Weekend Events in the Neighborhood
Hudson Heights
And Audubon Park, Lower WaHi, & Inwood
Thursday
Commencement season continues with the candidates for doctors of dental science receiving their diplomas from Columbia's College of Dental Medicine.
Thursday morning at 10:30 in the Armory on Fort Washington Avenue at 168th Street in Lower WaHi.
Friday
Free. Friday nights at 7 in the New Leaf Restaurant & Bar at One Margaret Corbin Drive in Fort Tryon Park.
Saturday
As hard as it is to believe now, there was a time when Upper Manhattan was the countryside, with farms in the valleys.
Relive a bit of that past when the Dyckman Farmhouse Museum celebrates Country in the City. The property will be open for free to all visitors.
Free. Saturday at the farmhouse at 4881 Broadway (at 204th Street) in Inwood. Details will be announced later.
The Shakespeare Saturdays Sign-Up is for all actors - all are welcome! There are no auditions for this event, and the audience is ready for (almost) anything.
Aspiring performers arrive at The Inwood Library to sign up to perform any Shakespearean scene, monologue, sonnet, etc. of their choice. It's a perfect opportunity to test out a new monologue in front of an audience or to practice a polished monologue before an important audition.
No actor gets more than six minutes on stage, so you know it will move quickly. The only requirements are: 1st, it all has to be Shakespearean, and 2nd- no fight choreography.
Free. Saturday afternoon at the Inwood branch of the New York Public Library at 4790 Broadway.
Harpsichordist Rebecca Pechefsky presents a recital of French and German composers, including Francois Couperin’s rarely played 12th Ordre and the rediscovered E-Flat Partita by Bach’s star pupil, Johann Ludwig Krebs.
Advanced registration is required: (212) 923-8008.
$25, members $20. Saturday afternoon from 4 to 6 at the Mansion on Jumel Terrace in Lower WaHi.
En guard! Learn how to fight on stage so it looks authentic to the audience and camera.
In a series of classes organized by the Pied Piper Children's Theater, Teel James "T.J." Glenn conducts this advance class for students already proficient in the basics of stage combat. He has taught unarmed combat and sword for stage and screen for twenty-five years to thousands of students.
For ages 11 through 22. Students must have taken stage combat classes previously. To register send an e-mail to Pied Piper.
$25 per class. Saturdays from 11 to 1 concluding June 2.
Sunday
Drums Along the Hudson: A Native American Festival is a free, multi-cultural family-oriented event, and includes exhibitions of world dance and drumming traditions as well as Native American crafts and international foods.
In keeping with the underlying theme of environmental appreciation and education, Drums Along the Hudson will continue to feature an Environmental Tent which will include appearances by Captain Planet, courtesy of the Captain
Planet Foundation.
We will also plant a white pine tree in a ceremony, officiated by Mohawk Elder Tom Porter, which pays tribute to the memory of community leaders we have lost in the previous year.
Free. Sunday from 11 to 6 in Fort Tryon Park, rain or shine.
The Shorewalkers explore the city from the shores in.
For this trek, the group will tour the museum of the Hispanic Society
of America. After the museum, guides will lead the group across the
street and tour Trinity Church cemetery, the final
resting place of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Clement Clarke Moore, among
others, with great views of the Hudson River and the GWB.
The next step is to
walk east on 155th Street to Edgecombe Avenue and then north along High
Bridge Park and the Harlem River to the Morris Jumel Mansion, the oldest
house in Manhattan and George Washington's headquarters during the
American Revolution.
This is an easy walk and a great introduction to the group's jaunts. Total walking distance is about one mile; most of
the walk will be touring the three sites.
Free. Sunday morning at 11 in the courtyard of the Hispanic Society just off Broadway at 156th Street in Audubon Park.
Continuing in the
Neighborhood
Prepare for a starring role in the Medieval Festival when you learn how
to fight on stage so it looks authentic to the audience and camera. In a series of classes organized by the Pied Piper Children's Theater, Teel James "T.J." Glenn conducts this advance class for students already proficient in the basics of stage combat. He has choreographed fights for more than 300 stage productions and 45 Renaissance fairs.
For ages 11 through 22. Students must have taken stage combat classes previously. To register send an e-mail to Pied Piper.
