Welcome to Death Cafe
A Death Cafe is an event where people drink tea, eat cake and discuss death.
At a Death Cafe people drink tea, eat cake and discuss death. Our aim is
Talking about death
A Death Cafe is an agenda free discussion about death. So far we've held 6950 Death Cafes.
ListingsTo date we've held 6950 Death Cafes. These never involve agendas, advertising or set conclusions. Interesting conversations are guaranteed!
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Host a Death Cafe
People who adopt the model set out in our guide are welcome to set up their own Death Cafes. So far we've held Death Cafes in 58 countries.
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Support Death Cafe
Running Death Cafe is great fun but does take a lot of time. If you value this work please support us on Patreon.
Recent posts
New Blog post: Death Cafe is 7 today!
Posted by Jools Barsky on Sept. 24, 2018, 8:24 p.m. 2 comments
This is just a very brief message to commemorate today as being Death Cafe’s 7th birthday!!
It has been a whirlwind and we’ve learnt so, so much in the last 12 months it‘s hard to know where to begin!!
Unfortunately I’ve had a pretty debilitating eye issue which put the brakes on getting the traditional birthday video filmed and edited for today.
I would still very much love to talk to ...
Death Cafe: Youngstown Death Cafe - Death, Tea, & Cake
Posted by Bstraub on Sept. 19, 2018, 5:33 p.m.
With Beth A Straubhaar
Dec. 6, 2018, 7.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. (EDT)
Accepts donations
Death Cafe: Death Cafe - Seattle - North King County
Posted by Loren Peters on Sept. 19, 2018, 11:01 a.m.
With Loren Peters
Oct. 1, 2018, 7.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. (PST)
Accepts donations
All are welcome. Please come and add your voice to our ongoing conversation about dying, death and life.
With Chiara Center
Oct. 16, 2018, 7.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. (Central Standard Time )
Accepts donations
Followers of the Rule of St. Benedict are advised to think about their death at least once a day. In Franciscan spirituality, Francis of Assisi referred to "Sister Death" as ...
With KCKCC Library
Oct. 11, 2018, 6.30 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. (central)
Free
New Blog post: My Beautiful Friend
Posted by Toni on Sept. 19, 2018, 5:26 a.m. 1 comment
I dreamed about you again last night. We are laughing; you are funny, smiling, alive. And then I wake up and realise in the darkness of the room that the reason I dream of you is because you are gone.
We haven't been friends for that long in the grand scheme of things. Not for us the 'in-jokes' of the playground, shared youth, or drunken teenage holidays. We are grown ups, mothers, when we ...
With Informed Final Choices
Oct. 6, 2018, 2.00 p.m. - 4.00 p.m. (Mountain)
Free
We look forward to joining you to share in an intimate setting those thoughts that most concern you regarding our universally common experience: death.
Gather with us, friends and strangers ...
With Heather L. Servaty-Seib
Oct. 15, 2018, 7.00 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. (U.S. Eastern time)
Free
This Death Cafe is hosted by the Honors College at Purdue University. We will share cake and tea while we talk.
With Dawn Carson
Oct. 4, 2018, 12.00 p.m. - 1.30 p.m. (Atlantic)
Accepts donations
PLEASE bring a coffee and snack from UNCOMMON GROUNDS on South Park St to enjoy at Death Cafe.
Please note we accept donatins to cover the cost of rental of ...
With Penny Merrett
Sept. 26, 2018, 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. (BST)
Free
Death Cafe: Death Cafe in Islington for young people
Posted by gentledusk on Sept. 18, 2018, 8:24 a.m.
With Gentle Dusk and Age UK Islington
Oct. 25, 2018, 10.30 a.m. - 12.30 p.m. (Greenwich mean time)
Free
Are you aged between 16 and 25 years? Do you ever wish you had more opportunities to talk freely and openly about death and dying?
If so, then this Death ...
With MC Lessard & Javeria Mohsin
Oct. 8, 2018, 6.30 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. (Gulf Time Zone)
Free
As the first Death Cafe in the UAE, Javeria and I are eager to create a safe emotional space for those who are ready to conversationally explore the many facets ...
With Ava Reyerson
Oct. 6, 2018, 1.00 p.m. - 3.00 p.m. (GMT +8)
Free
The Death Cafe - Fremantle, WA, running monthly since March 2013, is a very informal gathering with the emphasis on sharing stories, experiences and fears about death and dying. While this ...
With Informed Final Choices
Oct. 6, 2018, 2.00 p.m. - 4.00 p.m. (Mountain)
Free
Funds for this Death Cafe have been provided for by the Saguache County Sales Tax Grant to Informed Final Choices.
With Ashling Amato
Oct. 26, 2018, 7.00 p.m. - 10.00 p.m. (PST)
Free
Since this is at my home please email me for my address as I don't want to broadcast it online!
awareness.is.bliss@gmail.com