|
Event |
Location |
Date / Time |
| |
2011/2012 school year - Writing and Performance residencies at 2 Rivers Magnet MS, Kinsella
Magnet School, Classical
Magnet HS/Htfd, Prince Technical HS/Htfd, Clover Street Elementary
School/Windsor, Southington Library/ALTA School... |
|
 CT
Writing Project - Student Writers Recognition Night - Keynote
Speaker |
Jorgensen Center for the
Performing Arts - UConn |
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
5 pm |
| Georgia
Council of Teachers of English Conference - Workshop leader |
Callaway Gardens, GA |
February 17-18, 2012 |
| BREAD
BOX FOLK SERIES -
Acoustic Artist Showcase (music and spoken word)
- Featured spoken word artist |
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
220 Valley St., Willimantic |
November
16, 2011
7pm |
| Unitarian
Universalist Fellowship & Fun Summer Gathering - Workshop Co-Lead
with teens |
Ferry
Beach, Maine |
August 6
thru 13th, 2011 |
|
Poetry
Salon 2011 - On the Button - Guest Poet
along with Regie Gibson, Phil Rosenthal
(1994 CT State Troubadour) and Dan Tressler (of String Fingers)
and Tom Nicotera |
Mattatuck Museum Arts and History Center
144 West Main Street, Waterbury (3rd floor auditorium)
Admission: $12; $10 for museum members
Email
vicblu@mindspring.com |
Saturday,
July 9, 2011
7:00 to 11:00 p.m. |
| Hot
Rhymes, Spicy Flows -
HARTBEAT ENSEMBLE'S BBQ &
Poetry Feast and Annual Fundraiser featuring Connecticut’s top poets.
Elizabeth Thomas is the Special Guest Poet. |
140 Asylum Street, Hartford, CT
(entrance on High Street) |
Friday,
July 8th
6:30 p.m. |
| Sunken
Gardens Poetry Festival - Reading with
Dick Allen, Poet Laureate of Connecticut
|
Hillstead
Museum, Farmington, CT
http://hillstead.org/activities/poetry_performseries.html
|
July 6,
2011
Music starts at 6:30pm |
|
World
Youth Peace Summit -
Elizabeth Thomas will be speaking as part of the panel entitled “Voices
of the Boomer Generation” along with Mayor Pedro Segarra of Hartford,
Dan Doyle of the Institute for International Sport and Dr. Richard
Lapchick of the Council for Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy. |
University of Hartford, Chase Family Arena (A map of the campus can be
found at
http://www.hartford.edu/about/map/UofH_Map.pdf.) |
Sunday,
July 3 at 11:30am |
|
World
Scholar-Athlete Games and World Youth Peace Summit |
University
of Hartford
www.internationalsport.com |
June 26
thru July 4, 2011 |
| Poets
Speaking Out for Social Justice
- Co-reader/panelist |
Harriet
Beecher Stowe House
77 Forest Street
Hartford, CT |
Sunday, June 26
Starts at 1:00pm |
| 2011
Connecticut Student Teacher Writing Conference -
Keynote Speaker |
Hosted
by the Connecticut Writing Conference
@ University
of Connecticut
|
May 24,
2011 |
| Oral
Traditions Teacher's Conference - Workshop presenter |
The
Graduate Institute
Bethany,
CT |
May 21,
2011 |
| Poetry
Soup - Featured poet for high school and community poetry series |
Jabberwocky Book Store - Newburyport, MA |
May 4,
2011
7pm |
| The
Artist’s Way® in a Day -
Presenter |
Manchester
Community College
Continuing Education - 860-512-2800 for more information |
Saturday,
April 16, 2011
9am to 1:30pm |
| Minding
the Muse: The Practice of Poetry - Presenter |
Manchester
Community College
Continuing Education - 860-512-2800 for more information |
