Kicking the Bucket Listening Club (Hampton Branch)

KICKING THE BUCKET LISTENING CLUB MARCH 30 - MAY 18 | 6-7:30PM 8-WEEK SERIES Hampton Branch - Austin Public Library YOU MAY THINK IT'S ABOUT DEATH, BUT IT'S REALLY ABOUT HOW TO LIVE YOUR LIFE. A 'book club for your ears' - and so much more. The Kicking the Bucket Listening Club is an 8-week community workshop pairing hands-on basket weaving, shared listening, and expert-led exploration of end-of-life values, decisions, and resources. Each session includes: 🧺 Artist Melissa Knight teaches a hands-on basket-weaving technique - then we weave while we listen. 🎧 A 20-minute episode of Kicking the Bucket - an audio dramedy about two ride-or-die octogenarians determined to exit life on their own terms. 💬 EOL experts and Occupational Therapists Michelle McCarty and Melissa Saffron of Reinventing Independence guide a discussion on end-of-life values, decisions, and resources. Each session builds on the last - we encourage you to join us for the full series. Drop-ins are always welcome and will receive a story recap. Kicking The Bucket is a dark comedy fiction podcast (like an old-fashioned ‘radio play’) that offers a fresh take on elder care, aging, and end-of-life autonomy through a story that tickles the funny bone and tugs at the heart. It is a bold, timely, and hilarious series that sparks conversations, challenges societal norms, and ultimately, redefines what it means to grow old on your own terms. Join Dolores and Howard, our daring octogenarian duo with more spunk than spring chickens, as they plot their grand exit from life - on their own quirky terms. Alzheimer’s and cancer are their uninvited guests, but before their children can say "nursing home," Dolores and Howard are making a break for it, in ways that are as laughably imperfect as they are inspiring. Space is limited - RSVP encouraged. The room can be cold, bring a sweater. Additional parking available next door at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 5201 Convict Hill Road. Note: Themes include Alzheimer’s, cancer, and death. We'll return weekly for the 8-week series! * March 30: Episode 1 * April 6: Episode 2 * April 13: Episode 3 * April 20: Episode 4 * April 27: Episode 5 * May (the) 4(th be with you): Episode 6 * May 11: Episode 7 * May 18: Episode 8 Check us out on Instagram @kickingthebucketpodcast [https://www.instagram.com/kickingthebucketpodcast/] and on our website here [https://improvedarts.org/kickingthebucketpodcast]. This project is supported in part by the City of Austin Economic Development Department. ImprovEd Arts is a sponsored project of Austin Creative Alliance.