2023
Biden says Covid's over. I don't know, but here goes:
April 23, West End Theatre, Portsmouth, NH Theatre Project, 4:00 pm, Poetry & Song with Mimi White , Mark DeCarteret, Mike Rogers and Barbara London
April 27, North Hampton, NH, Public Library, 6:30 pm, Poems & Songs with Mike Rogers and Barbara London
May 25, Lane House Art Center, Hampton, NH, 5:30 pm, Songs, Stories, Poems with Barbara London
May 31, WaterStreet Bookstore, Exeter, NH, 7:00 pm, Poetry Reading with Kyle Potvin
June 7, Book & Bar, Portsmouth, 7:00 pm, with other Portmouth Poet Laureates
June 21, Gibson's Bookstore, Concord, NH, 6:30 pm, with Margo Taft Stever and Susana Case
June 23, Haley Art Gallery, Kittery, Maine, 6:30 pm, Poems/Songs with Barbara London and Mike Rogers
Aug. 4, Longfellow House Garden, Portland, 4 pm, Poems/songs with Betsy Scholl, Estha Weiner, and Gibson Fay-Leblanc
Aug. 21, Webster at Rye, 2 pm, Poems/songs with Mimi White and Mark DeCarteret
2022
Oct. 4, Gordon-Nash Library, New Hampton, NH, The Ballad Lives, 7pm, sponsored by the New Hampton Historical Society in conjunction with the NH Humanties Council
2020/2021
Call me when Covid's Over!
2019
April 13, Rodgers Memorial Library, Hudson, NH, 2 pm, The Ballad Lives, sponsored by the Library in conjunction with the New Hampshire Humanities Council
April 16, North Hampton Public Library, North Hampton, NH, 7 pm, Poems, Songs, and reading wth Mimi White and Mark DeCarteret, sponsored by the Library
July 9, Biddeford Pool Community Center, Biddeford Pool Maine, 7pm, Poems, Ballads, and Reading with Margo Stever and Lisa Barstow
Aug. 29, Woodland Farms Brewery, Kittery, Maine, 6pm, with Mike Rogers--"The Ballads, Blues and Pay Your Dues Tour"
Nov. 20, Presentation at Portsmouth Athenaeum, Portsmouth, NH
2018
April 13, Artspace, Portssmouth, NH, Portsmouth Poet Laureate Gala, 7pm
April 29, Durham Community Church, Durham, NH, 2pm, Writers in the Round Benefit with Craig Werth and others.
July 19, Brick Store Museum, Kennebunk, ME, 5:30pm, Poetry Reading celebrating 3 Nations Anthology.
Aug. 6, Medallion Opera House, Gorham, NH, 7pm "The Ballad LIves," sponsored by the Gorham Public Library in conjunction with the NH Humanities Council.
Aug. 15 Rice Public Library, Kittery, Maine: Poetry/Song program hosted by Kimberly Cloutier Green and sponsored by the Maine Humanities Commission. 6pm
Sept. 14, Weare Town Hall, Weare, NH, 7pm "The Ballad Lives," sponsored by the Weare Historical Society in conjunction with the NH Humanities Council.
2017
April 5, Portsmouth Poet Laureate Hoot, Cafe Espresso, Portsmouth, NH 7pm, Reading with other pasts Laureates
April 9 Bullard Memorial Farm, Holliston, MA, 2pm, "Jefferson's Dream"
April 21, Whipple Free Library, New Boston, NH, 7pm, "Poems on the Edge of Song"
April 25, North Hampton Library, No. Hampton, NH, 7pm, "Poems that Make America Great"
July 15, Camp Calumet, Freedom, NH, Ballads & Poems, 7:30 pm
July 30-Aug 1st, Artist in Residence, UCC Conference, Star Gathering One, Star Island, Isles of Shoals
Previous Years
2016
March 22, 3S ArtSpace, Portsmouth, NH,7 pm, Reading at Katherine Towler’s Book launch of her memoir on Portsmouth poet Robert Dunn.
April 6, PPLP Hoot, Café Espresso, Portsmouth, NH, 7 pm, with all the previous Portsmouth Poet Laureates
April 13, Water Street Books, Exeter, NH, 6:00 pm, Reading for Hobblebush Books Anthology NH Poets Showcase
April 21, Press Room, Portsmouth, NH, 7pm, Reading Shakespeare for Beat Night with John Michael Albert and others
April 26, RiverRunn Books, Portsmouth, NH, 6:00 pm, Reading for Hobblebush Books Anthology NH Poets Showcase
April 28, North Hampton Public Library, No. Hampton, NH, 7pm, Ballads and Poems, with Barbara London
June 23, Holderness Free Library & Holderness Hist. Soc. at Hist. Soc. Museum, Holderness, NH, 7:30 pm, Ballad Lives sponsored by the Library and Historical Society in conjunction with the NH Humanities Council
July 17, The Hudson Valley Writer’s Center, Sleepy Hollow, NY, 4:30pm, Poems and Ballads
Sept. 20, Gilmanton Library, Gilmanton, NH, 6:00 pm, Crime and Punishment on the Isles of Shoals, The Ballad of Louis Wagner, sponsored by the Library in conjunction with the NH Humanities Council
Sept. 22, Leach Library, Londonderry, NH, 7:00 pm, Jefferson's Dream, sponsored by the Library
Oct. 26, Barrington Public Library, Barrington, NH, 6:30 pm, Crime and Punishment on the Isles of Shoals, The Ballad of Louis Wagner, sponsored by the Library in conjunction with the NH Humanities Council
2014
Jan. 3, First Friday Coffeehouse, Exeter, NH, 7:00 pm, Ballads, Poems, and Cross-grained Songs, (First Unitarian-Universalist Society's Parish Hall, Elm Street.)
