A Night of Victorian Tragedy: LIVE
2021-05-12 19:30 - 22:30 (America/New_York)
The Victorians knew a thing or two about tragedy—in fact, they seemed to almost revel in tales of disaster and doom. And a Victorian-era cemetery, like Green-Wood, has an abundance of these heartbreaking stories. Three years ago, four storytellers battled it out, and it was the harrowing shipwreck of the Lexington, which caught fire and sank in the icy waters of the Long Island Sound in January, 1840, that won the title of “Most Tragic Victorian Tale.”

Get ready for round two! Expert storyteller, writer, and comic Tara Clancy hosts this not to be missed event, where you (yes you!), the audience members, vote on which Victorian tale is to be crowned as the most tragic. Four aficionados of sadness will try to convince you that theirs is the most heartbreaking. Throughout the night, you can try your luck at Victorian-era trivia with some great Green-Wood prizes for the most knowledgeable (or just plain lucky). Be sure to bring tissues. Fainting couches not provided.

Arrive at the time on your ticket. The event begins at 8:30pm. Attendees are expected to follow all necessary health and safety protocols as directed by the Cemetery’s staff and volunteers.

$35 / $30 for members. There are no paper or e-tickets. Attendees will be checked in by name.

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In the event of inclement weather and cancellation, tickets will be honored on May 13th. No refunds will be issued. Click here for our inclement weather policy.

Mandatory Safety Protocols

– Attendees must wear a face covering at all times and maintain at least a 6-foot distance from those not in their group.

– Follow ALL instructions and guidance from Cemetery staff and ambassadors.

– Travel Safely: Green-Wood recommends following all safety precautions while traveling to and from the Cemetery, whether by foot, mass transit, or driving. If taking mass transit, please check the MTA’s guidelines.

– Feeling Sick? Stay home if you are feeling sick or running a temperature. Please use good judgement if you have recently been exposed to someone with COVID-19. For more information about COVID-19, please check the CDC website.

– Green-Wood reserves the right to deny entry to any visitor who refuses to comply with the safety guidelines.

If you observe a situation or behavior that does not reflect these protocols, please advise an ambassador or other staff member immediately. With everyone’s cooperation this will be a memorable and safe unique experience.

Green-Wood After Hours
2021-05-14 19:00 - 21:00, 2021-05-15 19:00 - 21:00, 2021-05-21 19:00 - 21:00
Long after Green-Wood’s gates close to the public, explore its historic grounds under the cover of night. You’ll weave through the Cemetery’s stunning landscape and visit the graves of fascinating figures in New York and American history. This not-to-be-missed walking tour ends with a visit to the Catacombs, which are normally closed to the public.

$30/ $25 for members. There are no paper or e-tickets. Attendees will be checked in by name.

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The walk is over hilly and uneven terrain, a flashlight and comfortable shoes are recommended for this tour.

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– Attendees must wear a face covering at all times and maintain at least a 6-foot distance from those not in their group.

– The tour guide will be using a voice amplifier to ensure all social-distancing protocols are adhered to.

– Follow ALL instructions and guidance from Cemetery staff and ambassadors.

– Travel Safely: Green-Wood recommends following all safety precautions while traveling to and from the Cemetery, whether by foot, mass transit, or driving. If taking mass transit, please check the MTA’s guidelines.

– Feeling Sick? Stay home if you are feeling sick or running a temperature. Please use good judgement if you have recently been exposed to someone with COVID-19. For more information about COVID-19, please check the CDC website.

– Green-Wood reserves the right to deny entry to any visitor who refuses to comply with the safety guidelines.

If you observe a situation or behavior that does not reflect these protocols, please advise an ambassador or other staff member immediately. With everyone’s cooperation this will be a memorable and safe unique experience.

Green-Wood After Hours
2021-05-14 19:30 - 21:30, 2021-05-15 19:30 - 21:30, 2021-05-21 19:30 - 21:30, 2021-05-22 19:30 - 21:30
Long after Green-Wood’s gates close to the public, explore its historic grounds under the cover of night. You’ll weave through the Cemetery’s stunning landscape and visit the graves of fascinating figures in New York and American history. This not-to-be-missed walking tour ends with a visit to the Catacombs, which are normally closed to the public.

$30/ $25 for members. There are no paper or e-tickets. Attendees will be checked in by name.

