Special Event

Sunday, March 13, 2011 “Exquisite reproductions of the maps display 18th-century America as Washington saw it.“ —The New York Times Friend of Green-Wood and best-selling author Barnet Schecter talks about his most recent and widely praised compendium of the maps George Washington both drew and purchased. The book crafts a unique portrait of the Father ... Read more

Saturday, April 9, 2011 How often do you get the chance to hear one of Bob Dylan’s earliest inspirations? Danny Kalb has been described as “up there with the best of all blues legends” by the owner of Village’s iconic Café Au Go Go. “I’ve worked with the greatest of all time and he is ... Read more

Saturday, April 16, 2011 Free Mulch! Free Tree! You bring us a bag, we’ll give you the mulch. (Or come early enough and you’ll get a free Green-Wood tote bag, too!) Green-Wood salutes—and supports—gardeners from near and far! Come to Green-Wood to pick up free mulch for your garden (and ours is top-grade!), free advice ... Read more

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