Uptowners and staff from the Columbia University Medical Center flock to the Fort Washington Green Market for its bounty of fresh, locally grown offerings.

     Mexican herbs, peppers, greens, honey, cheese, juice pressed from ripe orchard fruit — it’s all grown in the rich soil of Orange County's Black Dirt region.

    Pastries and fresh bread make this the perfect market for putting together a healthy lunch or stocking up your larder mid-week. Visit the Market Information tent each week for cooking demonstrations, nutritional information, kids’ games and health-related events and activities throughout the season.

     Tuesdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on 168th Street at Fort Washington Avenue. Through November 26.

     Over 60 and want to excercise with your crew?

     Columbia invites you for wellness walks and fitness sessions, organized around incentives and rewards for your effort.

     The weekly workouts are held indoors—on the world’s fastest indoor track. (Cleats not required.) To sign up, call (212) 305-9483.

      Free. Tuesday mornings from 10 to 11:30 at the Armory in Lower WaHi on Fort Washington Avenue at 168th Street.

     Start your day with tranquility and community. Wake up with sunrise tai chi classes, taught by the certified tai chi instructor Robert Martinez, overlooking the Hudson River.

     Wear comfortable clothing and take a bottle of water. The hour-long class is suitable for all levels and open to the public. Rain cancels. For accessibility information, call (212) 795-1388.

     Free. Wednesday morning at 6:30 on the Linden Terrace in Fort Tryon Park. This is the final week.

     Jazz WaHi’s weekly outdoor jam session returns.

     Enjoy an hour of energetic improvisation from Uptown musicians.

     Free. Wednesday afternoons at 4 in Bennett Park in Hudson Heights on Fort Washington Avenuet at 183rd Street. Weekly through the summer.

     Stop by the Latin Night Market for a weekly celebration of comida, cultura, and commonidad—food, culture and community. 

     Free. Wednesday afternoons at 4 and running until 10 on Quisqueya Plaza in Inwood on Dyckman Street between Broadway and Seaman Avenue. Through October.

     Black women are the holders of varied chapters, feelings, jubilations, and pathways. From the melancholy of a poetic, blue musical note to the nurturing blue of the wise ocean deep, Regina Y. Evans uses textiles in healing arts to highlight the sacredness and dynamic beauty of Black women in her exhibition Our Blues.

     Get your food fresh at a GrowNYC Greenmarket.

     On Thursdays, this stretch of Lower WaHi transforms into a bustling marketplace overflowing with fresh local fruits and vegetables. Neighbors show up to mix and mingle while purchasing produce, Mexican specialty products and bread, pies and scones made with local flour. In many ways, the market doubles as classroom and social center. 

     Greenmarket’s farmers and fishers come from parts of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, and New England, providing a bountiful array of fresh foods.

     Thursdays from 8 to 4 in Lower WaHi on 175th Street between Broadway and Wadsworth Avenue. Through November 21.

     The Hispanic Society opens two exhibitions this week.

     One the many women who worked at the Society from 1918 to the late 1970s. Most of these women began their careers as librarians, and many of them went on to become curators and experts in the art or literature of a culture that was initially unfamiliar to them.

     The other installation, Píntame Angelitos Negros, is inspired by the poem of the same name written by the Venezuelan poet Andrés Eloy Blanco, made famous by Mexican singer Pedro Infante. It consists of 999 white ceramic angels and a single black ceramic angel, all evenly spaced and attached by wire to the gate on Audubon Terrace.

     Thursdays through Sundays from noon to 5 at the Society on Audubon Terrace at Broadway and 155th Street.

     A Collection without Borders brings together a selection of works from the Hispanic Society that celebrates the art and culture of Spain, Portugal, Latin America, Goa, and the Philippines. Many of the works were acquired by the Hispanic Society’s founder, Archer Milton Huntington (1870–1955) in the early twentieth century.

     The exhibition takes place in the magnificent Main Court, designed by architect Charles Pratt Huntington (1871–1919) under the direction of the museum’s founder, who sought to recreate a sixteenth-century Spanish Renaissance patio in terracotta.

     Paintings from the sixteenth through the twentieth centuries hang in the open arches and under the arcade, representing religious figures, portraits of individuals of various backgrounds, in addition to a few abstract works. While many of the works are well-known, others are exhibited for the first time in decades.

      Free. Thursday through Sunday afternoons, from noon to 5, at the Hispanic Society of America on Audubon Terrace at Broadway and 155th Street. Through October 20.

