You're Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes... @ The Lost Church - San Francisco!!!

TICKETS HERE: https://tinyurl.com/YG2DApril2024
THE EVENT ON FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/events/410369751582843

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.

Hosted by Chelsea Coleman
Featuring Poetry by Jordan Edelheit*
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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COVID TESTING recommended,
VACCINES/BOOSTERS requested,
MASKS encouraged,
& STAY HOME if you have ANY sickness symptoms whatsoever!

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

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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*Storytelling is a central theme woven through Jordan Edelheit’s work and life. Alongside incarcerated individuals, she was a co-organizer of the first TEDx event inside of an adult prison (Marion Correctional Institution in Marion, Ohio). This began a journey over the last decade of engaging with the prison system and those who have been touched by its devastating weight through creative expression. After organizing TEDx events, poetry slams, and a speaker series at MCI she co-launched ALIVE INSIDE, YG2D's prison program. ALIVE INSIDE hosts programming and open mics centered around grief, loss, and hope to bring people deeper into connection with each other, the fierce realities of our prison system, and the incredible resilience of each human impacted by it.

MUSIC, MAGIC, & MORTALITY - a You're Going to Die Fundraiser, Auction, & Party @ The Lost Church - San Francisco!!!

TICKETS HERE: http://tinyurl.com/YG2DFundraiserPartyMarch16

Join You're Going to Die for a special 501(c)3 fundraiser event, with a night of magic, music, & mortality, with a DJ dance party to top off the night!

MUSIC, MAGIC, & MORTALITY
a You're Going to Die
Fundraiser, Auction, & Party
featuring
music from Maya Elise & The Good Dream,
magic from Danny Nguyen,
& a DJ Dance Celebration to end the night!

Support more with ticket tiers. You choose the amount.

$20 Supporter Ticket
$30 Patron Ticket
$50 Champion Ticket
$100 Superstar Ticket

All tickets are still first come, first served

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 and dying, inspiring life by unabashedly sourcing our shared mortality.

Thank you for any additional help you can offer.

**Purchasing tickets to this performance adds you to You're Going to Die's email list. You may opt out at any time.

Doors at 7:30pm.
Show at 8:00pm

Danny Nguyen became interested in movement while performing color guard in Drum Corps International and Winter Guard International. Shortly after graduating from UC Berkeley in Dance and Performance Studies, Danny toured with the Broadway musical Blast!, performing in the United States, South Korea, and Japan. He has been dancing professionally for over 15 years having performed with Fog Beast, Joe Goode, Kim Epifano, Scott Wells, Katie Faulkner, and BANDALOOP. Danny’s dancing career has led to a passion for helping others understand and navigate movement and the body; he is currently a physical therapist for SFUSD supporting children in their movement journeys.

Maya Elise leads an endearing indie-folk band whose music is a warm expression of harmonic solace with stories that speak to the vulnerable curiosity of our lives. The music itself brings a certain nostalgia with classic folk harmonies, but stays current with inventive song structures & relatable yet personal storytelling. The sweeping honesty inherent in this group’s music can move a crowd to both silence and jubilation. The band’s self-released album Everything We Watered is the pinnacle of Maya Elise & The Good Dream’s welcoming and genuine indie-folk music to date. - https://www.mayaelisemusic.com/

You're Going to Die [YG2D] is a 501(c)3 nonprofit bringing diverse communities creatively into the conversation of death & dying, inspiring life by unabashedly sourcing our shared mortality, with a free creatively conscious mortality podcast, monthly sell-out live open mics, concerts, & workshops facilitating creatively conscious mortality space for community, a free online grief space offered every week, an elderhood program intergrating senior citizen wisdom into our general communal experience, a hospice program sending musicians to patients' bedsides, prison programming faciliating a suicide prevention group and hosting creatively connecting open mic space and workshops with community in San Quentin & working with community impacted by the prison system [inside & out], and cancer patient workshops & bedside visits for healing through creative writing. - https://www.yg2d.com/

Artwork by Becky Redman - https://www.beckyredman.com/

You're Going to Die Presents: Alive Conversation w/Báyò Akómoláfé @ The Lost Church - San Francisco!!!

TICKETS HERE: http://tinyurl.com/YG2DBayoMarch15

You're Going to Die Presents:
Alive Conversation w/Báyò Akómoláfé
featuring music from Singing the Bones
recorded live for You're Going to Die: The Podcast with your host Ned Buskirk

Join us for an enlivening evening of holding the light & dark in community, with a live recorded conversation and Q&A with widely celebrated international speaker, posthumanist thinker, poet, teacher, public intellectual, essayist, and author Báyò Akómoláfé, followed by music from Singing the Bones, hosted by You're Going to Die's Ned Buskirk, and featuring poetry from Amanda Nagai. The evening will be recorded for an episode of You're Going to Die: The Podcast.

