FEATURES, Upcoming
2024
2025
FEATURES, Recent
2024
Workshop! "Flawed Mods: On Using Exactly the Right Word in Poetry and Prose." 2024 Winter Wheat Festival of Writing. Session B: Friday, November 8, 5:00-6:15 p.m.
2024
- Final Featured Reading of 2024, with Susan Glassmeyer! Poetry Night at Sitwell's. 324 Ludlow Ave., Cincinnati, OH. Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024. 7:00-8:30 p.m.
2025
- Workshop. Riffe Gallery. January 30th, 2025. Details TBA.
- Lit Youngstown First Wednesday Reader Series. Youngstown, OH. February 5, 2025.
FEATURES, Recent
2024
Workshop! "Flawed Mods: On Using Exactly the Right Word in Poetry and Prose." 2024 Winter Wheat Festival of Writing. Session B: Friday, November 8, 5:00-6:15 p.m.
- Featured Reading: New Dawn Writers' Group, New Dawn Arts Center, 84 Main St., Ashburnham, MA. October 22, 2024. 7:00 p.m.
- Reading: Youngstown Fall Literary Festival, Bliss Hall 3136, Youngstown, OH. October 19, 2024. 9:15 a.m. (Session 1).
- Sheila-Na-GIg Volume 9.1, Fall 2024 Celebration Reading. Virtual. Thursday, Oct. 10 from 8:30pm (EST).
- Translation Reading and Talk, with Juan Rojas. Lakeland Community College Center for International Education Guest Speaker Series, Kirtland, OH. Tuesday, October 1, 2024.
- OPA September Open Mic supporting 100 Thousand Poets for Change. Virtual. September 23, 2024. 7:00 p.m.
- Featured Reading: Uncloistered Poetry Live!. Toledo, OH. Saturday, September 14, 2024. 4:00-7:00 p.m.
- Featured Reading, with Juan Rojas and Don Cellini. Welcoming Picnic and Party: We're All In, Toledo Lucas County Library, Toledo, OH. Saturday, September 14, 2024.
- Featured Reading: Coffee House Readings, Mr. Smith's Coffee House, 140 Columbus Ave., Sandusky, OH. August 17, 2024, 2:00 p.m.
- Peripatetic Poets. Muse Cafe, 3018 Harrison Ave., Cincinnati, OH. Wednesday, July 31, 2024. 7:00 p.m.
- Launch of the new anthology Of Our Own Accord: Women's Embodied Poetry. (A live event, but I'll be reading virtually.) Blip Roasters, 1301 Woodswether Rd., Kansas City, KS. Sunday, July 28, 2024. 4:00-6:00 p.m.
- OPA All-Star Picnic. Blendan Woods MetroPark, Dogwood Shelter, 4265 E. Dublin Granville Rd., Columbus. July 13, 2024, 12:00-4:00 p.m.
- Virtual Book Launch / Featured Reading with Sheila-Na-Gig: As If This Did Not Happen Every Day. Register here, via ZOOM. July 11, 2024, 7:00 p.m.
- The Unconscious Takes Note: Jungian Influence on the Poetry of Paula J. Lambert, C.G. Jung Association of Central Ohio. 1550 Old Henderson Rd., Columbus, OH. Saturday, June 15th, 3:00-5:00 p.m.
- Sun & Moon Poetry Festival Poetry, Yellow Springs, OH. Sunday, May 26, 2024. 9:30 - 11:00 a.m.
- Poetry Mini-Marathon, Bexley Public Library, 2411 E. Main St., Columbus, Ohio. April 21, 2024. Event begins 1:15 with introduction by Mimi Chenfeld and Fred Andrle at 1:15. Wonderful slate of local authors to follow. I'll be reading at 3:45.
- Workshop! WritersShop Poetry Series: Eco-Poetry with Paula J. Lambert. Toledo Lucas County Public Library, Heatherdowns Branch, Community Room B, 3265 Glanzman Rd., Toledo, Ohio. March 26, 2024, 6:00 p.m.