$25 per class. Tuesday evenings from 5 to 7 concluding May 29. Also Saturdays from 11 to 1 concluding June 2.
A new writers' group is forming, a supportive forum in which to share
your writing, get valuable feedback, and develop your craft.
It's also a class where you can learn from skilled and experienced practitioners without breaking the bank.
Writer to Writer is hosted by Sunday Best curator
Patricia Eakins and Sunday Best volunteer Dianne Garville. They
describe it as “an affordable, welcoming harbor for writers in any genre
who work in isolation and are looking for a supportive community,
constructive critical feedback, and encouragement to submit manuscripts
for publication.”
This facilitated peer workshop is appropriate
for writers of all skills and experience levels from the novice to the
published professional who seeks inspiration, guidance, support, and
perspective. Details here.
$10 per session. Wednesday nights from 7 to 9, through
May 23, at Holy Trinity Church, 20 Cumming Street, in Inwood.
acrylic on canvas, 22 x 24 inches, 2011
A Californian who relocated to Washington Heights, David Moreira draws a close correspondence between an object's interior and exterior aspects.
New Play is an exhibition of his paintings that combine the material with the visual with both spirit and eccentricity.
Free. Through July 31 at the Russ Berrie Medical Science Pavilion on the campus of the Columbia University Medical Center on St. Nicholas Avenue at 168th Street in Lower WaHi.
Bring clean and dry textiles like clothing, paired shoes, towels, sheets, scarves, hats, bags and belts for reuse or recycling. Sponsored by Grow NYC.
Free. Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Inwood Greenmarket (in Inwood Hill Park) on Isham Street between Seaman Avenue and Cooper Street, in Inwood.
Holton
Farms, an eighth-generation family farm in Westminster, Vermont, delivers fresh, organic food to your door through its community-supported agriculture program.
Holton
Farms offers over 100 varieties of produce, beef,
pork, lamb, chicken, turkey, eggs, maple syrup and honey, and collaborates with other farmers to expand their offerings. An apartment building in Harlem asked Holton Farms to deliver to its residents. You can also order delivery through their web site.
You don't even need a radio to listen -- it's a webcast that you can also download as a podcast.
Every other Friday.
The power of art to make an emotional
connection is on display every Sunday afternoon in Apartment 3F --
that's
Marjorie Eliot's place, where she
invites veteran musicians to play along.
Famous and up-and-coming artists perform at Eliot’s weekly
sessions and
her free concerts are legendary among jazz aficionados.
Free. Sunday afternoons at 4
at 555 Edgecombe Avenue, Apt. 3F.
Every Saturday (weather permitting),
Northern Manhattan Parks
Inwood Astronomy Project offers free star and planet gazing in
Inwood Hill Park. These free, family-friendly events aim to spread
the joys of the evening sky, and help you to learn more about the
nature of our Solar System and current happenings in Astronomy.
Saturday nights from 8 to 10 on the ball fields near Seaman
Avenue and Isham Street. A map is here.
One of the few independent book stores in Upper Manhattan hosts a weekly event open to all. The American Folk Heritage Circle features storytellers from a wide array of backgrounds and traditions.
Free. Tuesday nights at 7 in Sister's Uptown Bookstore, at 1942 Amsterdam Avenue (at 156th Street) in Lower WaHi.
Join the conversation when
Washington Heights Free Radio webcasts its weekly show from HQ on 163rd.
On-line. Wednesdays starting at 3.
Indulge in spring through the plants of Fort Tryon Park. Members of the Parks
Department's expert horticultural staff lead the way in a tour covers the Heather Garden,
with spectacular views of the Hudson River and the New Jersey Palisades.
On the first Sunday of the month, the tour includes the Alpine Garden.
Sunday afternoons at 1 at the entrance to the Heather Garden at Margaret
Corbin Circle. The tour lasts until 2:30.
For more activities, check these sites. The Hudson Heights Owners Coalition updates a calendar of events specific to our neighborhood, while the Hudson Heights Guide covers businesses, social groups, restaurants and more. Find out more about our neighborhood -- its history, institutions, and where the name came from -- by clicking here.
Planning Ahead
of Jewish Education and Administration march tonight.
Monday night, May 21, at 7 on the Weissburg Commons of Yeshiva University in Fort George.
