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Dyckman Farmhouse: WHINFEST 2026

A 10 year anniversary variety show fundraiser

Washington Heights and Inwood (WHIN) Food Council is a grassroots, majority volunteer-led Food Justice oriented 501(c)(3) that has been active since 2016. Their work involves food distributions for Domestic Violence survivors, community fridge support, identifying areas of food insecurity in Northern Manhattan, and so much more. They champion a long legacy of food access advocacy and (formerly) urban gardening in Washington Heights and Inwood. More about the event on Instagram

To celebrate this landmark achievement, we are throwing a variety show to not only celebrate the occasion, but as a love letter to the Washington Heights and Inwood neighborhoods. Proceeds will go towards WHIN Food Council’s operating and administrative costs , which support our programming. As we serve a lot of families, this event is all ages; children must be accompanied by an adult. This is a LGBTQ safe space, and any bigotry present at the event will result in an immediate removal from the event.

Lineup:
Drag: Baby Ruth
Puppetry by Boa Sorte
Mexican Folk Dance by Ballet de Tonantzin
Taino music by Luis Sanakori Ramos
Spoken word by La Sala Collective, Erik Maldonado (Uptown Stories), Taylor Stout
— And more:

Mexican hair braiding stations, collage and writing workshops will be at the event!

We will be raffling giftcards to WordUp Community Bookstore, Workshop certificates to Uptown Stories, art from New York based artists, and more! Online ticket entry grants 1-3 raffle tickets.

We have a select amount of tickets for those experiencing financial hardship, so email whinfoodcouncil@gmail.com to inquire for those. ALL CHILDREN MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT!

Dyckman Farmhouse Museum: 15th Anniversary Celebration

Dyckman Farmhouse Museum
15th Anniversary Celebration

To celebrate DFMA’s 15 years of programs and acknowledge all those who have made our work possible.

Join us for evening in Dyckman Farmhouse Museum’s garden to celebrate our various exhibitions and programs from over the past 15 years and to thank all of those who helped us achieve them.

Light refreshments will be served.

Dyckman Farmhouse: Guided Tour with Museum Admission

Guided Tours are included with Museum Admission. Please reserve your spot for the Guided Tour here AND your Museum Admission ticket here. Guided Tour and Museum Admission tickets are also avaliable for purchase day-of at our front desk.

Participants will learn about those who have shaped the stories of Inwood, including the Lenape, Revolutionary War soldiers, the Dyckman Family, free and enslaved African people, and present-day residents of Northern Manhattan.

15 spots available for each tour.

First come, first serve.

Dyckman Farmhouse: Back Porch History 1776 – A Defining Moment in the Story of Northern Manhattan

Back Porch History: 1776 – A Defining Moment in the Story of Northern Manhattan with Don Rice

Join us for a free, in-person lecture about the American Revolution and Northern Manhattan history at Dyckman Farmhouse Museum! Nearly 250 years ago, in November 1776, Dyckman was consumed by warfare. Thousands of British and Hessian soldiers attacked the hillsides and overwhelmed the American defenses there. For the next seven years, occupying forces sucked the area dry, leaving behind a countryside devoid of natural resources and pockmarked with wrecked farmsteads and roads. It was a defining moment in Inwood’s past. Using primary sources and rare images, we’ll relive the events that led up to the battle of Fort Washington in 1776.

Come learn about the Dyckman family’s role in trying to protect the neighborhood and their home, and discover if anything still remains from those tumultuous times.

RSVP Required –  Register on Eventbrite!

DonRice was board president of the Dyckman Farmhouse Museum Alliance from 2016-2025. In 2009, he founded the “Lost Inwood” series of popular local history talks and almost a decade later, in 2019, Rice co-authored a book of the same name with fellow local historian Cole Thompson. He’s lived with his family in North Manhattan for more than 25 years and is retired from a career in the Broadway Music field.