Báyò Akómoláfé is the grateful life-partner to ‘EJ’, father to Alethea Aanya and Kyah Jayden Abayomi, son of Olufunmilayo Ibidapo Akomolafe and Ignatius Abayomi Akomolafe, and descendant of Yoruba fields of archetypal becomings and mythopoeic landscapes. He is an author, celebrated speaker, teacher, and self-styled trans-public intellectual (a concept imagined together with and inspired by the shamanic priesthood of the Yoruba healer-trickster)- whose vocation goes beyond justice and speaking truth to power to opening up other spaces of power-with, and queering fond formulations and configurations of hope. - https://www.bayoakomolafe.net/

Singing the Bones is a collaboration of three American artists from different lineages sharing the folk music of their ancestral cultures. Kele Nitoto plays songs from the Congo, Haiti, and South Africa; M'Gilvry Allen plays music from Ireland, Scotland, and Scandinavia; Lydia Violet plays songs from Iran and Armenia. As they take turns centering the music from each of these places, they also take turns supporting each other, weaving their ancestries together into a dynamic musical conversation. - https://lydiafiddle.com/singing-the-bones

You're Going to Die [YG2D] is a 501(c)3 nonprofit bringing diverse communities creatively into the conversation of death & dying, inspiring life by unabashedly sourcing our shared mortality, with a free creatively conscious mortality podcast, monthly sell-out live open mics, concerts, & workshops facilitating creatively conscious mortality space for community, a free online grief space offered every week, an elderhood program integrating senior citizen wisdom into our general communal experience, a hospice program sending musicians to patients' bedsides, prison programming faciliating a suicide prevention group and hosting creatively connecting open mic space and workshops with community in San Quentin & working with community impacted by the prison system [inside & out], and cancer patient workshops & bedside visits for healing through creative writing. - https://www.yg2d.com/

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COVID TESTING recommended,
VACCINES/BOOSTERS requested,
MASKS encouraged,
& STAY HOME if you have ANY sickness symptoms whatsoever!

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You're Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes... @ The Lost Church - San Francisco!!!

TICKETS HERE: http://tinyurl.com/YG2DMarch142024
FB EVENT: https://www.facebook.com/events/1379798692900242/

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.

Hosted by Ned Buskirk
With music from Scott Ferrter*
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).

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

COVID TESTING recommended,
VACCINES/BOOSTERS requested,
MASKS encouraged,
& STAY HOME if you have ANY sickness symptoms whatsoever!

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

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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*This month's You're Going to Die: Poetry, Prose, & Everything Goes features music from Scott Ferreter...

The solo music of Scott Ferreter comes through with a strong sense of time & place, though the exact time & precise place don’t exist. California certainly comes through strong, having grown up & spent his life in Northern California, but so does Ireland & the American South. His particular commitment to vulnerability & desire to peel back the layers of truth in his songwriting suggest some tethers to the folk resurgence of the 60’s or the emo wave of the early 2000’s, but his rhythms show much more loyalty to MoTown & R&B, and always seems to be striving toward something ancient.

Grief, liberation, ancestry, & selfhood are themes that his songs are constantly returning to. It is equally likely that he will cry or tell a dad joke on stage, but his commitment to presence & honesty run through both equally.

Beyond his own songs, he is one half of the touring/recording duo The Feelings Parade, works as a producer/engineer, and plays bass and electric guitar with MaMuse and Cassandra Lewis.

You’re Going to Die Presents: For Gaza, We Grieve لِغَزة نَتألم

at The Lost Church - San Francisco

TICKETS HERE: http://tinyurl.com/YG2Dfeb8 
FB EVENT: https://www.facebook.com/events/961019159062656/ 

A curated evening of Palestinian, Lebanese and other SWANA poets and musicians to benefit Gaza. Featuring Clarissa Bitar, Halim Madi, Amina Shareef Ali and other artists, curated by Jess Semaan

at The Lost Church - San Francisco
988 Columbus Ave
San Francisco, CA 94133-2310
Thursday, February 8th 2024
Doors at 7:30pm, Show at 8pm.
All performances end at 10:30pm.
Seating is first come, first served.

For Gaza, We Grieve لِغَزة نَتألم

We are gathering Feb 8th to witness and honor our community’s acute and ongoing grief for the devastating amount of losses in Gaza, through the lens of storytellers, poets, and musicians in the Palestinian and Lebanese diasporas. We are fundraising for MECA (Middle East Children’s Alliance).

At the request of this event's performers...

VACCINES/BOOSTERS requested,
MASKS encouraged,
& STAY HOME if you have ANY sickness symptoms whatsoever!

You're Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes... @ The Lost Church - San Francisco!!!

TICKETS HERE: https://tinyurl.com/YG2Djan11
FB EVENT: https://www.facebook.com/events/308881968713625/

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.

Hosted by Ned Buskirk
With music from Zoë Winter*
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).

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

COVID TESTING recommended,
VACCINES/BOOSTERS requested,
MASKS encouraged,
& STAY HOME if you have ANY sickness symptoms whatsoever!

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

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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*This month's You're Going to Die: Poetry, Prose, & Everything Goes features music from Zoë Winter...

A bay-area local who’s been compared to Laura Marling and called the Joni Mitchell of Sonoma County, Zoe discovered her ability to play music by ear at the age of 7. Her career began playing keys & bass in the graffitied classrooms of SF’s School of Rock and singing with various funk bands. Her influences shifted from rock and roll and R&B to jazz pianists like Bill Evans and Robert Glasper, Neo Soul singers like Eryka Badu and D’angelo, and genre-defying vocalists like Thom Yorke. Eventually she moved to acoustic guitar and removed all unnecessary sounds.