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The walk is over hilly and uneven terrain, a flashlight and comfortable shoes are recommended for this tour.

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Mandatory Safety Protocols

– Attendees must wear a face covering at all times and maintain at least a 6-foot distance from those not in their group.

– The tour guide will be using a voice amplifier to ensure all social-distancing protocols are adhered to.

– Follow ALL instructions and guidance from Cemetery staff and ambassadors.

– Travel Safely: Green-Wood recommends following all safety precautions while traveling to and from the Cemetery, whether by foot, mass transit, or driving. If taking mass transit, please check the MTA’s guidelines.

– Feeling Sick? Stay home if you are feeling sick or running a temperature. Please use good judgement if you have recently been exposed to someone with COVID-19. For more information about COVID-19, please check the CDC website.

– Green-Wood reserves the right to deny entry to any visitor who refuses to comply with the safety guidelines.

If you observe a situation or behavior that does not reflect these protocols, please advise an ambassador or other staff member immediately. With everyone’s cooperation this will be a memorable and safe unique experience.

Birding in Peace
2021-05-15 06:00 - 07:30, 2021-05-23 06:00 - 07:30
Courtesy of Jennifer Kepler.

Before our gates open to the general public, birding expert Rob Jett leads these peaceful Sunday morning walking tours to discover the many birds that call Green-Wood home. Green-Wood’s official birding checklist is available to pick up from the security guard at the Main Entrance on 25th Street or to print here.

Please note: All walking tours traverse hilly and at times uneven terrain. Comfortable footwear is suggested.

Tickets are $20/$15 for members. There are no paper or e-tickets. Attendees will be checked in by name.

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Early-Spring Migration

Our April tours will be a feast for the ears and eyes with the trilling song of pine warblers and drumming pronouncements of woodpeckers on newly blossoming trees (including magnolias, maples, quinces, and dogwoods). We’ll discover thousands of songbirds resting before their trip farther north as well as arriving herons and egrets at Green-Wood’s glacial ponds.

Peak Spring Migration

From ruby-throated hummingbirds to over twenty species of colorful wood warblers, our peak migration tours will feature many of the 163 bird species that have been recorded at Green-Wood during the month of May. Beginning just after sunrise, we will experience spring’s dawn chorus at the most active time of day for birds.

Summer Birding

In July we should see the offspring of our resident red-tailed hawk bravely preparing to leave the nest. Warbler songs will be replaced by chirring cicadas and the tweets of fledgling birds. Butterflies and dragonflies are abundant. By late-July, expect the arrival of the first southbound migrants.

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Mandatory Safety Protocols

– Attendees must wear a face covering at all times and maintain at least a 6-foot distance from those not in their group.

– Follow ALL instructions and guidance from Cemetery staff and ambassadors.

– Travel Safely: Green-Wood recommends following all safety precautions while traveling to and from the Cemetery, whether by foot, mass transit, or driving. If taking mass transit, please check the MTA’s guidelines.

– Feeling Sick? Stay home if you are feeling sick or running a temperature. Please use good judgement if you have recently been exposed to someone with COVID-19. For more information about COVID-19, please check the CDC website.

– Green-Wood reserves the right to deny entry to any visitor who refuses to comply with the safety guidelines.

If you observe a situation or behavior that does not reflect these protocols, please advise an ambassador or other staff member immediately. With everyone’s cooperation this will be a memorable and safe unique experience.

Green-Wood’s Hidden Treasures: A Historian’s View
2021-05-15 10:00 - 12:00
Green-Wood is an immense place, and a visit to our grounds can be overwhelming. What should you see? What direction should you go in? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered! This new series of tours, led by the Cemetery’s expert staff, provides a behind-the-scenes exploration of art, history, and nature.

For this morning’s walking tour, Green-Wood Historian Jeff Richman will let you in on some of his nearly thirty years of research. With an eye focused on the fascinating lives of the Cemetery’s permanent residents, he will also share recent discoveries in our ongoing Civil War and Unmarked Graves Projects. Whether you are new to Green-Wood, or an old friend, there will be lots to discover together!

Jeff Richman led his first tour of Green-Wood in 1991, became the Cemetery’s part-time historian in 2001, and has been its full time historian since 2007. He has written three books, two self-guided walking tours, and the history narrative of the Green-Wood mobile app. He also maintains a blog of all things Green-Wood.

