You're Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes - A GRIEF & GRATITUDE OPEN MIC @ The Lost Church - San Francisco!!!

TICKETS HERE: https://tinyurl.com/YG2Dsept10

You're Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes... is an open mic event, the communal offering for us to explore the conversation of death & dying, to embrace our losses & mortality, to grieve, bereave & honor what we’ve lost & love, in laughter & in tears… while all the while making room for the joy & gratitude at simply being ALIVE.

Hosted by Ned Buskirk
Music from Liz Gobbo*
at The Lost Church - San Francisco
988 Columbus Ave
San Francisco, CA 94133-2310
Doors at 7:30pm
Show at 8pm
All performances end at 10:30pm.
Seating is first come, first served.

And support MORE with ticket tiers. You choose the amount.
The tickets tiers are direct ways of offering more support to YG2D, a 501(c)3 Non-profit bringing diverse communities creatively into the conversation of death & dying, inspiring life by unabashedly sourcing our shared mortality. Thank you for any additional help you can offer.
And please email connect@yg2d.com if you need financial support to be a part of the evening.

We recommend you buy in advance to ensure being a part of the event (parlor shows often sell out), but you can also try purchasing at the door on the night of the show (although, we do NOT set aside a block of tickets for door purchase)

Ages 10 and over are welcome. (Parental discretion is advised for some events).

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You're Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes...
is an open mic event, the communal offering for us to explore the conversation of death & dying, to embrace our losses & mortality, to grieve, bereave & honor those we’ve lost & love… while all the while making room for simply being ALIVE.

Sign-ups will be the night of & the list fills up quickly, so if you want to perform, you’d better get there early…

If you’re going to perform, keep it under 5 MINUTES. That’s right: 5 MINUTES. WE WILL TIME YOU. And we will hug you when we have to stop you [just to make it easier on you (or harder – depending on your propensity for intimacy)].

Poetry, prose, music, dancing, comedy, drama, happy, sad, & on & on & on… Remember: EVERYTHING GOES… so do whatever you want.

You don’t have to perform anything; the audience is as essential as the performers.

Please don’t perform anything with a setup that takes much more time than the time it takes for you to walk onstage. Honestly, plugging things in is endlessly boring. If you need to borrow an instrument, figure it out before you’re called to the stage.

IMPORTANT ::: DON’T TAKE YOURSELF SO SERIOUSLY. Come and have fun. The end. Remember. Someday, we won’t exist and neither will the English language. If you choose to take yourself seriously, then take yourself so seriously that it’s stupid. Ridiculousness is encouraged.

You're Going to Die. No. Really. You are.

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*Liz Gobbo is a Berkeley-based harpist, singer-songwriter, and death care worker. Her compositions weave together haunting harp arrangements, soaring vocals, and rich lyrical imagery to explore grief, justice, queerness, mysticism, and magic. You can follow her at @lizgobbomusic (Instagram) and her 8-piece chamber folk band Second Fig at @secondfigband (Instagram, YouTube).

THIS EVENT IS UNAVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC… BUT!We want our community to know when we’re hosting events in prison, so you can send us all the best thoughts, prayers, wishes, to be with us in support & spirit.

Alive Inside Presents: A GRIEF & GRATITUDE OPEN MIC @ San Quentin Rehabilitation Center
Express Grief / Celebrate Life / Honor Our Dead / Medicinal Music / Acknowledge Our Losses / Express Joy

Hosted by Ned Buskirk
w/music from SF Bay Area Musicians
featuring the music of San Quentin’s THE GREATER GOOD
@ San Quentin Rehabilitation Center
100 Main St.
San Quentin, CA 94964
Starts at 6pm PACIFIC

CONSIDER SUPPORTING THIS EVENT & OUR PRISON PROGRAM BY CONTRIBUTING TO OUR 501(C)3 NONPROFIT TODAY: https://www.yg2d.com/donate

ALIVE INSIDE is a YG2D nonprofit prison program bringing community impacted by the prison system creatively into the conversation of grief, loss, & our shared mortality, inspiring a more connected & meaningful experience of being alive, offering a rare chance for spontaneous and creative vulnerability, intimacy, and connection, with grief & gratitude open mics, writing workshops & group facilitation. - https://www.alive-inside.com/

You're Going to Die Presents: a GRIEF & GRATITUDE Community Open Mic @ TRITONE RECORDING in Glendale, CA

GET TICKETS HERE!

You're Going to Die Presents: a GRIEF & GRATITUDE Community Open Mic event, the communal offering for us to explore the conversation of death & dying, to embrace our losses & mortality, to grieve, bereave & honor what we’ve lost & love, in laughter & in tears… while all the while making room for the joy & gratitude at simply being ALIVE.

Hosted by Caitlin Jemma
Featuring music by Taylor Sackson
at Tritone Recording
1756 Victory Blvd
Glendale CA, 91201
Doors at 7:30pm
Show at 8pm

All performances end at 10:00pm.
Seating is first come, first served.

And support MORE with ticket tiers. You choose the amount.
The tickets tiers are direct ways of offering more support to YG2D, a 501(c)3 Non-profit bringing diverse communities creatively into the conversation of death & dying, inspiring life by unabashedly sourcing our shared mortality. Thank you for any additional help you can offer.
And please email connect@yg2d.com if you need financial support to be a part of the evening.

We recommend you buy in advance to ensure being a part of the event (parlor shows often sell out), but you can also try purchasing at the door on the night of the show (although, we do NOT set aside a block of tickets for door purchase)

Ages 10 and over are welcome. (Parental discretion is advised for some events).

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You're Going to Die Presents a GRIEF & GRATITUDE open mic event, the communal offering for us to explore the conversation of death & dying, to embrace our losses & mortality, to grieve, bereave & honor those we’ve lost & love… while all the while making room for simply being ALIVE.

Sign-ups will be the night of & the list fills up quickly, so if you want to perform, you’d better get there early…

If you’re going to perform, keep it under 5 MINUTES. That’s right: 5 MINUTES. WE WILL TIME YOU. And we will hug you when we have to stop you [just to make it easier on you (or harder – depending on your propensity for intimacy)].

Poetry, prose, music, dancing, comedy, drama, happy, sad, & on & on & on… Remember: EVERYTHING GOES… so do whatever you want.

You don’t have to perform anything; the audience is as essential as the performers.

Please don’t perform anything with a setup that takes much more time than the time it takes for you to walk onstage. Honestly, plugging things in is endlessly boring. If you need to borrow an instrument, figure it out before you’re called to the stage.

IMPORTANT ::: DON’T TAKE YOURSELF SO SERIOUSLY. Come and have fun. The end. Remember. Someday, we won’t exist and neither will the English language. If you choose to take yourself seriously, then take yourself so seriously that it’s stupid. Ridiculousness is encouraged.

You're Going to Die. No. Really. You are.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

You're Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes - A GRIEF & GRATITUDE OPEN MIC @ The Lost Church - San Francisco!!!

TICKETS HERE: https://tinyurl.com/YG2Daug13

You're Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes... is an open mic event, the communal offering for us to explore the conversation of death & dying, to embrace our losses & mortality, to grieve, bereave & honor what we’ve lost & love, in laughter & in tears… while all the while making room for the joy & gratitude at simply being ALIVE.

Hosted by Ned Buskirk
Music from Kele Nitoto*
at The Lost Church - San Francisco
988 Columbus Ave
San Francisco, CA 94133-2310
Doors at 7:30pm
Show at 8pm
All performances end at 10:30pm.
Seating is first come, first served.

And support MORE with ticket tiers. You choose the amount.
The tickets tiers are direct ways of offering more support to YG2D, a 501(c)3 Non-profit bringing diverse communities creatively into the conversation of death & dying, inspiring life by unabashedly sourcing our shared mortality. Thank you for any additional help you can offer.
And please email connect@yg2d.com if you need financial support to be a part of the evening.

We recommend you buy in advance to ensure being a part of the event (parlor shows often sell out), but you can also try purchasing at the door on the night of the show (although, we do NOT set aside a block of tickets for door purchase)

Ages 10 and over are welcome. (Parental discretion is advised for some events).

