Early voting is underway. 

     On the ballot are races for mayor, the city comptroller, the public advocate, the borough president, and city council. You can also make your choice on ballot proposals on affordable housing, expedited land use review, mapping, and city election years. 

     Find your early voting poll here—and note that it may different from the place you cast your ballot on election day.

     Through Sunday at times that vary by the day of the week. 

     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.

     Tuesday from 8 to 4 on 168th Street at Fort Washington Avenue. Weekly on Tuesdays through December 23.

     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. (Spiked shoes 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.

     The final work Franz Schubert completed in his too-short life, the String Quintet in C Major, is generally agreed to be one of the most deeply moving, transporting pieces of music ever written.

     The work moves between sorrow, serenity, and sublimity, with a slow movement so utterly celestial that the legendary pianist Artur Rubinstein called it “the arrival at the gates of heaven,” and had it played to him at his deathbed.
     To perform this masterpiece, the Parker Quartet along with the cellist Jay Campbell perform an underground concert.

     $95. Tuesday and Wednesday nights at both 7 and 8:30 in the Crypt of the Church of the Intercession in Lower WaHi on Broadway at 155th Street.

     Enjoy jams al fresco with Uptown ensembles and your music-loving neighbors every Wednesday with pleasant weather. Organized by Jazz WaHi.

     Free. Wednesday afternoons from 4 to 5:15 in Bennett Park in Hudson Heights on Fort Washington Avenue at 183rd Street. The season’s final performance falls this week.

     UP Theater’s variety show is back with this special Halloween installment. The evening includes ghost stories, music, and treats—so come in your costume!

     Free. Wednesday night at 7 at Buunni Coffee in Inwood on Broadway between 207th and Isham Streets.

     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.

     Thursday from 8 to 4 in Lower WaHi on 175th Street between Broadway and Wadsworth Avenue. Weekly on Thursdays through November 20.

     Four new exhibits are on display at the American Academy of Arts and Letters. 

     Watch for information about gallery shows by the photographer and filmmaker Sam Contis (right), the sculptor Diane Simpson (above), the poet and sculptor Rhea Dillon, and the multimedia artist Eric N. Mack.

     Free. Thursdays through Sundays from noon to 6 at the Academy on Audubon Terrace at Broadway and 155th Street. Through February 8. 

     Learn the basic and advanced techniques of watercolor painting with the Uptown artist Francis Hseuh.

     The workshop is sponsored by NoMAA Labs, a hub for critique sessions and networking events.

     $10; members, free. Thursday evening at 6 at the NoMAA Gallery in Fort George on Broadway at 176th Street.

     One of the Exonerated Five, Raymond Santana speaks about his new book, Pushing Hope: An Illustrated Memoir of Survival. A graphic memoir for young adults, the book chronicles Santana’s journey from wrongful incarceration as a teenager through his fight for justice and healing, offering an inspiring story of resilience and hope for teens and adults alike.

     Santana will be joined by the acclaimed illustrator Keith Henry Brown, whose evocative artwork brings the narrative to life with depth and emotion. Together, they will discuss the making of the book, the role of art in storytelling, and the power of hope in the face of adversity.

     Save your seat here.

     $5. Thursday evening at 6:30 at Word Up in Lower WaHi at 876 Riverside Drive near 160th Street.

     This Spooky Season, book a paranormal investigation of Manhattan’s oldest surviving house, where local lore has it Eliza Jumel, who was Aaron Burr’s wife and who died in 1865, sometimes pays a visit to her former home.

     If if you don’t meet her ghost, you’ll learn the background of paranormal investigations, including the legendary paranormal activity at Morris-Jumel Mansion, while learning the history of the Mansion, its former residents, and interesting facts about the museum collection.

     During the program, you will have after-dark access to ghost hunt in the period rooms of the Mansion, normally closed off to the public. Believers and skeptics alike will enjoy the evening.

     $71.21. Friday and Saturday nights at 7 at the mansion in Roger Morris Park.

     Celebrate the spookiest night of the year with a mysterious fantasy featuring astonishing acrobatics and unforgettable thrills in this family-friendly spectacle.

     Step into The Vampire Circus, a mesmerizing theatrical experience that fuses artistry, technology, and twisted acrobatics. It’s a world that pushes the boundaries of human performance with acrobatics performed by international artists with multidisciplinary skills in theater, dance, and gymnastics. 

