Image: French Ivory Janus Head Rosary Bead Depicting the
Head of Christ and a Memento Mori (1600 to 1700)
We have many wonderful new and upcoming events to announce!
This week, we can't wait for Wednesday's debate between The Guardian's Oliver Burkeman and author Mitch Horowitz on whether positive or negative thinking offers the best path to fulfillment. We also have a night of midcentury 3D with Eric Drysdale (tonight): body horror in Japanese animation with JR Pepper (Tuesday); Dr Elly Truitt on Medieval automatons (Thursday); and, on Saturday, a class in anthropomorphic mouse taxidermy with taxidermist in residence Divya Anantharaman.
We also have some exciting new events to announce, including live murder ballads with Ilan Moss and Alex Kramer; an evening of extraterrestrial pulp with journalist Mark Jacobson and science-fiction novelist/flying saucer collector Jack Womack; a history of short-statured entertainers by burlesquer Trav S.D; a night devoted to Carl Jung's transformative experiences with archetypes with Langston Khan and Demetrius Lacroix; and a talk on the symbolic meaning of skulls in Renaissance Europe. We also have loads on new classes on the arcane arts of Victorian hairwork, bat skeleton articulation, and a variety of taxidermy classes; see our list of newly announced events below for more.
On Sunday June 26th, we hope you'll make it out to at our first Williamsburg-based Morbid Anatomy Flea Market with nearly 30 vendors selling mourning jewelry, taxidermy, antique osteology, rare books and ephemera, and assorted curiosities. There will also be readings by the Tarot Society; and, of course, cocktails. Museum members get access one hour early and cut the line all day; more on membership here.
Full list of events follow. Hope very much to see you at one ore more!
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IMMEDIATELY UPCOMING EVENTS
• Midcentury Stereopanorama with Eric Drysdale: Look and see the 1950s in 3-D!
Monday, June 13th, 8 pm, $20. Tickets and more info here.
• And I Must Scream: An Examination of Body Horror in Japanese Animation, An Illustrated Lecture with JR Pepper
Tuesday, June 14th, 7 pm, $8. Tickets and more info here.
• Positive Thinking Versus Negative Thinking: Which Leads to Fulfillment? A Dialogue and Debate with Oliver Burkeman and Mitch Horowitz
Wednesday, June 15th, 7 pm, $10. Tickets and more info here.
• What Are Medieval Robots? An Illustrated Lecture with Elly Truitt
Thursday, June 16th, 7 pm, $5. Tickets and more info here.
• Anthropomorphic Mouse Taxidermy Class with Divya Anantharaman
Saturday, June 18th, 12-6 p.m., $120. Tickets and more info here.
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NEWLY ANNOUNCED EVENTS
• Morbid Anatomy Flea Market in Williamsburg
Sunday, June 26th, 12 pm to 6 pm (11 am for members), $1 admission.
Location: *** OFFSITE WILLIAMSBURG LOCATION: Villain, 50 N 3rd St, Brooklyn, NY 11249. More info here.
• Victorian Hair Art Workshop with Master Jeweler Karen Bachmann
Saturday, June 25th, 11 am to 6 pm, $150. Tickets and more info here.
• And He Made a Fiddle Peg out of her Finger Bone: A Live Performance of American Murder Ballads by Ilan Moss and Alex Kramer
Monday, June 27th, 7pm, $12.Tickets and more info here
• Flying Saucers Are Real: An Evening of Extraterrestrial Show and Tell with Journalist Mark Jacobson and Jack Womack
Thursday, July 7th, 7 pm, $8. Tickets and more info here.
• Bat Skeleton Articulation Class with Wilder Duncan
Saturday, July 9th 1pm, $200. Tickets and more info here.
