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Word Up Recirculation: Collage Night at Recirculation

Thursday, October 17, 2024 – 6:30pm to 8:00pm
RECIRCULATION A project of Word Up
876 Riverside Drive (near 160th St.)
New YorkNY 10032

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Recirculation, Word Up Community Bookshop’s second location, is full of used books & journals that need help finding a new purpose. Join us for a COLLAGE NIGHT where we can use old book materials and create something new. Base supplies & vibes will be provided. Additional materials are available for purchase at PWYC prices.

If you have art supplies you’d like to donate, consider dropping them off at Recirculation’s Arts Community Cabinet, an open storage space to donate & take arts-related items.

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 times.

Recirculation, a project of Word Up Community Bookshop, is located at 876 Riverside Drive (near 160th St.) in Washington Heights, NYC. You can take the 1 train to 157th St., A/C train to 163rd St., and the M4 and M5 to Broadway and 159/160th.

Jazz WaHi & Cabrini Shrine: Melting Pot Jazz – Dominican All-Stars

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.

This week we kick off the series with the Dominican All-Stars, bringing you the smokin’ sounds of Merengue, Pambiche, Palo, and Vodu!
Bring chairs, blankets, kids, ,picnics (no pets or alcohol. please) and enjoy listening to great music with your neighbors!

This is an All-Star band featuring:
Dr. Paul. Austerlitz, sax
Alex Diaz, tambora
Cuqui Mora, percussion
Ariel Robles, bass
Rick Germanson, keyboard

Great Trees of Inwood Hill Park

Saturday, August 10, 2024
11:00 a.m.12:30 p.m.

Trees have a special place in our environment. Join us for a hike of Inwood Hill Park in search of different species and learn some ways to identify these trees during the summer season.

Location

West 218th Street and Indian Road in Inwood Hill Park
Manhattan

Directions to this location

Cost

Free

J. Hood Park – Concert: Chembo Corniel Quintet

Concert: Chembo Corniel Quintet

Friday, October 4, 2024
6:00 p.m.7:30 p.m.

Chembo Corniel Quintet
Percussionist Wilson “Chembo” Corniel, Jr. studied music in New York City, New Jersey, and Cuba on his way to a prolific career, during which he has worked with artists such as Chucho Valdes, Larry Harlow, Tito Puente, Machito, Celia Cruz, Grady Tate, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Hilton Ruiz, Dave Valentin, Willie Colon, Angela Bofill, Chico Freeman and many more. In 2001 he began leading his own Latin Jazz quintet, whose 2010 CD “Things I Wanted to Do” was nominated for the Best Latin Jazz Album GRAMMY. Chembo Corniel endorses Latin Percussion (LP) products, REMO Heads, Vic Firth Sticks and Sabian Cymbals.

Presented by the Jazz Foundation of America, supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and by the Howard Gilman Foundation.

Location

Cost

Free

Dyckman Farmhouse – The Grand Tour: An Immersive Dance Experience

The Grand Tour: An Immersive Dance Experience

May 29th, 2024 at 6:30PM – FREE

By Julia Bengtsson from New York Baroque Dance Company. Accompanied by Paul Shipper, Dongmyung Ahn,  Jason Priset and Patrick Pride

Attend “The Grand Tour,” at the Dyckman Farmhouse Museum! Visitors will experience an immersive dance performance, and have a chance to dance themselves. The Grand Tour was the name of the popular trips of youngsters that visited the main capitals of Europe in the 18th Century. Attendees will experience a music and dance program that transports them to 18th Century England, France and Spain. Our guides are dancers Julia Bengtsson and Patrick Pride from The New York Baroque Dance Company, America’s leading Baroque dance ensemble, and the musicians Paul Shipper, Jason Priset and Dongmyung Ahn.

