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)—and led by health experts from the Columbia Medical Center. 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.

     Join Jazz WaHi for a fun, family-friendly performance and jam session. Musicians of all levels welcome to sit in.

     Take a chair or blanket pack a picnic, and enjoy live music outdoors. The house band includes Louise Rogers, voice; Mark Kross, piano; Ethan O’Reilly, bass; and Kaori Yamada, drums. 

     Free. Wednesday afternoon at 4 in Bennett Park in Hudson Heights, near the corner at Fort Washington Avenue at 183rd Street. Final week.

     Kiss had a level of stardom unprecedented in the late ’70s. Not just best-selling albums and hit singles, but Kiss characters in Marvel comics, Kiss action figures, and all sorts of Kiss merchandise.

     A movie seemed the natural next step, so Kiss teamed with kids’ animation powerhouse Hanna-Barbera for one of the strangest rock band vehicle movies ever made.

     Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park (1978) plays very much like a live-action episode of Scooby-Doo, with songs by Kiss. Kiss founder Paul Stanley was born Stanley Bert Eisen and was raised in Inwood, at 531 West 211th Street. 

     The feature will preceded by Supaidâman (Spider-Man), directed by Koîchi Takemoto, a 1978 Japanese theatrical short with a very unusual take on the action hero. Spider-Man co-creator Stan Lee spent his formative years on Fort Washington Avenue, and could often be found watching adventure films at the Loew’s 175th Street Theater, now known as the United Palace.

     $17.64. Wednesday night at 7:30 at the Inwood Art Works Studio, on Seaman Avenue at 204th Street.

     On Thursdays, this stretch of Lower WaHi transforms into a bustling marketplace overflowing with fresh local fruits and vegetables. It’s a spot for the neighborhood to find farm-fresh produce, Mexican specialty products, bread, pies and scones made with local flour. 

     Greenmarket’s farmers and fishers come from parts of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, and New England, providing a bountiful array of fresh foods.

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

    In The Game features interlocking shows by Christopher Williams (b. 1956, Los Angeles), Monika Baer (b. 1964, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany), Aria Dean (b. 1993, Los Angeles), and Abraham Cruzvillegas (b. 1968, Mexico City). The collaboration unfolds like a game of exquisite corpse. Through July 2.
     Yoshitaka Amano (b. 1952, Shizuoka, Japan) has been drawing for as long as he can remember. The works in this exhibition draw on the visual language he developed creating character illustrations for anime and video games. Through February 7.

     Thursdays through Sundays from noon to 5 at the Academy on Audubon Terrace, on Broadway at 155th Street.

     Peter Stuyvesant is often credited with laying the foundations for what became New York City. Today, the Dutchman in is celebrated all around town with statues, neighborhoods in his name, and even a cigarette brand.

     Yet he was also a trader and owner of enslaved Africans in the United States. Bolstered by his fortune and his influence, he sold enslaved people at public auction, held and expressed deeply antisemitic views, violently oppressed the Lenape, and actively suppressed religious minorities.

     The Dutch artist Kasper Klop asked himself: What is my responsibility to reckon with this history as a Dutch person, and what would happen if the full story got told, rather than a partial one, as so often happens in our commemorative landscape?

     Klop answers his question with the installation Spot P. 

     Meet Klop at the opening night reception at 6. Save your spot here.

     Free with museum admission. Opening Thursday evening at 6 at the Dyckman Farmhouse Museum, in Inwood on Broadway at 204th Street.

     Investigate paranormal activity behind the scaffolding.

     In this special series of investigations, you’ll get a peak into Manhattan’s oldest remaining residence for a different kind of investigation after the construction crews leave.

     Over many years, changes to the physical interior and exterior have caused reported shifts in the paranormal activity experienced in the Mansion. With extended access during this current period of change, you may get to the bottom of the question: “If there are ghosts in the Morris-Jumel Mansion, what do they think of the restoration?”

     For ghost hunters ages 18 and over only.

     $71.21 and up. Friday and Halloween nights at 7 at the Morris-Jumel Mansion on Jumel Terrace. Also on November 6 and 7.

    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.

     Looking for a Halloween event that doesn’t feature costumes and candy? Join the Urban Park Rangers on an after-dark hike.

     This walk through the trees and hills will take you past bats, bones, and owls. The haunted night’s lore make for a perfect night hike.

     Wear comfortable shoes for this 90-minute hike in case you need to run away from monsters. Or just carry garlic.

     Free. Saturday afternoon at 4 in Inwood Hill Park; meet near 218th Street and Indian Road.

     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 at 2.

     Explore the ancient tulip tree forest in Manhattan’s only untouched forest with the Urban Park Rangers.

