Death Cafe
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery Chamberlain Square, Birmingham, West Midlands, United KingdomFree to attend, but please book emailing Rosie.Barker@BirminghamMuseums.org.uk At a Death Café, people (often strangers) gather together to eat cake, drink tea and discuss death. BrumYODO invites you to join us in this open discussion group about death with no agenda, objectives or themes. Places are free but limited. Refreshments will be provided. Please book […]
City of the Dead // Ben Waddington (SOLD OUT)
Meet: opposite Five Ways station, Islington Row Middleway B15 1QA The City of the Dead guided walk takes its name from the former Jewish cemetery at Five Ways: in Hebrew Beth Olom. If it doesn’t sound familiar, that’s perhaps because it is now an overgrown sliver of land between the railway and the canal, punctuated […]
Dying Matters – Ask the Funeral Director
The Coffin Works 13 - 15 Fleet Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, United KingdomHere at the Coffin Works our ever popular Dying Matters event is back, and it's bigger than ever for BrumYODO 2018! Join Joshua Bullen from Funeral Partners who will help dispel the myths and misconceptions surrounding death, dying and funerals, and Angela Corey from Central England Co-operative who will be talking about personalisation of funerals; […]
Memento Mori: Exploring Death and Dying through Art
The Barber Institute of Fine Art University of Birmingham, Birmingham, West Midlands, United KingdomArtists have always explored death and dying through their art, producing both literal and metaphorical depictions of this universal human theme. Through guided looking, response and group discussion this workshop will use selected works from the Barber’s art collection to encourage reflection, questioning and conversation around death and dying. Includes tea, coffee and biscuits. Led […]
Call the *Soul* Midwife
MAC Birmingham Cannon Hill Park, Queen's Ride,, Birmingham, West Midlands, United KingdomThis is your chance to meet a Soul Midwife and find out what we do – and what we can do for you and your loved ones approaching the end of life – in a relaxed and informal setting. Midlands Soul Midwives will be on call on Thursday 17th May at mac (Midlands Arts Centre) in the Saintbury Room and […]
