Rock Concerts, Beehives, and Bad Art: How Cemeteries Are Becoming America’s Hottest Community Spaces
Cemeteries Reimagined: From Silent Graves to Buzzing Cultural Hubs
As traditional burial practices give way to cremation and cities search for new green spaces, cemeteries across the United States are embracing an unexpected second life. No longer just quiet places of mourning, these historic sites are being reimagined as vibrant community spaces, offering everything from punk rock concerts to gardening classes and beekeeping collectives.
A Punk Rock Resurrection in Philadelphia
Few would expect a punk rock band to call a cemetery their favorite venue, but Rodney Anonymous, frontman of The Dead Milkmen, says Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia is exactly that. With acoustics to rival any concert hall and a full moon as stage lighting, the 19th-century burial ground has hosted the band ...