     $49.50 to $86.90. All Hallow’s E’en at 9 at the United Palace in Lower WaHi on Broadway at 175th 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.

      Jean de Ockeghem’s secular elegant and earthy chansons are sung by
small ensembles, and RenChorNY sings them for you.

     That’s the Renaissance Chorus of New York, whose concert also presents de Ockegham’s memoriam to Gilles Binchois, “Mort tu as navré de ton
dart,” and Josquin des Prez’s déploration for de Ockeghem, “Nymphes des bois.” The program also features “Ave Maria,” “Alma Redemptoris Mater,” “Salve Regina,” and more.
     $25; students, free. Saturday afternoon at 4 in The Lounge of Hudson View Gardens in Hudson Heights on Pinehurst Avenue at 183rd Street.

     Dance away an enjoyable evening with live Motown classic hits.

     One of Uptown’s Broadway performers, Raun Ruffin, shares the Detroit sound for all to enjoy.

     $28.29; children, $10. Saturday night at 7 at Good Shepherd Church in Inwood at 620 Isham Street.

     One of the brightest stars in the musical firmament of the French court was a woman. The refinement and elegance of Versailles comes through vividly in Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre’s gorgeous sonatas and trios.

     In this performance, House of Time is joined by viola da gamba virtuoso Adam Young in a program that shines a light on works by one of the king’s favorite musicians, a child prodigy when she first moved to court. 

     $27.50; students, $16.50. Sunday afternoon at 3 at The Lounge in Hudson View Gardens in Hudson Heights on Pinehurst Avenue at 183rd Street.

     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.

     For Sam Contis’s Phases, the American Academy of Arts & Letters asked the writer Kathryn Scanlan to create short fiction inspired by Contis’ work with teenage cross-country runners in rural Pennsylvania. 
     Scanlan interviewed runners featured in Contis’s photographs, drawing from these conversations to build her text, Your Time Is Your Time. Like some of Scanlan's previous works, it constructs fiction from existing material.
     To celebrate the story’s publication, Contis and Scanlan will discuss their collaboration and the connections between their artistic practices. Both artists share a common approach: taking fragments from everyday life and transforming them into something strange and new.

     Reserve your seat here. Copies of Your Time Is Your Time will be available free at the event.

     Free. Sunday afternoon at 4 at Arts & Letters on Audubon Terrace, on Broadway at 155th Street.

 

     Dal Sogno, an all-women classical chamber ensemble, performs with the New York Women Composers for the 2024–25 season. Their rich instrumentation features violin, viola, cello, flute, clarinet, and soprano and will showcase works by Chaminade, Mahler, and Messiaen.

     The heart-lifting music to bring joy and hope to your soul.

     $20; seniors and youth, $10. Sunday evening at 5:30 at the St. Frances Cabrini Shrine in Hudson Heights on Fort Washington Avenue near 190th Street. 

     Bloom Readings, the Uptown live poetry group, presents three poets who will share the bill.

     Rebecca Keith, Anthony Cappo, and Kristina Andersson Bicher will read from their current work. Aterward, over wine and cheese, all three will have their published work for sale and would be happy to sign your copy.

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

     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.

     Manhattan’s oldest surviving house is in need of some renovation. To accomplish the job the Morris-Jumel Mansion will close this month.

     When it reopens, the home will be refreshed — and it will have its fourth column back in place to greet visitors. 

     Check back for occasional updates.

     Join Jazz WaHi to celebrate this weekend’s  Washington Heights Jazz Festival. 

     Music by Annette Aguilar’s String Beans highlights the evening, with special guest Rachel Therrien, and perhaps a few surprises.
     Snacks and cash bar available.

     Free. Tuesday evening, November 3, at 6 at the United Palace in Lower WaHi on Broadway at 175th Street.

     Get out and vote!

     Today’s election day, and it’s a busy one. On the ballot are races for mayor, the city comptroller, the public advocate, the borough president, and city council. You can also make your choice on ballot proposals on affordable housing, expedited land use review, mapping, and city election years. 

     Polls are open Tuesday, November 4, from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Find your polling place here. Pinehurst residents vote at K’Hal Adath Jeshurun in Hudson Heights on Bennett Avenuet at 186th 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, November 4, at 7 at Word Up Community Bookshop in Lower WaHi on Amsterdam Avenue at 165th Street. Monthly on the first Tuesday.