Jan. 25, Red and Shorty's, 4 Paul St., Dover, NH, 8 pm, Ballads, Poems, and Cross-grained Songs with Barbara London
Feb. 11, Hamptsead NH Public Library, Hampstead, NH, 7pm, "Poems on the Edge of Song" with Barbara London and Mike Rogers
Feb. 12, Great Bay Community College, Portsmouth, NH 7pm, Romance and the Poet, "Barbary Allen to Bob Dylan"
April 2, Portsmouth Poet Laureate Program Hoot, Cafe Espresso, Portsmouth, NH, 7pm, reading with other Portsmouth Poet Laureates
April 3, Gilford Public Library, Gilford, NH, 6:30pm, "Spring Poets, Barbara Allen to Blackbird," sponsored in conjunction with the NH Humanities Council
April 8, West Studio Theatre, Islington St., Portsmouth, NH, 5:30pm, Pontine presents: "Crime and Punishment on the Isles of Shoals, The Ballad of Louis Wagner" sponsored in conjunction with the NH Humanities Council
April 10, North Hampton Public Library, North Hampton, NH 7pm, "The Ballad Lives" sponsored in conjunction with the NH Humanities Council
April 17, Effingham Public Library, Effingham, NH, 7pm, Ballads, Poems, and Cross-Grained Songs
April 22, Dover Public Library, Dover, NH, "Spring Poets, Barbara Allen to Blackbird" sponsored in conjunction with the NH Humanities Council
April 24, Seacoast African American Cultural Center, Portsmouth, NH, 7pm, "What Langston Heard," program created and hosted by poet/composer/vocalist John-Michael Albert, with several other poets
April 26, Dublin Public Library, Dublin, NH, 10:30am, Spring Poets, Barbara Allen to Blackbird
April 29, Exeter Public Library, Exeter, NH, 6:30pm, "Spring Poets, Barbara Allen to Blackbird" sponsored in conjunction with the NH Humanities Council
May 2, Chichester Town Library, Chichester, NH, 7:00pm, "The Ballad Lives" sponsored in conjunction with the NH Humanities Council
May 9, Sunapee Coffeehouse, Sunapee, NH, 7pm, Ballads, Lyrics, Poems, & Fresh Cross-Grained Songs
May 15, Hamilton-Wenham Public Library, South Hamilton, MA, 7pm, Featured Speaker, Teen Poetry Contest Reception
May 21, Durham Public Library, Durham, NH, 7pm, ballads, poems and fresh cross-grained songs.
Sept. 13, Poetry in the Park, Greely Park, Nashua, NH, 11 am, with other Hobblebush poets.
2015
March 4, Derry Public Library, Derry, NH, 11am, The Ballad Lives, sponsored by Questers & NH Humanities Council
April 1, Portsmouth Poet Laureate Hoot, Cafe Espresso, Portsmouth, NH, 7pm, with other poet laureates
April 16, Nashua Public Library, Nashua, NH, 7pm, Spring Poets, Barbara Allen to Blackbird
April 28, Newmarket Public Library, Newmarket, NH, 7pm, The Ballad Lives, sponsored in conjunction with the NH Humanities Council
May 20, Nesmith Library, Windham, NH, 6pm, Jefferson's Dream, sponsored by the Windham Historical Society (rescheduled for Oct. 6)
July 9, Amesbury Public Library, Amesbury, MA, 7pm, Jefferson's Dream (rescheduled for Sept. 17)
July 15, Lisbon Area Historical Society, Lisbon, NH, 7pm, The Ballad Lives, sponsored in conjunction with the NH Humanities Council
Sept. 17, Amesbury Public Library, Amesbury, MA, 7pm, Jefferson's Dream
Oct. 19, Nesmith Library, Windham, NH, 6pm, Jefferson's Dream, sponsored by the Windham Historical Society and the Library
Oct. 10, UNE Art Gallery, Westbrook, ME, 3pm, reading/singing with other poets from NY and ME
Oct. 11, RiverRun Book Store, Portsmouth, NH, 2pm, reading/singing with other poets from NY
Nov. 10, Salem Historical Society, Salem, NH, 7pm, The Ballad Lives, sponsored in conjunction with the NH Humanities Council