What does it mean to leave home and still carry it with you?
El Alto: Chronicles of the Heights by Francis Mateo brings together poetry, photography, and music to explore the Dominican-New York experience, between the half-island and New York, memory and the present, what we leave behind and what we build here.
September 28th – October 3rd, 2026
Celebration: October 3 at 7pm. — Please RSVP.
Composer/Reader Jerome Kitzke will honor the American poet Allen Ginsberg in his Centennial Year by reading his seminal poems Howl and Footnote to Howl as well as reading other Ginsberg poems Kitzke set to music over the last 38 years, including Hum Bom!, Sunflower Sutra, and Song. Each of those readings will be followed by audio recordings of the compositions Kitzke made of them which are titled Mad Coyote Madly Sings, Sunflower Sutra, and A Keening Wish. The recording performances are by pianist Anthony de Mare and Kitzke’s band, The Mad Coyote.
Audience will be capped at 50, so it is recommended you purchase your ticket in advance. 7:30 p.m. (doors open at 7 p.m.)
Inwood Art Works Studio presents an evening with Maggie Clarke, guitarist, singer, and storyteller, Maggie Clarke sings the great songs of the 1960s and 1970s, covering a broad and versatile range of music from British Invasion Artists to pop singers and folk artists of that period. Maggie plays with two New York Bands, The Apple Bonkers and The Meetles, as well as does weekly solo concerts on Facebook. She specializes in the songs from the Beatles’ long careers and is deeply versed in the origins of their songs, their meanings, and their importance to each one of the Fab Four.
She fills her time between songs with stories about the songs — things only someone expertly familiar with the music of the period would know. You will be drawn in by her voice and guitar, and her witty stories and fun anecdotes. She is an accomplished musician and a wonderful repository of knowledge of this important musical period. You won’t want to miss such an evening.
Limited seating available. First-come, first-served. 7:00pm doors open, Show at 7:30pm. Appropriate for young adult and up.
Join the Urban Park Rangers on a mushroom exploration! We will lead a guided mushroom walk through Inwood Hill Park and help locate mushroom species and discuss their unique qualities! Come learn about our funky fungi kingdom and the mycelial connections that are integral to our ecosystems.
Location: Seaman Avenue and Isham Street in Inwood Hill Park
Registration not required
Hispanic Heritage Month: Latin Music Roots in Nature
Join the Urban Park Rangers to discuss the natural roots of instruments used in Spanish and Latin American Music. Learn about some of the ways nature is used to craft instruments such as strings, woodwinds and percussion. Instruments featured will be flamenco guitar from Spain, congas, claves and more.
Location: West 218th Street and Indian Road in Inwood Hill Park
Registration not required.
