List of Events

Death Talk Project Hiatus

After three years of organizing and promoting events as Death Talk Project, and heading into the sixth anniversary of supporting PDX Death Café in Portland, we’re taking a several month hiatus. Check the PDX Death Café Facebook Page for upcoming Death Cafés.

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PDX Death Café

• Learn more about PDX Death Café and the international movement
• Visit our Facebook page to join the PDX Death Café community and for upcoming PDX Death Cafés (unless noted, Cafés are on a walk-in basis with no advance registration)
• Virtual Death Cafés are offered by monthly End-of Life University.
• Search DeathCafe.com with your zip code to find other Death Cafés near you.

2018 Event Archive

• Conversation Project: Talking about Dying, February 1, 2018 | 7:00 p.m. | Scappoose Public Library, 52469 SE 2nd St, Scappoose OR 97056
• Green/ Natural Burial & Family-Directed Funerals: Expanding Community Options, February 6, 2018 | 6:30 p.m. | CoHo Ecovillage, 1975 SE Crystal Lake Drive, Corvallis OR
• Conversation Project: Talking about Dying, February 7, 2018 | 6:00 p.m. | Samaritan Center for Health, 740 SW 9th, Newport OR 97365
• PDX Death Café at Q Center (N Portland), Sunday February 25, 2-4pm
• PDX Death Café at Belmont Library (SE Portland), Sunday March 4, 2-4pm – Register through the Library
• Conversation Project: Talking about Dying, March 7, 2018 | 6:30 p.m. | Hood River Library, Hood River OR
• Talking About Suicide: Building Skills, Reducing Stigma, Sat, March 10, 2018| 9:00–10:30am | Eliot Center First Unitarian Church, 1226 SW Salmon St Portland
• Celebrate the Spring Equinox, Sunday, March 18, 2018 | 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. | Portland Nursery, 9000 SE Division St. Portland, OR 97266
• PDX Death Café at Pine Street Sangha (outer SE Portland), Tuesday March 20, 10am-noon
• Conversation Project: Talking about Dying, March 25, 2018 | 10:15 a.m. | Newport Visual Arts Center, 777 NW Beach Drive, Newport OR 97365
• Natural Death Care: Green Burial & “Aqua Green Cremation”, April 14, 2018 | 9am-noon | River View Cemetery, 0300 SW Taylors Ferry Road, Portland
• Natural Death Care: Green Burial & “Aqua Green Cremation”, April 14, 2018 | 1-4pm | River View Cemetery, 0300 SW Taylors Ferry Road, Portland
• Conversation Project: Ritual and Ceremony in Modern Life, April 19, 2018 | 6:30 p.m. | Columbia Grange #267, 37493 NE Grange Hall Rd., Corbett OR 97019
• PDX Death Café at Vancouver Community Library (Vancouver, WA), Sunday April 8, 3-5pm
• PDX Death Café at Midland Library (East Multnomah County), Sunday April 22, 2-4pm
• PDX Death Café at Friendly House/ SAGE Metro Portland (NW Portland), Thursday May 10, 10:30am-2:30pm
• PDX Death Café at Waverly Heights Congregational Church (SE Portland), Saturday May 19, 1-3pm
• Conversation Project: Ritual and Ceremony in Modern Life, May 19, 2018 | 2:00 p.m. | Newport Library, Newport OR
• PDX Death Café at Sellwood-Moreland Library (SE Portland), Tuesday June 26, 6-8pm
• Conversation Project: Ritual and Ceremony in Modern Life, August 15, 2018 | 6:30 p.m. | Hollywood Mental Health Center, NE Portland
• Conversation Project: Talking about Dying, August 17, 2018 | 2 p.m. | Terwilliger Plaza, 2545 SW Terwilliger Blvd., Portland OR 97201
• PDX Death Cafe at The Rose Schnitzer Manor at Cedar Sinai Park (SW Portland), Friday, August 24, 1:30 – 3:30 PM.
• PDX Death Cafe at Kenton Library (N Portland), Sunday, September 23, 2 – 4 PM. Advance registration via the Library starting Sept 2.
• PDX Death Cafe at Gresham Library (E Portland), Saturday, October 13, 3 – 5 PM. Advance registration via the Library starting Sept 22.
• Night of Grief & Mystery Concert with Stephen Jenkinson, October 20, 2018 | 7:00 p.m. | First Unitarian Church, downtown Portland
• PDX Death Cafe at Q Center (N Portland), Sunday, November 4, 2:30 – 4:30 PM.