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.

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

*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/

First Wednesdays every month, hosted by MJ Keeling and Chelsea Coleman.

Our monthly Expressive Grief Release is a community gathering to make dedicated time for both ongoing and new grief in our lives.

Our experienced facilitators will guide the group through a variety of prompts after which you will be given time to connect with grief in a way that feels right for you. This may be through writing, making visual art, music, movement, or quiet reflection. Following this we will come back together, with the option to share or just listen.

We are committed to making room for all kinds of grief- big and small; distant, recent or anticipatory; with the option to share or just listen.

This event is free, with donations most appreciated if you are able to help support our non-profit org and our facilitators.

Before you attend, please take time to review our community guidelines below, and feel free to reach out via our contact form if you have questions.

REGISTER HERE (FREE)

COMMUNITY AGREEMENTS

CONTACT

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).

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

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/

First Wednesdays every month, hosted by MJ Keeling and Chelsea Coleman.

Our monthly Expressive Grief Release is a community gathering to make dedicated time for both ongoing and new grief in our lives.

Our experienced facilitators will guide the group through a variety of prompts after which you will be given time to connect with grief in a way that feels right for you. This may be through writing, making visual art, music, movement, or quiet reflection. Following this we will come back together, with the option to share or just listen.

We are committed to making room for all kinds of grief- big and small; distant, recent or anticipatory; with the option to share or just listen.

This event is free, with donations most appreciated if you are able to help support our non-profit org and our facilitators.

Before you attend, please take time to review our community guidelines below, and feel free to reach out via our contact form if you have questions.

REGISTER HERE (FREE)

COMMUNITY AGREEMENTS

CONTACT

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/

First Wednesdays every month, hosted by MJ Keeling and Chelsea Coleman.

Our monthly Expressive Grief Release is a community gathering to make dedicated time for both ongoing and new grief in our lives.

Our experienced facilitators will guide the group through a variety of prompts after which you will be given time to connect with grief in a way that feels right for you. This may be through writing, making visual art, music, movement, or quiet reflection. Following this we will come back together, with the option to share or just listen.

We are committed to making room for all kinds of grief- big and small; distant, recent or anticipatory; with the option to share or just listen.

This event is free, with donations most appreciated if you are able to help support our non-profit org and our facilitators.

Before you attend, please take time to review our community guidelines below, and feel free to reach out via our contact form if you have questions.

REGISTER HERE (FREE)

COMMUNITY AGREEMENTS

CONTACT

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/

You're Going to Die Presents:
Writing about Grief with Literary Craft

Focusing on turning tragedy into beauty

A Five-Week Writing Workshop

With Nick Jaina and Chelsea Coleman

Wednesdays June 3rd through July 1st (5 sessions)

7:00 - 8:45 pm PST on Zoom

REGISTER HERE!

Join us as we write about grief with an eye toward the experience of the reader. Though writing in and of itself can be healing during times of grief, thinking about your story’s audience is not only a part of crafting compelling prose, but can also add a connective and relational layer to your words. And we have found that the kind of writing that heals the writer tends to be healing for the reader as well. 

Each week we will gather to work with various writing prompts together. We will have time to write quietly and time to share our writing during the sessions. Although there are no writing requirements outside of the live sessions, we encourage you to write or journal throughout the week, and we want you to know that we are available in the in between times if you need extra care throughout this series.

We want to honor this precious small group of fellow grievers by committing to attend each session for the duration of the series, though we understand it might not always be possible. We ask that you only register if you expect to be able to attend most of the sessions.

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

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YG2D member and Oregon Book Award finalist Nick Jaina has published three books. For almost a decade he has taught memoir writing workshops online and in person, exploring dozens of different tools and techniques to open up and create the best story possible from our own lives. He is excited to bring those ideas to the emotionally supportive environment of the YG2D workshop.

Chelsea Coleman is an SF Bay Area singer-songwriter and the Creative Director & Cofounder of YG2D, where she has been helping create and hold space for others to creatively express themselves through the touchpoint of our shared impermanence since 2012. As a singer-songwriter and storyteller she leads by example, by alchemizing her experiences of loss and complex grief into lyrics and melodies that resonate with others and meet them in their vulnerability with a sense of belonging and inspiration.

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If you need financial support to attend, use one of the following discount codes. We trust that you will offer what you are able to, based on your personal economic situation.

To offer $250, use code: WORKSHOP50
To offer $200, use code: WORKSHOP100

To offer $150, use code: WORKSHOP150

Please email us at connect@yg2d.com if you are facing financial challenges and need to pay a lower amount. We may have scholarship funds available.

REGISTER HERE!

Brought to you by www.YG2D.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).

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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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*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).

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

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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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.

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You're Going to Die Presents:
an Online GRIEF & GRATITUDE Writing Workshop
Facilitated by Ned Buskirk & Chelsea Coleman
WHEN: Wednesdays, February 18th through March 18th 
from 7-8:45pm PACIFIC TIME
LOCATION: ZOOM
PRICE: $300 

If you need financial support to attend use one of the following discount codes. We trust that you will offer what you are able to, based on your personal economic situation.

