Once again, The Office of Community and Cultural Affairs at BCC is pleased to present another year of great programming at reasonable prices. The 2008-2009 This and That From Here and There Performing Arts Series which will include Fun Family Programming, a Sunday Sounds series of classical, world, and pop music matinees, and our Weekend Evening program which brings an eclectic and entertaining group of renowned performers to the Ciccone Theatre. The Bergen Community College student theatre productions will also offer another wide-ranging season. Why This and That? Why Here and There? The BCC Office of Community and Cultural Affairs, provides cultural entertainment for everyone in our community, with events that are entertaining, challenging, amusing, informative, inspiring and featuring local talent as well as exciting artists from afar.
The Capitol Steps began as a group of Senate staffers who set out to satirize the very people and places that employed them. For over 25 years they’ve been dedicated to putting the “mock” in Democracy. Since they began, the Capitol Steps have recorded 28 albums, including their latest, Campaign and Suffering . They've been featured on NBC, CBS, ABC, and PBS, and can be heard 4 times a year on National Public Radio stations nationwide during their Politics Takes a Holiday radio specials. As we come to the end of this intense political season, don’t we all deserve a laugh?
CICCONE THEATRE Thursday, October 2, 2008 at 8:00pm Tickets: $30; $28 for students & seniors (65+); $26 for BCC
For more than six decades, the legendary guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli has had a stellar career. “The complete jazz musician”, he was a fixture in jazz and the studios since the early ‘50s. The list of big bands and vocalists with whom Bucky has performed and recorded reads like a veritable Who's Who of Jazz. One of the era's most solid rhythm players, Pizzarelli was in high demand, playing and touring with Benny Goodman, Zoot Sims, Bud Freeman, and Stephane Grappelli, and, later, recording with George Van Eps, Carl Kress and George Barnes. His superior mastery of the seven-string guitar is unparalleled and he has developed a very personal style that sets him apart. With over 30 albums to his credit and numerous other compilation and ensemble recordings, Bucky is close to releasing yet another “So Hard to Forget” on Arbors Records. Today, joined by musician friends, he’ll be playing many of these great standards with a string background.
CICCONE THEATRE Sunday, October 5, 2008 at 3:00pm Tickets: $14; $12 – students & seniors (65+); $10 – BCC
This DinoRock musical fossil fantasy opens in the bedroom of a little boy named Nelson: “I saw that scary movie about dinosaurs and now I have nightmares.” Nelson is afraid to go to sleep, but with the encouragement of the musical Dream Weavers he does. As his dream unfolds, Nelson meets baby dinosaurs like: A Triceratops Named Sam “I’m crash-boom-bam Sam”; Doris the Stegosaurus “I’m Just Followin’ Mom”; Tina Titanosaurus “I do The Tina Titanosaurus Tango”, A baby Parasaurolophus “Call me Harry the Honker” and other surprise baby Dino guests. Together, everyone helps Nelson conquer his fears and sleep well. A 20 year national leader in children's entertainment for, DinoRock has performed for millions of children nationwide and has sold over 100,000 award-winning audio recordings around the world. The life-sized, colorful prehistoric puppets are the creations of Emmy Award-Winning puppet designer Ingrid Crepeau and Parents' Choice Magazine and American Library Association Award Winner Michele Valeri.
CICCONE THEATRE Saturday, October 11, 2008 at 3:00pm Tickets: $10 – Adults; $8 – children 17 & under
