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Past Appearances

Storytelling and Poetry Readings (selected)

  • Contra-verse Poetry Reading, Malden, MA Nov 2025
  • Menino Arts Center, Hyde Park Sept 2025
  • Queer Scouting, Hyde park, MA March 2025
  • StorySpace, Somerville, MA Nov 2024
  • Brandeis Women, Easton, MA Sept 2024
  • Poetry Reading with The Crone Drummers, Heron Music Festival, Westport, MA June 2024
  • Fringe Poetry Reading, Sharing the Fire Northeast Storytelling Conference, Mar 2024
  • The Poetry of Climate Change, Feb 2024
  • One Hundred Thousand Poets for Change, Sept 2023
  • Artists Strong Standing Together, May 2023
  • “Change to Heal, Heal to Change: 100 Thousand Poets for Change”, Bellforge Performing Arts Center, August 2022
  • Jewish Climate Action Network, June 2020

  • Limmud Boston, Kehilah Israel, Brookline, MA Nov 2019

  • “Chasing the Light: A Night of Poetry and Spoken Word on Immigration Justice”, Expresso Yourself Coffeehouse, Nov 2019

  • StorySpace, Somerville, MA Oct 2019

  • Longwood Summer Storytelling Series, Boston, MA, August 2019

  • South Berkshire Hub for Climate Change and Consciousness, Housatonic, MA, April 2019

  • LGBT Meetinghouse, Medfield, MA, April 2019

  • Expresso Yourself Coffeehouse, Medfield, MA, March 2019

  • Limmud Boston, Temple Reyim, Newton, MA Dec 2018

  • Amazing Things Art Center, Framingham, MA Sept 2018

  • newCAJE, University of Hartford, Hartford, CT, July 2018

  • JCAN Storytelling Concert, Temple Beth Elohim, Wellesley, MA May 2018

  • StorySpace, Cambridge, MA May 2018

  • Open Spirit, Framingham, MA April 2018

  • Fugitive Productions, Arlington, MA (community storyteller), Feb 2018

  • Fugitive Productions, Framingham MA (community storyteller), Dec 2017

  • Limmud Boston, Temple Reyim, Newton, MA Dec 2017

  • Newagen Seaside Inn, Southport, MA Aug 2017

  • Wake Up and Smell the Poetry, Hopkinton, MA, Jun 2017

  • Expresso Yourself Coffeehouse, Medfield, MA, Jun 2017 (with Shadow and Light Storytellers)

  • Leonard Bernstein Arts Festival, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA Apr 2017

  • Bittersweet Co. Café, Hopkinton, MA Mar 2017

  • Nick’s Bar, Worcester, MA Feb 2017

  • Story Space, Cambridge, MA, Dec 2016

  • “The Only Thing Greek About me is My Name: A Jewish Storyteller’s Insights into the Past” Limmud Boston 2016, Newton, MA Dec 2016

  • “Every Woman Has a Story to Tell” (with Shadow and Light Storytellers, Worcester State University, Worcester, MA, Nov 2016

  • Newagen Seaside Inn, Southport, ME, July 2016

  • Expresso Yourself Coffeehouse, Medfield, MA, June 2016

  • “Everybody Has a Story to Tell” (with Jan Krause-Greene and Cheryl Melody), Berkshire Festival of Women Writers, Lenox, MA, March 2016

