Tag Archives: Family Fun

Dyckman Farmhouse: Fall Festival

Fall Festival
October 19th, 2024
11AM-4PM
FREE

Join us for a day packed with fun, creativity, and a touch of history on October 19th from 11AM-4PM! Fall Festival returns to the Dyckman Farmhouse with new and exciting activities + our favorite annual ones. Let the melodies move you with live music from the Washington Heights Chamber Orchestra and José Luis. Embrace your inner artist with our arts and crafts table and a paint and sip activity led by Art on the Avenue. Our historic Hessian military hut will be open to visitors, as well as the iconic Dyckman Farmhouse – featuring exhibitions from two local Uptown artists. Snacks and freshly popped popcorn will also be available for purchase.

And that’s just the tip of the haystack! There’s so much more to explore and enjoy. So, grab your friends and family, and join us for a fall-tastic day at the Dyckman Farmhouse Museum! See you there – it’s going to be gourd-geous! 🎃🍂

 

 

Sugar Hill: The Wiz Movie Screening and Dress Up Day!

The Wiz Movie Screening and Dress Up Day!

Set in Harlem, this iconic film highlights home and chosen family as present in David Antonio Cruz’s when the children come home, a solo exhibition. Sing along with stellar performances on screen and live, in person. Dress up as your favorite Wiz character or make your own costume in our Studio Lab!

This is a free event for all ages.

Saturday, October 26th
12:00pm – 3:00pm

J. Hood: HallowScream Fright Walk

HallowScream Fright Walk

Friday, October 18, 2024 | Fright Walk
3:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Saturday, October 19, 2024 | Fright Walk & Fall Festival
11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

HallowScream Fright Walk and Fall Festival

Join us for a spooky celebration at J. Hood Wright Park with an interactive haunted house, games, inflatables, and more! Wear your best costume and get ready for the scariest party in town!

Know before you go:
You can experience our fright walk at any point between the allotted time for the day. For your safety and others’, please exercise caution during the fright walk. Please wear comfortable, closed-toed shoes, and refrain from wearing jewelry. Participants cannot run or touch props and actors. No bags or belongings are allowed inside, so please plan accordingly. Parental discretion and supervision, especially for participants under 13, are highly recommended. Waivers must be signed by an adult.

The HALLOWSCREAM! Fright Walk features frightening images and special effects, sudden movements and jump scares, loud and intense audio, varying light conditions (such as flashing lights and low visibility), and fog in a potentially physically and emotionally demanding environment. Enter at your own risk.

Friday, October 18, 2024 | Fright Walk
3:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Saturday, October 19, 2024 | Fright Walk & Fall Festival
11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

J. Hood Wright Park | W. 174 St. & Fort Washington Ave. | New York, N.Y. 10033

This event is FREE and open to the public. For more information visit nyc.gov/parks or call 311.
Contact accessibility@parks.nyc.gov or (212) 360-1430 for more information regarding accessibility.

Highbridge Park: Silent Disco: New Year, New Me Fitness Marathon

Silent Disco: New Year, New Me Fitness Marathon

Friday, January 24, 2025
5:30 p.m.–8:00 p.m.

Join us at Highbridge Recreation Center for another fitness marathon, silent disco edition to promote fitness and wellness within the community of Washington Heights. Classes will run simultaneously on 35-minute increments in the Gymnasium and Dance Room. Mats will be provided, but feel free to bring your own. This event is for adults ages 18 and above

Instructor: Leo Saito

Location

2301 Amsterdam Avenue
Manhattan

Directions to this location

Cost

Free

Inwood Hill Park: Uptown Kid Lit

Uptown Kid Lit—Word Up’s mini book festival for kids—is back in 2024 to celebrate music! 

Stop by Pat’s Lawn at Inwood Hill Park to meet beloved local authors & musicians with new books, as they lead story times and activities, workshops, and more, all with a musical twist. Along with new books, Word Up will be giving away FREE books and school supplies.

Featured authors & artists:

Adria Quiñones (Mi Tierra)
Angie Cruz (Angélica y la güira)
Chris Raschka (Nothing: John Cage and 4’33”)
Crudo Creates
Demetrius Daniel
Hilda Eunice Burgos (Bodega Cats: Picture Purrfect)
Inju Keum
Jackie Azúa Kramer (I Am Salsa, ¡Boogie En El Bronx!)
Janelle Harper (My Block Looks Like)
Jazz WaHi
Jyoti Rajan Gopal (One Sweet Song)
Leadlights Ensemble with Rachael Harrington
Luz Maria Mack (¡Pequeña María descubre su baile! / Little María discovers her dance!)
Megan Madison & Katie Madison (Our Skin: A First Conversation About Race)
Pablo KALAKA (Son de estos mares)
Stacy Davidowitz (Cut Loose!, Camp Rolling Hill series)

Word Up first launched Uptown Kid Lit in 2019 as a one-day festival for the Uptown community. After two years of virtual/hybrid programming in 2020 and 2021, UKL returned in person in 2022 with a focus on comics as part of the three-day Uptown Comics Fest. Each year has gathered a unique and vibrant group of authors, illustrators, educators, publishers, editors, craftspeople, artists, and community organizations—all to support and celebrate our neighborhood’s youngest readers and families. We hope you’ll join us in 2024 for our fourth year of Uptown Kid Lit at Inwood Hill Park!

Spanish interpretation will be provided at the main stage presentations.

This is a free event. Please consider donating so that we can continue creating accessible programming by, with, and for our neighbors.