“To stand on a stage alone with nothing but an acoustic guitar is the most punk rock thing to me.”

Whether she’s alone on a dark stage with her guitar or singing with a full band, her powerful, velvety voice gives you an excuse to crack open and confront whatever it is you’ve been running from.

https://zoewintermusic.com/

You’re Going to die Presents: ALL THE FEELS 2023
an ONLINE Open Mic & Listening Spacefor communal connection & mortal vulnerability
w/Ned Buskirk & the You're Going to Die!

Thursday, December 14th
Virtual Doors at 6:30pm PACIFIC
Show at 7pm PACIFIC
REGISTER HERE: https://bit.ly/40A1SU1

You’re Going to Die: ALL THE FEELS 2023
...an ONLINE open mic & listening space, an excavation & deepening for ourselves, with our community & the world, the communal offering for us to explore the conversation of death & dying, to embrace our mortality, to grieve, bereave & honor what we’ve lost, love & stand to lose eventually… while still somehow celebrating, together, the extraordinary fact of being ALIVE at all.

Sign-ups will be during the Zoom Call & the list will fill up quickly, so if you want to share, say so sooner rather than later.

If you’re going to perform, keep it under 5 MINUTES. That’s right: 5 MINUTES. WE WILL TIME YOU. And YES – We will, as kindly & gently as possible, let you know when your time is UP. 

Poetry, prose, music, dancing, artwork, photography, comedy, drama, happy, sad, & on & on & on… Remember: EVERYTHING GOES, so share whatever you want. And you don’t have to perform anything; the audience is as essential as the performers.

For this special online event, we suggest that people pay between $10-50, but do not hesitate to go above or below based on what feel is possible. And PLEASE, if you are in financial danger, DO NOT pay us. We're just happy you're alive & able to join. If you're still earning income (or are just generally resourced), we very much welcome your generosity.

If you’re able, you can contribute to our 501(c)3 nonprofit HERE
Venmo: https://venmo.com/YG-2D or @YG-2D
&
PayPal:
https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/chelseacoleman1184 or via chelsea@yg2d.com

You're Going to Die Presents: Your Startup Is Going To Die @ The Lost Church - San Francisco!!!

TICKETS HERE: https://tinyurl.com/YG2Ddec9
FB EVENT: https://www.facebook.com/events/377600674620003

It’s 2023, and whether you’ve founded a startup that went under, got laid off from a job you thought was safe, found yourself on a dreaded PIP counting your days, or never got your career off the ground to begin with - chances are you’re familiar with the feeling of failure in business. But the rat race doesn’t leave a lot of space to reflect on the grief that these challenges bring. We dust off our resumes, rewrite our failures as successes, put on our armor and get back out there because we all have rent to pay, and “bigger” forms of grief we find worthy of our emotional space...

But not on this night. On this night, you’re invited to bring the evidence of your failures, the mugs, tshirts, the storie - and commune with us in tears and laughter. Part trolling performance art, part grief open mic, all realness. Because the reality is - your startup is probably going to die - and so is everyone else’s.

You're Going to Die Presents:
Your Startup Is Going To Die
a YG2D Open Mic
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).

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

VACCINES/BOOSTERS requested,
MASKS encouraged,
& STAY HOME if you have ANY sickness symptoms whatsoever!

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

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 & Healing
w/Writing & Music
a YG2D Workshop

REGISTER NOW: https://bit.ly/47u3kdp

This 3 hour in-person communal workshop offers a chance to creatively express ourselves and engage with our own and our collective grief & healing through writing and music. It’s a chance to connect to community, remember we are not alone, and tap into our innate wisdom to creatively face our unique experiences of being mortal.

In this workshop, we’ll write in response to several prompts, in intimate community, co-creating a space of deep sharing and listening. There will be readings and rituals offered, with time to write quietly together and to share if you want to, including live music to inspire our writing, for grounding, deepening, integration, and to hold us like musical medicine when we need it. The workshop will close with a sound bath from Emma Peck (https://www.soundandsoulsf.com/) to support integration through the healing vibrations of crystal alchemy bowls and vocals.

Our goal is to facilitate a safe space for vulnerable creative communal engagement with our grief, with those who are willing to face what's hard and hold it together.

WHEN: Thursday, November 30th from 7-10pm PST
LOCATION: The Center SF’s Red Room - 548 Fillmore Street, San Francisco, CA 94117
PRICE: Sliding Scale $40-120

We offer the workshop on a sliding scale, but ask about further financial support if you need it to attend!
***Full scholarships available for our BIPOC community***

In order to preserve the uniquely intimate & personalized nature of this offering, space for this event will be limited, & registration is required to attend.

