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Fort Tryon Park: 14TH ANNUAL STAN MICHELS MEMORIAL JAZZ FESTIVAL

August 3 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Join the Fort Tryon Park Trust, NYC Parks, and the Michels family for a joyful concert in honor of the late Council Member Stanley Michels and his impact on Northern Manhattan parks. Stan served Washington Heights, Inwood, and Harlem for 24 years!

Enjoy this outdoor event in a beautiful setting on the Stan Michels Promenade in Fort Tryon Park with local jazz impresarios Marjorie Eliot, Rudel Drears & ensemble with opening act Joseph Miller Trio.

Enter at north end of Fort Washington Avenue.

Rain location: OSA Church, 178 Bennett Avenue & West 189th Street

POSTPONED DUE TO WEATHER – NoMAA: Uptown Plein Air (Washington Heights)⁠

This Saturday, come out to the Radio Hotel in Washington Heights to watch a group of artists try to capture the hotel’s unique courtyard oasis.

Watch as we paint for 3 hours. And there’s a fun twist to this outing hosted by me: a Hotel representative will pick their favorite artwork and will get to keep a special print version of the winning piece.⁠
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What: Uptown Plein Air (Washington Heights)⁠
Date: Saturday, July 13⁠
Time: 10am-2pm⁠
Where: Radio Hotel (Courtyard Terrace)⁠
2420 AMSTERDAM AVENUE, at 181st Street⁠
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Free to the public. Try the special menu at Jalao, inside the hotel.⁠
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WHCO Sunset Picnic Performance! Trio Fadolín: Heirlooms

Thursday, July 25th at 7pm
Fort Washington Collegiate Church (181 & Ft. Washington Ave)

Enjoy a 1 hour sunset picnic performance by Trio Fadolín in the beautiful FWCC garden. Bring your own picnic (and blanket and chairs and bug spray, etc.) to enjoy during the concert. The garden is “Leave No Trace” so be sure to clean up what you brought in.

Free admission; donations gratefully accepted.

No Name Super Storyteller Party (December 2024)

Word Up Community Bookshop Librería Comunitaria
2113 Amsterdam Ave.
New York, NY 10032

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No Name Comedy/Variety Show producer Eric Vetter brings New York’s best established and emerging authors and storytellers to Word Up Community Bookshop in Washington Heights for their monthly series “No Name At Word Up Super Storyteller Party”.

Super Story Party is curated and co-hosted by author/storyteller Michele Carlo, the author of FISH OUT OF AGUA: My life on neither side of the (subway) tracks (Citadel Press).

The show will also include a “Magic Hat Open-Mic” where audience members can signup for a chance at four minutes of stage time to share their own stories.