     Take a moment to tune into your senses and practice mindfulness in this guided session.

     Throughout the Middle Ages, people from all walks of life retreated to monasteries to contemplate the spiritual and experience inner calm. Taking inspiration from global contemplative practices, as well as the unique art, atmosphere, and gardens of The Met Cloisters, step back from the usual pace of life and connect with the beauty that surrounds us. Practitioners of all experience levels are welcome.  

     Registration is required.

     Free with museum admission. Thursday afternoons at 3 at the Cloisters in Fort Tryon Park. Through November 21.

     Dance to the beat of your own drummer at a silent disco party.

     You’ll get headphones connected to the DJ and your chance to show your moves under the twilight.

     Sold out. Thursday night starting at 6:30 on the Cloisters Lawn in Fort Tryon Park.

     Close out the summer with a Spanish-language film alresco on Audubon Terrace. This week is Nosotros los Nobles. In Spanish with English subtitles.

     Pre-show performance at 6 by Rolando  Briceño and his Afrovenezuelan Latin Jazz Big Band with special guest Adela Dalto. 

     Free. Thursday night at 7 outside the Hispanic Society Museum and Library on Broadway at 155th Street.

    The Inwood greenmarket is a year-round neighborhood favorite.
    People of all ages, backgrounds, and tastes gather each Saturday to meet and greet their friends and neighbors and do their weekly shopping. Even on the coldest, darkest winter Saturdays, loyal Inwood shoppers come out because they know they can’t get products like this anywhere else.
     A core group of 15 farmers attends every week of the year, and during the peak of the season, five more join to round out the offerings with the summer’s bounty.
     Saturdays from 8 to 3 on Isham Street between Seaman Avenue and Cooper Street. Open year-round.

     One of the treasures of Uptown life is the private garden that’s open to everyone. Maintained by volunteers who get their own key, the oasis hosts special events year-round.

     And now it’s turning 40. Celebrate the birthday of the Riverside-Inwood Neighborhood Garden with artists and performers marking the anniversary.

     Saturday from noon to 2 in the RING garden in Inwood at the confluence of Broadway, Dyckman Street, and Riverside Drive. Rain date: September 15.

     “In matters of grave importance, style, not sincerity, is the vital thing.” So said Oscar Wilde, who ought to know.

     Find out for yourself in a staged reading of The Importance of Being Earnest, presented al fresco by Up Theater.

     Take a lawn chair or blanket. After the performance, enjoy snacks with the cast and fellow lovers of witty lit.

     Free. Saturday afternoon at 3 in Isham Park near Bruce’s Garden, in Inwood on Park Terrace East (not West).

     Sit back and enjoy the combination of jazz and poetry.

     Jazz WaHi brings together Uptown artists of music and prose for this outdoor event that marks the closing of the Appearances  sculpture exhibition.

     Take a blanket or lawn chair and picnic treats.

     Free. Sunday afternoon from 3 to 5 in Fort Tryon Park on the Billings Lawn.

     Relax, inhale, exhale, and refresh in the Riverside-Inwood Neighborhood Garden with yoga.

     Gardener Kai Watkins will host the hour-long classes, which are open to all experience levels.

     Take your mat, a bottle of water, and a willingness to open yourself to a new experience.

     Sunday morning at 10 in the RING garden in Inwood at the confluence of Riverside Drive, Dyckman Street, and Seaman Avenue. Sunday mornings through the summer.

     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 to her piano accompaniment. 

     Famous and up-and-coming artists perform at Eliot’s weekly sessions and her free concerts are legendary among jazz aficionados.

     Join her live—in her home for Parlor Jazz.

     Free. Sunday afternoons at 3:30 at 555 Edgecomb Avenue, Apartment 3F, in Lower WaHi at 160th Street.

     Even in this city of immigrants, newcomers find it hard to break the historical cycle of prejudice.

     Paul Moses’ new book, An Unlikely Union, tells the story of police officers with Italian heritage who took on the Mafia in New York. He will speak what the personal experiences of Mother Cabrini and the famed detective Joseph Petrosino can tell us about immigrants’ lives in New York.

     Sunday evening at 5:30 in the St. Frances Cabrini Shrine in Hudson Heights at 190th Street.

     Do you live or work along Audubon Avenue?

