks with Ms. Ding by composer Christopher Bailey is bound also to be provocative, illuminating and, entertaining.
Pre-concert talk at 3:00 p.m.

Ticket prices:
Single Concert: $15 adults; $12 seniors & students; Children under 13 free.
Single Concert Family Plan: $25 for 2 adults and children (under 18).
Reservations Suggested.

Subscription Formats:
Full Season Subscription: $70 for all 6 concerts.
Half Season Subscription: $40 for 3 concerts
of your choice.
*Subscriptions include premium reserved seating, OTR Newsletters, and a “Best of Season” On the Rise CD concert recording.

Wednesday, February 20, 7:00 p.m.
FILM: In the Valley of Elah
A career officer (Tommy Lee Jones) and his wife (Susan Sarandon) work with a police detective (Charlize Theron) to uncover the truth behind their son's disappearance following his return from a tour of duty in Iraq. Screenplay winner at the venice Film Festival. (2007, 121 min.)

Free and open to the public.

Before the film meet at the the National Guard Armory (Teaneck Road and Liberty Road) for a Bring the Troops Home NOW! Vigil, 4:30–6:00 p.m. and then a pizza party at the Puffin, 6:30-7:00 p.m.

Friday, February 22, 8:00 p.m.
TEEN EVENT: Poetry Jam
Slam Global Enterprises presents the fifth monthly Youth Poetry Slam at the Puffin. MC Big Mike from Slam Global. Teen poets, rap artists and spoken word performers are invited to participate in this competitive spoken word performance event. Or just come and hear what the area's youth are expressing.

$5 suggested donation.


