Community Events

Elmwood is honored to host a reflective grief and healing experience inviting participants to pause, soften, and prepare for seasonal, emotional, and life transitions. As summer begins moving toward fall, this gathering creates space to honor grief, release tension, and gently reconnect with the body, breath, memory, and hope.   

Through grounding practices, mindful movement, and guided reflection, participants will be invited to soften the body, honor what they are carrying, and create room for healing before the next season begins. This experience is offered by licensed professional counselors Laverne Santangelo and Carmen Rembert with a sound bath by Adrienne Lakes. Thursday, August 6 at 6 p.m. Free, but space is limited, so please register here. 

Join the Detroit Bird Alliance and the Historic Elmwood Foundation for a birding walk at the cemetery! This is a great field trip for birders of all ages and experience levels. We'll walk the grounds to identify the species we see throughout the cemetery and discuss bird migration, habitats and a few Elmwood history highlights. Bring your own binoculars, or Detroit Bird Alliance will have some on-hand to borrow. We will gather in the chapel following the walk for refreshments and discussion. Saturday, August 9 at 8:30 a.m. Register with the Detroit Bird Alliance at their Eventbrite. 

Elmwood Cemetery has been integrated since its founding in 1846, making it one of the oldest integrated cemeteries in the Midwest and a rich site of Detroit’s Black heritage. Join Jamon Jordan, Official Historian for the City of Detroit, for a captivating walking tour as he shares stories from 200 years of Black history. From abolitionists William Lambert and George DeBaptiste to Mayor Coleman Young and Martha Jean “The Queen” Steinberg, we’ll visit notable Black leaders, luminaries, activists, entrepreneurs, artists and more who made Detroit the city it is today. August 15 at 11 a.m. The tour is free, but please sign up here!