It’s hot out so it’s time for the summer version of restaurant week. This one lasts 42 days (it’s a long week).

     Two neighborhood spots are serving discounted prix-fixe meals.

     Tinto, serving tapas, offers dinner and Sunday brunch discounts in Hudson Heights, on Pinehurst below 187th, through August 31.

      Radio, serving New American, in Fort George, on Amsterdam at 180th. Radio ended its participation last week.

     No Inwood restaurants are participating.

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

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

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

     Tuesdays on 168th Street at Fort Washington Avenue. Through December 15.

     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.

     This year’s weeknight Zumba class bringd more heat, better music, fresh erdance moves, and an even higher level of energy. 

     Led by Samantha Muyet, who’s been a licensed Zumba instructor since 2017. Come ready to move, connect, and vibe out. Let’s make this year unforgettable. 

     Free. Tuesday evening at 6:30 on the volleyball courts near the A Train’s 190th Street Station (south elevators) in Hudson Heights, on Fort Washington Avenue near Margarget Corbin Circle. Weekly through September 15. 

      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.

      Except for Fort George. To see the sun line up with the streets in Fort George, where the streets are aligned with most of Manhattan, head out on July 12 and 13. Fort George Henge is also on May 28 and 29, and July 12 and 13, the same as Manhattan. 

     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.

     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.

     Hudson Heights Henge: Wednesday at dawn and dusk.

     Created as a martial art and handed down in families for generations, t’ai chi has come to be prized as a wonderful health art as well, for old and young alike.

     Let by a thirty-five-year veteran of t’ai chi classes, Robert teaches the sessions in an easy, gentle, ten-posture form that is adapted from the traditional Yang style. The morning class takes plance in a serene environment to start the day. 

     Free. Wednesday mornings at 6:30 in Fort Tryon Park on the Linden Terrace. Through September 9. 

     Take a journey into the life of Jacob Dyckman, a doctor who once resided in the house that now serves as a museum. Dyckman became New York’s commissioner of health before tuberculosis, cut his life short at age 34 in 1822. 

     The exhibition Home Sick explores the role that enslaved people played in caring for their sick enslavers, including Dyckman. It features some of the treatments, too, including leeches.
     In a separate exhibit, you can view Jhanique Lovejoy’s portrayals of her familial and romantic relationships as a queer Jamaican American artist. Using alternative processes, collage, and insights from her musicological studies, Lovejoy explores the themes of family archives, love, and the preservation of Black family history. 

     Both exhibits are free for Uptown residents. Wednesday through Friday from noon to 4 and Saturday from 10 to 4 at the at the Dyckman Farmhouse Museum, in Inwood on Broadway at 204th Street. Through October 24.

     More like a poetic biographical essay on a fictional person than a novel, The Cook tells the coming-of-age journey of Mauro, a young, self-taught cook. Mauro’s friend and disciple is the narrator, who you may suspect is in  love with him. Set in Paris, Berlin, Thailand, Burma, and other far-flung places over the course of fifteen years, the book is hyperrealistic—to the point of feeling, at times, like a documentary.

     Join fellow readers of novels and books revolving around food for a discussion. 

     Free. Wednesday evening at 6:30 at the Fountain Bookshop in Hudson Heights, on 187th Street.

     Everyone is welcome to join Stacey’s t’ai chi class, which she adapts to all levels.

     She leads you through breathwork, meditation, and asana (physical poses). You’ll get to do tree pose surrounded by some of the very best trees in the city. And the group may even welcome a groundhog guest.

     Take a mat or towel, and perhaps some bug spray.

     Free. Wednesday evening at 6:45 in Fort Tryon Park on Abby’s Lawn. Through August 26. 

     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 this week. Thursday from 8 to 4 in Lower WaHi on 175th Street between Broadway and Wadsworth Avenue. Through November 19.

        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.

     Broadway anthems, cult favorites, and today's musical theater hits come together in MT Mixtape, a night of singing, dancing, and community. Costumes are encouraged. Presented by Bilingual Broadway Collective, the event includes live performances.