     Those thirty blocks from Lower WaHi to Fort George are the subject of a community survey on how you’d like to see the avenue developed along with the streets along. That includes thoughts on street closures for community events, plazas, and safety measures.

     Complete the NYC Department of Transportation survey here.

     When the heat and humidty are predicted to reach a heat index of dangerous levels, the city helps residents without adequate air conditioning by opening cooling centers to keep New Yorkers safe from the heat.

     Cooling centers are air-conditioned facilities such as libraries, community centers, or senior centers, that are open to the public during heat emergencies. The nearby coolings centers are in:

     Hudson Heights Agudath Israel Moriah Older Adult Luncheon Club, 90 Bennett Avenue, (212) 923-5715

     Fort George Washington Heights Neighborhood Senior Center (older adults only), 650 West 187th Street, (212) 781-8331

     Fort George  Center for Adults Living Well @ the Y (older adults only), 54 Nagle Avenue, (646) 738-6084

     To find your other cooling centers, call 311 or visit https://maps.nyc.gov/cooling-center/.

     For more information, visit http://nyc.gov/beattheheat.

     Take in an evening of live jazz from Uptown musicians and their collaborators around the city in a weekly performance. The lineup varies, so check this week’s personnel here.

     There’s no charge for the music. Food and drink are on you.

     Tuesday nights at 7:30 at Kismat restaurant in Hudson Heights on 187th Street and Fort Washington Avenue.

     Search for an invisible connection to the past on a paranormal investigation of Manhattan’s oldest surviving house and celebrate Eliza Jumel’s birthday, too.

      With any luck … or an occult hand … you may encounter the legendary paranormal activity at the Morris-Jumel Mansion, while learning the history of its former residents. Believers and skeptics alike may attempt to communicate with the Morris-Jumel Mansion’s former residents using paranormal investigative equipment.

     This event highlights women who made the house famous and is strictly for those 18 and older.

     No tours are currently scheduled, but check back: Halloweed is approaching.

        The history of United Palace, Manhattan’s fourth-largest theater, began in 1930 when it was then one of five Loew’s Wonder Theatres across the boroughs and New Jersey. Designed by the noted architect Thomas Lamb (Cort Theatre, the former Ziegfeld Theater) with interiors overseen by decorative specialist Harold Rambusch (Waldorf Astoria, Radio City Music Hall), it was one of the region’s premier vaudeville and movie houses.

     Sit in when the best-selling author Caro de Robertis celebrates the launch of The Palace of Eros with a reading.

     The story is a subversive feminist retelling of the Greek myth of Psyche and Ero. After the reading you can listen in on a conversation between de Robertis and Jaquira Díaz, author of the award-winning memoir Ordinary Girls.  The event is perfect for fans of Circe and Black Sun. 

     Register here.

     $5 donation. Thursday evening, September 19, at 7 at Recirculation in Audubon Park at 876 Riverside Drive (near 160th Street.

     Close out the summer with a Spanish-language film alresco on Audubon Terrace. This week is La Casa de Bernarda Alba. In Spanish with English subtitles.

     Pre-show performance at 6 The Metropolitan Opera presenting selections from Ainadamar. 

     Free. Thursday night, September 19, at 7 outside the Hispanic Society Museum and Library on Broadway at 155th Street.

     Join journalism legend Melba Tolliver for a reading from her memoir Accidental Anchorwoman: A Memoir of Chance, Choice, Change, and Connection, about her 30 years of making history on television.

     In 1967, by accident, Melba Tolliver was the first Black American to anchor a television newscast, going on to report and anchor for WABC-TV Eyewitness News, WNBC, and News 12 Long Island. Famously, Tolliver’s insistence on wearing her hair in a natural afro when covering the White House wedding of Tricia Nixon earned retaliation from the WABC bosses.  Her memoir won the 2024 Outstanding Book Award from the National Association of Black Journalists.

     In conversation with Tolliver will be Andy Laties, the author of Rebel Bookseller: How to Improvise Your Own Indie Store and Beat Back the Chains. 

     Attendance is limited; register to secure your seat. All attendees must wear a mask inside.

     $5 donation. Saturday afternoon, September 21, at 2 at Word Up Community Bookshop in Lower WaHi on Amsterdam Avenue at 165th Street.