REGISTER NOW: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/youre-going-to-die-presents-grief-healing-wwriting-music-workshop-tickets-747800480367?aff=oddtdtcreator

EVENT ON FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/events/709499234052931

FOR MORE DETAILS EMAIL: connect@yg2d.com

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COVID SAFETY INFORMATION (YG2D POLICIES)

As an organization that congregates around our shared mortality, it is important for us to acknowledge the real threat of Covid-19, especially for folks who are immune-compromised. For our shared safety, we are offering the following risk-mitigation measures and venue information to create a safer, more inclusive gathering space:

• Capacity of the Red Room is 40 seated, but we will have a workshop capacity of 17 to allow for spaciousness and distancing as needed.

• The space will have air filters and there will be windows to open to maximize air flow.

• We request that each participant take a rapid antigen test on the same day of the workshop. We can provide a test for you if needed. Here is an updated guide for self-administering a rapid-test for the most accurate results: https://www.ontariohealth.ca/sites/ontariohealth/files/2022-02/COVID-19RapidAntigenTests-HowtoCollectaSample.pdf

• We request that participants be as up to date as possible with available COVID vaccines and boosters.

• We ask that if you feel any illness symptoms to please stay home. We are happy to provide a refund as needed.

• We encourage masks while in the space. Please be aware that The Center has multiple shared spaces with varying degrees of risk and that people/participants may not be wearing masks.

We understand that no in-person gathering is without risk and we are grateful for your help in keeping our community alive and safe.

You're Going to Die Presents:
GRIEF & HEALING w/Writing & Music
for the DEATH OF A PARENT
a YG2D Workshop
facilitated by Ned Buskirk
w/music from Thu Tran

This 4-session communal workshop is for community who experienced the DEATH OF A PARENT, offering a chance to creatively express ourselves & engage with our own [& collective] grief & healing through writing & music. It's a chance to connect to community, remember we’re not alone, and tap into our innate wisdom to creatively face our unique experiences of being mortal. [THE EVENT ON FACEBOOK]

WHEN: Wednesdays, October 25th-November 15th from 7-8:45p PST
LOCATION: ZOOM
PRICE: Sliding Scale $80-250

We offer the workshop on a sliding scale, but ask about further financial support if you need it to attend!
***Full scholarships available for our BIPOC community***

In order to preserve the uniquely intimate & personalized nature of this offering, space for this event will be limited, & registration is required to attend.

FOR MORE DETAILS EMAIL: connect@yg2d.com

You're Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes... the EAST BAY EDITION @ Ashkenaz - Berkeley!!!

TICKETS HERE: https://tinyurl.com/AshkenazOct19

FB Event: https://tinyurl.com/FBAshkenazOct19

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.

Whether our own deaths feel near or far away, whether we have the privilege of coasting through life in denial of our eventual deaths & the deaths of those we love, or whether we are face to face with it all too often - most of us have something to say about it. In a world that would rather sweep sadness, anger, confusion, & grief under the rug, we will make a space for it together.

Hosted by Chelsea Coleman
at Ashkenaz Music & Dance Community Center
1317 San Pablo Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94702
Doors at 7:30pm.
Show at 8:15pm.
All performances end at 11pm.
Seating is first come, first served.

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 12 and over are welcome. (Parental discretion is advised for all events due to the unpredictability of open mic content).

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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, try to arrive when doors open at 7:30!

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 [unless you don’t want to be hugged, in which case you do still need to leave the stage when you’re time is up].

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. There will be an acoustic guitar available for you to use!

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.

No one turned away for lack of funds (applies to advanced sales too)! Email connect@yg2d.com if you’d like a ticket reserved for you at a lower or $0 price. We got you.

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Ashkenaz is committed to making our events accessible to everyone including those with disabilities.  We have an ADA-compliant ramp to the left of the main door.
Upon arrival, anyone needing access to the ADA-compliant ramp completes their purchase prior to entering the building.  Ashkenaz personnel will then assist with finding an appropriate space.
In order to best accommodate any specific accessibility needs, we request that you call (510-525-5099) or email (ashkenaz@ashkenaz.com) us at least 72 hours prior to the performance with your request

Litquake & You’re Going to Die Present: A Letter to My Grief at The Lost Church - San Francisco!!!

TICKETS HERE: https://tinyurl.com/3z72brm5
FB EVENT: https://tinyurl.com/4tmfpx6h

A Letter to My Grief is a community reading of pieces born from You’re Going to Die’s writing workshops.

Hosted by Chelsea Coleman
and Amanda Nagai
at The Lost Church - San Francisco
988 Columbus Ave
San Francisco, CA 94133-2310
Thursday, Oct 12th 2023
Doors at 7:30pm, Show at 8pm.
All performances end at 10:30pm.
Seating is first come, first served.

You're Going to Die: A Letter to my Grief
www.yg2d.com

Since the first pandemic winter, the You’re Going to Die non-profit has been holding writing workshops online and more recently, in person at The Center SF. The pieces written and shared within these groups have been some of the most impactful, vulnerable, meaningful works of expression we have ever experienced. 

It’s finally time to bring these deeply alchemical pieces to our broader community. Please join us for these community readings, as we dive into the intricacies of grief and the simple truths of our aliveness together. Hosted by Chelsea Coleman and Amanda Nagai.