     This 90-minute hike will teach you about the Lenape’s deep connection to the landscape. The walk highlights rock shelters, cultural history, and traditional plant knowledge rooted in Native American heritage.

     Free. Sunday morning at 11 in Inwood Hill Park; meet near Seaman Avenue and Isham Street.

     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 Inwood Pumpkin Pageant returns for its lucky thirteenth edition.

     Take your carved jack o’ lantern to on All Souls’ Day and light them up for a family-friendly community display. Vote for your favorite designs to see if they will win the coveted Blue Ribbon!

     For older kids, pumpkin smashing starts at 7:30, which prepares the rotting gourds for composting, keeping them out of the landfills.

     Free. Sunday evening at 5 in Isham Park, in Inwood at Isham Street and Seaman Avenue.

     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 in autumn 2025.

     After months of delays, the first and critical stage of the mansion’s renovation started in September when Siena contractors began installing a new roof with cedar shingles.

     Track the renovation and learn more about the mansion’s past with an interactive website. By using photography, archival research, stakeholder interviews, and annotating architectural drawings, students at the Spitzer School of Architecture at City College are drafting a story map rich in detail about the Mansion’s renovation and its history. 

     Moving ahead, 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.

New date

     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. 

     $25 to $75. Monday night, November 2, at 7:30 at the Centro Cultural Inmigrante in Inwood on 206th Street between 9th and 10th Avenues.

     The Washington Heights Jazz Festival returns.

     It opens with a performance by Marc Daine’s Django Nouveau, featuring Rob Thomas and Jazz Manouche. Friday evening, November 6, at 6 at 181 Cabrini restaurant, in Hudson Heights on 181st Street at Cabrini Boulevard.

     Down the way, festival performers jam with the Jazz WaHi Quartet. Friday night, November 6, at 7 at Kismat restaurant in Hudson Heights, on 187th Street at Fort Washington Avenue. The festival continues through Sunday.

     In 2007, the American actor and playwright Peter Michael Marino wrote a musical based on the film Desperately Seeking Susan, featuring the hit songs of Blondie. It opened on London’s West End … and closed a month later.

     His show, Deperately Seeking an Exit, is a comical roller coaster that has played from Edinburgh Los Angeles. The critically acclaimed solo show fills in the blanks of how the $6 million musical was made, from hatching the idea to deals with MGM, Debbie Harry, and even Madonna – all the way to, closing night.

     Seating is limited, so reserve your seat early.      

     Free. Friday night, November 6, at 7 at the Inwood Art Works Studio, on Seaman Avenue at 204th Street. 

     Timeless themes resonate when the soprano Ah Young Hong joins House of Time to weave a rich musical tapestry following the course of a woman’s life in a program called Circle of Life.

     Childbirth, adolescent pangs of love, marriage, the wisdom of old age, and the end of life are all depicted through music by Biber, Strozzi, Purcell, Handel and Bach.

     $27.50. Friday night, November 6, at 7 in The Lounge of Hudson View Gardens, in Hudson Heights on Pinehurst Avenue at 183rd Street.

     The Washington Heights Jazz Festival is in full swing today.

     It starts with a morning concert for kids at 11. The afternoon lineup goes until the wee hours:

1:00 Alex Strong’s Jazz Arcade, featuring video game music

2:15 The Digba Ogunbiyi Quartet, playing West African rhythm and melody inspiring American jazz

3:30 Ted Nash Trio with Ben Allison & Pete McCann, performing innovative indulgence

4:45 The Ed Neumeister Quintet, with thought-provoking music for curious ears

6:00 Kavita Shah and François Moutin, sharing adventurous bass/voice duets

7:30 The jazz composition competition 2026 winner, Berta Moreno, playing “La Troupe-Nomadic Crossroads,” the world premiere of this commissioned work

8:50 The Akili Bradley Quartet

10:10 The Jazz WaHi Big ’Nuff Band Celebrates Miles & ‘Trane

     Free through $16.94. Saturday, November 7, at Le Cheile in Hudson Heights, on 181st Street and Cabrini Boulevard. The festival continues on Sunday.

     The Washington Heights Chamber Orchestra serves up an evening of chamber music, conversation, and desserts.

     Guest artist Anna Rabinova, a violinist with the New York Philharmonic and former collaborator with the chamber group, performs alongside her former colleagues.

     $100. Saturday night, November 7, at 7:30 at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church of the Atonement, in Hudson Heights on Bennett Avenue at 189th Street.

     The Washington Heights Jazz Festival continues with its annual Jazz Brunch.

     This year the special guests are Maki Nientao and Ben Wolstein.  