     Pass an afternoon with the ton at a concert of music from Bridgerton. The Washington Heights Chamber Orchestra performs the classical pieces, and perhaps some of the interpretations of modern music, in a one-hour performance en plein air. 
     Take your own snacks, blanket, chairs, and bug spray, and be sure to clean up what you take in.
Wine and Beer will be available to purchase via donation.
     Free. Saturday afternoon, September 21, at 4 at the Morris-Jumel Mansion in Lower WaHi in Roger Morris Park.

     Bloom Readings is back from its hiatus, and on a new night.

     Two authors make an appearance at this event. Sarah Van Arsdale reads from Catch and Release, and David Ebenbach reads from Possible Happiness.

     $10. Saturday evening, September 21, at 6 in The Lounge of Hudson View Gardens in Hudson Heights on Pinehurst Avenue at 183rd Street.

     Autumn arrives with a musical celebration.

     Hosted by Demetrius Daniel, stop by the Fall Equinox Acoustic Jam to celebrate the beginning of the season with words, music, and dance. 

     Please register in advance.

     $5 suggested donation ticket. Sunday afternoon, September 22, at 3:30 at Recirculation in Lower WaHi at 876 Riverside Drive (near 160th Street).

     Enjoy a classical program featuring arrangements of Mozart by Gilbert Dejean, performed by the Inwood Chamber Players.     

     A reception with light snacks and beverages follows the performance. All proceeds benefit Good Shepherd School.

     $20; children, $5. Sunday afternoon, September 22, at 2 at Good Shephard Church in Inwood on Isham Street at Broadway.

     Take a Monday break for live music from a new ensemble, performing outdoors in a nice spot for coffee, lunch, or just soaking up autumn sun.

     Free. Monday, September 23, from 10:30 to 3 in Haven Plaza on Haven Avenue between Fort Washington Avenue and 169th Street. On Mondays this autumn.

     Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month at an event that highlights the accomplishments made by  Hispanics in New York. You’ll also learn about the history of Hispanic Heritage Month, and celebrate with Hispanic food and music.

     Free. Tuesday, September 24, from 11 to 2:30 in Haven Plaza in Lower WaHi on Haven Avenue between Fort Washington Avenue and 169th Street.

     DanceSense Wellness brings an intergenerational engagement and celebration of wellness using music, movement, dance and storytelling.  You’re invited to build, heal and work together.

     Uniqua Simmons leads the class.

     Free. Monday night, September 23, at 7 at the United Palace in Lower WaHi on Broadway at 175th Street.

     When Raven Chacon visited the American Academy of Arts and Letters for the first time, he paused in the North Gallery to clap his hands, then counted how long it took for the room to go silent: around twenty seconds. That’s an extraordinarily long rate of decay.

     Standing in that echoing chamber, Chacon noted the building’s Beaux Arts design by Cass Gilbert, with its imported Spanish tile and cage-like glass ceiling that filters the sky. He became curious to learn the history of the land it sits on, once owned by John James Audubon, who purchased it in 1841 with funds from the sale of his illustrated Birds of America.

     Since late 2023, he has worked on Aviary, his site-specific commission for the North Gallery, creating a soundscape that makes space and time for careful listening. Chacon (b. 1977,  Fort Defiance, Navajo Nation) is a composer and artist.

     Free. Thursday, September 26, at the Academy in Lower WaHi on Audubon Terrace on Broadway at 155th Street; the gallery’s hours have not yet been announced. Through July 3.

     Wadada Leo Smith is a composer, performer and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters who has influenced decades of musicians and artists.

     In Kosmic Music, Smith’s first solo exhibition in New York, he shares over fifty years of Ankhrasmation, the musical language Smith discovered in 1965.

     The distinctive language uses line, color, and shape to designate musical components such as tonal range and intensity of activity. For Smith (b. 1941, Leland, Miss.), performing Ankhrasmation requires focused practice and “having that space in your heart and mind so that you can play from inspiration.”

     Free. Thursday, September 26, at the Academy in Lower WaHi on Audubon Terrace on Broadway at 155th Street; the gallery’s hours have not yet been announced. Through July 3.

     Get a tour of the Heather Garden from the gardeners who help take care of Uptown’s crown jewel of a park.

     On these one-hour excursions, you’ll meet John, Craig, and Ash and learn how Dr. Ruth’s Tulips got planted, why heather has to be sheared, and ask green thumb questions that have been on your mind.

     Free. Friday afternoon, September 27, at 1 at the Heather Garden entrance to Fort Tryon Park in Hudson Heights at Margaret Corbin Circle. On the last Friday of the month.

