Events

Bookshop Santa Cruz Community Book Group
Led by Julie Minnis
Guest speakers: Tandy Beal and Julie Boudreau
Book choice: Suki Miller's After Death

Tandy Beal is taking on the after-life. In her project “Here After Here,” somewhat inspired by Suki Miller’s book, After Death, Beal combines a long-term investigation of dance, visual narrative, circus, text and music to make a rich mosaic of both contemporary and traditional concepts of the afterlife. If there is one, where is it located? Why is it exclusionary? Why might it be for eternity? How do we get in and what’s the price of admission? While “Here After Here” is a work for the stage, Bookshop and Tandy wanted to come together to continue the dialogue about what should NOT be a taboo discussion: death, dying, and what happens afterwards. 

Using Suki Miller’s text as a starting point, Tandy Beal, Hospice’s Julie Boudreau, and Bookshop Santa Cruz’s Community Book Group facilitator, Julie Minnis, will be leading the entire community in dialogue about our own views of the here after, our stories of dying, & our opinions of death. 

After Death is already discounted and Bookshop has the last copies available in the entire country. Due to the limited supply of this book, copies will be available after July 20thand if we run out, we have a running list of other suitable titles that will be available at 10% off their cover price, until the August 24th meeting date (for those last minute readers!).
We hope you join us and share your stories, your hearts, and your ears for a Community Book Group that will be like no other.
PS—There will be snacks and tea!!