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

You're Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes...
is an open mic event, the communal offering for us to explore the conversation of death & dying, to embrace our losses & mortality, to grieve, bereave & honor those we’ve lost & love… while all the while making room for simply being ALIVE.

Sign-ups will be the night of & the list fills up quickly, so if you want to perform, you’d better get there early…

If you’re going to perform, keep it under 5 MINUTES. That’s right: 5 MINUTES. WE WILL TIME YOU. And we will hug you when we have to stop you [just to make it easier on you (or harder – depending on your propensity for intimacy)].

Poetry, prose, music, dancing, comedy, drama, happy, sad, & on & on & on… Remember: EVERYTHING GOES… so do whatever you want.

You don’t have to perform anything; the audience is as essential as the performers.

Please don’t perform anything with a setup that takes much more time than the time it takes for you to walk onstage. Honestly, plugging things in is endlessly boring. If you need to borrow an instrument, figure it out before you’re called to the stage.

IMPORTANT ::: DON’T TAKE YOURSELF SO SERIOUSLY. Come and have fun. The end. Remember. Someday, we won’t exist and neither will the English language. If you choose to take yourself seriously, then take yourself so seriously that it’s stupid. Ridiculousness is encouraged.

You're Going to Die. No. Really. You are.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

*Kele Nitoto is a second generation African-American percussionist and singer. Born and raised in the Oakland Dance Culture, Kele Has studied with Masters of many styles, becoming proficient in West-African, Congolese, Afro-Cuban, Afro-Peruvian, and Afro-Haitian traditional musics. Over the last 25 years, Kele has performed throughout the country in dance companies, bands, and teaching workshops and classes, summer camps, spiritual and workplace retreats, and for countless ceremonies and celebrations.

Playing with such artists as Lydia Violet and the Thrive Choir, Kele has performed and recorded with the likes of MaMuse, Climbing Poetry, Rising Appalachia, Melanie DeMore, and Esperanza Spaulding. He is currently spearheading Oakland Hand Drums, an organization focused on rhythmic education and performance through a cultural and creative lens, OHD is currently holding classes and drum circles online. - https://linktr.ee/KeleNitoto

THIS EVENT IS UNAVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC… BUT!We want our community to know when we’re hosting events in prison, so you can send us all the best thoughts, prayers, wishes, to be with us in support & spirit.

Alive Inside Presents: A GRIEF & GRATITUDE OPEN MIC @ San Quentin Rehabilitation Center
Express Grief / Celebrate Life / Honor Our Dead / Medicinal Music / Acknowledge Our Losses / Express Joy

Hosted by Ned Buskirk
w/music from SF Bay Area Musicians
featuring the music of San Quentin’s THE GREATER GOOD
@ San Quentin Rehabilitation Center
100 Main St.
San Quentin, CA 94964
Starts at 6pm PACIFIC

CONSIDER SUPPORTING THIS EVENT & OUR PRISON PROGRAM BY CONTRIBUTING TO OUR 501(C)3 NONPROFIT TODAY: https://www.yg2d.com/donate

ALIVE INSIDE is a YG2D nonprofit prison program bringing community impacted by the prison system creatively into the conversation of grief, loss, & our shared mortality, inspiring a more connected & meaningful experience of being alive, offering a rare chance for spontaneous and creative vulnerability, intimacy, and connection, with grief & gratitude open mics, writing workshops & group facilitation. - https://www.alive-inside.com/

THIS EVENT IS UNAVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC… BUT!We want our community to know when we’re hosting events in prison, so you can send us all the best thoughts, prayers, wishes, to be with us in support & spirit.

Alive Inside Presents: A GRIEF & GRATITUDE OPEN MIC @ San Quentin Rehabilitation Center
Express Grief / Celebrate Life / Honor Our Dead / Medicinal Music / Acknowledge Our Losses / Express Joy

Hosted by Chelsea Coleman & Jordan Edelheit
w/music from SF Bay Area Musicians
featuring the music of San Quentin’s THE GREATER GOOD
@ San Quentin Rehabilitation Center
100 Main St.
San Quentin, CA 94964
Starts at 6pm PACIFIC

CONSIDER SUPPORTING THIS EVENT & OUR PRISON PROGRAM BY CONTRIBUTING TO OUR 501(C)3 NONPROFIT TODAY: https://www.yg2d.com/donate

ALIVE INSIDE is a YG2D nonprofit prison program bringing community impacted by the prison system creatively into the conversation of grief, loss, & our shared mortality, inspiring a more connected & meaningful experience of being alive, offering a rare chance for spontaneous and creative vulnerability, intimacy, and connection, with grief & gratitude open mics, writing workshops & group facilitation. - https://www.alive-inside.com/

You're Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes - A GRIEF & GRATITUDE OPEN MIC @ The Lost Church - San Francisco!!!

TICKETS HERE: https://tinyurl.com/YG2Djuly9

You're Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes... is an open mic event, the communal offering for us to explore the conversation of death & dying, to embrace our losses & mortality, to grieve, bereave & honor what we’ve lost & love, in laughter & in tears… while all the while making room for the joy & gratitude at simply being ALIVE.

Hosted by Ned Buskirk
Featuring music from Hugo de la Lune*
at The Lost Church - San Francisco
988 Columbus Ave
San Francisco, CA 94133-2310
Doors at 7:30pm.
Show at 8pm.
All performances end at 10:30pm.
Seating is first come, first served.

And support MORE with ticket tiers. You choose the amount.
The tickets tiers are direct ways of offering more support to YG2D, a 501(c)3 Non-profit bringing diverse communities creatively into the conversation of death & dying, inspiring life by unabashedly sourcing our shared mortality. Thank you for any additional help you can offer.
And please email connect@yg2d.com if you need financial support to be a part of the evening.

We recommend you buy in advance to ensure being a part of the event (parlor shows often sell out), but you can also try purchasing at the door on the night of the show (although, we do NOT set aside a block of tickets for door purchase)

Ages 10 and over are welcome. (Parental discretion is advised for some events).

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

You're Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes...
is an open mic event, the communal offering for us to explore the conversation of death & dying, to embrace our losses & mortality, to grieve, bereave & honor those we’ve lost & love… while all the while making room for simply being ALIVE.

Sign-ups will be the night of & the list fills up quickly, so if you want to perform, you’d better get there early…

If you’re going to perform, keep it under 5 MINUTES. That’s right: 5 MINUTES. WE WILL TIME YOU. And we will hug you when we have to stop you [just to make it easier on you (or harder – depending on your propensity for intimacy)].

Poetry, prose, music, dancing, comedy, drama, happy, sad, & on & on & on… Remember: EVERYTHING GOES… so do whatever you want.

You don’t have to perform anything; the audience is as essential as the performers.

Please don’t perform anything with a setup that takes much more time than the time it takes for you to walk onstage. Honestly, plugging things in is endlessly boring. If you need to borrow an instrument, figure it out before you’re called to the stage.

IMPORTANT ::: DON’T TAKE YOURSELF SO SERIOUSLY. Come and have fun. The end. Remember. Someday, we won’t exist and neither will the English language. If you choose to take yourself seriously, then take yourself so seriously that it’s stupid. Ridiculousness is encouraged.

You're Going to Die. No. Really. You are.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

*Hugo de la Lune is a Black and queer artist, the African Dracula, blending haunting vocals with layered instrumentation. Their work explores identity and mythology with clarity and depth. Their EP Act III expanded their reach, and they are preparing a full length album for release in May 2026. - https://hugodelalune.bandcamp.com/

You're Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes - A GRIEF & GRATITUDE OPEN MIC @ The Lost Church - San Francisco!!!

TICKETS HERE: https://tinyurl.com/YG2Djune11

You're Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes... is an open mic event, the communal offering for us to explore the conversation of death & dying, to embrace our losses & mortality, to grieve, bereave & honor what we’ve lost & love, in laughter & in tears… while all the while making room for the joy & gratitude at simply being ALIVE.

