Saint Florian Gowanus Pageant and Procession! Isadora Duncan at Greenwood Cemetery! Call for Dilettanti Collectors! Morbid Anatomy News and Events

We have many wonderful goings on this week at Morbid Anatomy, but first, a special alert: Morbid Anatomy is currently seeking a 2011 or later model Macbook laptop in order to upgrade our A/V system. Donor will receive a one-year membership. If you can help, please email cristina [at] morbidanatomymuseum.org!

AND: to all you collectors out there: if you are interested in participating in our Dilettanti Society show and tell happy hour (here for previous incarnation), please email info@morbidanatomymuseum.org, subject line: Dilettanti!

For new events this week: First up is an official save the date for our First Annual Morbid Anatomy Saint Florian Gowanus Pageant and Procession; we are still accepting proposals for short works for this event, responding to the ideas relating to the Gowanus Canal or saints (Sunday, August 16; more here). We also have Dial P for Pagan: Madeline Schwartzman's Campus of Curiosities Shown on 16mm Film! (Wednesday, December 2nd, more here).

And, if taxidermy is your thing, we have a number of excellent newly announced Divya Anantharaman classes to choose from: Anthropomorphic Mouse (One or Two Headed) (Saturday, September 12th, more here); English Sparrow (Sunday, September 13th, more here); Fancy Chicken (with Katie Innamorato; Sunday, September 20th; more here); Anthropomorphic Rabbit (Saturday, October 3rd; more here); and Archaeopteryx, Microraptors and Hopeful Monsters - Rogue Taxidermy Bird Dinosaur class (Sunday, October 4th, more here)

We have a number of excellent events taking place this very week, beginning with Movie Mike presenting Bluebeard (1944) with John Carradine as the serial strangler of women in old Paris on real 16mm (Tuesday, July 28th, more here) followed by Catherine Gallant on Isadora Duncan’s Dances of Mourning as part of "Common Shade" at Greenwood Cemetery (Wednesday, July 29; more here); 'The Gothic Sensibility: Victorian 'Gloomths' and the Contemporary 'Death Curious' with Romany Reagan Wednesday, July 29th, SOLD OUT); The Even More Disturbing and Absurd World of Medical Patents with Patent Attorney Eric Indin (Thursday, July 30th; more here); Chipmunk Taxidermy Class with Divya Anantharaman (Saturday, August 1st. SOLD OUT; and Skunk Taxidermy Class with Divya Anantharaman (Sunday, August 2; more here).

If you want to avoid sold out events, and get early access to our August 30 flea market, become a member today! Besides early entry and advance notice of events, members also enjoy discounted admissions and unlimited free museum entry. Find out more here.

There is also still time to enter our special fundraising raffle, where you have a chance to win a trip for two with hotel and airfare included from your home city to the Morbid Anatomy Museum this October for Day of the Dead! Must enter by September 20th, and winner will be announced on September 21; Details can be found here.

List of events follows. Hope to see you at one or more!

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 IMMEDIATELY UPCOMING EVENTS 

• Movie Mike Presents : Morbid Movie Madness - Bluebeard with John Carradine as the serial strangler of women in old Paris in 16mm!
  Tuesday, July 28th, 8pm, $10, Tickets (and more info) here.

• Common Shade: Catherine Gallant on Isadora Duncan’s Dances of Mourning at Greenwood Cemetery
  Wednesday, July 29, 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm, $25/Member $20 OFFSITE at Greenwood Cemetery, Tickets (and more info) here.

• 'The Gothic Sensibility: Victorian 'Gloomths' and the Contemporary 'Death Curious': An Illustrated Lecture with Romany Reagan 
  Wednesday, July 29th, 8pm, $8, SOLD OUT (more info here).

• The Dilettanti Society Happy Hour Presented by Art in the Age: Cocktails and Show and Tell in the Morbid Anatomy Library: Prepared Skulls of Tribal Oceanic and African Culture with Special Guest Cole Harrell 
  POSTPONED Thursday, July 30th,  6pm - 8pm, $12 for members. Tickets and more info here.

• The Even More Disturbing and Absurd World of Medical Patents: An Illustrated Lecture with Eric Indin, Registered Patent Attorney. 
  Thursday, July 30th,  8pm - 10pm, $8, Tickets (and more info) here.

• Chipmunk Taxidermy Class with Divya Anantharaman
  Saturday, August 1st, 12pm - 6pm, $185 (all tickets include admission to the museum), SOLD OUT ( info here)

• Skunk Taxidermy Class with Divya Anantharaman
  Sunday, August 2nd, 12pm - 6pm, $450 (includes admission to the museum), Tickets (and more info) here

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NEWLY ANNOUNCED EVENTS

• SAVE THE DATE First Annual Morbid Anatomy Saint Florian Gowanus Pageant and Procession, Sunday, August 16
  Currently seeking short pieces--talks, performances, screenings, spectacles--responding to the ideas relating to the Gowanus Canal or saints. More here.