     $23.32. Thursday night at 9 at the United Palace, in Lower WaHi on Broadway at 175th Street.

     Arts and Letters is a place to gather with art and one another. This summer, the storied institution opens its terrace for drinks with Uptown artists and their supporters.

     More information is available here.

     Free. Friday evening at 6 at the American Academy of Arts and Letters, on Audubon Terrace at Broadway and 155th Street. 

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

     Get out and get active during  Zumba with Grace, where every step is filled with energy, confidence, and joy.

     From Latin beats to high-energy cardio, this class is all about feeling good in your body and embracing your inner glow. Come ready to sweat, smile, and shine on the dance floor.

     Free. Saturday morning at 9:30 at the Anne Loftus Playground, in Fort Tryon Park’s Inwood edge. Weekly through September 12.

     Would you like to learn more about the neighborhood you call home?

     Interpreters from the Morris-Jumel Mansion bring New York history to life in a guided walking tour uncovering Uptown’s centuries-old history. It’s a 90-minute, one-mile mobile experience beginning at the  Mansion and ending at Trinity Cemetery on Broadway and 155th Street.

     Meet up with other WaHi residents, history buffs, and the occasional tourist looking for hidden gems of New York City. 

      $23.18. Resuming Saturday at 10:30 starting at the mansion in Lower WaHi, in Roger Morris Park. 

     Relax with the Riverside Brass Quintet and enjoy a program with music by George Gershwin, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jon Batiste, Will Aaronson, and more.

     The ensemble aims to redefine contemporary chamber music through novel performances, projects and collaboration. 

     The concert is outdoors, so pack a picnic and take a blanket. 

     Free. Saturday afternoon at 2 on Pat’s Lawn in Inwood Hill Park. Rain date: Sunday at 2.

     Enjoy some energetic dancing when an Uptown institution kicks off its Saturday series of summer salsa socials.

     Whether you’re a first-time dancer or experienced salsero, all levels are welcome. The session starts with 30 minutes of  introductory dance lessons, followed by an hour of open dance accompanied by live music.
     Registration is required. 

     Free. Saturday afternoon from 3:30 to 5 at the Hispanic Society of America, on Adubuon Terrace at Broadway and 155th Street. Also on September 26.

     Try your hand at interpreting medieval art.

     The open studio experience this month at the Cloisters features creatures of myth and Imagination. Through  artist-led demonstrations, drop-in art-making activities, and conversations with experts, you’ll  explore materials and process.

     For visitors of all ages. All materials are provided.

     Free with museum admission. Sunday afternoon from 1 to 4 at the museum in Fort Tryon Park. On the last Sunday of the month through December.

     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.

     Experience the sun like never before with astronomer Novaughn Miller on an afternoon of safe solar observation.

     Using specially filtered telescopes, you’ll get an up-close view of the sun’s surface while learning about sunspots, solar activity, and the science behind our closest star. All ages are welcome.

     The telescopes are equipped with certified solar filters, making the experience completely safe for your eyes. Dress for the weather, wear sunscreen, bring water, and consider a hat for sun protection.

     Rescheduled from last week’s rainy day. Sunday afternoon from 4:30 to 6 on the Cloisters Lawn in Fort Tryon Park. 

     Manhattan’s oldest surviving house is in need of some renovation. The $10 million exterior restoration and accessibility project broke ground at the Morris-Jumel Mansion last autumn.

     Among the decisions is the color of the exterior, with careful research of 261 years of paint layers. George Washington described the mansion as white, as did other contemporary writings. But as any bride can tell you, there isn’t just one color of white. Which is right? Take your pick from the August photo of shades under consideration, right.

     The windows were replaced in April. Testing the porch’s soundness is complete too. Roof work was intended to be completed in October, but delays may push back that expectation. 

     The mansion closed on December 1. We’ll keep posting its events, though they will be smaller in number.

     Extreme heat kills. More than 500 New Yorkers died prematurely last year from preventable heat illness. If you're elderly or have other health conditions like heart disease or asthma, you're at even higher risk, among other factors. 

