UP-COMING EVENTS
Tuesday, February 8, 2022
Poetry Hickory
Taste Full Beans Coffeehouse
29 2nd Street NW
Hickory, NC 28601
Reading from A Flower More Enduring
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PAST READINGS
Saturday, May 23, 2009, 2:00 pm – Winston-Salem, NC
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Saturday, July 18 – 4 pm – RiverWalk Gallery – Washington, NC
The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature Reading
and Official Book Release Party for Better With Friends
also featuring Carter Monroe, Val MacEwan, Marty Silverthorne, Robin Dare, Joseph Lisowski and others
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Tuesday, July 28, 2009 – 7:00 pm – Central Library -Winston-Salem, NC
Featured Poet for “The Word Is Out”
Reading followed by an Open Mic
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Tuesday, August 4, 2009 – 6 pm – Taste Full Beans Coffeehouse Hickory, NC
The Dead Mule School Of Southern Literature
Western North Carolina Roundup
With Valerie MacEwan
Also, readings by Scott Owens, Tim Peeler, Trisha Hart, Terri Kirby Erickson, Felicia Mitchell, Jessie Cary, Val MacEwan, Terry Lowenstein, and more
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009, 6:30 pm – Hickory, NC
Poetry Hickory, Taste Full Beans Coffeehouse, with Debra Kaufman, author of Moon Mirror Whiskey Wind
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Reading “Four Snapshots of the Sea-Going Boats” (1st place for poetry, 2009 Adult Writing Contest)
Awards Ceremony of the Davidson County Writer’s Guild
Wednesday October 27, 2009, 7 pm – Lexington, NC
Fellowship Hall of United Church of Christ
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Poetry Reading
Wednesday, November 4, 2009, 7:30 pm – Winston-Salem, NC
Z. Smith Reynolds Library, Room 204, Wake Forest University
Sponsored by the MALS Program
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Reading and Signing
“The Saturday Salon” – Literary Bookpost
110 S. Main St., Downtown Salisbury, NC 28144
January 16, 2010 – 1:30- 3:30 pm,
Appearing 1:30 – 3:30, Reading at 2
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Poetry Hickory Poetry Reading
Taste Full Beans Coffeehouse – Hickory, NC
Tuesday, April 13, 2010 6:30 pm
featuring Tim Peeler and Harry Calhoun. Open Mic begins with Helen Losse, Anderson O’Brien, and Fernand Chandonnet.
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Pages Books & Coffee
235 North Main Street
Mount Airy, NC
Saturday, May 1, 2010 1:00 – 4:00 PM
Reading and book signing
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Redheaded Stepchild Reading at Poetry Hickory
Taste Full Beans Coffeeshop – Hickory, NC
Saturday, May 22, 2010 1:00-2:30 PM
with Malaika Albrecht, Eric Helms, Scott Owens, Michael Beadle, Pat Riviere-Seel and Beth Cagle Burt
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The Poetry Bomb Couch Surfing Across America Tour of Words 2010, with SA Griffin
Tim Peeler’s Rank Stranger BBQ, Hickory, NC
Saturday, May 22, 2010 3 pm
(This event by invitation only)
