Past Appearances
In the Company of Laureates
Hylton Performing Arts Center
Manassas, VA
October 8, 2019
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Indie Lit Festival
Frostburg State University
Frostburg, MD
October 4-5, 2019
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Bethesda Urban Development Poetry Evening
World Artists Experiences Writing Project
Publication Celebration
Embassy of Austria, Washington, DC
May, 2017
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An Evening of Poetry and Fiction
with Michael S. Glaser and Karina Yan Glaser
Music by Kayla and Lina Glaser
Cranberry House, Cranberry Isle, ME
July, 2017
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Dancing on the Fragile Edges of the World
An Evening Concert of Music and Poetry
with Brian Ganz, Michael S. Glaser and Deanna Nikado
The Unitarian Universalist Church of Annapolis
333 Dubois Road, Annapolis, MD 21401
September 2017
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Bread for the Journey 2017
A Celebration of Poetry and the Human Spirit
with Keynoter Mark Nepo
Rick Benjamin, Judy Brown, Kenneth Carroll, Kurtis Lamkin and others
Kirkridge Retreat Center, Bangor, PA
September 2016
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World Artists Experiences Writing Project
Publication Celebration
Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center
Embassy of Sultanate of Oman, Washington, D.C.
April 2016
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8th Annual Read Across America
Keynote Address and writing workshop on the power of poetry
Chesapeake High School
Pasadena, Maryland
February 2015
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World Artist Experiences Publication Celebration
French Embassy, Washington, D.C
April, 2015
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Bread for the Journey 2016
A Celebration of Poetry and the Human Spirit
Keynote Speaker: Naomi Shihab Nye
with Rick Benjamin, Judy Brown, John Fox, Evie Shockley and others
Kirkridge Retreat and Study Center, Bangor, PA
September – October 2015
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Poetry Reading at the North Wall
South Parade, Oxford, England
September 8, 2014
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Friday, October 18 – Sunday, October 20 2014
Kirkridge Retreat Center, Bangor, PA
Living the Questions that Poetry Invites Us to Explore
A weekend retreat of reading, writing and sharing
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The Unitarian Universalist Church of Annapolis
An Evening with the Muse: Poetry and Music in Praise of What Is Sacred
with Michael S. Glaser & Brian Ganz
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Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Faculty Creative Writing Workshop
Community College of Baltimore
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Saturday, April 26, 2014
2014 Maryland Writers Association Conference
“A Place For The Genuine: The Poet In The Poem”
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Thursday, March 6, 2014, 4:30 PM
Poems from the Littoral Edge
Ambassador II Palm Beach, FL
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Thursday, March 20, 2014, 12:00 noon
“Poetry as a Spiritual Practice”
Wesley Theological Seminary Washington, D.C.
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Opening Our Hearts to Metaphor and Meaning –
A Three Day Circle of Trust ® Retreat on the Ocean – Steeped in the Healing Power of Poetry Pawley’s Island, South Carolina
Michael S. Glaser, Poet Laureate of Maryland 2004-2009,
Kathleen W. Glaser, and Sally Z. Hare, National Circle of Trust Facilitators
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An Evening Honoring Lucille Clifton and HoCoPoLitSo’s Writer-in-Residence Program Lecture and Reading
Saturday, November 9 Howard Community College
Drawing in to Winter’s Light: A One Day Retreat
Saturday, November 16 Camp Letts, MD
Discussion of State Poet Laureate Programs and Readings
Saturday, November 3 Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM
Aligning with the Muse: The (secret) Joys of Revision
Saturday, October 12, 2013 Eastern Shore Writers Association
The Poet Experience Poetry Reading (with Lisa Munson)
September 27, 2013 at Zu Coffee, Annapolis, MD
Poetry and Song (With Singer/Songwriter Simon Spire)
July 21, 2013 Cranberry Is., ME
Poetry from the Pulpit
June 2, 2013 Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Easton, MD
The Gunston School, Graduation Speaker
June 8, 2013 Chestertown, MD
Chinese Embassy
Tuesday, April 23 Chinese Embassy, Washington, DC
Bread for the Journey: A Celebration of Poetry and the Human Spirit
(with Li-Young Lee, John Fox, Susan Deborah King, Judy Brown, and Kathleen Glaser)
April 15-18 Kirkridge Retreat Center, Bangor, PA
Great Spirit Bear Coast Rainforest Event
Thursday, March 21 (6:00 PM) Visionary Arts Museum, Baltimore, MD
A Tribute to Lucille Clifton
Thursday, Jun 24, 2010 (6:30 p.m.) Enoch Pratt Central Library, Baltimore
Publication Celebration: The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton, 1965-2010 BOA Ltd
September 20, 2010 Poetry Foundation, Chicago, IL
Returning Your Heart to Itself: Poetry and the Opening Door
Oct 26-28, 2012 Kirkridge Retreat and Study Center With Michael and Kathleen Glaser
Come Celebrate with Me: A Commemoration of the Life and Poetry of Lucille Clifton
November 2, 2012 7:30 p.m. The College of Southern Maryland
Art and Social Justice: the power of poetry for exploring values-based choices
Thursday, Nov. 8, 12:30 p.m. Coastal Carolina University
OTHER PAST APPEARANCES
- Paul Peck Institute for American Culture and Civic Engagement
- Anne Arundel Community College
- Baltimore Ethical Society
- The Bay to Ocean Writer’s Conference, The University of Maryland,
- DeSales University in Pennsylvania
- Split this Rock in Washington, D.C.
- The Key School, Annapolis
- The Unitarian Universalist Church, Annapolis
- Public Libraries: Calvert, Chestertown, Dorchester, Kent, Talbot, Worchester, Wicomico, and St. Mary’s County
- The Saville Gallery, Cumberland, MD
- Mt. Airy Mansion, Upper Marlboro
- The b.b. Bistro, Annapolis
- Frederick Community College
- Hood College
- The College of Southern Maryland
- Poetry at Churchill’s, Pottstown, PA.
- St. John’s College, Annapolis
- Wor-Wic College, Salisbury
- The Kensington Row Bookshop, Washington, D.C.
- The Easton Arts Center
- The National Cathedral
- Wesleyan Theological Seminary
- The Ambassador II, Palm Beach, FL
- Maryvale School, Brooklandville, MD.
- Poetry in the Park, Annapolis
- The Poetry Foundation, Chicago, IL
Some past Keynote addresses:
- The Jewish Museum of Maryland
- Maryland Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
- Maryland Environmental Educators
- Coastal Librarians Assoc.
- World Artists Experiences (for MD. International Education Month)
- Kreykenbohm Lecture, Hagerstown Community College
- National Cathedral, Cathedral College Conference: Approaching God through Poetry; Washington County Public Schools
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