Tag Archives: Uptown Arts Stroll

UPTOWN ARTS STROLL: Intergenerational Jazz Power Festival

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!

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.

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.