|
Event |
Location |
Date / Time |
 Book
Launch - From the Front of the Classroom |
Hillstead Museum,
Farmington CT
Makeshift Theater |
Sunday, September 7,
2008
3pm (rain or shine) |
| Art
& Cultural Program - Poetry as theater - Workshop Host |
United Arab Emirates
University - Dubai |
February 2009 |
| Poets
Out LOUD - NorthBeast Regional Showcase Slam - Emcee |
The Bushnell Center
for Performing Arts - Hartford, CT - 860.987.5900 for tix |
Wednesday, November
12, 2008
Doors open 6:30pm, Slam starts at 7pm |
| Florida
Council of Teachers of English Conference - Workshop presenter |
Orlando, FL |
October 16 to 18, 2008 |
 Poetry
writing and performing in the classroom - Poet in residence |
Sugarloaf Middle
School, Florida Keys
Sponsored by the Florida Keys Arts Council |
October 2008 |
UU
Fellowship & Fun / A Northeast Summer Gathering -
Writing Workshop Presenter |
Ferry Beach - Saco,
Maine
www.ferrybeach.org
|
August 2 - 8, 2008 |
| Brave
New Voices - International Youth Poetry Slam and Festival |
Washington DC |
July 15 - 19, 2008 |
| New
Britain Parks & Recreation - Words on Fire: Spoken Word
Performance workshops |
New Britain, CT |
Week of July 7, 2008 |
US
Scholar-Athlete Games 2008
Writing Workshop Presenter |
University of Rhode
Island |
June 28 - July 5, 2008 |
| Poetry
in the Park - Curbstone Press - One of several featured poets |
Julia de Burgos Park
- corner of Jackson Street and Terry Avenue in Willimantic, CT
Free admission, bring a chair |
Thursday, May 22, 2008
6pm |
Word
of Mouth - Poetry Series
Poetry Feature |
Long Wharf Theater
- New Haven |
Friday, May 16, 2008
Open mic starts at 7pm, followed by feature |
| Poetry
in the Schools - Workshop host |
Suffield Middle
School, CT |
Week of May 5, 2008 |
| Poetry
Slam Host and Performer - Word for Word |
Borders Books & Music - Farmington, CT |
Sunday, April 27 - 2 to 4pm |
| CT
Commission on Arts & Tourism HOT Schools Residency - Poet in
residence |
Worthington Hooker
School - New Haven, CT |
September 2007 through
April 2008 |
| Poet in residence |
Clover St. Elementary
School/Windsor, Suffield MS, Prince Tech/Hartford, Torringford
School/Torrington, WestConn University, Manchester Community College,
Woodbury MS, Kinsella Magnet School... |
March 2008 through May
2008 |
| Florida
Literacy Coalition - Open Books Open Minds Conference - Workshop
presenter for adult learners |
Walt Disney World
Resort |
May 7 - 9, 2008 |
| Poetry
in the Schools - Workshop host |
Melbourne Beach HS,
Florida |
Week of April 21, 2008 |
| Poetry
Slam Host and
Performer - Bread for Poems |
Atticus Bookstore Café and Chabaso Bakery
visit:
www.breadandpoetry.com |
April 17, 2008
7:30pm |
| Poetry
Slam Host and Special Guest |
Clover Street
Elementary School / 5th Grade - Windsor, CT |
April 10, 2008
6 to 8pm |
The
Creative Process: A Discussion Series - Co-Feature
Sponsored by Litchfield County Writers and Artists Project |
University of
Connecticut - Torrington Campus
www.lcwp.uconn.edu for series
information |
April 9, 2008
6:30 - 9pm |
Women
of the World Poetry Slam
http://womenspoetryslam.com/
|
Detroit |
March 12 - 16, 2008 |
| Youth
Poetry Slam and All-ages Open Mic Host |
The Buttonwood Tree
Middletown, CT |
Friday, January 18,
2008
6:45pm sign-up, 7pm start |
| Poetry
Like Bread - A poetry book reading series |
Manchester Community
College |
November 7, 2007
3:30 to 5pm |
| Amelia
Book Island Festival - Workshop Presenter and Youth Poetry
Slam Host |
Amelia Island, FL |
October 4 - 7, 2007 |
| Words
on Fire: Exploring Contemporary Poetry -
Workshop Presenter |
Manchester Community
College |
September 25, 2007
6:30 to 8:30pm |
| Teacher In-Service
Day - Why Poetry? Workshop presenter |
East Hampton, CT |
August 31, 2007 |
| SoNo
Arts Celebration - Featured Poet |
South Norwalk, CT
http://www.sonoarts.org/ |
August 5, 2007
1:30pm |
Off World Colony Poetry
& Music Festival
Elizabeth Thomas and Iyaba Mandingo - Featured Poets |
WTIC 1080 Radio
10 Executive Drive,
Farmington |
Wednesday, July 25,
2007
6:30pm |
Speak UP!