     Sunday morning, November 8, at 11 at The Bonnefont Café, in Fort Tryon Park; enter from Margaret Corbin Circle in Hudson Heights.

     The ninth annual Jazz Festival reaches its apex with the John Benitez Light Trio. It’s your chance to see and hear a jazz master in a rare setting.

     Tickets available here.

     $16.94. Sunday afternoon, November 8, at 2:30 at the St. Frances Cabrini Shrine, in Hudson Heights on Fort Washington Avenue just below 190th Street.

     Why travel downtown when you can experience the brilliance of Broadway and the magic of musical theater steps from your home?

     The Uptown Cabaret offers unforgettable performances by local musical theater singers, composers and lyricists from the great white way and the professional theater in Inwood.

     The headliner Amy Engelhardt, and your emcee is Alexandra de Suze

     $10. Monday night, November 9, at 7 at the Inwood Art Works Studio on Seaman Avenue at 204th Street. Monthly on the second Monday.

     The music of François Jeanneau is performed during an intimate evening of music and fine dining.

     Dialogues in jazz celebrates the music of France’s renowned master musician. You’ll enjoy a three-course French dinner paired with house wine while experiencing a rare, close-up performance by an incredible ensemble.  Featuring Jérôme Sabbagh (saxophones), Dan Tepfer (piano), François Moutin (bass), and Aaron Scott (drums).

     Immerse yourself in a room full of history and fine wine, with four master musicians bringing timeless compositions into the present.

     Seating is limited. Sponsored by the Inwood Jazz Festival.

     $111.15; higher after November 1. Thursday evening, November 12, at 6:30 at The Bonnefont Café in Fort Tryon Park; enter from Margaret Corbin Circle in Hudson Heights.

     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, November 12, at 7 at Recirculation, in Lower WaHi on Riverside Drive near 160th Street. Monthly on the second Thursday. 

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

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

     Free with museum admission. Saturday afternoon, November 14, from 1 to 3 in the Cloisters. On the second Saturday of the month.

     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 14, 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.

     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.

     Enjoy a vibrant celebration of Asian music, traditions, and cuisine at FantAsia.

     Highlighting the program are three world-premiere compositions that interlace the Asian and Western musical worlds. Inspired by ancient legends, traditional dances, and shared philosophies, you will welcome the Year of the Horse in this performance.

     The concert opens with performances of historic Eastern Asian melodies, featuring instruments such as the koto (Japanese zither) played by Yoko Reikano Kimura, piri and saenghwang (Korean wind instruments) performed by Gamin, and the erhu (Chinese two-stringed instrument) played by Andy Lin. 

     $12.31 and up. Sunday afternoon, November 15, at 2 at the Church of the Good Shepherd, in Inwood at 620 Isham Street.

     Enjoy old music and new sounds from Cornerstone Music.

     Channeling electronic music pioneers like Wendy Carlos and Isao Tomita, the Magpie Duo and harpist Deanna Cirielli present a rich concert of Renaissance and Baroque-era gems, reimagined for violin, harp, and synthesizer.    

     Formerly Music at Our Saviour’s, Cornerstone Music is not to be confused with the Cornerstone Chorale, which is also in Hudson Heights.

     Free. Sunday evening, November 15, at 5 at Our Saviour’s Church of the Atonement in Hudson Heights, on Bennett Avenue at 189th Street.

     Join the Urban Park Rangers and the Amateur Astronomers Association at the annual Autumn Starfest.

    You’ll peep Jupiter, Saturn, the craters of the Moon and more through telescopes supplied by amateur star-gazers. Also on display: Star clusters, double stars, and the broad night sky.

     Weather permitting, of course.

     Free. Saturday evening, November 15, from 5 to 6:30 in Inwood Hill Park, near 218th Street and Indian Road. 

        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.

     Learn about New York before Europeans arrived.

     This guided walk through Lenapehoking takes you through the the ancestral homeland of the Lenape. The Urban Park Rangers will help you explore the landscape’s indigenous history, seasonal ecology, and the traditions that continue to shape New York City today.

     Wear comfortable shoes for this 90-minute hike and pack a bottle of water.

     Free. Sunday afternoon, November 22, at 1 in Inwood Hill Park; meet near 218th Street and Indian Road.

     Three secretaries turn the tables on their obnoxious boss in 9 to 5.

     Starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, and Dolly Parton, the 1980 film shows the who holds the power behind the throne. Arrive early for a special pre-show tribute concert honoring the late country music legend, Dolly Parton.

     $12.72. Sunday afternoon, November 22, at 3 at the United Palace, in Lower WaHi on Broadway at 175th Street.

     The Hudson View Gardens’ music season continues with the classical guitarist Mak Grgic, a Grammy nominee.