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Family Rail Days Festival
North Carolina Transportation Museum
411 S. Salisbury Ave.
Spencer, NC 28159
June 12-13, 2010 8am-5pm
I’ll be in the Roundhouse on Saturday
signing books and reading throughout the day
as a part of 2nd Saturdays
A program of the Department of Cultural Resources
and The North Carolina Arts Council
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Barnhill’s – I’ll be Reading and Signing With Jessie Carty
811 Burke Street
Winston-Salem, NC
Saturday June 19, 2-5 pm
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POETRY & OPEN MIC at Tate Street Coffee House featuring Helen Losse
334 Tate Street (near UNC-G)
Saturday, August 28 7:30, Greensboro, NC
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Author Appearance
BOOKMARKS 2010 Festival of Books
Saturday, September 11 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, downtown Winston-Salem, NC
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Reading
Monday Night Poetry and Music (formerly Monday Night Blues)
160 East Bay Street
Monday, September 27, 2010, 8 pm – downtown Charleston, SC
open mic to follow
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Sunday, December 5, 2010 1:00 pm Barnhill’s
811 Burke Street
Winston-Salem, NC
(Part of Poetry Weekend, with Jessie Carty, Valerie Nieman, John Thomas York, Terri Kirby Erickson, Joseph Mills, Helen Losse, Becky Gould Gibson)
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Open Mic
Poetry Hickory
Taste Full Beans Coffeehouse – Hickory, NC
February 8, 2011 6:30 pm
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Reading
Bethlehem Library
Thursday, February 17, 2011, 7:00 pm
(with Jessie Carty, Molly Rice and Nancy Posey)
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Featured Reader
Thursday, April 21, 6:30 pm
(also reading Curtis Dunlap, Susan Nelson Myers and faculty members)
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Featured Reader
350 George W. Liles
Suite 110
Concord, NC 28127
Thursday, April 28 5-7 pm Meet and Greet, 7 pm
Reading (followed by an open mic)
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Featured Reader
The Main Street Rag Poetry Showcase
3607 Pennsylvania
Kansas City, MO 64111
Sunday, May 15 2011, 7:00 PM
(with Paul Corman-Roberts)
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Book Launch Party for Seriously Dangerous
811 Burke Street
Winston-Salem, NC
Saturday, June 11, 2011, 2 -5 pm
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Reading & Book Signing
Burke County Public Library
204 S. King St.
Morganton, NC 28655
Wednesday, June 22, 2011, 6:30 – 7:30 pm
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Featured Reader
Iodine Poetry Journal/ MSR Reading Event
Green Rice Gallery
451 East 36th Street
Charlotte, NC
Friday, June 24, 7 pm
(with Bill Griffin)
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Featured Reader – Poetry Hickory
Taste Full Beans Coffeehouse Hickory, NC
Tuesday, July 12 2011, 6:30 pm
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403 East Main Street
Lincolnton, NC 28092
(large meeting room on second floor)
Friday, July 15 2011, 7-9 pm
(with M. Scott Douglass, Jonathan K. Rice and Scott Owens)
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Reading and Signing
110 S. Main Street
Salisbury, NC 28144
Thursday, July 21, 2011 5 pm
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Reading and Signing
115 Oakwood Drive
Winston-Salem, NC 27103
Saturday, July 23, 2011 1-3 pm
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Featured Reader
Second Thursday Poetry Reading
752 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Thursday, August 11, 2011 – 7 pm
(with Debra Allbery)
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Bookmarks 2011 Festival of Books
Downtown Winston-Salem Arts District
Saturday, September 10, 2011 10 am- 5 pm
I’ll be selling and signing books at the Winston-Salem Writers‘ Booth (at the corner of Sixth and Trade) 10-11 am
& at the Barnhill’s Booth 11:30 am- 12:30 pm
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Poetry Hickory
Taste Full Beans Coffeehouse Hickory, NC
Tuesday, September 13, 2011, 5:30 pm
(one of featured poets in The Best of Poetry Hickory)
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Rhythms of Words for Social Awareness ( Part of 100,000 Poets for Change)
Tate Street Coffeehouse
334 Tate Street
Greensboro, NC
Saturday, September 24, 2011, 6-10 pm.
(one of many)
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Reading and Signing
118 S. South Street
Gastonia, NC 28052
Saturday, November 12, 2011
noon – 2 pm
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Cancelled due to illness.
