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SUMMARY:Before I Die New Mexico Festival
DESCRIPTION:The 6th annual Before I Die New Mexico Festival will take place in Albuquerque October 16-21\, 2023\, right after the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. \n“Before I Die Festivals provide unique and innovative ways to entertain while educating about end-of-life issues\, to get people to plan for our 100% mortality rate\,” said Gail Rubin\, festival coordinator\, Certified Thanatologist and The Doyenne of Death®. \nUsing behind-the-scenes tours\, activities\, games\, speakers\, and other outside-the-box activities\, Before I Die Festivals offer thought-provoking content within memorable and life-affirming events. \nThe Before I Die New Mexico Festival entices baby boomers and younger generations to face their own mortality with festival events that educate and encourage planning for the inevitable. Events will take place in-person in Albuquerque and online in a Zoom meeting room\, providing geographic reach beyond New Mexico. View the schedule of events here. \nEvents include: \n\nComedy Performance: Ben Wasserman’s Live After Death show\, Friday\, October 20 at 7:00 p.m. at French Funerals & Cremations location at 1275 Unser Blvd. NE\, Rio Rancho\, NM.\nDeath Cafe Discussions: daily opportunities to discuss mortality questions in a supportive environment.\nNewly-Dead® Games: Bingo and The Game for Couples and Singles make death education an upbeat experience.\nMovie Night at the Funeral Home: feature-length films to laugh and learn about end-of-life.\nBehind-the-Scenes Tours of sponsors’ locations and discussions of products and services.\nMillennial Morticians with ABQ Brews: a panel discussion at Tractor Brewing Wells Park location on Thursday\, October 19 at 6:00 p.m. This year’s young funeral professionals will be all women – the Femme Fatale edition!\nMortuary Mall: a collection of funeral products and services for attendees to browse and learn taking place at Sunset Memorial Park on Wednesday\, October 18.\nMurder and Mayhem Cemetery Tour: this walking tour on Saturday\, October 21 at 1:00 p.m. or 3:00 p.m. features true stories of deaths of people buried at Historic Fairview Cemetery. This is a fundraiser for the nonprofit organization.\nInformative Speakers: sessions on estate and financial planning\, downsizing\, after-death follow-up\, grief\, and more.\nVirtual Audiences: Sessions with speakers will be available as hybrid events with in-person audiences and online participants\, thanks to Festival sponsor Keeper. Videos will be made available after the festival.\n\nRegistration levels range from $20 to $100. Registration levels above $20 include a T-shirt\, registration for Live After Death with comedian Ben Wasserman\, the Murder and Mayhem Cemetery Tour and your own copy of A Good Goodbye: Funeral Planning for Those Who Don’t Plan to Die. \nREGISTER THROUGH OUR SECURE SHOPPING CART HERE. \n\nLearn more about the Before I Die Festival concept here. \nThank You to Our Before I Die NM Festival Sponsors\n \nFrench Funerals & Cremations\, Sunset Memorial Park and Passages International will host events at their locations in Albuquerque. Virtual sessions will be provided by festival partner Keeper™. \nSponsorship opportunities are available by contacting festival coordinator Gail Rubin: Gail@agoodgoodbye.com. \nPart of the proceeds from the Before I Die New Mexico Festival will benefit charitable partner Historic Fairview Cemetery. The cemetery was founded in 1881\, a year after the railroad came to Albuquerque. The 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization maintains the grounds and shares its history. A portion of sponsorship fees may be tax-deductible. www.HistoricFairviewCemeteryABQ.org
URL:https://beforeidiefestivals.com/event/before-i-die-new-mexico-festival/
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SUMMARY:First Before I Die Tucson Event
DESCRIPTION:What do you want to do before you die? How would you want to die? Start to get your questions answered at the first Before I Die Tucson event. It’s taking place on Sunday\, April 16\, which is also National Health Care Decision Day\, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. This free event (a $5 donation is suggested) will take place at The Loft Cinema\, 3233 East Speedway\, Tucson\, Arizona. \nThis event features insightful presentations about end-of-life decisions\, with speakers\, videos and door prizes. National Health Care Decisions Day exists to inspire\, educate and empower the public and health care providers about the importance of advance care planning. Advance care planning involves discussing and preparing for future decisions about your medical care if you become seriously ill or unable to communicate. \nTopics to be covered include organ donation\, advanced directives for dementia\, getting your affairs in order\, and much more. Fill in the blank “Before I die I want to ___________________” by texting your reply to 520-907-5207. \nSpeakers at the event include: \n\nMary Ganapol\, coordinator of Before I Die Tucson\nGail Rubin\, CT\, The Doyenne of Death® and founder of the Before I Die New Mexico Festival\nDavid Fitzsimmons: “Not dead. Just resting.”\nTucson End of Life Doulas\nCompassion & Choices\nDonate Life Arizona\n\nSponsors include Death With Dignity\, Compassion & Choices\, and Roots & Roads Community Hospice Foundation.
