The Air Quality Index today dropped this morning to Level Red (between 151 and 200), which is unhealthy for everyone. Take care when you are outdoors: Avoid strenuous work and excercise. As serious as Level Red is, it’s an improvement. We had been in Level Purple (between 201 and 300).

     To protect your health, free KN95 masks are available at public library branches and police stations. The nearest library is in Fort George, down 179th Street between St. Nicholas and Audubon Avenues, and the 34th Precinct station is on Broadway at 183rd Street. Find more mask distribution sites at on.nyc.gov/freemask.

     On top of the air, there’s the temperature. 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. 

     July 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.

      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 in Hudson Heights.

     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.

     Fort George Henge: Monday at dawn and dusk.

     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.

     Summer Shorts presents an hour of films from this spring’s Inwood Film Festival.

     It features a selection of  award-winning and poignant shorts that showcase the resilience, creativity, and multi-cultural diversity of Northern Manhattan. Appropriate for families.

     Reservations are required. The outdoor screening is part of Inwood Art Works’ summer Films al Fresco series. Before the film starts, enjoy a rock ’n’ roll concert by Edge at 7:30.

     Free. Monday night at 8 at The Hudson, in Inwood where Dyckman Street meets the river. 

     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. 

     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. 

     Jhanique Lovejoy is a New York maker of images whose practice engages through the lens of race and culture.

     Lovejoy is known for her portrayals of her relationships as a queer Jamaican American artist, encompassing both familial and romantic connections. She uses alternative processes, collage, and insights from her musicological studies, Lovejoy explores the themes of family archives, love, and the preservation of Black family history. 

     Free. 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.

     Hone your skills at drawing en plein air when you go to the park for inspiration. 

     You’ll explore dry media in four weekly workshops facilitated by the artist Reynaldo García Pantaleón. Supplies are included in the tuition.

     $60. Wednesday evening from 5:30 to 7. Meet at Word Up Community Bookshop / Librería Comunitaria, in Lower WaHi on Amsterdam Avenue and 165th Street. Weekly through August 5.

      Perched above the corner of Broadway at 204th Street sits a Dutch Colonial-style farmhouse. Built around 1784, it was home to the Dyckman family for almost a century.

     In 1916 it opened as a museum and continues to serve the neighborhood in a half-acre park, a reminder of early Manhattan.

     Its good works are supported by the Dyckman Farmhouse Museum Alliance. To celebrate group’s 15 years of programming, Uptowners are invited to join a gathering to acknowledge all those who have made the museum possible.

     Free. Wednesday evening at 6 in the farmhouse’s garden in Inwood. 

     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.

     If you enjoy science fiction, you’ll want to stop by the Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book Bash & Book Giveaway.

     The event is inspired by The City We Became, by N. K. Jemisin. Get there early and you’ll receive a free copy of the book. (One book per person.) Stay for the reading party with activities, giveaways, and socializing.

     Free. Thursday afternoon from 2 to 3 at the Fort Washington branch of the public library, in Fort George on 179th Street between St. Nicholas and Audubon Avenues. Take part in a discussion of Jemisin’s book on July 30 at the Inwood branch (see below).

     A Man for All Seasons follows the English statesman Sir Thomas More, who defied King Henry VIII after Henry rejected the Roman Catholic Church to divorce and remarry.

     The 1966 film will be screened outdoors and stars Paul Scofield, Orson Welles, Robert Shaw, John Hurt, and Susannah York.

     Space is limited; you must reserve your spot. Take a blanket or lawn chairs.

     Free. Friday night at 8:30 at the Frances Cabrini Shrine in Hudson Heights, on Fort Washington Avenue just below 190th Street.

     Wolfgang Petersen's ripping sea adventure charts the real-life-and-death struggle of the Andrea Gail, a Massachusetts swordfishing boat caught in a huge mess of weather.

     The Perfect Storm was the result of three converging weather systems in the North Atlantic. George Clooney is the valiant skipper, with Mark Wahlberg as a dedicated mate. Rated PG-13.

