WHCO presents the classical music from the TV show Bridgerton in a one hour performance at the Morris Jumel Mansion. Bring your own snacks (and blanket and chairs and bug spray, etc.) to enjoy during the concert. The Mansion Lawn is “Leave No Trace” so be sure to clean up what you brought in. Wine and Beer will be available to purchase via donation, sponsored by Cabrini Wines & Spirits and Tampopo Ramen.
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Fort Tryon Park: Celebrating National Dance Day with Uptown Dance Collective
September 21 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
🎉🩰 Celebrate National Dance Day with us at Fort Tryon Park! 🌳✨
Join us on September 21 at 3PM at Abby’s Lawn for a unique dance experience like no other! We’re thrilled to present “Reshaped Memory,” an evocative excerpt from Uptown Dance Collective’s site-specific event, and “Alterations and Repairs.”
Immerse yourself in an afternoon where dance, music, and poetry intertwine beautifully within the park’s scenic landscape. We’ll gather on Abby’s Lawn at 3PM, then take a short stroll to the performance site to witness an enchanting solo by Maxine Steinman. 🌿💃
The performance features a collaboration of artistic talents:
- Choreography by Maxine Steinman
- Poetry by Paul Rabinowitz
- Music by multi-instrumentalist John Ehlis
Don’t miss this chance to be part of a truly memorable celebration of dance and artistic expression. Click the Eventbrite link for free tickets and join us for an afternoon of inspiration and creativity!
📸 Photos by Chris Drukker
Let’s come together to celebrate National Dance Day in the heart of nature. See you there! 🌟💫
Jazz WaHi: SCAT – Vocal Improv Strategies with Louise Rogers
Louise shares some of her vocal improv strategies with singers who are curious about scatting. Please learn the song “It Could Happen to You” in the key of Eb for this workshop. This workshop is funded in part by Jazz WaHi and the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation. For reservations and more info: www.JazzWaHi.org/events-contact/
2nd Annual Inwood Jazz Festival – We’re Back!
The Inwood Jazz Festival has been rescheduled for Sunday, September 29th! Beginning with Hayes Greenfield’s Jazz-a-ma-Tazz Children’s Workshop for ages 1 – 8 in Bruce’s Garden at 10AM..
The main stage wakes up at 12 Noon in Inwood Hill Park til 5PM and concludes with a Jam at Inwood Farm Restaurant from 5 – 7PM – Musicians, bring your instruments.
So, bring a lawn chair, bring a picnic, bring the family.. Cathy Sancore will be setting up a table and making ‘shakers’ with the children from 1 – 3. And, bring the☀️sunshine, please ☀️or a poncho 🌂 See you there!
www.InwoodJazzFestival.com
Hudson View Gardens Lounge: Bloom Readings
“Bloom Readings presents “A September Reading – Two Authors/Two New Books!”, Saturday, September 21st, 6:00 pm, in The Lounge at Hudson View Gardens, just west of the intersection of 183rd St. & Pinehurst Ave. Tickets are $10, and can be purchased in advance with Venmo: @wicked-rufous-press.
Sarah Van Arsdale is a fiction writer, poet, and artist living in New York and Oaxaca, Mexico. Her seventh book, Catch and Release, (Finishing Line Press, 2024) is a book-length poem about the human impact on the sea life in Mexico, levied by Van Arsdale’s watercolor illustrations. Her first novel, Toward Amnesia, was published by Riverhead Books in 1995. She is the author of three other books of fiction: Blue, winner of the Peter Taylor Prize for the novel (2003 University of Tennessee Press); Grand Isle (SUNY Press, 2012) a novella collection, In Case of Emergency, Break Glass (Queens Ferry Press, 2016), and another book-length poem, The Catamount (Nomadic Press, 2016). She’s assistant director of the Ferro-Grumley Award in LGBTQ Fiction, and she teaches creative writing in the low-residency MFA program at Antioch University.
David Ebenbach is the author of ten books of fiction, poetry, and non-fiction, including his new novel Possible Happiness, called “a beautiful coming-of-age novel” by Booklist, in a starred review. His books have won such awards as the Drue Heinz Literature Prize and the Juniper Prize, among others. His fiction and poetry have also been published in numerous magazines, including The Kenyon Review, Asimov’s Science Fiction, and The New England Review. He lives with his family in Washington, DC, where he teaches creative writing and literature at Georgetown University. You can find out more at davidebenbach.com
For more information visit BloomReadings.net, or email us at bloomreadings80@gmail.com