Ever since we saw this beautiful and intimate show at The Philadelphia Fringe Festival in 2023, we’ve been checking in with the creators and asking, “Are you doing it again soon?” Inspired by the creator’s time in the Arctic Circle, it is a small-audience show that includes participatory parlor games and an actual tea party with exquisite loose-leaf teas from In Pursuit of Tea and The Global Tea Hut. It is a multi-sensory experience inviting participants to remain playful in dire circumstances, which is the key not only to surviving but thriving. It is unlike anything you’ve experienced before, and something you don’t want to miss!
Here’s where and when:
*Philadelphia, Threshold Collective at The MAAS Building - April 9 & 10 @ 6.30pm, + April 12 @2pm :
San Diego, La Jolla Playhouse; Without Walls Festival - April 23-26
Los Angeles, Hatch Escapes - April 30-May 14
NYC - stay tuned for updates!
*Handicapped accessible.
ikantkoan.com for more information and tickets.
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thresholdcollective.org for more information about Threshold Collective. See comments for more details
Thank you to @amyshea_author and @patquigley112 , Funeral Director at Laurel Hill Cemetary Funeral Home, for a great conversation tonight about Amy’s excellent book: ‘Too Poor To Die.’ And thanks to everyone who came out!
From our friends at Threshold Collective:
Too Poor to Die: A Conversation on Equity, Dignity, and Death
Join author Amy Shea and Pat Quigley, funeral director at Laurel Hill, for an intimate evening exploring what happens when society’s most vulnerable die without resources, family, or recognition.
📖 Shea’s new book, Too Poor to Die: The Hidden Realities of Dying in the Margins, reveals the often unseen inequities that persist even in death — and invites us to reflect on how privilege, access, and care shape our final chapters.
📅 Friday, Nov 7 at 5:30pm
📍 MAAS Building, 1325 N. Randolph St., Philadelphia
Stay after the talk for tea, conversation, and community reflection.
Donations of new men’s and women’s t-shirts will be accepted for Philly House, supporting those experiencing homelessness.
Hosted by Threshold Collective and Laurel Hill, with books available from The Head & the Hand.
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Too Poor To Die
Join author Amy Shea (@amyshea_author )for a compelling conversation with Pat Quigley, licensed funeral director and supervisor at Laurel Hill Funeral Home. Together, they’ll discuss Shea’s new book, Too Poor to Die: The Hidden Realities of Dying in the Margins, and Pat’s work at Laurel Hill, unpacking the often-overlooked questions of equity, access, and dignity at the end of life.
In the spirit of collective care, we will also be accepting donations of new women’s and men’s t-shirts for Philly House, a local organization providing shelter and services to individuals experiencing homelessness.
Books will be sold by The Head and the Hand bookstore!
This event is generously presented and hosted by Threshold Collective at the MAAS Building.
Please use this link to register for the free event! /e/too-poor-to-die-a-book-reading-discussion-tickets-1708732056579?aff=oddtdtcreator
Grieving and celebrating the life and impact of poet and activist Andrea Gibson. Their words will accompany us forever, a map showing the way to what is true and essential.
Explore the powerful potential of psychedelics in easing end-of-life distress. The New Center NY & Art of Dying Institute presents a groundbreaking program on the past, present, and future of psilocybin research. Offered as a full program or single-day events, we’ll dive into clinical, theoretical, and training insights on psilocybin’s role in easing psycho-spiritual distress. Open to clinicians, students, and anyone interested in death, dying, and healing. Go to the @newcenter.ny for details and to sign up!
Workshops and Special Events on Saturday, May 31
Laurel Hill East:
How the body dies with Narinder Bazen 1:30pm
Terminal Diagnosis with Brooke Black from Humanitas 3:00pm
Grief Walk in a Garden of Stories with Krista Nelson 5:30pm
Learn a Lenape Mourning Song with Krista Nelson 6:30pm
Laurel Hill West:
Panel Discussion: Caretaking Experiences 4:30pm
Writing Workshop: Care for the Grieving Heart with Naila Francis
6:30pm
Eiko Otake: Why and How I Perform in Cemeteries 8:30pm
To register, visit the link in bio. #DeathAndArts #PDAF #Workshops #LaurelHill #grief
The Philadelphia Death & Arts Festival kicks off in just THREE WEEKS!
Do you have your tickets yet? Register using the link in bio.
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We observed 4th Annual Grief In Public Day today with sidewalk chalk and an invitation to share grief with chalk left on the sidewalk to use. Nobody did, but it felt wonderful to write down some of our griefs in a public place. Try it! It feels good to share. #4thannualgriefinpublicday
Thinking back to last year on this fourth Sunday in April, annual Grief-in-Public Day, when we opened The Five Gates of Grief @maasbuilding with @thresholdcollective_ This immersive art and ritual exhibit ran for three days with each gate interpreted and activated by the following artists:
@jordandealart Gate 1: Everything we love we will lose
@ljsilver7 Gate 2: The places that have not known love#
@joshuamarquezmusic Gate 3: The sorrows of the world
@samantharise and @radiokuhn Gate 4: What we expected and did not receive
@sterlingduns Gate 5: Ancestral Grief
It was truly an unforgettable experience. Those of us who were there for all three days or returned at some point remarked how the energy of the space felt different… that even walking in from the street there was the sense that something had been changed here.
That’s the magic of composting our grief. We feed the Earth. What we hold as dense, heavy, dark, unsettling nourishes her living body. A cleansing and rearranging happens. A lifting or lightening. Energy shifts, in us, in the land. As we metabolize our grief, making beauty from what she gives us.
#annualgriefinpublicday #griefinpublicday #griefinpublicday2024 #fivegatesofgrief #griefritual #creativegrief #collectivegrief #personalgrief #communalgrieving #collectivecare #griefart
Tickets are ON SALE NOW for the five core performances of the Philadelphia Death & Arts Festival.
For tickets and showtimes, visit the link in our bio!
Image ID: A collage of all images from presenting artists with black text in the center of the frame reading "Philadelphia death and Arts Festival". Images from top to bottom left to right are Eiko Otake, mayfield brooks, Mel Hsu, DonChristian Jones, and Shavon Norris.
#PhillyLiveEvents #PDAF #EndOfLife #grieving #grief #PhillyDance #aging #LaurelHill #PhillyArt #dancer #choreographer #BlackArtists