Hosted by Ned Buskirk
Featuring music from Scott Elliott Ferreter
at The Lost Church - San Francisco
988 Columbus Ave
San Francisco, CA 94133-2310
Doors at 7:30pm.
Show at 8pm.
All performances end at 10:30pm.
Seating is first come, first served.

And support MORE with ticket tiers. You choose the amount.
The tickets tiers are direct ways of offering more support to YG2D, a 501(c)3 Non-profit bringing diverse communities creatively into the conversation of death & dying, inspiring life by unabashedly sourcing our shared mortality. Thank you for any additional help you can offer.
And please email connect@yg2d.com if you need financial support to be a part of the evening.

We recommend you buy in advance to ensure being a part of the event (parlor shows often sell out), but you can also try purchasing at the door on the night of the show (although, we do NOT set aside a block of tickets for door purchase)

Ages 10 and over are welcome. (Parental discretion is advised for some events).

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

You're Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes...
is an open mic event, the communal offering for us to explore the conversation of death & dying, to embrace our losses & mortality, to grieve, bereave & honor those we’ve lost & love… while all the while making room for simply being ALIVE.

Sign-ups will be the night of & the list fills up quickly, so if you want to perform, you’d better get there early…

If you’re going to perform, keep it under 5 MINUTES. That’s right: 5 MINUTES. WE WILL TIME YOU. And we will hug you when we have to stop you [just to make it easier on you (or harder – depending on your propensity for intimacy)].

Poetry, prose, music, dancing, comedy, drama, happy, sad, & on & on & on… Remember: EVERYTHING GOES… so do whatever you want.

You don’t have to perform anything; the audience is as essential as the performers.

Please don’t perform anything with a setup that takes much more time than the time it takes for you to walk onstage. Honestly, plugging things in is endlessly boring. If you need to borrow an instrument, figure it out before you’re called to the stage.

IMPORTANT ::: DON’T TAKE YOURSELF SO SERIOUSLY. Come and have fun. The end. Remember. Someday, we won’t exist and neither will the English language. If you choose to take yourself seriously, then take yourself so seriously that it’s stupid. Ridiculousness is encouraged.

You're Going to Die. No. Really. You are.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

THIS EVENT IS UNAVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC… BUT! We want our community to know when we’re hosting events in prison, so you can send us all the best thoughts, prayers, wishes, to be with us in support & spirit.

Alive Inside Presents: A GRIEF & GRATITUDE OPEN MIC @ San Quentin Rehabilitation Center
Express Grief / Celebrate Life / Honor Our Dead / Medicinal Music / Acknowledge Our Losses / Express Joy

Hosted by Ned Buskirk
w/music from SF Bay Area Musicians
featuring the music of San Quentin’s THE GREATER GOOD
@ San Quentin Rehabilitation Center
100 Main St.
San Quentin, CA 94964
Starts at 6pm PACIFIC

CONSIDER SUPPORTING THIS EVENT & OUR PRISON PROGRAM BY CONTRIBUTING TO OUR 501(C)3 NONPROFIT TODAY: https://www.yg2d.com/donate

ALIVE INSIDE is a YG2D nonprofit prison program bringing community impacted by the prison system creatively into the conversation of grief, loss, & our shared mortality, inspiring a more connected & meaningful experience of being alive, offering a rare chance for spontaneous and creative vulnerability, intimacy, and connection, with grief & gratitude open mics, writing workshops & group facilitation. - https://www.alive-inside.com/

THIS EVENT IS UNAVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC… BUT!

We want our community to know when we’re hosting events in prison, so you can send us all the best thoughts, prayers, wishes, to be with us in support & spirit.

Alive Inside Presents: an Inspirational Music Night in Collaboration with San Quentin’s Jewish Chapel & the Greater Good

Hosted by Ned Buskirk
featuring the music of San Quentin’s THE GREATER GOOD
w/Lydia Violet & Kele Nitoto
@ San Quentin Rehabilitation Center
100 Main St.
San Quentin, CA 94964
Starts at 6pm PACIFIC

CONSIDER SUPPORTING THIS EVENT & OUR PRISON PROGRAM BY CONTRIBUTING TO OUR 501(C)3 NONPROFIT TODAY: https://www.yg2d.com/donate

ALIVE INSIDE is a YG2D nonprofit prison program bringing community impacted by the prison system creatively into the conversation of grief, loss, & our shared mortality, inspiring a more connected & meaningful experience of being alive, offering a rare chance for spontaneous and creative vulnerability, intimacy, and connection, with grief & gratitude open mics, writing workshops & group facilitation. - https://www.alive-inside.com/

You're Going to Die Presents: a GRIEF & GRATITUDE Community Open Mic @ TRITONE RECORDING in Glendale, CA

get TICKETS HERE!

You're Going to Die Presents: a GRIEF & GRATITUDE Community Open Mic event, the communal offering for us to explore the conversation of death & dying, to embrace our losses & mortality, to grieve, bereave & honor what we’ve lost & love, in laughter & in tears… while all the while making room for the joy & gratitude at simply being ALIVE.

Hosted by Caitlin Jemma
Featuring music by Reddenhollow
at Tritone Recording
1756 Victory Blvd
Glendale CA, 91201
Doors at 7:30pm
Show at 8pm

All performances end at 10:00pm.
Seating is first come, first served.

And support MORE with ticket tiers. You choose the amount.
The tickets tiers are direct ways of offering more support to YG2D, a 501(c)3 Non-profit bringing diverse communities creatively into the conversation of death & dying, inspiring life by unabashedly sourcing our shared mortality. Thank you for any additional help you can offer.
And please email connect@yg2d.com if you need financial support to be a part of the evening.

We recommend you buy in advance to ensure being a part of the event (parlor shows often sell out), but you can also try purchasing at the door on the night of the show (although, we do NOT set aside a block of tickets for door purchase)

Ages 10 and over are welcome. (Parental discretion is advised for some events).

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

You're Going to Die Presents a GRIEF & GRATITUDE open mic event, the communal offering for us to explore the conversation of death & dying, to embrace our losses & mortality, to grieve, bereave & honor those we’ve lost & love… while all the while making room for simply being ALIVE.

Sign-ups will be the night of & the list fills up quickly, so if you want to perform, you’d better get there early…

If you’re going to perform, keep it under 5 MINUTES. That’s right: 5 MINUTES. WE WILL TIME YOU. And we will hug you when we have to stop you [just to make it easier on you (or harder – depending on your propensity for intimacy)].

Poetry, prose, music, dancing, comedy, drama, happy, sad, & on & on & on… Remember: EVERYTHING GOES… so do whatever you want.

You don’t have to perform anything; the audience is as essential as the performers.

Please don’t perform anything with a setup that takes much more time than the time it takes for you to walk onstage. Honestly, plugging things in is endlessly boring. If you need to borrow an instrument, figure it out before you’re called to the stage.

IMPORTANT ::: DON’T TAKE YOURSELF SO SERIOUSLY. Come and have fun. The end. Remember. Someday, we won’t exist and neither will the English language. If you choose to take yourself seriously, then take yourself so seriously that it’s stupid. Ridiculousness is encouraged.

You're Going to Die. No. Really. You are.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

You're Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes - A GRIEF & GRATITUDE OPEN MIC @ The Lost Church - San Francisco!!!

TICKETS HERE: https://tinyurl.com/YG2Dmay14

You're Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes... is an open mic event, the communal offering for us to explore the conversation of death & dying, to embrace our losses & mortality, to grieve, bereave & honor what we’ve lost & love, in laughter & in tears… while all the while making room for the joy & gratitude at simply being ALIVE.

Hosted by Ned Buskirk
Featuring music from Josie Friedman*
at The Lost Church - San Francisco
988 Columbus Ave
San Francisco, CA 94133-2310
Doors at 7:30pm.
Show at 8pm.
All performances end at 10:30pm.
Seating is first come, first served.

And support MORE with ticket tiers. You choose the amount.
The tickets tiers are direct ways of offering more support to YG2D, a 501(c)3 Non-profit bringing diverse communities creatively into the conversation of death & dying, inspiring life by unabashedly sourcing our shared mortality. Thank you for any additional help you can offer.
And please email connect@yg2d.com if you need financial support to be a part of the evening.

