Spoon River Invite
Please click here to view an expandable version of the invitation image online, and click here to download a printable PDF.
Please click here to view an expandable version of the invitation image online, and click here to download a printable PDF.
THE LATE SHOW: OUTDOOR THEATER COMES TO GREEN-WOOD with THE SPOON RIVER PROJECT Imagine sitting deep within Green-Wood Cemetery on a beautiful summer’s night when some of its permanent residents begin to appear in the distance, assemble in front of you, and one by one divulge their secrets, their private thoughts, their regrets and … Read more
NOTE: All tours visit Green-Wood’s Historic Chapel and Battle Hill, the site of George Washington’s 1776 Battle of Brooklyn. Tours are conducted on the Green-Wood trolley, but do entail some walking and stair-climbing. Discover Green-Wood: You will also visit De Witt Clinton, Leonard Bernstein, Elias Howe, who patented the sewing machine and whose dog Fannie … Read more
Thanks to all of you who supported our Civil War Project’s efforts to commemorate the service and sacrifice of Green-Wood’s permanent residents who served in the Civil War:
Well here we are. Not too much spring in the air. It’s not even April yet! But, it is indeed OPENING DAY–time for baseball. And, if you look closely, you’ll see that the harbingers of spring are indeed here: the trees are about to leaf out, the magnolias about to bloom–and the sound of bat against … Read more
Green-Wood is proud to be the home of a significant body of sculpture created by members of the prestigious National Sculpture Society (NSS). Click play below to view a photo slideshow of many of these works (more info on Flickr here), and then scroll down to read a list of the eminent artists behind them. … Read more
We’d love for you to show us some love in the New York Landmarks Conservancy’s “Heart a NY Landmark” contest for Valentine’s Day.
Join hundreds of patriotic music fans at one of the cemetery’s most popular events.