     Explore old New York—really old New York. Back before street cars, when Inwood Valley was still agricultural, and look further back before Europeans arrived, and sometimes even earlier.

     Cole Thompson, an armchair historian (and real estate broker) presents stories of Inwood’s history in his series on Uptown’s past. Can you imagine the days when  mastodons roamed the hills and meadows or settlers harvested wheat?

     Tuesday night, November 4, at 7:30 at the Inwood Farm (though not at the farm in Inwood) on 218th Street at Indian Road. On the first Tuesday of the month.

     From the height of Spain’s imperial power in the middle of the sixteenth century to the fall of the Habsburg dynasty at the close of seventeenth century, Spanish fashion was characterized by luxurious excesses that were widely critiqued within Spain and that shaped perceptions of Spanish culture abroad.

      A new exhibition at the Hispanic Society draws exclusively from its collection, recreating the strange splendor of Golden Age Spanish fashion with a rich array of objects that includes illuminated manuscripts, textiles, ecclesiastical vestments, jewelry, and more.

     This exhibition examines how Spain’s most powerful institutions—the crown, the church, and the military—harnessed the power of fashion, and the ways that ordinary citizens of the Spanish Empire used clothing to shape their identities and social status.

     Free. Thursdays through Sundays, starting November 6, from noon to 5 at the Society’s museum on Audubon Terrace at Broadway and 155th Street. Through February 8.

     Mark your calendar for the eighth annual Washington Heights Jazz Festial.

     Organzied by Jazz WaHi, the festival highlights the best jazz that Upper Manhattan has to offer. Last year sixteen bands – over 60 musicians – performed in various venues around the neighborhood, reflecting Uptown’s musical and cultural variety.

     Thursday through Sunday, November 6 through 9, at locations across Hudson Heights.

     Learn the history of alcohol production in early America and the role of farmers like the Dyckmans at Brewing Up History: From Farm to Bar.

     The fundraiser for the Dyckman Farmhouse Museum features unlimited tastings from Dyckman Beer Co., Aaron Burr Cidery, and The Old Field Vineyards, and a souvenir tasting glass to sample them in. You’ll also enjoy historic games with Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site.

     Light bites include tastes from Refried Beans Mexican Grill, Le Chéile, Tubby Hook Tavern, Tryon Public House, and 24/7 Caterers. 

     $50; after October 22, $65. Friday evening, November 7, from 6 to 9 at the Museum in Inwood on Broadway at 204th Street.

     Come for a screening and discussion of the documentary Severed, which follows the journey of Mohamad Saleh, an 18-year-old from Gaza who has lived through five major assaults by the Israeli military.

     Mohamad’s story demonstrates the fight for racial justice, for immigration justice, for disability justice, and for Palestinian liberation.

     Masks are required.

     Friday evening, November 7, at 6:30 at Recirculation in Lower WaHi at 876 Riverside Drive at 160th Street.

     The Season of Community film series continues with this year’s members’ choice: The Breakfast Club.

     Celebrate the 40th anniversary of the John Hughes classic as five high school students in Saturday detention remind us that we have a great deal more in common than we may think. Starring Emilio Estevez, Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, Ally Sheedy, and Judd Nelson. 

     $12.72. Sunday afternoon, November 9, at 3 at the United Palace in Lower WaHi on Broadway at 176th Street.

     Experience the Met Cloisters’ collection through creative drawing challenges in the galleries with expert teaching artists.

     Materials are provided, but you may bring your own sketchbook. Please note, only pencils are allowed in the galleries. Demonstrations repeat every 30 minutes over two hours. For visitors of all ages. First come, first served.

     Free with museum admission. Saturday afternoon, November 15, from 1 to 3 in the Cloisters. On the second Saturday of the month.

     Charles Lonny West was the director of the Bethune Senior Center, on 157th Street and Amsterdam Avenue, from 1973 until 2003. He became aware that some men who frequentled the center to have lunch, shoot pool, or just hang out, were retired jazz musicians who had played with jazz and swing bands in the Big Band Era.   

     Lonny West got the men together and organized and developed the Bethune Big Band, which over time performed at senior centers across the area.

