June 26: Meg Okura’s Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble
Jazz WaHi presents “Melting Pot Jazz” – a weekly series of five free family-friendly outdoor concerts celebrating the immigrants Influence on Jazz, The concerts are held indoors in case of rain.
Bring chairs, blankets, kids, picnics (no pets or alcohol. please) and enjoy listening to great music with your neighbors!
Note – there are no public bathrooms on site; please plan accordingly.
American Dreams Pop-up Concert
Free outdoors, at the Sugar Hill Rose Garden. Rain date Saturday, June 15th.
Bring your sketchbook, color pencils, brushes, watercolors, pastels, inks or other drawing tools of choice, and your sharp eyes as we wander in search of beautiful, strange, everyday or odd plants to sketch in the Heights! All ages welcome. We will walk from the steps of 615 West 186th St east to Laurel Terrace, down to 181st St, and back up Audubon Avenue, looking for plants, trees, flowers, vines, and more–from cultivated gardens to beautiful “weeds”–and capture them on paper. Walk ends back at 186th St, where we will compare our sketches. All participants will receive a free deck of 12 beautiful plant cards featuring my artwork, to identify and keep.
Save the Date! for Intergenerational Jazz Power Festival on Pat’s Lawn, Inwood Hill Park! Groove to the soulful rhythms of the Steven Oquendo Latin Jazz Orchestra, celebrate the legacy of jazz sheros with Antoinette Montague’s “Here’s To The Ladies Who Swing and Bling”, marvel at the talent of the All-City High School Latin Ensemble under the direction of Alberto Toro, and witness the rising stars of Zah! Jr. with Dr. E and Jazz Power. Don’t miss out on this harmonious gathering! FREE admission
Intergenerational Jazz Power Festival is produced by Jazz Power Initiative, a non-profit, 501 (c) (3) organization founded in 2003, is made possible in part by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council; the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature; the Howard Gilman Foundation; the Hispanic Federation; the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation; the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation; and our individual donors. Thank you for your support!
