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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.

Fort Tryon Park: DANCE WALK – ALTERATIONS AND REPAIRS: REWOUND

May 18 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Put on your most comfortable walking shoes and be led by poet Paul Rabinowitz through Fort Tryon Park to see and hear dance, music, and poetry performed on benches, lawns, stairways, pathways, near rock faces, and under trees.  This impressive ensemble of contemporary artists inspired by nature and the elegance of Fort Tryon Park collectively draw from Modern, Flamenco, Jazz, Folk, and Brazilian-Afro lineages and styles.

 

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HVG Performing Arts Group: Voyager Reed Quintet

Sunday, September 29, 2024 at 5 pm

HVG Performing Arts Group presents:
Voyager Reed Quintet

Megan Wojtyla, oboe; Nikhil Bartolomeo, clarinet
Jarod Apple, saxophone; Miguel Posadas, bassoon
Timothy Hanley, bass clarinet

The Lounge at Hudson View Gardens
128 Pinehurst Ave at W. 183rd Street (Manhattan)

Admission: $15 suggested donation
($12 seniors/children, children under 8 are free)

PROGRAM

George Gershwin: Three Preludes
Jean Sibelius: Impromptu, Op. 5
Dieterich Buxtehude: Passacaglia in D minor
Marc Mellits: Splinter
Philip Glass: Piano Etude, No. 3
Andrew List: Harlequin’s Escapades
César Franck: Prelude, Fugue, and Variation
Leonard Bernstein: Prelude, Fugue, and Riffs

Hudson View Garden’s Performing Arts Group kicks off their fall season with a performance by the Voyager Reed Quintet on Sunday, September 29 at 5 pm at The Lounge.

Voyager performs works by Gershwin, Bernstein, Sibelius, Franck, Glass and more. The music is arranged for this particular group of instruments, a “reed quintet” – oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon and saxophone – which has become a standard combination in the 21st century.

The ensemble is named for NASA’s Voyager spacecraft and is inspired by the “golden records” carried on that rocket and by the intersections of a wide variety of music.

Coming up on October 20, PAG presents violinist Rolf Schulte and pianist Joseph Liccardo performing sonatas by Mozart, Janáček, and Brahms. More fall concerts will be announced soon.