gwmain ** REQUEST FOR CALENDAR LISTING ** GREEN-WOOD HISTORIC FUND PROUDLY PRESENTS FALL/WINTER 2010 EVENT SCHEDULE An exciting array of historic walking tours, trolley tours and events make up the Green-Wood Historic Fund’s 2010 fall/winter schedule. These outdoor activities are part of an ongoing series of cultural and educational events that highlight Green-Wood Cemetery as an … Read more
The latest schedule of tours, special events and other important Green-Wood dates
A magical evening at the cemetery that culminates in the awarding of the De Witt Clinton Award.
Commemorate the first Revolutionary War battle, fought on the future grounds of Green-Wood!
FROM: GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY CONTACT: Kim Esp/Colleen Roche Linden Alschuler & Kaplan Public Relations 212-575-4545; kesp@lakpr.com Young Volunteers Work to Preserve Brooklyn’s Bronzed Beauty – the Statue of Minerva at Historic Green-Wood FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Brooklyn, NY July 27, 2010) – Historic Green-Wood’s resident bronzed beauty — the nine-foot tall Goddess of War, Minerva – got … Read more
By SHELLY BANJO Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, the resting ground for such 19th-century titans as jeweler Charles Lewis Tiffany and pianist Louis Moreau Gottschalk, is running out of its main source of revenue: burial plots. To keep it alive, the 200-year-old cemetery’s president, Richard Moylan, turned it into a nonprofit that gives guided tours and … Read more
CONTACT: Josh Salter/Colleen Roche Linden Alschuler & Kaplan Public Relations 212-575-4545; jsalter@lakpr.com For Immediate Release THE DANNY KALB TRIO PERFORMS LIVE AT THE HISTORIC GREEN-WOOD CHAPEL Blues & Jazz Concert to Benefit The Green-Wood Historic Fund New York — The Danny Kalb Trio will bring its All-American blues vibe to the Historic Green-Wood Chapel … Read more
CONTACT: Josh Salter/Colleen Roche Linden Alschuler & Kaplan Public Relations 914-629-0444; jsalter@lakpr.com THOUSANDS OF NEW YORKERS CELEBRATE MEMORIAL DAY AT THE GREEN-WOOD HISTORIC FUND ANNUAL CONCERT AND TOUR Concert Features the 50-Piece Brass & Percussion ISO Symphonic Band and the GRAMMY ® Award-Winning Brooklyn Youth Chorus (Brooklyn, NY, May 31, 2010) – The Green-Wood … Read more
History Comes Alive at Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery as the Green-Wood Historic Fund Announces Summer 2010 Event Schedule NEW YORK, May 27 /PRNewswire/ — The Green-Wood Historic Fund has unveiled an exciting array of historic walking tours, trolley tours, concerts and events for Summer 2010 at Brooklyn’s Historic Green-Wood Cemetery, founded in 1838. The calendar of … Read more
Dear Friends of The Green-Wood Cemetery, This past weekend’s rain and wind storm that ravaged the metropolitan area—said to be the worst in 30 years—damaged countless neighborhoods in and around New York City. Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery was not spared. Our heavily forested 478 acres sustained significant damage: hundreds of trees were uprooted; shrubs were ripped … Read more