     August is bringing high heat with it. Tips to stay comfortable in hot weather are here.

     To help New Yorkers who lack adequate cooling at home, the city opens cooling centers on days when the temperature is well above normal. Their hours vary, so check before heading to one. Here’s a list:

     Hudson Heights Agudath Israel Moriah Older Adult Luncheon Club, 90 Bennett Avenue

     Fort George Fort Washington Library, 535 West 179th Street

     Fort George Washington Heights Neighborhood Senior Center, 650 West 187th Street

     Fort George YM & YWCA of Washington Heights and Inwood, 54 Nagle Avenue

     Lower WaHi Highbridge Recreation Center, Highbridge Park at 2301 Amsterdam Avenue

     Find other cooling centers here.

     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.

     Explore old New York—really old New York. This occasional series covers topics back before street cars, when Inwood Valley was still agricultural, and sometimes looks further back. You can find out who lived here before Europeans arrived, and how the land appeared 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, September 1, at 7:30 at the Inwood Farm (though not at the farm in Inwood) on 218th Street at Indian Road. Often on the first Tuesday of the month.

     The Uptown Arts Stroll concluded in June, but the conversation continues.

     As we pause before Labor Day, forty-six Uptown artists gather to answer the question, America, the Beautiful? As you may suspect, there’s no single answer, and many of the artists’ points of view will fall outside the mainstream of America in its 250th year.

     Free. Wednesday evening, September 2, at 6 at the NoMAA Gallery in Fort George, on Broadway between 175th and 176th Streets.

     Lend a hand to help clean up Manhattan’s Hudson River shoreline. Volunteers will collect trash to keep the waterfront clean.

     The ninety-minute effort is organized by the Inwood Canoe Club and Friends of Inwood Hill Park.

     Trash bags, work gloves, latex gloves, and grabbers will be provided. Wear clothes to get wet in, and take a water bottle and a snack. The canoe club asks that you release it from its potential negligence before volunteering. 

     Free. Saturday morning, September 5, at 10:30 at the Inwood Canoe Club, where Dyckman Street meets the river—then look to your left. Final session of the year.

     Thrown in prison for a crime he did not commit, Edmond Dantes is confined to the grim fortress of If. There he learns of a great hoard of treasure hidden on the Isle of Monte Cristo and becomes determined not only to escape but to unearth the treasure and use it to plot the destruction of the three men responsible for his incarceration.

     A huge popular success when it was serialized in the 1840s, The Count of Monte Cristo was inspired by a real-life case of wrongful imprisonment. It led to Alexandre Dumas’ epic tale of suffering and retribution.

     Join a discussion of the book with fellow readers, and maybe even a few Francophones: Orders for copies en français are available.

     Free. Wednesday evening, September 9, at 6:30 at the Fountain Bookshop in Hudson Heights, on 187th Street.

     A creative improvised music series, Uptown Out  features musicians from Upper Manhattan and the Bronx. 

     Space is limited, so save your spot early.

     $10. Thursday night, September 10, at 7 at Recirculation, in Lower WaHi on Riverside Drive near 160th Street. Monthly on the second Thursday. 

     More than twenty-five years ago, The New Yorker published a piece of dining-out advice, “Don’t Eat before You Read This.”

     The author would soon become famous. Anthony Bourdain spared no one’s appetite as he revealed what happens behind the kitchen door. The article was a sensation, and the book that followed, Kitchen Confidential, became an even bigger sensation, a mega-bestseller with over one million copies in print. 

     Join fans of the book — or just curious foodies — for a discussion of the culinary classic.

     Free. Friday evening, September 11, at 6:30 at the Fountain Bookshop in Hudson Heights, on 187th Street.

     Few experiences compare with being on the open water in New York City. The rhythm of the waves, the sun on your face, and the exhilaration of slicing through the water all add up to an experience you’ll never forget.    

     The Urban Park Rangers will lead you on canoe adventures embarking from the Harlem River. Participants must be at least 8 years old and must have prior canoeing experience.

     Registration required. Registration opens Monday, August 31.

     Free. Saturday morning, September 12, at 10 in Inwood Hill Park near 218th Street and Indian Road.

