You're Going to Die Presents: LIVING EULOGIES - an Open Mic to Honor Our Living [Before They’re Dead!] @ The Lost Church - San Francisco!!!

TICKETS HERE: https://tinyurl.com/livingeulogies1010

This LIVING EULOGIES show offers people the unique opportunity to eulogize the living, by sharing poems, prose, or song for that someone… WHO ISN'T DEAD YET!

Hosted by 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.

Invite your loved one, your friend, your partner, your family... & take this chance to say everything you want to say while you still have the chance to say it.

Yes, you can eulogize yourself.

*And if you felt the need to re-euologize someone, someone you've eulogized before & want to do it again, OR someone you never got the chance to eulogize, there will be some room for this as well.

IF YOU ARE BRINGING THE PERSON YOU ARE EULOGIZING TO THE SHOW, YOU CAN SECURE YOUR SPOT ON THE LIST IN ADVANCE. We understand this offering might take more preparation, and out of respect for your time and the burden of logistics, we don’t want to risk you writing something AND bringing the person with you, just to run out of time (although that would be a good death practice - preparation is no guarantee of ANYTHING happening the way we plan)

Please email connect@yg2d.com to get on the performer list IF and only IF you are bringing the person with you that you are Living Eulogizing.

There will still be plenty of sign-up spots available the night-of the event for eulogies for folks who aren’t present, as well as other spontaneous eulogy-adjacent shares.

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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*KC Van Der Zee (they/them) is a singer-songwriter based in Oakland, California, also known as stolen Ohlone land. With a diverse musical background, KC has performed with various groups, including backing vocals for jazz disco-pop group Animal Prince, as well as performed as the frontman for Oakland’s most prolific bathroom sticker punk band, The Vaxxines, in 2023 and on their first international tour in Japan. Currently, KC sings harmony for the folk indie-rock band Mount Saint Elias and is the lead vocalist and songwriter with a collaboration-centered protest folk-punk ensemble, That Band Frank. Their lyricism focuses on challenging oppressive systems and celebrating empowerment.

In addition to their music career, KC has a background in volunteer work and grassroots organizing, including roles as a Rape Crisis Counselor with BAWAR and a coalition member with People’s Power Assembly NYC. They have co-taught workshops on de-escalation and co-authored zines on grounding skills, de-escalation, and neurodivergence. KC is committed to advancing cultural awareness through actions of solidarity, artistic expression, and activism.