Commencement continues with Yeshiva's graduands of the Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology.
Tuesday afternoon, May 22, at 1:30 in Lamport Auditorium in Zysman Hall on the Yeshiva campus in Fort George.
Discover a unique perspective in a solo photographic installation, by Rough Acres/RL McKee.
Friday, June 1, through June 30 at Piper's Kilt, 4946 Broadway (at 207th Street) in Inwood.
Saturday, June 2, at Holy Trinity Church, 20 Cumming Street, in Inwood at a time to be announced later.
The final concert of the season in MOSA's its collaboration with Ensemble ACJW and Carnegie Hall's Neighborhood Concert Series features romanticists.
On the program are Nonet for wind quintet, violin, viola, cello and double bass, by Martinu, Ravel's Chanson Madé Casses, and Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire.
Free. Sunday afternoon, June 3, at 5 at Our Saviour's Atonement church on Bennett Avenue and 189th Street in Hudson Heights.
Directed by Ted Minos.
Free. Wednesday through Saturday nights, June 6 through 23, at 7:30 on the Inwood Hill Park Peninsula.
River of Birds, a bilingual musical about the environment, features Upper Manhattan children. Produced by Pied Piper Children's Theatre.
Saturdays and Sundays, June 9, 10, 16 and 17, at Holy Trinity Church, 20 Cumming Street, in Inwood. Curtain times will be announced later.
Broken Embraces is Pedro Almodóvar's 2009 drama of love, betrayal and storytelling.
It's screened by the Washington Heights Film Class (no tests!),
which will hold a lecture before the film: "Editing; or, What Happens If
I Glue These Two Pieces Together?"
Open to members ($50 for the
season). The lecture starts Thursday night, June 14, at 7, with the
film starting at 7:30 in the Social Hall of the Hebrew Tabernacle at 551 Fort Washington Avenue at 185th Street in Hudson Heights.
If you have questions or concerns about goings-on in the neighborhood or safety, who better to ask it to than the NYPD?
Free; donations accepted. Wednesday night, June 21. The meeting location varies, so for this month's spot contact the council.
The Morris-Jumel Mansion is pleased to once again partner with the
People’s Theatre Project to present the Uptown Festival of New Plays.
The festival is a celebration of the People’s Theatre
Project’s 2011-12 Resident Professional Playwrights’ Unit, whose
talented playwrights worked together to
develop new works with a focus on social consciousness, inspired by the
Washington Heights community.
Four plays, from June 21 through 24.
THURSDAY, JUNE 21 Alien in Inwood When an old stargazer from Inwood believes he has found mankind’s
salvation in a homeless traveler, the stranger turns out to be a
different sort of “alien.” Tonight only: Cocktails at 6:30; curtain at 7:30.
FRIDAY, JUNE 22 Waiting for the “D” An existential look at life and death, guilt and forgiveness,
desperation and redemption, and the connections that we make along the
way. Doors open at 7; curtain at 7:30.
SATURDAY, JUNE 23ON THE 1 TRAIN A day in the life of subway riders in Washington Heights is portrayed.
As people rush to their final destination the journey is always filled
with the unexpected. The piece is about what happens when we can longer
ignore the roles (both big and small) that we play in each other’s
lives. Doors open at 7; curtain at 7:30.
SUNDAY, JUNE 24The Juxtaposition of Gladys Ricart A bride marches to find her wedding, her best friend tries to put the
pieces of the puzzle together, her fiancé is lost, and her ex-boyfriend
wants to hold tight. Based on Gladys Ricart’s tragic story that
inspired the March of the Brides, this play explores the things we don’t
see in domestic violence. Curtain at 2; garden party follows.
Donations gladly accepted. At the Mansion on Jumel Terrace in Lower WaHi.
Visit the Morris-Jumel Mansion and enjoy Roger Morris Park along with your family. Play colonial
games, make a historic craft project, and enjoy the beginning of summer
in the colonial garden.
The day will also include docent led tours for
adults and families.
Free. Saturday, June 23, from 11 to 4 at the mansion on Jumel Terrace in Lower WaHi.
Open registration for musical theater classes at Pied Piper Children's Theatre gives everyone a chance to participate in this workshop featuring choreography, singing and acting. For children ages 5 through 12.