• Anthropomorphic Mouse Taxidermy Class, One or Two Headed with Divya Anantharaman
  Saturday, September 12th, 10pm - 6 pm, $120. Tickets and more info here.

• English Sparrow Taxidermy Class with Divya Anantharaman
  Sunday, September 13th, 12 pm - 7 pm, $195. Tickets and more info here.

• Fancy Chicken Taxidermy Class with Divya Anantharaman and Katie Innamorato
  Sunday, September 20th, 12 pm to 7:30 pm, $400. Tickets and more info here.
  
  Anthropomorphic Rabbit Taxidermy Class with Divya Anantharaman
  Saturday, October 3rd, 10 am - 7 pm, $300. Tickets and more info here. 

• Archaeopteryx, Microraptors and Hopeful Monsters - Rogue Taxidermy Bird Dinosaur class with Divya Annantharaman
  Sunday, October 4th, 12 pm - 6:30 pm, $180. Tickets and more info here.

• Dial P for Pagan: Madeline Schwartzman's Campus of Curiosities Shown on 16mm Film!  
  Wednesday, December 2nd, 8 pm, $10. Tickets and more info here.

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ALL UPCOMING EVENTS

• Movie Mike Presents : Morbid Movie Madness - Bluebeard with John Carradine as the serial strangler of women in old Paris in 16mm!
  Tuesday, July 28th, 8pm, $10, Tickets (and more info) here.

• 'The Gothic Sensibility: Victorian 'Gloomths' and the Contemporary 'Death Curious' : An Illustrated Lecture with Romany Reagan 
  Wednesday, July 29th, 8pm, $8, SOLD OUT (more info here).

• Common Shade: Catherine Gallant on Isadora Duncan’s Dances of Mourning at Greenwood Cemetery
  Wednesday, July 29, 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm, $25/Member $20 OFFSITE at Greenwood Cemetery, Tickets (and more info) here.

• The Dilettanti Society Happy Hour Presented by Art in the Age: Cocktails and Show and Tell in the Morbid Anatomy Library: Prepared Skulls of Tribal Oceanic and African Culture with Special Guest Cole Harrell 
  POSTPONED Thursday, July 30th,  6pm - 8pm, $12 for members. Tickets and more info here.

• The Even More Disturbing and Absurd World of Medical Patents: An Illustrated Lecture with Eric Indin, Registered Patent Attorney. 
  Thursday, July 30th,  8pm - 10pm, $8, Tickets (and more info) here.

• Chipmunk Taxidermy Class with Divya Anantharaman
  Saturday, August 1st, 12pm - 6pm, $185 (all tickets include admission to the museum), SOLD OUT ( info here)

• Skunk Taxidermy Class with Divya Anantharaman
  Sunday, August 2nd, 12pm - 6pm, $450 (includes admission to the museum), Tickets (and more info) here

• Raccoon Shoulder Mount Class with Karie Innamorato
  Tuesday, August 4th, 12 pm - 6 pm, $450, Tickets (and more info) here.

• Evening Anthropomorphic Mouse Taxidermy Class with Divya Anantharaman 
  Wednesday, August 5th, 6:30pm - 10:30pm, $110 (all tickets include admission to the museum), SOLD OUT here

• Dead and Lovely: An Illustrated Lecture with Elizabeth Harper, All the Saints You Should Know.
  Thursday, August 6th, 8pm, $12. Tickets and more info here. 

• Psychedelics and Death: A Brief Introduction: An Illustrated Lecture with Psychotherapist Dr. Neal Goldsmith
  Friday, August 7th, 8pm - 10 PM, $8, SOLD OUT (info here)

• Victorian Hair Art Workshop with Master Jeweler Karen Bachmann
  Saturday, August 8th, 11am - 6pm (with lunch break), $150 (includes museum admission), Tickets (and more info) here.

• Anthropomorphic Insect Shadowbox Workshop with Daisy Tainton
  Sunday, August 9th, 1pm - 4pm, $75, Tickets (and more info) here.

• "Man-Eater: The Life and Legend of an American Cannibal: An Illustrated Lecture and Book Party with Harold Schechter.
  Monday, August 10th, 8pm, $5, Tickets and more info here.

• Common Shade: Dr. Seth A. Gopin on the Rural Cemetery in Paris and Beyond at Greenwood Cemetery
  Tuesday, August 11, 7:30 pm,  $25 / Members $20, Tickets (and more info) here** Offsite: Location: The Historic Chapel at Greenwood Cemetery (500 25th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11232)

• Midcentury Stereopanorama with Eric Drysdale: Look and see the 1950s in 3-D!
  Thursday, August 13th, 8pm, $20, Tickets (and more info) here.

• SAVE THE DATE First Annual Morbid Anatomy Saint Florian Gowanus Pageant and Procession, Sunday, August 16
  Currently seeking short pieces--talks, performances, screenings, spectacles--responding to the ideas relating to the Gowanus Canal or saints. More here.