  • Gallery 55, Natick, MA Jan 2016

  • Literary Arts Open Mic, Tatnuck Bookstore, Westborough, MA Nov 2015

  • StorySpace, Cambridge, MA May 2015

  • AAUW – Laguna Beach, CA March 2015

  • Spoken Word Club, Laguna Woods, CA April 2014

  • Celebration of Poetry, Laguna Niguel, CA April 2014

  • Na’mat, Laguna Woods, CA March 2014

  • Real Poets of Orange County, Laguna Woods, CA February 2013

  • University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT December 2012

  • Author Showcase, Laguna Niguel, CA July 2012

  • Hadasseh, Laguna Woods, CA March 2012

  • Santa Catalina Public Library, Pasadena, CA January 2012

  • Café Alibi, Pasadena, CA November 2011

  • Ugly Mug, Orange, CA November 2011

  • Library, Ventura, CA 2010

  • Long Beach Green Festival, CA May, 2009

  • Los Angeles Storytelling Swap, CA April 2009

  • Women’s History Month Reading, West Hollywood, CA March 2009

  • Center for Spiritual Living, Costa Mesa, CA March 2009, May 2008

  • Long Beach Spoken Word Festival, Long Beach, CA March, 2009

  • Humanistic Jewish Society, Laguna Hills, CA, March 2009 (also 2004-8, 2012)

  • Jewish Community Center, San Diego, CA, Feb 2009

  • Temple Judea Sisterhood Luncheon, Laguna Hills, CA, August, 2008

  • Temple Beth Shalom, Long Beach, CA, August 2008

  • The Found Theatre, Long Beach, CA October 2006, April 2007, Oct 2007

  • Café Culture, Altadena, CA March 2007

  • Occidental College, Eagle Rock, CA July 2006

  • Beyond Baroque, Venice, CA March 2006, June 1998

  • Sunland-Tujunga Library, Sunland, CA September 2005

  • Newport Beach Film Festival, Newport Beach, CA April 2005

  • Sylvan Amphitheatre Fest, Eagle Rock, CA August 2004

  • Long Beach Poetry Festival, Long Beach, CA April 2001

  • Humans in Space Conference, Santorini, Greece, May, 2000

  • University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA May, 2000, April 1995

  • Long Beach Poetry Festival, Long Beach, CA April, 2000

  • Riverside Library Reading Series, Riverside, CA March 1998

  • Borders, Thousand Oaks, CA February 1998

  • Jones Library, Amherst, MA November 1997

  • Barnes and Noble, Farmington, CT November 1997

  • Books by the Beach, Arts Festival, Laguna Beach, CA September 1997

  • Laguna Poets, Upchurch-Brown Booksellers, Laguna Beach, CA March 1997

Selected Poetry Slams

  • South Shore Story Slam, Boston, MA September 2019 (2nd place)

  • Natick Library Poetry Slam, Natick, CA, April 2015

  • Found Theatre Triple Slam, Long Beach, CA, October 2007 (2nd place)

  • Shouting Coyote Festival, Shadow Hills, CA, September 2005 (1st place)

  • Shouting Coyote Festival, Shadow Hills, CA, April 2004 (1st place)

  • Every Picture Tells A Story, Los Angeles, CA, July, 2000 (2nd place)

  • Fountain Theater, Hollywood, CA, August, 1999 (2nd place)

  • National Poetry Slam, Austin, TX, August 1998 (LA Slam Team, 3rd Place)

  • Henry Miller Library, Big Sur, CA, July, 1998 (LA Slam Team, tied 1st Place)

  • Beyond Baroque, Venice, CA, July, 1998 (LA Slam Team, 1st Place)

  • Caffe Luna, Hollywood, CA, June, 1998 (1st Place)

  • Fountain Theater, Hollywood, CA. June, 1998 (made Los Angeles Slam Team)

Television and Documentary Appearances

  • “Chasing the Light: A Night of Spoken Word on Immigration Justice”, Expresso Yourself Coffeehouse, Medfield TV, Nov 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0WjLQrR8Ds&t=5423s
  •  “Foxboro Central”, Foxboro Cable Access, 2019

  • “New England Authors,” Cambridge Community TV, 2018

  • “Oneness and Wellness,” Needham TV, 2018

  • Framingham Access TV, 2017

  • “Off the Shelf,” Danvers TV, 2017

  • “For the Love of Words,” Easton TV, 2017

  • “Expresso Yourself Coffeehouse”, Medfield TV, 2016

  • “Be My Guest,” Upton TV, 2016

  • “Anti-idling Initiative”, Medfield TV Channel 12, 2015

  • “Wake Up and Smell the Poetry,” HCAM (Hopkinton Television Station), 2015

  • “Write On”, Laguna Woods Channel 6, 2013

  • “The Write Stuff”, Laguna Woods Channel 6, 2012

  • GV6 THE ODYSSEY: Poets, Passion & Poetry, BRYAN WORLD PRODUCTIONS, http://www.graffitiverite.com, featured poet