October is our non-profit’s community fundraiser month, and we invite you to consider offering more through the ticket tier options to help support our organization! Your contributions make it possible for us to offer scholarships to these writing workshops, as well as funding our Alive Inside Prison program and our Songs for Life hospice program.

Litquake: San Francisco's Literary Festival
https://www.litquake.org/

Litquake’s diverse live programs are created with the aim of inspiring critical engagement with the key issues of the day, bringing people together around the common humanity encapsulated in literature, and perpetuating a sense of literary community, as well as a vibrant forum for Bay Area writing. We believe in literature as a public good, so we work to produce events that are accessible to all.

Litquake is a project of the Litquake Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit registered in the state of California.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/litquake
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/litquake/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Litquake
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@Litquake

At the request of this event's performers...

VACCINES/BOOSTERS requested,
MASKS encouraged,
& STAY HOME if you have ANY sickness symptoms whatsoever!

You're Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes... @ The Lost Church - San Francisco!!!

TICKETS HERE: https://tinyurl.com/YG2Dsept14
FB EVENT: https://www.facebook.com/events/833714478273986/

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.

Hosted by Ned Buskirk
w/music from Elizabeth Lubin*
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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VACCINES/BOOSTERS requested,
MASKS encouraged,
& STAY HOME if you have ANY sickness symptoms whatsoever!

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

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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*Elizabeth Lubin’ songwriting is a catalyst for contemplation, her rhythms a rootsy homage to intimacy. There is a tenderness in this music that feels like the kin of your own heartbeat. The melodies are digging for the roots of the ancestral, seeking new growth and healing to replace where a stump beholden to a discouraged heart once stood. In addition to songwriting and band-leading, Elizabeth is a music teacher currently based in the Bay Area. She has been teaching piano, guitar, bass and voice in private and classroom settings.

You're Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes... the EAST BAY EDITION @ Ashkenaz - Berkeley!!!

TICKETS HERE: https://bit.ly/Aug17eastbay

FACEBOOK EVENT: https://www.facebook.com/events/671565545029831

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.

Whether our own deaths feel near or far away, whether we have the privilege of coasting through life in denial of our eventual deaths & the deaths of those we love, or whether we are face to face with it all too often - most of us have something to say about it. In a world that would rather sweep sadness, anger, confusion, & grief under the rug, we will make a space for it together.

Hosted by Chelsea Coleman
at Ashkenaz Music & Dance Community Center
1317 San Pablo Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94702
Doors at 7:30pm.
Show at 8:15pm.
All performances end at 11pm.
Seating is first come, first served.

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.

No one turned away for lack of funds (applies to advanced sales too)! Email connect@yg2d.com if you’d like a ticket reserved for you at a lower or $0 price. We got you.

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Ashkenaz is committed to making our events accessible to everyone including those with disabilities.  We have an ADA-compliant ramp to the left of the main door.

Upon arrival, anyone needing access to the ADA-compliant ramp completes their purchase prior to entering the building.  Ashkenaz personnel will then assist with finding an appropriate space.

In order to best accommodate any specific accessibility needs, we request that you call (510-525-5099) or email (ashkenaz@ashkenaz.com) us at least 72 hours prior to the performance with your request

You're Going to Die Presents: Death of a Relationship - a YG2D Open Mic featuring MariNaomi @ The Lost Church - San Francisco!!!

TICKETS HERE: SOLD-OUT - THANK YOU!
FB EVENT: https://www.facebook.com/events/6526467904083572

You're Going to Die Presents: Death of a Relationship... is an open mic event, the communal offering for us to creatively explore our relationship losses - the death of friendships, partnerships, familial estrangement, ghosting, missing persons -  to grieve, bereave, berate or honor who we’ve lost & might have loved… to MAYBE find some healing & at least remember we're not alone.

Hosted by Ned Buskirk
featuring MariNaomi*
at The Lost Church - San Francisco
988 Columbus Ave
San Francisco, CA 94133-2310
Doors at 7:30pm.
Show at 8:15pm.
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).

VACCINES/BOOSTERS requested,
MASKS encouraged,
& STAY HOME if you have ANY sickness symptoms whatsoever!

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

You're Going to Die Presents: Death of a Relationship... 
is an open mic event, the communal offering for us to creatively explore our relationship losses - the death of friendships, partnerships, familial estrangement, ghosting, missing persons -  to grieve, bereave, berate or honor who we’ve lost & might have loved… to MAYBE find some healing & at least remember we're not alone.

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.

*MariNaomi (they/them) is the award-winning author and illustrator of Kiss & Tell: A Romantic Resume, Ages 0 to 22 (Harper Perennial, 2011), Dragon’s Breath and Other True Stories (2dcloud/Uncivilized Books, 2014), Turning Japanese (2dcloud, 2016; Extended edition Oni Press, 2023), I Thought YOU Hated ME (Retrofit Comics, 2016), the Life on Earth trilogy (Graphic Universe, 2018-2020), Dirty Produce (Workman Publishing, 2021), and I Thought You Loved Me (Fieldmouse Press, 2023). Their work has appeared in nearly 100 print publications and has been featured on websites such as The New Yorker’s Daily Shouts, The Washington Post, LA Times, The Rumpus, LA Review of Books, Midnight Breakfast, SF Examiner, and BuzzFeed. Their comics have been translated into French (Devenir Japonaise, Editions IMHO, 2021), German, and Russian.

