Heights Mediation & Yoga: 2025 Closing Ceremony – Affirmations

2025 Closing Ceremony at Heights Meditation & Yoga: Join us for a Sound Bath, Land Offering, and Affirmation Integration to close out the year with Love & Intention.

This Unique HMY Ceremonial Fundraiser is our way of integrating the collective intention to both give to oneself while helping to raise funds for others. Every dollar beyond the base fee goes to support HMY’s scholarship fund so that everyone, regardless of financial status, are able to attend our classes.

Thanks to you, we have never turned anyone away.   Selfcare has been rebranded time and time again. This unique fundraiser is a reminder that investing in yourself is not selfish — investing in yourself is never selfish — and in this case your investments also support your local contemplative community center while nourishing your own mind, body and heart.

During this Ceremony you will be guided in:   Grounding Meditation A Communal Land Offering Sound Bath Integration Circle Affirmation   Join us to release what has been weighing on you, to make space in your body, mind, and heart for your inner peace and light that will ripple throughout your interactions with others in every corner of your life. We look forward to meeting you!

 

United Palace: Mad Hot Ballroom, Anniversary & Reunion

Celebrate the 21st anniversary of the classic documentary about 11-year-old New York City public school kids, including students from P.S. 115 in Washington Heights, journeying into the world of ballroom dancing and revealing pieces of themselves and their world along the way. Told from their candid, sometimes hilarious perspectives, these kids are transformed, from reluctant participants to determined competitors, from typical urban kids to “ladies and gentlemen,” on their way to try to compete in the final citywide competition. The documentary provides unique insight into that moment when becoming that “cool” teenager vies for position with familiar innocence, all while learning how to merengue, rumba, tango, foxtrot, and swing.

After the movie the “stars” of the documentary – including Alejandro (aka Wilson), Yomaira Reynoso, and others – director Marilyn Agrelo, and other filmmakers will be interviewed by Dancing Classrooms Executive Director Eve Wolff.

Doors Open: 6:00pm | Dance: 6:45pm | Movie: 7:00pm | Reunion & Talk Back: 9:00pm

Please note: The Season of Community is a different series than Movies at the Palace with Lin-Manuel Miranda, who is not scheduled to be at this screening.

 

Fort Washington Library: New Canaan Nature Center Presents Animals in Winter

How do animals know winter is on its way? Join a New Canaan Nature Center naturalist as we use live animals and artifacts, plus participatory activities and some role-playing, to learn how animals have adaptations to help them survive. Migration, hibernation, brumation, and staying active are only some of the ways animals survive the coldest season.

Recommended for ages 4 and older with caregiver.

Fort Washington Library, Children’s Room

Music at Our Saviours Atonement: silent night–Magpie Duo Concert

Join MOSA co-directors Lauren Conroy and Matthew Schultheis (performing as Magpie Duo) for a popup fundraiser concert  Come early for snacks and drinks, enjoy a wide selection of cozy, low-key classical and contemporary violin/piano miniatures, and support MOSA’s upcoming season at the close of the holidays!

The program will include favorites by Bach, Debussy, and gems from composers like Carl Nielsen, Eugène Ysaÿe, George Enescu, and more, featuring a new premiere by Matthew Schultheis.

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