  • “Heart to Heart” Cable Show, Charter Communications, 2006, 2003, 2002

  • “Doc Talk” Cable Show, Charter Communications, 2001

Tabling Events

  • New England Authors Expo, Danversport Yacht Club, Danvers, MA July 2017
  • Millis Maker Event, Millis Public Library, Millis, MA, Jun 2017
  • Authors by the Sea, Red Hook Brewery, Portsmouth, NH Mar 2017
  • St. Joseph’s Center Marketplace, Medway, MA Nov 2016
  • New England Authors Expo, Danversport Yacht Club, Danvers, MA July 2016
  • Berkshire Festival of Women Writers, Lenox, MA March 2016
  • Creative Spirit: Berkshire Women’s Writers Festival, Pittsfield Country Club, MA Nov 2015
  • Unlikely Story Bookstore, Plainville, MA Nov 2015
  • Boston Book Festival, Boston, MA Oct 2015
  • The Writers’ Loft Book Bash, Sherborn, MA Sept 2015
  • Laguna Woods Library, Laguna Woods, CA Nov 2014
  • Laguna Woods Bonanza, Laguna Woods, CA Nov 2013
  • Author Showcase, Laguna Niguel, CA July 2012

Speaking Engagements (selected)

  • “Reflections on my father Arthur Iberall,” International Association for the Integration of Science and the Arts, Worcester, MA June 2020

  • We Did It For You! Women’s Journey Through History, Dedham Rotary Club, Dedham, MA Oct 2019

  • On the writing of We Did It For You! Women’s Journey Through History, Hadassah, Newton, MA Sept 2019

  • On the writing of We Did It For You! Women’s Journey Through History, Foxboro Senior Center, Foxboro, MA Mar 2019

  • On the writing of We Did It For You! Women’s Journey Through History, Unitarian Church of Sharon, Sharon, MA Mar 2018

  • Conversation about White Privilege and Racism, Open Spirit, Framingham, MA Oct 2017

  • Since 2006 An Inconvenient Truth: Where We Are. Boston Synagogue, Boston, MA, July 2017

  • Green Visions: Writing the Environment in Fiction, Non-fiction, Poetry, and Prose. Panel, Berkshire Festival of Women Writers, Lenox, MA, March 2016

  • Hope and Fellowship: Why I Went to Washington to See the Pope, First Parish UU, Medfield, MA  Nov 2015

  • Confronting Capitalism in the Age of Climate Change, Temple Beth David, Westwood, MA Oct 2015

  • Social Justice, Gandhi, and the Pope’s Encyclical, First Parish UU, Medfield, MA  July 2015

  • On the writing of We Did It For You! Women’s Journey Through History, Reform Temple of Laguna Woods, CA October 2014

  • AAUW Tech Trek, University of California, Irvine, CA July 2012

  • On the writing of We Did It For You! Women’s Journey Through History, San Diego Naval Station, CA March 2012

  • On the writing of We Did It For You! Women’s Journey Through History, Soroptomists International, South Lake Tahoe, CA, October 2011

Courses (selected)

  • Personal Storytelling: Its Art and Craft 5-week course, Rainbow Lifelong Learning Institute, The Pryde, Hyde Park, MA Apr 2025

  • Storytelling: Its Art and Craft, 5-week course, Rainbow Lifelong Learning Institute, Unitarian Universalist Church, Arlington, MA Sept 2019

  • Breaking Cultural Constraints Part II. 5-week course, Rainbow Lifelong Learning Institute, Unitarian Universalist Church, Arlington, MA April 2018

  • What’s Your Carbon Footprint? 5-week course, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA May 2017

  • Breaking Cultural Constraints 5-week course, Rainbow Lifelong Learning Institute, Unitarian Universalist Church, Arlington, MA April 2017

