COMMUNITY EVENTS

 

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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  • “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
  • Embracing the Shadow

    Zoom Cornelius, NC

    Embracing the Shadow gathering returns this Fall and Winter. On Monday, September 22nd at 5:30p PT/8:30p ET, we’ll embark on a virtual grief journey to navigate all the forms, layers, and shapes that grief takes. Together we’ll tend to our grief through holistic and creative practices, the medicine of nature, and the presence of a caring community. With the support of Shadow, our flower essence grief potion, we’re invited to soften and expand as we practice letting go. Our journey begins with a somatic release meditation, expressing our insights, storytelling, and closing with a baci blessing ritual. The grief potion […]

    $33 – $60
  • Death over Drafts (zoom) with special guest The Dementia Deck!

    Zoom Cornelius, NC

    Cheers! Please join me, Stefanie Elkins, Death over Drafts Founder, as well as Family Caregiver Consultant and EOL Doula with Be Present Care, along with Lisa Pahl, LCSW, The Death Deck and Jamie Thrower, The Queer Grief Club, as we are buzzed to be offering this quarterly Death over Drafts via Zoom in addition to our physical locations. This DoD Zoom's special guest along with Lisa and Jamie is the introduction of The Dementia Deck!!! Death over Drafts are community gatherings where end-of-life conversations are being "tapped" at breweries nationwide and in Canada. These events are hosted by Crafters aka […]

    Free
  • Art as a Mirror: Exploring Grief at the Met Museum

    Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 5th Ave, New York, NY, United States

    Throughout human history, art has played an important role in the ways that we memorialize loved ones in death and express our grief. Join us at the Metropolitan Museum of Art for a meaningful exploration of how art can illuminate and validate our personal experiences with loss. Led by creative grief professional, Melanie Wilson, and arts educator, Deborah Chi, this intimate group gathering will invite participants to view and discuss several carefully selected works of art that speak to different aspects of the mourning process. Through reflective exercises and thoughtful conversation, participants will have the opportunity to explore their own […]

    $55
  • Too Poor to Die: A reading & conversation with author, Amy Shea

    Ararat Armenian Cemetery 1925 West Belmont Avenue - Memorial Mausoleum, Fresno, CA, United States

    Join author Amy Shea at Memorial Mausoleum at Ararat Armenian Cemetery for the launch of her debut book, Too Poor to Die: The Hidden Realities of Dying in the Margins. Through intimate essays and fieldwork, Shea brings to light the stories of those who pass unnoticed, unhoused, unclaimed, and underserved. The afternoon will include a reading, conversation, and book signing with the author, accompanied by a live bagpiper, a brief memorial honoring those buried in the county cemetery, and a reception with baked goods alongside coffee and tea. Books sold by Judging by the Cover bookstore. In the spirit of […]

    Free
  • Eating Our Feelings: A Book Club for Readers and Grievers

    Love reading? Love eating? Morbidly curious, or curiously morbid?Join us for the launch of Eating Our Feelings, a book club for readers and grievers. We will meet on Sunday, September 28 at Mr Cookbop in New Haven CT from 1 - 2:30PM. Here's how it works: we all read the same book, then share food based on what we read. We will chat for two hours and eat our feelings. This month, we are reading Crying in H Mart. This bestselling memoir is about family, food, grief, love, and growing up Korean American—“in losing her mother and cooking to bring […]

    Free
  • Grief Walks

    Riverdale Park East 450 Broadview Ave, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    FREE TO ATTEND Thursdays in October 2025 6PM – 7PM Riverdale Park East – meet at St. Matthew’s Clubhouse 450 Broadview Ave, Toronto, ON M4K 2N1 Closest transit stop: Broadview Ave at Langley Ave-Hennick Bridgepoint Hospital Join Death Doula & Soul Companion, Adrianna Prosser aka Lady Death Doula, for an hour long walk with grief *in partnership with InTO the Ravines – a Park People and City of Toronto supported event Autumn is a season when we embrace death and dying as we watch the leaves turn and the weather change, and Mother Nature shows us how to die with […]

    Free
  • The Good Death Book Club Experience FREE 12-Month Death and Dying Course

    According to a recent AARP study, there are over 52 million caregivers in the United States right now—and 70% of them say they are overwhelmed. Every single day, I receive messages from current and former caregivers who say: “I wish I had this knowledge when I was caring for my loved one.” Or: “The Doulagivers training is helping me more than I can say.” The truth is: We will all have a caregiving story. Let’s make sure yours is one filled with support, empowerment, and peace. That’s why I created The GOOD DEATH BOOK CLUB Experience: Death and Dying Course—a […]

    Free
  • Virtual Silent Book Club of Death

    Death Project Manager, Silent Book Club of Death, Silent Book Club of Death NYC, Silent Book Club of Death MTL, and TalkDeath’s Book Club are thrilled to invite you to a Virtual Silent Book Club of Death meeting! This virtual gathering will be on Friday, October 10th at 5pm ET/ 4pm CT/ 3pm MT/ 2pm PT. Silent Book Club of Death meetings are structured like any Silent Book Club gathering: you meet up with friendly, like-minded readers, and then politely ignore them while reading a book of your own choosing. Members are encouraged to bring books related to the theme […]

    Free
  • Journal Club and Death With Lex present: A Moment With Grief

    Dockweiler Beach 12000 Vista Del Mar, Playa Del Rey, CA, United States

    Journal Club is excited to announce a Moment with Grief, a special edition meeting all about grief! We will be joined by the incredible Alexis from Death with Lex to guide us and welcome us to the world of grief. This meeting will follow our usual format of journaling, mindfulness, somatic practices but will have a focus on grief and all the things related to it. Remember that grief is NOT only about death, so we will be exploring many different expressions of it. Where will we be? This month we are meeting around the fire at Dockweiler, there is […]

    $5
  • Friends Missing Friends: A Gathering for Friend-Loss Grievers

    Virtual Event

    Are you grieving the death of a friend? Do you want to meet and gather with people who GET it? Friend-loss grief is isolating because it's disenfranchised, and there are very few resources available. We shouldn't have to do this alone. Let's honor our friends, talk about our grief, and find comfort in community.

    Free
  • Haunted: A Death Positive Picnic

    Central Park 1340 South 4th Street, Louisville, KY, United States

    Join me for a spooky season picnic featuring death discussion prompts via Coffin Cards and a brief ritual to remember lost loved ones. Bring snacks and blankets! The event is free—but if you’re coming, please send me an email so I can keep you up to date about any changes or cancellations due to weather. Hope to see you there! hello@deadparentswhatnow.com

    Free

 


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