     The human rights activist Sarah Towle reads from her new book, Crossing the Line: Finding America in the Borderlands, and discusses the realities at the U.S. border. 

     Her book’s reporing on migration’s effects on human lives led to her winning the Gold Award from the Nonfiction Book Association.

     Register here.

     $5 suggested donation. Friday night, September 27, at 7 at Recirculation in Lower WaHi at 876 Riverside Drive (near 160th Street).

     The People’s Theatre Project wants you!

     Become part of the organization’s new advertising when you sit for a portrait. The theater wants to show the Uptown neighbors it serves, in all their variety and enthusiasm.

     You’ll get a professional headshot and the chance to be featured in the marketing campaign. During the day you can enjoy music, snacks, giveaways, and get your portrait sent straight to your inbox.

     Sign up here.

     Free. Saturday, September 28, from 10 to 2 at the People’s Theatre in Inwood on 206th Street between 9th and 10th Avenues.

     Looking for that special gewgaw?

     Toys, games, furniture, kitchen and home supplies, clothes, jewelry, vintage items, and collectibles are part of the Castle Village Tag Sale. 

     Sunday, September 29, from 10 to 5 in Hudson Heights on Cabrini Boulevard i between 181st and 185th Streets. Rain date: October 6.

     Inspired by the art of the Metropolitan Musuem?

     Join an open studio. where you’ll explore materials and process through artist-led demonstrations, drop-in art-making activities, and conversations with Met experts.

     The session last three hours and are for visitors of all ages. All materials are provided.

     Free with museum admission. Sunday afternoon, September 29, at 1 in the Cloisters in Fort Tryon Park. Also on October 27, November 24, and December 29.

     Enjoy an evening of bourbon, brews, and blues and support Uptown artists at the same time.

     Inwood Art Works invites you to dance to live music and drink bourbon cocktails and Manhattan-brewed beer as you enjoy hors d’oeuvres.

     Music by The Faustones and snacks by the Hudson. Views of the Hudson and the Palisades courtesy of nature.

     $75 and $120. Sunday evening, September 29, from 4 to 7 at The Hudson in Inwood where Dyckman Street meets the river.

     Sit in a historic auditorium in front of a giant screen for a mini-festival of silent films accompanied by live organ as part of National Silent Movie Day.

     The lineup features Laurel and Hardy’s short, Battle of the Century, Charlie Chaplin’s short, The Adventurer, and Buster Keaton’s classic, Sherlock Jr. You’ll also hear a demonstration of the Robert-Morton Wonder Organ, in what will be the first time it’s made music for an audience in decades.

     Arrive early to take part in a pie-throwing fund-raiser.

     $28.94. Sunday evening, September 29, at 6:30 at the United Palace in Lower WaHi on Broadway at 175th Street.

     Honor Jewish culture and celebrate the holiday of Rosh Hashanah, which is the start of the Jewish new year.

     The celebration honors the past, marks a new beginning, and teaches Uptown about the holiday and culture.

     Free. Tuesday, October 1, from 11 to 2:30 at Haven Plaza on Haven Avenue between Fort Washington Avenue and 169th Street.

      With the election just five weeks away, it’s an ideal time to come face-to-face with the extremist politics in the Americas.

      The award-winning journalist Paola Ramos will discuss her latest book, Defectors: The Rise of the Latino Far Right and What It Means for America, an exploration of how race, identity, and political trauma have influenced the rise in far-right sentiment among Latinos. It’s a group that shapes American politics.

     Register here. Ramos will sit for a conversation with Led Black, who was the editor-in-chief of the Uptown Collective.

     $5 donation. Tuesday night, October 1, at 7 at Recirclation in Lower WaHi at 876 Riverside Drive (near 160th Street).

     The No Name Comedy/Variety Show producer Eric Vetter brings the city’s best established and emerging authors and storytellers together for a monthly revue.

     Stories, humor, and poignancy are all part of the super storyteller party.

     Free. Tuesday night, October 1, at 7 at Word Up Community Bookshop in Lower WaHi on Amsterdam Avenue at 165th Street. On the first Tuesday of the month through December.

     Explore old New York —  really old New York. Back before street cars, before Europeans arrived, and sometimes even earlier.

     Cole Thompson will present stories of Inwood’s history in his series on Uptown’s past.

     Tuesday night, October 1, at 7:30 at The Inwood Farm (though not at the farm in Inwood) on 218th Street. On the first Tuesday of the month.

