Join us in celebrating Spring at the Hispanic Society Museum & Library! Visit the galleries to see our current exhibitions and participate in art-making workshops led by various teaching artists on the terrace.
2-6pm: All Exhibitions on View
Out of the Closets! Into the Streets!: New York City’s Pride March 1975-1976
Adriana Varejão: Don’t Forget, We Come From the Tropics
Gregorio Luperon High School Student Exhibition: L@s Mezclad@s at the Hispanic Society
2-4pm: Art-Making Workshops (Part 1)
Verde y Carmelita: Clay Workshop with María Luisa Portuondo Vila and Aurora De Armendi (Pre-registration Required)
4pm: Art-Making Workshops (Part 2) + Music Performance
Ceramics Workshop with Ysabel Abreu
Annette A. Aguilar & Stringbeans Quartet: Brazilian & Latin Jazz Performance w/ Special Guest Appearance by Bean Bloco and Members of Harlem Samba
Sunday, April 27, 2025 – 12:00am to Saturday, May 31, 2025 – 4:00am
RECIRCULATION A project of Word Up
876 Riverside Drive (near 160th St.)
New York, NY10032
On view April 27 through May 31 during operating hours (Thursday-Friday 6-9, Saturday 1-4, Sunday 3-6).
Opening Reception – Sunday, May 4, 2025 – 4-6pm Artist Talk – Sunday, May 18, 2025 – 4-6pm Closing Reception – Saturday, May 31, 2025 – 2-4pm
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Esperanza Martell life, ideals, and beliefs are expressed through her artistic creations. Her politics, culture, and spirituality give life to pieces that speak about the power within her Puerto Rican African/Taino ancestry and life’s struggles for humanity. The legacy passed down through generations speaks of how the ordinary and extraordinary walk together hand in hand. As she creates from ancestral forms, she calls upon those powers to continue manifesting among us. She hand-builds images inspired by sacred shapes, traditional and non-traditional methods, and natural materials. The 2024 Urban ATABEX Collection de Terra y Mal was dedicated to the mothers and children of Palestine. Using clay, wood, seeds, shell, and recycled materials, she brings you Earth Spirit Art in Every Child a Prayer, a travailing installation of Peace, Resistance, and Love.
Join new early music ensemble “Les Passiones Animae” at Penny Jo’s at 5:00 PM at Penny Jo’s on April 20! Featuring musicians Nuria Canales Rubio, baroque flute, Ryan Cheng, viola da gamba, Nathan Mondry, harpsichord, Ela Kodzas, baroque violin, Allen Maracle and Andrew Koutroubas cello performing works by Telemann, Handel, Boismortier, Platti, and more! Free admission, food and drink for purchase.
Word Up welcomes visiting author Walter Feshold Rodriguez for story time!
The author of the Magical Cemí was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and raised in the town of Trujillo Alto. He attended the Colegio San Antonio in Río Piedras for twelve years and then completed a bachelor’s degree in Political Science at the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) in Río Piedras. Years later, he returned to the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) and completed a second bachelor’s degree in Education. Since 2004, he has worked as a history teacher, and in 2015, he moved with his wife and two of his daughters to Indiana, where he works as a Spanish teacher. His idea for the Magical Cemí arose from his concern about seeing so many Puerto Rican families moving away from the island and the negative impact this could have on Puerto Rican cultural heritage.
In accordance with Word Up community safety guidelines, all attendees of this event are required to wear a mask in the store.
Word Up Community Bookshop is located at 2113 Amsterdam Ave. (and 165th St.) in Washington Heights, NYC. You can take the 1 train to 168th St. and the A/C train to 163rd or 168th St.
Join NYC Parks and Council Member Carmen De La Rosa for a fun skate event in the park! Dance and enjoy an outdoor roller-skating event with music, jumbo games, and much more!
Friday, May 23, 2025
4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. | Family Session
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. | Adult Session
Anne Loftus Playground
Broadway, Riverside Dr. & Dyckman St., New York, N.Y. 10040
This event is sponsored by Council Member Carmen De La Rosa.
This event is FREE and open to the public. For more information visit nyc.gov/parks or email
Saudia.Thompson@parks.nyc.gov. Contact accessibility@parks.nyc.gov or (212) 360-1430 for more
information regarding accessibility.