MariNaomi’s comics and paintings have been featured in the Smithsonian, the de Young Museum, the Cartoon Art Museum, the Asian Art Museum, and the Japanese American National Museum.

In 2011 and 2018, Mari toured with the literary roadshow Sister Spit. They are the founder and administrator of the Cartoonists of Color Database, the Queer Cartoonists Database, and the Disabled Cartoonists Database. They have taught classes for the California College of the Arts Comics MFA program, and was a guest editor for PEN Illustrated. They were cohost of the Ask Bi Grlz podcast with author Myriam Gurba.

MariNaomi lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with their partner and a menagerie of beloved rescue animals.

You're Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes... @ The Lost Church - San Francisco!!!

TICKETS HERE: https://tinyurl.com/YG2Djune8
FB EVENT: https://www.facebook.com/events/756796066111646

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.

Hosted by Ned Buskirk
w/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 8:15pm.
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 project consisting of duo Nate Burns and Ephraim Getahun. The music of Hugo remains a plea to the sacred work and divinity within each of us. The two combine afro-soul, R&B, and blues into a sound uniquely their own; music riddled with incantations and spells. Enter Down the Rabbit Hole. 

You're Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes... the EAST BAY EDITION @ Ashkenaz - Berkeley!!!

TICKETS HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/youre-going-to-die-poetry-prose-everything-goes-tickets-628593519137

FACEBOOK EVENT: https://www.facebook.com/events/1387811302042060

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.

Hosted by Chelsea Coleman
w/music from The Feelings Parade
at Ashkenaz Music & Dance Community Center
1317 San Pablo Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94702
Doors at 7:30pm.
Show at 8:15pm.
All performances end at 11pm.
Seating is first come, first served.

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.

You're Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes... @ The Lost Church - San Francisco!!!

TICKETS HERE: https://tinyurl.com/YG2DMay11
FB EVENT: https://www.facebook.com/events/266607389054896/

FACEBOOK EVENT: TBD

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 contact ned@yg2d.com if you need financial support to be a part of the evening.

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.

Hosted by Ned Buskirk
w/music from Jasmine Pritchard
at The Lost Church - San Francisco
988 Columbus Ave
San Francisco, CA 94133-2310
Doors at 7:30pm.
Show at 8:15pm.
All performances end at 10:30pm.
Seating is first come, first served.

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.

You're Going to Die Presents:
GRIEF & HEALING
w/Writing & Music
a YG2D Workshop
facilitated by Ned Buskirk
w/music from The Singer & The Songwriter - Rachel Garcia & Thu Tran

This 4-session communal workshop offers a chance to creatively express ourselves & engage with our own [& collective] grief & healing through writing & music. It's a chance to connect to community, remember we’re not alone, and tap into our innate wisdom to creatively face our unique experiences of being mortal. [THE EVENT ON FACEBOOK]

WHEN: Wednesdays, May 10th-31st from 7-8:45pm PST
LOCATION: ZOOM
PRICE: Sliding Scale $80-250

We offer the workshop on a sliding scale, but ask about further financial support if you need it to attend!
***Full scholarships available for our BIPOC community***

In order to preserve the uniquely intimate & personalized nature of this offering, space for this event will be limited, & registration is required to attend.

FOR MORE DETAILS EMAIL: connect@yg2d.com

You're Going to Die Presents:
Meaning Out of Mortality
w/Writing & Music
a YG2D Workshop

REGISTER NOW: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/541528996807

FACEBOOK EVENT: https://www.facebook.com/events/713450226918080/

This 3 hour in-person communal workshop offers a chance to creatively express ourselves and engage with our own (and collective) mortality through writing and music. It’s a chance to connect to community, remember we are not alone, and tap into our innate wisdom to creatively face our unique experiences of being mortal.

In this workshop we will work through a series of writing prompts together to co-create a space of deep sharing and listening. There will be music throughout the session for grounding, deepening and integration. This workshop is not about acceptance, death positivity or legacy, though these may be a part of your experience. This is about considering mortality as something that might help us make meaning, not just in concept, but in our real day to day lives - not overriding our fears, but letting them breathe alongside our gratitude, our grief, our joy, and our pain.

WHEN: Tuesday, April 25th from 7-10pm PST
LOCATION: The Center SF’s Red Room - 548 Fillmore Street, San Francisco, CA 94117
PRICE: Sliding Scale $40-120

We offer the workshop on a sliding scale, but ask about further financial support if you need it to attend!
***Full scholarships available for our BIPOC community***

In order to preserve the uniquely intimate & personalized nature of this offering, space for this event will be limited, & registration is required to attend.