Featured Reader
Reading / Open Mike
601 E. Broad Street
Fuquay-Varina, NC
Thursday, November 17, 2011 6-8 pm
(with Celisa Steele)
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Leader, Poetry Slushfest
Winston-Salem Writers
Main Library, Room 120 (in Forsyth Tech section)
Saturday, December 3, 1-3 pm
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Visit: Speak About and Read Poetry
Jennifer Stevenson’s Introductory Writing Class, “Anyone Can Write”
Salem College
Winston-Salem NC
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8pm
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“Writing Poetry Today” (panel with Eric Ekstrand and Robert West)
March 24, 2012 9:00- 9:50 am
and Book signing 9:50-10:30 am
Writers Reading IV: The Poets (with Eric Ekstrand and John York) 3:15 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Benson Center, Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC
(part of Words Awake! A Celebration )
March 23-25, 2012 – Wake Forest University)
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Featured Reader
Concord Writers’ Night Out
Dilworth Coffee
350 George W. Liles
Suite 110
Concord, NC 28127
Thursday, April 26, 2012 7-9 pm
(reading followed by an open mic)
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Featured Reader followed by Open Mic
3801- 137 Hillsborough Street
Raleigh, NC
(across street from Meredith College)
Thursday, May 3, 2012 7 pm
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Featured Reader (Joplin Benefit)
Taste Full Beans Coffeehouse Hickory, NC
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Guest Poet
403 East Main Street
Lincolnton, NC 28092
(large meeting room on second floor)
Friday, May 18, 2013 7-9 pm
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Featured Poet
Popcorn and Poetry
Dining Room
4316 N. St Louis Avenue
Webb City, MO 64870
Friday, August 3, 2012 2:30 pm
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“How Being a Thinking Christian Informs My Poetry: A Reading”
cafe of Sacred Garden Bookstore
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church
Saturday, August 11, 2012 12:30 – 2:30 pm
215 West Fisher Avenue
Greensboro, North Carolina 27401
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Poet / Participant
A reading in the round
as part of worldwide, second annual 100 Thousand Poets for Change
Saturday, September 29, 2012 2:00- 4:00 pm
4694 South Depot St.
Claremont, NC
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Surprise Guest Poet
403 East Main Street
Lincolnton, NC 28092
(large meeting room on second floor)
Friday, October 19, 2012 7-9 pm
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Poetry Hickory Open Mic Reading
Taste Full Beans Coffeehouse – Hickory, NC
Tuesday, November 13, 2012 5:30 pm
Scott Owens, Nancy Posey, Helen Losse, Mel Hager, Versus (student performance group from St. Stephens High School)
6:30 Featured Writer: Joseph Mills
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Poetry Hickory
Tuesday, December 11, 2012 4:30 – 7:00 pm
Poets from The Best of Poetry Hickory Anthology 2013 (Scott Owens, Ann Chandonnet, Tony Ricciardelli, Helen Losse, Bill Mills, Julian Phelps, and others)
featured poets: M. Scott Douglass, Jonathan K. Rice
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Tuesday, February 5, 2013, 5:00 – 7:00 pm
Reading at Barnhill’s as part of The Mother Vine Festival
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Friday, June 21, 2013, 7 pm – Lincolnton, NC
The Best of Poetry Lincolnton Anthology Book Release
403 East Main Street
Lincolnton, NC 28092
(large meeting room on second floor)
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Sunday, August 4, 2013, 5 pm – Asheville, NC
WordPlay with Jeff Davis, Asheville FM
(One hour, show will be archived)
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Saturday, September 7, 2013, 11 am – Winston-Salem, NC
Poetry In Plain Sight (Scroll down for information)
Downtown Stage – Sixth and Cherry Street Parking Garage, First Floor
September poets Sam Barbee,Julia Nunnally Duncan, Gabrielle Freeman, and John Thomas York,
followed by selected poets from earlier months: Helen Losse, Ed Robson, Joe Morris, Teri Hairston, and former NC Poet Laureate Kathryn Stripling Byer
Part of Bookmarks Festival of Books and Authors
Books available at Barnhills booth
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Monday, September 9, 2013, 8 pm – Charleston, SC
East Bay Meeting House
160 East Bat Street, Charleston
Reading followed by open mic
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Tuesday, September 10, 2013, 5:30 pm – Hickory, NC
Taste Full Beans Coffeehouse – Hickory, NC
featuring Keith Flynn and Tim Peeler. Open Mic dedicated to a reading from the new anthology, Bloodshot, edited by Bud Caywood. Readers Bud Caywood, Scott Owens, Adrian Rice, Devona Wyant, Molly Rice, Helen Losse and others
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Saturday, October 26, 2013, 3:00 pm – Decatur, GA
Presented by Poetry Atlanta and Georgia Center for the Book
Decatur Library, 215 Sycamore St., Decatur, GA 30030
Readings Cecelia Woolock, Jessie Carty, Helen Losse, and Erica Wright. Hosted by Collin Kelley.
