On August 31, 2016 I’ll be reading at the Kill Your Darlings: Beyond installment of the Kill Your Darlings reading series from Third Coast Review. Hear me discuss vomiting coast guards, nor’easters, and the links between chronic illness and environmental writing.
On June 29th I’ll be a guest on Seth Vanek’s live talk show Therapy Sessions. He gets musicians and writers to talk out the big issues in front of an audience at Chicago’s Hungry Brain. This time I won’t be playing music, but I will be reading the opening of my novel, currently seeking representation, … Continued
As of Sunday, May 22, 2016 my essay Through the Vitrine is live on The Sunday Rumpus. A mediation on dead fathers, the rule of threes, parking garages, and the impossibility of wresting a story from the complicated landscape of mourning.
Saturday, May 21, 2016 I’ll be playing a family friendly matinee at The Township in Chicago. Playing a set which includes a ton of new music from the new record I’m writing. So glad to be playing with Ariel Bolles and Zachariah Parker. So glad to be singing harmonies.
On April 23, 2016 I’ll be speaking on a panel for WBEZ and the Adler Planetarium’s Earth Day celebration, Earthfest. I’ll be speaking on the topic of climate change and children, mostly how to speak to kids in a way that allows them to know the hard stuff and still love the world. I love … Continued
Emmet time is here again! Come out to The Hideout and see the Emmet band (me, Ariel Bolles, Zachariah Parker, Matt Gandurski, Lawrence Peters, Seth Vanek) and narrator Diana Slickman (!) do Russel Hoban proud. Joining us for the night will be Adventure Sandwich, and a special extended set from Tiny Cover Band to close … Continued
People threw me a fundraiser! I have some gross medical bills to cope with, and my kickass community rallied round me and the kid! Contribute, join up! Be a part of the joy of people loving each other hard in tough times! Here’s the link to the GoFundMe page to help out.
On Sunday, August 23, 2015, I get to play a daytime set on the front porch of The Hideout for BernieFest 2015 – a fundraiser for the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign! See you there.
Every December I get together a group of my favorite people and we do a kind of “Hey Kids, Let’s Put on a Show” Christmas Special live at The Hideout in Chicago. We cover the songs of Emmet Otter’s Jugband Christmas (written by the brilliant Paul Williams), and we invite other bands, like the Tiny … Continued
Emmet Otter time again! This year with Soup & Bread!