Manhattan’s oldest surviving house is in need of some renovation. The exterior restoration and accessibility project broke ground at the Morris-Jumel Mansion this month and Sienia Construction posted the permit on the front door of the mansion.

     Scaffolding around the front porch columns is the first order of business. The second big job of the project is to replace the roof. This requires that everyone leaves the building—staff and visitors—for four to six months on weekdays during active work on the roof. The good news is that on weekends the mansion will continue to offer programming outdoors and in the basement.

     The mansion will closed on December 1. We’ll kee posting events at the mansion here.

     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 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 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.

     This month, a look at the Inwood homes of the well-to-do. In the mid to late 1800s, Victorian captains of industry built lavish country homes atop Inwood Hill. For a few decades the neighborhood was like today’s  Hamptons, a weekend getaway for the wealthy, filled with stately mansions, formal gardens, and reflecting pools.

     Today, the houses are all gone. Or are they?

     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 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.

     What do you know about fungi? Mushrooms, yeast, even mind-controlling parasites are in this group.

     Join the Urban Park Rangers for a discussion of Entangled Life, by the biologist Merlin Sheldrake. He introduces the reader to the ways invisible fungal forces shape our world in unexpected ways. The book was a pick for the Science Friday book club.

     Please have the book read before the meeting! Registration not required.

     Free. Wednesday evening at 5 at the Nature Center in Inwood Hill Park, near Indian Road and 218th Street.

     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 from noon to 5 at the Society’s museum on Audubon Terrace at Broadway and 155th Street. Through February 8.

     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. 

     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 at 6 at the Hispanic Society and Museum on Audubon Terrace at Broadway and 155th Street.

     Marie-Jeanne Riccoboni was a bestselling eighteenth-century writer, one of the first female authors who managed to finance an independent life away from her abusive husband. Her novels explore the impossible choices that women in pre-Revolutionary France faced.

     Two of her translators, Kate Deimling and Karen Santos Da Silva, will discuss Riccobboni’s protofeminism, unique style, and the challenges of rendering her prose for modern English-language readers.

     $5. Friday afternoon at 4:30 at Word Up Community Bookstore in Lower WaHi, on Amsterdam Avenue at 165th 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.

     You know your trees in the summer by their leaves. Can you identify them when they’re bare?

     The Natural Areas Conservancy hosts a guided hike to explore the nature trails and identify plants using their winter buds and bark.

     Dress for the weather, wear comfortable shoes, pack a snack and take a bottle of water for this two-hour outing.

     Free. Saturday morning at 10 in Inwood Hill Park; meet at Payson playground.

     Find out what old New York was like on a walking tour of Uptown. 

     Morris-Jumel Mansion interpreters will bring to life the city’s past in the Uncovering Uptown History guided walking tour, It’s a 90-minute, one-mile mobile experience beginning at the Morris-Jumel Mansion and ending at Trinity Cemetery.

     Spanning over 260 years, the tour will illuminate little-known corners of history and connect the paths of legendary figures to the ones we walk today. 

     $23.18. Saturdays and Sundays at 10:30 and 1:30 starting in Roger Morris Park and ending at Broadway and 155th Street. Through December.

      Slow down, tap into your powers of observation, and discover a work of art through close looking and discussion. Led by a curator of medieval art.

     You don’t need any particular knowledge to enjoy yourself. All adult learners are welcome. Stools are provided.

     Free with museum admission. Saturday afternoon at 2 at the Cloisters in Fort Tryon Park.

     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 at 2 at Good Shepherd Church in Inwood, at 620 Isham 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.

    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. The Chorale will perform the entire Christmas section plus other favorite parts, in Spanish.

     The chorale will be accompanied by an orchestra, and will feature soloists Maria Brea, soprano, Melisa Bonetti, mezzo-soprano, Cristóbal Arias, tenor, and Gilberto Gómez, baritone.  Music director Richard Stout conducts.

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

     The cellist Alejandro Acosta and pianist Robert Lockwood Lind present Brahms’ Cello Sonata No. 1, Op. 38, and Schubert’s Arpeggione Sonata, D. 821.

    $20; students and seniors, $10 Sunday evening

at 5:30 at the St. Frances Cabrini Shrine in Hudson Heights, on Fort Washington Avenue at 190th 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.

     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.

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

     Create your own medieval wreath inspired by the beloved winter holiday decorations at The Met Cloisters.

     In this two-and-a-half-hour workshop, you’ll learn about the symbolic meaning of plants, view the decorations, then create a festive wreath alongside horticultural experts.

     All materials are provided to deck your hall.

