"Palm Out Poverty" in Africa

Tiger Lily and Encke Flowers Join All for Africa’s

“Palm Out Poverty” Campaign

with Benefit Drum Circle,

Solo Blues Salon Concert

and Fair Trade Gift Sale

Drum Circle led by Richard Reiter
Tuesday, September 22, 7:00 p.m.
Tiger Lily by Encke
569 Cedar Lane, Teaneck
$15 donation
201-287-1800


Steve Kelman
Solo Blues Salon Concert
Saturday, September 26, 7:00 p.m.
Encke Flowers and Gifts
281 Queen Anne Road, Teaneck
$10 donation
201-836-1276

Encke Flowers and Tiger Lily by Encke, Teaneck’s Fair Trade gift and flower shops are joining with businesses, foundations and individuals around the country in “Palm Out Poverty Week,” a campaign to support sustainable development in Africa. On Tuesday, September 22 at 7:00 p.m., jazz musician/drummer Richard Reiter will host a drum circle at Tiger Lily by Encke, located at 569 Cedar Lane. All for Africa’s Director of Operations, Diane L. Burstein will be on hand to talk about the POP campaign. There is a $15 suggested donation. Then, on Saturday, September 26 at 7:00 p.m., bluesman Steve Kelman will appear in a salon concert at Encke Flowers & Gifts, located at 281 Queen Anne Road in Teaneck. There is a $10 suggested donation. Donations from both events will benefit the Palm Out Poverty campaign. To celebrate Palm Out Poverty Week, Encke and Tiger Lily will be donating 10% of the price of each gift item sold to the POP campaign.


Organized by the nonprofit foundation, All for Africa (http://www.allforafrica.org/) , the Palm Out Poverty initiative seeks to raise money for the planting of palm oil trees in Ghana within 17 Beneficiary Trusts. It is envisioned that each trust will produce $30,000 annually for a number of designated African charities that include clean water projects, education and health care initiatives and reforestation projects.

Rich Reiter, an acclaimed jazz musician and Emmy Award-winning composer has studied African drumming in Senegal, and has led drum circles around the country including New Jersey venues such as the Puffin Cultural Forum, Outpost in the Burbs, Fairleigh Dickinson University, and Montclair's First Night. Rich, who is more well-known as a jazz saxophonist and composer, has performed with his ensembles internationally. He was recently acknowledged in a New York Times feature as one of the area's busiest drum circle leaders.

This is Rich Reiter’s second drum circle at Tiger Lily. No musical training is necessary. Rich brings many drums and percussion instruments for everyone to use if you don't have one yourself. Tiger Lily also carries a selection of Fair Trade drums and percussion instruments for those who would like to buy their own.

Steve Kelman performs a mix of blues, bluegrass, rock, and folk. Mostly known for his curation of folk series and festivals for Outpost in the Burbs, the Puffin Cultural Forum and other venues, Steve has also taken the stage, accompanying Hudson River storyteller Jonathan Kruk. Along with guitar, he also plays mandolin and a three-stringed instrument called a strumstick.