Gather for the cosmic occurrence at Green-Wood Cemetery where you can watch the path of the eclipse while immersed in a gong sound bath. A slew of activities will be held in Green-Wood's meadow and at its historic chapel.
Staff will provide special-edition glasses (first come, first serve) and telescopes with solar filters.
Also expect hands-on activities, artist-led activations, and self-guided explorations. Activities include an intimate soil soundscape installation, a community mural with the Red Hook Art Project, a listening session pop-up with Sacred Bones Records, and a gong sound bath by Samer Ghadry, alongside NASA’s livestream of the eclipse from the path of totality.
It's presented by Green-Wood along with Pioneer Works and the Amateur Astronomers Association.
Activities are free to attend; be sure to bring a blanket or something comfortable to sit on.
It's worth noting that the cemetery makes an ideal setting for this stellar event, as it’s the final resting place of several scientific experts. The list includes: writer and astronomer Richard Anthony Proctor who popularized astronomy during the Victorian era; inventor, author, scientist and philosopher Dr. John William Draper, the first to produce a successful daguerreotype of the moon; and his son, physician and amateur astronomer Henry Draper, who made the first photograph of a spectrum of a star and of a nebula.
