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Fort Tryon Park: Skate Night at Anne Loftus Playground

Friday, May 23, 2025
4:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.

Skate Event at Anne Loftus Playground

Join NYC Parks and Council Member Carmen De La Rosa for a fun skate event in the park! Dance and enjoy an outdoor roller-skating event with music, jumbo games, and much more!

Friday, May 23, 2025
4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. | Family Session
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. | Adult Session

Anne Loftus Playground
Broadway, Riverside Dr. & Dyckman St., New York, N.Y. 10040

This event is sponsored by Council Member Carmen De La Rosa.

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

Location

Anne Loftus Playground in Fort Tryon Park

Manhattan

Directions to this location

Cost

Free

Registration

Registration has begun and ends on 5/23/2025.

Morris-Jumel: 2nd Annual Egg Hunt!

Hop Over to The Morris- Jumel Mansion for the 2nd annual Easter egg hunt.

SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 2025
12-3PM

1PM EGG HUNT FOR CHILDREN AGES 2-4
2PM EGG HUNT FOR CHILDREN AGES 5-9
MORRIS JUMEL MANSION AT ROGER MORRIS PARK

FOR SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES PLEASE CONTACT IVY FAIRCHILD AT 917-327-9499

Egg hunt, face painting, games,
prizes, refreshments and more!

CO SPONSORED BY:
NYC PARKS, THE MORRIS JUMEL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, LARRY NEAL DOG RUN, MANHATTAN BOROUGH PRESIDENT MARK LEVINE, WARREN WHITLOCK: BUNNY TRAIL SPONSOR

TO RSVP, go to this link.

CURTAINS – Pied Piper Theatre’s Spring Musical!

It’s 1959, and Boston’s Colonial Theatre is hosting the opening night performance of a new musical when the leading lady mysteriously dies on stage, making the entire cast and crew of the show potential suspects. Enter a local detective, who just happens to be a musical theatre fan! Packed with glorious tunes by Kander & Ebb, and a witty, charming book by Rupert Holmes, CURTAINS is a hilariously suspenseful musical comedy whodunit that will keep you guessing until the end!

Performance Schedule:

Saturday, April 5th – shows at 4pm and 7:30pm
Sunday, April 6th – 5pm show

Sugar Hill: Ivalas Quartet

Ivalas Quartet

Just in time for spring break! The Schneider Concerts and Sugar Hill Children’s Museum join together to bring you the Ivalas Quartet.

With music from Mendelssohn to the movies, this free 1-hour-long concert is designed to get young children on their feet, using their voices, and their imaginations to get engaged with chamber music.

Part of the Schneider Concerts spring season featuring the series’ inaugural curating/performing ensemble, the Ivalas Quartet in a wide variety of programs. Supported by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council and made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

Friday, April 18th
2:00pm

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Morris-Jumel: Women’s History Month Kick-Off!

Celebrate women of the past, present, and future all day long at the Morris-Jumel Mansion’s Women’s History Month Kick-Off!

With the price of admission to the Mansion, drop in at any time from 11:30 AM-2:30 PM to experience multiple activations throughout the house featuring a live art demonstration by Andrea Arroyo, visual artist and creator of the special exhibition “Faces and Facades”, the Washington Heights Chamber Orchestra, live readings by Poet Lisa “Rubi G” Ventura, and a talk by Margaret Oppenheimer, author of “The Remarkable Rise of Eliza Jumel” on the Women of the House during the Jumel’s residency. See below for a detailed schedule of events.

11:30
Andrea Arroyo presents “Women as Inspiration”, a live art experience, accompanied by Jas Ogiste on Piano
Location: Second Floor Gallery

12:30
“A Daughter of Rhode Island”, Author Margaret Oppenheimer will read from her biography “The Remarkable Rise of Eliza Jumel,” and share some material that didn’t make it into the book about nightlife in Providence during Eliza’s childhood.
Location: Octagon Room

1:30
Mini Concert with the Washington Heights Chamber Orchestra
Location: Octagon Room

2:30
Poet Lisa “Rubi G” Ventura Reads her works “Between Hell and Hearth” and “Elegy for Truths Disappeared from History [Books]”
Location: Second Floor Gallery

The festivities begin at 11 AM, when the Mansion opens to the public. Activations begin at 11:30 AM. Stay for one, or stay for all! Last admission to the Mansion is 4 PM. Limited seating available, please let us know if you require accommodations prior to the event by emailing info@morrisjumel.org and we will do our best to assist you.

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