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Poetry Hickory
Taste Full Beans Coffeehouse Hickory, NC
Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 7:00 pm
Featured poets Mark Jay Brewin, Jr. and Kathy Nelson. Open Mic dedicated to a reading from the new River issue of Bloodshot, edited by Bud Caywood. Readers include Scott Owens, Molly and Adrian Rice, and Helen Losse.
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34th Annual MLK Noon Hour Commemoration (organized by Mutter Evans)
Benton Convention Center, Winston-Salem, NC
Monday, January 20, 2014, 12:00 noon
Congressman G. K. Butterfield will be the Keynote Speaker. I’ll be reading my poem, “Martyred At the Lorraine” as part of the program.
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Asheville, NC
May 2-4, 2014
All events at Asheville Campus Lenoir-Rhyne University
36 Montford Avenue, Asheville NC. 28801.
Reading with Liam Kelley-Black, Quraysh Ali Lansana, Keynon Lake, Aimee Nezhukumatatathil
Friday, May 2, 8 – 10 pm, Second Floor Conference Room
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Poetry Hickory
Taste Full Beans Coffeehouse
Tuesday, May 13, 2014, 7:00 pm
Featured poet with Phebe Davidson. Open mic to follow.
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Writers Night Out
Butternut Creek Golf Course
Blairsville, GA
Saturday, May 17, 6 pm social, 7 pm readings
Followed by open mic
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Final Friday Reading Series
Vin Master Wine Bar
2000 South Boulevard, Suite 610
Charlotte NC
Friday, May 30, 2014 7-9 pm
Featured poet followed by open mic.
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160 East Bay Street
Charleston, SC
Monday, June 2, 2014, 8 pm
Featured poet with open mic to follow
(June 3-5 Folkston, GA)
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Outta The Bag
Winston-Salem Square Park
310 Marshall St. N.
Winston-Salem, NC,
Tuesday, June 10, 2014, noon
music, entertainment, and, of course, READINGS
sponsored by Winston-Salem Writers, together with the WS Dept. of Recreation & Parks
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403 East Main Street
Lincolnton, NC 28092
(large meeting room on second floor)
Friday, June 20, 2014 7-9 pm
Guest Poet with Poetry Lincolnton and open mic to follow.
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Mind Gravy
729 Saluda Avenue
Columbia, SC 29205
Wednesday, July 9, 2014, 8 pm
Featured reader
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Four Poems and a Party
Poems in Plain Sight
Barnhill’s
811 Burke Street
Winston-Salem, NC
Saturday, July 12, 2014, 1 pm.
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Reading at So & So Books
704 N. Person Street
Raleigh, NC 27604
Co-sponsored by Main Street Rag and hosted by Beth Browne, Jane K. Andrews and Alice Osborn.
Wednesday, September 17, 2014, 7:30 pm
Featured Reader
followed by Open Mic
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Writers Group of the Triad
Common Grounds Coffee Shop — Greensboro, NC
602 S. Elam Ave.
Sunday, January 18, 2105, 3:00-5:000 pm
Features Helen Losse with Terry Kennedy
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Second Saturdays at Tate Street Coffee House
Saturday, March 14, 2015, 7-9 pm.