We recommend you buy in advance to ensure being a part of the event (parlor shows often sell out), but you can also try purchasing at the door on the night of the show (although, we do NOT set aside a block of tickets for door purchase)

Ages 10 and over are welcome. (Parental discretion is advised for some events).

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

You're Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes...
is an open mic event, the communal offering for us to explore the conversation of death & dying, to embrace our losses & mortality, to grieve, bereave & honor those we’ve lost & love… while all the while making room for simply being ALIVE.

Sign-ups will be the night of & the list fills up quickly, so if you want to perform, you’d better get there early…

If you’re going to perform, keep it under 5 MINUTES. That’s right: 5 MINUTES. WE WILL TIME YOU. And we will hug you when we have to stop you [just to make it easier on you (or harder – depending on your propensity for intimacy)].

Poetry, prose, music, dancing, comedy, drama, happy, sad, & on & on & on… Remember: EVERYTHING GOES… so do whatever you want.

You don’t have to perform anything; the audience is as essential as the performers.

Please don’t perform anything with a setup that takes much more time than the time it takes for you to walk onstage. Honestly, plugging things in is endlessly boring. If you need to borrow an instrument, figure it out before you’re called to the stage.

IMPORTANT ::: DON’T TAKE YOURSELF SO SERIOUSLY. Come and have fun. The end. Remember. Someday, we won’t exist and neither will the English language. If you choose to take yourself seriously, then take yourself so seriously that it’s stupid. Ridiculousness is encouraged.

You're Going to Die. No. Really. You are.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

*Josie Friedman is a multi-instrumentalist, spiritual care provider, educator, and group facilitator who works as a Musician-in-Residence at UCSF Art for Recovery, a Musician-in-Residence for Eli Shi’s dance project Run All the Way Home, and is a co-founder of The Authentic Admissions Project.

You're Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes - A GRIEF & GRATITUDE OPEN MIC @ The Lost Church - San Francisco!!!

TICKETS HERE: https://tinyurl.com/YG2Dapr16

You're Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes... is an open mic event, the communal offering for us to explore the conversation of death & dying, to embrace our losses & mortality, to grieve, bereave & honor what we’ve lost & love, in laughter & in tears… while all the while making room for the joy & gratitude at simply being ALIVE.

Hosted by Ned Buskirk
at The Lost Church - San Francisco
988 Columbus Ave
San Francisco, CA 94133-2310
Doors at 7:30pm.
Show at 8pm.
All performances end at 10:30pm.
Seating is first come, first served.

And support MORE with ticket tiers. You choose the amount.
The tickets tiers are direct ways of offering more support to YG2D, a 501(c)3 Non-profit bringing diverse communities creatively into the conversation of death & dying, inspiring life by unabashedly sourcing our shared mortality. Thank you for any additional help you can offer.
And please email connect@yg2d.com if you need financial support to be a part of the evening.

We recommend you buy in advance to ensure being a part of the event (parlor shows often sell out), but you can also try purchasing at the door on the night of the show (although, we do NOT set aside a block of tickets for door purchase)

Ages 10 and over are welcome. (Parental discretion is advised for some events).

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

You're Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes...
is an open mic event, the communal offering for us to explore the conversation of death & dying, to embrace our losses & mortality, to grieve, bereave & honor those we’ve lost & love… while all the while making room for simply being ALIVE.

Sign-ups will be the night of & the list fills up quickly, so if you want to perform, you’d better get there early…

If you’re going to perform, keep it under 5 MINUTES. That’s right: 5 MINUTES. WE WILL TIME YOU. And we will hug you when we have to stop you [just to make it easier on you (or harder – depending on your propensity for intimacy)].

Poetry, prose, music, dancing, comedy, drama, happy, sad, & on & on & on… Remember: EVERYTHING GOES… so do whatever you want.

You don’t have to perform anything; the audience is as essential as the performers.

Please don’t perform anything with a setup that takes much more time than the time it takes for you to walk onstage. Honestly, plugging things in is endlessly boring. If you need to borrow an instrument, figure it out before you’re called to the stage.

IMPORTANT ::: DON’T TAKE YOURSELF SO SERIOUSLY. Come and have fun. The end. Remember. Someday, we won’t exist and neither will the English language. If you choose to take yourself seriously, then take yourself so seriously that it’s stupid. Ridiculousness is encouraged.

You're Going to Die. No. Really. You are.

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*Scott Elliott Ferreter, known for his duo, The Feelings Parade, and as a member of beloved Northern-California band, MaMuse, has a history of laying it all on the line. His devotion to music, itself, has him comfortable wearing many hats (songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist), though he is most at home behind the mic. His songs take on topics of ambitious depth—impermanence, healing, death, and ancestry— yet his humor and realness bring it all together with gentleness and easeful reverence. Having played enormous stages like the Masonic (as a special guest of Glen Hansard), as well as the Fox Theater in Oakland, he’s also stayed rooted with a history of playing state prisons and busking on the street. All said and done, he holds a rare kind of presence on whatever stage he steps onto.

THIS EVENT IS UNAVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC… BUT!We want our community to know when we’re hosting events in prison, so you can send us all the best thoughts, prayers, wishes, to be with us in support & spirit.

Alive Inside Presents: A GRIEF & GRATITUDE OPEN MIC @ San Quentin Rehabilitation Center
Express Grief / Celebrate Life / Honor Our Dead / Medicinal Music / Acknowledge Our Losses / Express Joy

Hosted by Ned Buskirk
w/music from SF Bay Area Musicians
featuring the music of San Quentin’s THE GREATER GOOD
@ San Quentin Rehabilitation Center
100 Main St.
San Quentin, CA 94964
Starts at 6pm PACIFIC

CONSIDER SUPPORTING THIS EVENT & OUR PRISON PROGRAM BY CONTRIBUTING TO OUR 501(C)3 NONPROFIT TODAY: https://www.yg2d.com/donate

ALIVE INSIDE is a YG2D nonprofit prison program bringing community impacted by the prison system creatively into the conversation of grief, loss, & our shared mortality, inspiring a more connected & meaningful experience of being alive, offering a rare chance for spontaneous and creative vulnerability, intimacy, and connection, with grief & gratitude open mics, writing workshops & group facilitation. - https://www.alive-inside.com/

You're Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes - A GRIEF & GRATITUDE OPEN MIC @ The Lost Church - San Francisco!!!

TICKETS HERE: https://tinyurl.com/YG2Dmar12

You're Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes... is an open mic event, the communal offering for us to explore the conversation of death & dying, to embrace our losses & mortality, to grieve, bereave & honor what we’ve lost & love, in laughter & in tears… while all the while making room for the joy & gratitude at simply being ALIVE.

Hosted by Ned Buskirk
Featuring music from Caitlin Jemma*
at The Lost Church - San Francisco
988 Columbus Ave
San Francisco, CA 94133-2310
Doors at 7:30pm.
Show at 8pm.
All performances end at 10:30pm.
Seating is first come, first served.

And support MORE with ticket tiers. You choose the amount.
The tickets tiers are direct ways of offering more support to YG2D, a 501(c)3 Non-profit bringing diverse communities creatively into the conversation of death & dying, inspiring life by unabashedly sourcing our shared mortality. Thank you for any additional help you can offer.
And please email connect@yg2d.com if you need financial support to be a part of the evening.

We recommend you buy in advance to ensure being a part of the event (parlor shows often sell out), but you can also try purchasing at the door on the night of the show (although, we do NOT set aside a block of tickets for door purchase)

Ages 10 and over are welcome. (Parental discretion is advised for some events).

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You're Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes...
is an open mic event, the communal offering for us to explore the conversation of death & dying, to embrace our losses & mortality, to grieve, bereave & honor those we’ve lost & love… while all the while making room for simply being ALIVE.

Sign-ups will be the night of & the list fills up quickly, so if you want to perform, you’d better get there early…

If you’re going to perform, keep it under 5 MINUTES. That’s right: 5 MINUTES. WE WILL TIME YOU. And we will hug you when we have to stop you [just to make it easier on you (or harder – depending on your propensity for intimacy)].

