We have many wonderful upcoming events at the Morbid Anatomy Museum!
First, please save the date for the second annual Morbid Anatomy Museum Gala and Afterparty. We hope you can join us for a special evening of dinner, drinks, performances & special guests, an auction of one-of-a-kind art, objects, and experiences, and much more this April 12th at the Bell House.
We'll venture through the underbelly of 19th century Paris and learn about its labor conditions, prostitution, drinking, crime, and popular entertainment with author Luc Sante (Wednesday, February 10th, 7 pm); host a family-friendly insect and reptile petting zoo with NYU biology student, Aaron Rodriguez (Monday, February 29th, 7pm); look at the integral role of the dream in alchemical and creative practice with alchemist Brian Cotnoir (Monday, April 4th, 7 pm); Andi Harriman offers a history of goth subculture from its DIY beginnings in the late 70s to its demise at the turn of the 90s (Wednesday, April 27th, 7 pm); and we'll teach the 17th century of vanitas and camera obscura making with Amy-Claire Huestis (Saturday March 5th,12 pm to 5 pm).
We'll explore the costuming of shamans and tribal leaders, kings and queens, and warriors and witches (Thursday, March 17th, 7 pm); Morbid Anatomy favorite Dr. Stanley Krippner returns with a look at historical and contemporary shamanic practices, herbal knowledge, and sacred rituals with complementary Trinity Absinthe by our sponsor Overland Distillery (Thursday, April 14th, 7 pm); we'll discuss what really happens when someone returns from a near death experience (Thursday, April 21st, 7 pm) and examine why humanity has universally rejected the philosopher Diogenes's argument against caring for human remains (Monday, May 2nd, 7 pm).
Please join us this week for a closer look at Thomas Edison's lesser known experiments into communicating with the dead (Tuesday, January 26th, 8 pm);a Stereo Realist viewing party featuring fully-restored stereoscopic viewers, original midcentury slides and period tunes (Wednesday, January 27th, 8 pm); a explorations of icons of mortality in art with a focus on 17th century Dutch vanitas paintings (Thursday, January 28th, 8 pm); and an unmasking of the hooded executioner of art and lore with a fascinating history of the death penalty (Saturday, January 30th, 8 pm).
A few tickets are still available for our upcoming anthropomorphic mouse taxidermy class with Amber Maykut (Saturday, January 30th, 12 pm to 4 pm) and Victorian hair art workshop with master jeweler Karen Bachmann (Sunday, January 31st, 11 am to 6 PM).
For our friends in Spain, we hope to see you at this year's Congress for Curious People sponsored by Hendrick's Gin February 3rd to 7th. Learn more about the programming by clicking through for day 1, day 2, night 2, day 3, day 4, night 4,
and day 5.
Hope to see you there!
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IMMEDIATELY UPCOMING EVENTS
Midcentury Stereopanorama with Eric Drysdale: Look and see the 1950s in 3-D!Wednesday, January 27th, 8 pm, $20. Tickets and more info here.Deathly Contemplation: 17th Century Dutch Vanitas Paintings: An Illustrated lecture with Lauren Davis
Thursday, January 28th, 8 pm, $8. Tickets and more info here.The Executioner, Unhooded: An Illustrated Lecture with Alison KinneySaturday, January 30th, 8 pm, $8. Tickets and more info here.Anthropomorphic Mouse Taxidermy Class with Amber Maykut
Saturday, January 30th, 12 pm to 4 pm, $120. Tickets and more info here.Victorian Hair Art Workshop with Master Jeweler Karen BachmannSunday, January 31st, 11 am to 6 PM, $150. Tickets and more info here.
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NEWLY ANNOUNCED EVENTS
The Other Paris: The Shadow Side of 19th Century Paris, Lecture and Book Signing with Luc Sante, Author of Low LifeWednesday, February 10th, 7 pm, $5. Tickets and more info here.Insect, Arachnid and Reptile Petting Zoo with NYU Biology Student Aaron RodriguezMonday, February 29th, 7pm, $12. Tickets and more info here.Vanitas, Fleeting Time, A Camera Obscura Workshop and Inquiry with Artist Amy-Claire HuestisSaturday March 5th,12 pm to 5 pm, $85. Tickets and more info here.The Cult of Fashion, An Illustrated Lecture with Alexis KarlThursday, March 17th, 7 pm, $8. Tickets and more info here.Alchemy and Dream: The Lunar Realm of Alchemy, An Illustrated Lecture with Brian CotnoirMonday, April 4th, 7 pm, $10. Tickets and more info here.Save the Date for the Second Annual Morbid Anatomy Museum Gala and AfterpartyTuesday, April 12, 2016 at The Bell House (149 7th Street, Brooklyn). More info here.Demystifying Shamanism: An Illustrated Presentation with Dr. Stanley KrippnerThursday, April 14th, 7 pm, $15. Tickets and more info here.Life After Near Death, An Illustrated Lecture with Debra DiamondThursday, April 21st, 7 pm, $5. Tickets and more info here.Goth 101: A History of the Postpunk and Goth Subculture, 1978 - 1992, An Illustrated Lecture with Andi HarrimanWednesday, April 27th, 7 pm, $12. Tickets and more info here.The Work of the Dead: A Cultural History of Mortal Remains, An Illustrated Lecture with Historian Thomas W. Laqueur, University of California at BerkeleyMonday, May 2nd, 7 pm, $5. Tickets and more info here.