Location: Check-in takes place in the meadow at the Main Entrance at Fifth Avenue and 25th Street. Look for signage.

$30 / $25 for members. There are no paper or e-tickets. Attendees will be checked in by name. Click here for our inclement weather policy.

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Mandatory Safety Protocols

– Attendees must wear a face covering at all times and maintain at least a 6-foot distance from those not in their group.

– The tour guide will be using a voice amplifier to ensure all social-distancing protocols are adhered to.

– Follow ALL instructions and guidance from Cemetery staff and ambassadors.

– Travel Safely: Green-Wood recommends following all safety precautions while traveling to and from the Cemetery, whether by foot, mass transit, or driving. If taking mass transit, please check the MTA’s guidelines.

– Feeling Sick? Stay home if you are feeling sick or running a temperature. Please use good judgement if you have recently been exposed to someone with COVID-19. For more information about COVID-19, please check the CDC website.

– Green-Wood reserves the right to deny entry to any visitor who refuses to comply with the safety guidelines.

If you observe a situation or behavior that does not reflect these protocols, please advise an ambassador or other staff member immediately. With everyone’s cooperation this will be a memorable and safe unique experience.

Green-Wood’s Hidden Treasures: A Preservationist’s View
2021-05-15 11:00 - 13:00
Green-Wood is an immense place, and a visit to our grounds can be overwhelming. What should you see? What direction should you go in? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered! This new series of tours, led by the Cemetery’s expert staff, provides a behind-the-scenes exploration of art, history, and nature.

For this morning’s walking tour, Neela K. Wickremesinghe, Green-Wood’s Robert A. and Elizabeth Rohn Jeffe Director of Restoration and Preservation, will answer all of your burning questions about how she and her team preserve the legacy of the Cemetery’s over

570,0000 permanent residents. Who looks after the graves? How are monuments conserved? What goes into restoring a large mausoleum? Neela will also speak about the Cemetery’s workforce development program in the restoration trades, how her experience in restoration construction prepared her for work at Green-Wood, and some of her favorite projects from the past few years.

Neela has worked at Green-Wood since 2016 restoring, resetting, and managing Green-Wood’s vast monument collection.

Location: Check-in takes place at the Prospect Park West Entrance at 20th Street and Prospect Park West. Look for signage.

$30 / $25 for members. There are no paper or e-tickets. Attendees will be checked in by name. Click here for our inclement weather policy.

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Mandatory Safety Protocols

– Attendees must wear a face covering at all times and maintain at least a 6-foot distance from those not in their group.

– The tour guide will be using a voice amplifier to ensure all social-distancing protocols are adhered to.

– Follow ALL instructions and guidance from Cemetery staff and ambassadors.

– Travel Safely: Green-Wood recommends following all safety precautions while traveling to and from the Cemetery, whether by foot, mass transit, or driving. If taking mass transit, please check the MTA’s guidelines.

– Feeling Sick? Stay home if you are feeling sick or running a temperature. Please use good judgement if you have recently been exposed to someone with COVID-19. For more information about COVID-19, please check the CDC website.

– Green-Wood reserves the right to deny entry to any visitor who refuses to comply with the safety guidelines.

If you observe a situation or behavior that does not reflect these protocols, please advise an ambassador or other staff member immediately. With everyone’s cooperation this will be a memorable and safe unique experience.

Green-Wood’s Greatest Hits
2021-05-15 13:00 - 14:30, 2021-05-16 13:00 - 14:30, 2021-05-22 13:00 - 14:30
Credit: Amy Nieporent

Join our expert tour guides to explore Green-Wood’s historic landscape and most fascinating permanent residents. If you have never been to the Cemetery, this is your opportunity to discover the highlights of some of its 478 acres of art, history, and nature!

On this walking tour, you will tread where George Washington and his troops fought in the Battle of Brooklyn; learn the tragedy that struck the Brooklyn Theatre; pay your respects to the maestro, Leonard Bernstein; and discover much more.

$25 / $20 for members.

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There are no paper or e-tickets. Attendees will be checked in by name. The walk is over hilly and uneven terrain, comfortable footwear is encouraged. Click here for our inclement weather policy.

Location: Check-in takes place in the meadow at the Main Entrance at Fifth Avenue and 25th Street. Look for signage.