     Take a blanket and snacks.

     Free. Friday night at 8:30 at the Dyckman Marina in Inwood Hill Park. 

    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. Saturdays at 10:30 and 1:30 starting at the mansion in Lower WaHi, in Roger Morris Park. Through August. No 1:30 tour on August 8 or 29. No tours on July 25 or August 22. 

     Calliope Brass returns to Uptown to perform pop and jazz favorites alongside selections from their latest album, Second Nature.    

     The concert is part of the Washington Heights Chamber Orchestra’s outdoor summer picnic series, informal performances throughout the neighborhood. Pack a picnic, and take blanket or chairs.

     Free. Saturday afternoon at 4 near the flag pole in Bennet Park, in Hudson Heights on Fort Washington Avenue at 183rd Street.

     Enjoy an outdoor performance at a family farm.

     The back porch concert features live music and music for everyone. 

     Free. Saturday evening at 5 at the Dyckman Farmhouse Museum, in Inwood on Broadway at 204th Street.

     A new one act play, Uptown Boys, tells the story of for WaHi men.

     Played by Frank Nibbs, Vincent Saia, Jonathan Ellers, and Tuto Taveras, the drama by Adrian Miranda presents a raw, funny, and moving urban drama. Set around a living room table in the neighborhood, the bilingual one-act play captures the sharp wit, buried trauma, and unbreakable bonds of lifelong brotherhood.

     The run time is 30 minutes.

     $22.52. Saturday evening at 5 and 6 at the Inwood Art Works Studio, on Seaman Avenue between 204th Street and Payson Avenue. Also on July 25.

     Discover anew Uptown’s crown jewel with you join the renowned naturalist, mapmaker, and urban explorer Ken Chaya for a guided walk discovering landscapes, wildlife, and rich history.

     Chaya will show you varied landscapes and seasonal flora. Along the way, he’ll share insights into the ecology, history, and design of one of the city’s most remarkable green spaces.

     Free. Sunday morning at 10 in Fort Tryon Park; meet at Margaret Corbin Circle, in Hudson Heights at the terminus of Fort Washington Avenue.

     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.

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

     The acessibility project continues to

face unforeseen delays becase the roof shingles are inconsistent roof shingles, as shown in the July photo to the right (along with a sample of the gray and worn shingle that’s being replaced). As a landmark building, every decision regarding the structure is carefully managed to meet standards of historic accuracy, quality, and durability. Roof work was intended to be completed in October. The delays may push back that expectation. 

     Among the decisions is the color of the exterior, with careful research of 261 years of paint layers. Was the building originally white? That’s under investigation. 

     Scaffolding still surrounds the front porch columns, and the windows were replaced in April. Testing the porch’s soundness is complete too.

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

     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.

     On the Lower East Side, Dominican teen and aspiring ladies’ man has nothing but girls on his mind in Raising Victor Vargas (2003), a touching coming-of-age film.

     Part of the Film Works Al Fresco series, the screening will be proceeded with a concert by Curtis Turney and his Afro-Caribbean Septet.

     Free. Monday night, July 20, at 7:30 at the Hudson, in Inwood where Dyckman Street meets the river.

     The eleventh year of Bruce’s Garden summer readings includes fiction, non-fiction, and a memoir.

     Leslie Day is this year’s Sid Horenstein Memorial Reader. Dr. Day is an accomplished and prolific writer about the natural world, particularly in New York City. She will read from and discuss her latest book, River–A Hudson Memoir, a love letter to the city, its famous waterway, as well as the environment around us and the people who shape it.

     Free. Wednesday evening, July 22, with refreshments at 6:30 and the reading at 7 in Isham Park at Bruces’s Garden, in Inwood across from 10 Park Terrace East (not West!), near 215th 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.

     Uptown artists are invited to connect, collaborate, and celebrate at a mixer to meet and mingle with visual artists, musicians, festival filmmakers, grantees, writers, producers, and fundraisers of all types and talents.

     You’ll discover like-minded people who share common interests and passions. Raise a glass and support the Uptown arts scene. 

