With the Fort Washington branch of the NYPL closed for renovations, the library’s bookmobile provides access to the its riches.

     At the bookmobile you can sign up for a library card, browse a small collection of books for people of all ages, speak with a librarian to get reading recommendations, reference services, and return and renew books.

     What’s more, the bookmobile is proof that reading takes you places!

     Mondays from 11 to 3 near the YM & YWHA in Fort George at 54 Nagle Avenue. Also in Hudson Heights on Wednesdays. The Fort Washington branch was expected to reopen last summer and was set to reopen this summer, but budget cuts have nixed that plan.

      The Kids in Motion program engages children in active, outdoor play.

     An NYC Parks staffer will lead day-long activities on Inwood’s most famous playground. The fun includes organized sports, fitness demos, board games, water games, and the usual playground exercist.

     Free. Tuesday through Saturday from 10 to 6 on the Anne Loftus Playground in Fort Tryon Park between Broadway and Riverside Drive.

     Look, listen, sing, and have fun with storytime at the Met cloisters. The museum and Literacy INC shares tales through picture-book readings in English and Spanish connected to objects in the  Cloisters’ collection.

     Recommended for families with children ages 18 months to 6 years. Participants will receive a free book with onsite registration.

     Space is limited; first come, first served.
     Free with Museum admission; admission is pay as you wish for New York state residents, and free for children under 12 with an adult. Tuesday mornings at 11:30 at the museum in Fort Tryon Park.

     With the Fort Washington branch of the NYPL closed for renovations and budget cuts, the library’s bookmobile provides access to the its riches.

     At the bookmobile you can sign up for a library card, browse a small collection of books for people of all ages, speak with a librarian to get reading recommendations, reference services, and return and renew books.

     What’s more, the bookmobile is proof that reading takes you places!

     Wednesdays from 11 to 3 near the Moriah Center in Hudson Heights at 90 Bennett Avenue. Also in Fort George on Mondays.

     Help your preschooler develop listening, language, and literacy skills every week in a private garden open to everyone.

     Librarians from the Inwood branch of the NYPL, along with volunteers from Literacy in Community, read books and lead songs and dances. The programs are in English and Spanish. Toddlers build connections to the neighborhood as they explore the garden’s goldfish pond and flora.

     Free. Thursday mornings at 11 in the Riverside-Inwood Neighborhood Garden at the confluence in Broadway, Riverside Drive, and Dyckman Street. Through October.

     The Lions’ soccer season continues with another pre-conference match.

     Columbia (0-2-3) hosts Fordham this week in another contest under the lights.

     Thursday night at 7 at the Commisso Stadium in the Columbia Sports Complex in Inwood on 218th Street.

     Rising in the Heights, the sidewalk music festival for kids, returns for a new season.

     The hip hop artist Randy Mason and keyboardist Jamell Ogbanna join Leadlights Ensemble for an afternoon of rap, rhyme, and string music. Little ones will enjoy a rhythmically interactive story featuring Brian Pinkney’s Max Found Two Sticks, with musical accompaniment by Leadlights.

     Free copies of the book will be available, and gifts and giveaways from local business will be raffled.  

     Free. Friday afternoon at 5 at Word Up Community Bookshop in Lower WaHi on Amsterdam Avenue at 165th Street.

    Do some digging, then get in some riding with your BMX buds and ride the most progressive urban bike park in America, with the help of the New York City Mountain Bike Association.

     There will be light trail maintenance tasks for all ages in the morning. Every volunteer receives a free 20-minute clinic and, in the afternoon, a guided ride throughout the trails from 12:30 to 3. Even better, bikes and helmets are provided, so you don’t need your own.  

     Uptown is the home of the city's first mountain biking course, 3 miles of trails of varying difficulty and a free-ride trail that includes drops, steeps, and berms. The park also features a dirt jump park and pump track, making it a good place to develop different skills at all levels.