REGISTER NOW: https://www.facebook.com/events/713450226918080/

FOR MORE DETAILS EMAIL: connect@yg2d.com

You're Going to Die Presents…
WALK US HOME
w/poetry from Amanda Nagai
Music from Chelsea Coleman & Adrienne Shamszad

Doors at 7:30pm
Show at 8pm
@
Ashkenaz
1317 San Pablo Avenue
Berkeley,94702,US

TICKETS $15-25: https://www.ashkenaz.com/events-backend/youre-going-to-die-presents

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Last year, longtime YG2D friend and community member, Amanda Nagai, lost the person she was dating to a shocking death by suicide. She began to write poetry as a healing and sense-making process in the months after Peter’s death, and has shared several of them at You’re Going to Die events. Last Fall, she and You’re Going to Die’s Creative Director, Chelsea Coleman, hosted an intimate performance weaving her words and Chelsea’s original songs. The audience members were deeply touched, moved, and changed by the offering.

Amanda and Chelsea have decided to offer these vulnerable poems and songs for a public audience. This performance presents an intense and transformative arc of healing, and we’ve invited musical guest, Adrienne Shamszad, to close out the night with her musical spell-casting in a way that helps us integrate and ground ourselves at the close of the show.

In Amanda’s words: “This is the story of my journey since that moment. It is a story of distress, thought spirals, rawness, surrender, clarity, confusion, beauty, sweetness, love, and more pain and confusion. But ultimately, it is a story of the messy, sacred road of processing loss — and the deep commitment to life that I have found in my intimate examination of death.”

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As always, we don’t want money to be a hindrance to anyone who needs to be here. Please reach out to us as connect@yg2d.com for financial accommodation.

Ashkenaz is wheelchair accessible.

If you have any accessibility questions or requests, please call 510-525-5099 or email (ashkenaz@ashkenaz.com) at least 72 hours prior to the performance so that we have time to accommodate your request.

Covid policy - Masks are encouraged, but not required. We ask that you stay home if you are feeling sick or have recently been exposed to covid. Please reach out for a refund or a credit toward a future show ticket: connect@yg2d.com

You're Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes... PHOENIX AZ EDITION @ Changing Hands Bookstore!!!

TICKETS HERE: https://bit.ly/PhoenixApr16

FACEBOOK EVENT: https://www.facebook.com/events/765664618166847

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.

Hosted by Ned Buskirk & Chelsea Coleman
w/music from Brandon Decker and Destiny Rhinehart
at Changing Hands Bookstore
300 West Camelback Rd.
Phoenix, AZ
Doors at 5:30pm.
Show at 6pm.
All performances end at 8pm.
Seating is first come, first served.

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, a 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.

Whether our own deaths feel near or far away, whether we have the privilege of coasting through life in denial of our eventual deaths & the deaths of those we love, or whether we are face to face with it all too often - most of us have something to say about it. In a world that would rather sweep sadness, anger, confusion, & grief under the rug, we will make a space for it together.

Sign-ups will be the night of & the list fills up quickly, so if you want to perform, 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 stand up & get on stage with you & make things really awkward until you stop, & then give you a hug if you want one.

Poetry, prose, music, dancing, comedy, drama, happy, sad, & on & on & on… Remember: EVERYTHING GOES… so do whatever you want. There will be an acoustic guitar made available at the show.

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.

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... @ The Lost Church - San Francisco!!!

TICKETS HERE: https://thelostchurch.my.salesforce-sites.com/ticket#/instances/a0F3s00000B2kO9EAJ

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.

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.

Hosted by Nick Jaina
at The Lost Church - San Francisco
988 Columbus Ave
San Francisco, CA 94133-2310
Doors at 7:30pm.
Show at 8:15pm.
All performances end at 10:30pm.
Seating is first come, first served.

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.

You're Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes... the EAST BAY EDITION @ Ashkenaz - Berkeley!!!

TICKETS HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/youre-going-to-die-poetry-prose-everything-goes-the-east-bay-edition-tickets-559757639167

FACEBOOK EVENT: https://www.facebook.com/events/601952024635843

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.

Hosted by Chelsea Coleman
w/poetry from Rose Crespo
at Ashkenaz Music & Dance Community Center
1317 San Pablo Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94702
Doors at 7:30pm.
Show at 8:15pm.
All performances end at 11pm.
Seating is first come, first served.

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.

You're Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes... @ The Lost Church - San Francisco!!!

TICKETS HERE: https://tinyurl.com/YG2DMar9

FACEBOOK EVENT: https://www.facebook.com/events/1172530216785882

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 contact ned@yg2d.com if you need financial support to be a part of the evening.

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.

Hosted by Ned Buskirk
w/music from Brian Belknap*
at The Lost Church - San Francisco
988 Columbus Ave
San Francisco, CA 94133-2310
Doors at 7:30pm.
Show at 8:15pm.
All performances end at 10:30pm.
Seating is first come, first served.

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.

*Brian Belknap is a multi-instrumentalist and songwriter in the mold of Lucinda Williams and Townes Van Zandt. His music— a rough blend of broke-down folk, junk-country blues, and gut-bucket gospel, rendered on accordion, slide guitar, and mandolin—is a product of the rich cultures of San Francisco and New Orleans, the two cities he calls home. Belknap’s latest offering, In Lieu of Flowers, once again finds him in the capable hands of producer Mike Coykendall (M. Ward, She & Him, Bright Eyes, Blitzen Trapper). The record is about coping with loss (both personal and collective), and finding redemption in a world in its own time of reckoning. - https://www.brianbelknap.net/

You're Going to Die Presents:
Meaning Out of Mortality
w/Writing & Music
a YG2D Workshop

REGISTER NOW: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/541516389097

FACEBOOK EVENT: https://www.facebook.com/events/941670107205178/

This 3 hour in-person communal workshop offers a chance to creatively express ourselves and engage with our own (and collective) mortality through writing and music. It’s a chance to connect to community, remember we are not alone, and tap into our innate wisdom to creatively face our unique experiences of being mortal.

