DEAD AIR #128

How can we ethically display the dead in museums? What about resin casts of those who died violently in Pompeii? – The Conversation

'When my baby passed away, my work cancelled my maternity leave’ - mamamia

Harkness Memorial Park first stage designs revealed.

Climate Café at Castlemaine Community House, Sat 26 April, 9am-12.30pm. To book call Wolf: 0439 353 931 or email: lucidlifeaus@gmail.com

Death Café Maldon, Sun 27 April,10am. Pure Gold Holistic & Wellbeing, 1 Spring St, Maldon. Held every last Sunday of the month at 10am.

The Last Word Podcast with Nastassia Jones, Co-Founder of the Last Hurrah Funerals and Comedian Jonathan Schuster - podbean

Submit stories for Deep Listening – The Mourning After

The Palliative Care Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Coalition’s The End Wise Project aims to amend the regulations in Australia, allowing access to psilocybin-assisted therapy for those in palliative care.

‘Island of the Dead’ Doco with Heidi Grieg from KI Doula Services - Compass ABC TV

Launch of Critical Info in Frankston can be watched online Tues 15 April, 6.30-7pm - YouTube

REMINDER d’Vine Creation Coffin Weaving Workshop in Melbourne, 10 & 11 May 2025. Facilitated by: Zimmi Forest - Fibre Artist & Maria Lazovic - Death Doula & Psychotherapist. Book HERE

TRACKS: Young & Successful - DIÄT / Anxiety - C.C.T.V / Hey Mr. Dogman! – Powerplant

DEAD AIR #113

TALK DEATH - Anti-Claus Traditions and Christmas Witches and Christmas Death Traditions

MOVIE: NOSFERATU (director Robert Eggers of The Lighthouse) at the Theatre Royal Castlemaine. Thu 16 Jan - 8pm, Fri 17 Jan - 5pm, Sat 18 Jan - 8pm, more session times soon…

CONFERENCE: 2025 National Compassionate Communities forum in Brisbane. Save the date - 9 September. More information to follow. We are inviting Compassionate Communities from across Australia to come together to network and learn from each other - while also facilitating a discussion with the broader palliative care sector who will be meeting for the Oceanic Palliative Care Conference 10-12 September in Brisbane.

ONLINE: AHFA presents - ‘The Bioscope as a cartographic tool to facilitate conversations about death.’ Speaker Chetan Shastri. Wed 22-January 2025 from 7-8.30pm AEDT. Book HERE  

ONLINE: NDAN Presents - ‘The churchyard itself is a great-nuisance. The lively burial grounds of the eighteenth century.’ Speaker Dr Dan O’Brien. Book HERE - Fri 7 Feb, 7-9pm AEDT.

IN PERSON: End of Life Practitioner Knowledge and Skills Workshops, Sat 22 & Sun 23 March 2025, 10am-4pm. Life Rites Funerals, Hurstville NSW. Submit EOI HERE by 24th Jan 2025

ONLINE: Denise Love Death Doula Course commences Feb 5, Zooms at 7pm over 10 consecutive Wednesdays. Email: gazzalove@gmail.com

HOLIDAY SEASON GRIEF: Refuge in Grief https://www.instagram.com/refugeingrief ‘How do you to help a grieving friend during the holidays?’. Grief Australia - https://www.grief.org.au

Castlemaine Community House free celebration will include lunch and dessert, music, activities, presents and a visit from Santa! Wedn 25 Dec, 12.30pm, Castlemaine Town Hall. Book online at cch.org.au or call 5472 4842.

TRACKS: Lungs on Fire - Witchsnake / Immortality Roars - Rudra / Troubled - Outright

DEAD AIR #112

‘Funeral industry insiders and bereaved families paint shocking picture of sector’ - ABC Background Briefing

Births, Deaths, Marriages Background Briefing podcast.

Life Rites Funerals response to above article on Instagram @liferitesfunerals

 Laurie Anderson on making an AI chatbot of Lou Reed: ‘I’m totally, 100%, sadly addicted’ - The Guardian

BOOK: ‘How to Tell When We Will Die: On Pain, Disability, and Doom’ By Johanna Hedva

ASIA TOPA EVENT: ‘Opera for the Dead’. A contemporary Chinese cyber-opera that reimagines the connection between life and death. Melbourne, 21 - 23 February 2025 BOOK HERE

Castlemaine Fringe Festival opportunities - Good Grief Workshops: at the Northern Arts Hotel, hosted by Art-full Living. Over three Saturdays - 1st, 8th & 15th March, 11am–1pm. Frida Artist Call Out: EOI open now. Artists are invited to submit works in conversation with the life, death and art of Frida Kahlo.

CONFERENCE: “The Evolution of Palliative Care – Where to next?” International Palliative Care Conference “Kaleidoscope” 16 & 17 May 2025, Convention Centre Dublin. The 17th Kaleidoscope Conference, hosted by St. Francis Hospice Dublin.