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United Palace: THEATRE IN THE FOYER

Step inside the Grand Foyer of the United Palace for a theatrical double bill celebrating the magic of live performance.

Featuring two new pieces by Uptown Manhattan artists, Theatre in the Foyer brings together heart, history, and theatrical imagination in one unforgettable evening.

Uptown Books, by Adrián Miranda, is a warm and funny musical play set inside a Washington Heights bookstore, where a wonderfully quirky group of strangers finds connection, community, and unexpected joy among the shelves.

Your Queen Presents: Petrus, by Edu Díaz, is a darkly comic solo performance in which Queen Catherine de’ Medici reveals the story of Petrus Gonsalvus, the Canary Islander whose extraordinary life inspired Beauty and the Beast.

Two new works. One historic space. An evening of Uptown theatre.

Doors: 7:00pm, Show: 7:30pm

UPTOWN BOOKS  Playwright and director: Adrian Miranda

Cast: Adrian Miranda, Kelsey MacDonald, Jorge (Tuto) Taveras, Jeunina (Junie) Bergado, Gabe Gutierrez, Emma Lee Scholz, Jonathan Ellers, Ellis Morales, and Megan Troost

YOUR QUEEN PRESENTS: PETRUS

Creator and Performer: Edu Diaz,  Costume Designer: Pablo Jesús Gatto

Inwood Art Works: Inwood Artist Mixer

Inwood Art Works Stage Works presents:
Inwood Artist Mixer — Get Tickets!

CONNECT. COLLABORATE. CELEBRATE
Open to all local artists (however, it’s happening in Inwood). It is a local artist focused mixer and meet-up that provides a platform to:
-Connect. Meet and mingle with visual artists, musicians, festival filmmakers, grantees, fellow uptown creative artists, crew, writers, producers, and fundraisers of all types and talents.
-Collaborate. Discover like-minded people who share common interests and passions.
-Celebrate. Raise a glass and enjoy being a part of our vibrant uptown arts culture.

Light food generously provided. Beer, wine, water, soda cash bar.

FREE with RSVP

Dyckman Farmhouse Museum: 15th Anniversary Celebration

Dyckman Farmhouse Museum
15th Anniversary Celebration

To celebrate DFMA’s 15 years of programs and acknowledge all those who have made our work possible.

Join us for evening in Dyckman Farmhouse Museum’s garden to celebrate our various exhibitions and programs from over the past 15 years and to thank all of those who helped us achieve them.

Light refreshments will be served.

Word Up: Nicholas Freudenberg’s FIGHTING FOR NEW YORK with Merlin Chowkwanyun

Word Up welcomes Nicholas Freudenberg to discuss his new book, Fighting for New York: Activism for Health and Social Justice Since the 1960s, with Merlin Chowkwanyun, author of All Health Politics Is Local.

“A roadmap for health activists, Fighting for New York illustrates each step needed for successful advocacy through campaigns conducted by a wide range of city-based community organizations since the 1960s. These stories should inspire any reader to join the movement to make health justice a reality.” Marion Nestle, author of What to Eat Now: The Indispensable Guide to Good Food, How to Find It, and Why It Matters

ABOUT THE BOOK
What would New York City look like without the hard-won victories of social movements? From the Young Lords campaigns to prevent lead poisoning and tuberculosis in the late 1960s to ACT UP’s fight for people affected by AIDS in the early 1990s through Housing Justice for All’s recent advocacy for tenants, generations of activists have struggled to make the city a healthier and more equal place for all.

Fighting for New York is a pragmatic account of health-focused social movements over the past several decades. Nicholas Freudenberg–a longtime public health professional, researcher, and activist–examines a variety of cases, from campaigns for reproductive rights, environmental justice, and free school lunch to the Close Rikers Island and Fight for $15 movements. He analyzes how activist leaders, members, and organizations approach injustices, build coalitions, frame their messages, and define success, considering which strategies worked and which failed to achieve their goals.

Fighting for New York synthesizes the lessons of these campaigns into practical guidance for the activists, health professionals, and policy makers of today and tomorrow, suggesting specific strategies gleaned from decades of experience. Highlighting the voices of activists, this book is a riveting account of struggles to improve living conditions and uphold human dignity.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Nicholas Freudenberg is distinguished professor emeritus of public health at the City University of New York School of Public Health. He has studied, evaluated, and participated in activism on childhood lead poisoning, AIDS prevention, urban food policy, environmental justice, and mass incarceration. Freudenberg is the author of several books, most recently At What Cost: Modern Capitalism and the Future of Health (2021).