Theater and film

THE SPUYTEN Duyvil Library, 650 W. 235th Street, will continue its “Movies at the Library” series with a screening of Elia Kazan’s 1950 thriller, Panic in the Street, on Saturday, Nov. 7, at 1 p.m. This Oscar-winning film, which stars Richard Widmark and Jack Palance, follows a New Orleans public health servant and police captain as they search for a killer infected with bubonic plague in order to prevent an epidemic from occurring within the next 48 hours. Panic in the Street has a running time of 96 minutes. Admission is free and open to the public. For more information, call 718-796-1202.

THE AMERICAN Museum of Natural History, located at Central Park West and 79th Street, will host the 2009 Margaret Mead Film and Video Festival, the longest-running documentary film festival in the United States, from Thursday, Nov. 12 through Sunday, Nov. 15. In honor of its 33rd year, the festival will present screenings of 33 films that have been chosen from a group of more than 1,000 submissions. This year’s line-up features an array of inspiring true stories that include surviving catastrophic loss, thriving while living with disabilities, facing the consequences of war, and adapting to the modern world while maintaining cultural traditions. The event will be held in three different museum venues, including the Samuel J. and Ethel LeFrak Theater, Kaufmann Theater and Linder Theater. To get a full list of the movie titles, to purchase tickets or for more information, go to www.amnh.org/mead or call 212-769-5305.

THE RIVERFRONT Library, located at One Larkin Center, in downtown Yonkers, will continue its “Passport to Adventure” series on Tuesday, Nov. 10. This month’s film presentation, starting at 2 p.m. in the Community Room, will take viewers on a tour of California Wine Country: Napa and Sonoma. The screening is open to the public and there is no charge for admission. For more information, call 914- 337-1500 ext. 461.

THE HUDSON River Museum, 511 Warburton Ave., in Yonkers, N.Y., presents Beyond the Dome: Bad Astronomy, Myths and Misconceptions, a new planetarium star show that is currently playing in the Andrus Planetarium through the month of November. Were the Apollo visits to the moon a hoax? Have aliens landed on Earth? These questions and many more will be answered by “Bad Astronomer” Phil Plait, as he tackles pseudoscience while exploring popular misconceptions about space and how science evaluates questionable claims. Bad Astronomy will be shown on Saturdays and Sundays, Nov. 7-8, 14-15 and 21-22, at 3:30 p.m. each day. Planetarium shows are approximately 40 minutes long and tickets can be purchased at the Lobby Desk on the day of the screening. For more information, call 914-963-4550.

THE WESTCHESTER Broadway Theatre presents the award-winning musical 42nd Street, now playing up to five days each week through Sunday, Nov. 29, and then resuming in January after a fiveweek holiday hiatus. This popular show, which won multiple Tony Awards — including Best Musical — during its original Broadway run and revival, tells the backstage story of a famed director’s efforts to mount a successful musical production at the height of the Great Depression. When the star suffers a broken ankle, the show is in danger of closing, but a talented young chorus girl emerges to save the day. Tickets range from $70 to $80 per person and this fee includes both the show and a meal. The theater is located at 75 Clearbrook Road in Elmsford, N.Y. For tickets or more details, call 914-592-2222 or go to www.broadwaytheatre.com.

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

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