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CONGRESS FOR CURIOUS PEOPLE 2016 IN MADRID, SPAIN
Morbid Anatomy Day of Anatomy and AnthropologyWednesday, February 3, 5:00pm, Faculty of Medicine (plaza Ramón y Cajal, Madrid) 16 euros. Tickets and more info here.Madrid in the Baroque Era: A Theatrical and Spectacular CityThursday, February 4, Equestrian monument of Felipe IV, Plaza de Oriente, 5:00 p.m. 22 euros. Tickets and more info here.MADRID Strange Phenomena: A Night of MentalismThursday February 4, Calle Santa Ana 6, 10 p.m. 17 euros. Tickets and more infohere.The Secrets of the National Museum of Natural SciencesFriday, February 5, Starting point: corresponding to the "tickets" doors in the museum (Calle Jose Gutierrez Abascal 2) door 7:00 p.m. 20 euros. Tickets and more info here.Special Visit to the XIX century Homeopathic Hospital of "San Jose" and lecturesEloy Gonzalo Street, 3. 10:30 a.m. Only for guests.Carnival Gala: Surrealist Masked Ball in the Palace Duarte
Palace Duarte, street Mancebos 5, Palace Opening: Saturday February 6, 9:30 p.m to 2:00 a.m. Tickets and more info here.
Madrid and the FreemasonryEgyptian Temple of Debod, 11 a.m. 14 euros. Tickets and more info here.
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ALL UPCOMING EVENTS
Here Lies Fluffy: Hartsdale Pet Cemetery, A Final Resting Place: An Illustrated Lecture with Elizabeth BromanThursday, February 4th, 2016, 7 pm (lecture will start at 7:15 sharp), $8. Tickets and more info here.Death is in Our Hearts: Meditations on Death's at Tractional Force, an Illustrated Lecture with Carl AbrahamssonFriday, February 5th, 7 pm, $12. Tickets and more info here.Jackalope or Traditional Rabbit Shoulder Mount Taxidermy ClassSaturday, February 6th,12 pm to 6 pm, $250. Tickets and more info here.The Other Paris: The Shadow Side of 19th Century Paris, Lecture and Book Signing with Luc Sante, author of Low LifeWednesday, February 10th, 7 pm, $5. Tickets and more info here.The Flapper Revolution: An Illustrated Lecture With Mel Gordon, Author of Voluptuous PanicThursday, February 11th, 7 pm, $8. Tickets and more info here.Horizontal Collaboration: The Erotic World of Paris, 1920-1946 with Mel Gordon, author of Voluptuous Panic, Sponsored by Overland Distillery, Proud Makers of Trinity AbsintheFriday, February 12th, 7 pm, $12. Tickets and more info here.If You Feel It, Peel It: 42nd Street Peepshow Films and Beyond programmed by MM Serra and Josh LewisSaturday, February 13th, 7 pm, $10. Tickets and more info here.Anthropomorphic Insect Shadowbox Workshop: Valentine Day's Special with Daisy Tainton, formerly Senior Insect Preparator at the American Museum of Natural HistorySunday, February 14th, 1 to 4 pm, $75. Tickets and more info here.Beggar's Banquet: The History of Sin Eaters: An Illustrated Lecture with Karen Bachmann
Tuesday, February 16th, 7 pm, $8. Tickets and more info here.Midcentury Stereopanorama with Eric Drysdale: Look and see the 1950s in 3-D!Wednesday, February 17th, 8 pm, $20. Tickets and more info here.Surrealism and Alchemy: More Than Just a Pretty Picture: An Illustrated Lecture with Brian CotnoirFebruary 19th, 7 pm, $10. Tickets and more info here.Mole Mount Taxidermy Workshop with Katie InnamoratoSunday, February 7th, 12 pm to 6 pm, $250. Tickets and more info here.Mütter Museum Presents: The Skin She Lived In: Anthropodermic Books at College of Physicians of Philadelphia: Illustrated Lecture by Beth Lander, Introduced and Moderated by Daniel K. SmithMonday, February 22nd, 7 pm, $8. Tickets and more info here.The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari on 16mm with live music by M.V. CarbonWednesday, February 24th, 7 pm, $12. Tickets and more info here.Morbid Academy Presents: Stalking Weird History: A Conversation