Calendar of Performances, Lectures, Press
2021
- Jan 17-Feb 22: "Tales of a Reluctant World Traveler," Living Record Festival, UK, Stream
- Feb 11: Valentine's Day reading with New England Indie Authors Collective (NEIAC) for Franklin Library, Franklin, MA Zoom
- Feb 18, Mar 16, Apr 13: "He Said, He Said," story-telling with Judah Leblang, for Airbnb
- Feb 21: "Tales of a Reluctant World Traveler," Duxbury Free Library, Duxbury, MA Zoom
- Mar 24: "Tales of a ..." Plymouth Public Library, Plymouth, MA Zoom
- Mar 25: "Tales of a ..." Medford Public Library, Medford, MA Zoom
- Apr 12: "Tales of a ..." Beverly Public Library, Beverly, MA, Zoom
- Apr 20: "Tales of a ..." Hopkinton Public Library, Hopkinton, MA, Zoom
- May 13: Spring Salon with NEIAC for Somerville Public Library, Somerville, MA, Zoom
- July 18-Aug 1: "Tales of a ..." KC Fringe, Kansas City, MO, Virtual
- July 20-24: "Tales of a ..." Providence Fringe Festival, Providence, RI, Zoom
- July 29-Aug 8: "Tales of a ..." Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival, Salt Lake City, UT, Zoom
- Aug 5-15: "Tales of a ..." Minnesota Fringe Festival, Minneapolis, MA Virtual
- Sept 3-12: "Tales of a ..." Elgin Fringe Festival, Elgin, Il, Zoom
- Dec 7: Author Talk, Hamilton-Wenham Public Library, South Hamilton, MA
- Jan 15: Lecture "Tales of a Reluctant World Traveler," Thomas Crane Public Library, Quincy, MA
- Jan 22: "Tales of a Reluctant World Traveler," Lynnfield Public Library, Lynnfield, MA
- Feb-Dec: Airbnb performances of one-man show "The Chronic Single's Handbook," Somerville, MA ***On Hold Due to Covid 19***
- Feb 13: "Tales of a Reluctant World Traveler," Ames Free Library, North Easton, MA
- May 12: Cabin Fever I, author event with New England Indie Authors Collective (NEIAC), Zoom
- May 21: "Tales ...," virtual show sponsored by the Somerville Arts Council, FB Live, Zoom
- May 26: "He Said, He Said," story-telling show with Judah Leblang, FB Live, Zoom
- June 2: "Cabin Fever II," author event with NEIAC, FB Live, Zoom
- June 18: "Modern Literary Salon," author event with NEIAC for Franklin Public Library, Zoom
- June 28: "Jews and Their Muses," author event with NEIAC, Zoom
- July 9: "He Said, He Said," story-telling with Judah Leblang for Franklin Public Library, Zoom
- July 14-17: "Tales...," Winnipeg Fringe Festival, Winnipeg, CA, Youtube
- July 29: "Tales...," Newton Free Library, Newton, MA, Zoom
- July 30: Lecture "How to Publish ...," with NEIAC, Tewksbury Public Library, Tewksbury, MA, Zoom
- July 31-Aug 9: "Tales," 2 virtual shows for the Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival, Salt Lake City, UT, Zoom
- Aug 4: "Cabin Fever III," author event with NEIAC, FB Live, Zoom
- Aug 20: "Tales...," Flint Public Library, Middleton, MA, Zoom
- Aug 26: Lecture, "A Debut Novelist's Rocky Road to Publication," for a Boston writing group, Zoom
- Sept 10: "How to Publish ...," with NEIAC for Medford Public Library, Medford, MA, Zoom
- Sept 25: "Boston Undercover -- Beyond the Guidebooks" with NEIAC for Airbnb, Zoom
- Oct 8: "Modern Literary Salon," with NEIAC for Medford Public Library, Medford, MA, Zoom
- Oct 17: Co-producer/co-host of first annual Boston Erotic Literary Festival, Boston, MA, Zoom
- Oct 24: "How to Publish...," with NEIAC for Plymouth Public Library, Plymouth, MA, Zoom
- Nov 19: "Modern Literary Salon II," for Medford Public Library, Medford, MA, Zoom
- Dec 9: "Author Talk/Reading with NEIAC for Malden Reads, Malden, MA, Online
- Dec 13: "Homebound for the Holidays," for area synagogues with NEIAC, Boston, MA, Zoom