     Free. Saturday morning from 10 to 3 in Fort George at the BMX trailhead in Highbridge Park, on Fort George Avenue, just northwest of the Buczek Ballfield. Monthly on the second Saturday.

     Let your kids explore life in colonial New York at Manhattan’s oldest remaining house, where the Morris-Jumel Mansion offers family-day programming with a fun, hands-on activity for children and their care-givers.

     Kids will decorate their own burlap bags with labels that they customize, and choose pleasing scent combinations from an assortment of fall spices, including cinnamon sticks and whole nutmeg. Some of these aromatic spice selections correlate to the history of imported spices to the colonies in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, as seen in the exhibition in the Mansion’s kitchen.

     Materials are provided on a first-come, first-served basis.

     All materials will be provided on a first-come, first-served basis. Masks are not required outdoors; masks are optional inside the Museum.

     Free. Saturday afternoon from 1 to 3 at the mansion on Jumel Terrace in Lower WaHi. On the second Saturday of the month.

     The Allegro Singers return with arias, duets, and other songs from operas that center on stories and prayers of the Bible. The composers Handel, Mozart, and Verdi are on the play list.

     $20; children and seniors, $10. Saturday evening at 6 at the St. Frances Cabrini Shrine in Hudson Heights on Fort Washington Avenue at 189th Street.

     Get hooked on fishing with the 34th Precinct.

     The NYPD invites teens ages 13 to 18 to join them on visits to ponds watering holes around the city to learn the basics of the rod & reel.

     No equipment is needed, and the police provide your transportaion. To join the group, call Officer Joseph Navarrete at (917) 975-1272 or email him at Joseph.Navarette@nypd.org.

     Free. Sundays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., meet at the precinct house at 4295 Broadway.

     Peek at technique and learn—through handling tools and materials—how works of art were created. Stop by for hands-on demonstration of how medieval artisans and artists created furniture. You’ll get to visit with educators, conservators, artists, and more.

     Demonstrations repeat every 30 minutes. For visitors of all ages. 

     Free with museum admission. Sunday afternoon from 1 to 4 at The Cloisters in Fort Tryon Park.

     This week’s family literacy event aims provide you with a strong start to the school year. Kids will be free books, school supplies, and family literacy activities to take home. You’ll also hear a story and music performance by Leadlights Ensemble and storyteller Rachael Harrington.

     The event is a partnership among Uptown Community Church, Emmanuel Presbyterian Church, and the Hebrew Tabernacle.

     Free. Sunday afternoon from 1 to 2:30 at The Hebrew Tabernacle in Hudson Heights on Fort Washington Avenue at 185th Street.

     Like all New Yorkers, wildlife in the city loves to explore the parks, like this peregrine falcon near the Hudson River.

     Use the city’s wildlife calendar to learn about what’s happening with Uptown wildlife neighbors each month, and find parks where you might be able to better see them in action.

     Most of New York’s wildlife is not dangerous; however, maintaining a safe distance is the best way to protect your safety and the safety of your wild neighbors. If you see an injured animal, leave the animal where it is, give it some distance, and call 311.

     Can you find the flora and fauna in an Uptown park?

     The next time you’re exploring Isham Park, head to Bruce’s Garden. Then, click this link on your cell phone for clues to find the treasures in this prized patch of greenery.

      Isham Park is in Inwood, at 213 Park Terrace East (not West!) and is open every day.

     Where are you going?

     Use a compass rose to help you get there. A video from the Hispanic Society will show you how to make one with a potato, some paint and a few more household objects.

     You’ll also learn a bit about maps through the centuries and how explorers used them to travel to places they’d never seen.

     Here’s a way to make your next outing with the kids a little different.

     Print out a family scavenger hunt booklet and take a walk through Fort Tryon Park’s historic estate remnants.

     Find, draw, and map natural marvels and constructed treasures while you explore the path network that leads from Billings Lawn to the Palisades Overlook.

     The booklet is provided by the Fort Tryon Park Trust.

     Need something new for the kids to do?