     The novelist Lilliam Rivera introduces her new book, Tiny Threads, which mixes the New York fashion scene with the pressure to succeed and a terrifying discovery.

      Rivera, known as " force in young-adult fiction, debuts her adult novel  and its  sinister, supernatural dive into the dark side of the glittering, glamorous world of fashion. In conversation with Rivera is the author Jessica Hoppe.

      Register here.  

      $5 donation. Thursday night, October 3, at 7 at Recirclation in Lower WaHi at 876 Riverside Drive (near 160th Street).

     Relive the music of the ’90s at a concert featuring Jenny from Ace of Bass, Haddaway, and Snap, with DJ Sash as your guide.

     $48.12 to $176.43. Friday night, October 4, at 8 at the United Palace in Lower WaHi on Broadway at 175th Street.

     Curbside composting is now available to all Manhattan residents! No sign-up needed.

     Compost will be picked up every week on your recycling day. The Sanitation Department will pick up all leaf and yard waste, food scraps, and food-soiled paper. That includes meat, bones, dairy, prepared foods, and greasy uncoated paper plates and pizza boxes.

     But do not compost trash such as diapers, personal hygiene products, animal waste, wrappers, non-paper packaging, and foam products.

     And do not compost recyclable materials. Learn more about what to recycle.

     Starting Monday, October 7, on your recycling collection day.

     Mark opening night of Open House New York, the weekend when cultural institutions across the city open for free. This is the event’s twenty-second year, and to celebrate the launch party will be held at the United Palace.

     Starting Friday, Open House New York gets you inside venues from power plants to artist’s studios, showing off the projects and ideas that define New York. In Uptown, there’s a tour of the Fort Tryon Park caretaker’s cottage on Sunday.

     $100 and up. Thursday evening, October 17, at 6 at the Palace in Lower WaHi on Broadway at 175th Street.

     Prepare for autumn’s most solemn festival when you learn about the Dia de Los Muertos and spend an afternoon full of live music and artmaking.

     Presented by Mano a Mano: Mexican Culture Without Borders.

     Saturday, October 19, at a time to be announced later at the Hispanic Society of America on Audubon Terrace at Broadway and 155th Street.

     The historic caretaker’s cottage in Fort Tryon Park no longer sits alone. Today you’ll find it at the park entrace from Hudson Heights, on the west side.

     This month you can take a rare tour inside the little home. For Open House New York, the Fort Tryon Park Trust is scheduling visits of the cottage. Registration opens Tuesday, October 1.

     Free. The tours will take place on Sunday, October 20, from noon to 5.

     Twelfth Night presents a night of unforgettable music.

     Divided by an ocean and living more than a century apart, Pedro Ximenez and George Frideric Handel represent the two vibrant cultures of Peru and Italy. Ximenez’ music weaves folk song around classical structures while Handel derived his inspiration from ancient Roman stories.

     The New York ensemble features historical performance specialists led by David Belkovski and Rachell Ellen Wong.

     Free. Wednesday night, October 23, at 7 at the United Palace in Lower WaHi on Broadway at 175th Street.

     The sweet sounds of a jazz trio led by Nicole Pettit will drift through the air as you sip on Uptown’s Dyckman Beer.

     Jazz fans and brew aficionados alike will enjoy Rhythm and Blues, the autumn fund-raiser at Inwood’s farm.

     The event includes lawn games, tours of the historic farmhouse, the musuem, and the working garden, or you can stroll the grounds and enjoy the folliage.

     Register here; ages 21 and older only.

     $23.18; after September 7, $33.85. Thursday evening, October 24, from 6 to 8 at the Dyckman Farmhouse Museum in Inwood on Broadway at 204th Street.

     Celebrating seventy years of making music, the Renaissance Chorus of New York performs a concert of Habsburg court composers, including Heinrich Finck, Thomas Stoltzer, Heinrich Isaac, and Ludwig Senfl.

     Saturday evening, October 26, at 5 at the Saint Frances Cabrini Shrine in Hudson Heights on Fort Washington Avenue at 189th Street.

     Caballito Negro’s Birds, Bees & Electric Fish features flute and percussion in a family concert. It’s the autumn performance in the Inwood Art Works community concert series.

     Sunday afternoon, October 27, at 2 in the Good Shepherd Auditorium in Inwood on Broadway at Isham Street.