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Mandatory Safety Protocols

– Attendees are strongly encouraged to wear a face covering at all times and maintain at least a 6-foot distance from those not in their group.

– The walk is over hilly and uneven terrain, comfortable footwear is encouraged.

– Follow ALL instructions and guidance from Cemetery staff and ambassadors.

– Travel Safely: Green-Wood recommends following all safety precautions while traveling to and from the Cemetery, whether by foot, mass transit, or driving. If taking mass transit, please check the MTA’s guidelines.

– Feeling Sick? Stay home if you are feeling sick or running a temperature. Please use good judgement if you have recently been exposed to someone with COVID-19. For more information about COVID-19, please check the CDC website.

– Green-Wood reserves the right to deny entry to any visitor who refuses to comply with the safety guidelines.

If you observe a situation or behavior that does not reflect these protocols, please advise an ambassador or other staff member immediately. With everyone’s cooperation this will be a memorable and safe unique experience.

Birding in Peace (Sold Out)
2021-05-16 06:00 - 07:30
Courtesy of Jennifer Kepler.

This tour date is currently sold out. Click the button below to get tickets to another Birding in Peace date, or purchase tickets to other walking tours by going back to our calendar here.

Before our gates open to the general public, birding expert Rob Jett leads these peaceful Sunday morning walking tours to discover the many birds that call Green-Wood home. Green-Wood’s official birding checklist is available to pick up from the security guard at the Main Entrance on 25th Street or to print here.

Please note: All walking tours traverse hilly and at times uneven terrain. Comfortable footwear is suggested.

Tickets are $20/$15 for members. There are no paper or e-tickets. Attendees will be checked in by name.

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Early-Spring Migration

Our April tours will be a feast for the ears and eyes with the trilling song of pine warblers and drumming pronouncements of woodpeckers on newly blossoming trees (including magnolias, maples, quinces, and dogwoods). We’ll discover thousands of songbirds resting before their trip farther north as well as arriving herons and egrets at Green-Wood’s glacial ponds.

Peak Spring Migration

From ruby-throated hummingbirds to over twenty species of colorful wood warblers, our peak migration tours will feature many of the 163 bird species that have been recorded at Green-Wood during the month of May. Beginning just after sunrise, we will experience spring’s dawn chorus at the most active time of day for birds.

Summer Birding

In July we should see the offspring of our resident red-tailed hawk bravely preparing to leave the nest. Warbler songs will be replaced by chirring cicadas and the tweets of fledgling birds. Butterflies and dragonflies are abundant. By late-July, expect the arrival of the first southbound migrants.

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Mandatory Safety Protocols

– Attendees must wear a face covering at all times and maintain at least a 6-foot distance from those not in their group.

– Follow ALL instructions and guidance from Cemetery staff and ambassadors.

– Travel Safely: Green-Wood recommends following all safety precautions while traveling to and from the Cemetery, whether by foot, mass transit, or driving. If taking mass transit, please check the MTA’s guidelines.

– Feeling Sick? Stay home if you are feeling sick or running a temperature. Please use good judgement if you have recently been exposed to someone with COVID-19. For more information about COVID-19, please check the CDC website.

– Green-Wood reserves the right to deny entry to any visitor who refuses to comply with the safety guidelines.

If you observe a situation or behavior that does not reflect these protocols, please advise an ambassador or other staff member immediately. With everyone’s cooperation this will be a memorable and safe unique experience.

Great Trees of Green-Wood
2021-05-16 14:00 - 15:30
Credit: Amy Nieporent

It happens every spring! The flowering trees of Green-Wood explode with color, and it is a visual extravaganza! Lace up your walking shoes and get ready to start Instagram posting like crazy as you discover these blossoms in all their glory! Along the way you’ll encounter some of the over 7,000 trees in the Cemetery that represent nearly 700 species and cultivars. In fact, Green-Wood is an accredited Level III Arboretum—one of only 27 in the world.

Location: Check-in takes place in the meadow at the Main Entrance at Fifth Avenue and 25th Street. Look for signage.

$25 / $20 for members. There are no paper or e-tickets. Attendees will be checked in by name.

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Please note: All walking tours traverse hilly and at times uneven terrain. Comfortable footwear is suggested. Click here for our inclement weather policy.