     The Hispanic Society of America offers several coloring pages, each based on one of the most famous paintings in the museum’s collection. Recognize the Duchess of Alba? Download the pdf below.

      And here’s a recap of the Society’s summer camp for kids.

      For adults, the society has posted several lectures here.

¿Necesita algo nuevo para que hagan los niños?
      La Hispanic Society of America ofrece varias páginas para colorear, cada una basada en una de las pinturas más famosas de la colección del museo. ¿Reconoces a la duquesa de Alba? Descargue el pdf a continuación.
       Para los adultos, la sociedad ha publicado varias conferencias aquí.

    The Medieval Festival was the most famous event in the Heights, drawing tens of thousands of visitors to the neighborhood. But its sponsor, the Washington Heights & Inwood Development Corporation, announced on March 11 that it will no longer organize the event.

    The corporation canceled last year’s festival owing to costs, and more recently decided refocus its resources on better ways of assisting Uptown residents.

     In the past, lords, ladies, knights, and commoners brought to life the customs and spirit of the middle ages, transforming Fort Tryon Park. Visitors walked into a medieval market town decorated with bright banners and processional flags, greeted by period music, dance, magic, and minstrels, as well as jugglers and jesters. The day concluded with a joust among four knights on horseback.

     The free festival brought tens of thousands of people to the neighborhood each autumn for decades.

     No new sponsor stepped up to organize the festival.

     The Uptown Writers call on the brave and bold for a writing adventure.

     This autumn the group will choose your own adventure, writing stories that have multiple choices for the reader: different storylines lead them down alternative paths or to alternative endings. You’ll take inspiration from a few examples like Jason Shiga’s Meanwhile and Ryan North’s To Be or Not To Be, then you’ll build worlds of our own.

     Which way will your adventure go?

     For ages 10 to 14.

     Monday afternoon, September 16, from 4 to 6 at Our Saviour’s Church in Hudson Heights on Bennet Avenue at 189th Street. Through December 9. No classes on Columbus Day or Veterans’ Day.

     Have a child, and have a job too?

     Mark National Working Parents’ Day, honoring parents' hard work as well as showing others what it is like to be a parent in addition to focusing on your career.

     You’ll also get to visit with physicians and dentists from the Columbia Medical Center to ask health questions.

     Free. Tuesday, September 17, from 11 to 2:30 at Haven Plaza in Lower WaHi on Haven Avenue between Fort Washington Avenue and 169th Street.

     There’s always more to learn, fiction writers!

     Come build on the skills you’ve already got, and dig deeper into the qualities that give all the best stories that extra pop.

     Whichever genre of fiction you prefer (historical, fantasy, realistic, etc.) the Uptown Writers welcome you to the advanced fiction workshop.

     You’ll focus on natural, character-driven dialogue; proper pacing; inciting incidents; raising the stakes; plot-twists; and, of course, the art of the satisfying ending. This workshop is for students who are familiar with the basics of fiction writing, and who would like to grow as writers.

     For ages 14 to 18.

     Tuesday evening, September 17, from 5:30 to 7:30 at Our Saviour’s Church in Hudson Heights on Bennett Avenue at 189th Street. Through December 3. No class on November 5.

     Learn jazz from the pros.

     Get instruction in voice, acting, and movement and make friends with jazz and in jazz in an award-winning, low-cost program from the Jazz Power Initiative.

     Fifth through twelfth fraders are invited to audition with their favorite song. Those who are accepted will learn to nurture their talents and connect with a vibrant community of young jazz enthusiasts. Students perform with veteran jazz artists in all types of venues Uptown.

     Sign up here for a slot.

     Thursday evening, September 19, from 4:30 to 6:30 at 5030 Broadway in Inwood between 213th and 214th Streets. Also on September 21, 26 and 28.

     The Uptown Wagon is offering free back-to-school clothes and supplies for kids in WaHi and Inwood.

