Events, Readings, Signings.
Upcoming
Poets on Fire: Monthly Reading Series and Open Mic
Firehouse Theatre
609 West Broad St, Richmond, VA
February 2, 2026 6-8p
First Thursday Lit Salon:
Arts and Cultural Council of Bucks County
181 E. Court Street, Doylestown, PA
April 2, 2026, 7-8:30p
Past Events
Richmond, VA Reading
Reading with Richmond Poet Laureate Joanna Suzanne Lee
Sunday, November 23rd from 4-6pm
@ The Basement
Washington, D.C. Reading
Saturday, November 15 @ 6:30pm
@District Champagne
Sunday, October 18, 2025 @5pm
118 Elliott Street, Brattleboro VT
River Heron Review Retreat
Private Event
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
Mt Pocono, Pennsylvania
Main Point Books Poetry Reading
Wednesday, October 8 2025 @6:30pm
116 North Wayne Ave, Wayne, PA 19087
w/ Hayden Saunier
Adaptations Roof Deck Launch Party
Private Event
Sunday, September 21 @ 4pm
Zoom Reading
Monday, September 22 @ 6pm
Zoom link here
AWP Conference Reading #1
Green Writers Press
Offsite Reading
Thursday, March 27, 2025 @ 5:30pm
Freehand Hotel, Treehouse Room
416 W 8th St, Los Angeles, CA
AWP Conference Reading #2
Eco Bloom Spaces Anthology & West Elm Review
Offsite Reading
Thursday, March 27, 2025 @ 8pm
Prank Bar, Lookout Lounge
1100 South Hope Street, Los Angeles, CA
Moonstone Arts at Fergie’s Pub
Wednesday, January 15, 2025 @ 7pm
1214 Sansom Street Philadelphia, PA
VA was a featured reader at this event.
VA Smith at Bucknell University
Thursday, September 26, 2024 @7pm
Hosted by the Stadler Center for Poetry & Literary Arts
Lewisburg, PA
Kelsay Books Poetry Reading
Tuesday, May 14, 2024
6-7:30pm
Newtown Bookstore
2120 S. Eagle Road, Newtown PA
27th Annual
Poetry Ink Anthology
Sunday January 28, 2024 @ 12pm
The Rotunda
4014 Walnut Street, Philadelphia PA
Solstice Poetry Reading
Wednesday, June 21, 2023
St. Peters Church
313 Pine St. Philadelphia PA
Remembrance & Reading
Wednesday, June 28, 2023
Tabernacle Baptist Church
1925 Grove Avenue, Richmond VA
VA Smith Virtual Reading with Kelsay Books
February 15, 2023
Zoom Reading