About the performers

Julia Bengtsson 

Swedish-born Julia Bengtsson has choreographed over 20 ballets, operas and films for venues including Carnegie Hall, UN Headquarters and Bruno Walter Auditorium at Lincoln Center. Her stage direction of Opera Lafayette’s production of Venus and Adonis was praised by The Washington Post as “a fine evening’s entertainment”. She has made presentations at Temple University, NYU, and University of Pittsburgh. She joined The New York Baroque Dance Company in 2018 and in 2021 she was the first dancer chosen for Early Music America’s Emerging Professional Leadership Council. She is a mentee of Bessie-awarded director/choreographer Catherine Turocy and a graduate of Royal Swedish Ballet School. http://www.juliabengtsson.com/

Paul Shipper

Paul Shipper is a Grammy nominated singer, instrumentalist, stage director and coach. In his confused career, he has performed in all 50 states and 17 countries with early music groups, theater, dance, contemporary chamber ensembles and opera companies. As well as his concert work on vocals, lute, guitar, recorder, flute, winds and percussion, he can be heard on over 60 recordings and on soundtracks for museums and library exhibits, PBS, HBO, Showtime’s hit series ‘The Tudors’ and various bad horror movies.

Dongmyung Ahn

Early string specialist Dongmyung Ahn is a performer, educator, and scholar whose interests span from the twelfth to eighteenth centuries. She regularly performs with Pegasus, Raritan Players, The Sebastians, and TENET Vocal Artists. She has played rebec in the critically acclaimed production of The Play of Daniel at the Cloisters. A dedicated educator, Dongmyung has taught music history at Columbia University, New York University, Queens College, Rutgers University, and Vassar College. She received her PhD in musicology at the Graduate Center, CUNY and has published articles on medieval liturgy and Jewish-Christian relations in Henry VIII’s court.

Jason Priset

As a performer Dr. Jason Priset regularly travels around the United States and abroad, and has performed with a variety of different organizations and venues. This includes the Scottish Rite Temple in Miami, Florida, the Museu de la Música in Barcelona, Spain, and Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City. And as a Director has organized and executed the Lute Society of America Festival, serves on faculty and staff for Amherst Early Music, and has been the musical director for various concerts including the Collegium Musicum at Montclair State University.

Patrick Pride

Born and raised in Richmond, Virginia, Patrick Pride Jr. graduated with a BFA in Dance at Austin Peay State University in 2018. After graduating, Patrick performed in various musicals around Tennessee and was a member of Found Movement Group (a contemporary-based dance theater company). Since Patrick moved to NYC in 2020, he has performed in music videos, dance projects and choreographed Lion King Jr. Patrick joined The New York Baroque Dance Company in 2021. He also performs with the Brooklyn dance company, AP Dance Inc., winner of the Special Mention award for the 2021 Global Shorts Awards.

The New York Baroque Dance Company 

The New York Baroque Dance Company, founded in 1976 by Catherine Turocy, Artistic Director, and Ann Jacoby, specializes in 17th and 18th century programs ranging from street performances to fully staged operas.  There are over 80 operas in its repertoire as well as reconstructed dances and ballets choreographed in period style. NYBDC has toured North America, Europe and Japan with conductors James Richman, John Eliot Gardiner, Christopher Hogwood, Nicholas McGegan and Wolfgang Katschner.  The company also performs with Opera Lafayette Orchestra and Chorus, The Dallas Bach Society, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Chorale and Ars Lyrica Houston. http://www.nybaroquedance.org/  

 

El Gran Tour: Una Experiencia de Danza Inmersiva

29 de mayo de 2024 a las 6:30PM – GRATIS

Por Julia Bengtsson de la Compañía de Danza Barroca de Nueva York. Acompañada por Paul Shipper, Dongmyung Ahn, Jason Priset y Patrick Pride.

Asiste a “El Gran Tour” en el Museo Dyckman Farmhouse! Los visitantes experimentarán una presentación de danza inmersiva y tendrán la oportunidad de bailar ellos mismos. El Gran Tour era el nombre de los viajes populares que realizaban los jóvenes para visitar las principales capitales de Europa en el siglo XVIII. Los asistentes disfrutarán de un programa de música y danza que los transportará a la Inglaterra, Francia y España del siglo XVIII. Nuestros guías son los bailarines Julia Bengtsson y Patrick Pride de la Compañía de Danza Barroca de Nueva York, el conjunto de danza barroca líder de Estados Unidos, y los músicos Paul Shipper, Jason Priset y Dongmyung Ahn.