Poetry Out Loud |
Manchester Community
College |
July 23 & 30, 2007
6:30 - 8:30pm |
| Brave
New Voices |
San Jose, CA
|
July 17 - 22, 2007 |
| HOT Schools Institute Co-Presenter -
Emerging
Voices: Prose and Poetry, On and Off the Page! |
Connecticut Commission on Culture &
Tourism |
July 7 - 12, 2007 |
Uniquely Me! Summer Camp -
Writing Workshop Presenter |
Americorps /
Connecticut Valley Girl Scout Council
- Hartford, CT |
July 2007 |
| Writing/Performance
Workshops |
Niceville, FL, Cheshire HS Writer's
Block, Lyme/Old Lyme MS, Helen Keller MS, Poetry Out Loud/NEA,
University of Hartford, Manchester Community College, Jacksonville
Beach, The Buttonwood Tree Rhyming Project, South Windsor HS, Bloomfield
HS, Pathways Magnet HS, Rocky Hill HS, New Britain HS... |
2006/2007 School Year |
|
Open
Books Open Minds -
Keynote Speaker for Awards Dinner |
2007 Florida Literacy Coalition
Lake Mary, FL |
May 2 - 4, 2007 |
Poetry
Book Discussion Presenter -
6 Vietnamese Poets |
Manchester Community
College |
Wednesday, April 18,
2007
3:30 to 5pm |
|
MCC
Presents / Mishi-maya-gat Spoken Word & Music Series - Featured Poet |
Manchester Community
College
Fireside Commons
Manchester, CT
www.mcc.commnet.edu/faculty/spoken.php |
March 15, 2007
6 to 8:30pm
Starts w/Open Mic |
A
Celebration of Poets & Writers
|
Fiddleheads
Natural Supermarket
www.fiddleheadsmarket.com
55 Village Green
Drive - Litchfield, CT 06759
- 860.567.1900
|
Saturday, March 10, 2007
11am |
|
Teacher
In-Service Workshop Presenter |
Springstead High School,
Springhill HS |
Wednesday, February 21 |
|
Finding
Your Muse - Workshop presenter |
Manchester Community
College |
January 23 & 25, 2007
6:30 to 8pm |
YOUNG
WRITERS
10TH ANNIVERSARY KICKOFF - Featured poet along with Ravi Shankar and
Jon Andersen |
Naugatuck High School cafeteria
Friday, Jan. 19, 2007, 6 p.m. Reception, Features
Live Jazz, Food, Poets & Writers |
Friday, Jan. 19, 2007
6pm |
| One Word Weekly - Written/Spoken Word Workshop Presenter |
The Buttonwood Tree
Middletown, CT |
November 4 thru
December 16, 2006 (each Saturday, except November 25th)
2:00 to 4pm
|
| One Word - 3rd Friday Monthly Youth Slam & Open Mic - Co-Host
& Organizer |
The Buttonwood Tree
Middletown, CT |
Sign-up at 6:30pm
Starts at 7pm |
|
Oral Traditions - Teacher In-service - Workshop
Presenter |
The Buttonwood Tree
Middletown, CT |
November 4, 2006 |
|
Poetry Out Loud - Teacher In-service - Workshop
presenter |
Academy of Performing
Arts
Hartford, CT |
November 3, 2006 |
| Florida
Council of Teachers of English Conference -
Saving Lives with Literature - Workshop Presenter &
Rock n Write Host |
Orlando, FL |
October 12 to 14, 2006 |
Discovery
Montessori School-Jax Beach, FL -
Visiting Poet |
Jacksonville Beach, FL |
October 11, 2006 |
|
Amelia
Island Book Festival - Co-host Youth Poetry Jam |
Amelia Island, FL |
October 7, 2006 |
|
Summer
Poetry Series - Featured Poet |
Nantucket Atheneum/508-228-1110
www.NantucketAtheneum.org
|
August 20, 2006
4pm |
|
Poetry
in the Gardens |
Gazebo Gardens
Hennequin Road, Columbia, CT |
