Join the Director of Horticulture at the Riverside Park Conservancy to see what’s in bloom, discuss special topics in urban horticulture, and ask questions about the plants you see in Riverside.
Location: Discovery Playground in Riverside Park
Off the Hudson River Greenway near Riverside Drive and West 163rd St
Summer on the Hudson: World Fish Migration Day
Wade into the Hudson River for World Fish Migration Day! Collect and count species of fish in partnership with Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and Hudson River Sloop Clearwater.
Location: 172nd Street Beach in Fort Washington Park
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
