Date: Tuesday, April 12, 2016
Time: 7 PM (6:30 for VIP)
Admission: $250 (Regular Ticket, includes afterparty); $500 (VIP Ticket with champagne toast at The Museum, includes afterparty); $2500 (Table for 5, includes VIP champagne toast, includes afterparty; table might include special guests); $5000 (Table for 10, includes VIP champagne toast, includes afterparty; table might include special guest)
NEW LOCATION: THE MORBID ANATOMY MUSEUM
Tickets for Gala here
Tickets for Afterparty here

Tonight, join us and actress Parker Posey for an unforgettable evening of dinner, cocktails generously supplied by our sponsor Hendrick’s Gin, performances & special guests; an auction of one-of-a-kind art, objects, and experiences; and much more, all in support of The Morbid Anatomy Museum!

VIP ticket holders will enjoy a champagne toast at Morbid Anatomy Museum with honorary chair Parker Posey along with a private tour of our current exhibition with its curator Ryan Matthew Cohn of TV’s “Oddities.”

All guests will enjoy a fine catered meal, Hendrick’s cocktails, a burlesque performance by Jo Weldon, a special musical performance by Angela Di Carlo, a mentalist performance by Vinny DePonto and music on the victrola with Joel Schlemowitz (maker of the documentary film 78rpm). There will also be and an auction of one-of-a-kind items including a private walking tour followed by wine in the catacombs at Green-Wood Cemetery, wine and tour for two of the home museum of Ryan Matthew Cohn of TV’s “Oddities,” a customized VIP tour of the Bronx Zoo, an original print from the first edition of Edgar Allan Poe’s “Raven” by Gustave Dore (1884) and much more! All in a space gorgeously styled by Rebecca Purcell and Evan Michelson.

Your ticket also includes complementary admission to an afterparty a few steps away at The Bell House sponsored by Sixpoint Brewery with a rare DJ set by Erasure’s Vince Clarke and “Semiotics of 80s Goth Subculture” lecturer Andi Harriman and beer by our sponsor Sixpoint Brewery. Attendees will also have a chance to let a millipede crawl on their face at Aaron Rodriguez’s amazing Insect Petting Zoo, or have their tarot cards or palm reading by members of The Tarot Society!

SCHEDULE:

5:30: VIP Champagne toast with honorary chair Parker Posey and a private tour of our current House of Wax exhibition by curator Ryan Matthew Cohn
6:30- Cocktails/Catered Dinner/Performances/Auction
9:00- Afterparty at The Bell House (a few moments walk) sponsored by Sixpoint Brewery and with DJ set by Vince Clarke and Andi Harriman