- AWP BOOK SIGNING! Slippery Elm Magazine/University of Findlay, Exhibitor T1119, Kansas City Convention Center, Kansas City, MO. Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. 2:00 p.m.
- AWP OFFSITE! Wednesday Night Poetry, with Kai Coggin. Charlotte Street Foundation, 3333 Wyoming St., Kansas City, MO. Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. 6:30 p.m.
- Workshop! "Epic! On Writing (and Reading) the Long Poem, with Paula J. Lambert and Juan Rojas." 2023 Winter Wheat Festival of Writing, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH. November 11, 2023. 4:00-5:15 p.m.
- Slippery Elm 2023 Issue Release Party. Marathon Center for the Performing Arts, Findlay, OH. November 3, 2023.
- Poetry Panel: Translation as a Re-Vision Process, with Juan Rojas. 7th Annual Lit Youngstown Fall Literary Festival. Saturday, October 22, 2023. 2:15 p.m.
- New England Poetry Club Fall Poetry Contest Winners Virtual Reading. Sunday, October 8, 2023. 3:00 p.m. Eastern.
- Featured Reading. Virtual. Mingle with the Flamingoes. Tuesday, July 11, 2023. 7:00 p.m.
- Featured Reading with Juan Rojas (Translation!), Uncloistered Online. Zoom link TBA. June 11th, 2023. 6:00 p.m. EST.
- Featured Reading. The Poetry Forum. 2598 North High St., Columbus. May 29, 2023. 7:00 p.m.
- Reading, Songs of Wild Ohio, Edith Chase Symposium, KSU Wick Poetry Center Garden, 120 S. Lincoln St, Kent, OH, May 20, 2023. 4:00 p.m.
- Featured Reading New Dawn Arts Center Author Series, New Dawn Arts Center, 84 Main St., Ashburnham, MA. April 18, 2023. 6:00-7:00 p.m. Followed by New Dawn Writers Group Workshop, 7-8 p.m.
- Featured Reading, Storytellers & Poets at The Shirley Meetinghouse, 41 Brown Rd. Shirley, MA. April 16, 2023. 4:00 p.m.
- New England Poetry Club Member Celebration Reading. Virtual. March 25, 2023. 3:00 p.m.
- Guest Poet Series: Intro to Creative Writing - Poetry. University of Findlay Writing Center. February 7, 2023. 2:00 p.m. Open to the community!
- Workshop! "Bird Begat Bird: Poetry Writing with Paula J. Lambert." Winter Wheat Festival of Writing, Bowling Green, OH. November 12, 2022. Full schedule and registration here.
- 100 Thousand Poets for Change: Peace, Justice, and Sustainability, with Ohio Poetry Association, Facebook Livestream. September 26, 2022. 7:00 p.m.
- 2022 Poetry at Hayner: A Mosaic of Voices. Saturday, June 11, 2022. 6:30 p.m.
- Featured Reading. Peripatetic Poets, live via Zoom. Sunday, May 15, 6:30 p.m. EST.
- Ohioana Book Festival! Poetry Panel: The Art of Poetry. Sunday, May 1. 11 a.m. Livestreamed to YouTube. Register here.
- Featured Reading. Uncloistered Poetry. The Attic on Adams (above Mano's Restaurant), 1701 Adams Street, Toledo, Ohio. Saturday, April 9, 4:00 p.m.
- Sheila-Na-Gig Online Winter Issue participant reading (Millicent Borges Accardi featured reader!), Sunday, April 3, 8:00 p.m. ET. Via Zoom.
- Workshop! "Call to the Fading Moon: Birdsong as Poetry Prompt." Literary Cleveland. Online. April 2, 1:00-4:00 p.m. Register Here.
- Featured Reading and Discussion, Upper Arlington Senior Center Current Events Group, 1945 Ridgeview Rd., Upper Arlington, Ohio. Virtual. Tuesday, March 22, 2:00 p.m.
