Tabling Events
- St. Joseph’s Center Marketplace, Medway, MA Nov 2016
- New England Authors Expo, Danversport Yacht Club, Danvers, MA July 2016
- Berkshire Festival of Women Writers, Lenox, MA March 2016
- Creative Spirit: Berkshire Women’s Writers Festival, Pittsfield Country Club, MA Nov 2015
- Unlikely Story Bookstore, Plainville, MA Nov 2015
- Boston Book Festival, Boston, MA Oct 2015
- The Writers’ Loft Book Bash, Sherborn, MA Sept 2015
- Laguna Woods Library, Laguna Woods, CA Nov 2014
- Laguna Woods Bonanza, Laguna Woods, CA Nov 2013
- Author Showcase, Laguna Niguel, CA July 2012
Speaking Engagements (selected)
- Hope and Fellowship: Why I Went to Washington to See the Pope, First Parish UU, Medfield, MA Nov 2015
- Confronting Capitalism in the Age of Climate Change, Temple Beth David, Westwood, MA Oct 2015
- Social Justice, Gandhi, and the Pope’s Encyclical, First Parish UU, Medfield, MA July 2015
- On the writing of We Did It For You! Women’s Journey Through History, Reform Temple of Laguna Woods, CA October 2014
- AAUW Tech Trek, University of California, Irvine, CA July 2012
- On the writing of We Did It For You! Women’s Journey Through History, San Diego Naval Station, CA March 2012
- On the writing of We Did It For You! Women’s Journey Through History, Soroptomists International, South Lake Tahoe, CA, October 2011
Courses (selected)
- What’s Your Carbon Footprint? 5-week course, Rainbow Lifelong Learning Institute, Unitarian Universalist Church, Arlington, MA April 2016
Workshops (selected)
- We Did It For You! Women’s Journey Through History workshop, Millis High School, Millis, MA Dec 2016
- Affecting Change by Writing from the Deep Voice, NEEEA Conference, Litchfield, CT Nov 2016
- We Did It For You! Women’s Journey Through History workshop, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, UMass Boston, Boston, MA Oct 2016
- We Did It For You! Women’s Journey Through History workshop, AAUW California State Convention, San Mateo, CA April 2016
- What’s Your Carbon Footprint? Stories From a Changing World, MEES Conference, Worcester, MA March 2016
- Finding the Deep Voice workshop, Genesis Spiritual Center, Westfield, MA Jan 2016
- We Did It For You! Women’s Journey Through History workshop, Rainbow Lifelong Learning Institute, Unitarian Universalist Church, Arlington, MA Sept 2015
- Finding the Deep Voice workshop, Common Street Spiritual Center, Natick, MA May 2015
- Finding the Deep Voice workshop, First Parish UU, Medfield, MA January 2015
- What’s Your Carbon Footprint? workshop, National Council Jewish Women, Laguna Woods, CA October 2014
- What’s Your Carbon Footprint? workshop, AAUW-Laguna Hills, CA May 2014
- We Did It For You! Women’s Journey Through History workshop, Irvine Valley College, Irvine, CA Nov 2014
- We Did It For You! Women’s Journey Through History workshop, AAUW-Toledo, OH March 2014
- We Did It For You! Women’s Journey Through History workshop, National Conference for College Women Student Leaders, Washington DC June 2012
- We Did It For You! Women’s Journey Through History workshop, National NOW Conference, Baltimore, MD June 2012
- We Did It For You! Women’s Journey Through History workshop, AAUW-Newburyport, MA Feb 2012
- We Did It For You! Women’s Journey Through History workshop, AAUW-Tauton, MA Feb 2012
Storytelling and Poetry Readings (selected)
- Nick’s Bar, Worcester, MA Feb 2017
- Story Space, Cambridge, MA, Dec 2016
- “The Only Thing Greek About me is My Name: A Jewish Storyteller’s Insights into the Past” Limmud Boston 2016, Newton, MA Dec 2016
- “Every Woman Has a Story to Tell” (with Shadow and Light Storytellers, Worcester State University, Worcester, MA, Nov 2016
- Newagen Seaside Inn, Southport, ME, July 2016
- Expresso Yourself Coffeehouse, Medfield, MA, June 2016
- “Everybody Has a Story to Tell” (with Jan Krause-Greene and Cheryl Melody), Berkshire Festival of Women Writers, Lenox, MA, March 2016
- Gallery 55, Natick, MA Jan 2016
- Literary Arts Open Mic, Tatnuck Bookstore, Westborough, MA Nov 2015
