Sunday, February 18 - Chicago, IL - Uptown Poetry Slam at The Green Mill. 3pm. More info: 

https://www.facebook.com/events/921109153010294

Wednesday, February 21 - Chicago, IL - Blue Hour Open Mic, Reading, & Workshop. Free | Workshop 6-7pm | Open Mic & Reading 7:30pm | Haymarket House, 800 W Buena.  More info:

Saturday, February 24 - Chicago, IL - O Body Book Release Party w/ Rooted & Radical Youth Poetry Festival & Haymarket Books. 6-8pm, Haymarket House, 800 W Buena. FREE. Register here: 

Friday, March 1 - Bloomington, IN - Bloomington Poetry Slam featuring Adrienne Novy @The Bishop. Cover $5 | 18+ | Doors @ 8:30, show @ 9.

Friday, March 8 - Cincinnati, OH - Reading with Yalie Kamara & Olatunde Osinaike. Joseph-Beth Booksellers - 2692 Madison Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45208. More info:

Saturday, March 9 - Indianapolis, IN - Indiana Council of Teachers of English (ICTE) Conference Keynote w/Melissa Alter Smith - Teach Living Poets. 

Wednesday, April 10 - Bloomington, IN - O Body Book Launch - Dan "Sully" Sullivan in conversation with Ross Gay. Readings by Bernardo Wade, Rin Maas, Tyler Frederick. Hosted by Andrea M. Sterling with music by DJ Good Peoples. - The FAR Center for Contemporary Arts, 505 W 4th St. Free & open to the public. More info here: 

https://www.facebook.com/events/7869163739762742

Friday April 12 - Bloomington, IN - Bloomington Poetry Slam featuring Defcee @The Bishop. Cover $5 | 18+ | Doors @ 8:30, show @ 9.

Tuesday July 16 - Evansville, IN - Poetry Speaks - 1007 Parrett St. 6:30pm.

Sunday, October 27th - South Bend, IN - The Poetry Den - IU South Bend Civil Rights Heritage Center 1040 W Washington St. 6-8pm. Free & open to the public.