New Orleans Poetry Festival - Panel Reading
More here - Full event details here - Reclaiming Land and Water: Voices at Home & Abroad
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More here - Full event details here - Reclaiming Land and Water: Voices at Home & Abroad
Poet Brad Vogel returns to New Orleans with a reading from his book Find Me in the Feral Pockets on the Magnolia Bridge over Bayou St. John. 7-8 pm on Wednesday, April 17th, 2024. Following the reading, it’s off to local watering hole Pal’s.
Poetry reading at Principles GI Coffee House in Gowanus. 12-2 pm at 139 9th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215. Grab a coffee and join poets Joanne McFarland, Sam Ross, Bonnie Jill Emmanuel & Brad Vogel for a reading.
Presented by No, Dear Magazine - reading alongside multiple poets at a communally-curated poetry reading at Francis Kite Club.
Join poets Jee Leong Koh and Brad Vogel as they welcome a range of poets for an evening celebrating world poetry.
Principles GI Coffee House - 139 9th Street, Gowanus, Brooklyn, NYC
Join poet Brad Vogel for the Leap Day launch of his new poetry collection Find Me In the Feral Pockets: Poems from the Gowanus Interregnum.
Principles GI Coffee House - 139 9th Street, Gowanus, Brooklyn, NYC
Doors at 5 pm
Book Launch 6-8 pm
Afterparty follows nearby
7th Annual Gowanus Dawn Reading - watch & listen at 7:45 am from the 9th Street Bridge in Gowanus, Brooklyn, as poets in canoes (thanks Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club) share the poetry of Robinson Jeffers. An official Brooklyn Book Festival Book End Event. Co-coordinated by Gowanusians Brad Vogel & Melody Bates.
Join poets Brad Vogel, Jee Leong Koh, Jenna Cardinale, and D L Newton for a poetry reading at Principles GI Coffeehouse in Gowanus, Brooklyn from 11 am - Noon to close out National Poetry Month.
Full details here - an official Brooklyn Book Festival Bookend Event! Reading Whitman’s Sea Drift poems as part of the Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club’s third annual dawn canoe reading. Contact in advance to be a reader. Presented with the Walt Whitman Initiative and the Gowanus Souvenir Shop.
http://waltwhitmaninitiative.org/event/whitman-in-canoes-on-the-gowanus-at-dawn/
Join us for an official Brooklyn Book Festival Bookend Event!
Bring your lantern, your candle, or you flashlight as we head off on a roving after dark reading of Whitman’s poem The Sleepers:
Reading with Jee Leong Koh and others - 4307 18th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11218
Kickstarter HQ - Greenpoint, Brooklyn - 7.17.18
Historic Landmarks Preservation Center - Reading poem “Prayer to My Patron” - 7.11.18
Thursday, June 23 @ 7:30pm
Botanic Lab, 86 Orchard Street, NYC
Actors read poems centered on the LGBT experience, including one by Brad Vogel
Tickets here: Tickets
Bureau of General Services-Queer Division
208 W 13th St, Rm 210, New York, New York 10011
Dancer Mariusz Kujawski will accompany and interpret a number of the poems.
1909 Decatur Street, Houston, TX 77007
Join poet Brad Vogel as he reads from his new book, Broad Meadow Bird: 15 Years of Poetry: http://www.amazon.com/Broad-Meadow-Bird-years-poetry/dp/0692441085/ref
Poet Brad Vogel returns to his native Kiel, Wisconsin for a reading and book signing at the Kiel Public Library at 7:00 p.m.
Poet Brad Vogel returns to Wisconsin in support of his new collection of poetry, Broad Meadow Bird.
The Mackie Building, 225 E Michigan St, Milwaukee - Third Floor
Brocach on the Capitol Square
7 W Main St, Madison, WI 53703
Cafe Integral at the Freehand Chicago
19 E Ohio St, Chicago, IL 60611
Join poet Brad Vogel and his boyfriend Suresh Seneviratne as Vogel reads from his new book, Broad Meadow Bird.
2121 6th Ave - 7th Floor - Seattle, WA 98121
Join Brad Vogel for the official launch of his poetry book, Broad Meadow Bird!
November 11, 2015 - 7:30 p.m. - Kettle of Fish - 59 Christopher Street
Poet Brad Vogel reads from his forthcoming book of poetry, Broad Meadow Bird, at Hey!Cafe in New Orleans.