The workshop runs July 2 through 28.
Sunday afternoon, June 24, at 4:30 at Holy Trinity Church, 20 Cumming Street, in Inwood.
There's more to the Inwood Shakespeare Festival than the Bard.
Opera in the Park presents Don Pasquale, the comic masterpiece of Gaetano Donizetti. Director by Gina Crusco, and featuring the Underworld Productions Opera Ensemble.
Free. Wednesday through Saturday nights, June 27 through 30, at 7:30 on the Inwood Hill Park Peninsula.
Musical theater classes at Pied Piper Children's Theatre
give everyone a chance to learn about
choreography, singing and acting. For children ages 5 through 12.
Opening Monday, July 2, and concluding Saturday, July 28, at Holy Trinity Church, 20 Cumming Street, in Inwood.
Summer vacation should be much more than video games for hours on end.
Columbia invites kids to its Summer Cubs Camp, filled with sports, games, arts and crafts. Hosted at the university's Baker Field complex, the camp keeps children busy all day long.
Sign up here. After-care available. The camp takes place other weeks at Columbia's main campus in Morningside Heights.
$840 for both weeks, or $445 for one week. Mondays through Fridays, July 16 through 20, and July 23 through 27, at Baker Field off Broadway and 218th in Inwood.
Before Frankenstein there was The Golem: Heart of Light, Mind of Darkness, a tale of mysticism, hope, humor and horror.
This production of the Inwood Shakespeare Festival was written and directed by Ted Minos with staging based on the legends of the Kabbalah.
Free. Wednesday through Saturday nights, July 18 through August 4, at 7:30 on the Inwood Park Peninsula.
Summer vacation should be much more than video games for hours on end.
Columbia invites kids to its Summer Cubs Camp, filled with sports, games, arts and crafts. Hosted at the university's Baker Field complex, the camp keeps children busy all day long.
Sign up here. After-care available. The camp takes place other weeks at Columbia's main campus in Morningside Heights.
$445. Monday through Friday, July 23 through 27, at Baker Field off Broadway and 218th in Inwood.
Listen, relax, delight your ears and excite your imagination with the Inwood Shakespeare Fest's Animal Tales of Wisdom.
Brer Rabbit & The Wolves Party with Bill
Gordh on Banjo & How Brer Raccoon Outsmarted the
Frogs. Also, The
Tortoise & The Hare - music & adaptation by John
and Katerina Falcone.
Featuring the Moose Hall
Chamber Ensemble. Musical Director Gilbert Dejean.
Free. Monday night, July 30, at 7 on the Inwood Park Peninsula.
The culmination of a five-week program, the Summer Showcase of the Pied Piper Children's Theatre workshop features acting, singing, scene & monologue study, musical theatre
interpretation, dance, and stage combat.
Sunday, August 5, at Holy Trinity Church, 20 Cumming Street, in Inwood at a time to be announced later.
Into Autumn
The Artist is the Academy-award winning comedy and drama about the coming of sound to Hollywood. Directed by Michel Hazanavicius in 2011.
It's screened by the Washington Heights Film Class (no tests!),
which will hold a lecture before the film: "Sound; or, You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet."
Open to members ($50 for the
season). The lecture starts Thursday night, September 13, at 7, with the
film starting at 7:30 in the Social Hall of the Hebrew Tabernacle at 551 Fort Washington Avenue at 185th Street in Hudson Heights.
Costumed revelry from the middle ages sets up camp for the twenty-eighth time when the Medieval Festival opens on the grounds of the Cloisters.
Sunny weather brings 60,000 visitors to the neighborhood for performances, jousting, food and frivolity.
Free. Sunday, September 30, from 11 to 6 in Fort Tryon Park.
What could possibly happen between a married man and his son's charming homeroom teacher? Hint: They're French.
The answer is in Stéphane Brizé's 2010 film, Mademoiselle Chambon.
It's screened by the Washington Heights Film Class (no tests!),
which will hold a lecture before the film: "Narrative Structure; or, 'And Then What Happened, Daddy?' "
Open to members ($50 for the
season). The lecture starts Thursday night, October 11, at 7, with the
film starting at 7:30 in the Social Hall of the Hebrew Tabernacle at 551 Fort Washington Avenue at 185th Street in Hudson Heights.