Special Event

This event has been postponed. A new date will be announced shortly. Plus wine, cheese, and Q&A with the film's producer and a special guest TBA. Centered on a rare interview that director and friend Tamra Davis shot with Basquiat over 20 years ago, this definitive documentary chronicles the meteoric rise and fall of the ... Read more

Saturday, May 14, 2011 We need you! As we prepare for the celebration of the Sesquicentennial of the Civil War, we need as many hands as we can get. Help us place candles on the graves of our Civil War veterans. Spend a spring day at Green-Wood and know that you’re helping to honor the ... Read more

Saturday, May 28, 2011 Gathered from private collections, as well as from our own Green-Wood Historic Fund collections, this exhibition features fascinating memorabilia from the Civil War, much of it never before displayed in public. See, up close, two authentic Civil War cannons, life-sized zinc sculptures of Union soldiers, and genuine Civil War uniforms; hear ... Read more

Sunday, May 29, 2011 We need you! As we prepare for the celebration of the Sesquicentennial of the Civil War, we need as many hands as we can get. Help us place candles on the graves of our Civil War veterans. Spend a spring day at Green-Wood and know that you’re helping to honor the ... Read more

Sunday, May 29, 2011 7:00 PM MUSICAL WARM-UP. Join musicians, singers and re-enactors for a chance to hear Civil War melodies and talk with historians well-versed in the stories of the Civil War. We’ll have an 11-piece brass band, fiddlers and singers on hand for this overture to the Grand Procession. 8:15 PM GRAND PROCESSION. ... Read more

Monday, May 30, 2011 Walk through Green-Wood with descendants of Civil War veterans and uniformed re-enactors to the Civil War Soldiers’ Lot, where 127 Union veterans are interred, including men who died at Shiloh, Antietam and Gettysburg. Ceremonies at the Soldiers’ Lot will include a reading of the names of some of the veterans who ... Read more

Monday, May 30, 2011 Featuring music from the Civil War and Green-Wood's permanent residents. Now in its 13th year, Green-Wood’s annual Memorial Day concert has become a true neighborhood favorite. The concert features the ISO Symphonic Band, which was founded in 1995 to sponsor talented students throughout New York City. They are led by ISO’s ... Read more

Thursday, June 2, 2011 For Volunteers and Members only. Green-Wood president Richard Moylan and historian Jeff Richman will host a special reception to highlight our unique exhibition of Civil War memorabilia and to thank all of Green-Wood’s volunteers and members. Hear the behind-the-scenes stories and discoveries of Green-Wood’s Civil War project, as well as how ... Read more

Wednesday, June 15, 2011 “If you want to know what life is about, listen to the dead. That is . . . when they talk to you.” TICKETS: $20 in advance and $25 at the door. Students pay $18 with valid ID at the door. Click here to purchase advance tickets online, and click here ... Read more

Thursday, June 16, 2011 “If you want to know what life is about, listen to the dead. That is . . . when they talk to you.” TICKETS: $20 in advance and $25 at the door. Students pay $18 with valid ID at the door. Click here to purchase advance tickets online, and click here ... Read more