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CLOTH: Latin Jazz In The Heights 2025!

Latin Jazz In The Heights 2025!

Community League of the Heights and Jazz Power Initiative present
Latin Jazz in the Heights 2025
Plaza de las Américas!
175th Street and Broadway

1:00 – 3:00 pm

Saturday, June 21st
Luisito Quintero & 3rd Element All Stars 

Saturday, June 28th 
Lulada Club New York’s All-Women Salsa Orchestra

More information here

Performances co-produced and curated by Jazz Power Initiative

Made possible thanks to the generous support of NewYork- Presbyterian 

With media support by WBGO radio

Proud participants of the Uptown Stroll; Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance (NoMAA) annual June arts event!

Rising in the Heights: Music & Storytelling with Hip Hop Artist Randy Mason

Rising in the Heights: Music & Storytelling with Hip Hop Artist Randy Mason

Date: June 27, 2025, 5-6 p.m.

Location: Word Up Community Bookshop, 2113 Amsterdam Ave.

Presenter: Leadlights Ensemble

Website: https://leadlightsensemble.weebly.com/

 

Description: Hip hop artist Randy Mason and keyboardist Jamell Ogbanna join Leadlights Ensemble for an afternoon of hip hop, rhyme, and string music, featuring “My Block Looks Like” by Janelle Harper. Free copies of the book will be available.

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.

 

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Rising in the Heights es un festival de espectáculos artísticos públicos gratuitos al aire libre, organizado por Leadlights Ensemble en colaboración con Word Up Community Bookshop. El festival celebra las valiosas contribuciones artísticas de la cultura latina y afroamericana y promueve la alfabetización infantil a través de la música y la narración bilingüe. Habrá ejemplares gratuitos del libro presentado.

Este proyecto es posible en parte gracias a fondos de UMEZ Arts Engagement, con el apoyo del Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone (UMEZ); y Creative Engagement, con el apoyo del Departamento de Asuntos Culturales de la Ciudad de Nueva York (DCLA), en colaboración con el Consejo de la Ciudad de Nueva York y la Fundación Howard Gilman. UMEZ Arts Engagement y Creative Engagement son administrados por LMCC.

WHCO: 10th Anniversary Season Finale!

Featuring the string players of the orchestra, the Washington Heights Chamber Orchestra concludes our season with Landscapes, a musical homage to the distant lands that are a part of our heritage.

Program:

  • Fela Sowande: African Suite for Strings
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings

Even those born and raised in Washington Heights tend to look back to their heritage in a distant homeland. Talking about “where we are from” is one of the most common unifying conversations in our community. We conclude our 10th anniversary season exploring heritage with Landscapes, featuring the string players of the WHCO in two large format works hailing from Nigeria and Russia. Fela Sowande is considered the father of modern Nigerian music, and his piece African Suite for Strings seamlessly blends both original and traditional themes from countries like Nigeria and Ghana into its five contrasting movements. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is synonymous with the Russian musical output of the late 19th century and was responsible for other powerhouse works like 1812 Overture and The Nutcracker. We conclude the program with his Serenade for Strings. Tchaikovsky himself believed that this work was one of the finest pieces he ever wrote, stating it is “a piece from the heart, and so, I venture to hope that this work is not without artistic qualities.”

Prior to the concert, at 2:15pm, bring the whole family to our “Meet the Instruments” petting zoo where even our youngest listeners can get up close and personal with their favorite instruments before seeing them come alive onstage. This event will take place (weather permitting) in the beautiful setting of the Fort Washington Green, the community garden space at FWCC.

Cornerstone Studios: 10th Anniversary Open Studios & Benefit Auction

Please join the artists of 2025 NoMAA Uptown Arts Stroll honoree, Cornerstone Studios, for a 10th Anniversary Open Studios & Benefit Auction on Saturday, June 14, from 11am to 5pm.
See work by John Hampshire, Linda Smith, Marjorie Van Cura, Vicky Azcoitia, Gal Cohen, Jessica Alazraki, 2025 Uptown Arts Stroll honoree Jeff Hoppa, Paul Birbil, Alison Cuomo, Christine Kuper, Soren Glassing, Jeanne Jalandoni, Matt Jones and Katitia Miller, plus Studio178 Artist-in-Residence, Dana Schein.
There will be a benefit auction by current and former Cornerstone members in Gallery178 to benefit Our Saviour’s Atonement Lutheran Church’s captial campaign.

NoMAA: 23rd Uptown Arts Stroll Opening Reception

Join NoMAA & the northern Manhattan arts community, meet this year’s honorees & celebrate the Uptown Arts Stroll opening in West Harlem, Washington Heights & Inwood at the Sugar Hill Museum with DJ Taela Naomi and outdoor artist-led workshop by the Sugar Hill Museum on the plaza.

The Uptown Arts Stroll runs from May 30-June 30 with exhibitions and events from West 125th to West 220th Street. Pickup a printed guide or view this online calendar & website for more information.

RSVP HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/23rd-uptown-arts-stroll-opening-reception-tickets-1335472667699?aff=oddtdtcreator