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How to Build a Fire: Endangered
January 30, 2026
On January 30th, Puffin Brooklyn and Open Source Gallery presented How to Build a Fire: Endangered. Four community members shared stories about things that feel at risk: identities, relationships, traditions, ecosystems, languages, jobs, bodies, neighborhoods, or versions of ourselves. These are stories about noticing what’s fragile, what’s being threatened, and what we’re trying Read More
Future Tense: Where is Journalism Heading?
January 29, 2026
It’s a fraught time for media. Close to forty percent of newspapers have disappeared in the past twenty years, and there’s been tremendous consolidation among the ones that remain, as well as steep declines in employment within the broader media industry. In this context, student journalism has truly become more important Read More
“Steal This Story, Please!” Post-Screening Talkback
January 29, 2026
Steal This Story, Please! is the story of fiercely independent journalist Amy Goodman and her three decades holding the powerful to account, reporting from conflict zones and the Democracy Now! newsroom. In Steal This Story, Please!, Oscar-nominated filmmakers Carl Deal and Tia Lessin craft a riveting portrait of journalism’s power – Read More
Poetic People Power
January 10, 2026
On Saturday January 10th, Puffin Brooklyn was joined by poets from Poetic People Power. The show featured Tara Bracco, Shanelle Gabriel, Philippe Javier Garcesto, and Karla Jackson-Brewer who shared poems centered on the urgent issues of environmental justice and the rights of all humans. A book signing of P3’s debut Read More
PBS’ Independent Lens Launches 20th Season of Pop-Up Screenings in Teaneck & Nationwide
January 6, 2026
The award-winning PBS documentary series, Independent Lens, announced today the launch of the upcoming season of Indie Lens Pop-Up in partnership with the Teaneck International Film Festivaland the Puffin Cultural Forum both projects of The Puffin Foundation, Ltd. The season kicks-off on February 4th with The Librarians and continues through Read More
“Democracy Jenga” Exhibition
January 3, 2026
On view from January 31st to February 14th, 2026 Democracy Jenga was a group show curated by Ingrid Butterer. It featured works by Aileen Bassis, Rich Garr, Marina Heintze, jc lenochan, Kirk Maynard, Joyce Riley, and Howard Skrill. The show highlighted the precarious state of American democracy and asked how we can Read More
TIFF’s Inaugural Emerging Filmmaker Activist Award
November 9, 2025
The Teaneck International Film Festival (TIFF) is proud to announce filmmaker Arfat Sheikh as the inaugural recipient of the Emerging Filmmaker Activist Award for his debut film Saffron Kingdom. The honor was presented at TIFF’s 20th anniversary screening of the film on Sunday, November 9, 2025 at Teaneck Cinemas. The film was sponsored Read More
“For More Than a Century, New Yorkers Have Said the Rent Is Too Damn High”
Photo: A rent strike in Harlem, New York City, September 1919. Credit: International Film Service, published by the New York Read More
Migration Stories
April 26, 2025
Our inaugural exhibit, “Migration Stories,” opened on April 26th and was on view through June 21st. We featured an installation piece by the artist Mona Saeed Kamal, titled 1001 Migrations. This evocative work is composed of 1001 delicate paper boats folded out of hand painted paper.The installation is complemented by material from Read More
2025 Jews For Racial & Economic Justice Community
On May 3rd, 2025, the ALBA/Puffin Award was presented to JFREJ Community. One of the largest monetary awards for human rights in the world, the ALBA/Puffin Award is a $100,000 cash prize granted annually by ALBA and The Puffin Foundation to honor the nearly 3,000 Americans who volunteered in the Read More