  • What’s Your Carbon Footprint? 5-week course, Rainbow Lifelong Learning Institute, Unitarian Universalist Church, Arlington, MA April 2016

Workshops (selected)

  • Writing from the Deep Voice. New Bedford Blubber: Writers’ workshop, New Bedford, MA July 2025

  • Storytelling Using Image/Moments—Sharing the Fire 2023, March 2023, Portsmouth, NH https://www.nestorytelling.org/

  • Stories from the Deep Voice– 6th Hollihock Writers Conference, New Bedford, MA Sept 2022 https://www.hollihock.org/

  • Dig Deep: Affect Change with Stories from the Deep Voice. online started May 2021. Sponsored by the Jewish Climate Action Network

  • Finding the Deep Voice – creative writing workshop

    • Big Bold Jewish Climate Fest, virtual, Jan 2022
    • Big Bold Jewish Climate Fest, virtual, Jan 2021
    • NEEEA Conference, Litchfield, CT Nov 2016
    • Genesis Spiritual Conference Center, Westfield, MA Jan 2016
    • Common Street Spiritual Center, Natick, MA May 2015
    • Spoken Word Club, Laguna Woods, CA March 2015
    • First Parish UU, Medfield, MA January 2015
  • We Did It For You! Empowerment Workshop
    • Needham Historic Society, Needham, Feb 2020
    • Marilyn Rodman Performing Arts Center, Foxboro, MA, August 2019

  • We Did It For You! Women’s Journey Through History workshop

    • Algonquin High School, Northborough, MA Jan, 2020

    • Dover-Sherborn Middle School, Dover, MA June 2019

    • Massachusetts History Alliance, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA Jun 2018

    • Millis High School, Millis, MA Dec 2016

    • Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, UMass Boston, Boston, MA Oct 2016
    • AAUW California State Convention, San Mateo, CA April 2016
    • Rainbow Lifelong Learning Institute, Unitarian Universalist Church, Arlington, MA Sept 2015
    • Irvine Valley College, Irvine, CA Nov 2014
    • AAUW-Toledo, OH March 2014
    • National Conference for College Women Student Leaders, Washington DC June 2012
    • National NOW Conference, Baltimore, MD June 2012
    • AAUW-Newburyport, MA Feb 2012
    • AAUW-Taunton, MA Feb 2012

  • Affecting Change by Writing from the Deep Voice

    • NEEEA Conference, Litchfield, CT Nov 2016

    • National Council Jewish Women, October 2014

    • AAUW-Laguna Hills, May 2014

  • Stories from a Changing World – writing on climate change workshop

    • MEES Conference, Worchester, MA March 2016
    • Spoken Word Club, Laguna Woods, CA June 2013
  • Strong Voices Workshop –writing and critique 2009-2014
  • Memoir Writing – Wellington Assisted Living Center, 2012-2014
  • Poetry Workshop – Long Beach Center for the Arts, Bixby Knolls, 2005 -2006
  • Contextual Poetry – workshop on integrating the knowledge of science with the language of poetry; 2001-02

Featured Fiction Readings (selected)

  • READout 2021: A Festival of Lesbian Literature, Feb 2021
  • Reading from The Swallow and the Nightingale, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, UMass Boston, MA Mar 2017

  • Reading from The Swallow and the Nightingale, Booklovers Gourmet Bookstore, Webster, MA Jan 2017

  • Readings from The Swallow and the Nightingale, Rainbow Lifelong Learning Institute, Unitarian Universalist Church, Arlington, MA Oct 2016

  • Laguna Woods Hadassah Book and Author Luncheon, Laguna Woods, CA Oct 2015

  • Bank of America, Palm Springs, CA, March 1993

  • Sisterhood Bookstore, Westwood, CA, December 1992

  • LA Gay and Lesbian Center, Los Angeles, CA, August 1991, August 1992

Panels

  • “Green Visions: Writing the Environment in Fiction, Non-fiction, Poetry, and Prose” (with Jennifer Browdy, Jan Krause Green, Tess Taylor, and Jane Yolen), Berkshire Festival of Women Writers, Lenox, MA, March 2016