Events

Upcoming

Hosting a discussion on the poetry of Gertrude Stein at the Jewish Federation of Santa Barbara on Thursday, April 19th, from 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm as part of monthly series--Versus: Jewish Poets at the Margins. (For more information see the Classes tab).
• Sponsor & Coordinator for California Poets in the Schools' Annual Reading at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art on Saturday, April 22, from 1:00 to 2:00 pm.
• Hosting the Solvang Library Poetry Challenge on the theme of "Selfies--Pretense, Truth & Dreams" for Santa Ynez Valley 7th & 8th-grade students at the Solvang Library, on Wednesday, April 25, from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm. 
• Reading selections from work-in-progress--Sapphire: Poems to my Father at "Tuesday Poets at the Library", Santa Barbara Public Library, on Tuesday, April 22, from 7:30 to 9:00 pm. 
• Ekphrastic Poetry Reading at the closing of "The River's Journey" exhibit at the Wildling Museum in Solvang, California on July 8, 2018, at 3:00 pm.

Prior

• Hosted the Wildling Poetry Series: “Father & Son—a conversation in poems” by Ruben Lee Dalton and Beau Schmidt at The Wildling Museum in Solvang, California, on April 15, 2018.
• Recited select poems from The Reluctant Pilgrim at "Poetry in the Presidio" honoring student finalists for the Santa Barbara County Poetry Out Loud competition on April 14, 2018. 
• Hosted a reading by Mary Brown and Gudrun Bortman at the Blue Whale Poetry Series, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, on Saturday, April 7,2018.
• Produced, Hosted & Read: David Crouch Retrospective--Opening at Hospice of Santa Barbara Leigh Block Gallery on Wednesday, April 4, 2018.
• Hosted a discussion on the poetry of Miklos Radnoti at the Jewish Federation of Santa Barbara on March 15th, 2018  as part of monthly series--Versus: Jewish Poets at the Margins. Guest instructor--John Ridland, UCSB Professor Emeritus. (For more information see the Classes tab).
• Hosted a reading by Mary Kay Rummel, Lois P Jones, and Kath Abela Wilson with flute music accompaniment by Jim Wilson at the Blue Whale Poetry Series, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History on Sunday, March 4th, 2018.
• Read the poetry of Dr. Seuss at the Solvang Library Storytime for kids program on Tuesday, March 6, 2018.
• Ekphrastic Poetry Reading at the opening of "The River's Journey" exhibit at the Wildling Museum in Solvang, California on February 17, 2018.
• Judge for the Santa Barbara County Regional Poetry Out Loud Competition hosted by the Santa Barbara County Office of Arts and Culture at the Abel Maldonado Community Youth Center in Santa Maria, California, on February 15, 2018.
• Lead a discussion on the poetry of Allen Ginsberg at the Jewish Federation of Santa Barbara on February 15th, 2018 as part of monthly series--Versus: Jewish Poets at the Margins.
• Hosted a reading by Ron Alexander and Christine Penko-“We Did Not Make Ourselves”—a conversation in poems at the Blue Whale Poetry Series, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History on Saturday, February 3, 2018. 
• Read with the SYV Poetry Group: "Encounters--Poetry Inspired by Nature" at The Wildling Museum in Solvang, California, on Sunday, January 21, 2018.
• Lead a discussion on the poetry of Adrienne Rich at the Jewish Federation of Santa Barbara, January 18th, 2018as part of monthly series--Versus: Jewish Poets at the Margins (for more information see the Classes tab).
• Lectured and read  "Poetry of World War I" at the Lompoc Museum, January 11, 2018.
• Hosted Richard Jarrette at The Blue Whale Poetry Series--Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History on January 6, 2018.
• Read "A Candle in the Dark" by Mahmoud Darwish for the Santa Ynez Valley Jewish Community's Chanukah Celebration on December 15, 2017.
• Guest teacher: "Leonard Cohen--Poet at the Margin" from the AP Seniors Drama Class at Santa Ynez Valley High School on Friday, December 8th. 
• Produced and hosted the Solvang Library Poetry Challenge on the theme of "Awkward" for Santa Ynez Valley 7th & 8th-grade students on December 6, 2017. (link to slideshow)
• Read "Carrizo Color" for the opening of The Wildling Museum's exhibit of aerial photography by Bill Dewey on October 27, 2017
• Read selected poems by Mary Oliver on the topic of "Poetry as Vow--Aspiration in an Ambiguous World" for the Santa Ynez Valley Zen Meditation Group in Los Olivos, CA in the fall of 2017
• Read from "Forty Days"  at the CORE Family Winery in Orcutt, California, on August 12, 2017.
• Read from "Forty Days"  at the Atterdag Village in Solvang, California, on August 11, 2017.
• Read from "Forty Days" for the Santa Ynez Valley Arts Association in Los Olivos, California, on August 1, 2017.
• Read from "Forty Days" at Space Cowboy Books in Joshua Tree, California on July 9, 2017.
• Read from "Exodus Remix" at the Santa Barbara Writers Conference in Santa Barbara, California during the week of June 19, 2017. Awarded "Honorable Mention for Poetry".
• Read from "Forty Days" for the Santa Ynez Valley Arts Association in Los Olivos, California, on January 3, 2017.
• Read from "Forty Days" hosted by the Writer’s Salon at the Squire Foundation in Santa Barbara, California, on January 11, 2017.
• Read "Joie de Vivre" for Kat Martin’s opening at The Hospice of Santa Barbara in Santa Barbara, California, on February 9, 2017.
• Read from "Forty Days" for Poetry Zone at the Karpeles Manuscript Library in Santa Barbara, California on April 9, 2017.