     Explore the forest’s fungal networks on a guided trek.

     Mushrooms and other fungi live out of sight in the soil to towering canopies that are hundreds of years old. The Urban Park Rangers will show you how wildlife, plants, and all the micro ecosystems of the forest collaborate to persevere through major climactic change.  

     Wear comfortable shoes and take a bottle of water for this 90-minute excursion.

     Free. Saturday afternoon, September 12, at 1 in Inwood Hill Park; meet at Shorakkopach Rock. 

     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, September 12, from 1 to 3 in the Cloisters. On the second Saturday of the month.

     As a warm-up for the Inwood Jazz Festival, the Quartal Saxophonie Quartet will perform works by notable composers and artists including Julius Hemphill, Pixinguinha, Michael Blake, Baden Powell, and Gerry Dodgion.

     The ensemble’s name comes not from the size the group but a type of harmony, one built on perfect fourths. The harmony most of us are familiar with is built on thirds.

     Free. Saturday afternoon, September 12, at 3:30 at the Inwood Nature Center in Inwood Hill Park, near 218th Street and Indian Road.

     Stroll through the beautiful Heather Garden with the Urban Park Rangers to guide you on a tour of the flowers. You’ll also learn about the park’s history and the birds who visit and call it home.  

     At three acres, this garden is the largest public garden with unrestricted access in New York City and is home to over 500 varieties of plants.

     The tour lasts 90 minutes, so wear comfortable shoes and take a bottle of water.

     Free. Sunday afternoon, September 13, at 1 in Fort Tryon Park; meet at Margaret Corbin Circle, at the terminus of Fort Washington Avenue in Hudson Heights.

     Creative Uptowners are invited to connect, collaborate, and celebrate the arts at a mix and meet with visual artists, musicians, festival filmmakers, grantees, crew, writers, producers, and fundraisers of all types and talents.

     You’ll discover like-minded people who share common interests and passions. Free grilled hot dogs, water, and goodie bags are included as long as you register.

     Free. Monday night, September 14, from 7 to 9 at Happy Munkey Dispensary, in Inwood on Dyckman Street at the corner of Sherman Avenue. 

      Get ready to get your hips swaying to swing, salsa, and samba. 

      Don’t know the steps? Come for the dance lesson and stay for the concert. 

      Free. Wednesday evening, September 16, at 6 at the Anne Loftus Playground in Fort Tryon Park, on Broadway and Riverside Drive. Also on September 30.

     In this third program of the Still Here series, WildLine  celebrates ungovernable bodies, and the ways in which we are still here.

     The concert features fresh perspectives from installation artist Yiseul LeMieux, in collaboration with WildLine’s flute, cello and piano trio of Tessa Brinckman, Chris Gross and David Friend.

     WildLine is a new, project-based chamber music ensemble based in Uptown that imagines.

     Free. Thursday night, September 17, at 7:30 at Our Saviour’s Church of the Atonement, in Hudson Heights on Bennett Avenue at 189th Street.

     Toast the past at Brewing Up History: From Farm to Bar.

     When  you spend an evening learning about New York's agricultural roots, you’ll see how the production of beer and cider in early America connected the farm to the bar.

     At this fund-raiser at Manhattan’s last farm, you’ll enjoy unlimited tastings from Dyckman Beer Co. and Aaron Burr Cidery, light bites from local restaurants, and take home a souvenir tasting glass. 

     For ages 21+ only. IDs will be checked at the door.

     $55.20 early bird price; $71.21 after September 9. Friday evening. September 18, from 6 to 8 at the Dyckman Farmhouse Museum, in Inwood on Broadway at  204th Street.

     Sit in on an evening of deep lyricism and sublime musical exploration featuring Kevin Delaney, a veteran of New York’s post-punk and singer-songwriter scenes, and Rich Shemaria, a composer, arranger, and pianist extraordinaire.

     Delaney and Shemaria will highlight songs from their High Springs album as well as new tunes.

     Appropriate for young adults and up. Limited seating available. 