Sunday, August 6, 2006
2:30 to 4pm |
Poetry
Feature, w/members of CT Youth Team
|
Colony Arts Cafe
Woodstock, NY
http://www.colonycafe.com/ |
Monday, July 31, 2006
Doors open at 7pm
Open mic to follow |
|
Poetry
Ice Cream Social |
Beckish Senior Center
Columbia, CT |
Monday, July 17, 2006
1 to 3pm |
|
Hot
Schools Institute / Poetry Slam Workshop -
Presenter and Slam Host |
CT Commission on
Culture and Tourism - Southbury, CT |
July 9 & 11, 2006 |
|
Freedom
to Speak-Using Yoga to Write Wide Open -
Co-Presenter w/Temple Symonds-Wands |
Samadhi Yoga Studio -
Manchester
http://www.samadhiyogastudio.com |
July 8, 2006
1 to 4pm |
|
World
Scholar-Athlete Games - Instructor &
Coordinator of the Writing/Poetry Program |
University of Rhode
Island |
June 23 through July
2, 2006 |
|
Keeney
Street Elementary School PTO-Dinner Celebration
- Host |
Manchester, CT |
May 31, 2006
6 to 7:30pm |
|
Center
City Churches-After School Program Celebration -
Host |
Sanchez School,
Hartford |
May 23, 2006
4 to 5pm |
|
Victoria
Station - Youth Poetry Open Mic - Host |
Woodstock, CT |
May 19, 2006 |
Open
Books, Open Minds
Adult Literacy Conference -
Key Note Speaker and Workshop Presenter |
St. Petersburg, FL
www.floridaliteracy.org |
May 4 & 5, 2006 |
|
Brave
New Voices |
NYC |
April 25 through 29,
2006 |
Finding
Your Muse
Co-Hosting w/Portia Cornell |
Kindred Spirits,
Simonton Street
Key West, FL |
April 20, 2006
7pm |
|
Naomi's
Stereophonic Diner - A Play in Poetry |
Stage One -
Professional Theatre for Young Audiences -
Louisville, KY |
April 13 through 15,
2006 |
|
CT
National Youth Poetry Slam Team 2006 Feature |
Wednesday Night Poetry Series
Molten Java, 102
Greenwood Avenue, Bethel, CT |
April 12, 2006
7:30pm |
Art
Smarts in the Schools
Marathon & Key West High School Poetry
Performance |
The Tropic Cinema,
Eaton Street
Key West, FL
This event is sponsored by the Florida
Keys Council of the Arts, the State of Florida, Department of State,
Division of Cultural Affairs, the Florida Arts Council, the National
Endowment for the Arts and private donations. |
Friday, March 24, 2006
5:30 to 6:30pm |
CT
National Youth Poetry Slam Team 2006 FINALS
Co-host |
The Buttonwood Tree
Middletown, CT |
Friday, March 3, 2006
Doors open at 6:30pm |
CT
National Youth Poetry Slam Team 2006 Tryout #3
Co-Host |
John Bale Book
Company
Waterbury, CT |
Thursday, March 2,
2006
Doors open at 6:00pm |
| Finding Your Muse,
Discovering Your Poetic Heart - Writing Workshop Presenter |
Manchester Community
College
www.mcc.commnet.edu
|
January 23 & 25, 2006
7 to 8:30pm |
| New
Blue Moon Rising - Teen
Slam w/Len Germinara |
Attleboro Museum of Arts
www.nantucketpoetryslam.org
|
January 21, 2006
2pm to 5pm |
| Gathering
Room House Concert - A benefit for Habitat
for Humanity in the aftermath of Hurricane Kartrina -
Featured performer, along w/Stephen Nystrup, Kate Callahan and Metacomet |
Glastonbury, CT
http://www.spectralvoices.com/
gatheringroom.htm
Reserve seating by
calling Jim Cole, 860.633.5057 |
Saturday, December 10,
2005
7:30pm
|
Say
What?
