Latest Death Cafe News
With Ellen Simmons
Dec. 14, 2025, 4.30 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. (PST)
A Death Cafe is an open and respectful conversation about the topic of death with no agenda, objectives, or themes. We will introduce ourselves, including what brought each of us ...
With Ellen Simmons
Nov. 9, 2025, 4.30 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. (PST)
A Death Cafe is an open and respectful conversation about the topic of death with no agenda, objectives, or themes. We will introduce ourselves, including what brought each of us ...
With Ellen Simmons
Oct. 12, 2025, 4.30 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. (PST)
A Death Cafe is an open and respectful conversation about the topic of death with no agenda, objectives, or themes. We will introduce ourselves, including what brought each of us ...
With Ellen Simmons
Sept. 14, 2025, 4.30 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. (PST)
A Death Cafe is an open and respectful conversation about the topic of death with no agenda, objectives, or themes. We will introduce ourselves, including what brought each of us ...
With Ellen Simmons
Aug. 10, 2025, 4.30 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. (PST)
A Death Cafe is an open and respectful conversation about the topic of death with no agenda, objectives, or themes. We will introduce ourselves, including what brought each of us ...
With Ellen Simmons
July 13, 2025, 4.30 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. (PST)
A Death Cafe is an open and respectful conversation about the topic of death with no agenda, objectives, or themes. We will introduce ourselves, including what brought each of us ...
With Ellen Simmons
June 8, 2025, 4.30 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. (PST)
A Death Cafe is an open and respectful conversation about the topic of death with no agenda, objectives, or themes. We will introduce ourselves, including what brought each of us ...
With Ellen Simmons
May 11, 2025, 4.30 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. (PST)
A Death Cafe is an open and respectful conversation about the topic of death with no agenda, objectives, or themes. We will introduce ourselves, including what brought each of us ...
Death Cafe write up: Central Houston’s Monthly Death Cafe - October 2024
Posted by Houston Death Cafe on Oct. 12, 2024, 9:49 p.m.
Central Houston's October 2024 Death Cafe
We had about 20 people attend this month's high energy discussion!
Below you can find links to various things mentioned during the dialogue:
Local events and groups:
- Houston Zen Center: Preparing for Your Own Death class: https://houstonzen.org/classes/preparing-for-your-own-death-1
- Bo's Place: https://www.bosplace.org/en/
- The Jung Center: https://junghouston.org/
- Community for Conscious Aging: https://www.communityforconsciousaging.org/
- Free West University Aging Solo workshop (this is offered several time throughout the year):
https://www.amazingplacehouston.org/community-education/aging-solo/
Books
- 7 Lessons for Living from the Dying: How to Nurture What Really Matters by Karen M ...
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Iowa
Posted by DeathCafeIowa on Oct. 8, 2024, 10:43 a.m.
Our most recent Death Café was held September 17th and had 3 people in attendance. Due to there being only 3 of us this time around, we did have quite a short meeting this month ☹ We touched on a handful of topics, beginning with the planning of your funeral and how this pre-planning may benefit or take away from your family’s experience. However, the bulk of our conversation actually surrounded body donation! With one of our attendees having chosen this, the recent horror stories in Texas of unclaimed deceased being illegally sold had naturally been on their mind. We then ended our conversation with how all ...
Death Cafe write up: Manly NSW Death Cafe
Posted by mknight on Oct. 6, 2024, 11:29 p.m.
As our September Death Café commenced in our usual meeting space, the Creative Library, I was struck by the fact that it seemed as though it was only yesterday that we had met as a group. Which then made me think of the passage of time, and how our understanding and experience of that seems to change across the lifespan, that is, as we live out our lives. Why is this, I wonder? Is it time that changes, or is it us? Is it our changing sense of self which in turn seeps into our way of being in the world/ which is the cause?
This metaphysical musing ...
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe North Canterbury NZ
Posted by Death Cafe North Canterbury, Aotearoa New Zealand on Oct. 1, 2024, 2:37 a.m.
It was a sunny but cold winter day today in Amberley and we had five people – two couples, and the conversation was lively and robust. After sharing thoughts and musings, and general kōrero, we honed in on two main questions – what do you do when your loved one dies? Bluntly put: “if I wake up and my partner has died, what do I do?” We travelled down the ‘expected death’ pathway and the ‘unexpected death’ pathway. The other discussion was around natural burials, eco burials and green burials – what are they? What are the differences? And where in Canterbury can these happen?
Great stuff!
Until again, Liz
New Blog post: Happy 13th Birthday, Death Cafe!
Posted by Jools Barsky on Sept. 25, 2024, midnight
Every year on this day, I find myself reflecting on the very first Death Cafe, back in 2011. I remember being in Jon’s house in Hackney, Jon serving tea and cake as our Mum facilitated that first gathering in his basement. Back then, Death Cafe looked quite different. We’ve refined things over the years—there are no longer any prompts, talks, or exercises. Instead, Death Cafes remain one of the few spaces where ...
Death Cafe write up: The Huntington Beach, CA Zen Den Death Cafe -
Posted by Lisa Stuhley on Sept. 22, 2024, 4:12 p.m.
This was my first time hosting a Death Cafe after attending many over the years and I was very happy with it! We had about 6 people and everyone was excited to learn more about the process of the Death Cafe. Everyone took time to share and it became a very natural round robin conversation. There were light and fluffy subjects to very heavy and all were held in the space beautifully and met with acceptance.
Death Cafe write up: Swanage Death Cafe
Posted by peterneall on Sept. 18, 2024, 2:36 p.m.
A slightly smaller group than previously met with Lucinda and Peter Neall in the friendly premisses of The Loft COmmunity Centre. Peter's homemade chocolate cake is becoming legendary!
As before there were a. couple of folk who had had no previous experience of a Death Cafe, they were surprised at their own honesty and the depth to which they quickly allowed themselves to go 'with complete strangers'.
As we get used to one another the conversation is less about others, and more intimate and I think, more healthy.
We will meet again in a month or so.