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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  • Reclaiming Death – Art | Ritual | Advocacy

    Ma's House & BIPOC Art Studio 159 Old Point Road, Southampton, NY, United States

    Ma's House is pleased to present Reclaiming Death — Art | Ritual | Advocacy, a group exhibition featuring 20 artists expressing personal and cultural connections to end-of-life practices. The exhibition will run from Sunday, February 22—Sunday, May 16, 2026. Death is one of life’s few universal experiences. As long as people are born, people will die. And as long as people have died, artists have played an integral role in creating cultural death practices. Our collective relationship to death and dying is inextricably tied to our humanity and mending that relationship directly impacts all we experience in life. “Reclaiming Death” […]

    Free
  • The Friday the 13th Summit: Life, After Life, and the Bridge Between

    Online

    While Friday the 13th is often depicted as an ominous day of bad luck, we’re here to appreciate the occasion with some inquisitive and thoughtful fun. Join us as we discuss, discover, uncover, and connect the known with the unknown, the seen with the unseen, and the felt with the body, mind, and heart. We’ll explore the depth and width of life, after life, and the bridge between and turn this into an auspicious date we look forward to! Enjoy a non-spooky Friday the 13th of death positivity - let's talk about an inevitable part of life.

    $23.95 – $31
  • The Art of Grief Tending — Foundational Workshop

    The Art of Grief Tending is a 3-hour online experiential workshop for those who wish to understand grief better — their own grief or that of others — and learn ways to meet it with presence, compassion, and skill. In a culture that often avoids grief, pathologizes it, or urges people to “move on,” this workshop offers a grounded introduction to grief as a natural, relational, and lifelong response to loss — not something to “get over,” but something to be tended in community and with care. Through grief literacy teaching, gentle somatic practices, guided reflection, and shared inquiry, participants […]

    $175
  • Childfree By Choice & Grieving

    “It’s Complicated” – Support Group
    Virtual Event

    It’s not a given that everyone who is childfree by choice is 100%, unabashedly content with the decision. While we may be set in our choice, there can still be grief there. I know there is for me. It’s a both-and/two truths situation. Many of us make this choice for a lot of unfortunate, depressing, and/or systemic reasons, and I created this space where we can be with our truths, and hurts, around it all. Our monthly peer-led Zoom group is intended to be a space for people who have chosen not to have children. It is not intended to […]

    $5 – $20
  • Laughing in the Face of Death

    Online

    Why so serious? From gallows humor to the joy of celebrating a life well-lived, Becky Robison—author of the new book My Parents Are Dead: What Now? A Panic-Free Guide to the Practicalities of Death—will offer fun, silly, and passionate pathways into the inevitability of death and dying to make necessary preparations less intimidating. Register on Morbid Anatomy’s website.

    Free
  • Empowered Choices™ Willow Workshop® Series

    Zoom Cornelius, NC

    Empowered Choices™ is a three-part Willow Workshop® series designed to help you navigate the emotional, practical, and legal aspects of end-of-life planning with courage, clarity, and compassion. Each session weaves together guided reflection, writing, and conversation to help you articulate your values, express your wishes, and communicate them with the people who matter most. March 17 Part 1: Exploring Health and Personal Care invites you to look inward—examining how your past experiences with illness, death, and grief shape your sense of dignity, comfort, and quality of life. You’ll begin articulating what matters most to you and create a foundation for […]

    $25 – $99
  • Death Cafe

    Orange County Deathworkers Alliance hosts this monthly Death Cafe to provide a safe and sacred space to talk about death, grief and life. This is a peer led discussion group with the intention of fostering conversations and contemplations around death in the hopes of living each day more fully and authentically. Guests may participate at whatever level feels comfortable. Neighborhood Congregational Church - Bridge Hall 340 St Ann's Drive, Laguna Beach, CA 92651 Free parking in church lot on Glenneyre (between Cleo & St Ann's) Light refreshments provided - free to attend, no RSVP required Open to all and inclusive […]

    Free
  • Due Date: A Library Death Salon

    Nook & Nowhere 1149 S. Shelby St., Louisville, KY, United States

    It was founding father Benjamin Franklin who famously wrote “nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” On March 19, join writer and death doula Becky Robison at Nook & Nowhere to discuss both certainties. What taxes do you have to pay when someone dies? And how do you make it happen?

    Free
  • A Living Funeral Ceremony & Death Salon

    the WuuM 671 N Berendo St, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    ​Join us as Spring returns for a Living Funeral Ceremony followed by a Death Salon. ​​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, participants are invited to "die before you die, to live while you’re alive." ​​This ceremonial experience provides a 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 […]

    $55 – $77
  • Shiva Guide Essentials Workshop

    Have you comforted a friend or family member after a death, but wished you could do more? Join an online Shiva Guide Essentials Workshop and learn how Jewish tradition is designed to hold us in our grief, together. By the end of this 90-minute interactive workshop, participants will be able to: - Identify ways to provide practical support for friends and family after a death - Understand the rituals of Jewish mourning and why they matter - Share with friends and family the importance of showing up for mourners - Know how to utilize Shiva Circle’s resources to create supportive […]

    $36
  • Partial Scholarships Available For A Healing Doula Academy

    Online Form

    A message from the founder Sundari Malcolm... We are living in a time of collective unraveling — war, displacement, climate grief, fractured families, and silent losses. Our systems are overwhelmed, and many are dying without the sacred tending they deserve. This moment in history is calling ordinary people to become skillful guardians of grief — for their families, their communities, and the generations to come. Properly trained Grief & Death Doulas are not a luxury. They are needed now. Frank Hardeman was a teacher, a forever student of ancient spiritual teachings, and my father. He died in the spring of […]

  • South Side Death Cafe

    St Kilda Library 150 Carlisle Street, St Kilda, VIC, Australia

    The next South Side Death Cafe is set for next Wednesday 25th March (5:30-7:30pm) at St Kilda Library. Come for the death talk, stay for the snacks. This is an inclusive, open conversation about death and end of life but is not a bereavement or counselling session. Facilitated by Funeral Celebrant Klara McMurray (aka The Funky Celebrant), there are lots of giggles, deep chats and conversations that have been known to change lives. After all, talking about it won’t kill you! https://www.thefunkycelebrant.com.au/south-side-death-cafe Contacts: St Kilda Library 150 Carlisle St, St Kilda VIC 3182 Phone - 03 8563 7380

    Free

 


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