     If you’d like to donate items, the group seeks gently used clothing and shoes, toys, housewares, home goods, back-to-school items, non-perishable pantry items, and toiletries. No used socks, underwear, sheets or towels. Drop off on Thursday, September 19 in Hudson Heighst at the Hebrew Tabernacle (Fort Washington Avenue at 185th Street) and the Mother Cabrini Shrine (Fort Washington Avenue and 190th Street.

     Free. Friday afternoon, September 20, from 3 to 6 at the Armory in Lower WaHi on Fort Washington Avenue at 168th Street.

     Do you want to be wild and break out of the limitations that are always being set? Poetry is the answer.

     The Uptown Writers are strapping on their shoes, grabbing their pens, and meeting at the P.S. 187 schoolyard to explore  poetry outside.

     You’ll be rejuvenated by the nature of Fort Tryon Park and emboldened by our resilient neighborhood, exploring the wilds of language out in the world.

     For ages 8 to 13.

     Friday afternoon, September 20, from 4 to 6 at Hudson Cliffs School in Hudson Heights on Cabrini Boulevard. Through December 13. No class on October 13 or November 25.

     Pre-conference play concludes for the Lions this week.

     Columbia hosts Providence in the only Friday home match of the season.

     Friday night, September 20, at 7 at the Commisso Stadium in the Columbia Sports Complex in Inwood on 218th Street.

     Create lasting memories, connect with the natural world, and bond with your family.

     The Urban Park Rangers celebrate the tradition of camping on this chance to experience New York’s original night life. Prepare for a campfire, marshmallows, and maybe a few ghost stories.

     Families are chosen by lottery, which opens on Wednesday, September 11.

     Free. New date: Friday night, September 20, at 7 in Inwood Hill Park at a spot shared with campers.

    The Uptown Writers welcome you to Snobby Poetry, should you be up for the challenge.

     This is a band of self-motivated, uber-supportive misfits who read, write, and share poems. They love words, rhyme (only when used sparely, thank you), observation, and Walt Whitman (obviously).

     Poetry is an illogical measuring device, filled with seemingly impossible comparisons and instructions; that is why we are called to write it. Poets are the liars who tell the truth.

     For ages 13 to 18.

     Saturday afternoon, September 21, from 1 to 3 at Our Saviour’s Church in Hudson Heights on Bennett Avenue at 189th Street. Through December 14. No class on November 30.

     Compartan sus ideas y disfruten participando en actividades en las salas para dar vida a las obras de arte medieval. Presentado en español e inglés. Recomendado para familias con niños de 3 a 11 años.

     Share ideas and enjoy hands-on gallery activities that bring medieval works of art to life. Presented in Spanish and English. Recommended for families with children ages 3 to 11 years.

     Note: Space is limited; first come, first served. Nota: el aforo es limitado; entrada por orden de llegada hasta agotar la capacidad.

     Free with museum admission. Saturday, September 21, at 2 at The Choisters in Fort Tryon Park. Also on October 16, November 19. and December 21.

     Learn jazz from the pros.

     Get instruction in voice, acting, and movement and make friends with jazz and in jazz in an award-winning, low-cost program from the Jazz Power Initiative.

     Fifth through twelfth fraders are invited to audition with their favorite song. Those who are accepted will learn to nurture their talents and connect with a vibrant community of young jazz enthusiasts. Students perform with veteran jazz artists in all types of venues Uptown.

     Sign up here for a slot.

     Saturday afternoon, September 21, from 2:30 to 4:30 at 5030 Broadway in Inwood between 213th and 214th Streets. Also on September 26 and 28.

     Football is back!

     Join the excitement of the Lion’s opening day of the ’24 season, right here in Uptown. Columbia hosts Lafayette to start the autumn campaign to control the gridiron.

     To sweeten the deal, it’s the Columbia’s annual Northern Manhattan Appreciation Day. Uptowners may receive four complementary tickets to the game by visiting gocolumbialions.com/nmh or contacting the ticket office at (212)-851-2497.

     Saturday, September 21, at noon at the Wein Stadium in the Columbia Sports Complex in Inwood on 218th Street.