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Mandatory Safety Protocols

– Attendees must wear a face covering at all times and maintain at least a 6-foot distance from those not in their group.

– The tour guide will be using a voice amplifier to ensure all social-distancing protocols are adhered to.

– Follow ALL instructions and guidance from Cemetery staff and ambassadors.

– Travel Safely: Green-Wood recommends following all safety precautions while traveling to and from the Cemetery, whether by foot, mass transit, or driving. If taking mass transit, please check the MTA’s guidelines.

– Feeling Sick? Stay home if you are feeling sick or running a temperature. Please use good judgement if you have recently been exposed to someone with COVID-19. For more information about COVID-19, please check the CDC website.

– Green-Wood reserves the right to deny entry to any visitor who refuses to comply with the safety guidelines.

If you observe a situation or behavior that does not reflect these protocols, please advise an ambassador or other staff member immediately. With everyone’s cooperation this will be a memorable and safe unique experience.

Heartwood: An Evening on the Art of Living with the End in Mind
2021-05-17 18:00 - 19:00
Great masters of many traditions have advised that we can live our lives more fully knowing some day we will die. Barbara Becker’s highly anticipated memoir Heartwood: The Art of Living with the End in Mind reminds us of this cornerstone belief of death literacy.

The term “heartwood” refers to the core of a tree—the part that is no longer living, but supports the newer growth rings that surround it. To Barbara, it’s “a reminder to embrace the inseparability of life and death… a message of wholeness.”

Join us for this special virtual conversation with the author and her beloved Zen teacher Robert Chodo Campbell as they navigate the broad questions of the paradoxical marriage of life and death, and delve into the meaningful personal stories Barbara shares in her book.

Heartwood is available for sale through our Brooklyn-based neighbor, Uncommon Goods.

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“In Heartwood, Barbara Becker inspires us to follow our curiosity into a world that is both universal and a source of our uniqueness. And what could be better than that?”– Gloria Steinem

Barbara Becker is a writer and ordained interfaith minister who has dedicated more than twenty-five years to partnering with human rights advocates around the world in pursuit of peace and interreligious understanding. She has worked with the United Nations, Human Rights First, the Ms. Foundation for Women, and the Grameen Bank of Bangladesh, and has participated in a delegation of Zen Peacemakers and Lakota elders in the sacred Black Hills of South Dakota. She has sat with hundreds of people at the end of their lives and views each as a teacher.

Sensei Robert Chodo Campbell, is a co-founder of the New York Zen Center for contemplative Care, —a non-profit organization that focuses on the teaching of Zen and Buddhist practice with the goal to make them more accessible to people all around the world. The center delivers contemplative approaches to care through education, personal caregiving, and meditation practice. Chodo is a dynamic, grounded, and visionary leader and teacher: he has traveled extensively throughout the United States instructing in various institutions. Sixty-thousand people listen to his podcasts each year. His passion lies in bereavement counseling and advocating for change in the way our healthcare institutions work with the dying.

Breadths of Listening at Twilight
2021-05-17 18:00 - 20:00, 2021-05-17 19:00 - 21:00, 2021-05-18 18:00 - 20:00, 2021-05-18 19:00 - 21:00
Gelsey Bell

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In this special site-specific program—part walking tour, part performance—participants are led through Green-Wood’s winding paths and roads to encounter music embedded in and responding to the bucolic spring landscape. Scattered across the Cemetery’s rolling hills and in the Catacombs, celebrated improvisers Gelsey Bell (voice), Shayna Dunkleman (percussion), gamin (piri and saenghwang), Darius Jones (alto saxophone), Erin Rogers (tenor saxophone), and David Watson (great highland bagpipe) will perform three sets of unamplified duets that investigate sound over distance. Conceived by Bell and created for this unique time in New York City, the performances are inspired by how we have renegotiated distance in the face of the pandemic and celebrate our ability to begin to join together again. Tour guides will share select stories of Green-Wood permanent residents along the way. Songbirds at dusk, if not bats after dark, are sure to offer their own musical performances.

This tour begins near Green-Wood’s Main Entrance at 25th Street and Fifth Avenue.

$35 / $30 for members. There are no paper or e-tickets. Attendees will be checked in by name. Click here for our inclement weather policy.

