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A Living Funeral Ceremony

Tea at Shiloh 2035 Bay St, Los Angeles, California

A Living Funeral Ceremony is an immersive meditative experience that encourages participants to face their own mortality. Through engaging in ritual and guidance through a death visualization–contemplating your own memorial as you imagine letting go of your earthly self–participants are invited to "die before you die, to live while you’re alive." This ceremonial experience provides a safe and supportive space to confront fears around death and impermanence, while also fostering a deeper connection to life’s fragility and beauty. Often compared to the experience of ego death, this ritual leaves many with a renewed sense of purpose and a profound appreciation […]

$77

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

Forest Lawn Chapel Chat with Death Doula, Maria Capolupo

Forest Lawn Cemetery 1990 Main St., Buffalo, NY 14208, NY, United States

Join us as we welcome Maria Capolupo, Death Doula and Grief Support Specialist, to the Forest Lawn Chapel for our inaugural talk in a new series called Chapel Chats. This initiative will offer a variety of death care awareness programs and resources that promote a healthy attitude about mortality. In her series “Ask a Death Doula”, Maria offers the opportunity for people in all phases of life to learn about all aspects of dying, death, and grief. One part educational conversation and one part Q & A, attendees are encouraged to ask any and all questions they’ve ever wanted to […]

$10.00

Death Café – Open Conversation on Life and Death

Chattanooga Library 1001 Broad St, Chattanooga, TN, United States

Join us for an open, judgment-free conversation about death, dying, and everything in between at our next Death Café. This is not a grief group, seminar, or counseling session—just a welcoming space to explore big questions, share thoughts, and connect with others over treats. At a Death Café, there's no set agenda or lecture. Instead, we gather in community to talk openly about a topic that affects us all, but is often left unspoken. Whether you're processing personal experiences, curious about end-of-life matters, or simply wish to listen, you're welcome here. Come when you can, stay as long as you'd […]

Silent Book Club of Death NY

Green-wood cemetery 25th St, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Do you like book clubs, but prefer to choose your own book? Want to reflect on your mortality in the company of polite bookworms? Come read and mingle with new, bookish friends at Silent Book Club of Death! Bring whatever book you happen to be reading—related to the themes of death, grief, loss, aging, or mortality—to read in companionable silence, then share about it with your fellow attendees. You can bring your own book, or borrow one from our library. Price: Free, registration required at: https://www.green-wood.com/event/silent-book-club-of-death-3/ There have been over a dozen Silent Book Club of Death chapters and pop […]

Free

Death Cafe

Join us for a conversation about Death. 301 W. Main St., Troy, OH At a death cafe, community members gather to share ideas, opinions, and questions about death and dying in a supportive and safe environment. Part of a worldwide movement towards more open discussion about death. Tea and Cake will be served. Hosted by Heather Krey and Kelly Whited-Ford Want more info? Contact Kelly at Kelly.whitedford@gmail.com or Heather at (937) 657-1522

Free

Dead parents club: a virtual grief circle

Virtual Event

Losing a parent changes you. It’s weird, it’s heavy, it’s lonely — and a lot of people don’t know how to talk about it. Dead Parents Club is a virtual grief circle for anyone navigating life after the loss of a parent (or parents). This is a space where you don’t have to sugarcoat it. No one’s going to rush you, try to fix you, or flinch when you talk about the hard stuff. We’ll begin with a short grounding — a few moments to connect with your body and breath — and then we’ll open the circle. The rest […]

$1 – $18

TalkDeath Book Club: “From the Ashes: Grief and Revolution in a World on Fire” by Sarah Jaffe

Virtual Event

TalkDeath’s next book club read will be “From the Ashes: Grief and Revolution in a World on Fire” by Sarah Jaffe ⁠ 🔥We are joyed to share that the generous folks at AK Press are very kindly offering our book club members a 30% discount if they order their copy through AK Press 🔥⁠ ⁠ “Our era is one of significant and substantial loss, yet we barely have time to acknowledge it. The losses range from the personal grief of a single COVID death to the planetary disaster wrought by climate change. We are in an age of unraveling hopes […]

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

Cradle Grave Garden Adoption

Mount Moriah Cemetery & Arboretum 6201 Kingsessing Ave, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Become a cradle grave gardener at Mount Moriah! Each adopter will be assigned a cradle grave/s to garden through fall of 2025. You will be responsible for upkeep and extra supplies. We’ll have limited initial supplies to get you started, so feel free to bring some flowers or seeds, get your assignment, and then go to town! Please email cradlegraves@friendsofmountmoriahcemetery.org with questions and to verify interest. Returning gardeners will have priority for their cradles from last year. Cradle grave gardening is a great way to help out in a small but rewarding way. Come at your convenience, get outside, and […]

Event Series Queer Death Network Workshop & Community Chat

Queer Death Network Workshop & Community Chat

Bravo Family Mortuary 4427 Rainier Ave., San Diego, CA, United States

Ready to design your end-of-life journey as authentically as you’ve lived your life? Join us for our upcoming Queer Death Network Workshop & Community Chat, a space created specifically for the LGBTQIA+ community to navigate end-of-life planning through a queer-affirming lens. This workshop is led by LGBTQIA+ community members and queer-affirming death care professionals who are committed to creating a supportive and inclusive space. Each month, we’ll explore a new end-of-life topic relevant to the LGBTQIA+ community. Join us regularly, and over time, you’ll create a comprehensive guide for your loved ones—ensuring your wishes, identity, and values are honored when […]

Free

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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