     Celebrate Manhattan’s only remaining lighthouse with readings of the eponymous children’s book, live music, City Parks Foundation Puppetmobile performance, and activities for all ages.

     As in years past, tours of the Little Red Lighthouse will be first-come, first-served. To safely and comfortably accommodate visitors, timed tickets will be distributed beginning at noon. Tours start at 12:20 and run every 20 minutes after that, concluding with the last tour at 3:50.

     If you’re looking to tour the lighthouse earlier in the day, arrive before noon.

     Free. Saturday, September 28, from noon to 4 on Jeffrey’s Hook in Fort Washington Park under the great gray bridge.

     Sketch from works of art in The Met Cloisters galleries and experiment with different drawing approaches. Build your skills with a teaching artist and share your works of art with other teens.

     Thinking of applying to an art high school or college? These classes are a great way to build a portfolio. For ages 12 to 18.

     Museum admission is free, with registration, for teens as part of this program. All experience levels welcome; all materials provided.

     Free with registration. Saturday afternoon, September 28, at 1 in Fort Tryon Park. On the last Saturday of the month.

     Discover tales of brave knights, courageous princesses, and the legend of the unicorn while exploring medieval art and architecture at the  Cloisters.

     Kids will listen, learn, and get creative during this interactive in-gallery program. All classes meet in the medieval surroundings of the Cloisters.

     This is a drop-off program. Classes are limited to 21 children and registration is required. 

     $430; members, $375. Saturday afternoons starting September 28 from 2 to 4 at the museum in Fort Tryon Park. Through December 14. No meet-ups on October 12 or 19, November 9 or 30.

     Conference competition starts when the Lions host the Tigers.

     Princeton ventures to Columbia’s lair for the first Ivy League matchup of the season.

     Saturday, October 5, at noon at the Wein Stadium in the Columbia Sports Complex in Inwood on 218th Street.

     Prelude Opera has prepared a double bill production of A Muskrat

Lullaby and Mystery on the Docks, both written for children by Edward Barnes.  

      The animal-filled opera adventures feature music of many styles, making them ideal introductions t0 classical performance for kids in Hudson Heights. Tickets available here.

     $17.30; children, $12.20. Saturday afternoon, October 5, at 4:30 at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Atonement Church on Bennett Avenue at 189th Street, and Sunday afternoons, October 6 and 13, at 4:30 at St. Francis Cabrini Shrine on Fort Washington Avenue just below Margaret Corbin Circle (190th Street).

     Join the Lions as they bring the Ivy League home for the first conference match in New York.

     Columbia hosts Cornell in an Empire State face-off.

     Wednesday afternoon, October 9, at 4:30 at the Commisso Stadium in the Columbia Sports Complex in Inwood on 218th Street.

     It’s the last time the Lions will play at home before a road stretch of nearly three weeks.

     Today Columbia hosts Dartmouth for a day-time match.

     Sunday afternoon, October 13, at 1 at the Commisso Stadium in the Columbia Sports Complex in Inwood on 218th Street.

     The satellite location of the Word Up Community Bookshop is full of used books and journals. So many that it can’t find enough readers.

     Drop by Recirculation to give them a new purpose. The monthly collage night lets you get creative with old book materials and magazine images to create something new. 

     Base supplies & vibes will be provided. Additional materials are available for purchase.

     Limited to 50, so please register in advance. 

     $5. Thursday evening, October 17, from 6:30 to 8:30 at Recirculation in Lower WaHi at 876 Riverside Drive near 160th Street. Also on December 19.

     Take a college tour by walking down to the Columbia Medical Center.

     It’s homecoming weekend for the Lions, who will have booths set up to show school spirit and to answer your questions about becoming a Columbia student.

     Free. Friday, October 25, from 9 to 5 at Haven Plaza, in Lower WaHi on Haven Avenue between Fort Washington Avenue and 169th Street.

     Join the crowd of alumni, students, and friends at Columbia’s homecoming game.

     The Lions host the Big Green of Dartmouth for the Ivy League matchup.

