A story of how courageous working women joined forces to fight for the right to vote, performed by Jazz Power Youth.
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UPTOWN ARTS STROLL: Brookins’ PRETTY with Edgar Gomez at Word Up Recirculation
Join us for a reading with KB Brookins from their new memoir Pretty, which discusses queerness, masculinity, and race. In conversation with Brookings will be Edgar Gomez, author of High-Risk Homosexual.
Pretty is one of the most brilliantly constructed memoirs I’ve read. There is not one wasted paragraph or scene here. The language cradles but never ever coddles. Some art just makes you thankful. I am so thankful.
—Kiese Laymon, author of Heavy
This event is a $5 suggested donation ticket with 50 max attendees. Please register in advance.
In compliance with Word Up Community Safety guidelines, all attendees are encouraged to stay masked at all time.
Dyckman Farmhouse – History in Focus: The Dutch in Upper Manhattan in the 17th Century
History in Focus: The Dutch in Upper Manhattan in the 17th Century
By Dr. Deborah Hamer
Wednesday, May 29th at 12PM
FREE; Virtual via zoom
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The most populous Dutch settlements in the 17th century were in Nieuw Amsterdam (lower Manhattan) and in Albany, and most Dutch records produced in the period were produced in one of those two cities. This lunchtime lecture focuses on the documentary record of upper Manhattan, looking at what records survive and what they tell us about diversity and intercultural interactions in this less well-studied area.
UPTOWN ARTS STROLL: Inwood History at Inwood Farm Restaurant
LOST INWOOD
Story of the Wading Place, W.230th @ Broadway
-TUESDAY JUNE 4th, 7:30PM at THE INWOOD FARM
It’s almost summer. For some of us, that means a trip to Baskin-Robbins at the corner of 230th and Broadway. But that particular streetcorner has a story far more epic than just a double scoop of Jamoca almond fudge. For millenia it was the only place where, at low tide, you could walk to Manhattan from the mainland. People called it the WADING PLACE, and it just might be the most historic geographic spot in the neighborhood.
Indigenous people, Dutch settlers, enslaved Africans, founding fathers, Lords, ladies, soldiers, mercenaries, secret agents, and even industrialists played a role in shaping its story.
This month at LOST INWOOD we’re honored to welcome guest speaker Nick Dembowski, president of the Kingsbridge Historical Society. Nick will tell us why 230th and Broadway, the site of the Wading Place, is such an important location in the neighborhood. Mind = blown!
So please join us Tuesday June 4th 7:30PM at the INWOOD FARM. It’s a free presentation. Reservations are recommended.
UPTOWN ARTS STROLL: Artist Talk with Bruce at MJM
Join us as we host an artist talk with Bruce Katz, photographer of the current exhibition Past/Present, as part of the Uptown Arts Stroll.