Tuesdays,
April 5 to 26, 2011
6 to 8pm |
|
National
Council of Teachers of English - Florida Featured session - Why
Poetry? |
Orlando,
FL
www.ncte.org |
November
18 to 21, 2010 |
| Bread
Box Folk Series - Artist's Showcase -
Featured spoken word artist - Elizabeth Thomas |
St. Paul's Episcopal Church,
220 Valley St. Willimantic, CT
www.breadboxfolk.org |
Wednesday,
November 17, 2010
7pm |
| Noctua
Literary Review Open
Mic followed by featured poet and performer............Elizabeth Thomas |
Southern CT State University
New Haven (Fireplace Lounge, 3rd Floor in the Student Center)
www.southernct.edu
|
Friday, November 12,
2010
7pm |
|
Words
on Fire: Exploring Contemporary Poetry |
Manchester
Community College
Continuing Education |
November
9, 2010
6 to 8pm |
| Late
Summerfest Poetry Celebration - A featured poet (more info to come) |
Hygeia House on Block Island |
Sunday,
October 3, 2010 |
|
Artist's
Way in a Day - Presenter |
Manchester
Community College
Continuing Education |
September
25, 2010
9am to 1:30pm
Bring a bag lunch |
Bread
Box Folk Series - Artist's Showcase
Featured spoken word artists - Russ Darling
and Elizabeth Thomas |
St. Paul's Episcopal Church,
220 Valley St. Willimantic, CT
www.breadboxfolk.org |
September
15th, 2010
7:00pm
Suggested donation $5.00 |
|
Wednesday
Night Poetry Series - Featured Poet |
ctpoetnewsletter.blogspot.com/
New location -
"The Garage" (Newtown Teen Center)
53 Church Hill Road, Newtown |
August 18,
2010 |
UU
Family & Friends
Conference-
Senior High Co-Workshop Leader |
Ferry
Beach, ME
http://www.ferrybeach.org/summer_conferences/uuff.html |
August 7
to 14, 2010 |
|
Oral
Traditions - New Teacher Conference - Featured speaker |
The
Graduate Institute
Bethany,
CT |
August 2,
2010 |
|
Brave
New Voices |
Los
Angeles, CA
www.bravenewvoices.org |
July 19 to
25, 2010 |
|
A
Poetry Salon -
Various features and an Open Mic - Hosted
by: Victoria Muñoz, Terri Klein, and David K. Leff |
170 Freight Street, Waterbury, CT 06702
www.freightstreetgallery.com
Admission: $7 |
July
10, 2010
7:00 to 11:00 PM
Doors open at 6:15 PM |
| Riverwood
Poetry Festival - CRUSH Anthology Book Launch |
The
Buttonwood Tree
Middletown, CT |
June 25,
2010
6:30pm |
| Rhode
Island Scholar-Athlete Games - Writing workshop presenter |
University
of Rhode Island
www.internationalsport.com/risag/ |
June 18,
2010 |
|
Minding
the Muse: The Practice of Poetry - Presenter |
Manchester
Community College
Continuing Education |
Monday &
Wednesday, June 14 thru 23
6 to 8pm |
|
Mother
Tongue - Featured with Valerie Lawson and Faith Vicinanza |
Silas Bronson Library
267 grand street, Waterbury, CT |
Wednesday,
June 2, 2010
6:30pm |
|
Poetry Soup - Workshop leader for youth writing program |
Newburyport, MA |
Wednesday,
May 26, 2010 |
| Riverwood
Poetry Series -
Featured poet |
Wood Memorial Library, 783 Main St,
S. Windsor CT
www.woodmemoriallibrary.org
Admission is free, refreshments served, donations of
non-perishable foods will also be accepted for the benefit of St.
Vincent de Paul Place |
Thursday, April 29, 2010
6:30pm |
|
Minding
the Muse: The Practice of Poetry - Presenter |
Manchester
Community College
Continuing Education |
Tuesdays,
4/27 thru 5/18
6 to 8pm |
| Newburyport
Literary Festival - Featured author along w/Rhina P.
