Explore Fort Washington Park with NYC Bird Alliance on a family-friendly birding tour in celebration of Black Birders’ Week! Meet at 157th Street and Broadway. Some binoculars available, but bring a pair if you have them!
Location: West 157th Street and Broadway, New York, NY
Summer on the Hudson, Riverside Park Conservancy
Join the Urban Park Rangers for an afternoon of kid friendly activities and exploring the Inwood Hill Nature Center.
Program will be at Nature Center.
West 218th Street and Indian Road in Inwood Hill Park
Registration not required.
Word Up welcomes historian Stuart Schrader to discuss his new book Blue Power: How Police Organized to Protect and Serve Themselves (out April 14, 2026), a history of police unions that reveals how American law enforcement built a political movement that made cops untouchable. In conversation with Schrader will be Philip V. McHarris, author of Beyond Policing.
“Stuart Schrader’s sweeping history of the political mobilization of the police makes clear just how historically distinctive the role of the police in our society is today. Blue Power chronicles the rise of the police as a political force, and the lobbying strategies, rhetorical campaigns, and legal gambits police unions and associations have deployed to protect the power and autonomy of their members. This has indelibly shaped not only American cities and criminal justice policies, but our society and politics as a whole. The book is a remarkable achievement.”—Kim Phillips-Fein, author of Fear City
Is your mom best represented by “To My Mother” by Edgar Allan Poe, “The Joy Luck Club” by Amy Tan, or “The Runaway Bunny” by Margaret Wise Brown—or perhaps something more contemporary like “Remember” by Joy Harjo or “Good Bones” by Maggie Smith?
Join us Monday, May 11, for a special post–Mother’s Day Muse dedicated to honoring the mothers and caregivers who shape and nurture our lives. Guests are invited to share out loud a short poem, story, or passage (1–3 minutes) in gratitude or remembrance, in a warm and family-friendly setting. Bring your favorite text or one you penned yourself. Led by Niria Leyva-Gutiérrez, this heartfelt evening will celebrate love, memory, and connection—complete with sweet treats, just like mom used to make.
Doors open at 6:30pm. The Muse begins at 7:00pm.
To celebrate almost fifty years of Star Wars, we will be showing the original trilogy of Star Wars films all day long, in order of release. Featuring Star Wars (1977), The Empire Strikes Back (1980), and Return of the Jedi (1983). There will be breaks in between films but no intermissions.