To offer $250, use code: WORKSHOP50
To offer $200, use code: WORKSHOP100
To offer $150, use code: WORKSHOP150

Please email us at connect@yg2d.com if you are facing financial challenges and need to pay a lower amount. We may have scholarship funds available.

DETAILS & REGISTRATION HERE: https://www.yg2d.com/store-2/p/grief-gratitude-writing-workshop

This 5-session communal workshop is for community who want to make room for, & meaning out of, grief & loss, offering a chance to creatively express ourselves & engage with our own [& collective] grief through writing, with original music from Chelsea peppered throughout our sessions to inspire & hold us. It's a chance to find connection, remember we’re not alone, and tap into our innate wisdom to creatively face our unique experiences of being mortal.

Each week we will gather to work with various writing prompts together. We will have time to write and time to share our writing during the sessions. Although there are no writing requirements outside of the live sessions, we encourage you to write or journal throughout the week, and we want you to know that we are available in the in between times if you need extra care throughout this series.

We want to honor this precious small group of fellow grievers by committing to attend each session for the duration of the series, though we understand it might not always be possible. We ask that you only register if you expect to be able to attend most of the sessions.

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

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.

SOLD OUT! THANK YOU! You're Going to Die Presents: Longing Suite @ The New Parkway Theater!!!

A lyrical exploration of awakening to the feminine Divine - a screening at The New Parkway Theater in Oakland

Hosted by Ned Buskirk
at The New Parkway Theater
474 24th St.
Oakland, CA 94612
https://www.thenewparkway.com/
Doors @ Noon

TICKETS HERE: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/youre-going-to-die-presents-longing-suite-tickets-1979126466538

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

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A lyrical exploration of awakening to the feminine Divine - a screening at The New Parkway Theater in Oakland

You're Going to Die Presents:
Longing Suite, Nicolás Grandi & Lata Mani, HD, 30 mins, 2025

Longing Suite is a meditative, kaleidoscopic videopoem that traces the arc of a heart-mind-body awakening to the Feminine Divine and the sacred in all that exists. Grandi and Mani build on a cycle of poems written by Mani in the 1990s in context of an unexpected spiritual initiation following a head injury. The film draws aesthetic inspiration from the dynamics of the spiritual journey and offers an evocative visual and sensorial experience at once individual and universal.

“The textured weave of sound and image in Longing Suite leads us to a place that feels like spaciousness and intimacy all at once…. Nicolás Grandi and Lata Mani’s hauntingly powerful film is both sacred arc and sensorium; pilgrimage and homecoming.”

- Arundhathi Subramaniam, poet & author of The Gallery of Upside Down Women and Wild Women: Seekers, Protagonists and Goddesses in Sacred Indian Poetry

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/1129320503

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Lata Mani is an Oakland based feminist historian, cultural critic, contemplative writer & filmmaker. She has published on a broad range of issues, from feminism and colonialism, to illness, spiritual philosophy and contemporary politics.

Nicolás Grandi is a Buenos Aires based filmmaker, transdisciplinary artist and educator. This is their seventh collaboration.

More at https://www.latamani.com/films

Join us for a public virtual event centered on deep grief amidst the ongoing trauma and courageous community efforts in Minnesota.

If our experience doing grief work inside prisons has taught us anything, it’s that we don’t need to wait until we are through the storm to take a moment in community to honor our grief and begin the shared work of healing. Even as ongoing vigilance, endurance and strength rooted in community may be necessary for some time; we want to carve out a space for honoring what has already been lost, whether that is your sense of safety and stability for yourself and your neighbors, or for a person in your community who has been detained, injured, killed or is in hiding. You are welcome to join whether you are in the twin cities or watching events unfold from afar. This is a space to let your community hold the pain and grief with you, while also celebrating and uplifting the resilience, hope and sacrifice so many Minnesotans are showing up for every day. 

As facilitators we take your security very seriously, and it’s for that reason we need to be very clear about the limitations of security measures in a public virtual space. Though our moderators will make every effort to remove anyone causing disruption, there is still a possibility of silent participants who don’t have the best interest of the people of Minnesota in mind who might be attempting to gather data. We do not state this to cause undue worry, and we trust you to assess your own security needs, and participate accordingly. If you feel you need to join under a pseudonym or with your camera off, we understand and will be grateful for your presence.

This is a space for sharing your grief and heartbreak, and not a space for discussing sensitive information. We ask that you take great care to not share anything that could put another person at risk. We believe that truth and vulnerability are powerful ways to show up in our communities, helping each other feel more seen, more understood, and more woven into the web of resilience.

We will be facilitating an open sharing & listening space, supported by music and poetry from the facilitators throughout the gathering. Attendees will be invited to sign up and share what’s on their heart for approximately 4 minutes each. You do not need to share if you don’t want to. The listening is just as important as the sharing.

Please join us tonight from 8-10pm CST 

Online: ZOOM LINK [No email address needed to join. We recommend using first name only, or an alternate name if you have security concerns]

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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