1 p.m. Gay Green-Wood Trolley Tour
Green-Wood Cemetery 500 25th Street, BrooklynClose out Brooklyn Pride Week (June 9 - 14) in a most unique way, on Green-Wood's first ever LGBT-themed trolley tour. Tour guide Phil Desiere - who leads tours of Greenwich Village, Central Park, and other NYC sights - will illuminate stories of Green-Wood 'permanent residents' who were openly gay, including "It's Raining Men" co-author Paul Jabara, and some who were probably gay or bisexual, like Violet Oakley, a member of a 'Boston marriage.' Plus you'll visit the final resting places of those who contributed to LGBT culture in fun, surprising ways, among them Louis Comfort Tiffany, the artist and businessman whose fancy New York City atelier is the namesake of gay novelist Truman Capote's smash hit, "Breakfast at Tiffany's."
7:30 p.m. Our Town
Enjoy a classic piece of American theater amidst the timeless beauty of Green-Wood Cemetery. Our Town tells the story of Emily Webb and George Gibbs of Grover's Corners, New Hampshire, a small New England town at the turn of the twentieth century. But the lessons of Grover's Corners stretch far beyond the sleepy town, as the play touches on the beauty of life, the randomness of the universe, and celebrates spirituality and the importance of memorials and memory. Deeply rooted in American and social history, Our Town fits in perfectly with Green-Wood's own history and the hundreds of thousands of personal stories memorialized across its beautiful landscape.
11:30 p.m. Our Town
Enjoy a classic piece of American theater amidst the timeless beauty of Green-Wood Cemetery. Our Town tells the story of Emily Webb and George Gibbs of Grover's Corners, New Hampshire, a small New England town at the turn of the twentieth century. But the lessons of Grover's Corners stretch far beyond the sleepy town, as the play touches on the beauty of life, the randomness of the universe, and celebrates spirituality and the importance of memorials and memory. Deeply rooted in American and social history, Our Town fits in perfectly with Green-Wood's own history and the hundreds of thousands of personal stories memorialized across its beautiful landscape.