     Saturday afternoon, October 26, at 1:30 at the Wein Stadium in the Columbia Sports Complex in Inwood on 218th 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.

     You’re focused on spooky goblins but the Pied Piper Children’s Theatre is planning for a cooler holiday.

     Auditions for the troupe’s winter kids’ show are open to Uptown children. The show is scheduled for December 14 and 15 in Hudson Heights.

     Free. Tuesday evening, October 29, from 5 to 7 at the Inwood Chapel.

     College football under Friday night lights? Yes, it’s a thing, as ESPN-U broadcasts an Ivy League matchup.

     Columbia hosts Yale as the stakes get higher in final weeks of the season.

     Friday night, November 1, at 7 at the Wein Stadium in the Columbia Sports Complex in Inwood on 218th Street.

     It’s senior day for the Lions as the regular season ends for the soccer team.

     Columbia hosts Ivy rival Princeton to see out the ’24 campaign.

     Saturday, November 2, at a time to be determined later at the Commisso Stadium in the Columbia Sports Complex in Inwood on 218th Street.

     Take in the hilarity of Pied Piper’s production of You Can’t Take it With You, a screwball comedy about a zany family who lives by their own rules. Written by George S. Kauffman and Moss Hart, the play debuted in 1936, won the 1937 Pulitzer Prize for drama, and was made into a movie in 1938, directed by Frank Capra and co-starring Lionel Barrymore and Jimmy Stewart.

     In this performance, all the roles are played by kids aged 12 to 18, and the roles of Rheba and Donald have been re-written for modern inclusiveness.

     Saturday and Sunday, November 2 and 3, at curtain times to be announced later at the Hebrew Tabernacle in Hudson Heights on Fort Washington Avenue at 185th Street. Also on November 9 and 10.

     Fort George’s storied basketball team returns to the court at Yeshiva University.

     It’s just a scrimmage, but it’s your first chance to see the Maccabees in action, when they host Mighty Macs of Immaculata University.

     Sunday afternoon, November 3, at 3 in the Max Stern Athletic Center in Fort George on 185th Street at Amsterdam Avenue. Remember, daylight saving ended this morning!

     College basketball is back in the house! Cheer on the Maccabees in their home opener.

     The Yeshiva University Macs welcome the Pride of Springfield College, which lays claim to being the home of basketball (and coached the team at Kansas). Expect a spirit matchup.

     Tuesday night, November 12, at 8 in the Max Stern Athletic Center in Fort George on 185th Street at Amsterdam Avenue.

     Yeshiva University’s men’s basketball team continues its homestand with an afternoon game.

     The Macs host the Stormy Petrels (they’re birds) of Oglethorpe College to round out the first weekend of the season.

     Sunday afternoon, November 17, at 3 in the Max Stern Athletic Center in Fort George on 185th Street at Amsterdam Avenue.

     The Empire State Bowl pits New York’s two Ivy League teams together for the trophy.

     The Cornell Bears travel to Manhattan this year to challenge the Columbia Lions for the title. It’s the final game of the regular season, so it’s senior day too.

     Saturday, November 23, at noon at the Wein Stadium in the Columbia Sports Complex in Inwood on 218th Street.

     This Thanksgiving take your kids to the spot where Manhatta became Manhattan, and honor the memory of the Lenape people and the blessings of their land we now call home.

     Shorakkopoch Rock in Inwood Hill Park is said to be the site where Peter Minuit bought the island from the Natives who lived here.

     To find it: 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.

     Delight in a Christmas tradition when Uncle Drosselmeyer gives his neice Clara a wooden toy on Christmas Eve.

     The Former Moscow Ballet presents The Nutcracker, with Tchaikovsky’s classic score.

     $46.53 to $210.10 (includes fees and surcharges). Wednesday night, December 4, at 7 at the United Palace in Lower WaHi on Broadway at 175th Street.

     The Pied Piper Children’s Theatre welcomes you to join Uptown kids in celebrating the start of the new season.