- Jan 14: "The Chronic Single's Handbook" for MDI, a men's group, Somerville, MA
- Feb 22: Interview by British literary podcast. The interviewer -- bless his heart -- compares writing to that of Nick Hornby
- April 1-Dec 31: Airbnb performances of one-man show "The Chronic Single's Handbook," Somerville, MA
- April 1-Dec 31: Airbnb lectures "Author Talk with Boston Novelist," Somerville, MA
- April 4: Live performance of short stories at Salem Community Access TV, Salem, MA
- July 22-27: "The Chronic Single's Handbook" at Providence Fringe Festival, Providence, RI
- Aug 25: "The Chronic Single's Handbook" for Idealists and Rationalists of Boston, Somerville, MA
- Oct 1: Lecture "Tales of a Reluctant World Traveler," Franklin Public Library, Franklin, MA
- Oct 17: Lecture "Tales of a Reluctant World Traveler," Randall Library, Stow, MA
- Oct 23: Lecture "Tales of a Reluctant World Traveler," Morrill Memorial Library, Norwood, MA
- Nov 2: Author talk for New England Indie Authors Collective literary salon, Creative Spirit art center, Marblehead, MA
- Nov 12: Lecture: "Tales of a Reluctant World Traveler," Medfield Public Library, Medfield, MA
- Nov 23: Author appearance at "Human Library," Tewksbury Public Library, Tewksbury, MA
- Dec 12: Lecture: "Tales of a Reluctant World Traveler," Hingham Public Library, Hingham, MA
- Dec 28: Interviewed by Quincy Access Television, Quincy, MA
- Feb 25: Reading of new material at Turtle Studios, Newton, MA
- April 5-July 15: Airbnb performances of one-man show, "The Chronic Single's Handbook," Somerville, MA
- May 19: Lecture "A Novelist's Rocky Road to Publication," Florida Writers Assoc., St. Augustine, FL
- May 16-27: Seven performances of one-man show "God Bless Cambodia," Orlando fringe festival, Orlando, FL
- June 20-23: Three performances of new one-man show "God Bless Cambodia" at Portland fringe, Portland, ME
- July 16-29: Eight performances of new one-man show at Winnipeg fringe festival Winnipeg, Canada
- July 28: Lecture "A Debut Novelist's Rocky Road to Publication," Winnipeg Authors Meetup, Winnipeg, Canada
- Aug 1-12: Seven performances of "God Bless Cambodia," Nutrien fringe, Saskatoon, Canada
- Aug 15-26: Seven performances of "God Bless Cambodia," Edmonton fringe, Edmonton, Canada
- Sept 1-Nov 24: Airbnb performances of one-man show, "The Chronic Single's Handbook," Somerville, MA
- Oct 17: Author talk at Lasell College, Newton, MA
- Nov 14: Lecture "A Debut Novelist's Rocky Road" for Gloucester Writers Center, Gloucester, MA
- Dec 5: reading new material at OutPost in Cambridge, MA
- Jan 12: Author talk: "A Debut Novelist's Rocky Road to Publication" in Boston sponsored by Merrimack Media.
- Feb 14-28: Six performances of "The Chronic Single's Handbook" at the 2017 Frigid Festival in Manhattan.
- Mar 29: Author talk for Ligonier Valley Writers, a writing organization in Ligonier, PA
- Mar 31-April 2: Three performances of "The Chronic Single's Handbook" at the Pittsburgh Fringe festival.
- April 19: Performance/book signing with Judah Leblang and Jenny Pivor, The Piano Factory, Boston RSVP
- May 31: Author talk: "Tales of a Reluctant World Traveler" Duck Village Stage, Somerville, MA Details
- June 2: Book launch party/feature reader at Dire Reader literary series, Out of the Blue Too, Cambridge, MA
- June 8-18: Six performances at the Ottawa Fringe Festival in Ottawa, Canada.
- July 7: Book signing/author event at Porter Square Books, Cambridge, MA
- July 20-30: Six performances at the Kansas City Fringe Festival.
