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==Arts and culture== [[The Puffin Foundation]] and its Puffin Cultural Forum have been leading supporters and producers of art in Teaneck, sponsoring plays and art exhibitions at its location on Puffin Way.<ref>Aberback, Brian. "Puffin founders give artists a voice", ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', June 20, 2007.</ref> Teaneck is home to the Ethical Culture Society of Bergen County, founded in 1953. The Bergen Society is a member organization of the [[American Ethical Union]].<ref>[http://ethicalfocus.org/ Ethical Culture Society of Bergen County]</ref> The Teaneck Community Band presents a series of outdoor band concerts at the Votee Park Bandshell each summer. The 69th annual series, in 2013, was sponsored by the [[Puffin Foundation]].<ref name=Recreation/><ref>[http://www.teanecknj.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=content.pageDetails&id=21159&typeID=339 Teaneck Community Band's 69th Summer Concert Series] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219040712/http://www.teanecknj.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=content.pageDetails&id=21159&typeID=339 |date=2013-12-19 }}, Township of Teaneck. Accessed December 18, 2013. "The Teaneck Recreation Department and the Puffin Foundation, Ltd. are pleased to announce another outstanding season of the Teaneck Community Band Summer Concert Series. This summer's series marks the 69th continuous year of the Summer Concert Series and, once again, the Teaneck Recreation Department welcomes the generous support of the Puffin Foundation as we invite residents to sit back, relax, and join us for this delightful concert series."</ref> 2013β2014 marked the 78th season of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, which performed in the auditorium of Benjamin Franklin Middle School, having been founded in 1938 as the Teaneck Symphony Orchestra.<ref>[http://mysite.verizon.net/bergenphil/id4.html Our History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219042002/http://mysite.verizon.net/bergenphil/id4.html |date=2013-12-19 }}, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Accessed December 18, 2013. "In 1936, a dream became a reality when the Teaneck Symphony Orchestra was formed."</ref><ref>[http://mysite.verizon.net/bergenphil/id5.html Venue] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219042106/http://mysite.verizon.net/bergenphil/id5.html |date=2013-12-19 }}, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Accessed December 18, 2013.</ref> The now defunct Teaneck Cultural Arts Coalition had organized many community-wide cultural events, including an annual [[First Night]] community celebration of the arts held for several years through New Year's 2005.<ref>Beckerman, Jim. [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-103626694.html "A First Night leap for Teaneck"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103082830/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-103626694.html |date=2012-11-03 }}, ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', December 19, 2004. Accessed March 5, 2009. "In fact, Teaneck's seventh annual First Night celebration will be chock-full of traditional after-dark events beginning at 6:30 p.m., and most of them, like the circus, illustrate this year's First Night theme, 'East Meets West.'"</ref> The Garage Theatre Group, Bergen County's first non-profit professional theatre company, stages fully professional productions, with members of [[Actors Equity]], as well as youth conservatory productions at the Becton Theatre on the campus of [[Farleigh Dickinson University]].<ref>[http://garagetheatre.org/history.html History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110907103905/http://www.garagetheatre.org/history.html |date=2011-09-07 }} Garage Theatre Group. Accessed July 16, 2011.</ref> Teaneck New Theatre, founded in 1986, performs productions at St. Mark's Church in Teaneck and at the Hackensack Cultural Arts Center.<ref>[http://go-tnt.org/history.html History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080331091257/http://go-tnt.org/history.html |date=2008-03-31 }}, Teaneck New Theatre. Accessed December 18, 2013.</ref> Black Box Studios is a theater group based in Congregation Beth Shalom, that has a relationship with the Bergen PAC in Englewood. The actors are mostly children and teens ages 10β16, with a 7β9 year old workshop, and an adult workshop. There are two to three performances presented in the first two or three weeks of January, and the first two weeks of June. Drama and musical theatre summer camps are offered.<ref>[http://www.blackboxnynj.com/ About], Black Box Studios. Accessed December 25, 2013.</ref> Teaneck Cinemas had been the township's lone movie theater, and had also hosted live performances on its stage by local performance groups, until it closed its doors in November 2012, with theater operator Majestic Entertainment citing costs that could run to as much as $500,000 to modernize the projection systems on all four screens to use digital technology rather than 35mm reels of film.<ref>Baker, Rebecca. [http://www.northjersey.com/teaneck/Cedar_Lane_Cinemas_in_Teaneck_shuts_down.html "Cedar Lane Cinemas in Teaneck goes dark; owner says cost of going digital too high"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', November 30, 2012. Accessed December 18, 2013. "Teaneck's iconic movie theater has shut down indefinitely, showing its last film a week ago, the latest in a string of small theaters across the country to close because they are unable or unwilling to upgrade technology."</ref> New owner Matthew Latten signed a lease in April 2013 and undertook extensive renovations that included new seating, modern digital projection systems and digital signage.<ref>Cohen, Noah. [http://teaneck.patch.com/groups/business-news/p/teaneck-movie-theater-aims-to-open-by-october "Teaneck Movie Theater Aims To Open by October; New owner working to modernize Teaneck's lone cinema"], TeaneckPatch, August 4, 2013. Accessed August 13, 2013. "The owner of the new Teaneck Cinemas, Matthew Latten, is aiming to open in mid-September, with a target opening set by Oct. 1, the post said. Latten told Patch in May that he initially hoped to open in July or August, but faced some paperwork delays."