Tag Archives: Northern Manhattan

Uptown Stories: Wonderland Tea Party

Uptown Stories invites you to join us for a Wonderland Tea Party of epic proportions, where you’ll grow in one direction or the other, play only the most important of games, and debate the madness of all those involved. 🍵
🎟️ Your $25 ticket includes a chance to win fantastical prizes! Buy yours in our bio, and stay tuned for prize reveals…
♥️ Whether you’re a wee bird or a walrus (or something in between) we insist that you attend this celebration of our young writers, or else off with your head!
🃏 We jest of course, but if you must miss this golden afternoon of nonsense, you can support our young writers by making a donation to our Pay-What-You-Can Tuition Fund.
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Hudson View Gardens Lounge: Cellist Peter Stumpf

The Performing Arts Group at Hudson View Gardens is thrilled to present a member of the Weiss-Kaplan-Stumpf Trio, after that group’s wildly popular performance here in January. On Sunday, May 18 at 5 pm, cellist Peter Stumpf returns to The Lounge at HVG for a recital that features Bach’s Cello Suite No. 5 and sonatas by Mendelssohn and Prokofiev with pianist Noreen Cassidy-Polera.

Peter Stumpf is a member of the Weiss-Kaplan-Stumpf Trio. As a soloist, he has appeared with the Boston Symphony, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Philadelphia Orchestra, and was the former principal cellist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic for over a decade. He’s performed on chamber series and festivals around the world, and is Professor of Cello at Indiana University.

The pianist Noreen Cassidy-Polera is the winner of the Accompanying Prize at the VIII International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. She maintains a career that has taken her to every major American music center and abroad to Europe, Russia, and Asia, including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, The Kennedy Center and Jordan Hall. She has recorded for Sony, EMI, Audiophon, and Centaur Records.

The Performing Arts Group’s Spring 2025 concert season at The Lounge wraps up on Sunday, June 22 with HVG’s own pianist Evelyne Luest and the ThEMA Ensemble with cellist Angela Lee and guest clarinetist Nikki Pet. Details are below; more information and updates are at Facebook.com/HVGPAG.

Just the Facts

Sunday, May 18, 2025 at 5 pm

HVG Performing Arts Group presents:

Peter Stumpf, cello

Noreen Cassidy-Polera, piano

The Lounge at Hudson View Gardens
128 Pinehurst Ave at W. 183rd Street (Manhattan)

Admission: $15 suggested donation
($12 seniors/children, children under 8 are free)

PROGRAM

J.S. Bach: Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor

Felix Mendelssohn: Cello Sonata #1 in B Flat Major Op. 45

Sergei Prokofiev: Cello Sonata in C Major Op. 119

Details and updates at Facebook.com/HVGPAG

Dyckman Farmhouse: History in Focus 2025 – “Diversity and it’s Limits: Attitudes Towards Immigration in New York”

Dyckman Farmhouse Museum presents History In Focus 2025:

A Virtual Lecture Series on
Immigrant History in Upper Manhattan

“Diversity and it’s Limits: Attitudes Towards Immigration in New York” with Dr. Philip Kasinitz

June 18th, 2025
12pm on Zoom

FREE!
REGISTER HERE!

New York’s history has long been the history of migrants and newcomers. Since the days of Dutch New Amsterdam, waves of migrants—some voluntary, some not—have continually remade the city. Historically, immigrants have accounted for almost all of the City’s population growth as well as its emergence as a center of economic activity and cultural innovation.

Despite its long history of ethnic and racial conflict, New Yorkers have generally been more favorably disposed towards immigration—if not necessarily towards all groups of immigrants– than most Americans. However, last year’s influx of refugees, many of whom were bused to New York, has presented the city with new challenges. The mayor described this influx as “unprecedented” and feared that it could “destroy the city”. More recently the policies of the Trump administration have framed migration as a “crisis” and local and federal policies have increasingly come into conflict.

For the FINAL presentation of History in Focus 2025, Dr. Philip Kasinitz will explore some of the history of how New York has received immigrants and discuss what is and is not new about the present situation. Dr. Kasinitz will also present the surprising findings of a new survey on attitudes towards migrants among today’s New Yorkers.

Philip Kasinitz is Presidential Professor of Sociology and director of the Advanced Research Collaborative at the City University of New York Graduate Center, where he founded the Master’s program in International Migration Studies. His co-authored book Inheriting the City: The Children of Immigrants Come of Age received the American Sociological Association Distinguished Book Award and the Eastern Sociological Society’s Mira Komarovsky Book award. Other recent works include Growing Up Muslim in Europe and the United Sates and Global Cities, Local Streets. Former President of the Eastern Sociological Society, he serves on The Russell Sage Foundation’s committee on Race, Ethnicity and Immigration and the Historical Advisory Committee of the Ellis Island Museum.

This program is supported, in part, by, the Honorable Carmen De La Rosa, New York City Council, District 10.

Hebrew Tabernacle: The Nature Connection

Our current exhibition The Nature Connection – “In nature nothing exists alone” (quote by Rachel Carson in Silent Spring) is on the walls of the Armin and Estelle Gold Wing art gallery.

Please visit and join us for a meet the artist reception on Wednesday, May 21, 2025 from 6-8 pm.

Laura Twersky Stempel is a biology professor and a nature photographer. She has published research on the developmental effects of environmental endocrine disruptor/microplastics.
She hopes to encourage conservation by sharing photographs of our awesome nature world.
 
Contact:Instagram/@LauraTwersyStempel.

Official hours of the Hebrew Tabernacle’s Armin and Estelle Gold Wing :

Mondays – 9am – 3:30 pm
Tuesday – closed
Wednesday – 9am-5pm
Thursday – closed
Friday – 9am – 5 pm
and by appointment – call 212-568-8304
Free admission, wheelchair accessible.

Hebrew Tabernacle Synagogue
551 Fort Washington Ave (@185 St.)