This weekend at Green-Wood: tour and music 06.13.10

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Underground Muses of Green-Wood Walking Tour

Many famous and fascinating artists, actors and composers have made Green-Wood Cemetery their place of final repose. Leonard Bernstein, Fred Ebb, Louis Comfort Tiffany, Asher B. Durand, George Caitlin, Currier and Ives, and William Merritt Chase are just a few we will visit. Walk may be hilly and strenuous.

The tour is $5 for Historic Fund members / $10 for non-members. Reservations are recommended. Reserve your ticket online today or call 718.768.7300.

Ruth Edebohls is a tour guide for the Green-Wood Historic Fund. After having worked for the Brooklyn Center for the Urban Environment as its Coordinator of Urban Tours and as a tour guide for 15 years, she began doing tours for the Historic Fund a year ago. A Brooklyn native, she is a licensed New York City Tour Guide and urban historian with a special enthusiasm for Green-Wood Cemetery. Over the years, she has created and led many fascinating tours of Green-Wood.
Sunday, June 13, 2010 at 1:00 PM

Meeting Point: Inside the main entrance at 25th St. and 5th Ave.

Price: $10.00 http://bk.ly/r8v

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The Danny Kalb Trio

Danny Kalb’s smooth blues and folk melodies have thrilled audiences since the 1960s when he started as a solo performer, founding member of the Blues Project and session player with Phil Ochs, Judy Collins and Pete Seeger. This summer, The Danny Kalb Trio will bring that All-American blues vibe to Brooklyn’s Historic Green-Wood Cemetery with an unforgettable evening concert held at the Cemetery’s Historic Chapel.

Tickets are $15 for Historic Fund Members / $20 for non-members. Advance tickets available online, space is limited.

Refreshments will be available during the concert.

All concert proceeds will go directly to benefit The Green-Wood Historic Fund.

Note: the Member pricing on our event flier was printed incorrectly. The discount ticket price is $15 for Histroic Fund members, not $10. Please use your Membership coupon code to receive the $15 price at check out.
Sunday, June 13, 2010 at 7:00 PM

Location: The Historic Chapel @ Green-Wood

Price: $20.00 http://bk.ly/r8w