     $22.96. Friday night, September 18, at 7:30 in the Inwood Art Works Studio, on Seaman Avenue between 204th Street and Payson Avenue.

     You can already snap pretty pics with your cellphone. Would you like to learn how to take creative photographs?

     Join a photo walk with Paul Muratore, who will share techniques for better composition and lighting, and show you prime spots for memorable scenes in Uptown’s crown jewel of a park. Wear comfortable shoes for this two-hour trek and take a bottle of water.

     Free. Saturday morning, September 19, at 10:00 in Fort Tryon Park; meet at Margaret Corbin Circle in Hudson Heights.

     Learn about the natural roots of instruments used in Spanish and Latin American music with the Urban Park Rangers.

     This event honors Hispanic Heritage Month by showing some of the ways nature is used to craft instruments such as strings, woodwinds and percussion. Instruments featured will include the flamenco guitar from Spain, congas, and claves.

     Free. Saturday morning, September 19, at 11 in Inwood Hill Park, near 218th Street and Indian Road.

     Step inside The People’s Theatre: Centro Cultural Inmigrante and experience the organization’s new home in motion.

     During the open house, you can explore performances, workshops, open classes, interactive theater, backstage tours, family activities, and visit with artists, neighbors, and community partners.

     You’ll be among the first to enjoy Liquid Highway, a monumental new mural by the acclaimed Brooklyn Dominican artist Scherezade Garcia. The day culminates with a concert by Jazz Power Initiative.

     Free. Saturday afternoon, September 19, at 2, with the concert at 5 at the Centro Cultural Inmigrante in Inwood on 206th Street between 9th and 10th Avenues.

      This year’s Inwood Jazz Festival includes workshops, a family concert, and jam sessions in Uptown’s northernmost neighborhood.

     It starts with a pre-festival jam session with Daniel Sky on Saturday evening, September 19, from 5 to 7 at Liffy II Bar on Broadway just above Isham Park (near 213th Street). 

     The festival then kicks off with a Senegalese dance workshop featuring Lamine Thiam on Sunday morning, September 20, at 10:30 in Inwood Hill Park near the Nature Center; enter from 218th Street and Indian Road. 

     Main stage performances start at noon and continue until 5. 

     The after-festival jam session features Melvin “Tiger” Vines at 5:30 at Inwood Farm (not to be confused with the farm in Inwood), on 218th Street and Indian Road.

     Resilience, the theme for this season’s Washington Heights Chamber Orchestra concerts, explores the enduring strength of the human spirit in the face of challenge, change, and renewal.

     The concerts celebrate perseverance by highlighting composers and their works that break barriers, speak up, and search for hope. The season opens Breaking Barriers, a program of bold artistic voices who challenged the expectations of their time.

     $53.25 for the season; discounts for seniors and students. Saturday night, September 19, at 7 at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church of the Atonement in Hudson Heights, on Bennett Avenue at 179th Street.

     Honor George Washington and the dinner he held with his staff in the room where it happened. In the photo is the room where Washington slept in the mansion.  

     The meal commemorates our first president and his administration. It also serves as a fund-raiser for the museum, which is undergoing a transformational renovation.

     $260; guests, $295. Thursday evening, September 24, at 6 at Riverside Church, in Morningside Heights on Claremont Avenue at between 120th Street and Seminary Row.

     Take part in the inaugural Sæbø film festival, an outdoor, two-day celebration of live music and short films by emerging and established local filmmakers.

     Like its namesake village on the Norwegian fjords, the festival promises to be quirky. You’ll find a parking lot cleared of cars and transformed into an open-air cinema as the site’s massive brick wall becomes a 50-foot-wide screen.

     Four filmmakers’ work will be showcased.

     Free. Thursday and Friday evenings, September 24 and 25, with music starting at 6 in the parking lot at the corner of Payson Avenue and Dyckman Street. If you’re following GPS, the street address is 1815 Riverside Drive (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints), and the parking lot is to the north.

     A fearless, funny, and moving play about a father turned activist, GUAC explores the aftermath of the Parkland shooting.