Sobre los artistas

Julia Bengtsson

La sueca Julia Bengtsson ha coreografiado más de 20 ballets, óperas y películas para lugares como el Carnegie Hall, la sede de la ONU y el Auditorio Bruno Walter en el Lincoln Center. Su dirección escénica de la producción de Venus y Adonis de Opera Lafayette fue elogiada por The Washington Post como “una excelente velada de entretenimiento”. Ha realizado presentaciones en Temple University, NYU y University of Pittsburgh. Se unió a la Compañía de Danza Barroca de Nueva York en 2018 y en 2021 fue la primera bailarina elegida para el Consejo de Liderazgo Profesional Emergente de Early Music America. Es aprendiz de la directora y coreógrafa ganadora del premio Bessie, Catherine Turocy, y graduada de la Royal Swedish Ballet School. http://www.juliabengtsson.com/

Pablo Shipper

Pablo Shipper es un cantante, instrumentista nominado al Grammy, director de escena y entrenador. En su ecléctica carrera, ha actuado en los 50 estados y 17 países con grupos de música antigua, teatro, danza, conjuntos de cámara contemporáneos y compañías de ópera. Además de su trabajo de concierto con voz, laúd, guitarra, flauta dulce, flauta, instrumentos de viento y percusión, se le puede escuchar en más de 60 grabaciones y bandas sonoras para exposiciones de museos y bibliotecas, PBS, HBO, la exitosa serie de Showtime “Los Tudor” y varias películas de terror de bajo presupuesto.

Dongmyung Ahn

La especialista en cuerdas antiguas, Dongmyung Ahn, es una intérprete, educadora y académica cuyos intereses abarcan desde el siglo XII hasta el XVIII. Toca regularmente con Pegasus, Raritan Players, The Sebastians y TENET Vocal Artists. Tocó la rebeca en la aclamada producción de El juego de Daniel en los Cloisters. Dongmyung, una educadora dedicada, ha enseñado historia de la música en la Universidad de Columbia, la Universidad de Nueva York, Queens College, la Universidad de Rutgers y Vassar College. Obtuvo su doctorado en musicología en el Graduate Center, CUNY y ha publicado artículos sobre liturgia medieval y relaciones judeo-cristianas en la corte de Enrique VIII.

Jason Priset

Como intérprete, el Dr. Jason Priset viaja regularmente por Estados Unidos y el extranjero, y se ha presentado con una variedad de organizaciones y en sedes diferentes. Esto incluye el Scottish Rite Temple en Miami, Florida, el Museu de la Música en Barcelona, España, y el Alice Tully Hall en el Lincoln Center de la ciudad de Nueva York. Y como director, ha organizado y ejecutado el Festival de la Lute Society of America, forma parte del cuerpo docente y staff de Amherst Early Music, y ha sido director musical de varios conciertos, incluido el Collegium Musicum de la Montclair State University.

Patrick Pride Jr.

Nacido y criado en Richmond, Virginia, Patrick Pride Jr. se graduó con un BFA en Danza de la Universidad Estatal de Austin Peay en 2018. Después de graduarse, Patrick actuó en varios musicales en Tennessee y fue miembro de Found Movement Group (una compañía de teatro de danza contemporánea). Desde que Patrick se mudó a Nueva York en 2020, ha participado en videos musicales, proyectos de danza y coreografió el Rey León Jr. Patrick se unió a The New York Baroque Dance Company en 2021. También actúa con la compañía de danza de Brooklyn, AP Dance Inc., ganadora del premio Mención Especial en los Global Shorts Awards 2021.

The New York Baroque Dance Company 

La Compañía de Danza Barroca de Nueva York, fundada en 1976 por Catherine Turocy, Directora Artística, y Ann Jacoby, se especializa en programas de los siglos XVII y XVIII que van desde representaciones callejeras hasta óperas completamente escenificadas. Tiene más de 80 óperas en su repertorio, así como danzas y ballets reconstruidos coreografiados en estilo de época. NYBDC ha realizado giras por América del Norte, Europa y Japón con directores de orquesta como James Richman, John Eliot Gardiner, Christopher Hogwood, Nicholas McGegan y Wolfgang Katschner. La compañía también actúa con la Orquesta y Coro de la Ópera Lafayette, la Sociedad Bach de Dallas, la Orquesta Barroca de la Filarmónica y el Coro y Ars Lyrica Houston. http://www.nybaroquedance.org/