Poetry, prose, music, dancing, comedy, drama, happy, sad, & on & on & on… Remember: EVERYTHING GOES… so do whatever you want.

You don’t have to perform anything; the audience is as essential as the performers.

Please don’t perform anything with a setup that takes much more time than the time it takes for you to walk onstage. Honestly, plugging things in is endlessly boring. If you need to borrow an instrument, figure it out before you’re called to the stage.

IMPORTANT ::: DON’T TAKE YOURSELF SO SERIOUSLY. Come and have fun. The end. Remember. Someday, we won’t exist and neither will the English language. If you choose to take yourself seriously, then take yourself so seriously that it’s stupid. Ridiculousness is encouraged.

You're Going to Die. No. Really. You are.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Indie musician and singer-songwriter Caitlin Jemma is based in Los Angeles, CA. She grew up in a small historic Northern Nevada mining town known as Virginia City. She draws inspiration from desert landscapes — inviting listeners into the depths of a raw, beautiful, and expansive human experience. Her latest album A Wider View (released in May 2024) is inspired by themes such as death, generational heartbreak, forgiveness, transformation, compassion, and true love. A Wider View explores the larger perspective we gain when someone we love passes and how embracing your mortality can inspire a life full of purpose.

THIS EVENT IS UNAVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC… BUT! We want our community to know when we’re hosting events in prison, so you can send us all the best thoughts, prayers, wishes, to be with us in support & spirit.

Alive Inside Presents: A GRIEF & GRATITUDE OPEN MIC @ San Quentin Rehabilitation Center
Express Grief / Celebrate Life / Honor Our Dead / Medicinal Music / Acknowledge Our Losses / Express Joy

Hosted by Ned Buskirk
w/music from SF Bay Area Musicians
featuring the music of San Quentin’s THE GREATER GOOD
@ San Quentin Rehabilitation Center
100 Main St.
San Quentin, CA 94964
Starts at 6pm PACIFIC

CONSIDER SUPPORTING THIS EVENT & OUR PRISON PROGRAM BY CONTRIBUTING TO OUR 501(C)3 NONPROFIT TODAY: https://www.yg2d.com/donate

ALIVE INSIDE is a YG2D nonprofit prison program bringing community impacted by the prison system creatively into the conversation of grief, loss, & our shared mortality, inspiring a more connected & meaningful experience of being alive, offering a rare chance for spontaneous and creative vulnerability, intimacy, and connection, with grief & gratitude open mics, writing workshops & group facilitation. - https://www.alive-inside.com/

You're Going to Die Presents: a GRIEF & GRATITUDE Community Open Mic @ Cove in LAGUNA BEACH, CA

TICKETS HERE: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/youregoingtodie/2075181

You're Going to Die Presents: a GRIEF & GRATITUDE Community Open Mic event, the communal offering for us to explore the conversation of death & dying, to embrace our losses & mortality, to grieve, bereave & honor what we’ve lost & love, in laughter & in tears… while all the while making room for the joy & gratitude at simply being ALIVE.

Hosted by Caitlin Jemma
Featuring music by Jake Murphy
at Cove
1105 N Coast Hwy
Laguna Beach, CA
Doors at 6:30pm
Show at 7pm

All performances end at 9:00pm.
Seating is first come, first served.

And support MORE with ticket tiers. You choose the amount.
The tickets tiers are direct ways of offering more support to YG2D, a 501(c)3 Non-profit bringing diverse communities creatively into the conversation of death & dying, inspiring life by unabashedly sourcing our shared mortality. Thank you for any additional help you can offer.
And please email connect@yg2d.com if you need financial support to be a part of the evening.

We recommend you buy in advance to ensure being a part of the event (parlor shows often sell out), but you can also try purchasing at the door on the night of the show (although, we do NOT set aside a block of tickets for door purchase)

Ages 10 and over are welcome. (Parental discretion is advised for some events).

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You're Going to Die Presents a GRIEF & GRATITUDE open mic event, the communal offering for us to explore the conversation of death & dying, to embrace our losses & mortality, to grieve, bereave & honor those we’ve lost & love… while all the while making room for simply being ALIVE.

Sign-ups will be the night of & the list fills up quickly, so if you want to perform, you’d better get there early…

If you’re going to perform, keep it under 5 MINUTES. That’s right: 5 MINUTES. WE WILL TIME YOU. And we will hug you when we have to stop you [just to make it easier on you (or harder – depending on your propensity for intimacy)].

Poetry, prose, music, dancing, comedy, drama, happy, sad, & on & on & on… Remember: EVERYTHING GOES… so do whatever you want.

You don’t have to perform anything; the audience is as essential as the performers.

Please don’t perform anything with a setup that takes much more time than the time it takes for you to walk onstage. Honestly, plugging things in is endlessly boring. If you need to borrow an instrument, figure it out before you’re called to the stage.

IMPORTANT ::: DON’T TAKE YOURSELF SO SERIOUSLY. Come and have fun. The end. Remember. Someday, we won’t exist and neither will the English language. If you choose to take yourself seriously, then take yourself so seriously that it’s stupid. Ridiculousness is encouraged.

You're Going to Die. No. Really. You are.

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You're Going to Die Presents: a GRIEF & GRATITUDE Community Open Mic @ TRITONE RECORDING in Glendale, CA

TICKETS HERE: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/youregoingtodie/2036222

You're Going to Die Presents: a GRIEF & GRATITUDE Community Open Mic event, the communal offering for us to explore the conversation of death & dying, to embrace our losses & mortality, to grieve, bereave & honor what we’ve lost & love, in laughter & in tears… while all the while making room for the joy & gratitude at simply being ALIVE.

Hosted by Caitlin Jemma
Featuring music by Jeremy Lyon
at Tritone Recording
1756 Victory Blvd
Glendale CA, 91201
Doors at 7:30pm
Show at 8pm

All performances end at 10:00pm.
Seating is first come, first served.

And support MORE with ticket tiers. You choose the amount.
The tickets tiers are direct ways of offering more support to YG2D, a 501(c)3 Non-profit bringing diverse communities creatively into the conversation of death & dying, inspiring life by unabashedly sourcing our shared mortality. Thank you for any additional help you can offer.
And please email connect@yg2d.com if you need financial support to be a part of the evening.

We recommend you buy in advance to ensure being a part of the event (parlor shows often sell out), but you can also try purchasing at the door on the night of the show (although, we do NOT set aside a block of tickets for door purchase)

Ages 10 and over are welcome. (Parental discretion is advised for some events).

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You're Going to Die Presents a GRIEF & GRATITUDE open mic event, the communal offering for us to explore the conversation of death & dying, to embrace our losses & mortality, to grieve, bereave & honor those we’ve lost & love… while all the while making room for simply being ALIVE.

Sign-ups will be the night of & the list fills up quickly, so if you want to perform, you’d better get there early…

If you’re going to perform, keep it under 5 MINUTES. That’s right: 5 MINUTES. WE WILL TIME YOU. And we will hug you when we have to stop you [just to make it easier on you (or harder – depending on your propensity for intimacy)].

Poetry, prose, music, dancing, comedy, drama, happy, sad, & on & on & on… Remember: EVERYTHING GOES… so do whatever you want.

You don’t have to perform anything; the audience is as essential as the performers.

Please don’t perform anything with a setup that takes much more time than the time it takes for you to walk onstage. Honestly, plugging things in is endlessly boring. If you need to borrow an instrument, figure it out before you’re called to the stage.

IMPORTANT ::: DON’T TAKE YOURSELF SO SERIOUSLY. Come and have fun. The end. Remember. Someday, we won’t exist and neither will the English language. If you choose to take yourself seriously, then take yourself so seriously that it’s stupid. Ridiculousness is encouraged.

You're Going to Die. No. Really. You are.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

You're Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes - A GRIEF & GRATITUDE OPEN MIC @ The Lost Church - San Francisco!!!

TICKETS HERE: https://tinyurl.com/YG2Dfeb12

You're Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes... is an open mic event, the communal offering for us to explore the conversation of death & dying, to embrace our losses & mortality, to grieve, bereave & honor what we’ve lost & love, in laughter & in tears… while all the while making room for the joy & gratitude at simply being ALIVE.

