Word Up at Highbridge Park – It’s My Park Day: Celebrating Faith Ringgold’s TAR BEACH

Saturday, November 16, 2024 – 11:00am to 1:00pm
Raoul Wallenberg Playground (in Highbridge Park)
Amsterdam Avenue & 188th/189th St.
New York, NY 10032

Storytelling by Esperanza Martell & Musical Performance by Guy Bisserette

Join us on It’s My Park Day to plant bulbs in the Pollinator Garden, to learn about stewardship, and to enjoy poetry, literature, and music with your neighbors! All supplies will be provided. Copies of Faith Ringgold’s picture book Tar Beach will be given away while supplies last.

Organized by Connectemonos; Partnerships for Parks; New York Restoration Project; Word Up Community Bookshop; Catholic Charities Community Services NY–Alianza; Pluma Poética del Arte; ADEUSA; We Run Uptown; OnPoint NYC.

Tar Beach By Faith Ringgold Cover Image

Tar Beach (Paperback)

By Faith Ringgold
$8.99
ISBN: 9780517885444
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Dragonfly Books – December 3rd, 1996

Hebrew Tabernacle: Tomo Mori – collage artist & Elddry Castillo – poet

The Armin and Estelle Gold Wing art gallery’s Nov, Dec 2024/Jan 2025 solo exhibition features:
Tomo Mori – collage artist – Water Connects The Seven Seas.
and Elddry Castillo – poet
 
Tomo is a local artist who has been recognized nationally and internationally.
Her fabric collage series utilizes mosaic-like techniques using paint and fabric. Hundreds of squares reminiscent of digital pixels compose an aggregate like a living organism.
She states: I restore my inner balance by an almost ritual-like creative process, praying to heal and reconnect a world that is broken in so many places.
You can see more of her work at tomomoriart.com,  but to witness it in person is inspirational.
Elddry is a Dominican-American-New Yorker, a parent and grandparent, teacher, published author, painter and poet.  Wales9071@gmail.com
The Gold Wing art gallery is wheelchair accessible. Admission is free. All are welcome.
Hours are M,W,F from 9:30 -4:45 and by appointment.
 
 Our artist’s opening reception is scheduled for Saturday, November 16, 2024 from noon – 2 pm.

Inwood Art Works: A Christmas Carol

Film Details — 1951, Great Britain.
Run Time — 86 minutes

Inwood Art Works presents an exclusive holiday screening for the whole family

Charles Dicken’s
A Christmas Carol

Original Black and White – 1951, Great Britain, 86 minutes.

Alastair Sim’s tour-de-force performance as the ultimate miser, Ebenezer Scrooge, has almost single-handedly made this beloved version of Charles Dickens’ story into one of the best-loved Christmas films of all time. Bring your family and friends and join the Inwood community in celebrating the season!

Friday, December 20 at 7:30pm
Good Shepherd Auditorium. 620 Isham Street.
$10 Adults, $5 Children.

Christmas cookies and sweets, popcorn, beer, wine, and soda available for purchase.

Proceeds support Good Shepherd School.

Inwood Art Works: Selections from The Nutcracker

Sunday, December 8 @ 2:00 pm

$5-20 — Get Tickets

Inwood Art Works presents

Selections from
The Nutcracker

Featuring the Inwood Chamber Players

Featuring a performance of highlights from Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker arranged by Inwood resident, Gilbert Dejean.
Bring your family and meet your friends to celebrate the holiday season with music performed by the Inwood Chamber Players. All are welcome!

Reception with light snacks and beverages following the performance.

Sunday, December 8, 2024 – 2:00pm
Good Shepherd Auditorium – 620 Isham Street
Minimum Suggested Donation of $20 Adults, $5 Children

Tickets on sale starting Oct.30.

All proceeds benefit Good Shepherd School

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Selections from
The Nutcracker

Introducing the Inwood Chamber Musicians

Featuring a performance of highlights from Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker arranged by Inwood resident Gilbert Dejean .

Reception with refreshments and drinks after the performance.

Sunday, December 8, 2024 – 2:00 pm
Good Shepherd Auditorium – 620 Isham Street
Suggested minimum donation of $20 adults and $5 children

All proceeds will benefit the Buen Pastor School.

Cabrini Shrine: SONOROS AMERICANOS – Flute & Bass Concert

SONOROS AMERICANOS:

Yael Acher KAT Modiano – Flute

Carlos del Pino– Upright Electric Bass

As part of PAMAR’s 19th annual Latin American Cultural Week, acclaimed award winning flutist Yael “KAT” Acher and Cuban bassist Carlos del Pino team up to take the audience on a journey through colorful soundscapes with special Flute & Bass renditions of Classical Cuban music  of pieces by J. White, C. Villaverde, M. Saumell, E. Lecuona, L. Brower and I. Cervantes, as well as an original piece by Yael Acher-Modiano, and Neapolitan song to honor the legacy of St Frances Xavier Cabrini.

About the artists:
Yael Acher “KAT” Modiano

Carlos del Pino

The artists dedicate the concert to Peace, Human-Rights and Animal-Right.

Tickets are $20 and can be purchased  at the door or online:

https://cabrinishrinenyc.charityproud.org/EventRegistration/Index/21051

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