Crown Hill Speaker Series

Thank you to everyone who attended one of our Crown Hill Speaker Series events for the 2024-25 season. We are excited to bring you a new set of speakers and topics for 2025-2026. Be sure to subscribe to our newsletter to stay up to date on this and all tours and events at Crown Hill!

How to Love a Forest with Forester and Author, Ethan Tapper

In this talk, Ethan Tapper, a forester, bestselling author, and content creator from Vermont, will draw from his work as a forester and his book How to Love a Forest: The Bittersweet Work of Tending a Changing World to discuss what it means to care for forests and other ecosystems at this moment in time.
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In this talk, Ethan Tapper, a forester, bestselling author, and content creator from Vermont, will draw from his work as a forester and his book How to Love a Forest: The Bittersweet Work of Tending a Changing World to discuss what it means to care for forests and other ecosystems at this moment in time. How do we respond to the harmful legacies of the past? How do we use our species’ incredible power to heal rather than to harm? How do we reach toward a better future? In an era when many believe that “protecting” ecosystems means protecting them from humans, Ethan argues that humans must take action to help ecosystems heal and move toward a more abundant future, and that doing so is an act of care and compassion – of love.

Ethan’s message is at once compassionate and pragmatic, clear-eyed and hopeful, sobering and inspiring—a powerful new vision for how we can build a world that works for all its ecosystems and all its people.

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Tickets:
- Wednesday, September 3rd @ 6:00 p.m.
- $10 per person
- No gate sales, tickets must be purchased online
Location: Crown Hill Funeral Home, Celebration Hall, 700 West 38th Street
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Wednesday, September 3

Dr. Link, Moon Gazing, and Crown Hill Cemetery with the Indiana Astronomical Society

What does Crown Hill Cemetery have to do with the sky? Besides the best view of the city skyline, Crown Hill has buried on the grounds Dr. Goethe Link, a prominent Indianapolis surgeon and avid amateur astronomer. After the short presentation, weather permitting, we’ll move onto the cemetery grounds where members of the Indiana Astronomical Society will have telescopes to view the moon and other celestial objects.
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What does Crown Hill Cemetery have to do with the sky? Besides the best view of the city skyline, Crown Hill has buried on the grounds Dr. Goethe Link, a prominent Indianapolis surgeon and avid amateur astronomer. This program is in two parts: first, Thomas Borlik (Historian of the Goethe Link Observatory & the Indiana Astronomical Society ) will discuss the life of Dr. Link and the Link Observatory, then weather permitting, we’ll move onto the cemetery grounds where members of the Indiana Astronomical Society will have telescopes to view the moon and other celestial objects (Indy is too bright for true star gazing). While you don’t need to bring your telescope, attendees are welcome to bring one if they wish. If you have questions about how to operate it, members of the Indiana Astronomical Society can offer guidance.

Please dress COMFORTABLY for the weather and some walking. In the event of inclement weather, the event will be cancelled.

Minimum Age Requirement: 10 years old and over. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Tour Tickets:
- $10 per person (must be 10 or older to attend)
- No gate sales, tickets must be purchased online
- Ticket sales are limited to 50 people
Location: Gothic Chapel (enter the 34th Street Gate, 3402 Boulevard Place) and follow the white line to the Gothic Chapel

All children must be 10 or older and accompanied by a parent or guardian.
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Monday, September 29