- Workshop! "Something to Crow About: Poetry Writing with Paula J. Lambert" Lafayette Writers Studio. Online. February 27, 2:00 p.m. Register Here.
- Poetic Inventory of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park Reading, Kent State University, Rockwell Auditorium. Thursday, February 10, 7:00 p.m.
- Featured Reading: Smith Creative Writers Reading Series, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. Virtual. Thursday, February 3. 6:00 p.m.
- Feature: WNP Virtual Open Mic: Poetry Through the Pandemic. Wednesday, January 12. 7:30 EST (Recorded).
- 10th Anniversary Solstice Poetry Reading: "Sacred Ground," co-sponsored by Glen Helen and Tecumseh Land Trust. Virtual. December 10, 2021.
- Featured Reading, Athens County (and Friends) Poets & Storytellers. September 9th, 2021.
- Featured Reading, part of the OPA All-Star Virtual Fundraiser & Online Auction, July 10, 2021.
- Featured Reading (Virtual), Uncloistered Poetry, July 11, 2021. 6:00 p.m. Registration information available here.
- NFSPS 2021 Blackberry Peach Awards, available on YouTube, June 2021.
- Ohioana Book Festival Panel "How to See the World in Verse," moderated by Ohio Poetry Association president Chuck Salmons. Premiering on YouTube April 23, 2021.
- Ohioana Book Festival Featured Reading (Virtual). Available on YouTube April 22, 2021.
- Presentation for Clayton Rotary Club, Clayton, NC. Virtual/Zoom meeting. January 28, 2021. 7:00 a.m.
- Upper Arlington Adult Center Current Events Group, January 19, 2021.
- SpoFest Open Mic Poetry and Prose, featured reading with MJ Abell, Steve Wiegenstein, and James Benger. November 7th, 2020. 6:00 p.m. CDT.
- Here/Not Here, ekphrastic poetry anthology virtual release party reading. Salisbury University Art Gallery. October 15, 2020. 7:00 p.m.
- "O Throat! O Trembling Throat!" (workshop) and "That the Powerful Play Goes On" (with Sayuri Ayers and Jason Kaufman: reading and discussion of publication process), Lit Youngstown Fall Literary Festival, September 24-26, 2020.
- New Book News Reading, with Cathryn Essinger and Kari Gunter-Seymour. September 20, 2020. 7:00 p.m. A LitYoungstown event.
- Featured reading, Words and Wine. Steele Mansion, 348 Mentor Ave., Painesville, OH. October 16, 2019. 6:30 p.m.
- "Harbingers of (Climate) Change: An Eco-Poetry Workshop." Ohio Poetry Association Quarterly Business Meeting and Workshop. Grandview Heights Public Library, 1685 W. First Ave., Columbus, OH. October 12, 2019. 1:00-4:00 p.m.
- Poetry Reading, co-feature, with Ariana Kramer, Taos, NM. Saturday, June 29, 2019. 7:00 p.m.
- Bountiful Birds: An Eco-Poetry Workshop, with Ariana Kramer. SOMOS, 108 Civic Plaza Drive, Taos, NM. (Pre-register at somostaos.org). Saturday, June 29, 2019. 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
- Featured Reading, Antieau Gallery. 134 W. Water St., Santa Fe, NM. Thursday, June 27, 2019. 7:00 p.m..
- Participated in both Poetry Publishing & Bookmaking Workshops sponsored by Ohio Poetry Association. Thurber House, 77 Jefferson Ave., Columbus. Saturday, June 15th, 2019. 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
- Featured Reading, Antieau Gallery. 927 Royal St., New Orleans, LA. Saturday, April 13, 2019. 2:00 p.m.
- Mississippi Community College Creative Writing Association (MCCCWA) Conference, Ridgeland, Mississippi, Poetry contest judge. Poetry Workshop. McGowan Workforce building, Holmes Community College, Ridgeland Campus. Friday, April 12, 2019. 2:00 p.m.
