2nd Annual Benefit for The Green-Wood Historic Fund-09.17.09

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Via the Green-Wood Historic Fund e-mail list:

The Second Annual Benefit for The Green-Wood Historic Fund
Thursday, September 17, 2009 6:00–9:30p.m.
Celebrating the Artists of Green-Wood

Presenting the De Witt Clinton Award for Excellence to
Nancy & Otis Pearsall
For their life-long advocacy for the preservation of the unique architectural and cultural character of New York City.

Please goto The Historic Fund Store to purchase standard ($150 a person) or VIP ($250 a person) tickets on-line. http://www.green-wood.com/store

5:00p.m. Pre-benefit Trolley Tour
Hosted by Green-Wood’s historian Jeffrey Richman. 60 seats available. First come, first served.

6:00p.m. Opening Reception & The Artists of Green-wood
Hors d’oeuvres, libations and live music. A unique exhibit of select works by Green-Wood artists from The Historic Fund Collection will be shown in The Historic Chapel.

7:00p.m. Sunset Hillside Performance
Highlights from Angels & Accordions choreographed and directed by Martha Bowers of Dance Theatre Etcetera.

7:30p.m. Dinner
Featuring live music by the Brooklyn Youth Jazz Collective, led by Brian Worsdale.

8:15p.m. Presentation Ceremony
Presentations by Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and Green-Wood President Richard J. Moylan.


–The Artists Project of Green-Wood–
An ongoing initiative, The Artists Project of Green-Wood has now discovered more than 250 artists residing at Green-Wood Cemetery. This year’s Historic Fund Benefit features a unique exhibit of works from The Historic Fund Collection by Green-Wood artists, including Louis Comfort Tiffany, George Catlin, William Holbrook Beard, Daniel Huntington and Eastman Johnson.

Proceeds from this Benefit will directly fund The Green-Wood Historic Fund’s mandate for preservation projects such as The Gottschalk Project (Louis Moreau Gottschalk monument restoration, part of The Historic Fund’s Saved In Time Program), educational programs in conjunction with our local public schools on topics ranging from the Civil War to art and architecture and community outreach events such as our author lecture series in The Historic Chapel at Green-Wood, concerts, dance performances and seasonal special events.

Please goto The Historic Fund Store to purchase standard ($150 a person) or VIP ($250 a person) tickets on-line. http://www.green-wood.com/store

Rsvp by Friday, September 4, 2009
(To purchase standard or VIP tickets on-line, follow the related links below)
Attire–Business Casual
Enter at Green-Wood’s main gate—500 25th Street (at 5th Avenue), Brooklyn, NY

Official sponsors:

The Brooklyn Paper
Lost In Brooklyn Studio
CNG Publications
The New York Daily News
Herbert Lithographers
David Shannon Florist & Nursery