An Interview with Run Like Hell DJ Esme
For the first time ever, Run Like Hell 5K participants will warm up to tracks spun by a live DJ! Get to know DJ Esme below in this interview by HOF's Mary Fernandez and Parker Hilly. First, tell me a…
A September 2022 Bell Tower Progress Update: Almost Finished!
Neale Nickels, HOF’s senior director of capital projects is back with another update on the ongoing rehabilitation of Oakland Cemetery’s iconic 1899 Bell Tower building. Since our last update in August, sheetrock has gone up, the porches have roofs again,…
The Hibernian Benevolent Society of Atlanta and Oakland Cemetery
In 1873, the City of Atlanta deeded a plot in Oakland Cemetery to the Hibernian Benevolent Society of Atlanta in memory of Father Thomas O’Reilly of the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, and the Hibernian Rifles, for their service during…
An Interview with Adina Langer, Author of Storytelling in Museums
In Storytelling in Museums, editor Adina Langer compiles chapters written by museum professionals from around the world that explore the efficacy and ethics of storytelling in a museum setting. Programming GRA Parker Hilley recently interviewed Langer about what attracted her…
An Interview with Justin Osborne of SUSTO
We recently interviewed Justin Osborne of SUSTO, our headlining band for Sunday in the Park ft. Tunes from the Tombs. Learn more about Sunday in the Park (happening at Oakland on September 25) and get your tickets here. If…
An Interview with Sunday in the Park Author Jihan Hurse
Author and Oakland Volunteer Jihan Hurse will be giving an author talk at 3:45 p.m. during this year's Sunday in the Park on September 25! Oakland volunteer Jihan Hurse’s first published work, All is Well, is a touching selection of notes…
Mums bring Fall Color to Oakland Cemetery
Every year during our Capturing the Spirit of Oakland Halloween tours, the number one question visitors ask Oakland's gardens team is, “What are all of these gorgeous colorful flowers blooming everywhere!? There are white ones and pink ones and red…
An August 2022 Bell Tower Progress Update: Getting Closer!
Neale Nickels, HOF’s senior director of capital projects is back with another update on the ongoing rehabilitation of Oakland Cemetery’s iconic 1899 Bell Tower building. Since our last update in July, the elevator has been installed, framing for the public…
The Effects of Acid Rain at Oakland
Why do some headstones at Oakland look more weathered than others? Why are some crisp and as easy to read as the day they were carved while others appear to have melted? The primary reason for this has to do…
A Summer of Storytelling
I love stories. I can spend hours reading blurbs on the back of books or watching movie trailers because I love the feeling of something capturing and enticing me. Telling history is, in essence, storytelling. There is a plot, there…