     Light food, and beer, wine, water, and soda will be available at a cash bar. Registration required.

     Free. Thursday night, July 23, at 7 at the Inwood Art Works Studio on Seaman Avenue between 204th Street and Payson Avenue. If you can’t make it Thursday, join fellow artists at their monthly get-together on Audubon Terrace on Friday (below). 

     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, July 24, at 6 at the American Academy of Arts and Letters, on Audubon Terrace at Broadway and 155th Street. On the last Friday of summer months.

     A food systems researcher discusses his new book, North Stars of Emancipation: California’s Diverse Food and Farming Movements in Times of Racial Reckoning. Antonio Roman-Alcalá explains how greater racial inclusion can propel movements forward and help realize sustainable change, through the eyes of a longtime political organizer and researcher.

     $5 donation. Friday night, July 24, at 7 at Recirculation, in Lower WaHi on Riverside Drive near 160th Street.

     Discover the biodiversity of an Uptown hidden gem with the Urban Park Rangers, who will highlight the birds, mammals, and other wildlife that call this Muscota Marsh their home.

     The excursion honors City of Water Day.

     Free. Saturday afternoon, July 25, at 1 at the march in Inwood, on 218th Street and Indian Road.

     Explore el concepto de naturaleza a través de la arquitectura y el arte de The Met Cloisters en Español.

     Conozca cómo el misterio de las flores que brotaban cada primavera dentro de un espacio claustral desató enfrentamientos entre emperadores, artistas, papas y poetas, y dio lugar a obras como la Divina comedia de Dante, centrada en la cuestión del verdadero origen de la vida.

     Atención: el aforo es limitado y se completará por orden de llegada.

     Gratuito con la entrada al Museo. Sábado, 25 de julio, 2–2:45 p.m.

     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, July 25, from 3:30 to 5 at the Hispanic Society of America, on Adubuon Terrace at Broadway and 155th Street. Also on August 29, and September 26.

     Enjoy some colonial revelry at a recreation of an eighteenth-century tavern. 

     The fun takes place in a home of the era, Manhattan’s oldest standing house and the location of “the room where it happened.” Open bar, live music, tavern games, and tours of the mansion are all included.

     $50 and up. Saturday evening, July 25, at 6 at the Morris-Jumel Mansion, in Lower WaHi in Roger Morris Park.

     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, July 26, from 1 to 4 at the museum in Fort Tryon Park. On the last Sunday of the month through December.

     Looking for the Bourbon, Brews, and Blues fundraiser?

     Originally scheduled for July 26, it’s been postponed to August 23. Same hours, same features, and the same price.

     Details below, in the August listings.

     It’s inconceivable that you haven’t seen The Princess Bride on a screen of proportions as epic as the tale’s.

     When a bedridden boy’s grandfather reads him the story of a farmboy-turned-pirate, we are all entranced by the story of obstacles, enemies, and allies in his quest to be reunited with his true love. Starring Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, and Mandy Patinkin. Directed by Rob Reiner. Written by William Goldman. 

     $12.72. Sunday evening, July 26, at 5 at the United Palace in Lower WaHi, on Broadway at 175th Street.

     Ernest Bloch (1880–1959), a Swiss musician who moved to Oregon, composed music that reflects Jewish cultural themes and European post-Romantic traditions. 

     The cellist Martin Fett performs Bloch compositions at this concert.

     $20, at the door only. Sunday night, July 26, at 7 at the Inwood Art Works Studio on Broadway between 204th Street and Payson Avenue. 

     As formally audacious as it is narratively brilliant, Alfred Hitchcock’s Rope connects a powerful ensemble in service of a darkly satisfying crime thriller. Famous for Hitchcock’s decision to make the film appear to be shot in one take, it stars Jimmy Stewart. From 1948.

     Part of the Film Works Al Fresco series, the screening will be proceeded with a concert by the Cinema Quartet.

     Free. Monday night, July 27, at 7:30 at the Hudson, in Inwood where Dyckman Street meets the river.