PAST EVENTS
Gowanustasia - Poetry Reading at Principles GI Coffee House - Curator (5 poets) - Gowanus, Brooklyn, NYC - 3.31.24
Poets Who Love Poets - No, Dear Magazine - Group reading, selected by Gia Anansi-Shakur (8 poets) - The Francis Kite Club, Manhattan - 3.23.24
World Poetry Day Reading - With Singapore Unbound, NYC Poets Afloat, global poets (8 poets) - Principles GI Coffee House, Gowanus - 3.21.24
BOOK LAUNCH - Find Me In the Feral Pockets: Poems from the Gowanus Interregnum - Brad Vogel - Principles Coffee House, Gowanus - 2.29.24
Canoe reading - reading of Out in the Styx under the Hamilton Avenue Bridge (archway) for a small audience - Gowanus Canal - 2.27.24
Bridge reading - open air reading of Concrete Thoughts on Third Street Bridge for Gotham Sidewalks Gowanus street art tour with Rich Garr - 2.10.24
Evergreen Review - poetry reading in Tribeca, NYC (4 poets) - 1.16.24
Gowanustasia - Poetry Reading at Principles GI Coffee House - Curator (5 poets) - Gowanus, Brooklyn, NYC - 12.10.23
Gowanus Dawn Reading (7th Annual) - Poetry of Robinson Jeffers in canoes - curator and coordinator with Melody Bates - 10.5.23
The Phoenix - Poetry Series, featured reader - Shades of Green, Manhattan, NYC 9.25.23
A Persistence of Cormorants - Reading Gowanus Poems - Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club Boathouse - Brooklyn, NYC - 7.16.23
NYC Poets Afloat - 2023 Brooklyn Reading - Founder/Coordinator/Reader - Waterfront Museum, Red Hook, Brooklyn, NYC - 6.15.23
NYC Poets Afloat - Fourth Annual Harborwide Reading - Founder/Coordinator (9 poets) - South St. Seaport Museum, NYC - 5.20.23
Gowanustasia - First Official Poetry Reading at Principles GI Coffee House - Curator (4 poets) - Gowanus, Brooklyn, NYC - 4.30.23
Come Hear! - Rainbow Book Festival Poetry Reading - LGBT Center - New York City - 4.22.23
Floor Reading with Smartish Pace poetry press - AWP Conference - Seattle, Washington - 3.10.23
Birthday Poetry Reading - Principles GI Coffeehouse - Gowanus, Brooklyn - 3.8.23
Gowanus Dawn Reading - Sixth Annual - Official BK Book Festival Book End Event - Poetry of Hart Crane - Co-Coordinator - 9.30.22
Whitman on Walls! at Dredgers Boathouse, Brooklyn - Compagnia d’Columbari - Featured Poet responding to Film - 9.29.22
Maritime Film Festival - City Lore - Reading Four New Poems Responding to Four Films by Nathan Kensinger & Nate Dorr - 8.25.22
Reading - NYC Poets Afloat: Brooklyn Reading - Aboard the Mary Whalen at PortSide NewYork - Coordinator as well - 6.9.22
Reading - NYC Poets Afloat: Main Reading - Aboard Tall Ship Wavertree at South Street Seaport Museum - Coordinator as well - 5.15.22
Reading - Open Mic - Fair Weather for Media - 3.13.22 - “I Bite Down on this Poem” and “9 Ways of Looking at Kazakhstan”
Dawn Reading - Brooklyn Book Festival Book End Event - Poetry of Audre Lorde in Canoes on the Gowanus Canal - Oct. 2021
Reading - Poem: Two Suns - Hvita River, Iceland - 8.10.2021
Pride Reading - curated by Michael Broder - Pete’s Candy Store - 6.17.2021
A Persistence of Cormorants - launch of reading series at Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club - curated by Gerald Wagoner - host - 6.13.21
Gowanus Night Heron - Featured Poet - Live readings on excavator treads and in artists booths - 6.5.2021
NYC Poets Afloat - Group Reading Aboard ship Wavertree at South Street Seaport Museum - organizer & host - 5.23.2021
Garden Reading - East Village - Hosted by Benjamin Shepherd - 5.2.2021
Local Heart, Global Impact: A Tribute to Whitman specialist Greg Trupiano - Reading “Cobalt and periwinkle” - 2.16.2021
Robust American Love - Walt Whitman Initiative Speaker Series - Interview and reading with Karen Karbiener - 12.10.2020
Dawn Reading - Brooklyn Book Festival Book End Event - Poetry of Marianne Moore in Canoes on the Gowanus Canal - 10.1.2020
17th Annual Song of Myself Marathon - Zoom - Reading Section 28 with Jerome Ellison Murphy - 5.31.2020
Henry Street Basin reading in canoes - Gowanus poetry and Hart Crane’s “Hurricane” - Red Hook, Brooklyn - 3.8.2020
Walt Whitman Way - Street Co-Naming Ceremony - Reading of Whitman’s “The Last Invocation” - 11.2.19
Paradise Lost - recitation of Book 1 of Milton after dark in canoes under the Hamilton Ave Bridge, Gowanus Canal by Douglas Pfeiffer - curator - 10.18.19
Walt Whitman Stage - Readings at Brooklyn Book Festival - 9.20.19 - Reading his own poetry and Whitman poetry (a portion a tag team with Jacob Janssen)
Whitman After Dark - Roving night group reading of Walt Whitman’s “The Sleepers” - Part of the Brooklyn Book Festival, with Ian Maloney of the Walt Whitman Initiative - 9.16.19
Whitman in Canoes on the Gowanus at Dawn - Gowanus, Brooklyn, NY - 9.18.19 *Organizer, part of Brooklyn Book Festival - Full reading of Whitman’s Sea Drift poems from Leaves of Grass
Poets in the Gardens - Old Stone House gardens - Brooklyn, NY - 9.5.19 *Organizer and host
2nd Annual reading of The Centenarian’s Story - Gowanus Dredgers Boathouse, Brooklyn - With Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club and The Walt Whitman Project - 8.28.19. *Organizer and host
Poets’ Settlement - Halyards - Gowanus, Brooklyn - reading poems “A Carroll Street Haunt”, “Gowanus Whitefish”, and “My Subway Giant” - 8.8.19
Song of Myself Marathon - Brooklyn Bridge Park - reading section 24 with Jerome Ellison Murphy - 6.2.19
NYC Poets Afloat Inaugural Reading - Aboard the Wavertree tall ship at South Street Seaport Museum - reading “Growler’s Bunks”, “Chum Bucket”, and “No” and “The Late Mr. and Mr. Estuarial” - 5.18.19 *Organized and hosted the event and related micro-residency series.
