Sat., Nov. 7

Film screening

The Spuyten Duyvil Library, located at 650 W. 235th St., will show Panic in the Streets at 1 p.m.

Elia Kazan’s 1950 film is set in New Orleans and is about a vicious hoodlum, Blackie (Jack Palance), who along with his friends, kills an illegal immigrant they believe won too much in a card game.

The next morning, Dr. Clint Reed (Richard Widmark) of the public health service confirms the dead man had pneumonic plague. Dr. Reed must find and inoculate the killers and their associates in 48 hours with the reluctant aid of police captain Tom Warren (Paul Douglas) to prevent a catastrophic epidemic.

For more information, call 718-796-1202.

Torah study

Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, located at 3700 Henry Hudson Parkway, will host a study session beginning at 7 p.m. for parents and children to learn Torah and enjoy some pizza.

There will be a special ice cream party and prizes for the opening session.

For more information, call 718-796-4730.

Flea market

The Church of the Mediator, located at 260 W. 231st St., will host a flea market from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and a health fair from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The flea market will be held outdoors, weather permitting, but will move inside the church in case of bad weather. Table rental is $20 for one table or $35 for two tables. Proceeds will benefit the church.

The health fair will include blood pressure and glucose testing.

For more information, call 718-549-8660.

Family Shabbat

The Greenburgh Hebrew Center, located at 515 Broadway in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., will host a family Shabbat service at 10 a.m.

In addition to specially prepared “Siddur” booklets and learning and singing, GHC’s services include an informal break-out session with Rabbi Barry Kenter.

The services will be followed by a kid-friendly luncheon.

For more information, call 914-693-4260.

Adult degrees

Lehman College, located at 250 Bedford Park Boulevard West, will hold an open house, from noon to 1:30 p.m. in room 4 of Carman Hall, to explain its adult degree program.

The program offers class schedules, advising, credit for life experience or U.S. military service, regular or individualized majors and special seminars for adults looking to return to school after a long time away.

The program is open to people 25 or older, who have not been enrolled in school for at least five years but have a high school diploma or GED, and have no more than 60 college credits.

For more information, call 718-960-8666 or go to www.lehman.edu/adultdegree.

Vannie cleanup

Friends of Van Cortlandt Park is looking for volunteers for the Eastern John Muir Volunteer Day, at 10 a.m.

Participants will remove invasive plants and help native trees and shrubs as the Friends continue efforts to clean the Eastern side of the John Muir Trail. People should meet in front of the Woodlawn Playground by entering the park at Van Cortlandt Park East and Kepler Avenue.

New York Community Trust and Con-Edison is funding the event.

For more information, call 718-601-1460.

Garden Walk

Wave Hill, located at West 249th Street and Independence Avenue, will host a garden walk, at 1 p.m.

Participants will have a chance to imagine the towering forests that Henry Hudson observed as he sailed up the Muhheakantuck, the “river that flows both ways”; explore the Herbert and Hyonja Abrons Woodland and other areas of the garden with Horticultural Interpreter Charles Day. They will to observe many of the native trees that would have been familiar to both the Algonquins and the early Dutch settlers.

The group will meet at the Perkins Visitor Center and is open to the public.

For more information, call 718-549-3200.

This is part of the November 5, 2009 online edition of The Riverdale Press.

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