with Robert Damon Schneck and Mitch HorowitzThursday, February 25th, 7 pm, $10. Tickets and more info here.Fancy Rat Taxidermy Class with Divya AnantharamanSaturday, February 27th, 12 pm - 6 pm, $200. Tickets and more info here.European Starling Taxidermy Class with Divya AnantharamanSunday, February 28th, 12 pm - 7 pm, $275. Tickets and more info here.Insect, Arachnid and Reptile Petting Zoo with NYU Biology Student Aaron RodriguezMonday, February 29th, 7pm, $12. Tickets and more info here.Tarot Reading, Palmistry and Astrology with The Tarot SocietyMonday, February 29th, 6 pm to 8 pm. Sliding scale. More info here.From Grand Guignol to the Classic Horror Movies of the 1930s: Elliot Passantino's History of Horror Film, Part 1Tuesday, March 1, 2016, 7 pm, $8. Tickets and more info here.Vanitas, Fleeting Time, A Camera Obscura Workshop and Inquiry with Artist Amy-Claire HuestisSaturday March 5th,12 pm to 5 pm, $85. Tickets and more info here.Morbid Anatomy Flea Market at the Bell HouseSunday, March 6th,12 pm to 6 pm (11 am for members). More info here.The Good Death: An Exploration in Dying in America: An Illustrated Lecture with Ann NeumannThursday March 10th, 7pm, $5. Tickets and more info here.Architecture of Initiation: Alchemy and the Theater of Memory: An Illustrated Lecture with Brian CotnoirFriday, March 11th, 7pm, $10. Tickets and more info here.Morbid Academy Presents: The Real Paranormal: A Conversation with Stacy Horn and Mitch HorowitzWednesday, March 16th, 7 pm, $10. Tickets and more info here.The Cult of Fashion, An Illustrated Lecture with Alexis KarlThursday, March 17th, 7 pm, $8. Tickets and more info here.Katherine Bauer's "Psycho Pussy Slaughter" and other Fatal, Feline Rites and Rituals: Screening with 16mm film and live music!Wednesday, March 23rd, 7 pm $10. Tickets and more info here.Alchemy and Dream: The Lunar Realm of Alchemy, An Illustrated Lecture with Brian CotnoirMonday, April 4th, 7 pm, $10. Tickets and more info here.Morbid Academy Presents: Tales from the Crypt: A Conversation with Ptolemy Tompkins and Mitch HorowitzWednesday, April 6th, 7 pm, $10. Tickets and more info here.The Witch of Lime Street: Séance, Seduction, and Houdini in the Spirit World: An Illustrated Lecture with David JaherMonday, April 11th, 7 pm, $5. Tickets and more info here.Save the Date for the Second Annual Morbid Anatomy Museum Gala and AfterpartyTuesday, April 12, 2016 at The Bell House (149 7th Street, Brooklyn). More info here.Atomic Doomsday Battle of the DJs: 78 Records vs. 16mm FilmWednesday, April 13th, 7 pm, $10. Tickets and more info here.Demystifying Shamanism: An Illustrated Presentation with Dr. Stanley KrippnerThursday, April 14th, 7 pm, $15. Tickets and more info here.Bringing Back the Cabinet of Curiosities, Including a Brief and Wondrous History of the Wunderkammer: An Illustrated Lecture with Susan HarlanTuesday, April 19th, 7pm, $8. Tickets and more info here.Life After Near Death, An Illustrated Lecture with Debra DiamondThursday, April 21st, 7 pm, $5. Tickets and more info here.Goth 101: A History of the Postpunk and Goth Subculture, 1978 - 1992, An Illustrated Lecture with Andi HarrimanWednesday, April 27th, 7 pm, $12. Tickets and more info here.Murnau's Faust (1926) on 16mm Film With Live Music by Bradford Reed and Geoff GershFriday, April 29th, 7 pm, $12. Tickets and more info here.The Work of the Dead: A Cultural History of Mortal Remains, An Illustrated Lecture with Historian Thomas W. Laqueur, University of California at BerkeleyMonday, May 2nd, 7 pm, $5. Tickets and more info here.Morbid Academy Presents: Things that go Bump, a conversation with Shannon Taggart and Mitch HorowitzWednesday, May 18th, 7pm, $10. Tickets and more info here.
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