</ref> After hosting the [[Teaneck International Film Festival]] in November, the reopening of the renamed Teaneck Cinemas was delayed until December 2013, with added time needed to complete the work needed to add modern features and conveniences while retaining the Art Deco character of a theater first constructed in 1937.<ref>Beckerman, Jim. [http://www.northjersey.com/arts_entertainment/movies/236147741_Teaneck_theater_reopens_Friday_with_new_look_and_name.html "Teaneck theater reopens Friday with new look and name"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', December 17, 2013. Accessed December 18, 2013. "Teaneck Cinemas β formerly Cedar Lane Cinemas β is slated to reopen Friday with a new name, a new management, new state-of-the-art digital projectors, new high-back seats, new marquee and a new retro art-deco look."</ref> For a number of years, the theater was main venue for screenings for [[Hoboken International Film Festival]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nj.com/hobokennow/2010/06/hoboken_international_film_fes_3.html|title=Hoboken International Film Festival set ... for Teaneck|first=Adam |last=Robb |newspaper= The JerseyJournal|date=June 3, 2010}}</ref> The [[Northeast Film Festival]], also takes place at Teaneck Cinemas. Teaneck has been the site of many films, including ''[[The Family Man]]'', the 2000 film starring [[Nicolas Cage]], and [[Armageddon Time]], the 2022 film starring [[Anthony Hopkins]], [[Anne Hathaway]] and [[Jeremy Strong]].<ref>Graham, Bob. [http://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Cage-s-Wonderful-Lives-2720096.php "Cage's Wonderful Lives"], ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'', December 22, 2000. Accessed December 25, 2013. "Jack slowly discovers that he has traded Manhattan for Teaneck, N.J., his penthouse for a four-bedroom house and mortgage, his Ferrari for a minivan."</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Anthony Hopkins films movie in Teaneck |url=https://www.northjersey.com/picture-gallery/news/bergen/teaneck/2021/10/18/movie-shooting-teaneck/8515573002/ |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=North Jersey Media Group |language=en-US}}</ref> The Teaneck Armory has been used for films including ''[[Sweet and Lowdown]]'', and for interior scenes of ''[[You've Got Mail]]''.<ref>Davis, Tom. [http://www.teaneck.org/virtualvillage/Armory/armory2002.html A Place For Troops, Troupes, Hoops: Teaneck Armory Still Vital] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306013425/http://www.teaneck.org/virtualvillage/Armory/armory2002.html |date=March 6, 2012 }}, copy of article from ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', January 2, 2002. Accessed June 6, 2007.</ref><ref>Ivry, Bob. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110516164138/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-22378856.html "Filmmakers Descending on New Jersey"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', June 17, 1998. Accessed June 6, 2007. "When Randy Sokol Sweeney was asked to find a New Yorkβarea spot in which to shoot the indoor scenes of "You've Got Mail," a romantic comedy starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, she tried the usual studios in Queens, but they were booked. Then she checked out Teaneck."</ref> In 2007, two non-fiction volumes appeared dealing, ''inter alia'', with Teaneck's Orthodox Jewish community. In ''[[Foreskin's Lament: A Memoir|Foreskin's Lament]]'', writer [[Shalom Auslander]] describes living in Teaneck and finding the Jewish community stifling and claustrophobic.<ref>McGrath, Charles. [https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/02/arts/02iht-lament.1.7715996.html "Shalom Auslander: An Orthodox Jewish outsider grapples with his past"], ''[[International Herald Tribune]]'', October 3, 2007. Accessed December 25, 2013.</ref> In contrast, Rifka Rosenwein, in ''Life in the Present Tense'', describes the close-knit community as a gift she could not imagine when living in Manhattan.<ref>Wiener, Julie. [http://www.thejewishweek.com/arts/books/rifka%E2%80%99s_words_still_speak_me "Rifka's Words Still Speak To Me"], ''[[The Jewish Week]]'', December 5, 2007. Accessed December 18, 2013.</ref> The [[African American]] music group [[The Isley Brothers]] founded [[T-Neck Records]], named for their base in the township.<ref>[http://rockhall.com/inductees/the-isley-brothers/bio/ Inductees Profile of The Isley Brothers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919050416/https://rockhall.com/inductees/the-isley-brothers/bio/ |date=September 19, 2015 }} [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]]. Accessed December 23, 2013. "The Isley Brothers took business matters into their own hands in 1969 by re-establishing their own label, T-Neck (named for their home base of Teaneck, New Jersey)."</ref> Other musicians from the township include the rock band [[The Wrens]] and rappers [[DMX]] and [[The Notorious B.I.G.]]<ref>LaGorce, Tammy. [https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/07/nyregion/music-once-more-to-the-abyss-for-the-wrens.html "Music; Once More to the Abyss For the Wrens"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', May 7, 2006. Accessed August 4, 2018. "Members of The Wrens, 16-year-old band from Teaneck, NJ, comment on their careers and new CD..."</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Marriott |first=Michel |date=1997-03-17 |title=The Short Life of a Rap Star, Shadowed by Many Troubles |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/03/17/nyregion/the-short-life-of-a-rap-star-shadowed-by-many-troubles.html |access-date=2024-01-04 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Giovanny Pinto |first=Fausto |date=2016-09-27 |title=The hip-hop homes of Bergen County |url=https://www.nj.com/bergen/2016/09/the_hip-hop_homes_of_bergen_county.html |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=NJ.com (NJ Advance Media) |language=en}}</ref>
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