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Attendees must wear a face covering at all times and maintain at least a 6-foot distance from those not in their group.The walk is over hilly and uneven terrain, comfortable footwear is encouraged.Follow ALL instructions and guidance from Cemetery staff and ambassadors.Travel Safely: Green-Wood recommends following all safety precautions while traveling to and from the Cemetery, whether by foot, mass transit, or driving. If taking mass transit, please check the MTA’s guidelines.Feeling Sick? Stay home if you are feeling sick or running a temperature. Please use good judgement if you have recently been exposed to someone with COVID-19. For more information about COVID-19, please check the CDC website.Green-Wood reserves the right to deny entry to any visitor who refuses to comply with the safety guidelines.

If you observe a situation or behavior that does not reflect these protocols, please advise an ambassador or other staff member immediately. With everyone’s cooperation this will be a memorable and safe unique experience.

Death Café
2021-05-17 18:30 - 20:00 | Green-Wood Cemetery, 500 25th Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11232, United States
The Death Café is inspired by the centuries-old European salon (or café), an informal gathering to discuss philosophical, political or scientific ideas. In 2011, British entrepreneur Jon Underwood brought this concept to discussions of the most universal topic of all: death. Underwood’s intention was to provide an opportunity to “increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their lives.” Today, there are over 4,400 Death Cafes in 26 countries around the world.
Green-Wood is proud to host monthly gatherings of the Death Café here in our beautiful, modern chapel. Amy Cunningham, death educator and creator of the Brooklyn-based blog TheInspiredFuneral.com, invites participants to share their thoughts and feelings on death. It’s an opportunity for safe and open exchanges, without an agenda. Tea and light snacks are provided.
“A place for people to discuss our inevitable fate.” – Gothamist
“It’s a reversal for American culture, which for a long time has shied away from these conversations.” – Village Voice
“[E]ncouraging people to talk about death more freely and naturally.” – Haaretz
Free to attend, RSVP recommended. Please register using the Eventbrite box below.
This program takes place in our Modern Chapel just to the right after passing through the Gothic Arches at the main entrance. All events will take place rain or shine. Click here for our inclement weather policy.

Mobile users: Please tap here for free registration.

History Happy Hour: Green-Wood’s Magnificent Monuments
2021-05-18 18:00 - 19:00
Over the course of the nineteenth century, Green-Wood’s management codified an extraordinary range of guidelines for future permanent residents and their families, including the need to avoid “tame and uninteresting” and “injurious or offensive structure(s).” The Cemetery’s open-air archive of diverse architectural and sculptural styles—from neo-Gothic to Egyptian Revival and beyond—is a testament to clients’ competitiveness, the city’s changing tastes, and the desire to leave one’s mark. Learn more about some of the Cemetery’s most extraordinary and prodigious resting sites, including those of seventeen-year-old Charlotte Canda, aspiring Mayoral candidate John Anderson, and John Matthews—America’s “soda fountain king.”

While we can’t actually bring the bar or the drinks to you, we can offer some history on tap! Bring your own beverage–why not try our recommended cocktail of the evening–and raise a glass to the past as we stay connected through our latest series, History Happy Hour.

$9 / $4 for members. A Zoom link and recipe will be in your confirmation email upon registration.

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A Story Stitched in Time: The Life Of Rosena Disery
2021-05-19 18:00 - 19:00
Every object tells a story—and this one-of-a kind embroidered piece in the collections of The New-York Historical Society is no different. In 2011, Margaret K. Hofer, now vice president and museum director at N-YHS was contacted by an antiques dealer who had come across a rare find: a sampler (a demonstration of embroidery technique) made by fifteen-year-old Rosena Disery in 1820, while a student at New York’s African Free School. Hofer virtually joins Green-Wood Historian Jeff Richman, to discuss how this one object helped to uncover the fascinating life story of Rosena (interred at Green-Wood as Rosanna Van Dyke) and her family, who, against the odds, prospered in nineteenth-century New York City.

This conversation is part of our series of virtual programs about the history of Green-Wood and its permanent residents, Zooming in on History.