URL:https://beforeidiefestivals.com/event/first-before-i-die-tucson-event/
LOCATION:Loft Theater\, 3233 E Speedway\, Tucson\, AZ\, United States
CATEGORIES:Festival Events
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SUMMARY:Online ABQ Death Cafe March 26
DESCRIPTION:Join the Albuquerque Death Cafe online! It’s an opportunity to talk about what’s on your mind about mortality issues. We have people from across the U.S. and around the world joining in the conversation on Zoom. \nTo keep this meeting secure\, this meeting link will only be provided to those who RSVP through our Meetup group. So please let us know if you’ll attend! If you’d like to make a donation\, use this PayPal link: https://bit.ly/GRDonation. \nPrepare to settle in with your own cup of tea or coffee\, and a nourishing snack. We’ll have an interesting\, unstructured conversation that’s open and free-flowing with no specific agenda. It’s always different every time. \nYour Death Cafe Host\nGail Rubin\, CT\, The Doyenne of Death®\, helps get end-of-life and funeral planning conversations started with a light touch on a serious subject. \nAs an award-winning speaker\, she uses humor and funny film clips to attract people to topics many would rather avoid: taking care of advance medical directives\, estate planning and funeral planning. She is an active member of the National Speakers Association serving as the 2019-2020 president of the New Mexico Chapter\, and is active in Toastmasters International. \nGail pioneered the Death Cafe movement in the United States. She hosted the first Death Cafe west of the Mississippi in Albuquerque\, New Mexico in September\, 2012. \nShe also held the first Before I Die Festival west of the Mississippi in October\, 2017. Her 2018 Before I Die New Mexico Festival won the ICCFA’s KIP Award for Best Event. In 2019\, she introduced one-day Before I Die Festivals\, hosted by funeral homes and cemeteries. \nIn 2020\, Gail became president of the nonprofit organization that supports Historic Fairview Cemetery in Albuquerque\, NM. The cemetery\, established in 1881\, is the final resting place of approximately 12\,000 people\, reflecting the history and development of Albuquerque\, New Mexico and the United States.
URL:https://beforeidiefestivals.com/event/online-abq-death-cafe-march-26/
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SUMMARY:Online ABQ Death Cafe November 27
DESCRIPTION:Join the Albuquerque Death Cafe online! It’s an opportunity to talk about what’s on your mind about mortality issues. We have people from across the U.S. and around the world joining in the conversation on Zoom. The next session will be held on Sunday\, November 27 at 3:00 p.m. Mountain Standard Time. \nPrepare to settle in with your own cup of tea or coffee\, and a nourishing snack. We’ll have an interesting\, unstructured conversation that’s open and free-flowing with no specific agenda. It’s always different every time. \nTo keep this meeting secure\, this meeting link will only be provided to those who RSVP. So click here to please let us know if you’ll attend!  \nIf you’d like to make a donation\, use this PayPal link: https://bit.ly/GRDonation. \n  \n 
URL:https://beforeidiefestivals.com/event/online-abq-death-cafe-november-27/
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SUMMARY:Before I Die Festival Ohio
DESCRIPTION:The first annual Before I Die Festival Ohio will offer upbeat activities to think about\, talk about\, and do something about our inevitable mortality. The three day long event will kick off in Dayton\, Ohio on Thursday October 27th and end Saturday October 29th with an all day symposium. \nThe website for the Before I Die Festival Ohio has all the information on schedules and registration for both free and paid events: www.BeforeIDieOhio.com. \nThe sponsors include Dodds Memorials\, Calvary Cemetery\, Ohio’s Hospice of Dayton and Routsong Funeral Home and Cremation Services. \nActivities include Death Cafe conversations\, field trips to cemeteries\, funeral homes and crematoria\, movies\, panel discussions\, a Day of the Dead dinner in a cemetery\, and a wide range of speakers. They include: \nGail Rubin – Licensed thanatologist\, Doyenne of Death\, and founder of Before I Die New Mexico\n• Denise Swick – Licensed Realtor with a new division devoted to senior relocation and downsizing consulting\n• Brian Sarver – Funeral Director\, Hale Sarver Funeral Home\n• Abby Robinson – Funeral Director\, Baker Hazel Snider Funeral Home\n• Erika Knox – Funeral Director\, Routsong Funeral Home\n• Jack Mueller – Funeral Director\, Owner Mueller Funeral Home\n• Frank Lewis – Funeral Director\, Owner Jackson\, Lytle\, Ingling\, Williams Funeral Home\n• Matt Bennett – Insurance Agent\, Anderson Insurance Agency\n• Martin Bartik – Certified Financial Planner\, Edward Jones\n• Scott Wright – President Ohio Cemetery Association\, Outreach Director Calvary Cemetery\n• Rick Meade – Executive Director of Calvary Cemetery and President of the Ohio Catholic Cemetery Association\n• Eric Fogarty – Owner\, Dodds Memorials\n• Kim Vesey – President\, Ohio’s Hospice of Dayton\n• Neil Fogarty – Founder\, Before I Die Ohio and President\, Dodds Memorials
URL:https://beforeidiefestivals.com/event/before-i-die-festival-ohio/
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SUMMARY:ABQ Death Cafe Online
DESCRIPTION:On Sunday\, October 16 at 3:00 p.m.\, the Albuquerque Death Cafe was to take place at Historic Fairview Cemetery\, to discuss death among the tombstones. However\, the weather forecast is cold and rainy (rare for Albuquerque). We will instead hold it online through Zoom. \nThe objective of the Death Cafe is “to increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives.” It’s an interesting\, unstructured conversation with no specific agenda. The ABQ Death Cafe offers a relaxed\, confidential and safe setting to discuss death\, drink tea (or your favorite beverage) and eat delicious cake or cookies. Now that the event is online\, BYO refreshments. \nTo RSVP and get the Zoom link for this event\, join the ABQ Death Cafe Meetup Group here.
URL:https://beforeidiefestivals.com/event/in-person-abq-death-cafe/
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