- Featured Reading: Arts and Letters Program, Holmes Community College, Ridgeland Campus, Room 126, Science Building East. Ridgeland, MS. Tuesday, April 9, 2019. 12:15 p.m.
- Book Launch for NEW chapbook, A Lesson in Possibilities, It Looks Like It's Open (ILLIO) Studio, 13 E. Tulane Rd., Columbus. Saturday, April 6, 2019. 6:00-8:00 p.m,
- Creative Writing Workshop with Nancy Kangas, based on works in the Ohio Art Council Riffe Gallery "DUO/TRIO" Exhibition. The Riffe Gallery, 77 S. HIgh St., Columbus. Thursday, March 28, 2019. 5:30-8:00 p.m.
- Solstice Poetry Reading: Shadows and Light (one of twelve poets reading, co-sponsored by Glen Helen and Tecumseh Land Trust). Vernet Ecological Center auditorium, 400 Corry St., Yellow Springs, OH. December 7, 2018.
- A Resonance of Birds, Poetry Workshop. Lakeland Literary Festival, Lakeland Community College, 7700 Clocktower Drive, Kirtland, OH. November 30, 2018.
- Co-Feature with Dave Lucas. Dairy Barn Art Center, 8000 Dairy Barn Lane, Athens, OH. October 11, 2018,
- A Pair of Birds ("Lessons in the Drinking of Nectar: Hummingbird" and "Blood Feather") High Arts Festival, Poetry. Nightlight Stage, Akron. September 29, 2018.
- Spirit Woman: (Dear Harriet Series, #3), High Arts Festival, Visual Art. Summit ArtSpace, Welcome Gallery, 140 E. Market St., Akron. Sept. 14-Oct. 6, 2018.
- Co-Feature with Chuck Salmons, Peripatetic Poets, St. Stephen's Episcopal Church and University Center, 30 West Woodruff Ave,, Columbus, OH. September 16, 2018.
- Anastasia Prays to the Majority Leader and Bonnie Bunny Recipe Box, Contents Unknown: Magnifying the Mystery of the Unfolding Mystery. Kennedy Heights Art Center, 6546 Montgomery Rd., Cincinnati. Opening reception Saturday, Aug 18, 6:00-8:00 p.m. Gallery Walk-Through with the Artists Saturday, Aug. 25, 2:00 p.m.
- First Bar Joke (Alt History Series #1), The F-Art Show. The Vanderelli Room, 218 McDowall St., Franklinton. Opening Reception Friday, Aug. 10, 2018.
- Laughter as Light in the Darkness; The Role of the Unconscious in the Creative Process (Second Saturday Coffee & Conversation Series). C.G. Jung Association of Central Ohio (JACO), JungHaus, 59 W. Third Ave., Columbus. Saturday, June 9th, 2018.
- un∙a∙PAULA∙get∙ic: Solo Exhibition at C. G. Jung Association of Central Ohio (JACO), JungHaus, 59 W. Third Ave., Columbus. April - June 2018. Artist Talk and Reception, Sunday, May 6, 2018.
- Co-Feature, with Anna Soter: Peripatetic Poets. Global Gallery Coffee Shop, 3535 N. Main St., Columbus. March 18, 2018.
- Co-Feature, with Jason Kaufman: Borderlands: Poetry on the Edge. Main Street Books, 104 N. Main St., Mansfield, OH. Saturday, March 17., 2018.
- Featured Reading: Words and Wine, Riders 1812 Inn, 792 Mentor Ave., Painesville, OH, Tuesday, March 13. 6:30 p.m. (To Be Rescheduled!!!)
- Co-Feature, with Steve Abbott: Mr. Smith's Coffeehouse, 140 Columbus Ave., Sandusky, OH. Saturday, March 10th. 2018.
- Co-Feature: Art & Soul, 3142 Markway Rd., Toledo, OH. Friday, Feb. 23rd, 2018..
