• Prelude Opera: The Brementown Musicians

    Our Saviour's Atonement Lutheran Church 178 Bennett Ave., New York

    Prelude Opera presents a new opera composed by Laura Jobin-Acosta and Joanie Brittingham.The Brementown Musicians is from an old German fairy tale collected by the Grimm Brothers, Jacob and Wilhelm, in 1819 and given the title Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten. In our version, four animals escape their cruel owners and band together to form a musical quartet heading to Bremen, a town known for music. On the way they discover a house with treasures inside but must outwit the villanous robber.

    $12.10 – $17.30
  • Inwood Hill Park: After Dark Hike

    Inwood Hill Park West 218th Street & Indian Rd Indian Rd & West 218th Street, New York, NY, United States

    Join the Urban Park Rangers on a walk through Inwood Hill Park at night, where bats, bones, owls, and lore make for a perfect night hike. Location: West 218th Street and Indian Road in Inwood Hill Park. Registration not required.

    FREE
  • Inwood Hill Park: Native American Heritage Month – Lenape History and Ethnobotany   

    Inwood Hill Park, Isham St. & Seaman Ave. Citi Bike: Seaman Ave & Isham St., New York, NY, United States

    Explore the ancient tulip tree forest of Inwood Hill Park with the Urban Park Rangers and learn about the Lenape’s deep connection to this landscape. This short walk highlights rock shelters, cultural history, and traditional plant knowledge rooted in Native American heritage. Location: Seaman Avenue and Isham Street in Inwood Hill Park. Registration not required.

    FREE
  • Isham Park: Inwood Pumpkin Pageant

    Isham Park Isham Street and Seaman Avenue, New York, NY, United States

    The Inwood Pumpkin Pageant will return to beautiful Isham Park on November 1st for its 13th edition. Bring your carved jack-o-lantern to the park the night after Halloween and we will 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 pm as we prepare the rotting gourds for composting, keeping them out of the landfills.

    FREE
  • Dominican Writers Association & Word Up: Rita Indiana in Washington Heights – Celebrating ASMODEUS

    Alianza Dominicana Cultural Center 530 W 166th St, New York, NY, United States

    A special evening with acclaimed Dominican writer, musician, and artist Rita Indiana in celebration of her new novel, Admodeus, a hallucinatory thriller about a failing demon’s search for a new host in post-dictatorship Santo Domingo. On this evening, Rita joins us for her first literary event in the neighborhood she calls home. She will be in conversation with Alex V. Cruz to discuss her return to fiction, and the intersections of literature, music, memory, Santo Domingo, identity, and place that have shaped her singular body of work.

    Free – $24