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DYING
FOR
LIFE
Dying for Life organises events that offer information, art, ideas and conversation about dying and death which may well have an impact on the way we choose to live our lives.
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Things to do
when you're dead
Activities, art, games, interaction
Handle human bones
Play a giant game of "Operation"
Try a cardboard coffin out for size
Try observational drawing of a skull with artist Lisa Temple-Cox
Learn about body and brain donation for teaching and research
Talk to archaeologists about what they have dug up about previous Cambridge residents
Share your own stories for posterity with the Tracing Traditions Museum project
Timed activities:
Behind the scenes tour of the crematorium 12pm, 2pm, 4pm (booking opens April 2019 online)
Video “Funeral stories of Cambridgeshire” 12:30pm, 3:30pm
Join in “Gravestones and dry bones” board game from Cally Trench 1pm, 2pm
Workshop "From Selfies to Runes, how will we be remembered?" 3pm
DeathProv - Comedy Improvisation on death from Stealing the Show 4pm
This event is kindly sponsored by
WHEN
Saturday
18th May 2019
Noon til 5pm
WHERE
Cambridge City Crematorium
West Chapel
Huntingdon Road access or A14 Dry Drayton junction
then follow signposts.
Cambridge, CB3 0JJ
Getting here:
Follow postcode CB3 0JJ to the City Crematorium, access via Huntingdon Road and new access road from Cambridge, or take the A14 junction towards Dry Drayton, and turn left on the roundabout signposted for the Crematorium. Ample free parking.
Cycle 20 minutes / 5 miles out of Cambridge on Cycle Route 51 up Huntingdon Road
Catch Citi 5 Bus from Christ's College to Cambridge Crematorium, every 20 minutes