Sup and Sack in the Sunset, 6/12 @ 5:30pm

My husband is desperate for a date night, and I keep turning him down. I know, I know, “dating” your partner is healthy, but you can’t pry me away from these new babies even if your life depended on it.  Well, with one exception…

The only event in our neighborhood I would even consider leaving my brood, or buying a new sling for is this one:

The 10th Anniversary Celebration Fundraiser

For Inwood Shakespeare Festival

In Inwood Hill Park Peninsula

How many summer nights have we escaped to the peninsula, blankets & picnic baskets in tow, to watch another fabulous performance by the Inwood Shakespeare Festival?  Or how about those warm nights, when we are taking our evening stroll around the park with our pooches only to be drawn to the beautiful music floating over the salt marsh?

Inwoodites, we have to come out for this one in droves.

SUPPORT OUR BELOVED INWOOD SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL!!

Let’s mix and mingle, sip on a cocktail, and eat a snack donated from some of our favorite local restaurants!  It’s time to enjoy yet another romantic evening on Lover’s Lane, perhaps dance to some live music… and it’s all right here in our own little ‘hood.

Tickets are available for $30 online via PayPal and will also be sold for $35 at the door.

Please visit the Moosehall Theater Company website or join the Sup and Sack Facebook group for more info.

Buy your tix, pick up something summery, and spread the word!  See you there!!

Live music at Holy Trinity

we wanted to get this out first thing this morning as this is a very special event and didnt want it to get lost in other posts this week.

if you are home tonight or tomorrow evening, make it a date night down the block! this will be amazing.

from Maurice:

Hi Everyone,
Just to let you know I’m playing a few concerts up in Inwood on Dec. 12th-13th & 19th-20th at 8pm.  That’s this coming Friday and Saturday night plus the following weekend at the same time.  It’s an opera by Gian Carlo Menotti- “Amahl and the Night Visitors”.  It consists of 2 violins, 1 viola, 1 cello, myself on the bass, piano, and of course singers.  The concert takes place at:

Holy Trinity Church, Inwood
20 Cumming Street (off of Seaman Ave./ Cumming St)

The price is $12.  Unfortunately I would love to give out comp tickets to you guys but I am unable to.  So if anyone is interested in checking out any of the shows that’ll be awesome!  It’ll be great to see some familiar faces!  Plus it’s walking distance.  So anyway feel free to come out if you can!  Thanks and all the best!
-Maurice Belle

please support local artists, our friends, our neighbors!!

Irish ceili @ Good Shepherd, Sunday 2pm

just found this little gem in The Riverdale Press:

AMERICAN LEGION Post 581 will hold an Irish ceili, in the Good Shepherd auditorium, located at 620 Isham St., on Sunday, Nov. 16, from 2 to 6 p.m. This event will feature dancing, live music by Martin Melody, raffles and a cash bar. The charge for admission is $10 and this fee includes tea, coffee and Irish breads.

Concert in “the hood” by local talent – Sunday Oct 26

via inwoodhillneighbors:

Attention Concert Goers:

Sunday Concerts at the Lounge presents “Friends and Neighbors,” a
concert featuring residents of northern Manhattan.

Date: Sunday, October 26, 2008
Time: 5:00 p.m.
Place: Hudson View Gardens Lounge, 116 Pinehurst Avenue on W.183rd
Suggested Donation: $12

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It doesn’t take much digging into our “upstate Manhattan” neighborhood
to find some of New York’s top talent. Don’t miss two world premieres
by composers Steve Horowitz and Gordon Green, presenting their works
written for the our Disklavier Yamaha Grand piano. Also presented will
be works by Dan Levy, Charles Ives and Aaron Jay Kernis. Performers
include flutist Daniel Reading, violinist/violist David Wallace,
cellist David Egger, writer Elizabeth Margid, actors Dan Levy, Vincent
Wagner and Patrick Oliver Jones, and pianists Evelyne Luest and Eric
Walton.

Another special feature of the evening will be the presentation of a
scene from composer Dan Levy’s opera-theater work, THE MARTIAN
CHRONICLES (based on Ray Bradbury’s sci-fi classic, as adapted by
Elizabeth Margid) with Vincent Wagner as Muhe Ca, Patrick Oliver
Jones* as Tomas Gomez, Daniel Levy as Pops / Talking Book, and musical
director Eric Walton – piano. (*Actors Equity Association).

