Are you ready to SPEAK? Join the inaugural Poet Laureate of the City of Hackensack for a night of spoken word and community! 🎤 6:00PM—Writer’s Workshop (Limited to 15 signups!) 7:00PM—Open Mic All performers and workshop attendees need to make a reservation at puffinculturaforum.org AND email herhymeswithme@gmail.com! Suggested $5 Donation If you need a free reservation, please call 201 836-3499. – – #njpoetry #njopenmic #speak #poetry #spokenwordnj

Gray Zones is officially open at the Puffin Cultural Forum! Thank you to everyone who came out for the opening reception and panel. Bringing this into our space took a village! We are so incredibly grateful to the exhibit’s curator, Danny Wilcox Frazier, for his beautiful and thoughtful vision, and to the featured photographers for trusting us with their art. @puffinbrooklyn and Ilene—thank you for bringing the initial idea to life with Danny and for sending the show our way. Thank you to The Puffin Foundation, Ltd for generously sponsoring this exhibit. Thank you to the amazing behind-the scenes crew, including our own staff as well as Brooklynn, Aubrey, John and Thiago for working so hard to hang and light the show! And now, we can’t wait for YOU to see it! 👀 Visit us during our gallery hours: Tuesday—Friday | 11:00AM-4:00PM (Please call ahead to confirm, as hours may vary!) Or call us at 201 836-3499 to set up a private viewing appointment! Admission is FREE! See you at the Puffin Cultural Forum at 20 Puffin Way, Teaneck, NJ. – #njart #photographyexhibition #viifoundation #dannywilcoxfrazier #bergencountyphotography

Gray Zones: Unmaking the Myth of a Polarized Nation The Puffin Cultural Forum | 20 Puffin Way, Teaneck, NJ 🗓 Opening Reception: Saturday, October 3, 1PM – 4PM 🎤 Panel Discussion: 2PM (featuring exhibition photographers & curator Danny Wilcox Frazier) Featured here, photographs by Brooklynn Kascel (@brooklynn.kascel) 1.) Three crosses in the middle of nowhere. Iowa. 2021 2.) Nel in their kitchen after I gave them a haircut. Minneapolis, MN. 2024 Brooklynn T. Kascel is a queer photographer from Iowa who makes non-fiction photographic essays. Working within the sociological framework of human ecology, Brooklynn interacts with themes of gender, queerness, Christianity, the family unit and current events to study social systems. Kascel was selected for the Leica Women Foto Project x VII Mentor Program, attended VII Academy Level 3 Seminar Arles: Program for Narrative & Documentary Practice at The Alexandra Boulat Campus in Arles, France and is a grant recipient from the Magnum Foundation. Recent exhibitions include USA 3.0., curated by Danny Wilcox Frazier and Ron Haviv, Festival OFF Arles, Arles, France – Photoville, Brooklyn, NY and If This Isn’t Love,curated by Jeannie Dale and Werner Paul, Leica Gallery D.C. – Leica Gallery Boston, MA. Their pictures have been published by ACLU, Guardian, MPR News, New York Times, TIME and featured by VII Foundation and Magnum Foundation, among others. Their work has been selected for physical and online exhibitions in France, Georgia, Italy, Kosovo and the U.S. Brooklynn lives in Brooklyn, NY. Brooklynn will be joining the panel conversation during our opening— don’t miss this opportunity to meet them and several of the other extraordinary photographers in this exhibition! – #njartopening #njphoto #bergencountyevent #nycart #activismart