     Join fellow science fiction readers to discuss The City We Became, by N. K. Jemisin.

     Copies of the book are currently available for borrowing at the Inwood Library. You may also reserve a physical copy of this book to pick up at any library branch.

     For adults 18 and older. Register online to secure your seat.

     Free. Thursday evening, July 30, at 5:30 at the Inwood branch of the public library on Broadway between Dyckman and Academy 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, August 1, at 10:30 at the Inwood Canoe Club, where Dyckman Street meets the river—then look to your left. On the first Saturday of the month through September.

     You may know it as the Little Red Lighthouse, but there’s a bit of history to the Uptown landmark.

      Erected in 1880 and moved to its current site in 1921, the Jeffrey’s Hook lighthouse became widely known through the children’s literary landmark The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge. 

     Rediscover the history of this unique structure at an open house. Expect a crowd: You may need to queue for access due capacity limits. 

     Free. Saturday afternoon, August 1, from 1 to 3 in Fort Washington Park; enter the park via the overpass near Plaza Lafayette in Hudson Heights, on 181st Street and Riverside Drive. Entry ends at 2:45.

     The principal bass player of the Washington Heights Chamber Orchestra, Milad Daniari, will be joined by friends for an afternoon of music.

     Make it a night out: pack a picnic and take a blanket. 

     Free. Saturday evening, August 1, at 5 at the Dyckman Farmhouse Museum, in Inwood on Broadway at 204th Street. In case of rain, the concert moves to Our Saviour’s Church of the Atonement, in Hudson Heights on Bennett Avenue at 179th Street.

     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, August 4, 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.

     Enjoy the sounds of the eighteenth annual Stan Michels Jazz Festival, the concert that opens the outdoor jazz season in Uptown parks.

     Headlining the event is Marjorie Eliot and her Ensemble. Celebrated citywide for her legendary Parlor Jazz concerts, Eliot has created a cultural haven for jazz lovers in her apartment. She brings that spirit to the festival every summer.

     Free. Saturday, August 8, from 1 to 4 in Fort Tryon Park on the Stan Michels Promenade. The other jazz festivals are in Roger Morris Park on August 22 and 23, and in Inwood Hill Park on September 20.

     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, August 8, from 1 to 3 in the Cloisters. On the second Saturday of the month.

     When two metro reporters showed how the leader of the free world tried to upend democracy, the president took responsibility and resigned.

     Their story is memorably told in All the President’s Men, the filmed version of the book by Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein. The pair uncovered the details of the Watergate scandal that led to Nixon's downfall, screened 52 years to the day he unceremoniously left the White House.

     Starring Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, and Jack Warden. Directed by Alan J. Pakula. Written by Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward, and William Goldman. 

     $12.72. Sunday afternoon, August 9, at 3 at the United Palace, in Lower WaHi on Broadway at 175th 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, August 13, at 7 at Recirculation, in Lower WaHi on Riverside Drive near 160th Street. Monthly on the second Thursday. 

     Uptown is known for its love of jazz and jazz festivals. 

     Join Marjorie Elliot on the piano for Jazz at the Mansion, one of the neighborhood’s rites of summer. Musicians from around town and from across the region perform outdoors on the lawn of Manhattan’s oldest standing house.

     Take lawn chairs or a blanket.

     Free. Saturday and Sunday, August 22 and 23, at times to be announced later at the Morris-Jumel 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, John 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, August 29, at 2 on Pat’s Lawn in Inwood Hill Park. Rain date: Sunday at 2.

     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.

     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.

      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.

     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.

     Thursday evening, September 24, at a time to be announced later at the Morris-Jumel Mansion in Lower WaHi in Roger Morris Park.

     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 Richard 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 28, at 3 at the United Palace in Lower WaHi, on Broadway at 175th Street.

      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.

     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.

     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.

     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.

     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 celebration will be led by Louis Mofsie and the Thunderbird American Indian Dancers with Host Drums Heyna Second Sons. Mohawk Elder, Tom Porter, will give 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.