Jazz in Bennett Park. Join Jazz Wahi every Wednesday for this fun, family-friendly performance and jam session! Jazz musicians of all levels welcome to sit in. Bring chairs, blankets, picnics, children! Located in the southeast corner of the park.
variety: LIVE Showcase!
Melting Pot Jazz from Jazz Wahi is an annual series of five free, family-friendly concerts in June celebrating immigrants’ influence on American jazz. Concerts take place on the lawn at St. Frances Cabrini Shrine in Washington Heights, or indoors if it rains.
Word Up welcomes award-winning professor Seth Michelson to discuss his new book Hope on the Border: Immigration, Incarceration, and the Power of Poetry, a humanizing story of immigration shown through the lens of undocumented, unaccompanied children and the poems they write.
Magpie Duo (MOSA directors Lauren Conroy and Matthew Schultheis) present their first ensemble concert at Our Saviours Atonement: a rich contemporary program of solos, duos, and trios that explores the links between artists and their mentors, friends, and musical styles of the Western classical canon.
Join SYAKAD ARTS for an engaging West African dance workshop with live drumming at Dyckman Farmhouse Museum! This interactive session invites participants of all ages and levels to explore traditional rhythms and movements from West Africa in a welcoming, community-centered environment. Through guided instruction and live percussion, participants will experience how dance serves as a powerful form of cultural expression, storytelling, and connection.