In this workshop we will work through a series of writing prompts together to co-create a space of deep sharing and listening. There will be music throughout the session for grounding, deepening and integration. This workshop is not about acceptance, death positivity or legacy, though these may be a part of your experience. This is about considering mortality as something that might help us make meaning, not just in concept, but in our real day to day lives - not overriding our fears, but letting them breathe alongside our gratitude, our grief, our joy, and our pain.

WHEN: Tuesday, February 28th from 7-10pm PST
LOCATION: The Center SF’s Red Room - 548 Fillmore Street, San Francisco, CA 94117
PRICE: Sliding Scale $40-120

We offer the workshop on a sliding scale, but ask about further financial support if you need it to attend!
***Full scholarships available for our BIPOC community***

In order to preserve the uniquely intimate & personalized nature of this offering, space for this event will be limited, & registration is required to attend.

REGISTER NOW: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/541516389097

FOR MORE DETAILS EMAIL: connect@yg2d.com

You're Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes... @ The Lost Church - San Francisco!!!!!

TICKETS HERE: https://tinyurl.com/YG2DFeb9

THE EVENT ON FACEBOOK

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 contact ned@yg2d.com if you need financial support to be a part of the evening.

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.

Hosted by Ned Buskirk
w/music from Caitlin Jemma*
at The Lost Church - San Francisco
988 Columbus Ave
San Francisco, CA 94133-2310
Doors at 7:30pm.
Show at 8:15pm.
All performances end at 10:30pm.
Seating is first come, first served.

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.

*Indie musician and singer-songwriter Caitlin Jemma speaks for the multitudes on her celestial new disco-folk album, True Meaning, out September 17th on American Standard Time Records. Conjuring the soulfulness of Norah Jones, the melancholy of Joni Mitchell, and the lyric-bending bewitchment of Bonnie Raitt, Jemma takes listeners on an atmospheric journey from heartbreak to hope throughout the ten dynamic tracks which make up True Meaning—a vulnerable-yet-spirited release exploring the full emotional spectrum of being human, while posing an age-old philosophical question: “What is the true meaning of life?” - https://www.caitlinjemma.com/

You're Going to Die Presents:
Meaning Out of Mortality
w/Writing & Music
a YG2D Workshop

REGISTER NOW: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/meaning-out-of-mortality-with-youre-going-to-die-tickets-506640213517

FACEBOOK EVENT: https://www.facebook.com/events/1185183755452538

This 3 hour in-person communal workshop offers a chance to creatively express ourselves and engage with our own (and collective) mortality through writing and music. It’s a chance to connect to community, remember we are not alone, and tap into our innate wisdom to creatively face our unique experiences of being mortal.

In this workshop we will work through a series of writing prompts together to co-create a space of deep sharing and listening. There will be music throughout the session for grounding, deepening and integration. This workshop is not about acceptance, death positivity or legacy, though these may be a part of your experience. This is about considering mortality as something that might help us make meaning, not just in concept, but in our real day to day lives - not overriding our fears, but letting them breathe alongside our gratitude, our grief, our joy, and our pain.

WHEN: Monday, December 19th from 7-10pm PST
LOCATION: The Center SF’s Red Room - 548 Fillmore Street, San Francisco, CA 94117
PRICE: Sliding Scale $40-120

We offer the workshop on a sliding scale, but ask about further financial support if you need it to attend!
***Full scholarships available for our BIPOC community***

In order to preserve the uniquely intimate & personalized nature of this offering, space for this event will be limited, & registration is required to attend.

REGISTER NOW: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/meaning-out-of-mortality-with-youre-going-to-die-tickets-506640213517

FOR MORE DETAILS EMAIL: connect@yg2d.com

You're Going to Die: Poetry, Prose & Everything Goes... @ The Lost Church - San Francisco!!!!!

TICKETS HERE: https://tinyurl.com/YG2DJanSF

THE EVENT ON FACEBOOK

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 contact ned@yg2d.com if you need financial support to be a part of the evening.

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.

Hosted by Ned Buskirk
w/music from Kisura Nyoto*
at The Lost Church - San Francisco
988 Columbus Ave
San Francisco, CA 94133-2310
Doors at 7:30pm.
Show at 8:15pm.
All performances end at 10:30pm.
Seating is first come, first served.

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.

*Kisura Nyoto is a soul singer/songwriter with Soul, Pop, Folk, Jazz, Rock and R&B influences. Kisura Nyoto was the co-lead singer of the San Francisco soul band, Midtown Social, releasing their full-length album Fantastic Colors in February 2020. Currently, Kisura Nyoto is working on her first solo project and will begin recording in March 2023.