Welcome to Death Cafe
At Death Cafes people drink tea, eat cake and discuss death. Our aim is
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A Death Cafes is a special occasion - a discussion group where the only topic is death. And it makes for a fantastic conversation! To date we've held 629 Death Cafes.
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This website is an online space to talk about death. Please share your thoughts, links and art about death and post your Death Cafes.
Read about our exciting plans to open a real Death Cafe in 2014!
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With Lizzy Miles
April 2, 2014, 7.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. (EST)
Free Event; Food available for purchase
This is as authentic as you can get. No agenda, no ideology. You share what's on your mind. This is a discussion group, not a grief group or educational ...
With Elisabetta Lucchi & Hilary Wilson
March 21, 2014, 11.00 a.m. - 12.00 a.m. (UTC/GMT)
free
For the first time in a funeral trade exhibition. The Death Cafè will introduce this year at TANEXPO the successful meetings taking place all around the world, to talk about ...
See more at: Vite Speciali
Press: La morte? Non fa paura... Se ne parla nei "death cafè"
Posted by Elisabetta Lucchi on March 8, 2014, 8:51 a.m.
See more at: Affari Italiani
Press: Caffè, morte e una fetta di torta: l’esperienza di Death Café
Posted by Elisabetta Lucchi on March 8, 2014, 8:50 a.m.
See more at: Salone del Lutto
Press: Death Cafe, nero e bollente. La morte al bistrot
Posted by Elisabetta Lucchi on March 7, 2014, 3:50 p.m.
Article on Death Cafe by Maria Angela Gelati on "Il Fatto Quotidiano", Italy
See more at: Il Fatto Quotidiano
With Suzanne O'Brien
March 20, 2014, 6.30 p.m. - 8.30 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Savings)
no charge - donations welcome
Thank you Irving Farm Coffee House!
Despair touches me every day. One reason our society is able to persist in its delusion that the suffering it creates is acceptable is that we don't allow the experience of grief, especially in the public realm. Grief needs to be held in community. ~ Charles Eisenstein
Life is a Song. Death is a Hymn. Let your voice be heard. ~ Sophia Tara
With Susan Sims
April 12, 2014, 2.00 p.m. - 4.00 p.m. (MST)
Free. Donations accepted.
This will be in the meeting room of the Hotel Don Fernando.
With Martha Kay Nelson
April 16, 2014, 10.30 a.m. - 12.30 p.m. (Pacific)
free
As Alameda County's Conversation Campaign celebrates National Healthcare Decisions Day, we are hosting a Death Cafe at Fremont's very own Suju's Coffee. Join us for informal conversation ...
Press: Death Cafe on Spin1038 Dublin 06/03/14
Posted by clairelouiseturnham on March 6, 2014, 5:01 p.m.
Listen here to Gordon and Lauren from The Spin in Dublin chat to Claire Turnham about Death Cafes.
See more at: Spin1038 Radio, Dublin
With Jennifer A.
June 14, 2014, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (EST)
Donations are greatly appreciated to cover expenses related to the event.
Guess what, folks? We're all going to die. It's not the most pleasant thing to think about, but an open dialogue can alleviate some of the fear associated ...
With Amy Teakle & Jodi Kornelsen
March 15, 2014, 7.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. (CST)
Free
With Constance
March 29, 2014, 2.00 p.m. - 4.00 p.m. (Central)
Suggested donation of $4 to cover printing, location, advertising
The Lawrence Death Cafe will always be run according to the guidelines on the Death Cafe web site and I plan to abide by the host guidelines given on the ...