     Meet Grgic after the performance at a wine reception.

     $20 donation; seniors and youth, $15. Sunday night, November 22, at 7:30 at The Lounge in Hudson View Gardens, in Hudson Heights on Pinehurst Avenue at 183rd Street.

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

     Shorakopoch Rock is fabled to be the spot where the Lenape traded the island to Peter Minuit for goods worth 60 Dutch guilders. In pre-pandemic years, a short ceremony honored inhabitants’ duty to Mother Earth and responsibility to the forest, the river, and each other.

     Did you know that the location is in Manhattan’s only untouched forest? The Shorakopoch Preserve 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 your fill of turkey and one slice too many of pie. Burn off those calories on a post-holiday super hike of Inwood Hill Park and Fort Tryon Park.

     The Urban Park Rangers will take you on a trek along the Inwood Salt Marsh, old growth forest, and then onto the scenic paths of Fort Tryon Park to enjoy stunning views of the Palisade Cliffs and Hudson River.

     The 90-minute hike will end at the Heather Garden of Fort Tryon Park at Margaret Corbin Circle in Hudson Heights, on Fort Washington Avenue.

     Free. Friday afternoon, November 27, at 1 in Inwood Hill Park; to find the meeting spot call (212) 304-2277. 

    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.

     An Uptown chamber concert features classical holiday favorites. 

     The Inwood Chamber Players perform arrangements by Inwood resident Gilbert Dejean. A reception with light snacks and beverages follow the performance.

     All proceeds benefit Good Shepherd School.

     $10 and up. Sunday afternoon, December 6, at 2 at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Inwood, on Broadway at Isham Street.

     The Hudson View Gardens’ music season continues with a series favorite, the Cassatt String Quartet.

     The ensemble is celebrating its 40th anniversary season with a program of music by Mozart, Dvořak and Florence Price. Meet the artists after the performance at a wine reception.

     $20 donation; seniors and youth, $15. Sunday evening, December 13, at 5 at The Lounge in Hudson View Gardens, in Hudson Heights on Pinehurst Avenue at 183rd Street.

     Celebrate Advent with music chosen by Leo X, who was elected pope in 1513.

     At the time, the Vatican Choir held a manuscript of Josquin desPrez, whose Missa “de Beata Virgine” (c. 1498) will be performed by the Renaissance Chorus Association. 

     Pope Leo also kept a collection of motets made for his nephew, the Duke of Urbino, on the occasion of his 1518 wedding, a gift known in history as the Medici Codex. The composers were apparently chosen by Jean Mouton (1459–1522), whose work was known and sung for Christmas, along with Antoine Brumel (c. 1475–1520).

     $25. Sunday evening, December 13, at 5:30 at the St. Frances Cabrini Shrine, in Hudson Heights on Fort Washington Avenue below 190th Street. Also on December 20 at 4:30 at The Lounge in Hudson View Gardens.

     Spend a Night at the Races the the New York Road Runners. It’s the harriers’ third get-together of the season. 

     Lace up your shoes and if you’re seriously competitive, keep in mind that ¼-inch pyramid spikes are the only ones permitted on the World’s Fastest Track.

     $5 to watch. Thursday evening, December 30, from 6 to 9 at the Armory, in Lower WaHi on Fort Washington Avenue at 168th Street.

     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.

     Using the setting’s echoing resonance to full effect, Sixth Degree Sextet and Magpie Duo present a concert devoted entirely to the music of George Crumb, a late American master of eerie, spellbinding soundscapes in the winter concert from Cornerstone Music

    Formerly Music at Our Saviour’s, Cornerstone Music is not associated with the Cornerstone Chorale, which is also in Hudson Heights.

     Free. Sunday evening, January 10, at 5 at Our Saviour’s Church of the Atonement in Hudson Heights, on Bennett Avenue at 189th Street.

     Spend a Night at the Races the the New York Road Runners. The harriers get together occasionally throughout the autumn and winter. 

     Lace up your shoes and if you’re seriously competitive, keep in mind that ¼-inch pyramid spikes are the only ones permitted on the World’s Fastest Track.

     $5 to watch. Thursday night, January 14, from 7 to 10 at the Armory, in Lower WaHi on Fort Washington Avenue at 168th 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 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.

      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 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.

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

     Hudson View Gardens’ music season continues when a  resident pianist, Evelyne Luest and friends, perform solo piano and chamber works.

     Meet the artists after the performance at a wine reception.

     $20 donation; seniors and youth, $15. Sunday evening, January 31, at 5 at The Lounge in Hudson View Gardens, in Hudson Heights on Pinehurst Avenue at 183rd 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.

     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.