Hosted by Ned Buskirk
Featuring music from John Lester*
at The Lost Church - San Francisco
988 Columbus Ave
San Francisco, CA 94133-2310
Doors at 7:30pm.
Show at 8pm.
All performances end at 10:30pm.
Seating is first come, first served.

And support MORE with ticket tiers. You choose the amount.
The tickets tiers are direct ways of offering more support to YG2D, a 501(c)3 Non-profit bringing diverse communities creatively into the conversation of death & dying, inspiring life by unabashedly sourcing our shared mortality. Thank you for any additional help you can offer.
And please email connect@yg2d.com if you need financial support to be a part of the evening.

We recommend you buy in advance to ensure being a part of the event (parlor shows often sell out), but you can also try purchasing at the door on the night of the show (although, we do NOT set aside a block of tickets for door purchase)

Ages 10 and over are welcome. (Parental discretion is advised for some events).

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

You're Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes...
is an open mic event, the communal offering for us to explore the conversation of death & dying, to embrace our losses & mortality, to grieve, bereave & honor those we’ve lost & love… while all the while making room for simply being ALIVE.

Sign-ups will be the night of & the list fills up quickly, so if you want to perform, you’d better get there early…

If you’re going to perform, keep it under 5 MINUTES. That’s right: 5 MINUTES. WE WILL TIME YOU. And we will hug you when we have to stop you [just to make it easier on you (or harder – depending on your propensity for intimacy)].

Poetry, prose, music, dancing, comedy, drama, happy, sad, & on & on & on… Remember: EVERYTHING GOES… so do whatever you want.

You don’t have to perform anything; the audience is as essential as the performers.

Please don’t perform anything with a setup that takes much more time than the time it takes for you to walk onstage. Honestly, plugging things in is endlessly boring. If you need to borrow an instrument, figure it out before you’re called to the stage.

IMPORTANT ::: DON’T TAKE YOURSELF SO SERIOUSLY. Come and have fun. The end. Remember. Someday, we won’t exist and neither will the English language. If you choose to take yourself seriously, then take yourself so seriously that it’s stupid. Ridiculousness is encouraged.

You're Going to Die. No. Really. You are.

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*John Lester is an award winning songwriter who has, throughout his career, had one foot in the folk/rock/acoustic music scene and the other in jazz. As a writer, John has been awarded the “Song of the Year Award” from the West Coast Songwriters on two occasions.

As a solo performer, John has created a unique show featuring his 100-year-old upright bass named Sarah, after Sarah Vaughan for her lovely vocal-like quality. John also plays acoustic guitar, bass guitars, and ukulele, at times creating live looped tracks onstage for his finely crafted songs and improvisations.

John’s writing style has been influenced by his work as a bassist in various genres.  His talents have been utilized by such diverse artists as Nashville hit-songwriter Gretchen Peters, contemporary acoustic troubadour Willy Porter, folk-master Peter Rowan,  Concord Jazz Label’s Full Faith and Credit Big Band, and punk rock’s poet laureate Patti Smith.

John’s latest album, Fathers and Sons, is a collection of his most personal and powerful work yet. Inspired by the often unspoken family relationships between men, each song messages the love, pain, tension, struggle, and questions that arise and confound these ties and bonds. From the full acceptance and embrace of a young boy’s gender fluidity in “The Beautiful Princess of Never Come True”, to the merciful attempts at reconciliation with an estranged father during his final days in “The High Road”, to the feeling of forever growing family love in “Real, Real Love”, John’s life experience as a father, husband, son, teacher, and songwriter is felt throughout each song as well. - https://www.johnlestermusic.com/

SOLD OUT! THANK YOU! You're Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes - A GRIEF & GRATITUDE OPEN MIC @ Arbor Beer Lodge & Brewery in Portland, OR!!!

You're Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes... is an open mic event, the communal offering for us to explore the conversation of death & dying, to embrace our losses & mortality, to grieve, bereave & honor what we’ve lost & love, in laughter & in tears… while all the while making room for the joy & gratitude at simply being ALIVE.

Hosted by Ned Buskirk
Featuring poetry by Anis Mojgani*
at Arbor Beer Lodge & Brewery - Portland
6550 N Interstate Ave.
Portland, OR 97217
Doors at 7pm.
Show at 7:30pm.
All performances end at 10pm.
Seating is first come, first served.

Support MORE with ticket tiers. You choose the amount.
TICKETS HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/youre-going-to-die-poetry-prose-everything-goes-portland-edition-tickets-1980143984963

The tickets tiers are direct ways of offering more support to YG2D, a 501(c)3 Non-profit bringing diverse communities creatively into the conversation of death & dying, inspiring life by unabashedly sourcing our shared mortality. Thank you for any additional help you can offer. And please email connect@yg2d.com if you need financial support to be a part of the evening.

We recommend you buy in advance to ensure being a part of the event - THIS EVENT WILL SELL OUT!!!

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You're Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes...
is an open mic event, the communal offering for us to explore the conversation of death & dying, to embrace our losses & mortality, to grieve, bereave & honor those we’ve lost & love… while all the while making room for simply being ALIVE.

Sign-ups will be the night of & the list fills up quickly, so if you want to perform, you’d better get there early…

If you’re going to perform, keep it under 5 MINUTES. That’s right: 5 MINUTES. WE WILL TIME YOU. And we will hug you when we have to stop you [just to make it easier on you (or harder – depending on your propensity for intimacy)].

Poetry, prose, music, dancing, comedy, drama, happy, sad, & on & on & on… Remember: EVERYTHING GOES… so do whatever you want.

You don’t have to perform anything; the audience is as essential as the performers.

Please don’t perform anything with a setup that takes much more time than the time it takes for you to walk onstage. Honestly, plugging things in is endlessly boring. If you need to borrow an instrument, figure it out before you’re called to the stage.

IMPORTANT ::: DON’T TAKE YOURSELF SO SERIOUSLY. Come and have fun. The end. Remember. Someday, we won’t exist and neither will the English language. If you choose to take yourself seriously, then take yourself so seriously that it’s stupid. Ridiculousness is encouraged.

You're Going to Die. No. Really. You are.

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*Anis Mojgani served two terms as Oregon’s 10th Poet Laureate and is a two-time individual champion of the National Poetry Slam. Winner of the International World Cup Poetry Slam and a recipient of an Academy of American Poets Poet Laureate Fellowship, Anis has done commissions for the Getty Museum and the Peabody Essex Museum. His work has appeared on HBO, National Public Radio, and as part of the Academy of American Poets Poem-A-Day series; and in the pages of the NYTimes, Rattle, Platypus, Winter Tangerine, Forklift Ohio, and Bat City Review. Anis has been awarded residencies from the Vermont Studio Center, Caldera, AIR Serenbe, The Bloedel Nature Reserve, The Sou’wester, and the Oregon Literary Arts Writers-In-The-Schools program. 

Known for his performances and well regarded for them the world over, Anis has performed at hundreds of universities across the U.S.; festivals around the globe, including the Sydney Writers Festival, Jamaica’s Calabash festival, and Seoul’s Young Writers Festival. Co-creator of the Oregon Poetry Telephone Line and the librettist for the opera, Sanctuaries, Anis is the author of six books of poetry––his latest being, The Tigers They Let Me––and his first children’s book is forthcoming from Holiday House/Neal Porter Books. Originally from New Orleans, Anis currently lives in Portland Oregon.

THIS EVENT IS UNAVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC… BUT! We want our community to know when we’re hosting events in prison, so you can send us all the best thoughts, prayers, wishes, to be with us in support & spirit.

