Upcoming & Past Events
Open Mic Poetry Night (a featured reader)
October 2021
Sage Bird Cidery
Harrisonburg, VA
Wednesday Night Poetry Night (a featured reader)
September 2021
ONLINE / NATIONAL
All For Love – Poetry Reading (a featured reader)
Details TBA / April 2020
Richmond, VA
AWP Conference (multiple poetry readings) (COVID RELATED CANCELATION)
March 2020
San Antonio, TX
Private Poetry Reading/Talk (Keynote Speaker)
January 2020
Harrisonburg, VA
Music & Poetry Fundraiser (a featured reader)
November 2019
The Golden Pony, Harrisonburg, VA
Confessional Poetry Reading (a featured reader)
Saturday, November 2, 2019
7:00 pm
The Little Grill, Harrisonburg, VA
GOTV Rally at Court Square
Friday, November 1, 2019
5:30 pm
Court Square, Harrisonburg, VA
3rd Annual Suicide Prevention & Awareness Vigil (Speaker)
Saturday, September 7, 2019
7:00 pm
Poetry for Change (a Featured Reader)
Thursday, May 30, 2019
6:00-8:00 pm
Our Community Place, Harrisonburg, VA
3rd Annual 24 Hour Project
Friday, April 12th, 2019
11:20 pm
Court Square Theater, Harrisonburg, VA
Women in Focus (Speaker)
Sunday, March 24, 2019
2:30 pm
Court Square Theater, Harrisonburg, VA
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RAAC Reading Series (Keynote Speaker)
Saturday, March 23, 2019
6:30 pm
Quièvremont Winery, Washington, VA
Mary Oliver Tribute Reading
Friday, March 15, 2019
7:30 pm
150 Franklin Street Gallery, Harrisonburg, VA
Bold as Roses: a poetry reading (a featured reader)
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
7:00 pm
The Golden Pony, Harrisonburg, VA
After You Write Your Book
Thursday, December 6, 2018
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Massanutten Regional Library, Harrisonburg, VA
Class: Writing: Tell Your Story, Find Your Voice
Thursdays beginning January 24, 2019
Blue Ridge Community College, Weyers Cave, VA
Stories, Warnings and Alibis
Wednesday, November 28, 2018
6:30 pm
The Friendly Fermenter, Harrisonburg, VA
Women in Focus: Why We Work & How We Work
Sunday, March 18, 2018
2:00 pm
Court Square Theater, Harrisonburg, VA
Nevertheless, She Persisted
Thursday, March 8, 2018
6:00 pm
The Bridge PAI, Charlottesville, VA
First Fridays-Lauren K. Alleyne Poetry Reading
Friday, February 2, 2018
6:00 pm
150 Franklin Street Galley, Harrisonburg, VA
Group Poetry Reading and Open Mic
Wednesday, December 13, 2017
6:30 pm
The Artful Dodger, Harrisonburg, VA
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Poetry, Recovery & Finding Hope While Living With a Mental Illness
Thursday, June 29, 2017
6:30am-8:00pm
Our Community Place, Harrisonburg, VA
Mental Health Awareness talk: not open to the public
Monday, July 3, 2017
Harrisonburg, VA
Virginia Writers Club: Navigating Your Writing Life Symposium (panelist)
Saturday, August 5, 2017
All day
Piedmont Virginia Community College, Charlottesville, VA
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Angela M. Carter (left); Emilia Phillips (middle) -educator, poet and editor; Sofia Starnes, Virginia poet laureate, 2012-2014.
Poetry Reading: Symposium – Conversations on Sexual Violence
Saturday, March 19, 2016
9:00am-5:00pm
Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, VA
Keynote Speaker and Poetry Reading – Walk for Hope
Saturday, April 2, 2016
12pm – 3pm
James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
Poetry Reading: Take Back the Night
Tuesday, April 5, 2016
6:00pm
Grafton-Stovall Hall, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
Author Festival (Talk and selling of book)
Saturday, April 16, 2016
12pm-4pm
Waynesboro Public Library, VA
Speaker (after Broadway play, STET)
Wednesday, June 29, 2016
7:00pm
Abingdon Theater, Broadway, New York City
International Summit to End Sexual Violence (panelist and poetry performer)
In accordance with the Take Back the Night Foundation
Sunday, July 10, 2016 and Monday, July 11, 2016
two day event
New York City
Virginia Writer’s Symposium: Panelist/reader
Saturday, August 6, 2016
all day event
Piedmont Community College, Charlottesville, VA
Spoken Word Performance (Music show)
Saturday, October 15, 2016
8:30pm
The Little Grill Collective, Harrisonburg, VA
Ideas to Inspire: a keynote speaker
Tuesday, October 25, 2016
Time TBA
Court Square Theater, Harrisonburg, VA
This is r evolution (a featured artist)
Tuesday, November 29, 2016
7pm-11pm (open mic to follow featured artists)
The Golden Pony, Harrisonburg, VA
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Reader: The Bridgewater International Poetry Festival
Saturday, January 14, 2017 (Room E)
1:30pm
Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, VA
Reader: Ever Thus to Tyrants
Saturday, January 21, 2017
8pm-?
