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Word Up Recirculation: I’m Working On Something by Handmade for Kids

Saturday, June 28, 2025 – 2:00pm to 3:00pm
RECIRCULATION A project of Word Up
876 Riverside Drive (near 160th St.)
New YorkNY 10032

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A free musical performance for children and their families by the Washington Heights band Handmade for KidsI’m Working On Something is an interactive, bilingual, and kinetic show presenting original compositions and songs from the Latin American songbook for children of all ages!

Preview some of the music here.

With flavor, purpose, and joy
To sing, dance, and wonder

Con sabor, propósito y alegría
Para cantar, bailar y maravillarse

Handmade For Kids is a bilingual performance of songs, stories and and beats that make the body move, the mind think, and the imagination wonder.

This event is a $5 suggested donation ticket with 50 max attendees. Please register in advance.

In compliance with Word Up Community Safety guidelines, all attendees are encouraged to stay masked at all time.

Recirculation, a project of Word Up Community Bookshop, is located at 876 Riverside Drive (near 160th St.) in Washington Heights, NYC. You can take the 1 train to 157th St., A/C train to 163rd St., and the M4 and M5 to Broadway and 159/160th.


Dyckman Farmhouse – Backporch Concert: “Echoes Across the Pond” with Silentwoods Collective

Join the musicians of Silentwoods Collective on the lawn of the Dyckman Farmhouse Museum for “Echoes Across the Pond”, an hour-long performance featuring lively traditional New England fiddle music and early country dances led by expert violinist and master fiddler, Jimmy Drancsak and performed on 18th century period instruments.

Thursday, June 26, 2025

5pm-6pm

FREE

Dyckman Farmhouse Museum

 

Acompáñanos en el jardín del Museo Dyckman Farmhouse junto a los músicos de Silentwoods Collective para “Ecos al Otro Lado del Atlántico”, una presentación de una hora con animada música tradicional de violín de Nueva Inglaterra y antiguos bailes campestres, dirigidos por el experto violinista y maestro del fiddle, Jimmy Drancsak, interpretados en instrumentos de época del siglo XVIII.

26 de junio de 2025

5pm-6pm

Gratis

El Museo Dyckman Farmhouse

Word Up: Rising in the Heights with Carmen Cancél & Jainardo Batista

Saturday, June 14, 2025 – 11:00am to 12:00pm
Word Up Community Bookshop / Librería Comunitaria
2113 Amsterdam Ave. & 165th St.
New YorkNY 10032

Puerto Rican musicians soprano Carmen Cancél and singer/ percussionist Jainardo Batista of “Buena Vista Social Club” join forces with Leadlights Ensemble for an unforgettable event of music and storytelling, featuring One Sweet Song by Jyoti Gapal, ill. by Sonia Sanchez. **Please note the time of this event is 11 a.m.**

Rising in the Heights is a festival of free outdoor public arts performances curated by Leadlights Ensemble in partnership with Word Up Community Bookshop. The festival celebrates the rich artistic contributions of Latinx and Black cultures and promotes children’s literacy through music and bilingual storytelling. Free copies of the featured book will be available.

This project is made possible in part with funds from UMEZ Arts Engagement, supported by the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone (UMEZ); and Creative Engagement, supported by The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) in partnership with the City Council and the Howard Gilman Foundation. UMEZ Arts Engagement and Creative Engagement are administered by LMCC.