Features Terri Kirby Erickson and Helen Losse
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“Know the Rules To Break the Rules”: A Workshop for Beginning and Other Poets and a Reading for Helen Losse and the Workshop Participants
Authoring Action
624 W. 6th Street, Winston-Salem, NC
Saturday, April 18 2015, 1-4:30 pm
Participants may bring an unfinished poem to be critiqued and two finished poems to read in the Workshop Reading, which is open to the public but not an open mic
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Poetry Hickory
Taste Full Beans Coffeehouse – Hickory, NC
Tuesday, May 12, 2015, 7 pm.
“Kakalak Reading”
Helen Losse, Pat Riviere-Seel, Alice Osborne, Emily Wilmer, Lisa Williams Kline, Jane Shlensky, and Scott Owens
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Friday, July 17 2015, 7-9 pm
403 East Main Street
Lincolnton, NC 28092
(large meeting room on second floor)
reading in Open Mic
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Saturday August 29, 2015, 1:00- 3:00 pm – Winston-Salem, NC
251 Spruce Street N
Winston Salem, NC 27101
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Saturday September 19, 2015, 2:00 pm
Poetry Reading hosted by David Poston
Part of 13th Annual Art of Sound Weekend
in Uptown Shelby
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Sixth Annual Gathering of Poets
Brookstown Inn
Winston-Salem, NC
Saturday, April 2, 2016
8:30 am – 5:00 pm
8:00 pm Open Mic site TBA
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Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC
Friday – Sunday, April 8 – 10, 2016
Participant Flash Mob (Poetry)
Saturday, April 9, 4:00 pm
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Third Friday Reading Night
Charlotte Center For Literary Arts
1817 Central Avenue
Suite 302, Charlotte, NC
Friday, June 17, 2016, 7 pm
Featured Reader
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Featured Reader – Poetry Hickory
Taste Full Beans Coffeehouse Hickory, NC
Co-sponsored by Main Street Rag and hosted by Scott Owens
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Featured Reader – Mind Gravy
341 S. Woodrow
Columbia, SC 29205
Wednesday, July 20 2016, 7:30 pm
8 pm Featured reader
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NorthCross Shopping Center
9705 Sam Furr Rd., Ste A,
Huntersville, NC 28078
(by the fountain pond, behind Verizon Wireless store)
Wednesday, August 24, 2016, 7 pm
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Gallery Hop
Downtown Winston-Salem
Friday, September 2, 2016.
7:45 to 8:15 pm
with Michael Boccardo, Valerie Nieman, and Sam Barbee
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Winston-Salem, NC
Saturday, September 10, 2016, 9:30 am to 4 pm
Winston-Salem Writers Booth
located in the area surrounding the Hanesbrand Theater
I’ll be selling and signing copies of Every Tender Reed
from 1 to 2 pm
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160 East Bay Street
Charleston, SC
Monday, September 19, 2016, 8 pm
Featured poet (45 min.) with open mic to follow
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Reading at So & So Books
704 N. Person Street
Raleigh, NC 27604
Co-sponsored by Main Street Rag and hosted by Beth Browne and Alice Osborn.
Wednesday, November 16, 7:30 pm
Featured Reader
followed by Open Mic
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Poetry In Plain Sight for Winter 2016/2017
Saturday, February 18, 2-4pm
Reynolds High School Library
301 N Hawthorne
Winston-Salem, NC
With Cal Nordt, Jenny Bates, C. G. Thompson and more
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Tuesday, March 14, 2107, 7 pm
Poetry Hickory
Taste Full Beans Coffeehouse Hickory, NC
Part of Kakalak Reading
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Tuesday, May 28, 2019, 5:45 pm –
Central Library, Winston-Salem, NC
Featured Poet for “The Word Is Out”
Reading followed by an Open Mic. Optional theme: “May Flowers”
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