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RECENT EVENTS
September 24, 2025
6:00 pm
In-person and online reading for the Ventura County Poetry Project at the Thousand Oaks Library, 1401 East Janss Road, Thousand Oaks, CA.
March 2, 2025
3:00 pm
Laura participated in a discusssion and Q&A following the world premiere of New York composer Shanan Estreicher’s choral setting of poems from Butterfly Nebula, performed by Cerddorion Vocal Ensemble on March 2, 2025 at St. Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church, West End Avenue and 87th Street, New York City. Find more information here about the event, Prophecies, Mystics, and Music of the Spheres.
January 31, 2025
8:00 pm EST
Laura read her prize-winning poem and participated in the online event, The Still Point: Featuring the 2024 Fare Forward Poetry Competition Winners. More information available here.
November 2, 2024
9:00 am
Art, Atomic Theory, and Resurrection in Wartime: A Poetry Reading and Discussion with poet Shann Ray at the 2024 Catholic Imagination Conference, McKenna B02, Notre Dame University, South Bend, IN.
October 25, 2024
11:00 am PT
Reading for the online launch of the new anthology Thin Places & Sacred Spaces, edited by Sarah Law.
October 11, 2024
12:00 pm Reading 3:00 pm Lecture
Poetry reading and lecture as the 2024 Brigham Young University fall semester Faith and Imagination Lecturer. The poetry reading took place in the Harold B. Lee Library Auditorium; the lecture and reading took place in 4010 JFSB in the Humanities Center. Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602.
July 8, 2024
6:00 pm PT
Reading and conversation online about Butterfly Nebula for the Spokane International Readers Guild, Spokane, WA.
June 22, 2024
3-5 pm
Benedict Institute Retreat for Artists, in conversation with poet Dana Gioia. St. Patrick’s Seminary & University, 320 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025. Information about the retreat can be found here.
June 5, 2024
5:30 pm
Reading from Butterfly Nebula with poet Philip Metres, America Media, 1212 Avenue of the Americas, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10036. America Media Poetry Event Invite
April 24, 2024
7 pm ET
Reading from Butterfly Nebula with poets Mary Buchinger, Allison A. DeFreese, John Dorroh, Ryan Harper, and Max Heinegg for River Heron Review’s online celebration of National Poetry Month.
April 14, 2024
4:00 pm
Reading from Butterfly Nebula, featured poet for the Lansing Poetry Club, University United Methodist Church, in the Copper Chimney Lounge, 1120 South Harrison Road, East Lansing, MI, 48823.
April 12, 2024
7:30 pm
Reading and celebration of the publication of Taking Root in the Heart: 34 Poets from the Christian Century at the Calvin Festival of Faith and Writing, in the Hickory Room. Calvin University, 3201 Burton Street SE, Grand Rapids, MI, 49546.
March 28, 2024
6:00-8:00 pm
Reading from Butterfly Nebula in conversation with Rice astronomer Dr. Megan Reiter at Brockman Hall for Physics, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005.
March 1, 2024
5:30-7:00 pm
Reading from Butterfly Nebula, with poet Kate Bolton Bonnici, at Ernest & Hadley Booksellers, 1928 7th Street, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401.
February 29, 2024
7:00 pm
Reading from Butterfly Nebula, with poet Kate Bolton Bonnici, at Randolph School assisted by The Snail on the Wall, Lecture Hall in the Nichols Academic Building, 4915 Garth Road SE, Huntsville, AL 35802.
February 27, 2024
5:00 pm
Reading from Butterfly Nebula, with poet Kate Bolton Bonnici, at Pebble Hill, Auburn University, 101 S Debardeleben St, Auburn, AL 36830.
February 26, 2024
6:00 pm
Reading from Butterfly Nebula, with poet Kate Bolton Bonnici, at Dorothy June Booksellers, 107 W Orange Ave Ste A, Foley, AL 36535
February 25, 2024
2:00-4:00 pm
Reading from Butterfly Nebula, with poet Kate Bolton Bonnici, at The Haunted Book Shop, 9 S. Joachim Street, Mobile, AL 36602.
February 17, 2024
3:00-5:00 pm
Reading from Butterfly Nebula at Poetry in the Gallery, Studio Channel Islands in Old Town Camarillo, 2222 East Ventura Blvd., Camarillo, CA 93010.
January 30, 2024
10:00 am
Reading from Butterfly Nebula with poet Kate Bolton Bonnici, at Payson Library, Surfboard Room, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA.
December 10, 2023
4:00 pm
Reading from Butterfly Nebula with poet David Keplinger in the Hot L Poets Series at Bird in Hand, 11 E 33rd St, Baltimore, MD 21218.
November 27, 2023
7:00 pm
Reading from Butterfly Nebula with poet Ziyi Yan in the online Inflectionist Reading Series. A recording of the event is available here.
November 25, 2023
7:00 pm
Butterfly Nebula signing at Little Blue Boutique, 4774 Park Granada #7, Calabasas, CA 91302.
November 9, 2023
7:00 pm
Reading poems from Butterfly Nebula with poets Emma Gazley, Kate Bolton Bonnici, Kate Burns, and Julian Delacruz at The Village Well, 9900 Culver Blvd, Culver City, CA 90232.
October 6, 2023
6:00 pm
Butterfly Nebula LAUNCH! With poets Donna Spruijt-Metz, Vandana Khanna, and Chloe Martinez, at Chevalier’s Bookstore, 133 N. Larchmont Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90004.
October 4, 2023
8:00 pm
Reading poems from Butterfly Nebula at the UCLA Planetarium in conversation with UCLA astronomer Claire Williams, with night sky show and telescope viewing. The UCLA Planetarium is located on the 8th floor (and telescopes on the 9th floor roof) of the UCLA Mathematical Sciences Building.
May 24, 2023
6:30-8:00 pm
Reading from Litany of Flights and the forthcoming Butterfly Nebula and a writing workshop, hosted by the UCLA San Fernando Valley Alumni Network, at the Valley Art Workshop, Woodland Hills, CA.
April 12, 2023
3:30 pm
Reading from Litany of Flights and the forthcoming Butterfly Nebula in celebration of the life and spirituality of St. Thérèse of Lisieux for the Center for Carmelite Studies. McGivney Foyer, Catholic University, Washington, DC.
March 10, 2023
7:00-9:00 pm
One Poet One Poem AWP offsite reading sponsored by Image, Presence, Rock & Sling, Whale Road Review and WordFarm, at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 15 Roy St., Seattle.
March 9, 2023
6:00-9:30 pm
Diode AWP offsite reading at C&P Coffee in Southwest Seattle. Laura read her poems from the new Diode anthology, Beyond the Frame.
March 2, 2023
6:00 pm
Reading with Donna Spruijt-Metz at her in-person book launch for General Release from the Beginning of the World, with Nan Cohen and James Fujinami Moore at Chevalier’s Books.
April 29, 2022
7:30 pm
“Spirit, Body, Word: An Evening of Sacramental Poetry,” a poetry reading with Brian Volck at St. Mary’s Seminary and University, Baltimore, Maryland. The event was livestreamed and the recording is available here.
Oct 24, 2021
7:30 pm
Poetry Reading with Elizabeth Kuelbs, online book launch for Little Victory
Oct 10, 2021
4:00 pm
Reading Rilke: Four Writers’ Journey with Rainer Maria Rilke, an online reading with Mark S. Burrows, Pádraig Ó Tuama and Stephanie Dowrick at The Poet’s Corner.
Laura has spoken on topics related to Pauline spirituality in venues such as The University Series, ADLA Bible Institute, and Pauline Books and Media.