     Sixteen bands—over 60 musicians—will perform in venues around the neighborhood in the seventh annual Washington Heights Jazz Festival.

     The four-day event highlights the best jazz Uptown has to offer, reflecting musical and cultural diversity.

    Lineup: Aimée Allen,The Steve Slagle/Dave Stryker Quartet, Vanisha Gould, Manuel Valera Trio, Meg Okura (winner of the 2024 Jazz WaHi Composition Competition), Chidiebere Emmanuel Trio, Rachel Therrien’s Latin Jazz Project, The Latin Soul Party, Louise Rogers’ Jazz for Kids, Shareef Clayton, Nicki Adams and Michael Eaton, and more.

     Thursday, October 31, through Sunday, November 3, all around Uptown. Check back for the schedule and ticket prices.

      Now that the leaves have fallen and there’s a permanent chill in the air, winter’s coming sooner than we will be ready.

     Before the first snowfall mark the season at an autumn festival. Hosted by the Columbia medical center, it will bring together fall activities and Lion spirit.

     Free. Tuesday, November 12, from 8 to 5 at Haven Plaza, in Lower WaHi on Haven Avenue between Fort Washington Avenue and 169th Street.

     Spend some time on Thanksgiving to remind yourself of the Lenape people and the blessings of their land we now call home.

     Shorakkopoch Rock is fabled to be the spot where the Lenape traded the island to Peter Minuit for goods worth 60 Dutch guilders. In pre-pandemic years, a short ceremony honored inhabitants’ duty to Mother Earth and responsibility to the forest, the river, and each other.

     At Shorakkopoch Rock in Inwood Hill Park. From the intersection of 214th Street and Indian Road, follow the path that runs along the water; the boulder is on the far side of a large, open field.

     Inwood Art Works presents a holiday concert for a festive conclusion to its community concert series of 2024.

     Sunday afternoon, December 8, at 2 in the Good Shepherd Church in Inwood on Broadway at Isham Street.

     Want to learn about the golden age of cinema? Discover Paris for romantics? Take a class at Columbia.

     The university’s School of Professional Studies invites adults who are not enrolled in college to attend selected courses from the University’s offerings in the Arts and Sciences during the academic year.

     It’s a community benefit available to Uptown residents. Class auditors are silent participants in class who are encouraged to keep up with the reading. No examinations or papers are required, no grade is assigned, and no credit is granted for course completion. The deadline for the autumn semester is July 20.

     Find the current list of open courses and sign up for class.

     Fee depends on your age. The deadline to sign up is December 15 for the spring semester. Class is held at Columbia University in Manhattanville this semester.

     Start 2024 by stretching your legs and your expectations.

     The Shorewalkers’ Happy New Year’s Day Hike starts in Inwood Hill Park and from there strolls along the east side, taking you  under the three great bridges that span the Harlem River in High Bridge Park.

     Dress for the weather, wear comfortable shoes, pack some water and take a snack.

     Wednesday morning, January 1, at a time and an Uptown meet-up spot shared with participants.

      If you like outdoor geometry, get on the street for sunrise and sunset when the shadows line up with the streets.

      The “Manhattanhenge” effect works Uptown on days different from the rest of the island’s.

      To see the sun line up with the streets in Hudson Heights (on 181st Street in the photo), where the street grid is aligned differently from most of the borough, get out on August 26; it’s also on April 18 in Hudson Heights Henge. Fort George Henge is on May 28 and 29, and July 12 and 13, the same as Manhattan, and Inwood Henge is on January 23 — the grid there is so katy-wompus that the sun aligns when it is due “south.”

     The effect works below 174th and above 174th if you go east of Broadway (for sunrise: sunset views may be blocked by buildings to the west). So if you want to see Manhattanhenge, as it’s dubbed, hope for clear skies on May 29 and July 12.

     You can look for the dates in all of the city’s neighborhoods on this map from Carto.

     Inwood Henge: Thursday, January 23, at dawn and dusk.

     Join the Shorewalkers on a hike to Bear Mountain.

     On this Memorial Day trek, you’ll walk the first leg of a journey from Battery Park to the George Washington Bridge. The second legs takes you over the George Washington Bridge, down 400 steps and continuing along the Palisades.

     Don’t worry, that’s not all in one day: It’s separated into two parts. The second takes place on Independence Day.

     Register here.

     Monday morning, May 26, at a place and time shared with registrants.