• The Thing That Knowledge Can't Eat: Engaging the Power of Archetypes and Deities for Radical Transformation/ Exploring the Seven Souls with Langston Khan and Demetrius Lacroix
Tuesday, July 12th, 7 pm, $12. Tickets and more info here
• English Sparrow Taxidermy Class with Divya Anantharaman
Sunday, July 24th, 12, $195. Tickets and more info here.
• Anthropomorphic Mouse Taxidermy Class with Divya Anantharaman
Saturday, August 13th, 12-6 p.m., $120. Tickets and more info here.
• Ringneck Pheasant Taxidermy Class with Divya Anantharaman
Sunday, August 14th, 12, $425. Tickets and more info here.
• Alas, Poor Yorick!: Skulls and Comedy in the Renaissance, An Illustrated Lecture with Susan Harlan
Wednesday, August 17th, 7 pm, $8. Tickets and more info here.
• More than Munchkins: A History of Performing Little People, An Illustrated Lecture with Trav S.D.
Monday, August 22nd, 7 pm, $8. Tickets and more info here.
• Chipmunk Taxidermy Workshop with Divya Anantharaman
Saturday, September 10th, 12, $185. Tickets and more info here.
• Rabbit Taxidermy Class with Divya Anantharaman
Sunday, September 11th, 12-7pm, $300. Tickets and more info here.
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ALL UPCOMING EVENTS
• Midcentury Stereopanorama with Eric Drysdale: Look and see the 1950s in 3-D!
Monday, June 13th, 8 pm, $20. Tickets and more info here.
• And I Must Scream: An Examination of Body Horror in Japanese Animation, An Illustrated Lecture with JR Pepper
Tuesday, June 14th, 7 pm, $8. Tickets and more info here.
• Positive Thinking Versus Negative Thinking: Which Leads to Fulfillment? A Dialogue and Debate with Oliver Burkeman and Mitch Horowitz
Wednesday, June 15th, 7 pm, $10. Tickets and more info here.
• What Are Medieval Robots? An Illustrated Lecture with Elly Truitt
Thursdsay, June 16th, 7 pm, $5. Tickets and more info here.
• Anthropomorphic Mouse Taxidermy Class with Divya Anantharaman
Saturday, June 18th, 12-6 p.m., $120. Tickets and more info here.
• World Making Through Personal Symbols with Rebecca Purcell at the ARAS Archive for Research in Archetypal Symbolism at the C.G. Jung Center of New York
4 Nights: June 20-23, 7 pm to 9 pm, $75 (includes materials) ***OFFSITE - ARAS Archive for Research in Archetypal Symbolism at the C.G. Jung Center of New York, 28 E 39th St, New York, NY 10016. Tickets and more info here.
• Welcome to the Department of Moving On, a screening with Julia Leffler
Wednesday June 22nd, 7 pm, $5. Tickets and more info here.
• Psychedelics and Death: A Brief Introduction, with Dr. Neal Goldsmith Ph.D
Friday, June 24th, 8 pm, $12. Tickets and more info here.
• Victorian Hair Art Workshop with Master Jeweler Karen Bachmann
Saturday, June 25th, 11 am to 6 pm, $150. Tickets and more info here.
• Morbid Anatomy Flea Market in Williamsburg! 35 Vendors Selling Taxidermy Galore, Artful Bones, Unusual Antiques, Obscure Books and More!
Sunday, June 26th, 12pm to 6pm (Morbid Anatomy Members 11am or skip the line; More here. To become a member, click here $1, *** OFFSITE WILLIAMSBURG LOCATION: Villain, 50 N 3rd St, Brooklyn, NY 11249
• And He Made a Fiddle Peg out of her Finger Bone: A Live Performance of American Murder Ballads by Ilan Moss and Alex Kramer
Monday, June 27th, 7pm, $12.Tickets and more info here.
• First Blood Transfusions: An Illustrated History by Elizabeth Yale, Presented by JSTOR
Wednesday, June 29th, 7 pm, $8. Tickets and more info here.