Espaillat, J.D. Scrimgeour, Wally Lamb, Mary McGarry Morris,
Dr. Regina Barreca and others |
Newburyport, MA
http://www.newburyportliteraryfestival.org/ |
April 23 &
24, 2010 |
| Artist's
Way in a Day - Presenter |
Manchester
Community College
Continuing Education |
April 10,
2010
9am to 1pm |
The
Poet's Voice -
Featured poet
|
The Ferguson Library, Stamford
www.fergusonlibrary.org
"Part of nearly 30 years of readings by prominent poets in Fairfield
County" |
Sunday, March 28, 2010
2pm |
Keys
Community School of the Arts
Workshop Presenter - Emerging Voices |
Keys
Community School of the Arts
http://keyscommunityschoolofthearts.org |
January &
February, 2010 |
|
Writing
workshops w/Teen Moms |
Key West
High School -
Wesley House Family Services |
January
thru March, 2010 |
| Wednesday
Night Poetry Series - Featured Poet (includes an open mic) |
Blue Z Coffeehouse
127 South Main St, Newtown, CT
New location |
Wednesday,
December 9th
7:30pm |
|
December School Visits |
Lyme/Old
Lyme MS, Woodstock Academy, Classical Magnet HS, Kinsella School for
Performing Arts, Jack Jackter Elementary School |
Throughout
December |
|
Teaching
Slam Poets - Presenter |
Manchester
Community College, CT |
December 8
and 15, 2009
6 to 8pm |
| Mother
Tongue Poetry Reading w/Faith Vicinanza, Valerie Lawson & Elizabeth
Thomas |
White
Plains Library, White Plains NY |
Wednesday,
December 2, 2009
6:30pm |
|
Artist's
Way in a Day - Presenter |
Manchester
Community College, CT |
September
12, 2009
9am to 1:30pm |
| Inescapable
Rhythms - Featured Poet |
Real Art
Ways, Hartford CT |
September
9, 2009
7pm |
HOT
Schools Summer Institute -
Co-Presenter w/Rolande Duprey-
Puppets Out Loud |
Hartford,
CT |
July 13 -
17, 2009 |
| Words
Pressed Up Against the Glass: Poetry and the Pre-AP Student
- Guest Poet / Workshop Presenter |
East
Hartford High School |
July 1,
2009
9 to 12pm |
| Riverwood
Poetry Festival -
Co-feature |
Fernwood
Restaurant -
1113 New Britain Avenue,
Hartford CT |
Friday,
June 26th
9:30pm to 1am |
|
Riverwood
Poetry Festival - Speakeasy: A Generational
Poetry Slam between members of CT Youth Team 2009 and past CT Adult Team
members-www.riverwoodpoetry.org |
Charter
Oak Cultural Center - Hartford, CT
www.charteroakcenter.org
|
June 24,
2009
6:30 to 8:30pm |
|
Cooperative Arts & Humanities Magnet
High School Poetry Slam Workshop - with the CT National Youth Poetry
Slam Team 2009 |
New Haven,
CT |
Friday,
June 12, 2009 |
|
Sunken
Garden Poetry Festival Young Poets Workshop -
Mentor / Presenter |
Hillstead
Museum, Farmington CT |
Wednesday, June 10,
2009 |
|
Greater
Hartford Arts Council - Creative Lunches Series / United Arts Campaign -
Speaker |
Throughout
greater Hartford |
Weeks of
June 1 & June 8 |
|
Urban
Gifted Showcase - Presenter |
CAUS (Connecticut Association
of Urban Superintendents) - Central Connecticut State
University |
June 1,
2009 |
| CT
IMPAC Young Writers Awards Dinner - Poetry Slam / Workshop Presenter |
Mark Twain
House and Museum
Hartford, CT |
May 31,
2009
4:30 to 5:30pm |
| Reggae Slam at the Russell |
The
Russell Restaurant
103 Pratt St
Hartford, CT |
May 27,
2009
8pm |
|
Workshop Assembly -
Presenter |
Avon High
School - Avon, CT |
May 21,
2009 |
|
Hartford
History Center & The Amistad Center - Opening Reception for …AGE -
Participating poet |
Wadsworth
Atheneum - Hartford, CT |
May 14,
2009
4pm |
Bru Cafe - Open Mic
Nights
Hosted by Baub Bidon
Featured poet - Elizabeth Thomas |
141
Orange Street, New Haven, CT
Every 2nd Saturday of each month |
Friday,
May 9, 2009
6 to 9pm |
|
Manchester Community College - Guest speaker for Alumni Dinner |
Manchester
Community College - CT |
Thursday,
May 7, 2009
6:30pm |
Colchester Elementary School -
Visiting poet for my granddaughter's 2nd grade class |
Colchester, CT |
Thursday,
May 7, 2009 |
| Broad
Street Books - Featured Poet, along with open mic |
Broad
Street Books, Middletown, CT
45 Broad Street |
May 5,
2009
7pm |
|
Speak Up: Out Loud Poetry - Workshop Presenter |
Manchester
Community College |
May 4 &
MAY 11, 2009
6:30 to 8:30pm |
| Arts
and Human Rights Conference - - Presenter |
E.O. Smith HS
- Storrs, CT |
April 27,
2009 |
| Riverwood
Poetry Series - Teachers PoET - An
evening of poetry celebrating promising student writers and the teachers
who have influenced them, both sharing their work.
