Due Date: A Library Death Salon
On June 26, writer and death doula Becky Robison will guide you through making a living will, a.k.a. medical power of attorney. Facing your own mortality is scary, and filling out forms is dull; both are easier when you're in a group of like-minded people. Bring a pen!
Write your own obituary! A workshop
Why should the dead have all the fun? During this 2-hour, in-person workshop, you’ll not only learn the conventions of writing an obituary, but you’ll also get to:
Tell your own story
Hype yourself up
Learn what’s most important to you
Plus, you’ll get a free notebook! Who doesn’t want a free notebook?
Workshop is limited to 40 participants and is located on the third floor of an accessible building. There is a small parking lot in addition to free street parking. Questions? Ask away.
Due Date: A Library Death Salon
What happens when we die? Nobody knows. What happens when we’re dying? That we can talk about. On July 24, join writer and death doula Becky Robison to learn more about the active dying process—from death rattles to dehydration—and how we can make dying people more comfortable. (Becky swears this will be more fun than it sounds.)
Due Date: A Library Death Salon
Calling all do-gooders! Donating your body to science seems like a generous final act—and it is. But do you have all the facts you need to make that decision? What does “science” mean in this context? Can you donate your body to anything else? On August 21, join writer and death doula Becky Robison for a cheerful discussion about whole-body donation.
Due Date: A Library Death Salon
Somewhere between a workshop, a support group, and a weird party, these monthly death salons will help you come face to face with the Grim Reaper—and maybe even befriend him.
How-To Festival
Join me at the Louisville Free Public Library’s How-To Festival on May 10 for my presentation “How to Prepare for Death and Have Fun Doing It!”
Build a Better Sympathy Card at Indie Bookstore Day!
Sympathy cards rarely mention the word “death.” Why is that? Join me at Butcher Cabin Books—Louisville’s finest horror bookstore—on April 26 to celebrate Independent Bookstore Day with some death positive arts and crafts!
Nerd Nite Louisville
Spend your Halloween at Gravely Brewing, where I’ll be giving a talk called “Getting Rid of a Body: Methods of Disposition for the Modern Corpse.” There will be two other amazing Nerd Nite speakers as well!
*Unofficial* TalkDeath Halloween Cemetery Scavenger Hunt
I'll be leading an unofficial group for TalkDeath Daily's 5th annual Cemetery Scavenger Hunt at Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville!
The TalkDeath Cemetery Scavenger Hunt encourages people to appreciate and learn about local cemeteries and their histories.
502 Lumens
Baci Baci Baci Productions presents 502 Lumens Film Festival, a celebration of independent horror movies by Louisville-based filmmakers. I'll be there helping people make advance healthcare directives. Spooky!