• The Bone Rooms, From Scientific Racism to Human Prehistory in Museums: An Illustrated Lecture with Samuel J. Redman
Thursday, June 30th, 7 pm, $5. Tickets and more info here.
• Flying Saucers Are Real: An Evening of Extraterrestrial Show and Tell with Journalist Mark Jacobson and Jack Womack
Thursday, July 7th, 7 pm, $8. Tickets and more info here.
• Surrealism and Alchemy: More than just a pretty picture, an Illustrated Lecture with Brian Cotnoir
Friday July 8th, 7 pm, $10. Tickets and more info here.
• Bat Skeleton Articulation Class with Wilder Duncan
Saturday, July 9th, 1pm, $200. Tickets and more info here.
• The Thing That Knowledge Can't Eat: Engaging the Power of Archetypes and Deities for Radical Transformation/ Exploring the Seven Souls with Langston Khan and Demetrius Lacroix
Tuesday, July 12th, 7 pm, $12. Tickets and more info here.
• Goth 101: A History of the Postpunk and Goth Subculture, 1978 - 1992, An Illustrated Lecture with Andi Harriman
Thursday, July 14th, 7 pm, $12. Tickets and more info here.
• English Sparrow Taxidermy Class with Divya Anantharaman
Sunday, July 24th, 12, $195. Tickets and more info here.
• Dying Onstage: Real and Imaginary Deaths in Live Performance: An illustrated Lecture by Michael Lueger: Presented by JSTOR
Wednesday, July 27th, 7 pm, $8. Tickets and more info here.
• I Can Sell My Body If I Wanna: Riot Grrrl Body Writing, Feminist Resistance, and Neoliberalism: An Illustrated Lecture with Leah Perry
Thursday, July 28th, 7 pm, $8. Tickets and more info here.
• Living Room Show: An Intimate Musical Evening with David J of Bauhaus and Love and Rockets
Sunday, July 31st, 7 pm, $30. Tickets and more info here.
• Raising the Dead: A History of Early Modern Necromancy, an Illustrated Lecture with Dr. Alexander Cummins
Wednesday, August 3rd, 7 pm, $12. Tickets and more info here.
• NSK (Neue Slowenische Kunst): Avant Garde Art Collective and Virtual State, An Illustrated Lecture with NSK Diplomat Charles Lewis
Thursday, August 4th, 7 pm, $8. Tickets and more info here.
• Anthropomorphic Mouse Taxidermy Class with Divya Anantharaman
Saturday, August 13th, 12-6 p.m., $120. Tickets and more info here.
• Ringneck Pheasant Taxidermy Class with Divya Anantharaman
Sunday, August 14th, 12, $425. Tickets and more info here.
• Alas, Poor Yorick!: Skulls and Comedy in the Renaissance, An Illustrated Lecture with Susan Harlan
Wednesday, August 17th, 7 pm, $8. Tickets and more info here.
• Midcentury Stereopanorama with Eric Drysdale: Look and see the 1950s in 3D!
Thursday, August 18th, 8 pm, $20. Tickets and more info here.
• More than Munchkins: A History of Performing Little People, An Illustrated Lecture with Trav S.D.
Monday, August 22nd, 7 pm, $8. Tickets and more info here.
• Chipmunk Taxidermy Workshop with Divya Anantharaman
Saturday, September 10th, 12, $185. Tickets and more info here.
• Rabbit Taxidermy Class with Divya Anantharaman
Sunday, September 11th, 12-7pm, $300. Tickets and more info here.
• The Beauty, Truth and Terror of THE TWILIGHT ZONE, An Illustrated Lecture with Chris Alexander
Friday, September 16, 7 pm, $8. Tickets and more info here. SOLD OUT
• The Satanic Sex: Puppets, and the Pathological Feminine in Vienna 1900, an Illustrated Lecture with Frankie Roe
Thursday, November 10th, 7 pm, $8. Tickets and more info here.