# Event Details - **Event Name**: Lectures on Tap - "When Relationships End: Grieving the Living & the Dead " - **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 26 Oct, 2026 at 06:30 pm – Mon, 26 Oct, 2026 at 08:30 pm (-05:00) - **Event Description**: Professors, experts, and storytellers giving thought-provoking lectures in Chicago bars.About this Event📍 Location: Exact address given in confirmation email 🧠 Lecture: "When Relationships End: Grieving the Living & the Dead" 🎤 Speaker: Dr. Megan Dowd Some people are gone before they die. Others remain with us long after death. Communication scholar Dr. Megan Dowd explores the conversations families avoid about dying, the losses society refuses to recognize, and the strange ways relationships continue after they end. Drawing on research about end-of-life communication, disenfranchised grief, and continuing bonds, this lecture examines death, estrangement, breakups, and friendship loss through a single question: what happens when the relationship is over, but the attachment is not? From the wishes we fail to share to the texts, rituals, memories, and algorithms that keep absent people present, this talk offers a provocative look at who gets to grieve, who gets remembered, and why goodbye is rarely the end. Dr. Megan Dowd is a communication scholar who studies how people build, manage, and unravel close relationships. After earning her PhD in Communication Studies, she spent more than a decade teaching courses on interpersonal, family, and dark-side communication. Now a business strategist, she translates relationship research into engaging conversations about how people actually connect. Get a drink, connect, and learn at Lectures on Tap! 🙌Agenda6:15 PM – Doors open: find a seat (open seating!), order food & drinks, and expect a bar line—arriving early is key.6:55 PM – Host introduction7:00 PM – Lecture begins7:45 PM – Audience Q&A8:00 PM – Have 1:1 time with the speaker, mingle with fellow guests, and order another round8:30 PM – Wrap up. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/chicago/lectures-on-tap-when-relationships-end-grieving-the-living-and-the-dead/100002001274230095 - **Event Categories**: fitness, Art, fine-arts - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Duration: 2 hours - Location: Lincoln Park - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 38.66, max: 38.66, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Chicago - **state**: IL - **country**: United States - **location**: Lincoln Park - **lat**: 41.9203468 - **long**: -87.6433139 - **full address**: Lincoln Park, Lincoln Park, Chicago, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Lectures on Tap - "When Relationships End: Grieving the Living & the Dead " - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events3/banners/3644ccb1196e538631054ff12fa18f9c79d720c70a5088cf29fe8101c17f0376-rimg-w1200-h675-dce8e8d8-gmir.jpg?v=1791600423 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Lectures on Tap - "When Relationships End: Grieving the Living & the Dead " being held? - **A:** Lectures on Tap - "When Relationships End: Grieving the Living & the Dead " takes place on Mon, 26 Oct, 2026 at 06:30 pm to Mon, 26 Oct, 2026 at 08:30 pm at Lincoln Park, Lincoln Park, Chicago, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Lectures on Tap - "When Relationships End: Grieving the Living & the Dead "? - **A:** Lectures on Tap - "When Relationships End: Grieving the Living & the Dead " is organized by Felecia For The Win. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "Lectures on Tap - "When Relationships End: Grieving the Living & the Dead "", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events3/banners/3644ccb1196e538631054ff12fa18f9c79d720c70a5088cf29fe8101c17f0376-rimg-w1200-h675-dce8e8d8-gmir.jpg?v=1791600423", "startDate": "2026-10-26T18:30:00-05:00", "endDate": "2026-10-26T20:30:00-05:00", "url": "https://allevents.in/chicago/lectures-on-tap-when-relationships-end-grieving-the-living-and-the-dead/100002001274230095", "eventStatus": "https://schema.org/EventScheduled", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "Lincoln Park", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "Lincoln Park", "postalCode": "60614", "addressLocality": "Chicago", "addressRegion": "IL", "addressCountry": "US" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "41.9203468", "longitude": "-87.6433139" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "Professors, experts, and storytellers giving thought-provoking lectures in Chicago bars.", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-10-10", "availabilityEnds": "2026-10-26T20:30:00-05:00", "validFrom": "2026-10-10", "lowPrice": "38.66", "highPrice": "38.66", "price": "38.66", "url": "https://allevents.in/chicago/lectures-on-tap-when-relationships-end-grieving-the-living-and-the-dead/100002001274230095" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-10-10", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-10-10", "url": "https://allevents.in/chicago/lectures-on-tap-when-relationships-end-grieving-the-living-and-the-dead/100002001274230095", "price": "38.66", "name": "Admission Ticket" } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Felecia For The Win", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/felecia-for-the-win/24277484", "description": "Felecia is a software engineer, content creator, and host with over 700k followers across her social media platforms. 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