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Looking to attend events related to death or loss? Whether you’re jonesing for a cemetery tour, searching for a grief circle, or interested in attending an end of life planning workshop, you can find a variety of events, classes, workshops, and gatherings on all facets of death, dying, and grief here.

 

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  • Intro to the Gates of Grief

    Grab your lunch or favorite tea and join us for a session with Rebecca Churt, Founder of The Grievery. ​This 50-minute introductory session offers a guided walk through a framework that expands grief far beyond death — into the realms of identity, longing, lost opportunities, and the quiet heartache we carry for a fractured world. ​We’ll take a concise tour of Francis Weller’s Gates of Grief (from The Wild Edge of Sorrow) and explore how grief — when acknowledged rather than avoided — becomes a vital life skill: helping us stay connected to ourselves and what matters most. ​This session […]

    Free
  • Book Club Author Kelly Cervantes discusses her book The Luckiest with Befriending Death

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    The Luckiest by Kelly Cervantes (with the author) on Wednesday February 25th 5:00 - 6:30 PM (PT) 8-9:30 (ET) We are so looking forward to the return of Kelly who spoke to our book club last year with Normal Broken, describing her journey raising and losing her daughter to a neurodegenerative disorder and epilepsy. Here's a description of The Luckiest: When moving from a conservative Midwestern suburb to New York City to pursue an acting career, Kelly Cervantes never could have imagined what life had in store for her—or how much she would fundamentally change along the way. The Luckiest […]

    Free
  • Book Club: What The Dead Know by Barbara Butcher

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    What The Dead Know by Barbara Butcher Wednesday April 1st 5:00 - 6:00 PM (PT) 8-9 PM (ET) About the book: A “remarkably candid and sensitive” (The Wall Street Journal) true crime memoir from Barbara Butcher, a trailblazing New York City death investigator, who reveals the untold stories behind more than 5,500 death scenes, including the nation’s most horrific tragedy: the 9/11 attacks. When Barbara Butcher was early in her recovery from alcoholism, she found an unexpected lifeline in a job at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in NYC. As only the second woman ever hired for the […]

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