visit the graves of famous New Yorkers, plus the catacombs, tickets: $20.00-$25.00
Sat, Jun 17
Ice Cream Garden Social ice-cream making, period toys and games and historical tunes, tickets: $10.00-$15.00
1:00 p.m
Mt. Vernon Hotel Museum, 421 East 61st Street, Manhattan
Coney Island Annual Mermaid Paradehomage to Coney Island's forgotten Mardi Gras which lasted from 1903 to 1954
1:00 p.m
West 21st Street and Surf Avenue, Coney Island, Brooklyn
Lent-Riker-Smith Homestead Tour tour the oldest private dwelling in New York City possibly the United States, tickets: $25.00-$29.00
2:00 p.m
78-03 19th Road, Queens
Sea Creature StompMermaid Parade after-party, free admission
8:00 p.m
Gemini & Scorpio Loft, Gowanus, Brooklyn
A Night of Victorian Tragediesa night of storytelling of tragic of Victorian tales, tickets: $20.00-$25.00
8:00 p.m.
Green-wood Cemetery, 500 25th Street, Brooklyn
History Trivia Nighttest your knowledge of the American revolution, Washington Heights geography, and the history of the oldest house in Manhattan, admission: $10.00 per team
8:00 p.m
Morris Jumel Mansion, 65 Jumel Terrace, Manhattan
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Sun, Jun 18
The Grand Victorian Tea - Father's Day Edition
turn-of-century tea party, with finger sandwiches, scones and fancies, in the museum's private garden, with garden games and portraits, tickets $40.00
4:00 p.m
Mt. Vernon Hotel Museum, 421 East 61st Street, Manhattan
Museum of Interesting Things Secret Speakeasy vintage cartoon theme, tickets: $10.00
6:00 p.m
The Loft, 177 Prince Street, 3rd Floor, Manhattan
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Mon, Jun 19
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Tue, Jun 20
Garden Concerthistorically informed performance on Baroque and classical violin by Toma Iliev, tickets: $15.00
6:00 p.m
Mt. Vernon Hotel Museum, 421 East 61st Street, Manhattan
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Wed, Jun 21
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Thu, Jun 22
The Ladies Mile: Procurement, Promenading and the Peril of Desirelearn about 19th-century New York's shopping paradise, tickets: $35.00, $10.00 off with code: Fashion25
6:30 p.m
Colonnade Row, 428-430 Lafayette Street, Manhattan
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Fri, Jun 23
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Sat, Jun 24
Victorian Picnicdining al fresco, good conversation, reading aloud, lawn games, and photography with the New York 19th Century Society
1:00 p.m
meet at 103rd Street and Central Park West, Manhattan
Ahoy New York! explore the sailors and maritime graves of Green-wood, tickets: $25.00-$30.00
11:00 1.m.
Green-wood Cemetery, 500 25th Street, Brooklyn
Gilded Age Garden Party
Gemini and Scorpio's 15-year immersive anniversary party in an historical Victorian mansion with formal garden and swimming pool, tickets: $50.00-$200.00, overnight accommodations available
Mt. Vernon Hotel Museum, 421 East 61st Street, Manhattan
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Sun, Jun 25
Gilded Age Garden Party
Gemini and Scorpio's 15-year immersive anniversary party in an historical Victorian mansion with formal garden and swimming pool, tickets: $50.00-$200.00, overnight accommodations available
Mt. Vernon Hotel Museum, 421 East 61st Street, Manhattan
Striking Likenessesthe art of posthumous portraiture, tickets: $20.00-$25.00
11:00 a.m.
Green-wood Cemetery, 500 25th Street, Brooklyn
Learn The Art of Victorian Hair Workhands-on workshop teaches the Victorian craft and tradition of mourning jewelry in the form of hair art, tickets: $99.00
12:00 p.m.
Court Tree Collective, 371 Court Street, Brooklyn
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Mon, Jun 26
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Tue, Jun 27
Garden Concertlute music of the Renaissance and early Baroque by Christopher Morrongiello, tickets: $15.00
6:00 p.m
Mt. Vernon Hotel Museum, 421 East 61st Street, Manhattan
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Wed, Jun 28
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Thu, Jun 29
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Fri, Jun 30
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Sat, Jul 1
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