Woodlawn’s Historic Landscapes and Architecture Walking Tour

Sunday, June 22, 2025 1:00PM – Canceled due to weather. Stay tuned for rescheduled date.

Join Andrew Dolkart for a special walking tour highlighting Woodlawn’s notable landscape design and historic architecture. Woodlawn’s noted landscapes and mausoleums are the work of many famous architects such as McKim, Meade and White, William Welles Bosworth, and Hunt and Hunt, and landscape designers including Ellen Biddle Shipman and the Olmsted Brothers. Andrew Dolkart is a noted architectural historian and Professor of Historic Preservation in the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP) at Columbia University. He is the author of several award-winning books, including The Row House Reborn: Architecture and Neighborhoods in New York City, 1908-1929; Biography of a Tenement House in New York City: An Architectural History of 97 Orchard Street; and Morningside Heights: A History of Its Architecture and Development. He is also the author of the first edition of the Landmarks Preservation Commission’s Guide to New York City Landmarks.

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Woodlawn’s Book Club – Satan’s Circus

Sunday, June 29, 2025, 2:00PM via Zoom.

Continuing Woodlawn’s Crime and Punishment Series of Book Talks, please join us via Zoom on Sunday, June 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM for a discussion of Satan’s Circus: Murder, Vice, Police Corruption, and New York’s Trial of the Century by Mike Dash.

Satan’s Circus centers on the trial of Charles Becker, an NYPD Lieutenant who was accused of murdering Herman Rosenthal, a bookmaker and gambler, in 1912. Becker became the first American police officer to receive the death penalty for murder. He was executed by electric chair at Sing Sing in 1915. Charles Becker is buried in Aster plot at Woodlawn Cemetery.

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Woodlawn’s Book Club – Dorothy Parker’s New York

Tuesday, July 29, 2025, 7:00 PM

Kevin C. Fitzpatrick on Dorothy Parker’s New York

Join our book club as we talk about one of Woodlawn’s most celebrated names, Dorothy Parker. The new book “Dorothy Parker’s New York” (SUNY Press) is the first book to include the story of how the poet, writer, and champion for social justice came to be moved to Woodlawn in 2020. Author Kevin C. Fitzpatrick will present his newest book, which is a guide to Dorothy’s life in New York City, and how she came to be returned to her hometown. Join us for a lively talk about the 1920s, Prohibition, and the Jazz Age. Plus, we will be joined by Dorothy Parker’s family members! For additional information about this upcoming book, please click here.

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Welcome To Woodlawn – Free Trolley Tour

Wednesday, July 9, 2025, 12:00 PM – Sold Out

Wednesday, August 6, 2025, 12:00 PM – Sold Out

Hop aboard the Woodlawn Trolley for a complimentary Welcome To Woodlawn. Learn about Woodlawn’s rich history, notable individuals, remarkable art and architecture, and natural beauty. Our Woodlawn docents will choose the route. These tours are currently at capacity.

Dorothy Parker and the Talk of the Town New Yorkers – Trolley Tour

Sunday, August 10, 2025, 2:00 PM

The newest boldface name to join the pantheon of great New Yorkers of Woodlawn Cemetery is the author, poet, and crusader, Dorothy Parker. After an odyssey beginning with her death in 1967, Parker’s cremains were interred beside her parents in August 2020. Join Kevin Fitzpatrick, President of the Dorothy Parker Society, for this trolley tour that will visit her gravesite along with notable artists, captains of industry, explorers, performers, and writers. In the spirit of Mrs. Parker, we’ll visit those with ties to Broadway, speakeasies, and the arts. Kevin is the author of Dorothy Parker’s New York which includes the story of how Dorothy Parker came to lie at rest at Woodlawn.

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Jazz and Vaudeville Greats Trolley Tour

Sunday, August 24, 2025 11:00 AM

Join us for a Trolley Tour visiting the final resting place of the Vaudeville and Jazz Greats at Woodlawn Cemetery. The stops on the tour will include George M. Cohan, Nora Bays, Duke Ellington and many more. You will listen to the music of these notable musicians played on a Victrola. Take a step back in time with you host Michael Cumella, aka DJ MAC and join us for the Jazz Age.

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The Woodlawn Suite – CD Now Available.

The sounds of Madam C. J.  Walker strutting down the street, Dorothy Parker raising a glass, and Cicely Tyson whispering to Miles Davis are all part of The Woodlawn Suite, Victor Goines’ 13 movement work celebrating the lives of New Yorkers now at rest within the historic Woodlawn Cemetery. Commissioned by the Woodlawn Conservancy to create a modern memorial, the saxophonist and composer created these biographical sketches that link listeners to the lives of those who impacted our culture. Join Victor and his ensemble of creative musicians to be part of the premier of The Woodlawn Suite. A long-time member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and former director of the Jazz Studies Program at Northwestern University, Goines serves as President and CEO of Jazz St. Louis.

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