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    Mortem: Death School for Artists

    The Biophilium The, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    Mortem is an intensive online research residency for artists to pursue our curiosity of death, mortality and mourning practices over ten days in November. While on residency with the Biophilium artists interact with a range of death experts. Mortem offers a forum to learn about human and non-human death practices directly from international end of life and death care professionals, historians, funeral industry workers, biologists, green burial advocates and artists on a range of death related topics and several short one on one meetings with artists who make work about death around the world. This research fellowship supports artists while […]

    $600
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    Sunday in the Cemetery

    The Green-Wood Cemetery 500 25th St., Brooklyn, NY, United States

    Sunday in the Cemetery is a day-long exploration of mortality at Green-Wood. We invite you to candidly engage with grief and death through a compassionate, supportive lens. This free, open-house style event brings together leading experts for engaging talks, workshops, and guided tours that illuminate end-of-life care, funeral traditions, and memorial arts. Through personal stories and interactive experiences, discover community through shared human experiences and gain insights into how we can each live well and remember meaningfully.

    Free
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    The Last Stitch Society

    The Exchange 617 Marin St, Vallejo, CA, United States

    The Last Stitch Society creates space for the conversations many of us crave but rarely find—about mortality, grief, loss, and how we might live more fully by acknowledging life's impermanence. Bring any portable craft project—knitting, embroidery, mending, sketching—and join us as we stitch and share. No experience necessary, just an openness to authentic connection. Light refreshments provided to nourish both body and conversation. In a culture that often pushes difficult topics into the shadows, Last Stitch Society offers a warm, welcoming environment to explore the full spectrum of human experience. Together, we'll unravel the threads of meaning that connect us […]

    $25
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    Bound By Loss Reading Circle

    Virtual Event

    Bound By Loss is a thoughtfully facilitated book circle for those navigating loss who feel ready to engage with their grief through reading, reflection, and discussion. This circle will provide a supportive, non-pathologizing space to explore grief-related literature — offering insight, validation, and connection outside the structure of formal therapy and with a return to community in mind. Each month, we’ll read and discuss a selected book, ranging from memoirs and personal narratives to research-based explorations of grief, loss, and meaning-making. Conversations will be facilitated with care, fostering curiosity, self-reflection, and shared experiences. While this is not a therapy group, […]

    $10 – $25
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    Death Book Club

    Interested in talking about death, but not sure where to begin? Join this inclusive, friendly book club as we discuss books on death and dying. For the inaugural book in May 2025, we will be reading and discussing: From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death by Caitlin Doughty (2017) The first meeting will be on Sunday, May 18th at 11 am PST / 2 PM EST / 7 PM GMT. Meetings will run for an hour on Google Meet. Future book club meetings will run the 3rd Sunday of every month (except August and December). […]

    Free
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    Philadelphia Death and Arts Festival

    Laurel Hill Cemetery 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Philadelphia Death and Arts Festival (PDAF) is a collaborative, artist-led experience, reimagining the culture of dying. The festival’s three themes– aging, dying, and grieving– are explored with performances, workshops, panels, and more. The festival invites attendees into a vision of a culture of dying that is person-centered, community-oriented, and care driven. PDAF takes place from May 29th - June 1st at the Laurel Hill Cemeteries: Laurel Hill EAST: 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19132 Laurel Hill WEST: 225 Belmont Avenue, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004 GPS Directions: 340 Belmont Avenue, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004 We heartily encourage everyone to carpool where […]

    Free – $40

  • Ready To Die? – A Comedy Show About End-of-Life Planning

    Caveat NYC 21A Clinton Street, New York, NY, United States

    Writer & comedian Alison Zeidman is only in her 30s, but already she has one Emmy nomination, one Writer’s Guild Award, and not just one but TWO dead parents. Impressive! Alison’s dad died due to complications stemming from Multiple Myeloma in 2014 when he was just 55, and her mom was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s at age 58. Frankly, looking at that family history, she does not like her odds for longevity — she needs to start getting her affairs in order, and so do you. In READY TO DIE?, Alison will walk you through all the basics of end-of-life […]

    $12 – $15

  • Dead People’s Stuff

    Virtual Event

    The dead can leave behind so much stuff, from a few sentimental items, to entire homes stuffed to the brim. What to do with it can be complex and filled with conflicting emotions. This is a space to explore our relationships with the physical objects left behind by the dead, what to keep, what to pass on, what we are having hard feelings about, and what we celebrate. Queer Death Salon is a community space for all 2SLGBTQIA+ people to come together to discuss death, dying and grief. It is a facilitated drop-in discussion space, with the purpose of building […]

    Free – $30

  • Dialogue: Grotto Nights at the Library – To Live & Die in the United States: A Struggle for Agency, Dignity, and Grace

    This month's Grotto Night features writers Amy Shea and Ariel Gore, and filmmaker, David Munro, who will speak on the theme: To Live & Die in the United States: A Struggle for Agency, Dignity, and Grace The event will include the screening of a short film, Stitch & Time, about a prison club that crochets comfort items for fellow inmates in hospice. Amy Shea is an essayist and the author of Too Poor to Die: The Hidden Realities of Dying in the Margins (Rutgers University Press, to be released September 2025). Her work has appeared in The Missouri Review, Pangyrus, […]

    Free
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    Gone But Still in My Google Calendar: a discussion on ENM & grief

    The heart wants what the heart wants. So does grief. Both are messy, primal, and difficult to reason with. Join psychotherapist and death educator Lori Zaspel of Moonvine Grief and Catherine of Death Project Manager for Gone But Still in My Google Calendar: a discussion on polyamory / ENM and grief. All griefs welcome - whether from death, or living losses like breakups, change, the heartaches that come from being alive. Lori is a psychotherapist, grief activist, death educator, and content creator who was a founding member of the Philly Death Doula Collective, is a current member of Salt Trails […]

    $10
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    Book Launch – Oakland, CA – Too Poor to Die

    A Great Good Place for Books 6120 La Salle Avenue, Oakland, CA, United States

    Please join us on Tuesday, September 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM as we welcome author Amy Shea for a conversation about her new book, Too Poor to Die: The Hidden Realities of Dying in the Margins. We will be selling the book at the event, or you can order a copy at https://ggpbooks.com/book/9781978843981. We hope to see you there! Description Death is the great equalizer, but not all deaths are created equal. Too Poor to Die: The Hidden Realities of Dying in the Margins, a collection of closely connected essays, takes the reader on a journey into what happens to […]

    Free
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    “Mist Me With That” – DIY Energy Cleansing Spray Workshop and Sound Bath

    Oxygen Tango 713 E Hyde Park Blvd, Inglewood, CA, United States

    Join us for a hands-on workshop where you’ll create your own custom energy-cleansing mist using essential oils, herbs, and intention-setting. Whether you want to refresh your home, your work desk, or your own energy field, you’ll leave with a personalized spray that’s equal parts practical and magical. Once we’ve crafted our blends, we’ll settle into a restorative sound bath, a deeply immersive experience with crystal singing bowls, chimes, and gentle guidance to help you release, recharge, and realign. You’ll get: All supplies + instruction to make your custom cleansing spray Tips for using scent and ritual in your daily life […]

    $30

 

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