     Manuel Oliver, the playwright and performer, channels his love, loss, and rage after his son Joaquin “Guac” Oliver was killed in the Florida attack. From pepperoni bacon pizza to air guitar solos, Oliver paints a portrait of a vibrant life cut short—and a father’s relentless fight for a better future. In Spanish and English.

     $35 to $65. Previews on Friday–Sunday and Thursday nights, September 25–27 and 30, at 7:30; then Thursday through Saturday nights, October 1–3, and Wednesday through Saturday nights, October 7 through 10, at 7:30, with matinees on Saturday and Sunday afternoons, October 2, 3, and 10, at 2, at the Centro Cultural Inmigrante in Inwood on 206th Street between 9th and 10th Avenues.

     Raise your voice in peaceful protest. 

     Learn how to make a joyful noise that promotes justice for society, singing in the Civil Rights tradition. No experience is required for this 90-minute session.

     Free. Saturday afternoon, September 26, at 4 at the Frances Cabrini Shrine in Hudson Heights, on Fort Washington Avenue below 190th Street.

     A community concert features the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with arrangements by Gilbert Dejean.

     Take your family and meet new friends while enjoying classical music performed by the Inwood Chamber Players.

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

     $12.31 to $28.29. Sunday afternoon, September 27, at 2 at the Church of the Good Shepherd, in Inwood on Broadway at Isham Street.

     It’s a classic that’s absolutely worth seeing on the big screen.

     In Sunset Boulevard, a screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star who’s determined to make a triumphant return.

     As Robert Ebert wrote, “In one of the greatest of all film performances, [Gloria] Swanson’s Norma Desmond skates close to the edge of parody; Swanson takes enormous chances with theatrical sneers and swoops and posturings, holding Norma at the edge of madness for most of the picture, before letting her slip over.”

     Starring William Holden, Swanson, and Eric von Stroheim. Directed by Billy Wilder. Are you ready for your close-up?

     $12.72. Sunday afternoon, September 27, at 3 at the United Palace in Lower WaHi, on Broadway at 175th Street.

     Bloom Readings returns with two gatherings this autumn.

     The details are still being worked out, but you can expect to hear from local authors sharing new work.

     Sunday evening, September 27, at a time to be announced later in The Lounge of Hudson View Gardens, in Hudson Heights on Pinehurst Avenue at 183rd Street. Also on November 1.

     In Ted Bushman’s musical Pocket Universe, sixteen-year-old June lives an idyllic life with her father in a picture-perfect suburban town. What she doesn’t know is that her dad is actually a wizard—and that six years ago, he created the town inside a pocket universe to protect her from something terrifying.

      Sit in on a reading of the musical to find out what June finds out. Organized by Sæbø Arts, which is building a quirky reputation as a champion of the arts.

      Registering gets you in the room: info@saebo.org.

      Free. Thursday night, October 1, at 7 in Inwood at 4700 Broadway (between Dongan Place and Arden Street), Apartment 6F.

     The Broadway icons Robin de Jesús and Linedy Genao come Uptown for a cabaret performance celebrating the music, memories, and mischief that make New York feel like home.

     This Uptown Cabaret is part Broadway concert, part Latin music fever dream, and part family party with a playlist that moves from Juan Gabriel to Sunday in the Park with George. 

     $45 to $75. Monday night, October 5, at 7:30 at the Centro Cultural Inmigrante in Inwood on 206th Street between 9th and 10th Avenues.

     Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes, creators of the Tony Award-winning musical In The Heights, sit for a conversation.

     Ahead of New York City Center’s gala production of In the Heights, the pair revisit the production’s journey from WaHi to Broadway and its lasting influence on American theater and popular culture. 

     Free, but reservations are required. Tuesday night, October 13, at 7:30 at the Centro Cultural Inmigrante in Inwood on 206th Street between 9th and 10th Avenues.

     UPtown Theater’s annual fundraiser takes place in the neighborhood’s newest theater. 
     The Onward and Upward Gala celebrates the troupe and honors its person of the year (who will be named over the summer). 

