Where’s the poet?

On-Demand Poetry:

Street Performance

During the warm season in Chicago (April-August), you can find me doing public poetry! Follow me on Instagram for the latest updates.

Scheduled Appearances

I want poetry to become part of the pulsing lifeblood of a place. To have the writer and the written-for commune in regular service. To have a scheduled liaison between artists and spontaneous public muses, so that we can cocreate miracles like clockwork. Will you dream this world with me?

Upcoming:

  • Community Garden Opening, Pleasant Prairie Wisconsin, May 3, 2024 (11am-2pm)

  • WNDR Museum Poet-in-Residency, May 4, 2024 (2pm-8pm)

  • CTC @ The Old Post Office, May 8, 2024 (8pm-10pm)

  • Bridget’s Big Gay Wedding, Colvin House, May 10, 2024 (6-9pm)

  • Mother’s Day Eve, Oak Park, May 11, 2024 (7:30-9:30pm)

  • Mother’s Day Poems @ The Comfort Station, May 12, 2024 (10am-2:30pm)

  • Mother’s Day Poems @ the Kimpton-Gray Hotel, May 12, 2024 (4pm-6pm)

  • CD Peacock Store Opening, May 16, 2024 (5pm-8pm)

  • WNDR Museum Poet-in-Residency, May 18, 2024 (12pm-6pm)

  • Goblin Market @ Rites of Spring, May 23, 2024 (7pm)

  • Randolph Street Market, May 26, 2024 (10am-5pm)

  • Goethe-Institut Chicago Reopening Celebration, May 31, 2024 (5pm-8pm)

  • Fforest Fest, Morris IL, June 1, 2024 (10am-8pm)

  • QWERTYfest, June 21-23, 2024

  • Second City, June 27, 2024 (5:30pm-8:30pm)

  • Rathole Music Fest, June 29, 2024

  • Southport Art Fest, July 13-14, 2024

  • Ann Arbor Art Fair, July 18-20, 2024

  • Post-Elopement Celebration @ Briar Ridge Country Club in Schererville Indiana, July 21st, 2024

  • Andersonville Sidewalk Sale, July 26-29, 2024

  • Lollapalooza, Aug 2-3, 2024

  • Evanston Made Maker’s Market, August 4th, 2024 (12pm-5pm)

  • Market Days @ Northalstead, August 10-11, 2024

  • Skopelos & Hydra, Greece, Aug 14-28, 2024

  • West Loop Art Fest, Aug 31-Sept 2, 2024

  • Ravenswood Art Walk, Sept 14-15, 2024

  • Andersonville Vintage Market, Sept 22, 2024

  • Brookfield Fine Arts Festival, Sept 28, 2024

  • Randolph Street Market, Sept 29, 2024 (10am-5pm)

  • Andersonville Arts Weekend, Oct 4-5, 2024

  • Evanston Made Maker’s Market, Oct 6, 2024 (12pm-5pm)

  • Miller-Burns Wedding at Artifact Events, June 28, 2025

Where I’ve been:

  • Employee Open Mic Night @ LinkedIn Chicago Headquarters, April 23, 2024 (3:30pm-6pm)

  • Hosting: Word of Mouth - Printer’s Row Poetry Show @ Necessary & Sufficient Coffee, April 13, 2024 (5-7:30pm)

  • Necessary & Sufficient Coffee, Printer’s Row, March 30, 2024 (2-4pm)

  • The Art of Becoming @ The Kulture Museum, Mar 30, 2024 (7-10pm)

  • Necessary & Sufficient Coffee, Printer’s Row, March 22, 2024 (2-4pm)

  • WNDR After Dark, March 21st, 2024 (6pm-10pm)

  • Sue’s 90th Birthday Party @ The Gallery in River Forest, March 10, (6pm-8pm)

  • CTC Awards Dinner @ Theater on the Lake, March 7, 2024 (6-9pm)

  • Leighs’s Birthday Party, Oak Park, Jan 20, 2024

  • Christkindlemarket Aurora, Thursdays in Dec, 2023

  • Christkindlmarket Wrigleyville, Fridays in Dec, 2023

  • Underground Art Market, Dec 17, 2023

  • Google End-of-Year Bash @ The House of Blues,
    Nov 28, 2023

  • Harmonic Convergence, St Louis, Nov 25, 2023

  • Randolph Street Market, Nov 18-19, 2023

  • Amazon Reception @ Marriott Marquis, Nov 14, 2023

  • Amazon Business @ The Old Post Office, Nov 8, 2023

  • Gilda’s Club Chicago, Nov 4, 2023

  • Andersonville Arts Weekend, Oct 1, 2023

  • Randolph Street Market, September 24, 2023

  • Anna & Brad’s Wedding @ Bistro Campagne, September 9, 2023

  • Fast Services Reception @ Hilton Chicago Grand Ballroom, Aug 24, 2023

  • Private Wedding, Aug 25, 2023

  • Private Wedding, Aug 19, 2023

  • Underground Art Market, Chicago, August 13, 2023

  • Poetry & Paint @ The Kulture Museum, August 12, 2023

  • The Martin Gallery Opening, Aug 7, 2023

  • Oak Park Farmer’s Market, July 15, 2023

  • Underground Art Market, Chicago, July 16, 2023

  • Private Wedding @ Michigan, July 29, 2023

  • Southport Arts Festival, Chicago, July 8-9, 2023

  • QWERTY fest Milwaukee, June 23-25 2023

  • Private Wedding @ Chicago, June 17, 2023

  • Cocktail Hour @ RPM Italian Chicago, June 22, 2023

  • Goblin Market @ Rites of Spring, Massachusets, May 26, 2023

  • fForest Fest @ Morris IL, 12-6pm June 3, 2023

  • ReKinnection Festival, Missouri, June 7-11, 2023

  • Private Event @ Hilton Chicago Grand Ballroom, May 4, 2023

  • I’m (her)e: Women’s History Month Bruch @ The Macy’s Building, March 29, 2023

  • Chicago Circus & Performing Arts Festival @ The Den Theater, March 9, 2023

  • Christkindlmarket 2022 @ Wrigleyville

  • Randolph Street Market, December 2022

  • Employee Appreciation Night @ Beatnik on the River

  • Holiday Party @ The Wilder Mansion in Elmhurst

  • Prayer Wheel Launch Party @The Insect Asylum

  • City Lights @ The Willis Tower

  • Feed Your Soul @ The House of Rad, Milwaukee

  • West Loop Art Fest 2022

  • SummerSalt Market @ The Salt Shed

  • Grand Opening @ the From Here On Food Hall

  • ACTIVATE with the Chicago Loop Alliance

  • NeoCon 2022 @ Merchandise Mart

  • Expo Chicago 2022 @ Navy Pier

  • The Martin @ Humboldt Park

  • The Underground Art Market @ SalvageOne 2021

  • Randolph Street Market 2021

  • Necessary & Sufficient Coffee @ Logan Square

  • The Extraordinarium @ Logan Square

  • The TomCat Trumpet Experience @ AliveOne

  • And more!

photo credit: Kathleen Hinkel

Typewriter Workshops & Classes

Interested in my creative typewriting classes, artistic unblocking workshops, or The Traveling Typewriter Lounge?

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Performance Poetry Sets

I bring my praxis of participatory poetry to my stage sets—audience interaction is integral to my art. Click here to find my next stage appearance.