     His brother, Paul, a jazz bassist who work with Dizzy Gillespie and Lee Morgan, continues to keep the band playing as a tribute to its founder.

     $5. Saturday afternoon, November 15, at 2 at Word Up in Lower WaHi on Amsterdam Avenue at 165th Street.

     Composers often find inspiration from other music, drawing from history, tradition, and artistic lineage. The Washington Heights Chamber Orchestra’s new season, The Music That Inspires Us, begins with Reena Esmail’s Avartan, a transcendent fusion of Indian and Western classical traditions.

     Next on the program is Caroline Shaw’s Entr’acte for string orchestra. Written in 2011, the piece was inspired by a moment in a Haydn string quartet when the music suddenly shifts in tone and texture. 

     The concert concludes with Igor Stravinsky’s Pulcinella Suite. Taken from his ballet on the Italian commedia dell’arte character, the Pulcinella Suite is a witty and colorful homage to eighteenth-century Italian Baroque music filtered through Stravinsky’s modernist lens.

     $21.50; seniors, $16.25. Saturday night, November 15, at 7:30 at Our Saviour’s Atonement Lutheran Church in Hudson Heights on Bennett Avenue at 179th Street.

     Step back in time and experience the sights and sounds of the Revolutionary War at the historic commemoration of the Battle of Fort Washington. The event brings history to life with a dramatic  battle, eighteenth-century demonstrations, and hands-on activities for all ages.

     You can expect:

• Live reenactment of the Battle of Fort Washington with British and American troops

• Blacksmith demonstrations showcasing traditional craftsmanship

• Live period music to set the scene

• Guided battlefield tours with reenactors in full costume

     Dress in your colonial best—Margaret Corbin, left, wore a dress to the battle—and immerse yourself in the past. Pack a picnic lunch, take your friends and family, and enjoy an autumn afternoon celebrating American history as it happened in our own neighborhod.

     Free. Sunday afternoon, November 16, from noon to 3 on the café lawn in Fort Tryon Park.

     The artists Josiah McElheny and Diane Simpson met a dozen years ago in Chicago, where McElheny first encountered Simpson’s work. They immediately formed a long-term friendship, often talking about model-making and drawing as methods to develop sculptural forms.     

     McElheny will lead visitors in a conversation about Simpson’s distinctive drawings and sculptures while walking through her exhibition, Formal Wear.

     You’re welcome to join the tour. Reserve your spot here.

      Free. Sunday afternoon, November 16, at 4 at the American Academy of Arts & Letters on Audubon Terrace, on Broadway at 155th Street.

     Celebrate the power of women in salsa with Lulada Club, New York’s all-women salsa orchestra.

     Presented by Jazz Power Initiative, this unforgettable evening invites you to hit the dance floor and experience the joy, energy, and rhythm of salsa at its finest. 

     Free. Wednesday night, November 19, at 7 at the Alianza Dominicana in Lower WaHi on 166th Street between Broadway and Audubon Avenue.

     Step into a journey through musical archives when the Spanish pianist Antonio Galera investigate anecdotes and highlights musical references found in the correspondence of the collection of the Hispanic Museum and Library.

     In Musica y Letra, Galera shares letters from other renowned Hispanic artists who traveled to New York City throughout the Museum’s history, including Joaquín Sorolla, Concha Piquer, Zenobia Camprubí, and many others.

     Free. Thursday evening, November 20, at 6 in the society’s library on Audubon Terrace at Broadway and 155th Street.

     Learn techniques to create memorable photographs with your mobile phone, led by Paul Muratore.

     The workshop is sponsored by NoMAA Labs, a hub for critique sessions and networking events.

     $10; members, free. Thursday evening, November 20, at 6 at the NoMAA Gallery in Fort George on Broadway at 176th Street.

        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.

     The holidays are almost upon us, and then the weather turns cold and the days turn dark. Steel yourself with a meditative hike.

     Join the Urban Park Rangers an autumnal walk through Manhattan’s only old growth forest. Explore the connection between nature and personal well-being, engage in fire building and storytelling, and allow the changing season to inspire you.

     Wear comfortable shoes, pack a bottle of water, and take your journal in case you’re inspired along the way. The experience lasts 90 minutes.

     Free. Saturday afternoon, November 22, at 1; meet at 218th Street and Indian Road.