Alive Inside Presents: A GRIEF & GRATITUDE OPEN MIC @ San Quentin Rehabilitation Center
Express Grief / Celebrate Life / Honor Our Dead / Medicinal Music / Acknowledge Our Losses / Express Joy

Hosted by Ned Buskirk
w/music from SF Bay Area Musicians
featuring the music of San Quentin’s THE GREATER GOOD
@ San Quentin Rehabilitation Center
100 Main St.
San Quentin, CA 94964
Starts at 6pm PACIFIC

CONSIDER SUPPORTING THIS EVENT & OUR PRISON PROGRAM BY CONTRIBUTING TO OUR 501(C)3 NONPROFIT TODAY: https://www.yg2d.com/donate

ALIVE INSIDE is a YG2D nonprofit prison program bringing community impacted by the prison system creatively into the conversation of grief, loss, & our shared mortality, inspiring a more connected & meaningful experience of being alive, offering a rare chance for spontaneous and creative vulnerability, intimacy, and connection, with grief & gratitude open mics, writing workshops & group facilitation. - https://www.alive-inside.com/

You're Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes - A GRIEF & GRATITUDE OPEN MIC @ The Lost Church - San Francisco!!!

TICKETS HERE: https://tinyurl.com/YG2Djan8

You're Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes... is an open mic event, the communal offering for us to explore the conversation of death & dying, to embrace our losses & mortality, to grieve, bereave & honor what we’ve lost & love, in laughter & in tears… while all the while making room for the joy & gratitude at simply being ALIVE.

Hosted by Ned Buskirk
Featuring music from Chelsea Coleman
at The Lost Church - San Francisco
988 Columbus Ave
San Francisco, CA 94133-2310
Doors at 7:30pm.
Show at 8pm.
All performances end at 10:30pm.
Seating is first come, first served.

And support MORE with ticket tiers. You choose the amount.
The tickets tiers are direct ways of offering more support to YG2D, a 501(c)3 Non-profit bringing diverse communities creatively into the conversation of death & dying, inspiring life by unabashedly sourcing our shared mortality. Thank you for any additional help you can offer.
And please email connect@yg2d.com if you need financial support to be a part of the evening.

We recommend you buy in advance to ensure being a part of the event (parlor shows often sell out), but you can also try purchasing at the door on the night of the show (although, we do NOT set aside a block of tickets for door purchase)

Ages 10 and over are welcome. (Parental discretion is advised for some events).

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You're Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes...
is an open mic event, the communal offering for us to explore the conversation of death & dying, to embrace our losses & mortality, to grieve, bereave & honor those we’ve lost & love… while all the while making room for simply being ALIVE.

Sign-ups will be the night of & the list fills up quickly, so if you want to perform, you’d better get there early…

If you’re going to perform, keep it under 5 MINUTES. That’s right: 5 MINUTES. WE WILL TIME YOU. And we will hug you when we have to stop you [just to make it easier on you (or harder – depending on your propensity for intimacy)].

Poetry, prose, music, dancing, comedy, drama, happy, sad, & on & on & on… Remember: EVERYTHING GOES… so do whatever you want.

You don’t have to perform anything; the audience is as essential as the performers.

Please don’t perform anything with a setup that takes much more time than the time it takes for you to walk onstage. Honestly, plugging things in is endlessly boring. If you need to borrow an instrument, figure it out before you’re called to the stage.

IMPORTANT ::: DON’T TAKE YOURSELF SO SERIOUSLY. Come and have fun. The end. Remember. Someday, we won’t exist and neither will the English language. If you choose to take yourself seriously, then take yourself so seriously that it’s stupid. Ridiculousness is encouraged.

You're Going to Die. No. Really. You are.

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You're Going to Die Presents: GRIEF & GRATITUDE COMMUNITY OPEN MIC @ RITA HOUSE IN LOS ANGELES

TICKETS HERE:

https://www.tickettailor.com/events/youregoingtodie/1953282

You're Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes... is an open mic event, the communal offering for us to explore the conversation of death & dying, to embrace our losses & mortality, to grieve, bereave & honor what we’ve lost & love, in laughter & in tears… while all the while making room for the joy & gratitude at simply being ALIVE.

Hosted by Caitlin Jemma
Featuring music by Conner Cherland
at Rita House
5971 West 3rd Street
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Doors at 7:30 pm.
Show at 8pm.

All performances end at 10:00pm.
Seating is first come, first served.

And support MORE with ticket tiers. You choose the amount.
The tickets tiers are direct ways of offering more support to YG2D, a 501(c)3 Non-profit bringing diverse communities creatively into the conversation of death & dying, inspiring life by unabashedly sourcing our shared mortality. Thank you for any additional help you can offer.
And please email connect@yg2d.com if you need financial support to be a part of the evening.

We recommend you buy in advance to ensure being a part of the event (parlor shows often sell out), but you can also try purchasing at the door on the night of the show (although, we do NOT set aside a block of tickets for door purchase)

Ages 10 and over are welcome. (Parental discretion is advised for some events).

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You're Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes...
is an open mic event, the communal offering for us to explore the conversation of death & dying, to embrace our losses & mortality, to grieve, bereave & honor those we’ve lost & love… while all the while making room for simply being ALIVE.

Sign-ups will be the night of & the list fills up quickly, so if you want to perform, you’d better get there early…

If you’re going to perform, keep it under 5 MINUTES. That’s right: 5 MINUTES. WE WILL TIME YOU. And we will hug you when we have to stop you [just to make it easier on you (or harder – depending on your propensity for intimacy)].

Poetry, prose, music, dancing, comedy, drama, happy, sad, & on & on & on… Remember: EVERYTHING GOES… so do whatever you want.

You don’t have to perform anything; the audience is as essential as the performers.

Please don’t perform anything with a setup that takes much more time than the time it takes for you to walk onstage. Honestly, plugging things in is endlessly boring. If you need to borrow an instrument, figure it out before you’re called to the stage.

IMPORTANT ::: DON’T TAKE YOURSELF SO SERIOUSLY. Come and have fun. The end. Remember. Someday, we won’t exist and neither will the English language. If you choose to take yourself seriously, then take yourself so seriously that it’s stupid. Ridiculousness is encouraged.

You're Going to Die. No. Really. You are.

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You're Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes - A GRIEF & GRATITUDE OPEN MIC @ The Lost Church - San Francisco!!!

TICKETS HERE: https://tinyurl.com/YG2DsfDec

You're Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes... is an open mic event, the communal offering for us to explore the conversation of death & dying, to embrace our losses & mortality, to grieve, bereave & honor what we’ve lost & love, in laughter & in tears… while all the while making room for the joy & gratitude at simply being ALIVE.

Hosted by Ned Buskirk
Featuring music from Joey Coe (of Mount Saint Elias)*
at The Lost Church - San Francisco
988 Columbus Ave
San Francisco, CA 94133-2310
Doors at 7:30pm.
Show at 8pm.
All performances end at 10:30pm.
Seating is first come, first served.

And support MORE with ticket tiers. You choose the amount.
The tickets tiers are direct ways of offering more support to YG2D, a 501(c)3 Non-profit bringing diverse communities creatively into the conversation of death & dying, inspiring life by unabashedly sourcing our shared mortality. Thank you for any additional help you can offer.
And please email connect@yg2d.com if you need financial support to be a part of the evening.

We recommend you buy in advance to ensure being a part of the event (parlor shows often sell out), but you can also try purchasing at the door on the night of the show (although, we do NOT set aside a block of tickets for door purchase)

Ages 10 and over are welcome. (Parental discretion is advised for some events).

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You're Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes...
is an open mic event, the communal offering for us to explore the conversation of death & dying, to embrace our losses & mortality, to grieve, bereave & honor those we’ve lost & love… while all the while making room for simply being ALIVE.

Sign-ups will be the night of & the list fills up quickly, so if you want to perform, you’d better get there early…

If you’re going to perform, keep it under 5 MINUTES. That’s right: 5 MINUTES. WE WILL TIME YOU. And we will hug you when we have to stop you [just to make it easier on you (or harder – depending on your propensity for intimacy)].

Poetry, prose, music, dancing, comedy, drama, happy, sad, & on & on & on… Remember: EVERYTHING GOES… so do whatever you want.

You don’t have to perform anything; the audience is as essential as the performers.

Please don’t perform anything with a setup that takes much more time than the time it takes for you to walk onstage. Honestly, plugging things in is endlessly boring. If you need to borrow an instrument, figure it out before you’re called to the stage.

