Cemetery Salons

Elmwood Cemetery is bringing the 19th-century salon to 2025 with Cemetery Salons, a space for nurturing freedom of thought, gentle curiosity, and sensitization to wonder. All who love to learn and discuss ideas are welcome to join us at Elmwood Chapel on the third Thursday of each month, starting in May.

Each salon will feature opening remarks and a topic introduction from our salonnière, Kim Vodicka, followed by a brief performance or presentation related to the selected topic by special guests local to our community. The remaining time will be devoted to open discussion in the style of the classic salon, forming meaningful connections and forging links that guide us through life’s mysteries.

We’ll kick things off on May 15th with a performance by Lives of Perfect Creatures, a new project that combines esoteric prose-poetry with live capture mixes of vocal meditation, melodic percussion, and natural sounds. Conversation will follow this performance, as well as oracle card readings by Stacey-Williams-Ng, using her original Southern Botanic oracle deck.

When all lies lost in the doomyard: bloom.

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