Events

Book Talk: Allison C. Meier | Grave - Housing Works, Manhattan
September 13, 2023
A discussion with my friend and fellow cemetery guide Allison Meier on her new book, “an exploration of the American Grave…how we got here to where we are now, and how the ways we care for the dead are changing.” Hosted by the Municipal Art Society of New York in partnership with Housing Works.

Hidden Green-Wood II - via Zoom
November 2, 2021
Back by popular demand! A sequel lecture on a selection of Green-Wood Cemetery’s lesser-known and overlooked memorials, including those of artist Fanny Palmer, eccentric socialite Ward McAllister, and Elizabeth Gloucester, the wealthiest Black woman in the U.S.
Memorializing Disaster - via Zoom
May 25, 2021
A lecture on Green-Wood Cemetery’s most striking and extraordinary memorials, including those dedicated to the sinking of the SS Arctic (1854) the Brooklyn Theatre Fire (1876), and the Park Slope/Miller Field air crash (1960).
A Night of Victorian Tragedy: Live, Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn
May 12, 2021
Hosted by writer and comic Tara Clancy, Green-Wood’s celebrated annual competition pits four storytellers to tell the most heartbreaking Victorian tale. My recounting of the mysterious murder of Mary Rogers centered the gender politics and anxieties of the antebellum period, the influential role of the burgeoning penny press, and the evidence mounted against Mary’s employer, the tobacconist John Anderson.

Hidden Green-Wood - via Zoom
November 24, 2020 | June 8, 2021
Selected by The New York Times 📰
A lecture on a selection of Green-Wood Cemetery’s lesser-known and overlooked memorials, including those of suffragist Elizabeth Tilton, Titanic survivor Robert ‘Little Dougie’ Spedden, and lithographer-cum-photographer Napoleon Sarony.

Magnificent Monuments—Green-Wood’s Extraordinary Statuary and Architecture - via Zoom
August 4, 2020 | May 18, 2021
A lecture on Green-Wood’s most renown and celebrated memorial sites, including those of tobacconist John Anderson, seventeen-year-old Charlotte Canda, and the ‘soda fountain king’ John Matthews.
OK Gurgle - Theatre Mitu, Brooklyn
January 24, 2020
A post-performance talk on digital rights and security accompanying OK Gurgle, a mixed media performance exploring surveillance capitalism, codependency culture, and our use of digital devices – a collaborative creation by performers Candace Thompson and Alexis Powell.
“Your Money is Safe in Art”: The Birth of the Art Market as we know it - Housing Works, Manhattan
November 28, 2017
A lecture for Hyperallergic IRL on the Times-Sotheby Art Index and the rapid rise of the Impressionist art market in the wake of the second World War.
Never read the comments section - Housing Works, Manhattan
June 23, 2015
A collaborative performance for Hyperallergic IRL with Elisa Wouk Almino and Jennifer Samet, featuring the zaniest comments posted that year.