On-Demand Poetry:

Street Performance

During the warm season in Chicago (April-September), 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:

• Surprise Valentine’s Popup with Ars Poetica, Feb 8-9, 2025

• Jade & Malcom’s Wedding @ WildmanBT, April 12, 2025

• Goblin Market (Massachusetts), May 5 2025 (4-7pm)

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

• QWERTYfest (Milwaukee, WI), Oct 3-5, 2025

• Alex & Emma’s Wedding, Chicago, August 15, 2026

Where I’ve been:

• Corporate Dinner @ Toro, Jan 7, 2025 (6-8pm)

• Turnkey Corporate Holiday Party @ Homestead on the Roof, Dec 20, 2024 (7:15pm-8:45pm)

• Randolph Street Market, Dec 14-15, 2024 (10-5pm)

• Boston Consulting Group Employee Appreciation Night, Dec 13, 2024 (6-8pm)

• BVLGARI Customer Appreciation Event, Dec 10, 2024 (2-4pm)

• Poetry Performance at the Poetry Brothel Chicago @ KASHMIR in Fulton Market, Dec 8, 2024

• Underground Art Market, Dec 7, 2024 (10am-5pm)

• Company Holiday Party @ Eclipse Center Beloit WI, Dec 6, 2024 (2:30-4:30pm)

• St Louis Typosphere Popup (Missouri), Nov 30, 2024

• Gala Event for Mercy Home @ The Old Post Office, Nov 16, 2024 (9pm-12am)

• Randolph Street Market, Nov 16-17 2024 (10-5pm)

• Corporate Happy Hour for Attain @ HIDE+SEEK, Nov 14, 2024 (5pm-7:30pm)

• Facilitated Typewriter Playtime (private event, Chicago), Nov 10, 2024 (12-2pm)

• Residency @ Boston WNDR Museum Nov 2-3

• Performance Poetry at the Boston Poetry Brothel, Oct 29, 2024

• Allie’s Wedding (private event), Milwaukee, October 18, 2024

• Modern Vintage Chicago Fashion Expo @ Ravenswood Event Center, Oct 13, 2024 (10am-5pm)

• Vintage House Chicago @ Ramova, Oct 5, 2024 (10am-5pm)

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

• Brookfield Fine Arts Festival, Sept 28, 2024

• Relativity Fest @ Navy Pier, Sept 27, 2024 (7pm-11pm)

• Kirkland & Ellis @ Miru Chicago, Sept 25, 2024 (6:30-10:30pm)

• Vintage Shindig @ Highland Park, Sept 15, 2024

• Prospect Events Cocktail Reception at SIX10, Sept 10, 2024 (4:30-6:30pm)

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

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

• Down the Rabbit Hole @ the rooftop of Morgan’s on Fulton, Aug 13, 2024 (3:30-6:30pm)

• Pascale’s Post-Wedding Celebration @ Greenhouse Loft Chicago, August 2, 2024 (7-11pm)

• Corporate Reception @ Renaissance Schaumburg, July 31, 2024 (6pm-9pm)

• Fulton Market Grand Prix EXPO @ Fulton Market, July 28, 2024 (2pm-10pm)

• WIPA Chicago Chapter Event @ 21c Museum Hotel, July 24, 2024 (5:30-7:30pm)

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

• Institute of Food Technology Conference @ Hyatt Regency Chicago, July 15, 6:30pm-9:30pm

• Southport Art Fest, July 13-14, 2024

• Performance: Stage Set @ Second City, July 6, 2024 (7:30pm)

• Rathole Music Fest @ Bourbon on Division, June 29, 2024 2pm-11pm

• Performance: MC’ing the Rat Slam Stage @ Rathole Music Fest, June 29, 2024 (4pm-10pm)

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

• QWERTYfest Milwaukee, June 21-22, 2024

• Sundays on State, June 16, 2024

• Jessica & Chris’s Wedding @ Cafe Brauer, June 15, 2024 (4:30pm-6:30pm)

• WNDR Museum, June 15, 2024 (12pm-3pm)

• WNDR Museum, June 14, 2024 (12pm-6pm)

• Boat Docks @ River Roast, June 13, 2024, (8pm-10pm)

• Intereum Reception @ The Hoxton Hotel, June 9, 2024 (5:30pm-7pm)

• Pleasant Prairie Premium Outlets - National Outlet Day, June 9, 2024 (12pm-2pm) (Wisconsin)

• Pleasant Prairie Premium Outlets - National Outlet Day, June 8, 2024 (12pm-3pm) (Wisconsin)

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

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

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

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

• Equifax Corporate Party, May 24, 2024 (6pm-9pm)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• 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.