Fort Tryon is home to one of NYC’s most beautiful parks as well as the Cloisters museum of medieval art. But in 1776 it was a battleground where thousands of British and American soldiers fought for posession of Manhattan.
Join us for an exciting book salon in celebration of Barnard Assistant Professor of Women’s, Gender, Sexuality Studies Marisa Solomon’s The Elsewhere Is Black: Ecological Violence and Improvised Life.
Join us for a neighborhood book club IN PERSON at Fort Washington Branch. The January title is Ocean Vuong's The Emperor of Gladness, a novel about chosen family, unexpected friendship, and the stories we tell ourselves in order to survive.
ashion in the Hispanic Society’s Collection of Illuminated Manuscripts: a moderated conversation with Amanda Wunder, the curator of the exhibition Spanish Style: Fashion Illuminated, 1550-1700. Inspired by Spain’s imperial expansion, elite fashion in 16th and 17th century Spain underwent a profound transformation, producing opulent garments that radically reshaped the human body and projected an air of wealth and nobility.
Join us at the Fort Washington Library as we screen "Harriet" starring : Cynthia Ervio, Leslie Odom, and Janelle Monae. From her escape from slavery through the dangerous missions she led to liberate hundreds of slaves through the Underground Railroad, the story of heroic abolitionist Harriet Tubman.
First Friday Jazz at The Bonnefont with Jazz Wahi One Margaret Corbin Drive (in Ft. Tryon Park) No cover. Artists TBA