- StorySpace, Cambridge, MA May 2015
- AAUW – Laguna Beach, CA March 2015
- Spoken Word Club, Laguna Woods, CA April 2014
- Celebration of Poetry, Laguna Niguel, CA April 2014
- Na’mat, Laguna Woods, CA March 2014
- Real Poets of Orange County, Laguna Woods, CA February 2013
- University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT December 2012
- Author Showcase, Laguna Niguel, CA July 2012
- Hadasseh, Laguna Woods, CA March 2012
- Santa Catalina Public Library, Pasadena, CA January 2012
- Café Alibi, Pasadena, CA November 2011
- Ugly Mug, Orange, CA November 2011
- Library, Ventura, CA 2010
- Long Beach Green Festival, CA May, 2009
- Los Angeles Storytelling Swap, CA April 2009
- Women’s History Month Reading, West Hollywood, CA March 2009
- Center for Spiritual Living, Costa Mesa, CA March 2009, May 2008
- Long Beach Spoken Word Festival, Long Beach, CA March, 2009
- Humanistic Jewish Society, Laguna Hills, CA, March 2009 (also 2004-8, 2012)
- Jewish Community Center, San Diego, CA, Feb 2009
- Temple Judea Sisterhood Luncheon, Laguna Hills, CA, August, 2008
- Temple Beth Shalom, Long Beach, CA, August 2008
- The Found Theatre, Long Beach, CA October 2006, April 2007, Oct 2007
- Café Culture, Altadena, CA March 2007
- Occidental College, Eagle Rock, CA July 2006
- Beyond Baroque, Venice, CA March 2006, June 1998
- Sunland-Tujunga Library, Sunland, CA September 2005
- Newport Beach Film Festival, Newport Beach, CA April 2005
- Sylvan Amphitheatre Fest, Eagle Rock, CA August 2004
- Long Beach Poetry Festival, Long Beach, CA April 2001
- Humans in Space Conference, Santorini, Greece, May, 2000
- University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA May, 2000, April 1995
- Long Beach Poetry Festival, Long Beach, CA April, 2000
- Riverside Library Reading Series, Riverside, CA March 1998
- Borders, Thousand Oaks, CA February 1998
- Jones Library, Amherst, MA November 1997
- Barnes and Noble, Farmington, CT November 1997
- Books by the Beach, Arts Festival, Laguna Beach, CA September 1997
- Laguna Poets, Upchurch-Brown Booksellers, Laguna Beach, CA March 1997
Selected Poetry Slams
- Natick Library Poetry Slam, Natick, CA, April 2015
- Found Theatre Triple Slam, Long Beach, CA, October 2007 (2nd place)
- Shouting Coyote Festival, Shadow Hills, CA, September 2005 (1st place)
- Shouting Coyote Festival, Shadow Hills, CA, April 2004 (1st place)
- Every Picture Tells A Story, Los Angeles, CA, July, 2000 (2nd place)
- Fountain Theater, Hollywood, CA, August, 1999 (2nd place)
- National Poetry Slam, Austin, TX, August 1998 (LA Slam Team, 3rd Place)
- Henry Miller Library, Big Sur, CA, July, 1998 (LA Slam Team, tied 1st Place)
- Beyond Baroque, Venice, CA, July, 1998 (LA Slam Team, 1st Place)
- Caffe Luna, Hollywood, CA, June, 1998 (1st Place)
- Fountain Theater, Hollywood, CA. June, 1998 (made Los Angeles Slam Team)
Televison and Documentary Appearances
- “For the Love of Words,” Easton TV, 2017
- “Expresso Yourself Coffeehouse”, Medfield TV, 2016
- “Be My Guest,” Upton TV, 2016
- “Anti-idling Initiative”, Medfield TV Channel 12, 2015
- “Wake Up and Smell the Poetry,” HCAM (Hopkinton Television Station), 2015
- “Write On”, Laguna Woods Channel 6, 2013
- “The Write Stuff”, Laguna Woods Channel 6, 2012
- GV6 THE ODYSSEY: Poets, Passion & Poetry, BRYAN WORLD PRODUCTIONS, http://www.graffitiverite.com, featured poet
- “Heart to Heart” Cable Show, Charter Communications, 2006, 2003, 2002
- “Doc Talk” Cable Show, Charter Communications, 2001
Panels
- “Green Visions: Writing the Environment in Fiction, Non-fiction, Poetry, and Prose” (with Jennifer Browdy, Jan Krause Green, Tess Taylor, and Jane Yolen), Berkshire Festival of Women Writers, Lenox, MA, March 2016
Grants
- Norfolk Cultural Council, Norfolk, MA (2017)
- Millis Cultural Council, Millis, MA (2017)
- Medfield Cultural Council, Medfield, MA (2017)
- Walpole Cultural Council, Medfield, MA (2017)
- Natick Cultural Council, Medfield, MA (2017)
