Join the Urban Park Rangers for a monthly hike exploring Inwood Hill Park. The hike will begin at the Inwood Hill Nature Center. This month’s hike will be highlighting re-introduced species in Inwood Hill Park.
Location: West 218th Street and Indian Road in Inwood Hill Park
Registration not required.
Drums Along the Hudson 2026: A Native American & Multicultural Celebration
Featuring: Mohawk Elder Tom Porter, a Pow Wow led by Louis Mofsie, storytelling, crafts, food, and more!
Lotus Music and Dance is thrilled to announce that Drums Along the Hudson: A Native American Festival and Multicultural Celebration will celebrate its 24th anniversary
This all-day event features an open air pow wow – a celebratory gathering of Native American people – led by Louis Mofsie and the Thunderbird American Indian Dancers. Mohawk Elder Tom Porter will give the opening Thanksgiving Address.
Featuring performances by Kalpulli Huehuetlatolli Aztec Dancers and Drummers, Saung Budaya West Sumatran Dance, Feraba West African Rhythms and Tap, Parijat Desai Dance in the Round and more!
Activities will include craft demonstrations, storytelling, multicultural cuisine, native crafts for sale, and more! To promote environmental awareness and education, eco-friendly and community-focused organizations will also be in attendance.
Please note that this is a free, non-ticketed event.
Celebrate Earth Day with Hila the Earth! Join us for an interactive performance and hands-on workshop where kids can sing, move, and explore their connection to nature through music and play. Perfect for young learners and families alike!
📅 Saturday, April 25
🕞 3:30 PM
📍 Anne Loftus Playground
Inwood Hill Park Nature Book Club
Join the Urban Park Rangers for a monthly discussion of a nature-themed book. This month’s book will be Last Chance to See by Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine. Please have the book read before the meeting!
Registration not required. Program will be at Nature Center.
West 218th Street and Indian Road in Inwood Hill Park
Welcome to the eleventh year of Bruce’s Garden Summer Readings!
All Readings are on Wednesdays and start at 7 P.M. with refreshments starting at 6:30.
MAY 20 ROBERT SNYDER will read from When the City Stopped Stories from New York’s Essential Workers (Cornell University Press, 2025)
A warm welcome back to Rob who read from Crossing Broadway (Cornell University Press, 2014) in 2015. His new book, When the City Stopped, preserves for future generations what it was like to be in New York when it was at the center of the COVID pandemic. The story is told through the words of health care workers, grocery clerks, transit workers, and community activists who recount their experiences in poems, first-person narratives, and interviews.
JUNE 24 WRITING NEW YORK STORIES From the Nineteenth through Twenty-First Centuries
Award-winning Gotham Center Blogger and Online Editor of the Urban History Journal, KATIE UVA https://www.katieuva.com/ will join editor GEOFF WISNER https://www.geoffwisner.com/ to discuss writing about life in the city. Geoff’s book George Templeton Strong: Civil War Diaries, (Library of America, 2026) and Katie’s blog posts should be the sources of a lively discussion.
JULY 22 LESLIE DAY River–A Hudson Memoir (Cornell University Press, 2025)
We are honored to have Leslie Day https://www.leslieday.nyc/ as this year’s Sid Horenstein Memorial Reader. Dr. Day is an accomplished and prolific writer about the natural world, particularly in New York City. She will read from and discuss her latest book, River–A Hudson Memoir, a unique look at life on and of the Hudson River. It is a love letter to New York City, its famous waterway, as well as the environment around us and the people who shape it.
