Death Cafe at the Olympia Library

The regularly scheduled monthly Death Cafe at Olympia library is on the third Monday of the month at 4 p.m.

If you don't know what a Death Cafe is, at a Death Cafe people, often strangers, gather to eat cake, drink tea and discuss death.

Our objective is "to increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives."

A Death Cafe is a group-directed discussion of death with no agenda, objectives or themes.

It is a discussion group rather than grief counseling or funeral planning, although these topics are fair game.

Other topics might include thoughts, feelings and experiences relating to: life after death, past lives, near-death experiences, reincarnation, ghostly apparitions, loss, memorial rites/customs, methods of dealing with mortal remains, etc., etc…

Death Cafes are always offered:

On a not-for-profit basis
In an accessible, respectful and confidential space
With no intention of leading people to any conclusion, product or course of action
Alongside refreshing coffee, tea – and cake!