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(SOLD OUT) 8 p.m. The Spoon River Project
Green-Wood Cemetery 500 25th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesSaturday, June 25, 2011 “If you want to know what life is about, listen to the dead. That is . . . when they talk to you.” This performance is sold out. Please click here a full list of performances and more information about the show. Imagine sitting deep within Green-Wood Cemetery on a beautiful ... Read more
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(SOLD OUT) 11:00 p.m. The Spoon River Project
Green-Wood Cemetery 500 25th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesSaturday, June 25, 2011 “If you want to know what life is about, listen to the dead. That is . . . when they talk to you.” This performance is sold out. Please click here a full list of performances and more information about the show. Imagine sitting deep within Green-Wood Cemetery on a beautiful ... Read more
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(SOLD OUT) 3 p.m. The Spoon River Project
Green-Wood Cemetery 500 25th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesSunday, June 26, 2011 “If you want to know what life is about, listen to the dead. That is . . . when they talk to you.” This performance is sold out. Please click here a full list of performances and more information about the show. Imagine sitting deep within Green-Wood Cemetery on a beautiful ... Read more
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Hot Time in the Old Town: The Great Heat Wave of 1896 and the Making of Theodore Roosevelt
The Historic Chapel at Green-Wood 500 25th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesSaturday, July 9, 2011 “An engrossing account of this forgotten episode . . . A hell of a story.” —The Wall Street Journal “Excellent read.” —Jon Stewart, The Daily Show 115 years ago this summer, the 1896 New York City heat wave—one of the worst natural disasters in American history—killed almost 1,500 people (scores of ... Read more
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(Canceled) 235th Anniversary of the Battle of Brooklyn
Green-Wood Cemetery 500 25th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesSunday, August 28, 2011 All Sunday, August 28th Battle of Brooklyn tours and events are CANCELED due to weather. Please check www.green-wood.com or call 718-210-3080 for updates. Green-Wood will be reaching out as soon as possible to ticket-holders using available contact information. Please know that: Paid tour tickets will be honored for any other Green-Wood ... Read more
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5:30 p.m. Fourth Annual Benefit
Green-Wood Cemetery 500 25th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesThe Fourth Annual Presentation of the De Witt Clinton Award for Excellence to Pete HamillThursday, September 15, 2011 The Fourth Annual Benefit for The Green-Wood Historic Fund, honoring writer and author Pete Hamill. A cocktail reception featuring previews of Brooklyn Underground: Theatrical Stories from the Green-Wood Cemetery, a play by The Artful Conspirators. Call or ... Read more
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8 p.m. Brooklyn Underground: Theatrical Stories from the Green-Wood Cemetery
Green-Wood Cemetery 500 25th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesFriday, September 23, 2011 Brooklyn Underground brings to the stage an imaginative and entertaining intermingling of Green-Wood’s permanent residents and its modern-day neighbors. Hear 19th-century stage star Kate Claxton, “the Sarah Bernhardt of America,” give a first-hand account of the Brooklyn Theatre Fire of 1885 that killed 278 people. Watch actress Laura Keene perform at ... Read more
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3 p.m. & 8 p.m. Brooklyn Underground: Theatrical Stories from the Green-Wood Cemetery
Green-Wood Cemetery 500 25th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesSaturday, September 24, 2011 Brooklyn Underground brings to the stage an imaginative and entertaining intermingling of Green-Wood’s permanent residents and its modern-day neighbors. Hear 19th-century stage star Kate Claxton, “the Sarah Bernhardt of America,” give a first-hand account of the Brooklyn Theatre Fire of 1885 that killed 278 people. Watch actress Laura Keene perform at ... Read more
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3 p.m. Brooklyn Underground: Theatrical Stories from the Green-Wood Cemetery
Green-Wood Cemetery 500 25th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesSunday, September 25, 2011 Brooklyn Underground brings to the stage an imaginative and entertaining intermingling of Green-Wood’s permanent residents and its modern-day neighbors. Hear 19th-century stage star Kate Claxton, “the Sarah Bernhardt of America,” give a first-hand account of the Brooklyn Theatre Fire of 1885 that killed 278 people. Watch actress Laura Keene perform at ... Read more
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8 p.m. Brooklyn Underground: Theatrical Stories from the Green-Wood Cemetery
Green-Wood Cemetery 500 25th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesSunday, September 30, 2011 Brooklyn Underground brings to the stage an imaginative and entertaining intermingling of Green-Wood’s permanent residents and its modern-day neighbors. Hear 19th-century stage star Kate Claxton, “the Sarah Bernhardt of America,” give a first-hand account of the Brooklyn Theatre Fire of 1885 that killed 278 people. Watch actress Laura Keene perform at ... Read more
Green-Wood’s public programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, as well as the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.