    $125. Tuesday afternoon, December 9, at 5 at the Cloisters in Fort Tryon Park. Also on Wednesday at 2.

     Your favorite holiday radio show is back for its fourth consecutive year when Richard Diamond, Private Detective, tracks down holiday cheer.

     UP Theater presents a staged read of A Christmas Diamond, a family-friendly celebration that will lift your spirits and warm your hearts. It includes a special appearance by a certain jolly fellow.

     Free. Tuesday, December 9, at 7 in the Grand Foyer of the United Palace, in Lower WaHi on Broadway at 175th Street.

     Need a little Christmas?

     The Washington Heights Community Choir celebrates the season with a centuries-old folk tune, a jubilant sacred work, a contemplation on the awe and wonder of a total eclipse, and a new choral mashup of music from the Muppet Christmas Carol, among other pieces.

     The concert blends the sacred and the secular, traditional and modern, serious and whimsical, and it closes with a winter singalong.

      Free. Tuesday night, December 9, at 7 at the St. Frances Cabrini Shrine in Hudson Heights, on Fort Washington Avenue at 190th Street.

     Create your own medieval wreath inspired by the beloved winter holiday decorations at The Met Cloisters.

     In this two-and-a-half-hour workshop, you’ll learn about the symbolic meaning of plants, view the decorations, then create a festive wreath alongside horticultural experts.

     All materials are provided to deck your hall.

    $125. Wednesday afternoon, December 10, at 2:30 at the Cloisters in Fort Tryon Park. 

     Join the Filomen M. D’Agostino Greenberg Music School, a vibrant community of musicians with vision loss, as its vocal ensemble presents a holiday program celebrating the joy of the season and goodwill toward all.

     Get ready to lift your voices and join the choir for a sing-along of caroling favorites in a medieval hall. 

     The FMDG Music School is a thriving music education community serving people of all ages with vision loss.

     Free with museum admission. Thursday morning. December 11, at 11 in the Romanesque Hall of the Cloisters in Fort Tryon Park.

     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, December 13, from 1 to 3 in the Cloisters. On the second Saturday of the month.

     Pinehurst residents will join their friends and neighbors for wassail, good cheer, and a toast to the new year. We’ll provide a few dishes and drinks, and you’re welcome to share a seasonal favorite of your own. And to sprinkle some magic around, we’ll have have live music by Cadre Mulé, featuring Andrew Haynie on tenor sax and Cyrill Bavier on piano. 

     Sunday evening, December 14, from 5 to 7 in the lobby.

     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.

     It’s more than a movie: The afternoon starts at 3:30 when the neighborhood joins to light up Plaza de Las Americas with the Community League of the Heights. There will aso be 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.

     The late autumn is a prime season for stargazing. Step out on the eve of the solstice, when the cold air clears the night sky of clouds. 

     The Urban Park Rangers provide a telescope to take advance of the ideal conditions for seeing the stars, planets, and other celestial highlights on the last night before winter starts, in the morning at 10:03.

     Dress for the weather.

     Free. Saturday evening, December 20, from 5 to 6:30 in Inwood Hill Park. Meet at 218th Street and Indian Hill Road.

     Yael Acher “KAT” Modiano’s ensemble performs a dialogue with projections by Janine Sopp, a ceramic artist in Brooklyn. This Palestinian-Israeli collaboration unites music and visual art as a foundation for unity.

     For adults 18 and older.

     Free. Saturday afternoon, December 20, at 2 at the Inwood branch of the public library on Broadway between Dyckman and Academy Streets.

     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.

     Hosted by Demetrius Daniel, the winter solstice jam celebrates the beginning of winter with words, music, and dance. Stop by to say goodbye to autumn and hello to the new season.

     Please register in advance.

     $5. Sunday afternoon, December 21, at 3:30 at Recirculation, in Lower WaHi on Riverside Drive near 160th Street.

     If you can identify a tree by its leaves, how can you identify it when it’s bare?

     Join the Urban Park Rangers for a winter walk around Manhattan’s only untouched forest to learn how to identify trees even after their leaves have fallen.

     Dress for the weather and take a bottle of water (or a thermos of hot cocoa) for the 90-minute trek.

     Free. Sunday afternoon, December 28, at 1 in Inwood Hill Park. Meet at 218th Street and Indian Road.

     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. Sunday afternoon, December 28, from 1 to 4 in the Cloisters in Fort Tryon Park.

     It’s the fifth day of Christmas, time to give your true love five golden rings. According to PNC Bank, you’ll pay $1,649.90 for them, which is a striking 32 percent more than you would have paid just a year ago.

