Thursday, October 2, 7:00 p.m.
FILM SERIES: Politics In Film
Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price (2005, 95min.) From a family business owner in the Midwest to a preacher in California, from workers in Florida to a poet in Mexico, dozens of film crews on three continents bring the intensely personal stories of an assault on families and American values.

Free and open to the public.



Saturday, October 4, 8:00 p.m.
WORLD MUSIC: Electric Junkyard Gamelan
A five-piece ensemble that performs original groove driven music on sculpturally striking instruments invented by leader Terry Dame. Its style was initially inspired by traditional Gamelan music of Indonesia but today incorporates influences from funk to Indian classical, Klezmer to hiphop. The group performs on Dame's innovative instruments such as the Rubarp and Big Barp (electric rubber band harps), the Sitello (an electric cello/sitar combo), the Terraphone (copper pipe horn), the Clayrimba (a three octave tuned clay pot "marimba") and an arsenal of percussion instruments fashioned from kitchen ware, old farm equipment, turntable platters and truck springs.

$10 suggested donation.



Sunday, October 5, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
FAMILY: Family Storytelling
Master storytellers drawing from myths, fables, and folktales from around the world. For the whole family. We have folding chairs, but bring a blanket or lawnchair if preferred. Storyteller will be Veona Thomas.

$5 suggested donation per family.

Friday, October 10, 8:30 p.m.
JAZZ: Alex Collins Trio Jazz Jam
Piano prodigy Alex Collins returns for more jamming! Musicians of all types perform jazz standards with Alex’s trio with Gregg August on bass, Chris Brown on drums, plus the featured guest musician for the evening, Todd Bashore on alto sax.

$5 suggested donation.

Sunday, October 12, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
FAMILY: Family Storytelling
Master storytellers drawing from myths, fables, and folktales from around the world. For the whole family. We have folding chairs, but bring a blanket or lawnchair if preferred. Storyteller will be Lauren Hooker and she will be presenting the ever-popular "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" by Eric Carle, using original songs, movement, percussion instruments, puppets and a giant moon mask.

Lauren's storytelling is part of a day of activities celebrating the Monarch butterfly at the Teaneck Creek Conservancy. Visit here for info on other activities, and see below for the final event, the Englewinds 10th Anniversary concert.
$5 suggested donation per family.

Sunday, Oct. 12, 4:00 p.m.
CLASSICAL/JAZZ: Englewinds 10th Anniversary
Celebration featuring new works by New York Women Composers, and music to hail the Monarch Butterfly and the spectacular migration of this tiny creature. Englewinds are Tomoko Ohno (piano), Atsuko Sato (bassoon), Sarah Davol (oboe), R.J. Kelley (horn), Monte Morgenstern (clarinet), Marcia Hankle (flute) and Eddie Locke (drums). Featuring beautiful and exciting new works by Marilyn Bliss, Mira Spektor, Davol, Ohno, and Morgenstern

$10 suggested donation. Children under 13 free.

Thursday, Oct. 16, 7:00 pm
FILM: Politics In Film
No End In Sight (2007, 102min.) Chronological look at the fiasco in Iraq, especially decisions made in the spring of 2003 - and the backgrounds of those making decisions – immediately following the overthrow of Saddam.

Free and open to the public.

Saturday, Oct. 18, 8:00 p.m.
OPERA: Sailing the High Cs
Soprano and opera appreciation workshop leader, Christine Cullen, presents arias from your favorite operas, performed with special guest singers of great talent. Ray Calderone (tenor), Jay Gould (bass-baritone), Jordan Wentworth (soprano), accompanied by opera expert Warren George Wilson (piano). This evening's performance will include excerpts from Verdi's Falstaff and La Traviata, along with aria's from other favorite operas.

$15 suggested donation.
Reservations strongly recommended.

Sunday, October 19, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
FAMILY: Storytelling at Teaneck Creek
Master storytellers drawing from myths, fables, and folktales from around the world. For the whole family. We have folding chairs, but bring a blanket or lawnchair if preferred. Storytellers: Julie Della Torre and Jack McKeon.

$5 suggested donation per family.

Sunday, Oct. 19, 4:00 p.m.
MUSICAL THEATER: Booby Trap
A musical revue composed by Leonard Lehrman for singers, piano, cello, and percussion about issues of body acceptance, the commercialism of the medical profession, the environmental causes of cancer, and the link between bras & breast cancer. Post-show discussion lead by Dr. Jeff Kopelson of the Schachter Center for Complementary Medicine.

$5 suggested donation.

Tuesday, Oct. 21, 7:00 p.m.
OPERA Appreciation Workshop Begins
Instructor and soprano Christine Cullen returns for another season of our popular lecture/video workshop, for beginners and afficionados alike. 5 weekly sessions through November 18. Course fee $75. More info.

Friday, Oct. 24, 8:00 p.m.
MUSIC/THEATER: Abigail Nessen's Magic Show
International artists and activists, Shaun Bengson and Abigail Nessen Bengson, present their original off-Broadway production,The Magic Show: The Story of the Barefoot Angels, about individuals simultaneously impacted by Hurricane Katrina and a volcano eruption in El Salvador, where Abigail was teaching at the time. It is a unique blend of instrumental and vocal music, dramatic monologue, and unusual characters, that opened to acclaim at The Culture Project in Manhattan. This piece was developed with David Eppel, acclaimed co-founder of South Africa's Market Theater. “(Abigail has) not only a tremendous musical talent, but also a raw honesty and sincere righteousness.” – George Hunka, New York Times

$10 suggested donation.

Thursday, Oct. 30, 7:00 pm
FILM: Politics In Film
Black Gold (2006, 78min.) Considered the most in-depth study of any commodity on film today, this eye-opening expose of the multi-billion dollar coffee industry traces one man's fight for a fair price.

Free and open to the general public.