Youth Poetry Slam and All Ages Open Mic |
La Paloma Sabanera
www.palomasabanera.com
860.548.1670
Capitol Avenue, Hartford, CT |
Friday, November 18,
2005
Doors open at 7pm
Event starts at 7:30 |
|
A Lot at the Little Anniversary
Celebration - Featured Poet |
Saxton Little Library, Rt 87
Columbia, CT
1 to 4pm |
November 12, 2005
2pm |
| Poetry
101 - A Celebra-tion of Gifted Teachers - A featured poet, along
w/several other CT poets and teachers |
The Buttonwood Tree -
Main Street, Middletown, CT
www.buttonwood.org
|
November 11, 2005
7:30pm |
Generations
Slam -
Youth poets vs Adult poets from around CT |
Whitlock Farm/The Book
Barn -
20 Sperry Road, Bethany, CT
Call 203.393.1240 for directions |
November 5, 2005
1pm |
| Florida Council of
Teachers of English Conference - Keynote Speaker |
Orlando, FL |
October 13 - 15, 2005 |
| Amelia Island Book
Festival - Featured Author and Poet-in-Residence, Fernandina High
School |
Amelia Island, FL |
September 29 - October
2, 2005 |
Oral
Traditions
Presenter - The Graduate Institute |
New Haven, CT |
September 23 - 24,
2005 |
| Finding Your Muse,
Discovering Your Poetic Heart - Writing Workshop Presenter |
Manchester Community
College
www.mcc.commnet.edu
|
September 14 & 21,
2005
7 to 8:30pm |
Voices
for Peace
Featuring Carolyn Forche |
Colony Cafe,
Woodstock, NY |
September 10, 2005
5pm |
National Poetry
Slam -
Storm Poet |
Albuquerque, NM |
August 10 to 13, 2005 |
| Long
Wharf - Ghostlight: Poetry for a Dark Stage - Featured Poet (with special young guests) |
New Haven, CT
www.longwharf.org |
August 8, 2005
Doors open at 7pm |
| Moon
Tongue - Yoga as Muse, A Writing Retreat w/Jeff Davis |
Woodstock, NY |
August 4 to 7, 2005 |
| Regional
Poetry Slam |
AS220 - Providence, RI
www.as220.org
(at the Perishable Theatre, 95 Empire Street, next door to AS220) |
July 28, 2005 - 7pm |
YPI - Where
Creativity is Nourished and Arts are the Focus
Workshop Presenter |
Middlebury, CT
www.ypi.org
|
Week of July 10th
|
| Block Island Poetry
Festival |
Block Island (duh) |
July 10, 2005 |
| Finding Your Muse,
Discovering Your Poetic Heart - Writing Workshop Presenter |
Manchester Community
College
www.mcc.commnet.edu
|
June 30 & July 7, 2005
- 7 to 8:30pm |
Plays with Poetry
Back by popular demand |
East Haddam Stage
Company
www.ehsco.org
|
June 25, 2005 - 7pm |
Hartford Youth
Network
Workshop Presenter |
Hartford, CT |
June 24, 2005 |
Summer Enrichment
Camp
Workshop Presenter |
Melbourne Beach, FL |
June 6 - June 10, 2005 |
2nd Annual
CT Authors and Publishers Association (CAPA)-
Being a Poet in These Times-Workshop presenter |
Hartford, CT |
May 7, 2005 |
Gazebo Garden Tours
Poetry Host |
Gazebo Gardens
Rt. 66 - Columbia, CT |
May 1, 2005 |
Third Annual Connecticut Writers Conference
Workshop Presenter and Feature |
Central Connecticut State University
http://www.ccsu.edu
|
April 30, 2005 -
8:00am to 5:00pm |
| Host - Youth Poetry
Slam Series - w/young poets from Woodbury MS, Sedgwick MS and
New Britain MS |
New Britain Museum of American Art |
April 27, 2005 - 5:30 to 7pm |
| Brave New Voices 8
- w/ the CT National Youth Poetry Slam Team! |
San Francisco |
April 20 to 24, 2005 |
Poetry Slam
Workshop Presenter |
University HS -
Orlando, FL |
April 15, 2005 |
| Happy Hour Host - Youth Poetry
Slam Series |
New Britain Museum of American Art |
April 6, 2005 - 5:30 to 7pm |
| Writing Workshops |
Suffield Middle School
Lyme/Old Lyme Middle School
Greater Hartford Public Schools
University of Hartford
John Jay Middle School, NY
Southeast Elementary, Mansfield
Porter Elementary, Columbia
Woodbury Middle School
Madison Public Schools, Trumball |
March through May |
Passion to
Publication Workshop -
The Art of the Written and Spoken Word
w/Elizabeth Thomas and
Faith Vicinanza |
Block Island Writers
Series |
March 31 to April 3,
2005 |
| Performance Poetry
'Bootcamp' Workshop Presenter - w/Reggie Gibson, Michael Brown and
Len Germinara |
Nantucket Poetry
Series |
March 18 to March 20,
2005 |
| Emerging Voices -
Host |
The Buttonwood Tree,
Middletown |
January 21, 2005 |
| Featured Poet |
The Buttonwood Tree, Middletown |
December 12, 2004 - 3pm |
| Featured Poet
|
The Poets Asylum,
Worcester, MA |
December 13, 2004 |
| Writing Workshops
w/Images of Cultural Identity - CREC |
Greater Hartford area
5th grades |
December 9 to 16, 2004 |
| Poetry Writing
Workshop |
University of Hartford |
November 8, 2004 - 4:30pm |
Passion to
Publication Workshop -
The Art of the Written and Spoken Word
w/Elizabeth Thomas and
Faith Vicinanza |
Mercy Center, Madison,
CT |
November 6, 2004
8:30am to
5pm |
| Poetry 101 Reading |
The Buttonwood Tree,
Middletown |
November 5, 2004 - 8pm |
Host of Say What?
