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WHCO & Dyckman Farmhouse: Summer Picnic Concert – Milad Daniari & friends

WHCO’s principal bass player Milad Daniari is joined by friends for a fun and relaxing afternoon of music at the historic Dyckman Farmhouse Museum. Bathrooms are available onsite. Nearby you can explore the newly rebuilt Inwood Library as well as the Inwood Butterfly Sanctuary and many, many shops and restaurants on Broadway!

These concerts are free and open to the public. Guests are encouraged to bring their own picnic, blankets, or chairs, and we kindly ask that you help maintain the cleanliness and care of our shared public spaces.

Rain location: Our Saviour’s Atonement 178 Bennett Avenue

Washington Heights Chamber Orchestra: Summer Picnic Concert – Calliope Brass

American quintet Calliope Brass collaborates with the world’s most prominent creatives to build evocative, story-driven concert experiences for a variety of audiences. Inspired by the eponymous storytelling muse in Greek mythology, Calliope Brass (pronounced “Kuh-LIE-uh-pea”) is most known for its innovative approach to creating interactive concert experiences.

This performance takes place at Bennett Park, near the flagpole. The park contains the highest natural elevation in Manhattan, at 265.05 feet above sea level. Bathrooms can be found in the playground area nearby. After the concert be sure to visit one of our many nearby WHCO sponsors including Tinto Tapas Restaurant, the Fountain Bookshop, Dutch Baby Bakery, Tampopo Kitchen, and Refried Beans!

These concerts are free and open to the public. Guests are encouraged to bring their own picnic, blankets, or chairs, and we kindly ask that you help maintain the cleanliness and care of our shared public spaces.

Rain date: July 19th at 4pm at Bennett Park

WHCO & Morris Jumel: Summer Picnic Concert – Trio Fadolín

Summer Picnic Concert: Trio Fadolín

Trio Fadolín is a new ensemble with a unique sonority — featuring Sabina Torosjan on violin, Valeriya Sholokhova on cello, and Ljova, performing on the fadolín – a new instrument that encompasses the range of the violin, viola, and most of the cello, finding its footing in an acoustic chamber music setting for the first time

This performance takes place at the Morris-Jumel Mansion. Built in 1765, it is Manhattan’s oldest surviving residence and was once the headquarters of General George Washington. Don’t miss a stroll down picturesque and historic Jumel Terrace while you’re here!

These concerts are free and open to the public. Guests are encouraged to bring their own picnic, blankets, or chairs, and we kindly ask that you help maintain the cleanliness and care of our shared public spaces.

Rain location: Our Saviour’s Atonement 178 Bennett Avenue

Dyckman Farmhouse: Jamaicanisms – Jhanique Lovejoy & Kat Thompson in Conversation

Join us for Jamaicanisms: Jhanique Lovejoy & Kat Thompson in Conversation, a talk centered on family archives as living repositories of Black history,  inviting the community into a dialogue about memory, storytelling, and archival ethics, situating domestic archives.

Hosted by Dyckman Farmhouse Museum, the conversation features Jhanique Lovejoy and Kat Thompson discussing Lovejoy’s exhibition Soon Come, Likkle More and their respective artistic practices as Jamaican-American artists. Through photography and textiles, Lovejoy and Thompson examine Black memory, family histories, and the material traces of the Jamaican diaspora.

Cost: Free.  RSVP Required: register on Eventbrite!

Jhanique Lovejoy (b. 2001) is a New York imagemaker whose practice engages with multiplicity through the lens of race and culture. Lovejoy is known for her deeply intimate portrayals of her relationships as a queer Jamaican-American artist, encompassing both familial and romantic connections. Utilizing alternative processes, collage, and insights from her musicological studies, she explores themes of family archives, love, and the preservation of Black family history. 

Kat Thompson (b. 1991) is a lens-based artist and educator based in Virginia. Her interdisciplinary practice spans photography, video, textiles, sculptural collage, and installation. Through layering and material juxtaposition, she examines how images and objects function as vessels for memory, history, and identity, with a particular focus on the African Diaspora. Her work considers the construction of Black selfhood, exploring how cultural memory, ancestral inheritance, and lived experience converge across personal and collective narratives.