Events & Planned Readings

Upcoming Events

→  Sip's Coffee House
     101 South Main Street, Mt. Vernon, Ohio
     time 7:00 pm
     March 25, 2008

→  Self-Editing Workshop
     Columbus State Writers' Conference
     time TBD
     April, 2008

→ Savannah College of Art and Design (extremely tentative)
Fall, 2007

Past Events

→  The Rattlebox at Liberty Books and News
     Featured reading
     2nd Thursday each month
     Don Parmesan's, 6042 E Main St (McNaughten), Columbus
     7 p.m.
     Thurs., November 8, 2007

→  Mansfield Coffeehouse
     Open for featured readers Scott Woods and Steve Abbott
     Mansfield, Ohio
     time TBD
     November 5, 2007

→ Rewriting Ovid Workshop 7, Specialty topic: Self-editing
Participants only

→  Sip's Coffee House with Rose M. Smith
     101 South Main Street, Mt. Vernon, Ohio
     time 7:00 pm
     June 26, 2007
     [ Journal Entry ]

→  Columbus Arts Festival, 1st Place feature reading
     7:30 p.m.
     June 9, 2007
     [ Journal Entry ]

→  MPSL Bout: Writers Block Poetry in Columbus, OH
     734 Oak St. (Corner Parsons)
     8 p.m.
     May 9, 2007
     [ Journal Entry ]

→ MPSL Bout: Dayton, OH [ Sum up ]
April 24, 2007

→ MPSL Bout: PicNap Poetry in Detroit, MI
March 30, 2007

→  Rewriting Ovid Workshop 6
     Participants only
     Feb. 11, 2007, 8:30 pm

→  Rewriting Ovid Workshop 5, Specialty: Getting from the idea to the page [ Sum up ]
     Participants only
     Nov. 12, 2007; 8:30 pm

→  Peripatetic Poets (Scott Woods and I are the features) [ Sum up ]
     Scotty McBean's, 7:00 pm
     4675 North High Street
     Sun., October 22, 2006

→  Rewriting Ovid Workshop 4
     Participants only
     Sun., Sept. 24, 2006

→  Rewriting Ovid Workshop 3 [ Sum up ]
     Kafe Kerouac, 8:00 pm, participants only
     Sun., August 27, 2006

→  Rewriting Ovid Workshop 2 [ Sum up ]
     Kafe Kerouac, 8:00 pm, participants only
     Sun., August 20, 2006

→  Rewriting Ovid Workshop 1 [ Sum up ]
     Kafe Kerouac, 8:00 pm, participants only
     Sun., August 6, 2006

→ Midwest Poetry Slam League Finals, Milwakee, IL
Sun., June 18, 2006

→  Opening Night for Jen Bosveld's one-woman show
     I am to read with Rose M. Smith and Sandra Fein as an opening act for Jen Bosveld
     Steve Abbott, Kathleen Burgess, and others to follow the show
     Tues., June 13, 2006 - 7:30 pm
     Venue information coming soon -- as soon as Jen sends it to me again.

→  Columbus Arts Festival, Drive-By Poetry booth
     Sat., June 3, 2006 - 12:00 - 5:00 pm (Scott Woods)
     Sun., June 4, 2006 - 12:00 - 5:00 pm (Louise Robertson)

→  Columbus Arts Festival, Second Runner Up (3rd place) Feature [ Sum up]
     Fri., June 2, 2006 - 6:00 - 6:30 pm
     Kathleen Burgess (2nd place) at 6:30 pm, Rose M. Smith (1st place) at 7:00 pm

→  Larry's Bar -- William Redding Award Reading. [ Sum up]
     I read as the 2nd place winner. Andrea Scarpino was awarded 1st place, Annie Price 3rd place.
     Mon., May 1, 2006 - 7:00 pm

→ MPSL Poetry Slam in Grand Rapids, at the Sazerac Lounge [ Sum up ]
Wed., April 12, 2006 - 7:00 pm

→ The Delaware County District Library, Local Authors Day [ Sum Up ]
Sun., April 9, 2006 - 2:00 pm

→ Poetry Slam Judge at Arts Impact School (I read "The Ugly One")
Fri., March 24, 2006

→ MPSL Poetry Slam in Sturgis at the MetaCafe against Kalamazoo (Read: "Adopted People" for 2 min. and "What You Think" for 1 min.)
Wed., February 1, 2006 - 7:00 pm

→ Feature at Larry's [ Sum Up ]
Mon., January 30, 2006 - 7:00 pm

→ Feature at Kafe Kerouac [ Sum Up ]
Thurs., December 1, 2005 - 9:00 pm

→ Feature at Peripatetic Poets [ Sum Up ]
Sun., October 24, 2005 - 7:00 pm

→ Saturday, June 4, 2005 - Columbus Arts Festival Showcase Poetry Slam.
[ Promo ] [ Sum Up ]

→ Thursday, May 19, 2005 - a planned reading to promote the forthcoming issue of Fetters' Run the OU-L literary zine. Reading to be held at the Campus Cup across from campus at 7:30 pm.
[ Promo ] [ Sum Up ]

→ Thursday, April 14, 2005 - a planned reading to promote the forthcoming issue of Fetters' Run the OU-L literary zine. Reading to be held at the Campus Cup across from campus at 7:30 pm.
[ Promo ] [ Recap ]

→ Friday, March 25, 2005 - a scheduled reading: part of the group of readers at the opening of Kenny Francisco's solo art show.
[ Promo ] [ Sum Up ] [ Image of the Flyer ]

→  Thursday, May 27, 2004 at the Downtown Columbus San Francisco Oven, I was "opening" poet for
     featured reader Omowale (Wali) Crowder who has been described as a poet with "accessible
     musings on race and love."
     [ Promo ] [ Sum Up ]

→ I featured April 23, 2004, at Skambo
[ Promo ] [ Sum Up ]

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