Sunday · November 1, 2026 · The Gnome Palace

Dinner With
The Ancestors

Set the table for what keeps traveling through us.

A Día de los Muertos-inspired evening of community altar making, guided mortality reflection, a shared three-course meal, quantum sound, story, and remembrance.

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Preview the doorwaySunday · November 1, 20265–9 PMAustin, Texas
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IF THIS IS TAPPING ON THE DOOR

We carry recipes, gestures, silence, survival, humor, and unanswered questions.

01Many of us have no communal place to hold the beauty and the complexity at the same time.

02Your family story may be beautiful, complicated, chosen, or unfinished.

03You want cultural care—not a costume version of sacred tradition.

04You want a dinner that nourishes relationship, not only the body.

THE SHIFT

Remembrance does not require a perfect family story.

You may honor a beloved ancestor, chosen elder, teacher, place, lineage, or source of belonging—and choose what you carry forward.

THE EXPERIENCE ARC

Bring a name. Bring a story. Bring no object at all.

Choice, cultural context, nourishment, sound, and remembrance make room for beauty and complexity at the same table.

01

Prepare

Read the cultural context, dietary information, emotional scope, and agreements.

02

Build the altar

Bring a photo, object, recipe, name—or choose no physical item at all.

03

Remember together

Move through reflection, meal, story, and sound with choice throughout.

04

Carry it home

Collect personal objects and continue with a remembrance practice.

WHAT LIVES INSIDE THE EXPERIENCE

Every detail belongs
to the same transformation.

ALTAR

A shared creation

Materials, guidance, and a respectfully held community altar.

REFLECTION

Mortality + choice

A consent-centered reflection with a grounding alternative.

TABLE

Three-course meal

Menu, dietary process, and allergen information will be published before seats open.

SOUND

Quantum remembrance

A closing sound activation and ritual of return.

Ashleigh Hakes and Tiffany Fede laughing together outside

HOSTED BY ASHLEIGH HAKES + TIFFANY FEDE

Two distinct gifts.
One intentionally held experience.

Ashleigh brings experience architecture, sound, facilitation, and production. Tiff brings energetic care, hospitality, ritual, and live transmission. Together, they shape every Embody Love Curation as one complete arc.

Meet the curators

LIMITED-SEAT DINNER PRICING

$88 · $111 · $144

Every seat includes the meal, altar materials, a four-hour container, and the care of a smaller-capacity room.

Registration opens when the menu, dietary process, capacity, and final policies are confirmed.
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Dinner with the Ancestors

Sunday · November 1, 2026

5–9 PM · The Gnome Palace

Ask for the first invitation

BEFORE YOU STEP THROUGH

Questions, clarity,
and no spiritual fog.

What can I bring for the altar?+

Final size, safety, labeling, candle, food, and retrieval guidance will be shared before registration.

What dietary needs can be accommodated?+

The actual menu, allergen information, deadline, and contact path will be published before seats open.

Is this grief therapy or mediumship?+

No. It is a community remembrance experience, not therapy, crisis care, or guaranteed ancestor contact.

COME EXPERIENCE YOURSELF DIFFERENTLY

Bring the love, the grief, or the question.

There is a place for it at the table.

Ask for the first invitation

KEEP EXPLORING

More doors in
the 2026 season.