- Visual Art: Two pieces included in Main Street Books' Third Annual Monster Painting Show. Main Street Books., 104 N. Main St., Mansfield, OH. Opening Reception February 23rd, 2018.
- Featured Reading: The Poetry Forum of Columbus, Bossy Grrrls Pin-Up Joint. 2598 North High St., Columbus. January 22, 2018.
- Visual Art: Three pieces included in the Ohio Art League's Thumb Box Exhibition at Franklin Park Conservatory. Nov. 18, 2017-Jan. 3, 2018. Opening Reception Nov. 17, 5:00-7:00 p.m.
- Visual Art: "Crowns," included in the 2017 Biennial Juried Art Exhibition at Riffe Gallery, Nov 2, 2017-Jan 6, 2018. Opening Reception Thursday, Nov. 2, 5:00-7:00 p.m.
- Sight of Music: Stratifications. An evening of original poetry and dance. Columbus Cultural Arts Center, 139 W. Main St., Columbus,. Friday, Oct. 20, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
- The Poetry Forum of Columbus (with Sarah Trattner and Barb Fiorini). Bossy Grrrls Pin-Up Joint, 2598 North High St., Columbus. May 15th, 7:00 p.m.
- Mr. Smith's Coffeehouse (Co-Feature with George Looney!), 140 Columbus Ave., Sandusky, OH. Saturday, June 18th, 2016. 2:00 p.m.
- "When Sexy Isn't: Why 'Hot' Writing Leaves Your Reader Cold." 13th Annual Writers Conference, Columbus State Community College, 315 Cleveland Ave., Columbus, Ohio. Saturday, April 23, 2016.
- POSRV: Poetry of the Scioto River Valley, Haskins House, 536 2nd St., Portsmouth, OH. Saturday, April 16, 2016. 6:00 p.m
- Performance Art Day, Wild Goose Creative, 2491 Summit St., Columbus. Saturday, April 2, 2016. Event 5:45 p.m. (Event 12-9).
- Women Aloud! 2016, Wild Goose Creative, 2491 Summit St., Columbus. Saturday, March 26, 2016. 5:00 p.m.
- Peripatetic Poets, (Co-Feature with Larry Smith), Global Gallery Coffee Shop, 3535 N. High St., Columbus. September 20, 2015.
- Words and Wine at Your Vine or Mine? 154 Main St., Painesville, Ohio. July 7, 2015.
- Poetry and Play: Letting Loose the Unconscious and Finding Your Way Back to Craft: Columbus State Community College Writers Conference, 315 Cleveland Ave., Columbus, Ohio. May 2, 2015.
- Poetry in the Stacks Celebration Reception, Wright Memorial Public Library, 1776 Far Hills Ave., Oakwood, OH. April 21, 2015. 7:00 p.m. (“The Furcula Project” Broadside on display for the month of April.)
- Women Aloud! 2015: A Benefit for Grrls Rock Columbus, Dude Locker, 517 Hudson St., Columbus, OH, March 28, 2015.
- Red Mountain Reading Series (reading and workshop), Jefferson State Community College, Birmingham, Alabama, February 25 and 26, 2015.
- Gem City Poetry Stage, Dharma Center of Dayton, 425 Patterson Rd., Dayton, January 25, 2015, 7:00 p.m.
- “The Author/Editor Relationship (and What a Small Press Can Do for You!) 41st Annual Sinclair Community College Writer’s Workshop, Dayton, Ohio, November 10, 2014.
- The Ohio Arts Council’s Riffe Gallery, 77 S. High St., Columbus, Ohio, June 5, 2014. 5:30-7:00 p.m.
- “Poetry at Perkins: In Celebration of the Night Sky!” Full/Crescent Press’ benefit reading for Perkins Observatory, 3199 Columbus Pike, Delaware, Ohio, May 31, 2014.
- “The Suffering ‘I’ and the Suffering World: Poetry As a Healing Force,” Columbus State Community College Writers Conference, 315 Cleveland Ave., Columbus, Ohio, April 26, 2014.
