Bring a picnic blanket and some snacks to Roger Morris Park and enjoy a free screening of Stand and Deliver (1988).
About the film: “Jaime Escalante is an engineer turned mathematics teacher. Convinced that his students have potential, he adopts unconventional teaching methods to help gang members and no-hopers pass the rigorous Advanced Placement exam in calculus.” This movie is rated PG, so it is not considered suitable for young audiences.
These events are hosted in partnership with Inwood Art Works.
Join the Fort Tryon Park Trust, NYC Parks, and the Michels family for a joyful concert in honor of the late Council Member Stanley Michels and his impact on Northern Manhattan parks. Stan served Washington Heights, Inwood, and Harlem for 24 years!
Enjoy this outdoor event in a beautiful setting on the Stan Michels Promenade in Fort Tryon Park with local jazz impresarios Marjorie Eliot, Rudel Drears & ensemble with opening act Joseph Miller Trio.
Enter at north end of Fort Washington Avenue.
Rain location: OSA Church, 178 Bennett Avenue & West 189th Street
Join the Kwento Bookstore Collective in welcoming Mia P. Manansala and Gabriella Buba for a VIRTUAL event to celebrate the release of Guilt and Ginataan! The Kwento Bookstore Collective is made up of Filipino-owned indie bookstores and this virtual event is co-hosted by Bel Canto Books, Femme Fire Books, Loyalty Bookstores, Waucoma Bookstore, and Word Up Community Bookshop. This event will be held digitally via Crowdcast and is free to attend. Click here to register for the event. You can also order the book below to be added to the event’s registration list, and there will also be an option to snag the books during the event.
Preorder Guilt and Ginataan to receive a signed bookplate and a print designed by Arielle Jovellanos.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Autumn is in full swing for the town of Shady Palms—the perfect time for warm drinks, cozy cardigans, and…dead bodies?
The annual Shady Palms Corn Festival is one of the town’s biggest moneymakers, drawing crowds from all over the Midwest looking to partake in delicious treats, local crafts, and of course, the second largest corn maze in Illinois. Lila Macapagal and her Brew-ha Cafe crew, Adeena Awan and Elena Torres, are all too happy to participate in the event and even make a little wager on who can make it through the corn maze the fastest—but their fun is suddenly cut short when a dead body is found in the middle of the maze…and an unconscious Adeena lies next to it, clutching a bloody knife.
The body is discovered to be a local politician’s wife, and all signs—murder weapon included—point to Adeena as the culprit. But Lila knows her best friend couldn’t have done this, so she and her crew put on their sleuthing caps yet again to find the killer who framed Adeena and show them what happens when they mess with a Brew-ha…
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Mia P. Manansala (she/her) is a writer from Chicago who loves books, baking, and bad-ass women. She is the author of the multi-award-winning Tita Rosie’s Kitchen Mystery series and the forthcoming YA novel DEATH IN THE CARDS (May 2025). She uses humor (and murder) to explore aspects of the Filipino diaspora, queerness, and her millennial love for pop culture. Find her on Facebook and Instagram: @MPMtheWriter Check out her website: www.miapmanansala.com
ABOUT THE CONVERSATION PARTNER
Gabriella Buba is a mixed Filipina-Czech author and chemical engineer based in Texas who likes to keep explosive pyrophoric materials safely contained in pressure vessels or between the covers of her books. She writes adult epic fantasy for bold, bi, brown women who deserve to see their stories centered. Her debut SAINTS OF STORM AND SORROW is a filipino-inspired epic fantasy out with Titan Books. Book 2 of The Stormbringer Saga DAUGHTERS OF FLOOD AND FURY comes out July 2025.
Word Up is hosting a market for Gaza on Sunday, November 10, 2024 from 10am to 3pm to raise funds for individuals and families in Gaza. Local vendors and artists will table, and a portion of sales will go to evacuation funds.
Specifically, we’re raising funds for Moamen Hemaid, a brave independent journalist in North Gaza. He was injured in a horrific attack and now his jaw is broken and his teeth shattered. To make matters worse, these injuries have become infected after he used funds meant for his treatment to save his community from starvation and thirst. AND NOW Moamen also has a terrible chest infection from breathing in toxic fumes and dust from the bombing while helping in rescue efforts. This is AT THE SAME TIME as the North of Gaza is being obliterated and annexed in this new campaign to ethnically cleanse the area of its population. He needs support for water, food, antibiotics, and for medical evacuation.
Zelle/PayPal: baroquebarbie@gmail.com
Venmo/CashApp: BaroqueBusker
LINK to fundraiser in his bio: @moamen_hemaid
This Saturday, come out to the Radio Hotel in Washington Heights to watch a group of artists try to capture the hotel’s unique courtyard oasis.
Watch as we paint for 3 hours. And there’s a fun twist to this outing hosted by me: a Hotel representative will pick their favorite artwork and will get to keep a special print version of the winning piece.
What: Uptown Plein Air (Washington Heights)
Date: Saturday, July 13
Time: 10am-2pm
Where: Radio Hotel (Courtyard Terrace)
2420 AMSTERDAM AVENUE, at 181st Street
Free to the public. Try the special menu at Jalao, inside the hotel.
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