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The Freedom Series
2021-05-19 19:00 - 20:00, 2021-05-20 19:00 - 20:00 | Green-Wood Cemetery, 500 25th Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11232, United States
Francesca Harper

Bill Hebert

How does it feel to be free? After more than a year of quarantining and social distancing, director, dancer, and choreographer Francesca Harper invites us to celebrate community and new opportunities to gather together with this unique interactive dance performance. Gathering in the open air and lush greenery of the Cemetery, Harper and a group of five dancers will create a space to explore the body’s relationship to freedom through movement and music, encouraging attendees to participate safely, in a manner that follows all necessary COVID-19 safety protocols. Participation, however, is not required to enjoy the performance.

More About Francesca Harper

After being named Presidential Scholar in the Arts and performing at the White House, Harper joined and performed soloist roles with The Dance Theater of Harlem and later as a Principal Artist in William Forsythe’s Ballet Frankfurt. She has choreographed for The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Richmond Ballet, Ailey II, Tanz Graz, Hubbard Street II, and her own company, The Francesca Harper Project, which was founded in 2005 and tours Internationally. Harper performed in four Broadway productions including The Color Purple, then toured in leading roles in Sweet Charity, Sophisticated Ladies, and Lady Day at Emerson Bar and Grill for which she was nominated as Best Actress in a Musical by Broadway.com. She also served as a Ballet Consultant for the Oscar winning film, “Black Swan.” Harper was Movement and Casting Director for The Bessie Award winning, “The Let Go,” commissioned by the Park Avenue Armory and for Zendaya and Tommy Hilfiger’s Apollo Theater production for Fashion Week in 2019. Fellowships include Urban Bush Women’s Choreographic Center Initiative andThe Ballet Center at NYU. New works include a creation for Wendy Whelan, Associate Artistic Director of The New York City Ballet and her own autobiographical work, “Unapologetic Body, supported by Urban Bush Women’s CCI. Harper is currently engaged as Executive Producer with Sony Pictures on a series in development, while also pursuing an MFA in performance creation at Goddard College. Please visit www.thefrancescaharperproject.org for more information. IG: @thefrancescaharperproject / Twitter: @fhproject

Artist and arts organizer Danni Gee served as a creative consultant on this performance.

$25 / $20 for members. There are no paper or e-tickets. Attendees will be checked in by name. Click here for our inclement weather policy.

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Media Sponsorship Provided by Park Slope Parents

Important things to note before purchasing your ticket:

In case of rain, the performance will be scheduled for Friday, May 20th, 6-8pmThe performance begin promptly 7:00pm, doors open at 6:15pmCheck-in will begin at 6:15pm. We recommend arriving before 6:45pm as the performance site is a 20-minute walk from the Main Entrance.The walk to the site is over hilly and uneven terrain, proper footwear is recommended. For those with mobility issues, transportation can be provided from the Main Entrance.Health and safety protocols will be strictly enforced, including wearing a mask and keeping a distance of at least 6 feet from those not in your party. Follow directions given by Cemetery staff and ambassadors.Chairs are provided and there is also optional seating on grass, you are welcome to bring a blanket. Food and drink are not permitted, except water. Maps and a program will be emailed in advance of the performance.

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Mandatory Safety Protocols

– Attendees must wear a face covering at all times and maintain at least a 6-foot distance from those not in their group.

– The walk is over hilly and uneven terrain, comfortable footwear is encouraged.

– Follow ALL instructions and guidance from Cemetery staff and ambassadors.

– Travel Safely: Green-Wood recommends following all safety precautions while traveling to and from the Cemetery, whether by foot, mass transit, or driving. If taking mass transit, please check the MTA’s guidelines.

– Feeling Sick? Stay home if you are feeling sick or running a temperature. Please use good judgement if you have recently been exposed to someone with COVID-19. For more information about COVID-19, please check the CDC website.

Green-Wood reserves the right to deny entry to any visitor who refuses to comply with the safety guidelines.

If you observe a situation or behavior that does not reflect these protocols, please advise an ambassador or other staff member immediately. With everyone’s cooperation this will be a memorable and safe unique experience.

Soldiers, Sailors, and Civilians: Show & Tale
2021-05-20 18:00 - 19:00
Gerard Fortune, Gede (Ghede, Guede)

Memorial Day is an opportunity to honor the memory of courageous service people and civilians who bravely served our country in times of conflict. Join us at this special virtual gathering hosted by Green-Wood to see, hear, and experience some of these stories that too often go untold. Bring your cards, letters, medals, combat boots, dog tags, photos, tattoos, jewelry, flags, and other memorabilia—whether they belong to you or your family, friends, or ancestors—and share the unique history of one of these objects! You’ll not only hear some great stories, but you’ll make some new friends, and share, if you choose, some of your very own experiences.

