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  • The Power of Her Voice:  A Benefit Poetry Reading for Santa Cruz Community Health Centers
    The Power of Her Voice:  A Benefit Poetry Reading for Santa Cruz Community Health Centers
    Dec 04, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
    Aptos, 3055 Porter Gulch Rd, Aptos, CA 95003, USA
    A Benefit for the Santa Cruz Health Centers, Ellen Bass will headline a reading of Santa Cruz and Monterey poets from the anthology WOMEN IN A GOLDEN STATE.
  • Writing Forward Reading Series
    Writing Forward Reading Series
    Tue, Nov 18
    Nov 18, 2025, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
    Santa Clara, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95050, USA
    A poetry panel and reading series at Santa Clara University curated by Daniel Summerhill.
  • Poets' Circle Reading Series
    Poets' Circle Reading Series
    Thu, Nov 13
    Nov 13, 2025, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
    Watsonville, 275 Main St, Watsonville, CA 95076, USA
    A reading with fellow Hive members in Watsonville CA
  • The Salish Sea Poetry Festival
    The Salish Sea Poetry Festival
    Fri, Nov 07
    Nov 07, 2025, 8:00 AM – Nov 09, 2025, 9:30 PM
    Bellingham, Bellingham, WA, USA
    A celebration of poetry in Bellingham Washington
  • Elder Voices Reading at Western Washington University
    Elder Voices Reading at Western Washington University
    Nov 04, 2025, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
    Bellingham, 516 High St, Bellingham, WA 98225, USA
    Hear readers from the Elder Voices Anthology.
  • Seabeck Haiku Getaway Readings and Presentation
    Seabeck Haiku Getaway Readings and Presentation
    Oct 23, 2025, 6:00 PM – Oct 26, 2025, 12:00 PM
    Seabeck, 13395 Lagoon Dr NW, Seabeck, WA 98380, USA
    Readings and presentations galore at this wonderful conference
  • Featured Reader at the Inter/Act Spoken Word
    Featured Reader at the Inter/Act Spoken Word
    Sep 16, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
    Santa Cruz, 815 Almar Ave #9, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA
    Inter|Act Spoken Word Open Mic at Satori Arts. FREE community poetry jam with featured poet Dion O'Reilly
  • Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry NEW BOOKS SHOWCASE
    Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry NEW BOOKS SHOWCASE
    Sep 14, 2025, 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM
    Zoom
    Welcome to Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry, this week featuring a NEW BOOKS SHOWCASE with LAUREN MCNAMARA, D'OR SEIFER, DION O'REILLY, and JASON SCHNEIDERMAN. This is a Zoom event.
  • Poetry Reading and Launch Party
    Poetry Reading and Launch Party
    Tue, Jul 29
    Jul 29, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
    Santa Cruz, 7 Squid Row, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA
    Join Santa Cruz Poet Laureate, Nancy Miller Gomez, Leigh Sugar and Dion O'Reilly in celebrating the debut of Leigh Sugar's poetry collection, FREELAND (Alice James Books).
  • Poetry Reading at the Bainbridge Library
    Poetry Reading at the Bainbridge Library
    Thu, Jul 17
    Jul 17, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
    Bainbridge Island, 1270 Madison Ave N, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110, USA
    Join Kami Westhoff and me, winners of the Floating Bridge Chapbook Competition for Washington Poets, as we read from our new books.
  • Last Tuesdays with Sandy and Thomas for Olympia Poetry Network
    Last Tuesdays with Sandy and Thomas for Olympia Poetry Network
    Wed, Jun 25
    Jun 25, 2025, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
    Olympic Poetry Netwok Zoom Room
    I'll be reading poems! New ones, old ones, mainly ones from my new book Limerence.
  • Sue C. Boynton Poetry Contest Awards Reading
    Sue C. Boynton Poetry Contest Awards Reading
    May 29, 2025, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM
    Bellingham, 355 Harris Ave, Bellingham, WA 98225, USA
    Winners of the Sue C. Boynton Poetry Contest read their poetry.
  • Satellite of Love Poetry Reading Series
    Satellite of Love Poetry Reading Series
    Sun, May 18
    Satellite of Love in Slow Town
    May 18, 2025, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
    Satellite of Love in Slow Town, 1335 Walker St, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401, USA
    Featured readers will be Dion O'Reilly and Kathryn DeLancellotti
  • Readings at the Meeting House
    Readings at the Meeting House
    Thu, May 15
    May 15, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
    Port Townsend, 1841 Sheridan St, Port Townsend, WA 98368, USA
    Bellingham poet, Dion O'Reilly, reads from her new poetry collection just out from Floating Bridge Press's John Pierce Chapbook Competition
  • Village Books Reading Series
    Village Books Reading Series
    Tue, May 06
    May 06, 2025, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
    Bellingham, 1200 11th St, Bellingham, WA 98225, USA
    Join us in the Readings Gallery for an evening of poetry with Bellingham poets Kami Westhoff and Dion O'Reilly, winner and finalist of the Floating Bridge Poetry Prize.
  • Everett Poetry Night
    Everett Poetry Night
    Mon, Apr 28
    Sister's Restaurant
    Apr 28, 2025, 5:00 AM – 6:30 AM
    Sister's Restaurant, 2804 Grand Ave, Everett, WA 98201, USA
    Come hear me read at the Everett Poetry Night - Spoken Word Since 2006. Poetry open mic + featured poet (me).
  • Winter in America (Again
    Winter in America (Again
    Tue, Apr 15
    Apr 15, 2025, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM
    Santa Cruz, 815 Almar Ave unit 9, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA
    At Inter/Act Spoken Word, several readers will read from the anthology Midnight in America (Again
  • AWP Panel: Dark-Lit Awakening: Rethinking the Lyric Moment
    AWP Panel: Dark-Lit Awakening: Rethinking the Lyric Moment
    Mar 29, 2025, 9:00 AM – 10:15 AM
    Los Angeles, 1201 S Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA 90015, USA
    A study of timeless awe in poetry and how to trigger it through rendering life's "dark" moments.
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