National Hispanic Heritage Month, Halloween, and the beginning of The PAC’s 2025-2026 season. Experience it all!
Historic Hudson Valley presents The Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze
Now through November 16, 2025
Van Cortlandt Manor, 525 S Riverside, Croton-on-Hudson, NY 10520
Bigger, brighter, and more spectacular than ever before! Meander through an 18th-century landscape and discover a breathtaking display of more than 7,000 illuminated jack o’ lanterns—all designed and hand-carved on site by a team of artisans. See why this is one of the top-rated Halloween experiences in the country, captivating visitors for over 20 years. Complete with synchronized lighting and an original soundtrack, this immersive, one-of-a-kind event is not to be missed!
Learn more about The Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze and make a reservation
National Hispanic Heritage Month continues!
Recorded live: The Afro Cuban Jazz Orchestra with Special Guest Eddie Palmieri
Remembering Eddie Palmieri, who was honored at the inaugural Purchase College Latin Jazz Festival at The PAC in February 2024.
Eddie Palmieri performs “Picadillo” with the Chico O’Farrill Afro Cuban Jazz Orchestra at Birdland Jazz Club in 2004.
Recorded live: Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra “La Puerta”
A lover of all art forms, pianist, composer, educator, and founder of the Afro Latin Jazz Alliance Arturo O’Farrill is known for his Latin jazz sound, as well as for his many collaborations across disciplines. In February, The Purchase PAC will present Ephrat Asherie Dance’s Shadow Cities, set to music by O’Farrill.
Listen to Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra on YouTube
The Neuberger Museum of Art presents Engage Your Senses
Wednesday, October 8, 5-8pm
Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Road, Purchase, NY
The Neu invites you to experience an evening of meditation, sound, light, and story. Begin with a curator-led drop-in tour of Light Art, settle into the glowing atmosphere of Stephen Antonakos’s Proscenium during a guided Sound Bath, or join a special film screening of Harry Bertoia: Master of Metal. Along the way, discover fresh perspectives in the newly opened exhibition Translucid: Art within and throughout—and take time to unwind at interactive, hands-on wellness stations throughout the Museum.
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Get to Know Rising Jazz Star Endea Owens
Known for her unique bass playing, compositions, and dynamic performances, Endea Owens has gained widespread recognition as a member of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert band, where her versatile bass playing has captivated a broad television audience. Her 2023 debut album, Feel Good Music, blends intricate arrangements with an accessible, feel-good vibe, appealing to casual listeners and jazz critics. Owens’ roots in Detroit and her diverse musical background inform her distinct style, which blends jazz with other genres like house music and soul. She has collaborated with major artists such as Jon Batiste and Juicy J, and her work with Batiste’s band earned her Grammy recognition. Check out her music and learn more about her in the links below!
Endea Owens & The Cookout live at Dizzy’s Club | JAZZ NIGHT IN AMERICA
This performance features two of Owens’ original compositions, “Feel Good” and “Cycles” as well as “Moanin’,” a Bobby Timmons classic.
Bassist Endea Owens Cooks Up Jazz For The Community
Hear the inspirational story of Owens’ upbringing and how she gave back to her community over the course of the pandemic.
Listen to Endea Owens on The Jazz Real Book Podcast
Owens discusses her debut album, A-list collabs, and her philanthropic work, like the Community Cookouts project, with host Jay Sweet.
Get tickets to see Endea Owens & The Cookout live at The Purchase PAC on October 12
Compagnie Hervé Koubi
MOVE 2025: A short film documentary of Sol Invictus
Premiered Apr 28, 2025
Trained as a ballet dancer, notably with Rosella Hightower, Hervé Koubi decided in 2000 to develop his own choreographic project, which led to the creation of Sol Invictus. Traditions and the oral and physical transmissions that they carry within spark his interest in creating a dance that gathers, that unites, that makes links between people. This passion for memory, filiation, and history led him to Algeria in 2009, in search of his own roots, where he was influenced by urban dancers and urban practice. Since then, he considers the notion of borders and the porosity of the techniques and cultures between them as a space of experimentation.
Watch MOVE 2025 on YouTube
Get tickets to see Compagnie Hervé Koubi on Saturday, October 18 at The Purchase PAC
The Metropolitan Opera in association with PBS and The WNET Group presents
Great Performances at the Met: Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Premieres beginning Sunday, October 19, on PBS (check local listings)
Rossini’s effervescent comedy retakes the stage in Bartlett Sher’s madcap production. Aigul Akhmetshina headlines a winning ensemble as the feisty heroine, Rosina, alongside Jack Swanson, in his Met debut, as her secret beloved, Count Almaviva. Andrey Zhilikhovsky stars as Figaro, the infamous barber of Seville, with Peter Kálmán as Dr. Bartolo and Alexander Vinogradov as Don Basilio rounding out the principal cast. Giacomo Sagripanti conducts.
Watch Great Performances at the Met: Il Barbiere di Siviglia on PBS.org
Complexions Contemporary Ballet: For Crying Out Loud
Complexions co-founder and choreographer Dwight Rhoden shares the story behind his suite For Crying Out Loud, set to music by U2.
Watch and listen to the YouTube short about “For Crying Out Loud”
Get tickets to see Complexions Contemporary Ballet at The Purchase PAC on November 1
The Rocky Horror Picture Show’s 50th Anniversary
Celebrate 50 years since the release of one of the oddest, most off-the-wall cult films ever made.
1975: Rocky Horror Picture Show: Behind the Scenes from the BBC Archive
Film Night catches up with Richard O’Brien, Tim Curry, and director Jim Sharman, who are hard at work on the movie adaptation of their cult stage musical, The Rocky Horror Show, for 20th Century Studios. O’Brien discusses the process of writing the play and music, and his character Riff Raff, while Tim Curry reflects on how he has had to rein in the flamboyant transvestite scientist Dr. Frank-N-Furter to make him more cinematic and less theatrical. This clip is from Film Week, originally broadcast 26 July 1975.
Rocky Horror Shop – Saturday Night Live
Tim Curry and Meatloaf run a store that sells all the necessary props to view The Rocky Horror Picture Show, from rice to pre-made costumes, in this SNL skit from 1981.
Get tickets for The Purchase PAC’s November 1 screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
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Culture Picks celebrates the performing arts. In each post, PAC staff member Coni Guhl shines the spotlight on work by artists that you know and love from their appearances at The Purchase PAC, and offers recommendations about other performing arts events that you really should not miss. Experience them all!
All times are EDT unless otherwise noted.
Pictured: Endea Owens (c) Lauren Desberg