- July 24: Author talk: "Tales of a Reluctant World Traveler" Uptown Arts Bar, Kansas City, MO Details
- Aug 3: Book signing/author event at Weller Book Works, Salt Lake City.
- Aug 4-6: Four performances at Salt Lake City fringe festival.
- Aug 10: Author talk: "Tales of a Reluctant World Traveler" Tewksbury Public Library, Tewksbury, MA Details
- Aug 16-27: Six performances at the Indy Fringe festival in Indianapolis.
- Aug 23: Book signing/author event at Indy Reads Books bookstore in Indianapolis.
- Aug 29: Author reading at Two Cookie Minimum literary series in Chicago.
- Aug 30-Sept 10: Seven performances at the Chicago fringe festival.
- Sep 13-17: Four performances at Elgin fringe festival in Elgin, Illinois.
- Oct 22: Fall Into Reading: 2-4PM, reading/signing at Milton Public Library, Milton, MA.
- Nov 7: Interview on Milton cable TV, Milton, MA
- Nov 15: Reading at Regis College, Weston, MA
- Dec 9: Reading of new material at Turtle Studios, Newton, MA.
- June 22: author talk and performance at Upstart Crow book store for a San Diego Meetup group.
- June 23-July 3: Five performances of solo show "The Chronic Single's Handbook" at San Diego fringe theater festival.
- July 6-10: Four performances of "The Chronic Single's Handbook" at Regina (Saskatchewan) fringe festival.
- July 29-Aug 6: Six performances at Calgary fringe festival. Buy tickets now!
- Aug 3: author talk and book signing at Owl's Nest book store for Calgary's Alexandra Writer's Centre Society.
- Aug 11-21: Six performances at Edmonton fringe festival.
- Sept 8: Author talk and performance in Vancouver.
- Sept 9-13: Four performances at Vancouver fringe festival.
- Sept 14-24: Four performances at San Francisco fringe festival.
- Nov 10-13 at OutPost 186 in Boston. Discount tickets available now!
- Feb 10: Guest on "Authors on Air" a Web radio and podcast hosted by Jennifer Perry.
- Feb 26: Performance with Judah Leblang and Michael Mack at Grand Canal Boston.
- March 13: Performance of two-man show "He Said, He Said" with Judah Leblang at Hostelling International Boston.
- June 2-13: Seven performances of solo show "The Chronic Single's Handbook" at London, Ontario fringe theater festival.
- July 15-26 Seven performances at Winnipeg fringe theater festival.
- Oct 15 Comedy appearance in Jamaica Plain, MA, at The Riot Theater
- Nov 11-22 Six performances in Cambridge, MA
- Dec 4 Reading new material with Judah Leblang & Eric Ferencik, Cambridge, MA
- Throughout the year, appearances at open mic events, literary salons, and fringe festival press events.
- March 16: Appearance on Cambridge Cable Access TV show "The God Talk Guys."
- March 25: Lecture "Self-Promotion for Writers" at Cambridge Center for Adult Ed, Cambridge, MA
- April 2: Lecture "Self-Promotion for Writers" at Emerson College, Boston
- April 16: Performance and lecture "The Art of the Travel Story" at Hosteling International Boston."
- May 1: Performance of "He Said, He Said," stories and humor with Judah Leblang at main library, Somerville, MA
- May 14-23: Performances of one-man show, Orlando International Fringe Theater Festival, Orlando, FL Buy tickets!
- June 5-8: Performances of one-man show at Atlanta Fringe Festival. Buy tickets!
- July 8-9: Lecture "Blogging and Social Media for Writers" at Cambridge Center for Adult Ed, Cambridge, MA Sign Up
- July 10: Panelist discussing marketing for writers at Regis College, Weston MA
- August 1 - 16: Performances of one-man show at Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Buy tickets!
- Sept. 4: Lecture: "The Digital Backpacker" at Hostelling International, Boston, MA
- Sept. 10: Panelist discussing "Marketing for Artists," Sudbury, MA
- Oct 21: Lecture "Self-Promotion for Writers," Regis College, Weston, MA
- Nov. 13: Performance of "He Said, He Said," stories, humor with Judah Leblang at Somerville library, Somerville, MA
- Throughout the year, appearances at open mic events at comedy clubs and literary salons.
