COVID-19 Member Features, Articles & Resources

Photo by Markus Winkler on Unsplash So many of our members have been featured in or have contributed to various articles, podcasts or resources related to COVID-19. Please see the links below: Brooklyn neighborhood comes together to bury a strangerWhat Not To Say To Someone Grieving During The Coronavirus CrisisDeath, Grief, and Funerals in the COVID age2 funeral …

Working with the Pain of Separation: Caring and Mourning at a Distance FREE Guide Download

Working with the Pain of Separation: Caring and Mourning at a Distance by Jeanne Denney Jeanne Denney MA, P.E., one of our Art of Dying Threshold Circle members is offering a wonderful guide, Working with the Pain of Separation: Caring and Mourning at a Distance which you can download for free below.  All over the world …

Indie hit TO DUST makes waves at our debut film screening

Photo courtesy of A Good Deed Entertainment Film. The Art of Dying Threshold Circle held its first film screening—and it was a memorable one. We screened TO DUST, starring Matthew Broderick and Géza Röhrig, at the New York Open Center in collaboration with the Art of Dying Institute and then held a Q&A with the …

Caroline Schrank: From Photo Shoots to Funerals

Please check out the feature on fellow Art of Dying Threshold Circle member, Caroline Schrank who went from coordinating photo shoots to disrupting the funeral industry. Read the full article on The Plum and learn more about Caroline here.

Follow Your Curiosity Podcast Interview with Tara Sroka

Art of Dying Threshold Circle member and co-facilitator, Tara Sroka was recently interviewed for the Follow Your Curiosity podcast which is now out. Tara discusses ways to remember and honor those who’ve gone before us, taking fear out of the process, and how to use the idea of your own death to make your life more …

The Art of Dying Death Discussion Group

September 19, 2019 - June 18, 2020 | 3rd Thursday of Each Month 6:30-8:30pm | The Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture To open the door to conversations about death and dying, and how our awareness and perception of death impacts how we live our lives. All are welcome and all are invited to join facilitators …

Reimagine NYC 2020

June 2020 | New York City Reimagine End of Life is a week exploring big questions about life and death. Many of our members participated by running workshops, spoke at events or were in attendance. We look forward to more collaboration and partnership opportunities this June! Please follow the Reimagine website for more information and …

How I Embraced My Inner Corpse by Thomas Gaudio

In this Medium article fellow Art of Dying Threshold Circle member, Thomas Gaudio recounts his experience taking The Ultimate Shavasana workshop during the Reimagine End of Life festival in NYC last fall. The Ultimate Shavasana workshop was led by our very own Gina Colombatto and Meredith Hays. Both are mentioned in Thomas' story, as is …

End of Life University Podcast with Catharine DeLong

In this episode Karen Wyatt has a conversation with Catharine DeLong, one of our members about her work as a music thanatologist. Topics include: What is “music thanatology”The benefits of music thanatology for dying patients and their loved onesHow to use music in end-of-life situations when a music thanatologist is not available They also discuss …

Shatzi’s Death Cafe | BK Stories

Our very own, Shatzi Weisberger was recently featured on BRIC TV discussing her own FUNeral and death & dying. Meet Shatzi Weisberger, who staged her own funeral (emphasis on 'fun') at age 88. With the belief that death should be considered and talked about long before it comes, Shatzi holds weekly Death Cafes, in which folks …