|
The
Buttonwood Tree - Middletown, CT
www.riverwoodpoetry.org |
April 25,
2008
6:30pm |
|
WordFest
- A featured performer and slam judge |
Danbury High School -
Danbury, CT |
April 23,
2009 |
|
Lunch
& Learn w/Greater Hartford Arts Council - Feature |
Bank of America - Farmington,
CT |
April 21,
2009 |
| One
Day College- “All the World’s a Stage" - Workshop presenter
/ Speakeasy: Poetry
Out Loud and luncheon entertainment |
Manchester
Community College
www.mcc.commnet.edu/oneday |
April 18,
2009 |
Mad
River Literary Festival -
Co-Feature w/Jim Kelleher |
Northwestern CT Community College - Founders Hall Auditorium
http://www.nwcc.commnet.edu/ |
April 15,
2009
6:30pm |
Guilford
Poets Guild - 2nd Thursday Poetry Series -
Featured Poet
http://guilfordpoetsguild.wordpress.com |
The Greene Art Gallery
29 Whitfield St. (red barn behind Whitfield's Cafe)
Guilford, CT 06437
Map & directions
|
April 9, 2009
7:00 to 9pm
Open mic - 7 to 7:30 |
|
Spring
into Arts - Presenter |
Lyme/Old
Lyme Middle School, CT |
April 9,
2009 |
| Library
Poetry Series - Featured Poet |
East Hampton Public
Library |
April 8, 2009, 7pm |
|
Sunken
Gardens Youth Poetry Program - Poet-in-residence |
Prince
Tech & Classical Magnet High Schools
Hartford, CT |
April &
May, 2009 |
| The
Bushnell Partner's Program - Words in Motion - Poet-in-residence |
Bulkeley HS & Glastonbury HS |
April &
May, 2009 |
|
Caduceus
Reading - Co-contributor
/feature |
Yale Bookstore (Barnes
and Noble) - 77
Broadway, New Haven, CT |
April 4,
2009
1 to 4pm |
|
Creative
Networking - Featured Speaker |
The Annex (upstairs),
WindhamARTS
866 Main Street, Willimantic, CT 06226
http://appliedimagination.org/april2009.pdf |
April 1,
2009
5:30 to 7pm |
|
Mother
Tongue Reading - Co-Feature with Faith Vicinanza & Valerie Lawson |
Wednesday
Night Poetry Series
Bethel, CT -
http://wedpoetry.blogspot.com/2008/08/32509.html |
March 25,
2009 |
|
Clover
Street School - Poet-in-residence |
Windsor,
CT |
March 23
to April 2
April 2 is SLAM night! |
|
Writer's
Circle - Featured speaker |
Wethersfield Library, CT |
March 22,
2009
2 to 4pm |
| Mishi-Maya-Gat
Poetry Series - Co-Feature w/Brian Johnson |
Manchester Community
College
Fireside Commons -
Manchester, CT
www.mcc.commnet.edu/faculty/spoken.php |
March 19, 2009, 7 to
9pm
|
|
Writers
Write - Workshop Presenter |
Manchester
Community College |
Mondays,
March 16 - April 20, 2009
6:30 to 8:30pm |
| CT
Commission on Culture & Tourism Poetry Out Loud, CT State Finals - Emcee |
St.
Joseph's University |
March 10, 2009 |
| Art
& Cultural Program - Poetry as theater - Workshop Host |
United Arab Emirates
University - Dubai |
February 2009 |
|
Oral
Traditions, Teacher Conference - Featured Presenter |
Wesleyan University, Middletown CT |
February 6
& 7, 2009 |
|
Poetry
Feature |
Farmington
Public Library
www.farmingtonlibct.org
|
December
9, 2008
7pm |
|
Youth
Poetry Slam and All-Ages Open Mic - Host |
The Buttonwood Tree -
Middletown CT |
Sunday,
December 7, 2008
Sign-up at 2:45pm, Starts at 3pm |
|
SLAM
for Kids -
Hosted by
Nutmeg Big Brothers Big Sisters - Keynote Poet |
Trinity College
Center for Urban and Global Studies Building
Koeppel Community Sports Center
175 New Britain Avenue in Hartford, CT |
Saturday,
December 6, 2008
6 to 7pm - Reception and sign-up
Slam starts at 7pm |
| Confluence
- a community gathering to share the
experiences of different cultures via the
printed word - A featured reader |
Naugatuck Valley Community College
-
Visit
www.nvcc.commnet.edu/confluencia
for more information. |
November 13, 2008, 6pm
|
| 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 |
| Quinebaug
Valley Community College Multicultural Program w/QVCC
Student Government Association Reading Series -
Featured Poet |
Eastern Cafe Perk
701 Main
Street, Willimantic
Reading and open mic |
November 10, 2008
5:30 to 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 |
| Book
Launch - From the Front of the Classroom |
Hillstead Museum,
Farmington CT
Makeshift Theater |
Sunday, September 7,
2008
3pm (rain or shine) |
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 |
