This Saturday, May 5th, 2012, I will be performing at the 3rd Annual Cambridge Poetry Jam hosted by Cambridge Poet Populist Toni Bee.

Come out to the Cambridge Public Library for a great day of poetry. The Poetry Jam runs from 11am to 4pm. I will be performing during the Traditional Poetry Set from 11am to 12pm.

Doors: 11am
Tickets: Free!

Cambridge Public Library: Main Branch
449 Broadway, Cambridge, MA

On Friday, April 27, 2012, I learned that my friend from college Adam died on Wednesday, April 25th, 2012. He was 31 years old at the time of his death, two years older than I am now. I recorded this video to say goodbye.

I am honored and humbled to announce that I was awarded a full scholarship to attend the 2012 West Chester University Poetry Conference. My thanks to the West Chester University Poetry Center and the scholarship committee.

The West Chester University Poetry Conference is the largest poetry conference in the United States and is the main conference for the Expansive Poetry Movement. Expansive Poetry revitalizes the narrative and formalist modes of poetry that were popular prior to the Modernist Poetry Movement.

The conference is June 6th, 2012 through June 9th, 2012. I will be attending as a poet, working with master poets on craft.

At the end of March, I will be headlining at The Story Space. I will be performing my piece, “Why Poetry?”

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I recorded a sample storytelling concert for an application to the Cambridge River Festival 2012. I excerpted one of the stories and put it online.

This Sunday, I will be competing in the massmouth Semi-Finals!

Come out to Doyle’s Cafe in Jamaica Plain to hear a great night of stories. All of the storytellers were either First Place, Second Place, or Audience Choice in a competition at an earlier slam Doyle’s Cafe.

Doors: 6:30pm
Competition: 7:00pm
Tickets: Available through Eventbrite
This event will sell out. Get your tickets now.

Doyle’s Cafe
3484 Washington St., Jamaica Plain, MA

My review of massmouth’s “Genesis” Story Slam, In the Beginning, There was the Spoken Word, is online now at the massmouth Blog.

Thanks to Aimee Rose Ranger and Whistler in the Dark for putting on 360 Storytelling.

The next 360 Storytelling will be Monday, February 13, 2012. Check back for details.

My review of 360 Storytelling by Whistler in the Dark Theatre, Storytelling at the Tavern at the End of the World, is online now at the massmouth Blog.

Thanks again to Tony Toledo for inviting me to Speak Up Spoken Word and for everyone who was able to come out. For those who couldn’t make it and those of you who want to relive the magic, here’s one of the stories from my feature.