- April 6: Reading "Storied Nights in Somerville" at Bloc 11, Somerville, MA.
- April 24: Panelist for "Writer's Life" series at Cambridge Center for Adult Education, Cambridge, MA.
- May 12: Lecture "Self-Promotion for Writers" at Cambridge Center for Adult Education, Cambridge, MA.
- June 9: Guest on CCTV, local Cambridge cable TV show about local artists and writers.
- June 29 & 30: Performances of one-man show "Chronic Single's Handbook" Portland, ME, fringe theater festival.
- July 6: Lecture "Self-Promotion for Writers," for MFA panel at Pine Manor College, Chestnut Hill, MA.
- July 19 - 27: Five performances of my one-man show at Capital Fringe theater festival, Washington, D.C.
- August 13 - Sept. 3: Three-part class,"Self-Promotion for Writers," at Cambridge Center for Adult Education.
- Sept. 26: Reading at Trident Booksellers and Cafe, Boston, MA. (I'll be part of the "Jeff Zygmont & Co." event)
- Oct 19: A featured performer at Art2Art private event, Boston, MA.
- Nov. 5: "Self-Promotion for Writers" at Cambridge Center for Adult Education
- Nov. 7: Reading at Bestsellers Cafe, Medford, MA.
- Nov. 19: Guest on Somerville Cable Access TV show about local writers.
- Dec 4: Reading/performance of novel excerpts and travel tales at Hostelling International USA, Boston, MA.
- Dec 10: Featured performer at Story Space, Cambridge, MA
- Dec 14: Reading at "Mr. Hip Presents" in Jamaica Plain, MA
- February 20: contestant in Massmouth story slam, Club Passim, Cambridge, MA.
- March: profiled in Singular City online lifestyle magazine.
- April 10: contestant in stand-up comedy open mic, The Burren, Somerville, MA.
- May 6: coordinator, MC, opening reader for Somerville Open Studios Spoken Word Trollery, Somerville, MA
- May 17: featured reader, The Coffee Loft, Marlborough, MA.
- July 21: selected to perform one-man show at Somerville Artbeat performance festival, Somerville, MA.
- September 13: interviewed on local cable TV travel show.
- Throughout the year regular appearances at local open mic prose events: Dire Reader, Grub Street, and Emerson Umbrella.
- January 1: winner Massmouth story slam, Hynes Auditorium, Boston, MA.
- January 12: bookstore reading in Revelstoke, British Columbia.
- March 22: featured story teller, The Story Space, Cambridge, MA
- June 4: paid reading with the Roving Raconteurs for temple B'Nai Or, Newton, MA.
- September 15: paid reading with Roving Raconteurs at Somerville Public Library, Somerville, MA.
- September 22: guest on cable TV show that profiles local writers and artists.
- October 27: moderator, panel on self-publishing for Hacks and Hackers event, Boston, MA.
- November 4: featured reader, Dire Reader series, Cambridge, MA.
- March 14: reading at Grub Gone Blue, Grub Street writing center, Boston MA.
- September 16: featured reader, Cafe 303, East Boston, MA.
- September 20: featured reader, Four Stories, literary salon, Cambridge, MA.
- September 30: paid reading with Roving Raconteurs at Medford Public Library, Medford, MA.
- November 10: paid reading with Roving Raconteurs at Blacksmith House, Cambridge, MA
- November 2010: reading/story-telling performance mentioned in the Boston Globe.
- August 2010: profiled in The Somerville News.
- 2009: lecturer "How to Plan a Trip Around the World" for Eastern Mountain Sports and
Boston Center for Adult Education. - 2009: instructor for "Memoir Writing" for Boston Center for Adult Education.
- 2009: guest lecturer for "Travel Writing" and "Voice in Non-Fiction" as guest lecturer at Central Connecticut State University.
- April 2008: Mentioned in "More Tech Tips from Travelers," a syndicated column that appeared on WashingtonPost.com, PCWorld.com, and About.com.
March 2008: Quoted in "Tips from a World Traveler," a syndicated column that appeared on Yahoo.com, WashingtonPost.com, PCWorld.com, and About.com. - March 1991- May 2007: As a senior-level editor for PC World and Computer Buying World, addressed computer user groups, industry convention attendees, and appeared as a guest on radio and cable
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