     The troupe’s winter kids’ show features Uptown children. The show is scheduled for December 14 and 15 in Hudson Heights.

     Ticket information is pending. Saturday and Sunday, December 14 and 15, at times to be announced later in the Hebrew Tabernacle in Hudson Heights on Fort Washington Avenue at 185th Street.

     The only December home game for Yeshiva University’s men’s basketball team takes place mid-week, mid-month.

      The Blue Jays of the University of Saint Joseph make the trip Uptown to take on the Macs.

      Wednesday night, December 18, at 8 in the Max Stern Athletic Center in Fort George on 185th Street at Amsterdam Avenue.

      Pre-conference play comes to an end this week for Yeshiva University.

      The Mac host the Tufts Jumbos (for the uninitiated, they’re elephants) this week at a slightly earlier than usual time.

      Wednesday night, January 2, at 7:30 in the Max Stern Athletic Center in Fort George on 185th Street at Amsterdam Avenue.

     The Skyline League is in Fort George!

     The cagers of Yeshiva University and and the University of Mount Saint Vincent meet up to kickoff conference play in Uptown.

     Sunday afternoon, January 5, at 2 in the Max Stern Athletic Center in Fort George on 185th Street at Amsterdam Avenue.

      Conference play continues for Yeshiva University basketball.

      The Macs welcome the Gryphons of Sarah Lawrence College to close out the three-game home stretch.

      Wednesday night, January 8, at 8 in the Max Stern Athletic Center in Fort George on 185th Street at Amsterdam Avenue.

     After a week on the road Yeshiva University’s men’s basketball team returns Uptown.

     The Macs welcome the Golden Eagles of St. Joseph’s University Long Island for Skyline League competition.

     Saturday night, January 18, at 8:30 in the Max Stern Athletic Center in Fort George on 185th Street at Amsterdam Avenue.

     The Panthers of the College at Old Westbury come to town to take on the Yeshiva Maccabees.

     Saturday night, January 25, at 8:30 in the Max Stern Athletic Center in Fort George on 185th Street at Amsterdam Avenue.

     Is your teen interested in the sciences? Maybe she’s thinking about a career in medicine?

     If so, consider the Lang Youth Medical Program at the Columbia Medical Center. It’s a free opportunity to expose high school students to the science of medicine and aims to inspire teens to achieve their college aspirations through hands-on learning and mentorship.

     It’s open only to students in WaHi who attend a Community School District 6 school at meets on seventeen Saturdays through the year and during the entire month of July. Find out more here.

     The deadline for the next session is in March.

     Only in New York ...

     Defend against the Great and Glorious Grand Army of The Bronx on its annual fight to annex Marble Hill. 

     The 52-acre Manhattan neighborhood has been wedged in The Bronx since 1913, upsetting some of our Bronxian neighbors. Attempting to re-take it is a tradition that dates 1939, when Bronx Borough President James J. Lyons drove to 225th Street, at the summit of Marble Hill, and planted the Bronx flag to the dismay of local residents.

     The goal this year is to regain four acres from Manhattan. Care to fight back? Everyone is welcome, even hecklers. If you have the temerity to join the rebels, you must wear battle gear: a helmet and sneakers (for the walking tour). If they’re successful, they’re already planning to annex Randall’s Island next year.
     Free. A Saturday at a bar in early May. The invasion begins once the tab’s settled.

     The annual Drums Along the Hudson began in 2002 as a traditional Pow Wow to celebrate Native American heritage and culture, and also to commemorate the Lenape people who first inhabited Inwood Hill Park, or Shorakkopoch (“edge of the water”).

     The twenty-first anniversary event featured Mohawk Elder Tom Porter, the Thunderbird American Indian dancers, Sri Lankan dancers and drummers.
     The event has attracted a growing audience, numbering from 400 in the first year to over 8,000 in pre-Covid years.
     Free. Typically the first Sunday in June from 11 to 6 in Inwood Hill Park at Indian Road and 218th Street.