- “Women Aloud!” A Benefit for Grrrls Rock Columbus. Kafe Kerouac, 2250 N. High St., Columbus, Ohio, March 15, 2014.
- “1,000 Words/1,000 Moves,” Columbus Cultural Arts Center, October 19, 2013.
- Holmes Community College, Ridgeland Campus, Ridgeland, Mississippi, October 15, 2013.
- Holmes Community College, Goodman Campus, Goodman, Mississippi, October 14, 2013.
- Mississippi Poetry Society Fall Mini Festival, Belhaven University, Jackson, Mississippi, October 12, 2013.
- ComFest! (Columbus’ Community Festival) Goodale Park, Friday, June 28, 2013. 6:00 p.m.
- The Poets’ Asylum, 910 Main Street, Worcester, MA, Sunday, June 23, 2013. 7:00 p.m.
- Poetry After Midnight, First Parish Meeting House, Shirley Common, Shirley, MA, Saturday, June 22, 2013. 6:00 p.m.
- Columbus Arts Festival, (Fiction!), Word Is Art stage, Friday, June 7, 2013. 5:40 p.m.
- Writers’ Block 2013 Poetry All-Nighter!, Kafe Kerouac, 2250 N. High St., Columbus, Friday, May 17, 2013. 8:00-8:30 p.m. (plus the Haiku Death Match at midnight!)
- Beehive Books, Delaware, OH May 2, 2013.
- Peripatetic Poets (Co-Feature with Michael Stout), The Gardens at Whetstone Care Center, April 28, 2013.
- Borderlands: Poetry on the Edge, Main Street Books, 104 N. Main St., Mansfield, OH, April 20, 2013.
- 102nd Annual International Women’s Day Celebration Columbus; MaKoy Center, Old Hilliard; March 8, 2013.
- Pen and Palette Poetry at Travonna Cafe, February 21, 2013.
- The Poetry Forum at Rumba Cafe, January 21, 2013.
- Pecha Kucha Columbus, November 8, 2012.
- Paging Columbus, OSU Urban Arts Space, June 2012.
- Columbus Arts Festival, Word Is Art stage, June 2012.
- Writers’ Block Poetry All-Nighter Feature, Kafe Kerouac, May 2012.
- Read Aloud, OSU Thompson Library, April 2012.
- Columbus Arts Festival, Word Is Art stage, June 2011.
- 2nd Annual Women’s Showcase (Co-feature with Rae Wallace, Ellie White, Alex Caplinger, and Rachel Wiley): Writing Wrongs Poetry, Urban Spirit Coffee Shop, Columbus, OH: March, 2011.
- PoetryElyria (Co-Feature with Louise Robertson and Laraine Seidl)- Jim’s Coffeehouse & Diner, Elyria, OH: Feb., 2011.
- Snoetry 2 – A Winter Wordfest: 150 hours of Poetry: Jim’s Coffeehouse & Diner, Elyria, OH: Feb., 2011.
- A Celebration of Poetry and Music at SIPS Coffeehouse (Co-Feature with Louise Robertson): Mt. Vernon, OH: Jan., 2011.
- Poetry Forum at Rumba Cafe: Columbus, OH: Nov., 2010.
- First Draft Poetry Night, hosted by Joanna Schroeder: Kafe Kerouac, Columbus, OH: August, 2010.
- Birds of the Cuyahoga: Edith Chase Poetry Reading. Wick Poetry Center. Kent, OH. Saturday, May 21, 4:00 p.m.
- Light Enters the Grove: Book Release and Poetry Reading, Cleveland Botanical Garden, Sunday, October 6, 2024. 1:00-3:00 p.m.
- Belated Book Launch! Poetry at Pennington's, with Charlene Fix and Robert Collins, and Paula J. Lambert. Pennington Custom Art Services, 3047 Indianola Ave., Clintonville, OH. Sunday, December 1, 2:00 p.m. (Readings start at 3:00.)