		February 2008 Friday, February 1, 8:00 p.m. Theater/Concert: Paul Robeson Through His Words & Music Written by Gayle Stahlhuth Performed by Derrick McQueen An interweaving of two dozen songs that were sung by Robeson, with a narrative of his life as an actor, singer, activist, and humanitarian. The story of the son of a former slave who became one of the most popular performers of his day, and of an American whose government was so fearful of his belief that all people are equal, that the FBI took his passport. "Derrick McQueen’s voice is phenomenal…the text emphasized what a multi-talented Renaissance man Robeson was.” Cape May Star & Wave (NJ) $10 suggested donation. Wednesday, February 6, 7:00 p.m. Film: Road to Guantanamo Winner of the Silver Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival. Michael Winterbottom and Mat Whitecross’ film is the terrifying first-hand account of three British citizens who were held for two years without charges in the American military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Part documentary, part dramatization, the film chronicles the sequence of events that led from the trio setting out from Tipton in the British Midlands for a wedding in Pakistan, to their crossing the Afghanistan border just as the U.S. began its bombing campaign, to their eventual capture by the Northern Alliance and their imprisonment in Camp X-Ray and later at Camp Delta in Guantanamo. (2006, 95 min.) Free and open to the public. Before the film meet at the the National Guard Armory (Teaneck Road and Liberty Road) for a Bring the Troops Home NOW! Vigil, 4:30–6:00 p.m. and then a pizza party at the Puffin, 6:30-7:00 p.m. Friday, February 8, 8:30 p.m. JAZZ JAM with Alex Collins Trio Alex Collins and his rhythm section. Come and sign up for a chance to join Alex and featured guest musician trumpeter Darren Barrett in performing Jazz standards for an enthusiastic and appreciative audience. $5 suggested donation. Saturday, February 9, 8:00 p.m. WORLD CONCERT: Peace Train Sharon Katz and Peace Train return to the Puffin for another concert sure to make your heart sing and your feet move to their African rhythms! $10 suggested donation. Sunday, February 10, 11:00 a.m. BRUNCH EVENT: Bagels, Schtick & a Play Garage Theatre Group and the Puffin present: Play it Forward (or Bagels, Lox, and a Play…) In collaboration with the Garage Theatre, the Puffin Cultural Forum presents a new pre-show series that previews Garage productions. Actors and directors from FDU’s resident troupe the Garage Theatre Group come for an informal presentation about their upcoming performance of “The Night Reginald Filbert Called It Quits” by Rex Knowles and directed by Frank Licato. $5 suggested donation. Sunday, February 10, 7:00 p.m. AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Mindy Fullilove Interview with author of “Root Shock: How Tearing Up City Neighborhoods Hurts America, and What We Can Do about It” (One World, 2005). In this groundbreaking and ultimately hopeful book, Dr. Mindy Fullilove examines "root shock" through the story of urban renewal and its effect on the African American community. Between 1949 and 1973 this federal program, spearheaded by business and real estate interests, destroyed 1,600 African American neighborhoods in cities across the United States. When a neighborhood is destroyed its inhabitants suffer "root shock": a traumatic stress reaction related to the destruction of one's emotional ecosystem. Free and open to the public. Wednesday, February 13, 7:00 p.m. FILM: Blood of My Brother Go behind the scenes of one Iraqi family's struggle to survive amidst the carnage of the growing Shia insurgency. Nineteen-year-old Ibrahim dreams of revenge when his brother is shot and killed by an American patrol. Documentary in nature, but theatrical in the sense of plot or character development. (2005, 90 min.) Free and open to the public. Before the film meet at the the National Guard Armory (Teaneck Road and Liberty Road) for a Bring the Troops Home NOW! Vigil, 4:30–6:00 p.m. and then a pizza party at the Puffin, 6:30-7:00 p.m. Friday, February 15, 8:00 p.m. POETRY: Vets Against War Co-sponsored by Veterans for Peace (Chapter 21 - NJ), Teaneck Peace & Justice Coalition, and Military Families Speak Out (Bergen County). Vietnam veteran poet Dayl Wise, founder of Post Traumatic Press, and two other featured vet/poets, ThomasBrinson and Jim Murphy will headline this evening of anti-war poetry and solidarity with our veterans returning from Ira and Afghanistan. The featured presentation will be followed by an open mi. Walt Nygard (Veterans For Peace) will be the evening's MC. Free and open to the public. Saturday, Feb. 16, 8:00 pm THEATER: Yass Hakoshima A rare appearance by famed Japanese mime / movement artist, Yass Hakoshima, who will perform his solo show "Wings." With musical accompaniment by a stellar trio of renowned musicians: Samir Chatterjee (tabla), Min Xiao-Fen (Chinese pipa), and Masayo Ishigure (koto). $15 suggested donation / $12 seniors & students children under 13 are free Sunday, February 17, 4:00 p.m. CLASSICAL CONCERT: Shiau-uen Ding For the fourth On the Rise concert, we present Shiau-uen Ding, an exciting young pianist who brings her deep passion from Baroque roots to more recent repertory presenting a program entitled: The Piano Today: l'Esprit de joie. While incorporating electronic and multimedia elements into her performance, we can expect a full musical palette ranging from scintillating Debussy to the most electrifying of living traditions available at the piano. An appearance at the Pre-Concert Talks with Ms. Ding by composer Christopher Bailey is bound also to be provocative, illuminating and, entertaining. Pre-concert talk at 3:00 p.m. Ticket prices: Single Concert: $15 adults; $12 seniors & students; Children under 13 free. Single Concert Family Plan: $25 for 2 adults and children (under 18). Reservations Suggested. Subscription Formats: Full Season Subscription: $70 for all 6 concerts. Half Season Subscription: $40 for 3 concerts of your choice. Subscriptions include premium reserved seating, OTR Newsletters, and a “Best of Season” On the Rise CD concert recording. Wednesday, February 20, 7:00 p.m.* FILM: In the Valley of Elah A career officer (Tommy Lee Jones) and his wife (Susan Sarandon) work with a police detective (Charlize Theron) to uncover the truth behind their son's disappearance following his return from a tour of duty in Iraq. Screenplay winner at the venice Film Festival. (2007, 121 min.) Free and open to the public. Before the film meet at the the National Guard Armory (Teaneck Road and Liberty Road) for a Bring the Troops Home NOW! Vigil, 4:30–6:00 p.m. and then a pizza party at the Puffin, 6:30-7:00 p.m. Friday, February 22, 8:00 p.m. TEEN EVENT: Poetry Jam Slam Global Enterprises presents the fifth monthly Youth Poetry Slam at the Puffin. MC Big Mike from Slam Global. Teen poets, rap artists and spoken word performers are invited to participate in this competitive spoken word performance event. Or just come and hear what the area's youth are expressing. $5 suggested donation.
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