     Mark Latin American culture week with music from the Americas on flute and guitar.

      The recital features the award-winning artists Yael  Archer “Kat” Mondiano, flute, and Boron Guzelsoy, guitar.

     $20; students and senior, $10. Sunday evening, November 23, at 6 at the Frances Cabrini Shrine in Hudson Heights on Fort Washington Avenue at 190th Street.

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

     Shorakopoch 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.

     Did you know that the location is in Manhattan’s only untouched forest? The Shorakopoch Preserve was inducted into the Old-Growth Forest Network last year.

     At Shorakopoch 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.

     Walk off your Thanksgiving feast while enjoying the majestic views from Uptown’s storied forests.

     The Urban Park Rangers lead their annual 90-minute super hike. for a hike! It takes you through the hills and landscaping of Fort Tryon Park and the untouched forest of Inwood Hill Park.

     Wear comfortable shoes, pack a bottle of water, and maybe take a snack too.

     Friday afternoon, November 28, at 1; meet at the entrance to Fort Tryon Park at Margaret Corbin Circle in Hudson Heights. The hike will end at the Inwood Hill Nature Center.

     You’ve had plenty of turkey and too much pie, so now’s the time to burn some calories.
     On this Shorewalkers trek, you’ll start at the southern tip of Manhattan, walk the Hudson River Greenway, and end in Fort Washington Park at the Little Red Lighthouse.

     Sign up here. Dress for the weather, take a snack, and wear comfortable shoes.

     Saturday morning, November 29, at a time and meetup spot shared with the participants.

     Explore materials and process through artist-led demonstrations and drop-in art-making activities with Met Museum experts during an open studio. Hosted in the Pontaut Chapter House.

     For visitors of all ages. All materials are provided.

     Free with museum admission. Sanday afternoon, November 30, from 1 to 4 in the Cloisters in Fort Tryon Park. Also on December 28.

     For his fourth and final concert, the Spanish pianist Antonio Galera presents Cuadros de una Exposición, featuring works by Granados and Mussorgsky, as well as the world premiere of two solo piano pieces by Francisco Coll, commissioned by the Hispanic Society and Antonio Galera. The acclaimed Valencian composer has created two contrasting pieces inspired by Goya and Zurbarán, both represented in the museum’s collection. 

     Free. Thursday evening, December 4, at 6 at the Hispanic Society and Museum on Audubon Terrace at Broadway and 155th Street.

     The Inwood Chamber Players present classical holiday classics arranged by Inwood resident Gilbert Dejean.

     A reception with light snacks and beverages follows the performance.

     $28.29; children, $10. Sunday afternoon, December 7, at 2 at Good Shepherd Church in Inwood at 620 Isham Street.

    The Cornerstone Chorale brings major sections of Handel’s timeless masterpiece to life. 
     The Uptown ensemble performs The Messiah in Mario Montenegro’s Spanish translation, with soloists and orchestra.

     $20; students and seniors, $15. Sunday afternoon, December 7, at 4 at Holyrood Church in Hudson Heights on Fort Washington Avenue at 179th Street.

     The critically acclaimed CSOT Concert Chorale, conducted by Courtney Carey, brings Handel's masterpiece to life. The Messiah was an instant popular upon its premiere in 1742 and has remained a perennial favorite ever since.

     Established in 2014, the Courtney’s Stars of Tomorrow  performs a range of choral repertoire from early Baroque classics through twenty-first-century choral literature. This program lasts about an hour and includes Part I and the Hallelujah chorus.

     Free. Monday night, December 8, at 7:30 in the Grand Foyer of the United Palace in Lower WaHi on Broadway at 175th Street.

     Imerse yourself in the holiday season with Frank Capra’s beloved 1946 classic, It’s a Wonderful Life, starring James Stewart, Donna Reed, and Lionel Barrymore.

     Before the movie, enjoy festive pre-show caroling by students from Statement Arts and a special introduction by Mary Owen, daughter of Donna Reed. 

     $12.72. Sunday evening, December 14, at 6 at the United Palace in Lower WaHi on Broadway at 175th Street.

     New York City’s leading avant-garde string quartet kicks off its 2025–26 Met residency with a holiday-season homage to medieval music at the Cloisters.

