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NoMAA OPENING – Uptown Treasures: Past and Present

NoMAA presents works highlighting Northern Manhattan’s artistic heritage and rich cultural landscape.

Opening Tuesday, June 11, 6-8pm

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS Andrea Arroyo | Yael Ben-Zion | Julie Berman | Danny Bonilla | Lenore Browne | Jacinta Bujanda-Suárez | Kim Cabán | Cathleen Campbell | J Gregory Coutinho | Franck de las Mercedes | Rose Deler | Felipe Galindo | Wilhelmina Grant-Cooper | Josefina Hernandez | Myong Jin | Andrea Kornbluth | Yomira Meregildo | Jhomalys Moran | Sam Popp | Jan Posvar | Simona Riccardi | Darcy Rogers | Anthony Rojas | Tom Sanford | Jesús Santana | Diana Schmertz | Tony Serio | Elizabeth Starčević | Je Wee | YumaYork.NYC

On view June 11 – September 5
Gallery hours: Tuesdays and Saturdays 1-5pm (excluding holidays)

NoMAA Gallery – 4140 Broadway & 176th St

HVG Centennial Concert Extravaganza!

For the final concert of PAG’s spring 2024 season, we’re celebrating the centennial of our beloved home, Hudson View Gardens. The program on Sunday, June 23 at 5 pm in The Lounge features classical and jazz selections from the 1920s, right around the time that HVG was built!

Nearly a dozen performers will take the stage at The Lounge for this special concert. The program features a special arrangement of George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue played by HVG resident pianists Evelyne Luest, David Kalhaus and Sasha Papernick. Also: the world premiere of a composition by Andy Didorenko written especially for the occasion and a 1924 work by Gabriel Faure played by cellist Angela Lee. The extraordinary jazz musicians, HVG residents Andrea Wood (vocals) and Ethan O’Reilly (bass) perform Tea for Two, The Man I Love and other 1920s popular favorites.

A festive reception follows the concert.

PROGRAM

Andy Didorenko: Souvenir de Kálmán  (2024)  World Premiere
(based on the 1924 operetta Countess Maritza by Emmerich Kálmán)
Andy Didorenko, violin; Yuliya Basis, piano

Gabriel Fauré: Sicilienne for cello and piano, op. 78
Ernest Bloch: Prayer (From Jewish Life), for cello and piano
Angela Lee, cello; Evelyne Luest, piano 

Popular songs from the 1920s
 Sasha Papernik, vocals & piano; Andrea Wood, vocals; Ethan Oreilly, bass

George Gershwin (arr. Ian Jamison): Rhapsody in Blue for 8 hands, two pianos
David Kalhous, Huizi Zang, Sasha Papernik, Evelyne Luest, pianists

Dyckman Farmhouse: Uptown Plein Air

Uptown Plein Air at the Dyckman Farmhouse

Saturday, June 8th from 10:00AM-1:30AM

FREE

Come watch a group of local artists practice their painting skills as they try to capture the lovely grounds of the Dyckman Farmhouse. Artists will host a Q&A to answer the public’s questions about their process! The Dyckman Farmhouse will get to pick their favorite painting as a souvenir, so stay to find out the winning painting! Limited supplies will be available for children to join in on the fun!

Organized by local artist, Francis Hsueh.

The Artists:

Francis Hsueh, Organizer (https://art-francis.com)

Gregory Coutinho (http://www.gregorycoutinho.com)

Tony Serio (https://www.tonyserio.com)

Anna Rich (https://www.instagram.com/annarich.art)

David Nakabayashi (https://judyferraragallery.com/nakabayashi-david)

Jessica Prior (https://jessicapriorart.com)

Doug Madill (http://www.madillstudio.com)

Josefina Hernandez (https://www.josefinahernandez.com)

Uptown Arts Stroll: Cornerstone Summer Open Studios

Please join the artists of Cornerstone Studios for a Summer Open Studios event on Saturday, June 8, 2024, from 11am to 5pm. See work by 16 artists, meet Katya Muromtseva, our 2024-25 Studio178 Artist-in-Residence, and enjoy a special exhibition of work by painter Jessica Alazraki in Gallery178.

Cornerstone’s address is 178 Bennett Ave, 2nd/3rd Floors, NYC 10040. Free and open to the public and part of NoMAA’s 2024 Uptown Arts Stroll.

Cornerstone Studios is an independent 501(c)(3) organization created in 2015 to provide affordable studio workspace for emerging and career visual artists in Washington Heights and Inwood, NYC.

Jazz Power Institute

Calling all artists and educators! We are holding our annual Jazz Power Institute in partnership with Lehman College on June 9th and 10th! Jazz Power Institute provides a dynamic framework for artists and educators, to build their knowledge and skill teaching jazz across disciplines of music, dance and writing; awakening deeper imagination, community and trust with their students. This year’s theme is EMPOWERMENT AND CONNECTION THROUGH JAZZ AND AFRO LATIN JAZZ with hands-on transformational and multidisciplinary learning experiences led by Dr. Eli Yamin (JPI Managing and Artistic Director), Antoinette Montague (Senior voice teacher), with guest artists James McBride (author/musician), and Latin jazz specialists Steven Oquendo, Alberto Toro, J Black and Carmen Morillo. Don’t miss this RARE and FREE opportunity for professional development. DOE Educators receive CTLE credits. Sign up now at jazzpower.org/institute2024