Youth Poetry Showcase |
The Bushnell, Hartford
www.bushnell.org |
November 4, 2004 - 6pm |
| Workshops |
Amelia Island, FL
|
October 18, 2004 |
| Workshop Leader |
Florida Council of
Teachers of English |
October 14 -16, 2004 |
| Semi-final slam for
CT Youth Team 2005 |
New Britain Museum of
American Art |
September 24, 2004
5:30 to
7:30pm |
| Featured Poet |
Trinity on Main, New
Britain |
September 21, 2004 |
| Host - Words on
Fire-Poetry workshops/slam |
The Bushnell, Hartford
www.bushnell.org |
September 19, 2004 |
| Featured Poet |
http://www.nantucketpoetryslam.org/ |
August 22, 2004 - 2pm |
| Performance Poetry
Workshop |
Excursions-Manchester
Community College-CT |
August 2 to 13, 2004 |
Confratute
Spoken Word Workshop |
UConn |
July 12 & 13, 2004
AM
sessions |
| Poetry and Music
Fest |
Block Island |
July 11, 2004 |
Passion to Publication
The Art of the Written and Spoken Word
Co-host w/Faith Vicinanza |
The Mercy Center, Madison CT |
June 26, 2004
9am to 5pm |
| Art Happy Hour
Presenter |
New Britain Museum of
American Art, New Britain, CT |
June 9, 2004 - 5:30pm |
| Minds in
Motion-Poetry Soup Workshop for children |
South Windsor, CT |
May 15, 2004 - 1 to 4pm |
| Featured Poet |
Centripetal - New
Hampshire |
May 11, 2004 - 7pm |
| Writing and Music w/
Playtivity |
Horace Porter School,
Columbia
Lewis Fox Middle School, Htfd |
May 6 and 7, 2004 |
| Learning to Repair the
World Writing Workshops |
Hartford, CT
|
May and June, 2004 |
| Charter Oak Poetry
Writing Series |
Hartford Schools |
April and May, 2004 |
| Generations Poetry
Slam |
ALL Gallery (The Arts and Literature Laboratory)
5 Edwards St, New Haven,
CT
www.allgallery.org
|
April 30, 2004 - 8pm |
| Poetry Soup Writing Workshop |
Unitarian Meeting House,
Hartford |
April 25, 2004 - 12:15pm |
| Sharing Creativity
Workshop for children and parents |
Windham Area Poetry
Festival |
April 24, 2004 - 10am |
| Poetry Workshops |
John Jay Middle
School, NY |
April 22 & 23,
2004 |
| Poetry Feature |
Bethel Arts Junction -
5 Depot Pl. Bethel, CT |
April 21, 2004 - 6:30pm |
| Generations Poetry
Slam |
Ours Poetica - New Poetry Venue Trinity on Main Cafe
Youth vs Adult Poetry Slam
Main St, New Britain, CT |
April 20, 2004 - 7pm |
| Brave New Voices 7 |
Los Angeles |
April 14th to 18th,
2004 |
| Lynnfield High School Performance
Workshop |
Lynnfield, MA |
April 8, 2004 |
| Co-host Performance Poetry Workshop |
Block Island High School |
April 5, 2004 |
| Co-host Writing workshop |
Block Island |
April 1st to April 4th,
2004 |
Teen Writers Voice
Conference
Workshop Presenter |
Hartford Academy of Performing Arts |
March 26, 2004 |
| Regional Youth Slam |
AS220 Providence |
March 25, 2004 |
| Writing Workshops |
Suffield Middle School
Horace Porter School, Columbia
Lewis Fox Middle School, Hartford |
Month of March, 2004 |
| Host of the CT National Youth Poetry Slam Team 2004 Finals |
The Bushnell in Hartford, CT |
Thursday, March 4 2004
- 6:30pm |
| Benefit reading for the M.S. Society of the Florida Keys |
Out of the Blue -
Big Pine Key, FL |
Saturday, January 17,
2004
5 to 6pm |