Reader in Brooklyn Public Library’s Crossing Brooklyn Ferry Film for the Whitman Bicentennial - https://binged.it/2UC2Yga
Green Pavilion Reading - Kensington, Brooklyn - 2.28.19
Brownstone Poets - Park Plaza - Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn - reading poem “Queue” - 1.26.19
Poets’ Settlement - Halyards - Gowanus, Brooklyn - reading poem “How Grandpa is Okay With Me” - 9.13.18
Kickstarter Summer of Poetry Reading and Reception - Kickstarter HQ - Greenpoint, Brooklyn - 7.17.18
Wallace Stevens Cultural Medallion Unveiling - Wallace Stevens Home at 441 W. 21st, NYC - Historic Landmarks Preservation Center - reading poem “Prayer to My Patron” - 7.11.18 - Video (see 34:23)
Walt Whitman’s 99 Ryerson Street - Cultural Sites Video Project with Historic Districts Council - reading excerpt from Song of Myself - 7.10.18
OUTWORDS - Pride reading - reading of new and old poems focused on the LGBTQ experience - 6.10.18
Song of Myself Marathon - Walt Whitman Initiative - Granite Prospect in Brooklyn Bridge Park, Reader of Section 24 - 6.9.18
Jane's Walk - Municipal Art Society - Gay Bars That Are Gone - guest speaker at site of the former Pfaff's, a favorite hangout of Walt Whitman - read Whitman's "A Glimpse" - 5.5.18
Poetry Month - Poem a Day project, circulating a poem per day, including mostly new work - April, 2018
Second Saturdays Reading Series - Harlem - reading, opener for author Min Jin Lee - 1.13.18
Brooklyn Poets Yawp - 61 Local - reading of "Out in the Styx" - 11.13.17
Artful Dodgers Poetry Series Reading - Montauk Club - 10.29.17
Reading of "Toxic Foam People (Gowanusians)" aboard a canoe as part of artist Katarina Jerinic's Cloud Drift Convoy - Gowanus Canal, Brooklyn - 7.22.17
Out in the Styx - New Works Solo Reading - Strong Rope Brewery - Gowanus, Brooklyn - 3.5.17
Performance of "Inauguration Eve" (with The Fates) - Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City - 2.4.17
Pride Poetry Show - Emotive Fruition (poem "Overgrown" performed) - Botanic Lab, Lower East Side, New York City - 6.23.16
Wedding Ceremony of Jacob and Lisa Janssen - Indian Neck Beach, Wellfleet, Massachusetts - 6.18.16
Second Saturdays Reading Series - Yumcha Yoga - Flushing, Queens - 4.9.16
Rainbow Book Festival - John Jay College of Criminal Justice - Manhattan, New York City - 4.9.16 - COME HEAR! Poetry Salon reading
Love Songs from the Closet - NYC Poetry + Dance - 2.13.16 - Bureau of General Services - Queer Division - with dancers Mariusz Kujawski and Emma Fitzsimmons
Houston Poetry Reading - 2.6.16 - 6th Ward, Houston, Texas
Kiel Poetry Reading - 12.22.15 - Kiel Public Library
Milwaukee Poetry Reading - 12.21.15 - The Mackie Building
Madison Poetry Reading - 12.20.15 - Brocach
Chicago Poetry Reading - 12.19.15 - Cafe Integral at Freehand Chicago
Seattle Poetry Reading - 11.23.15 - Via6
New York City Book Launch - 11.11.15 - Kettle of Fish
New Orleans Reading - 10.24.15 - Hey!Cafe
"The Wisconsin-born peripatetic poet writes often of desire or ambition thwarted yet achieved...addressed by his sharply shaped words…"