Cruikshank's Funeral Home

We are excited to be offering a free community information session about Traditional Chinese Medicine and Accupuncture. Come in and find out what you need to know, and learn how you could benefit from this treatment.

A. L. Mattatall Wed Jun 19th @ 2pm

Cruikshanks Thu Jun 20th @ 2pm

Come hear Steve Skafte talk Wednesday May 8th at 7 pm in our chapel at 2666 Windsor Street in Halifax. We have lots of parking and are fully accessible. Lots of room for street parking for any overflow.

Two of Steve’s books will be going home with lucky door prize winners! 📕 🏆

Come and hear Steve Skafte speak about his adventures uncovering the abandoned cemeteries of Nova Scotia, and his book on the subject: “The Dead Die Twice”. He'll be telling tales of a forgotten time, when survival was less guaranteed, and life was crowded with chances taken between birth and death. For the past 16 years, he’s been creating and sharing his daily journal on social media, and has been featured on CBC Radio and TV, CTV’s W5, and in The Chronicle-Herald.

When: Wednesday May 8th 2024 at 7 pm
Where: Cruikshank's Funeral Home
2666 Windsor Street Halifax NS

Cost: No admission fee! Steve will have books available to purchase

Join us tonight for our incredibly unique open mic experience 🎶

6:30-9:30, all welcome, accessible building, friendly faces, fantastic voices 🖤

📷 our pal Rashem Alexander dazzling us with his groovy sounds during the December edition

Holiday host etiquette: If you’re inviting someone to your home and they’re grieving, be sure you’re inviting their grief to attend, too. It will be there, anyway.

Don’t invite someone with the goal of cheering them up for the holidays. Don’t expect them to put on a happy face in your home. Don’t demand they fake it til they make it or do something they don’t want to do, either.

Invite them with the loving intention of offering cheer and companionship and unconditional care during the holidays. To do this, you will need to honor and be responsive to their needs and emotions.

You can do this by privately acknowledging their grief when you make the invitation:

“I know this season is extra hard and your heart is hurting. You and your grief are welcome in our home. Come as you are, we’d be honored to have you with us.”

It’s also incredibly loving to honor the reality that it’s often hard for grieving folks to know what they will want, need, be up for, or able to tolerate at the holidays.

Giving them an invite without the need for commitment and permission to change their mind is extra loving:

“You don’t have to decide right now. If it feels good to be with us, we will have plenty of food and love for you-just show up! I’ll check in again the day before to see if you’re feeling up to coming over and if there’s anything you’d like me to know about how we can support you.”

Your grieving friends and fam need attentive care and responsiveness at the holidays, not plans to keep them busy, distracted, and happy.

If they’re laughing, laugh with them.

If they’re weeping, ask if they’d like your company or your help finding a quiet place to snuggle up alone for awhile.

If they’re laughing while weeping, and this is more common than you’d think, stay with them - this is a precious moment of the human experience that is truly sacred.

We don’t need to protect ourselves or each other from grief at the holidays. In fact, the more we embrace grief as an honored holiday guest, the more healthy, happy, and whole our holidays will be. 🙏

Sarah Nannen

Please join us tomorrow to remember your loved ones. We will have music and refreshments, and the opportunity to place a memory ornament on our tree, which will be added to the tree each year 🖤

Our next community seminar is the first of its kind!

Join us tomorrow Thursday Oct 19th at 1pm for:

What to Expect When a Death Occurs
A funeral director Q&A

To register, please call 902-423-7295

This is a free information session

Did you know?!

We have FREE information seminars each month to help our community members plan for the future. Please join us for this next series, all about preplanning!

Join us on Thursday Oct 5th at 1pm at 2666 Windsor street.

Call 902-455-0531 to secure your free seat to this event. There will be a door prize of a Fire and Water proof safe!

Open mic news!! 📣 🎶

Cruikshanks Unplugged is turning TWO!! We can’t believe how far we’ve come in such a short time. We can’t imagine it any other way!

Come celebrate with us tomorrow night for our open house / open mic, 6:30-9:30. Rumour has it, there will be a cake 🎂

Our sister location is having a community barbecue on Sunday June 18th! Feel free to pass it on!

Sign up for tomorrow’s open mic starts in 2 hours!

Come join us for our monthly open mic, as well as our open house! We’d love to have you come by! It’s happening from 6:30-9:30. Our venue is fully accessible, welcoming, and brimming with great musical talent 🎶♥️

We are so looking forward to our monthly Open Mic tomorrow! It’s always the last Wednesday of each month. We are in an accessible building, all ages, all great vibes 🎶

Come on out and enjoy a special evening with wonderful music, in a beautiful listening room 🖤

Wednesday April 26th 6:30-9:30

A month has come and gone already! Time to put on our monthly Open Mic, hosted by Noah Tye.

We are an all-ages, all-abilities, friendly venue. All are welcome, fully accessible.

We’d love to see you there 💕 🎶

Tonight is the night!

Come join us for a free evening of good times, good music, and great company!

We are all ages, all abilities, and fully accessible. We would love to have you 🖤

Open mic Wednesday February 22nd 6:30-9:30

We are featured in the Chronicle Herald/ SaltWire Network regarding our Open Mic night!

Cruikshanks Unplugged takes place on the last Wednesday of each month, from 6:30-9:30pm. We are an all-ages, inclusive, and accessible space to perform and enjoy some music together.

