Morris-Jumel Mansion

Uncovering Uptown History: A Guided Walking Tour

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Morris-Jumel Mansion guides bring you along a series of hidden historic gems of New York history in the brand-new “Uncovering Uptown History” guided walking tour: a 90-minute, one-mile mobile experience beginning at the Morris-Jumel Mansion and ending at Trinity Cemetery on Broadway and 155th. Spanning over 260 years, this tour illuminates little-known corners of the Revolutionary War, the Gilded and Industrial Ages, the Harlem Renaissance, and more, connecting the paths of legendary figures with the ones we walk today. Perfect for locals, hard to impress history buffs, and tourists looking beyond well-known sites of New York City.

Dress seasonably and wear your walking shoes. The walk is considered easy to moderately challenging.

Arts and Letters

Four Art Exhibitions on View

Arts and Letters on Audubon Terrace will be open to the public on Saturday and Sunday 12-6pm, with four exhibitions on view. Three are the artists' first institutional solo shows in New York: Josiane M.H. Pozi, "In Pursuit of Feeling"; Jessi Reaves, "process invented the mirror"; and Lucy Sante, "Knots".

The fourth, "Articles of Distinction" features works from the collection and archive by members of Arts and Letters. A free public tour will be offered on Saturday at 2pm; no reservations required.

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Hispanic Society Museum and Library

Art Exhibition & Music Performance

Spring exhibition of contemporary art, Sandy Rodriguez: Tierra Insurgente. This exhibition presents the work of Los Angeles-based Chicana artist Sandy Rodriguez in dialogue with rarely-exhibited maps, charts, and atlases from the Hispanic Society’s historic collection. Docent-guided tours at 2pm. Free. Donations suggested.

On Saturday, May 16th from 2-6pm the Hispanic Society Museum & Library will be hosting its annual "Spring Tardeada,” a day of both indoor and outdoor programming for all ages. This year, we're offering multiple art workshops, a Chicanx poetry workshop, and a dance workshop with one of the choreographers from "Buena Vista Social Club" on Broadway. Additionally, the Library will be hosting the Book Sale.

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Harlem School of the Arts / The Herb Alpert Center

Lin-Manuel Miranda's In The Heights

HSA Theatre presents In The Heights See Lin-Manuel Miranda's In The Heights as only HSA can do it!

Our production of In The Heights is a profound reflection of the school’s core identity and the lived experiences of its neighbors. Set just a few blocks north of HSA’s campus on St. Nicholas Avenue, the musical captures the specific rhythm of Upper Manhattan, mirroring the same subway lines and street corners our students navigate daily. We invite you to visit the “In the Heights marketplace” before the performance.

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Children's Art Carnival

Naming the Wound & Breaking the Spell

Naming the Wound & Breaking the Spell is an exhibition that responds to the layered truths, contradictions, and acts of self-definition articulated in the poem A Black Woman Speaks by Beah Richards Centering themes of truth-telling, embodied memory, racial reckoning, and collective repair. The exhibition foregrounds voice as resistance, storytelling as survival, and truth as something lived, claimed, and continually re-imagined. A community of artists are invited to engage through bold, intimate, and expansive visual responses that honor complexity, memory, and becoming. The Exhibition will showcase artists from the Kevin Taylor Collection of works and the Armand-Paul Family Collection to include works from artists Carlos Martiel, Renée Cox and many more.

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Hamilton Grange National Memorial

In 1802, Alexander Hamilton built a country home in the pastoral fields of a neighborhood now known as Hamilton Heights. It was the only home he ever owned and is where he resided when he famously lost his life in a duel with Aaron Burr. American history lovers will appreciate Hamilton's Federalist style home, and it's also off the beaten path for people who want to see a more residential, quieter face of New York City.

Docent Guided Tours
Saturday: 10:30 am, 11:30 am, 1:30 pm, 2:30 pm, 3:30 pm
Sunday: 10:30 am, 11:30 am, 1:30 pm, 2:30 pm, 3:30 pm

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SoHarlem, Inc.

Welcome to our sun-drenched designers' studio in the heart of Harlem, featuring a curated collection of handcrafted garments and accessories. We offer individualized sewing instruction, artisanal garment construction, and made-to-measure tailoring. Harlem Crawl participants receive a 20% discount at Shop SoHarlem.

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Romare Bearden Foundation

Bearden’s Harlem: A Guided Walking Tour

Tour Harlem sites important to the life of visual artist Romare Bearden, with Diedra Harris-Kelley, Co-Director of the Romare Bearden Foundation. Learn about the artist while strolling through "The Village of Harlem," and Central Harlem's most important sites. Your tour concludes in the Hamilton Heights Historic District where your brunch options are plentiful and delicious!

Meeting point: in front of The Apollo, 233 W 125th Street.

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

To Uncover and Reveal to the World: Arturo Schomburg’s Library

Celebrate the opening of Schomburg Center's exhibition "To Uncover and Reveal to the World: Arturo Schomburg’s Library."

Before the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, there was the library of Arturo “Arthur” Schomburg: race man, bookworm, and scholar of the African diaspora. Join us for the opening of our newest exhibition To Uncover and Reveal to the World: Arturo Schomburg’s Library beginning at 12 Noon. Throughout the day there will be art-making activities that draw visitors into the details of bookmaking. The exhibition showcases more than one hundred items from the famous bibliophile's original collection, which The New York Public Library acquired in 1926—establishing the basis for the Schomburg Center’s vast collections.

