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.