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Harlem 100

Harlem 100

Aug 23, 2019 @ 7:00 pm9:00 pm

Marcus Garvey Park




FREE

Suggested Ages: All, Adult Friendly

Experience a multi-media show, created in collaboration with The National Jazz Museum in Harlem, celebrating the landmark 100th anniversary of the Harlem Renaissance. Hear an all-star cast of modern jazz musicians, including Michael Mwenso and the Shakes, a multicultural New York jazz group laced with minimal irony and maximum fun led by the Sierra Leone-born Mwenso Brianna Thomas, Vuyo Sotashe, an ascendant young South African jazz vocalist, special guest Fred Wesley, Winard Harper & his group Jeli Posse, presented by Jazzmobile, who play jazz standards and original works rooted in Caribbean rhythms and the traditions of Africa. Part of the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival

Young Urban Planners: Playground Adventure

Join Conservancy guides for an intergenerational summer adventure at one of Central Park’s iconic playgrounds. Explore the playground’s structures and landscape through fun, hands-on activities to learn about the design and urban planning principles that shape Central Park’s play spaces. Fun for budding urban planning enthusiasts and playground regulars.

Happening weekly at different playgrounds throughout…

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Family Fun Day at Frederick Douglass Playground

Join NYC Parks and Council Member Shaun Abreu in a fun afternoon of crafts, inflatables, music, jumbo games, an obstacle course, and more.

Friday, June 9, 2023 | 3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Frederick Douglass Playground

Amsterdam Ave bet. W. 100 St. and W 102 St.

New York, N.Y. 10025

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