      Wine, food, music, raffles, and auctions make the event festive, and you’ll get to explore the stunning, new cultural facility that another troupe, the People’s Theatre, calls home.

     $89.90 through August, then $131.60. Friday evening, October 16, at 6 at the Centro Cultural Inmigrante in Inwood on 206th Street between 9th and 10th Avenues.

      Join the conversation.

      The People’s Theatre: Centro Cultural Immigrante hosts Wayfinding: Señas del Camino, an opportunity for Uptown artists and their supporters to meet and discuss the future.

      Details to follow.

      Sunday, October 17, at a time to be announced later at the Centro Cultural Inmigrante in Inwood on 206th Street between 9th and 10th Avenues.

      Experience the beloved 1984 classic film Ghostbusters as you never have. At this screening the music will be performed on stage by an orchestra.

     The film will presented on a large HD cinema screen, fully synced to a live performance of Academy Award-winning composer Elmer Berstein’s score.

     $53.76 to $80.64. Saturday night, October 17, at 8 at the United Palace, in Lower WaHi on Broadway at 175th Street.

     Step inside the historic cottage at Fort Tryon Park for a rare opportunity to explore one of the park’s original structures.

     Built as the gatehouse for the early twentieth-century Billings Estate, the cottage now serves as the offices for NYC Parks and the Fort Tryon Park Conservancy. Drop by to learn about the building’s architecture, its connection to the Billings Estate, and its continuing role in the stewardship of the park.

     The open house is part of Open House New York.

     Free. Sunday, October 18, from noon to 4 in the cottage on the path where Cabrini Boulevard meets Margarget Corbin Circle in Hudson Heights.

     Join the fun at a block party celebrating alegría: joy.

     Hosted by the People’s Theatre: Centro Cultural Immigrante, the second annual Uptown fall festival offers games, food, and fun.

     Details to follow.

     Saturday, October 24, at a time to be announced later in Inwood, on 206th Street between 9th and 10th Avenues.

     It’s time to get back to standard time and stop saving daylight.

     This is when we gain an hour, so set your clocks and watches back an hour—unless they’re bluetoothed, Wi-Fi’ed, ethernetted or otherwise connected to the cloud—and get ready for brighter mornings.

     Sunday morning, November 1, at 2.

     The JACK Quartet and violinist Keir GoGwilt explore an essential New York composer’s hypnotic sound.

     The meditative, time-stretching works of Morton Feldman (1926–1987) endure 100 years after his birth for their muted beauty and radical innovation. Join the ensemble for a performance of one of Feldman’s final works, Violin and String Quartet (1985). The expansive experiment in duration and instrumental conversation is set against the medieval splendor of the 12th-century Fuentidueña Chapel.

     $70. Saturday afternoon, November 12, at 2 at the Cloisters in Fort Tryon Park.

     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 re-creation brings history to life with a dramatic live battle reenactment, eighteenth-century demonstrations, and hands-on activities for all ages.

     In addition to skirmishes between the Redcoats and the rebels, you’ll enjoy blacksmiths demonstrating traditional craftsmanship, live eighteenth-century music, and guided battlefield tours with reenactors in full costume. You may even meet Margaret Corbin, in the painting at left, and find out how she become the namesake of a park entrance.

     You can even dress in your colonial best and immerse yourself in the past. Pack a picnic lunch and enjoy an autumn afternoon celebrating your local history.

     Free. Sunday, November 15, from noon to 3 on the café lawn in Fort Tryon Park; enter from Margaret Corbin Circle in Hudson Heights.

     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 is part of the Old-Growth Forest Network, a recognized landscape of protected, old-growth, native forests.

     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 meet-up spot shared with the participants.

     Join a celebration of emerging playwrights at the New Horizons Play Reading Festival. The theme is bravery / valor.

     Hosted by the People’s Theatre. 

     Details to follow. Wednesday and Thursday, December 2 and 3, at the Centro Cultural Immigrante, in Inwood on 206th Street between 9th and 10th Avenues.

    The winter holidays come alive with voices echoing off a Renaissance cloister’s resplendent stone halls.