     Over the last 20 years, the JACK Quartet has championed twentieth- and twenty-first-century composers around the world. In this concert, the ensemble features new and old works inspired by the most daring musical experiments of the Middle Ages.

     Violinists Christopher Otto and Austin Wulliman, along with New York City trailblazers, perform amid Romanesque architecture.

     $75. Two performances on Sunday, December 14, at 6:30 and 8:15 at the Cloisters in Fort Tryon Park.

     Prepare for Christmas in a European cloister.

     After two sold-out Renaissance marathons, the four-time Grammy nominee Clarion Choir returns Uptown with a serene program for Advent. Take a deep breath and bask in the splendor of music from Renaissance motets to recent settings of favorite carols, presented by some of New York City’s finest vocalists.

     Featuring works by Poulenc, Sweelinck, Victoria, Davis, Dawson, Tavener, and Weir.

     $95. Saturday night, December 20, at 6:30 and 8:15 in the Cloisters in Fort Tryon Park.

     Start 2025 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.

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

     Human connections can often be the spark that breathes life into great music. The Washington Heights Chamber Orchestra’s theme this season is The People That Inspire Us.

     The winter concert begins with Revelry by the American composer  and WHCO Spotlight Composer, Valerie Coleman. The work pulses with rhythmic drive and jubilant energy. Next is Clara Schumann’s Piano Trio in G minor, inspiring not only because it was composed by a woman in a male-dominated musical world, but because of its extraordinary emotional depth, formal elegance, and expressive power.

     The concert concludes with a rarely heard gem from Louise Farrenc, a French Romantic composer and groundbreaking music educator. Her Nonet combines the textures of strings and winds in a richly melodic, symphonic-scale chamber work.

     $21.50; seniors, $16.25. Saturday night, January 10, at 7:30 at Our Saviour’s Atonement Lutheran Church in Hudson Heights on Bennett Avenue at 179th Street.

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

      The so-called 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.”

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

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

     Take a step toward the New York Marathon at the Shamrocks, Blues, and Salsa 5K.

     Both races are sponsored by the New York Road Runners, so the perennial Uptown jaunt is a qualifying race for the fabled autumn marathon. The course takes you from Lower WaHi, up through Hudson Heights,  turning around at the edge of Fort Tryon Park to head back downhill.

     Annually in March, usually on the first Sunday morning.

      Like any visionary not afraid to rock the boat, the journey of Wim Hof has been filled with love and dedication, perseverance in the face of ridicule, joy and heartbreak. During an evening with him, you will hear about every high and every low, and how each critical turn of events helped shape the method that now transforms the lives of millions of people around the world.

     In this presentation, Hof shares his story of exploration, resilience, and discovery. You’ll experience all the trials and triumphs that shaped both the man and his breathwork method.

     $64.90 to $344.40. Sunday night, March 8, at 9 at the United Palace in Lower WaHi on Broadway at 175th Street.

     In The Places That Inspire Us, the Washington Heights Chamber Orchestra explores music inspired by real-world settings and the emotional landscapes they evoke.

     The program of the season’s final concrrt begins with Anna Clyne’s Restless Oceans, a thrilling contemporary work for chamber orchestra that channels the turbulence and strength of the sea. This work draws inspiration and its title from A Woman Speaks, a poem by Audre Lorde.

     Next on the program, the ensemble is joined by Ariadne Greif for Samuel Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915, a nostalgic meditation on childhood and place, set to the words of James Agee. Concluding the concert is Felix Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 3 “Scottish,” a sweeping tribute to the rugged romance of the Scottish Highlands.

     $21.50; seniors, $16.25. Saturday night, April 18, at 7:30 at Our Saviour’s Atonement Lutheran Church in Hudson Heights on Bennett Avenue at 179th Street.

     Join the Shorewalkers on a hike to Bear Mountain.

     On this Memorial Day trek, you’ll walk from Battery Park to the GWB.

     The second leg of the journey, over the George Washington Bridge, down 400 steps, and continuing along the Palisades, takes place on Independence Day.

     Register here.

     Monday, May 25, at a place and time shared with registrants.

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

     The university’s School of Professional Studies invites adults who are not enrolled in college to attend selected courses for free 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.

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

     Free. The deadline to sign up for the fall semester is in July. Class is held at Columbia in Morningside Heights and Manhattanville.