By Tracy Zwick
October 23rd through 25th
Celebrate Halloween Early on the UWS!
UWS Community Halloween Party at The Bernie Wohl Center: Friday, October 23rd at 5 to 8 p.m. 647 Columbus Ave.; free
Goddard Riverside Community Arts Program is hosting a free, family-friendly Halloween celebration for the entire UWS this Friday. Note please that though Eventbrite marks this party as “sold out,” you’re still welcome to stop by. Just expect a wait if they’ve reached capacity. Guests can enjoy face painting, a custom photobooth, create custom cupcakes, mingle with costumed actors, listen to live music, and participate in interactive arts activities. Costumes Encouraged! Light Refreshments provided.
Riverside Park Pup Halloween Parade: Saturday, October 24th from 12 to 3 p.m. (rain date Sunday, October 25th); Dinosaur Playground at West 96th Street and Ellington’s Cafe at West 105th.
Riverside Park Conservancy’s 3rd annual Pup Halloween Parade is this Saturday in the park, with pooches of all sizes and breeds strutting in their costumed best. The parade starts at the Dinosaur Playground at 96th Street and winds up at Ellington’s Cafe at 105th Street, where a costume contest will take place. Registration to participate in the parade closed earlier in this week, but you don’t have to register to turn out and watch.
Autumn Festival Aki Matsuri at NY Buddhist Church: Saturday, October 24th from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., 331-332 Riverside Drive (between West. 105th and 106th streets); free entry
The historic NY Buddhist Church on Riverside Drive between West 105th and 106th Streets is hosting a fall festival that’ll feature Japanese film, martial arts, Japanese dance, Japanese drumming, and a sale of Japanese crafts, kimonos, art, snacks and more.
Pop-Up Gallery – Jim Kempner Fine Art on the UWS: 2242 Broadway; open through November 5th from Tuesday to Sunday from 1 to 7 p.m.; free
There aren’t many contemporary art galleries on the UWS, which makes Chelsea gallery Jim Kempner Fine Art’s pop-up location near West 80th Street extra special. For a limited time, get a taste of contemporary art in a gallery setting right on the UWS. I’m eager to check this out!
”You Should Be Dancing: New York 1976 and Beyond” at The NY Historical: Open Tuesday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. (open late, till 8 p.m., on Friday), 170 Central Park West (at West 77th St.); tickets start at $6
This recently-opened temporary exhibition takes visitors back in time, to a decade when the new music genres of punk, disco, and hip hop sprang up in New York City and then exploded across the world. Featuring musical instruments, performance gear, fashion items, period photographs, albums, flyers, and performance clips presented within spaces reminiscent of the clubs, bars, and gathering places of the time, “You Should Be Dancing” documents the impact this era has had on American culture at large.
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