The Little Grill, Harrisonburg, VA
Reader: Hot Pillow III
Thursday, February 9, 2017 (Cullen Room)
3:00PM-5:00PM
Busboys & Poets, Washington DC
Reader: Guest Author
Sunday, February 26, 2017
Private meeting
Harrisonburg, VA
Featured reader: April 11th
Recording
Wednesday, April 12, 2017
Hotel Appalachia, Harrisonburg, VA
Nasty Women: a poetry reading
Reading with poets Patricia Asuncion and Cynthia Atkins
Tuesday, April 18, 2017
7pm
The Bridge, Charlottesville, VA
TOUCHED WITH FIRE: reading, and Q&A,
in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month
Reading with poet Cynthia Atkins
Tuesday, May 16, 2017
7pm
Pale Fire Brewery, Harrisonburg, VA
A featured performer: This is My Brave
Sunday, May 21, 2017
7:30pm
Keegan Theatre, Washington DC
Prior to 2016:
James River Writer’s Conference (panelist and reader)
Panels: Make Your Words Count & To MFA or to Not MFA
Saturday, October 17th and Sunday, October 18th
Richmond, VA
Poetry Reading: Featured Reader
Saturday, October 17, 2015
06:30pm
The Firehouse Theater, Richmond, VA
Storytellers: Reading/Storytelling
Sunday, December 13, 2015
06:00pm
The Artful Dodger, Harrisonburg, VA
Featured Reader (Tribute to Anne Sexton)
Tuesday, February 2, 2016
7pm
The Golden Pony, Harrisonburg, VA
Class Guest Speaker: Private event
February 24, 2016
James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
Poetry Reading – On the Road Collaborative Variety Show
(Collaboration with DJ Ryan Clark and Luke Holloran)
Thursday, March 17, 2016
7pm-8:30pm
Court Square Theater, Harrisonburg, VA
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The 24 Hour Project: Spoken Word Reading (accompanied by musician Blake Cramer)
Event takes place Friday, March 18 & Saturday, March 19, 2016
Court Square Theater, Harrisonburg, VA
Tribute to Frank O’hara
Monday, September 14, 2015
07:00pm
The Golden Pony, Harrisonburg, VA
Poetry for Change: four slam / spoken word poets perform in honor of social justice
Tuesday, September 15, 2015
07:00pm
The Artful Dodger, Harrisonburg, VA
Touched with Fire: Group Reading
Thursday, April 30, 2015
Books & Co.
Lexington, VA
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Reading: Poetry Event (TBA)
Saturday, May 23, 2015, 1pm
Harrisonburg, VA
Monthly Poetry Share
Wednesday, May 27, 2015
Handley Library (Benham Room), Winchester, VA
Commencement Speaker
Friday, June 5, 2015
11:00am
Southside Virginia Community College, Emporia campus, Emporia, VA
Collaborative Art Show with Cara Zimmerman Walton
Friday, June 5th
5pm-8pm
Ruby’s, Harrisonburg, VA
Reading at Richmond Public Library
Saturday, June 6th
11:00am
Richmond, VA
Busboys and Poets (Featured reader at Shirlington)
Featured performer
Monday, March 30, 2015
Arlington, VA
Waynesboro, VA Author Festival
Saturday, March 7, 2015
1pm-4pm, free
Waynesboro Library
Waynesboro, VA
Spring Reading Series (At the Inkwell)
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
7pm-9pm
KGB Bar & Lit Journal, New York City, NY
Blue Ridge Community College Reading: Woman’s History Month
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
PRIVATE EVENT
Weyers Cave, VA
The Bridgewater International Poetry Festival
Saturday, January 17, 2015, 11am
Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, VA
Headlining at Rapunzel’s Books and Coffee
Saturday, January 17, 2015
8:00pm
Lovingston, VA
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