Honoring MLK at Wave Hill

From Wave Hill: Celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with quilts and jazz at Wave Hill. At the Family Art Project: Freedom Quilting Bee from 10AM–1PM, use fabric to create your own brilliant, improvisational compositions reminiscent of the famous quilts from rural Alabama’s Gee’s Bend Community who Dr. King visited in 1966. Then enjoy our Pre-Concert Tea at noon, or explore our gardens, before the performance by the Zig Zag Quartet at 2PM. Zig Zag will play jazz standards by Dave Brubeck and Claude Bolling, original tunes and arrangements of enduring American spirituals, such as “Swing Low Sweet Chariot,” “Wade in the Water,” and “Michael, Row Your Boat Ashore,” as a tribute to Dr. King.

What:
Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at Wave Hill

Where:
Wave Hill House, including historic Armor Hall and the Mark Twain Room
West 249th Street and Independence Avenue · Bronx, NY 10471

When:
Sunday, January 14, 2018

Pricing:
Family Art Project: Freedom Quilting Bee
Free with admission to the grounds.

Pre-Concert Tea
$36. Wave Hill Members receive a 10% discount. Advanced registration is required online, or by calling 718.549.3200 x395. We will take reservations until 5PM, January 11, 2018.

Concert: Zig Zag Quartet
$28/$24 Wave Hill Member/$12 Children ages 8–18. Order tickets online or onsite at the Perkins Visitor Center. For additional information, please call 718.549.3200 x251.

Schedule:
10AM–1PM — Family Art Project: Freedom Quilting Bee
In 1966, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., visited the Gee’s Bend Community in rural Alabama and the Freedom Quilting Bee was established. These now-famous quilts would later go on to fund aspects of the community’s freedom. Create your own brilliant, improvisational compositions out of bountiful squares of donated fabric, just for the joy of it and to honor Dr. King’s birthday and the inspiring women quilters of Gee’s Bend. Free with admission to the grounds.

12–2PM — Pre-Concert Tea
Enjoy Afternoon Tea in the Mark Twain Room prior to the Zig Zag Quartet concert in Armor Hall. The Café at Wave Hill pairs a classic menu with an assortment of green, black and herbal teas. This traditional tea service includes the four classic elements of savory, scones, sweets and tea. The menu, presented by Great Performances, includes an array of tea sandwiches, scones and bite-sized desserts. Afternoon Tea also includes a glass of sparkling wine.

Afternoon Tea Service is $36. Wave Hill Members receive a 10% discount. Advanced registration is required, online or by calling 718.549.3200 x395. We will take reservations until 5PM, January 11, 2018.

2PM — Concert: Zig Zag Quartet
Anchored by Bronx-based upright bass player Hilliard Greene, this jazz ensemble has been a huge hit with Wave Hill Sunset Wednesday audiences. In addition to Greene, Quartet members are Francisco Roldán (guitar), Alexander A. Wu (piano) and Danny Mallon (percussion). Indoors in Armor Hall, Zig Zag will play jazz standards by Dave Brubeck and Claude Bolling, original tunes and arrangements of enduring American spirituals, such as Swing Low Sweet Chariot, Wade in the Water, and Michael Row Your Boat Ashore, as a tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr.

Tickets for the concert are $28/$24 Wave Hill Member/$12 Children ages 8–18. Order tickets online or onsite at the Perkins Visitor Center. For additional information, please call 718.549.3200 x251.

photo - credit Joshua Bright/Wave Hill