Show & Tale, founded and led by Martie McNabb, is like Antiques Roadshow meets The Moth, or your favorite Pinterest board come to life! Everyone is welcome—veteran and civilian alike—to share the story of the item they brought. No judges, no prizes, no competition, and no need to practice! Just show your object and share its tale. Just want to come and listen? Wonderful! Observers are always welcome.

Free, suggested donation $10. Please consider a donation to Green-Wood when reserving your ticket.

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Your donation will help ensure that we can continue to provide engaging and thought provoking programs in death education at little or no cost to you. A Zoom link will be in your confirmation email upon registration.

Sowing the Future: The Next Epoch Seed Library
2021-05-20 18:00 - 19:00
NESL’s Lawn Lab at Wheaton College for the exhibition In the Weeds: Art and the Natural World, Fall 2019. Photo by Elizabeth Hoy.

Presenters: Ellie Irons and Anne Percoco

The Next Epoch Seed Library (NESL) is an artist-run institution focused on collecting, saving, and sharing the seeds of wild urban plants (aka weeds). From sculptural installations and workshops to zines and rewilding interventions, they work to create connections between plants and people in landscapes heavily impacted by human activity. In this talk, Ellie Irons and Anne Percoco will discuss how they founded and developed NESL, as well as their recent projects like the Deep Time Seed Burial series and ongoing Lawn (Re)Disturbance Laboratory. Through these experiential, public-facing projects, the NESL centers our plant neighbors as key participants in the struggle for ecologically just urban habitats. Artists Ellie Irons and Anne Percoco founded NESL in 2016. Based in Jersey City and Brooklyn, the project also has a semi-permanent home in Troy, New York at the Sanctuary for Independent Media’s NATURE Lab.

This conversation is part of our series of virtual programs about the horticulture and wildlife of Green-Wood, Zooming in on Nature.

$5/Free for members, RSVP required. A Zoom link will be in your confirmation email upon registration.

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Green-Wood’s Hidden Treasures: A Horticulturist’s View
2021-05-22 11:00 - 13:00
Green-Wood is an immense place, and a visit to our grounds can be overwhelming. What should you see? What direction should you go in? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered! This new series of tours, led by the Cemetery’s expert staff, provides a behind-the-scenes exploration of art, history, and nature.

Did you know that Green-Wood is a Level III accredited arboretum? For this morning’s walking tour, Green-Wood’s Director of Horticulture Joseph Charap will give you a behind-the-scenes look into the inner-workings of the arboretum. How does the horticulture department manage and care for Green-Wood’s natural landscape? What goes into tree selection and preservation? How can we steward our landscape for the future? Joseph will answer these questions and more as he fills you in on recent research initiatives, special projects, and landscape renovations—including the partnership with Cornell University to leverage urban grasslands in the fight against climate change.

Joseph has worked at Green-Wood since 2014, championing the plants of Green-Wood (both great and small) as we strive to maintain a diverse and sustainable urban arboretum.

Notice: This tour begins and ends from the Main Entrance located at 25th Street and Fifth Avenue.

$30/ $25 for members. There are no paper or e-tickets. Attendees will be checked in by name. Click here for our inclement weather policy.

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Mandatory Safety Protocols

– Attendees must wear a face covering at all times and maintain at least a 6-foot distance from those not in their group.

– The tour guide will be using a voice amplifier to ensure all social-distancing protocols are adhered to.

– Follow ALL instructions and guidance from Cemetery staff and ambassadors.

– Travel Safely: Green-Wood recommends following all safety precautions while traveling to and from the Cemetery, whether by foot, mass transit, or driving. If taking mass transit, please check the MTA’s guidelines.

– Feeling Sick? Stay home if you are feeling sick or running a temperature. Please use good judgement if you have recently been exposed to someone with COVID-19. For more information about COVID-19, please check the CDC website.

– Green-Wood reserves the right to deny entry to any visitor who refuses to comply with the safety guidelines.

If you observe a situation or behavior that does not reflect these protocols, please advise an ambassador or other staff member immediately. With everyone’s cooperation this will be a memorable and safe unique experience.