     Inflation, Fed rate cut expectations and a declining U.S. dollar are sending investors racing for gold and other precious metals. 

     If you were to buy everything in the song, you’d still pay more then the overall inflation rate this year. Even with its small basket of goods and services, the PNC Christmas Price Index grew 4.5 percent, reaching $51,476.12. Merry Christmas!

     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.

     Explore medieval images of marriage, from earthly acts of devotion to mystic visions of divine love.

     On this thirty-minutes tour, you’ll join curtors from the Cloisters for a deep dive, into a selection of objects in the galleries. On this visit, you’ll see pieces from the exhibition Spectrum of Desire: Love, Sex, and Gender in the Middle Ages, which explores the themes of desire, sexuality, and gender in the medieval past, when most artistic production served religious purposes. You’ll also have the opportunity to ask questions. 

     Free with museum admission. Friday afternoon, January 2, at 3 at the Cloisters in Fort Tryon Park. On Fridays through January.

     It’s cold, it’s dark, and you’d rather stay home than bundle up after dark.

     But UP Theater gives you a reason to venture out. On four January evenings, the troupe presents the Dead of Winter series, featuring readings of new plays in various stages of development. After the curtain call, stay and share your thoughts with the  playwright. 

     The titles are under wraps so far.

     Free. Sundays in January at a time and place to be announced soon.

     It would be hard to believe that you haven’t heard enough holidy music yet. Even so, on the twelfth day of Christmas it’s time to order up twelve drummers drumming.

     The percussionists, along with other performers, are charging modestly more than a year ago, according to PNC Bank. This year, a dozen drummers will set you back $4,106.08, a jump of 2.2 percent.

     If you were to buy everything in the song, you’d still pay more then the overall inflation rate this year. Even with its small basket of goods and services, the PNC Christmas Price Index grew 4.5 percent, reaching $51,476.12. Happy Epiphany!

     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.

     Try your hand at medieval are in a two-session class to learn crewel embroidery.

     You’ll adapt an image from the Met Cloisters into a piece of art in three-hour classes. On day one, delve into the foundations of embroidery, such as materials, how to transfer a pattern, and how to outline stitches. Take your work home to practice and return the following Sunday to learn a variety of creative stitches to achieve a finished piece.

     Materials and admission to both sessions are included. Attendance at both sessions is required to complete the project.

     $150. Sunday mornings, January 18 and 25, at 11 at the Cloisters in Fort Tryon Park.

        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.

      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.

     Join the UP Theater company us for a look back at its productions in the fifteen years since its founding.

     UP Until Now reviews the troupe’s daring and challenging work, featuring presentations and performances from alumni playwrights, directors, designers and casts. Support an Uptown creative group at this fund-raising party.

     $44.52 Thursday evening, February 12, at 6 at the Hebrew Tabernacle in Hudson Heights, on Fort Washington Avenue at 185th Street.

     What happens when two legends of justice share the same screen? On the 96th anniversary of the opening day of Loew’s Uptown Wonder Theatre, sit in on an  American heroes double feature.

     The afternoon unites Superman (1978) and Batman (1989), two cinematic giants whose stories helped define what heroism means in the American imagination. Experience the classic films as they were meant to be seen: On the United Palace’s 50-foot screen, with 7.1 surround sound and live, and interactive entertainment before the main features.

     $23.32. Sunday afternoon, February 22, with Superman at 1 and Batman at 4 at the United Palace in Lower WaHi, on Broadway at 175th Street.

     Known for his memorable roles on Saturday Night Live and 30 Rock, not to mention his hit specials including Takin’ It Too Fa, Tracy Morgan shares his sharp wit and unfiltered humor on stage with an Uptown audience.

     $42.56 to $87.36. Saturday night, February 28, at 8 at the United Palace in Lower WaHi, on Broadway at 175th Street.

     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.

     Indulge yourself in music from the ancient highlands and emerald isles in Celtic Woman: A New Era.

     The concert blends the ensemble’s sound with fresh arrangements, exquisite harmonies, and world-class musicianship brought to life by sopranos Mairéad Carlin, Muirgen O’Mahony, Sean-Nós singer Caitríona Sherlock, and fiddle player Ciara Ní Mhurchú, joined by the Celtic Woman band and dancers.

     $46.20 to $123.20. Friday night, March 20, at 8 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.

     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.

     Opens in the spring. Thursday from 8 to 4 in Lower WaHi on 175th Street between Broadway and Wadsworth Avenue.

     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.

     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.

    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 28, at a time and meetup spot shared with the participants.