IMPORTANT ::: DON’T TAKE YOURSELF SO SERIOUSLY. Come and have fun. The end. Remember. Someday, we won’t exist and neither will the English language. If you choose to take yourself seriously, then take yourself so seriously that it’s stupid. Ridiculousness is encouraged.

You're Going to Die. No. Really. You are.

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*Joey Coe is the singer and songwriter of the Oakland-based indie-rock band Mount Saint Elias, a project praised by American Songwriter and featured on NPR for its expansive, genre-bending blend of folk storytelling and art-pop experimentation. Born in Kentucky, Coe’s songwriting draws deeply from the folk traditions he grew up with, exploring friendship, love, loss, mental health, and the strange humor of being alive. Much of his work—both solo and with MSE—wrestles with loss, memory, and the questions that linger in the wake of tragedy. His solo performances are intimate and unguarded, highlighting the heavily literate lyricism and raw vocal approach that define his style, landing somewhere between a Bon Iver resonance, a Noah Kahan hook, and a Mark Twain side-eye. - https://www.mountsaintelias.com/

THIS EVENT IS UNAVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC… BUT! We want our community to know when we’re hosting events in prison, so you can send us all the best thoughts, prayers, wishes, to be with us in support & spirit.

Alive Inside Presents: A GRIEF & GRATITUDE OPEN MIC @ San Quentin Rehabilitation Center
Express Grief / Celebrate Life / Honor Our Dead / Medicinal Music / Acknowledge Our Losses / Express Joy

Hosted by Ned Buskirk
w/music from SF Bay Area Musicians
featuring the music of San Quentin’s THE GREATER GOOD
@ San Quentin Rehabilitation Center
100 Main St.
San Quentin, CA 94964
Starts at 6pm PACIFIC

CONSIDER SUPPORTING THIS EVENT & OUR PRISON PROGRAM BY CONTRIBUTING TO OUR 501(C)3 NONPROFIT TODAY: https://www.yg2d.com/donate

ALIVE INSIDE is a YG2D nonprofit prison program bringing community impacted by the prison system creatively into the conversation of grief, loss, & our shared mortality, inspiring a more connected & meaningful experience of being alive, offering a rare chance for spontaneous and creative vulnerability, intimacy, and connection, with grief & gratitude open mics, writing workshops & group facilitation. - https://www.alive-inside.com/

You're Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes - A GRIEF & GRATITUDE OPEN MIC @ The Lost Church - San Francisco!!!

TICKETS HERE: https://tinyurl.com/YG2DsfNov

You're Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes... is an open mic event, the communal offering for us to explore the conversation of death & dying, to embrace our losses & mortality, to grieve, bereave & honor what we’ve lost & love, in laughter & in tears… while all the while making room for the joy & gratitude at simply being ALIVE.

Hosted by Ned Buskirk
Featuring music from Lydia Violet
at The Lost Church - San Francisco
988 Columbus Ave
San Francisco, CA 94133-2310
Doors at 7:30pm.
Show at 8pm.
All performances end at 10:30pm.
Seating is first come, first served.

And support MORE with ticket tiers. You choose the amount.
The tickets tiers are direct ways of offering more support to YG2D, a 501(c)3 Non-profit bringing diverse communities creatively into the conversation of death & dying, inspiring life by unabashedly sourcing our shared mortality. Thank you for any additional help you can offer.
And please email connect@yg2d.com if you need financial support to be a part of the evening.

We recommend you buy in advance to ensure being a part of the event (parlor shows often sell out), but you can also try purchasing at the door on the night of the show (although, we do NOT set aside a block of tickets for door purchase)

Ages 10 and over are welcome. (Parental discretion is advised for some events).

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

You're Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes...
is an open mic event, the communal offering for us to explore the conversation of death & dying, to embrace our losses & mortality, to grieve, bereave & honor those we’ve lost & love… while all the while making room for simply being ALIVE.

Sign-ups will be the night of & the list fills up quickly, so if you want to perform, you’d better get there early…

If you’re going to perform, keep it under 5 MINUTES. That’s right: 5 MINUTES. WE WILL TIME YOU. And we will hug you when we have to stop you [just to make it easier on you (or harder – depending on your propensity for intimacy)].

Poetry, prose, music, dancing, comedy, drama, happy, sad, & on & on & on… Remember: EVERYTHING GOES… so do whatever you want.

You don’t have to perform anything; the audience is as essential as the performers.

Please don’t perform anything with a setup that takes much more time than the time it takes for you to walk onstage. Honestly, plugging things in is endlessly boring. If you need to borrow an instrument, figure it out before you’re called to the stage.

IMPORTANT ::: DON’T TAKE YOURSELF SO SERIOUSLY. Come and have fun. The end. Remember. Someday, we won’t exist and neither will the English language. If you choose to take yourself seriously, then take yourself so seriously that it’s stupid. Ridiculousness is encouraged.

You're Going to Die. No. Really. You are.

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Lydia Violet Harutoonian is an Iranian-Armenian-American facilitator-scholar, grief-worker, and folk multi-instrumentalist who has studied dedicatedly and worked with deep ecology elder and Buddhist scholar Joanna Macy for the past 15 years, learning how we can metabolize planetary despair, anxiety, and community traumas into energy for resilience, action, and community healing. She founded and runs The School for The Great Turning, which creates access to an education that will empower humanity's life-sustaining legacy. In her music she weaves together her songwriting, folk standards, Iranian ballads, fiddle, banjo, and collective singing into an altar of music to lay at our feet. ♬ www.lydiafiddle.com ♬

You're Going to Die Presents: GRIEF & GRATITUDE COMMUNITY OPEN MIC @ RITA HOUSE IN LOS ANGELES

TICKETS HERE: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/youregoingtodie/1899815

You're Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes... is an open mic event, the communal offering for us to explore the conversation of death & dying, to embrace our losses & mortality, to grieve, bereave & honor what we’ve lost & love, in laughter & in tears… while all the while making room for the joy & gratitude at simply being ALIVE.

Hosted by Caitlin Jemma
Featuring music by Taylor Sackson
at Rita House
5971 West 3rd Street
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Doors at 7:30 pm.
Show at 8pm.

All performances end at 10:00pm.
Seating is first come, first served.

And support MORE with ticket tiers. You choose the amount.
The tickets tiers are direct ways of offering more support to YG2D, a 501(c)3 Non-profit bringing diverse communities creatively into the conversation of death & dying, inspiring life by unabashedly sourcing our shared mortality. Thank you for any additional help you can offer.
And please email connect@yg2d.com if you need financial support to be a part of the evening.

We recommend you buy in advance to ensure being a part of the event (parlor shows often sell out), but you can also try purchasing at the door on the night of the show (although, we do NOT set aside a block of tickets for door purchase)

Ages 10 and over are welcome. (Parental discretion is advised for some events).

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

You're Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes...
is an open mic event, the communal offering for us to explore the conversation of death & dying, to embrace our losses & mortality, to grieve, bereave & honor those we’ve lost & love… while all the while making room for simply being ALIVE.

Sign-ups will be the night of & the list fills up quickly, so if you want to perform, you’d better get there early…

If you’re going to perform, keep it under 5 MINUTES. That’s right: 5 MINUTES. WE WILL TIME YOU. And we will hug you when we have to stop you [just to make it easier on you (or harder – depending on your propensity for intimacy)].

Poetry, prose, music, dancing, comedy, drama, happy, sad, & on & on & on… Remember: EVERYTHING GOES… so do whatever you want.

You don’t have to perform anything; the audience is as essential as the performers.

Please don’t perform anything with a setup that takes much more time than the time it takes for you to walk onstage. Honestly, plugging things in is endlessly boring. If you need to borrow an instrument, figure it out before you’re called to the stage.

IMPORTANT ::: DON’T TAKE YOURSELF SO SERIOUSLY. Come and have fun. The end. Remember. Someday, we won’t exist and neither will the English language. If you choose to take yourself seriously, then take yourself so seriously that it’s stupid. Ridiculousness is encouraged.

You're Going to Die. No. Really. You are.

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