     Celebrate the 20th anniversary of the acclaimed quartet New York Polyphony with a performance that spans a millennium of seasonal music in the twelfth-century Fuentidueña Chapel, one of the city’s most resonant rooms. 

     $95. Two performances: Saturday afternoon, December 5, at 2 and 4 at the Cloisters in Fort Tryon Park.

     Experience the largest production of The Nutcracker in North America. It’s a breathtaking holiday spectacle featuring  international dancers, gravity-defying acrobatics, magnificent costumes, and towering puppets.

     Set to Tchaikovsky’s indelible score, the grand production has become an annual treasure.

     $49.50 to $213.40. Saturday evening, December 5, at 5:45 at the United Palace, in Lower WaHi on Broadway at 175th Street.

     Old and new sounds come together when you hear the crystalline voices of Trio Mediæval, the Grammy-nominated Norwegian vocal ensemble. The group’s vast repertoire stretches from the earliest sacred and folk traditions to brand-new works written especially for them.

     Old and new collide in this holiday concert, set in one of the city’s most sonically satisfying spaces: the glorious twelfth-century Fuentidueña Chapel.

     $95. Two performances: Sunday afternoon, December 6, at 2 and 4 at 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.

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

     Resilience, the theme for this season’s Washington Heights Chamber Orchestra concerts, explores the enduring strength of the human spirit in the face of challenge, change, and renewal.

     The concerts celebrate perseverance by highlighting composers and their works that break barriers, speak up, and search for hope. The winter chamber concert features unyielding voices, highlighting both individuals and musical works that endure across time.

     $53.25 for the season; discounts for seniors and students. Saturday night, January 16, at 7 at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church of the Atonement in Hudson Heights, on Bennett Avenue at 179th Street.

     Resilience, the theme for this season’s Washington Heights Chamber Orchestra concerts, explores the enduring strength of the human spirit in the face of challenge, change, and renewal.

     The concerts celebrate perseverance by highlighting composers and their works that break barriers, speak up, and search for hope.  The season concludes with Harboring Hope, a celebration of the many ways music can sustain, uplift, and unite.

     $53.25 for the season; discounts for seniors and students. Saturday night, April 17, at 7 at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church of the Atonement in Hudson Heights, on Bennett Avenue at 179th Street.

     Listen to advanced students from Juilliard’s Historical Performance department perform historical music on period instruments.

     The concert engages in conversation that explores connections with the Museum’s collection.

     Free with museum admission. Friday morning, May 7, at 11 at the Cloisters in Fort Tryon Park.

     A shapeshifting, collaborative baroque ensemble comes Uptown with its playful approach to early music.

     Ruckus performs with soprano Song Hee Lee (the recent Grand Finals winner at The Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition) in a program featuring the cantatas of Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre.

     Saturday and Sunday, May 8 and 9, at times to be announced next year, at the Cloisters in Fort Tryon Park.

     Join the Shorewalkers on a hike to Bear Mountain.

     On this Memorial Day trek, you’ll take the first of two parts of the walk, this one starting at Batter Park and ending on the other side of the George Washington Bridge.

     The hike continues on Independence Day, when it starts at the GWB in Fort Lee, descends 400 steps, and continues north along the Palisades to your destination.

     Registration info will come in the spring.

     Monday morning, May 31, at a place and time shared with registrants.

     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 2026 celebration was led by Louis Mofsie and the Thunderbird American Indian Dancers with Host Drums Heyna Second Sons. The Mohawk Elder Tom Porter gave the opening Thanksgiving Address and ceremonial Tree of Peace Planting.
     Free. Usually on the first Sunday from 11 to 6 in Inwood Hill Park at Indian Road and 218th Street.

     Artek performs L’Amfiparnaso,  a rowdy, madrigal comedy by Orazio Vecchi (1597). The concert also features elegant madrigals for a hilarious and touching entertainment.

     The encsemble’s singers will perform with accompaniment from strings and myriad continuo instruments.

     Free. Saturday evening, June 5, at 5 at the Church of the Intercession, in Lower WaHi on Broadway at 155th Street.

     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.