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New Amsterdam Music Association

Founded in 1904, NAMA (New Amsterdam Musical Association), is the oldest African-American musical organization in the United States. It was founded at the time that the American Federation of Musicians Local 310 did not admit minority musicians. Taking matters in their own hands, NAMA became the first black music union thus allowing black musicians to perform in and around New York City!

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The National Jazz Museum in Harlem

Harlem Keys: A Solo Piano Celebration

Harlem Keys transforms the museum into an afternoon open house of live solo piano. Presented from 1-4pm, visitors are invited to drop in at any time to experience a rotating series of intimate performances by pianists drawing from the Harlem jazz piano tradition. Come for a moment or stay for the afternoon as music, discovery, and Harlem’s rich piano legacy unfold in a relaxed, welcoming museum setting.

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Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute

Symposium

Àjọṣe: A Diaspora Symposium on Collective Healing and Freedom is a full-day wellness gathering at CCCADI centered on African diasporic healing practices, collective care, and cultural restoration. Experience workshops, movement, vendors, and a Children’s Village rooted in ancestral traditions. $50 suggested donation; free for children under 12.

Exhibition

Exhibition: Ja, J’ouvert, Revelry and Resistance, a landmark 50th anniversary year exhibition curated by Know Your Caribbean that explores Carnival as a living representation of resistance, identity, and collective memory. Rooted in Afro-Caribbean histories, the exhibition traces Carnival’s evolution from rebellion to ritual, revealing how practices once born out of oppression have transformed into powerful expressions of freedom, creativity and joy.

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Studio Museum in Harlem

Studio Sunday

Every Sunday, visitors are invited to stop by the Studio Museum in Harlem and enjoy talks, tours, art-making workshops, story time, and family gallery tours, in addition to discovering the exhibitions on view. Studio Sunday features programs designed for visitors of all ages, including children and their families. Though admission is free, tickets are required. Advance ticket reservations are recommended.

Studio Sundays programs include:
Story Time - 11:30am
Gallery Talks - 12:30pm, 2:00pm, 4:00pm
Family Tour - 1:00pm
Drop-in Artmaking - 12:00-4:00pm

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Uptown Grand Central

May 16
"Wheatgrass Ride" -- which is actually a walk to three juice bars in Central Harlem

May 17
Yoga class & community cleanup with Harlem Yoga Studio, in the morning

May 17
"Under the Tracks" -- live music with Mama T at La Marqueta, in the late afternoon

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Heath Gallery

MILTON WASHINGTON, a solo exhibit

Born in South Korea to a Korean mother, and a Black American soldier, Milton grew up an outsider until his adoption by a Black military family at eight. From those beginnings, he became a college athlete and multi-hyphenate creative, channeling his unique identity into his art and his relationship with Blackness. His photography celebrates the beauty, style, and layered presence of Black life, captured entirely on his iPhone.

The exhibition includes 19 photos including never shown works and selections from his book, Stepping Out with Connie Briscoe.

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The Historic Fire Watch Tower Tour, Marcus Garvey Park

The Fire Watchtower in Marcus Garvey Park has been a symbol of Harlem since 1856. In the 1800s, it was one of a series of cast iron towers built throughout New York City, but it is the only one of its kind remaining in New York. The watchtower provided a perch atop Mount Morris for firefighters to keep watch over the community and alert the local fire company if a fire broke. The tower was decommissioned in the 1870s when pull boxes rendered watchtowers obsolete. While the other watchtowers throughout the city were torn down, the Harlem community rallied to protect this one - and that community has continued to advocate on behalf of this special structure ever since. Urban Park Rangers will host a Firewatch tower tour on May 16 from 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM. Meeting point is the Acropolis in Marcus Garvey Park.

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Mount Morris Park Community Improvement Association

MMPCIA 2026 Stoop Sale

This is more than just a sale—it’s a community event. Connect with your neighbors! Dive into our community’s spirit and sustainability. Slow fashion finds; plastic bottles for plants; cloth for cool gift-wrapping options; and more.

Closing Dance Party

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The Malcolm Shabazz Harlem Market

Central Park North

Davis Center at the Harlem Meer

The Davis Center features a state-of-the-art pool, an ice rink, a green roof, and free or low-cost activities for all ages. Designed to bring people and nature together, the Davis Center restores access to a vital landscape—offering visitors a better and more seamless experience of the North Woods. This special Summer on the Harlem Meer tour will highlight the architecture of both the new Davis Center and the Charles A. Dana Discovery Center, exploring the Conservancy's work restoring the north end of the Park beginning in the 1990s.

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The Africa Center

Resistance in Memory: Visions of Sudan

Photography Exhibition: Resistance in Memory: Visions of Sudan, The Africa Center’s acclaimed group photography exhibition featuring the work of 12 emerging Sudanese artists.

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Dance Theatre of Harlem

Harlem Mouse/Country Mouse Family Matinee

Dance Theatre of Harlem presents its annual family matinee, Harlem Mouse/Country Mouse—an enchanting retelling of Aesop’s “City Mouse and Country Mouse.” Referencing the rich traditions of the Black South and the vibrant energy of modern-day life in Harlem, this joyful story-ballet celebrates the unique expressions of dance, music, and poetry that arise when cultures meet.

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Cafe Melo

Harlem NYXC Design

Design Connects Us. Celebrate Harlem's culture & community impact via art, workshops, & civic engagement. An immersive "Museum of Inquiry," this program transforms a café into an interactive design lab where educators, students, and the public explore design as a tool for learning.

Through hands-on stations, storytelling prompts, QR-based digital engagement, and collaborative dialogue, participants engage in "micro-connections" that turn curiosity into shared knowledge. The lab demonstrates how design can serve as a bridge across disciplines—connecting education, culture, and community storytelling.

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