On October 18 at the Brooklyn Brainery, I’m bringing back my cemetery symbolism class for the autumn season! Come learn about the meaning behind tombstone symbols in New York City and beyond. Sign up here.

This October I’ll be leading two tours at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn with Morbid Anatomy. One will be on October 7 and themed on the language of flowers as seen through cemetery symbolism and the other will be on October 21, exploring memento mori symbolism.

On September 17 from 11 AM – 1 PM, I’ll be at the beautiful historic Congressional Cemetery in Washington, DC, for a free Grave book event and tour of the grounds. RSVP here!

On September 13 at Housing Works Bookstore in Manhattan, I’m joining the Municipal Art Society + Housing Works author series for a conversation about graves and NYC with fellow arts writer and cemetery tour guide Tiernan Morgan. You can even browse books while you listen! RSVP free here.

For the summer issue of ArtDesk I enjoyed interviewing the artist Brian Wall who at 91 is still innovating with his monumental, abstract sculptures. You can read the piece online and in print!

“As an artist, you always feel that you should push the limits of what you’re doing,” Wall says. “You still want to know and see what’s possible. I love the risk. I love the idea of doing something, and I’m just going to the edge, and so what if it’s a total failure? You learn from that and move on.”

My NYC Microseasons creative collaborator Erin Chapman and I joined the Fields podcast to talk about noticing changes in nature in the city. Is every season now a micro season? Is eating a few mulberries from a city tree good or bad? Listen to find out!

On Tuesdays this August, I’ll be leading an “Introduction to Taphophilia” online class with Morbid Anatomy. We will be covering topics like the traditions of respectful cemetery recreation, how to understand tombstone symbolism, and ways to share cemeteries through things like walking tours and zine making. More details here!

I’m excited to announce an upcoming talk with Magic City Books in Tulsa on “The History of Graves” including stories from my Grave book. It will be held on September 24 at 2pm. Hope to see many Okies there!

I shared some of my thoughts on Brutalist architecture in New York City and building preservation with Blue Crow Media, which published the Concrete New York map that I edited. Check out the Q&A on their site! The map is available on its own or in a New York Maps Set that also includes two other maps I edited: Great Trees of New York and Art Deco New York.

I’m thrilled to be joining the lineup for this summer’s Science of Things Spiritual Symposium in Lily Dale, New York. The Spiritualist community is a fascinating place to visit, where mediums practice in the houses and people join in gatherings each day to connect with something beyond the veil. I’ll be talking about my new book Grave with some details on the connections between Spiritualism and cemeteries. It’s all happening July 27 to 29, check out the full lineup of happenings here.

Miranda Melcher with the New Books Network podcast had me on for an interview related to my book Grave. Listen here for our conversation about how we care for the dead, how we could do better, and why cemeteries are fascinating places to investigate.