Readings & Appearances

Upcoming Readings

2/5/2026
5:00 – 6:00 PM
Guest on the Poet Talk podcast on WMUA
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
4/1/2026
7:00 – 8:30 PM
Kicking off National Poetry Month with the Good Harbor Poets:
Kali Lightfoot, Rebecca Hart Olander, and Carla Panciera
Robbins Library
700 Massaschusetts Ave.
Arlington, MA
8/27/2026Reading with with the Good Harbor Poets:
Kali Lightfoot, Rebecca Hart Olander, and Carla Panciera
Book Love
7 Village Green S.
Plymouth, MA
9/15/2026
7:00 – 8:30 PM
New Book Poetry and Open Mic
With Jean Flanagan, former Arlington Poet Laureate
Robbins Library
700 Massaschusetts Ave.
Arlington, MA
9/22/2026
7:00 PM
Reading with with the Good Harbor Poets:
Kali Lightfoot, Rebecca Hart Olander, and Carla Panciera
TidePool BookShop
372 Chandler St.
Worcester, MA
10/3/2026
2:00 PM
Reading with with the Good Harbor Poets:
Kali Lightfoot, Rebecca Hart Olander, and Carla Panciera
Wellfleet Public Library
55 West Main Street
Wellfleet, MA
10/8/2026
7:00 – 9:00 PM
2nd Thursday Poetry Reading
With Carla Panciera and Scott Withiam
Menino Arts Center
26 Central Avenue
Hyde Park, MA

Past Readings

4/29/2025Reading for The Silver Note: Poets of Arlington Massachusetts, with Hannah Baker-Siroty, Jessie Brown, Beth Kress, and Susan Lloyd McGarry, Arlington, MA
4/9/2024Improbable Places Poetry Tour at The Castle, Beverly, MA
3/21/2024Interview and reading with Jennifer Martelli and Colleen Michaels, SPARK podcast (YouTube)
2/8/2024New Ohio Review AWP 2024 Offsite Reading, St. Louis, MO
12/6/2023Speak Up! Spoken Word Series, Walnut Street Coffee Café, Lynn, MA
9/24/2023Incessant Pipe’s Ekphrastic Thing: 10 poets respond to 10 artists, Beverly, MA
7/6/2022Speak Up! Spoken Word Series, Walnut Street Coffee Café, Lynn, MA
6/4/2022Salem Arts Festival, with Kali Lightfoot and Blake Campbell, Salem, MA
12/14/2021Red Wheelbarrow 2021 launch reading (online)
4/25/2021Presence 2021 launch reading, online
2/17/2021Speak Up! Spoken Word Series, with Liz Hutchinson, Walnut Street Coffee Café, Lynn, MA
1/22/2020Speak Up! Spoken Word Series, with Liz Hutchinson, Walnut Street Coffee Café, Lynn, MA
5/11/2019A Celebration of the American Voice, Hale-Haskell House, Ispwich, MA
1/16/2019Speak Up! Spoken Word Series, with Liz Hutchinson, Walnut Street Coffee Café, Lynn, MA
6/10/2018Britt-Marie’s Second Sunday Poetry Series, with Edie Hartshorne and Jacqueline Berger, Albany, CA
5/11/2018A Celebration of the American Voice, Hale-Haskell House, Ispwich, MA
4/4/2018Community Poetry Reading, with Moira Linehan, Whitelam Books, Reading, MA
3/1/2018The Collected Poets Series, with Stella Corso, Shelburne Falls, MA
10/25/2017Speak Up! Spoken Word Series, Walnut Street Coffee Café, Lynn, MA
10/5/2017New England College Reading Series, with Martha Carlson-Bradley, Concord, NH
7/2/2017Joaquin Miller Poetry Series, with Devin Kelly, Rock Creek Nature Center Washington, DC
6/28/2017Weird Botany Poetry Reading with Margaret Young, Joey Gould, and J. D. Scrimgeour Beverley, MA
5/13/2017A Celebration of the American Voice, Hall-Haskell House, Ipswich, MA
4/13/2017The Cellar Continues, Beverly Depot, Beverly, MA
4/3/2017The Blue Room Sessions Open Mic, White Rose Coffeehouse, Lynn, MA
2/10/2017Gallery Reading by Stirring and Five Oaks Press (AWP), Gallery 1469, Washington, DC
9/18/2016The Improbable Places Poetry Tour, Green Meadows Farm, South Hamilton, MA
4/18/2015Feats of Poetic Strength Reading Series, Philadelpha, PA
3/18/2015Speak Up! Spoken Word Poetry Open Mic, Walnut Street Coffee Cafe, Lynn, MA
2/19/2015The Improbable Places Poetry Tour, Beverly, MA
8/9/2014Evil Grin Reading Series, with Isobel O’Hare, Annapolis, MD
12/17/2013Ibbetson Street Issues #33 and #34 Celebratory Reading, Somerville, MA
4/10/2013Červená Barva Press Studio, Somerville, MA