Following the concert will be a wonderful, FREE buffet reception. You
are invited to relax after the concert to chat with the artists and
friends.

It’s going to be a great concert and we hope to see you there!

Date: Sunday, October 26, 2008
Time: 5:00 p.m.
Place: Hudson View Gardens Lounge, 116 Pinehurst Avenue on W.183rd
Suggested Donation: $12

Directions by train:
“A” train to 181st St. At the uptown end of the platform take elevator
up to Ft. Washington Avenue exit. Cross Bennett Park to Pinehurst Ave.
Walk left to 183rd St. Then turn right down the Hudson View Gardens’
private drive. On the right hand side you’ll see “The Lounge” sign.

“Lin-Manuel Miranda to Host Taste of Washington Heights and Inwood on September 15 “

dinner down the block for $3 bucks AND an outdoor performance?  we are so there. bring your cameras.  this should be fun!

from the inbox:

Tony Award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda will host The 3rd Annual Taste of Washington Heights & Inwood, to be held from 4pm-8pm on Monday, September 15 on Post Avenue. In addition, Miranda will be joined by fellow cast members of his Broadway show In The Heights for a special outdoor performance.

The event will feature 15 local area eateries, which will share their favorite fare with the public. In addition, there willl be special giveaways including tickets to In The Heights, copies of the original cast recording, and signed posters.

As previously reported, Miranda and members of the show’s cast will also make a special CD signing and appearance at Barnes & Noble Lincoln Triangle on Tuesday, September 16.

In The Heights received the 2008 Tony Award for Best Musical and Miranda won the Tony Award for Best Score, as well as being nominated for Best Actor in a Musical.

The 3rd Annual Taste of Inwood & Washington Heights

Monday, September 15,

4 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Post Avenue @ 207th Street

3.00 admission fee.

"The Ark of Inwood – Urban Escape Vessel"

Arts Stroll: tonight, 7pm Metropolitan Soloists Concert

let’s hope it doesnt rain up here tonight, because hearing this concert outside would be wonderful!

Monday, June 16

7:00pm
Metropolitan Soloists Concert
Local woodwind and brass chamber ensemble performing the works of Rossini, Mozart and Handel.
Isham Park (near the circle at the south end of Park Terrace East, south of 215th St.) Rain Location: Holy Trinity Church, 20 Cumming St. Info: 212-942-3618.

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Save the Date: Free Children’s Concert in Isham Park, 6/9 @ 7pm

in case you missed it…

FREE CHILDREN’S CONCERT IN ISHAM PARK, INWOOD

Listen, relax, delight your ears and excite your imagination! THE UNHAPPY AARDVARK, words and music by Paul Harris, THE LION & THE MOUSE, words by A. J. Wood, music by Clark McAlister; THE BASSOONIST OF HAMELIN, music and adaptation of the story by John Falcone and Other Selections, performed by the Metropolitan Soloists Wind Ensemble. Music arrangements by Gil Dejean, in Isham Park, Inwood.

1 Performance date: Monday, June 9th 7:00 PM

Music in Isham Park is wheelchair accessible & free of charge

Location:	Isham Park, Inwood (northernmost Manhattan) Isham Park, Inwood. Entrances at Broadway & Isham and Park Terrace West & Isham Street, 1 block west of Broadway. Take the A train to 207th. New York, NY 10034
Box Office/Info:	917.918-0394
More Info.:	Click here for more information.
Dates/Times:	Monday, June 09, 2008   7:00 pm

via inwoodkids

Saturday, May 31: Children’s Festival of Russian Culture

Grab the kids, leash the dogs and head on south to Fort Tryon Park to catch the Russian Festival this Saturday from 12 noon to 5pm. This is just another fun, family event right in our backyard (no point in taking that shuttle bus downtown if we don’t have to!!)

From the website:

On Saturday May 31, 2008 there is the Children’s Festival Day at the Park. This event, at Fort Tryon Park by the Cloisters Museum, will include performances by US Children’s Folk Ensembles and others, such as the Cossack group “Kazatskoye Razdolye” from far-away Stavropol, Russia.

- Russian children’s dance and singing groups.
- Magicians, story tellers, clowns, and other.
- Hand crafts and books (Russian & English).
- Mouth-watering Russian foods.
- Games and contests that engage and challenge.
- Fun ways to learn about history & traditions.

IHP Jam Session