All welcome 🎶❤️

https://www.saltwire.com/halifax/news/open-mic-night-brings-halifax-funeral-home-to-life-100815207/?fbclid=IwAR3TgOTHAwOUV6lQhSiRsHsIxsL-p-4jqvFBoaLBNiTvy8FT7mCazUDUWbA&mibextid=Zxz2cZ

Open mic night brings Halifax funeral home to life | SaltWire Cruikshank's Funeral Home on Windsor Street opens its doors to performers on the last Wednesday of every month

Did you know that we open our doors to the public in a very unique way? On the last Wednesday of each month, our chapel hosts the worlds only funeral home open mic!

Check out our segment with CTV’s Katie Kelly:

'This is just a different way to see this space': Open mic night puts the 'fun' in funeral home A monthly open mic night in Halifax is putting the ‘fun’ in funeral home.

Join us tomorrow, Wednesday December 28th from 6:30-9:30 for a special holiday edition of Cruikshanks Open Mic. We are family-friendly, accessible, and very welcoming to all.

Come raise your voices and spend some time.

Sign up with Noah at 8 pm via Cruikshanks Unplugged🌲❤️

Did you know that we have an Open Mic night here at Cruikshanks on the last Wednesday of each month?
Check us out on Global Maritime Morning in an interview with Eilish Bonang ⬇️

Unexpected Open Mic Night at Halifax Funeral Home | Watch News Videos Online Watch Unexpected Open Mic Night at Halifax Funeral Home Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca

Are you interested in a full time or part time career in the funeral profession as a
Funeral Director
Embalmer
Apprentice Funeral Director
Funeral Assistant
Receptionist
Driver

Contact:
Dignity Memorial
Graham Murphy
902 233 0020
[email protected]

Allow us arrange a send-off as unique as you are. We can prearrange all of your wants and needs, so your loved ones are spared of the emotional and financial burden. They are free to celebrate your life in the very way YOU intended, with every detail remembered.

✨Offering 15% savings (tax free equivalent) on our insurance-funded prearrangements for the month of September* ✨

Call Caroline at 902-423-7295

*some conditions apply

Cruikshank's Funeral Home Since 1902, Cruikshank's Halifax Funeral Home has served tens of thousands of Dartmouth/Halifax families of all faiths and cultures. As a pillar of the Halifax community and member of the Dignity Memorial® network, we provide personalized funeral and mem

Here we go again! The most unique open mic in all the land 🎶 🎵

We look forward to welcoming you on Wednesday Jul 27th from 6:30-9:30. Bring your ears and voices and join in a memorable night. Its always a great time!

All ages, all welcome, and our facility is fully accessible.

"If you are planning ahead—remember that you are limited only by your imagination."

Message or call to speak with us today to get your final arrangements taken care of. Peace of mind is only a click away!

https://www.dignitymemorial.com/celebration-of-life/ideas?utm_source=pardot&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_july2022

Tonight, tonight!

It’s our favourite night of the month when we get to open our doors to the neighborhood and musicians of our community.

Join us for the worlds only funeral home open mic. Runs on the last Wednesday of each month, from 6:30-9:30pm. All ages, all welcome 🤗

Our sister location, A.L. Mattatall Funeral Home is doing a Community Yard Sale in support of Feed Nova Scotia on June 25th. Call to book your tables, and sell your wares while supporting a great cause. There will be live music featuring Sarah H Music, and a bbq too!

***Help us keep our community stay safe***

We are happy to announce that this month’s Community Workshop will be the ABCs of Fraud. There is no fee to attend. Feel free to bring a friend.

Come learn what to watch out for and how to keep yourself safe against fraud!

It’s almost time! Cruikshanks Unplugged is back again tomorrow night. Last Wednesday of the month came upon us quickly this time, didn’t it?

Come one, come all, to the most unique, diverse, and inclusive open mic 🎤

📷 featuring Mahogany Hollow

Here we are again, approaching the most unique Open Mic in all the land!

This is an extra special anniversary edition, as we are celebrating one year of using this incredible space to unite friends and musicians! Come and celebrate with us, your ears will thank you!

This is an all-ages event, and everyone is welcome.

6:30-9:30 Wednesday April 27th 🎶🎶🎶

“Three years ago, Larry Refsland, who works at a marketing company in Northern Minnesota, experienced the deaths of both his mother and mother-in-law in the same year. Since their passing, Larry has reflected a lot on the differences between the two funeral experiences. “After my mother-in-law's funeral, we owed $9,000," he says. “After my mother's, we owed nothing."

While both women had lived in the same rent-controlled housing and were on the same fixed monthly income, Larry's mother made monthly funeral payments on prearranged services. Larry's mother-in-law, on the other hand, had no such plans, and her family had to cover the bill for her funeral expenses on the spot.”

https://www.dignitymemorial.com/prepaid-funeral-plans/payment-plan

How to Prepay for Funeral Expenses in 2021 Learn the best way to make monthly installment payments for funeral, cemetery or cremation expenses in advance. Read the pros and cons of life insurance, prepaid funeral plans and other monthly options that ease the burden on loved ones.

We are so happy to open our doors tomorrow night for open mic from 6:30-9:30pm. This is the first one back since November! We have really missed seeing your faces and hearing your voices. Come one, come all to the worlds only funeral home open mic!

Sign up as a performer with Noah Tye, or just come in and enjoy the tunes. All ages, all welcome 🎶 💕 🎶