• The Embalmed Head of Oliver Cromwell: A Memoir: An Illustrated Lecture with Marc Hartzman
  Wednesday, August 19th, 8pm, $8, Tickets (and more info) here.

• Book Party for "The Zombie of Great Peru," by Pierre-Corneille Blessebois, translated by Doug Skinner
  Thursday, August 20th, 8pm, $5, Tickets (and more info) here.

• Starling Taxidermy Class with Katie Innamorato 
  Saturday, August 22nd, 12pm - 6pm, $275 (all tickets include admission to the museum), Tickets (and more info) here

• Rat/ Guinea Pig with Wings Gaff Taxidermy Class with Katie Innamorato 
  Sunday, August 23rd, 12pm - 6pm, $235 (all tickets include admission to the museum), Tickets (and more info) here

• Demystifying Shamanism: An Illustrated Presentation with Dr. Stanley Krippner
  Friday, August 28th, 8 pm, $12, SOLD OUT (more info here).

• Myth, Magic and Michael Jackson: Illustrated Presentation and Michael Jackson Karaoke Birthday Party
  Saturday, August 29th, 8pm, $20/$15 for members, Tickets (and more info) here.

• Morbid Anatomy Flea Market at the Bell House
  August 30th, 12 - 6 pm (Members get 11:00 AM entry) at The Bell House (149 7th St, Brooklyn, NY 11215, a block away from the Morbid Anatomy Museum). More info here.

• Charles Fort and the Forteans that Followed, an Illustrated Lecture with Doug Skinner 
  Thursday, September 10th, 8pm, $8, Tickets (and more info) here.

• Anthropomorphic Mouse Taxidermy Class, One or Two Headed with Divya Anantharaman
  Saturday, September 12th, 10pm - 6 pm, $120. Tickets and more info here.

• English Sparrow Taxidermy Class with Divya Anantharaman
  Sunday, September 13th, 12 pm - 7 pm, $195. Tickets and more info here.

• Fancy Chicken Taxidermy Class with Divya Anantharaman and Katie Innamorato
  Sunday, September 20th, 12 pm to 7:30 pm, $400. Tickets and more info here.

• Morbidity of Mathematics #2: Mathematical Murder, An illustrated lecture with Michael Carlisle
  Tuesday, September 22nd, 8pm, $8, Tickets (and more info) here.

• The Luxor Mummy: The Fantasy and Reality of Egyptian Mummy Magic, an Illustrated Lecture with Ava Forte Vital 
  Tuesday, September 29th, 8 pm, $8, Tickets (and more info) here.

• Down the Hatch: The History and Anatomy of Sword Swallowing: An Illustrated Lecture with Ilise S. Carter aka The Lady Aye 
  Wednesday, September 30th, 8pm, $8, Tickets (and more info) here

• You Can't Kill Me, I'm Already Dead: An Illustrated Lecture with Evan Michelson.
  Friday, October 2nd, 8pm, $15 ( Oct. 2nd. Lecture + Oct 3rd Party Pass is $25 for Morbid Anatomy Members ) Tickets and more info here.

• Anthropomorphic Rabbit Taxidermy Class with Divya Anantharaman
  Saturday, October 3rd (DAY), 10 am - 7 pm, $300. Tickets and more info here. 

• Propaganda Magazine Party with Fred Berger.  
  Saturday, October 3rd (EVE), 8pm, $25 ( Oct. 2nd. Lecture + Oct 3rd Party Pass is $25 for Morbid Anatomy Members ) Tickets and more info here.

• Archaeopteryx, Microraptors and Hopeful Monsters - Rogue Taxidermy Bird Dinosaur class with Divya Annantharaman
  Sunday, October 4th, 12 pm - 6:30 pm, $180. Tickets and more info here.

• Hannibal Lecter, Book Collector, An Illustrated Lecture with Elisabeth Brander, Rare Book Librarian at Washington University 
  Thursday, October 8th, 8pm, Tickets (and more info) here.

• The Witch of Lime Street: Séance, Seduction, and Houdini in the Spirit World, an Illustrated lecture with David Jaher.
  Friday, October 16th, 8pm, $5, Tickets (and more info) here.

• "Witchcraft Through the Ages" (Häxan) - Polka music! Butter Churns!! 16mm silent film screening with Victrola!!! 
  Monday, October 26th, 8pm, $12, SOLD OUT (and more info) here.

• "Spirit of the Magpie: Hidden Keys to the Scavenger's Scrapbook" An audiovisual trance journey with stopmotion animation and improvised sound
  Wednesday, November 18th, 8pm, $12, Tickets (and more info) here

• Dial P for Pagan: Madeline Schwartzman's Campus of Curiosities Shown on 16mm Film!. 
  Wednesday, December 2nd, 8 pm, $10. Tickets and more info here.

Image: Saint Sebastian (left) and Saint Florian (right). Oil painting by an Austrian painter, 18th (?) century. Wellcome Library.