Readings & Events

Upcoming Readings & Collaborative Events

May 3, 2025, 7pm INSPIRED Featured Artist Presenter at Benefit for Rivertown Film’s Annual Fundraiser (Nyack Center, Nyack, NY)

May 17, 2025, 7pm Poetry Reading with Dawn Lundy Martin & Matthew Gellman hosted by All Ways Writing Collective (The Angel Nyack, Nyack, NY)

June 1, 2025, 2pm EcoTones “The Wise Trees of River Hook” Collaborative Outdoor Concert with Jody Redhage Ferber (River Hook Preserve, Nyack, NY)

EcoTones Concerts: The Wise Trees of River Hook, invites audiences to meander River Hook Preserve’s half-mile trail hearing small ensembles on trailside stages perform music directly inspired by notable trees throughout the preserve and the wisdom that we humans can garner from these titan nonhuman neighbors. The performance features a collaboration between Nyack poet Lily Greenberg and composer Jody Redhage Ferber, in which new poems by Greenberg, written in response to specific trees in the preserve, become the lyrics of new songs premiered at the event. The event features performances of live creative music directly inspired by the preserve’s trees by the world-class professional musicians of the Hudson Valley EcoTones Ensemble, Nyack-based vocal ensemble Collective Accord directed by Dru Pluhowski, and the Nyack High School Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Tanya Chanphanitpornkit. More info and tickets.

Past Readings & Events

April 18, 2025 Poetry Reading with Andrés Cerpa & Joshua Garcia hosted by All Ways Writing Collective (Prohibition River’s Rose Hall, Nyack, NY)

April 8, 2025 “From Poetry to Publication: Demystifying the Process”
Panel Discussion as part of the Arts Council of Rockland’s Professional Development Workshop Series (New City Library, New City, NY)

May 17, 2024 Poetry Reading at Black Spring Books with Matt Gelman and Isabella DeSendi (Brooklyn, NY)

March 10, 2024 “West-East Poets of the Pandemic and Beyond” featuring Jennifer Conlon, Letisia Cruz, Lily Greenberg, & Sandra Yannone (online via Zoom)

February 23, 2024 “Femme Verse: Shattering Love’s Stereotypes” featuring Jennifer Franklin, Lily Greenberg, & Mary Lou Buschi at Butterfield Library (Cold Spring, NY)

February 21, 2024 Poems of Power feat. Lily Greenberg + Community Open Mic; Sponsored by ArtsWestchester in partnership with Nyack Libary (Nyack Library / Nyack, NY)

January 17, 2024 York County Community College reading feat. Margo Taft Stever, Susana H. Case, & Lily Greenberg (Online via Zoom)

December 13, 2023 Local Author Reading feat. Juan Pablo Mobili, Alison Stone, & Lily Greenberg (Big Red Books / Nyack, NY)

October 16, 2023 Queer Poetics Poetry Reading at Valley Cottage Library feat. Lily Greenberg + Community Open Mic; Sponsored by ArtsWestchester, in partnership with Rockland Pride Center (Valley Cottage Library / Valley Cottage, NY)

July 30, 2023 A Persistence of Cormorants Broadstone Authors Reading (Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club / Brooklyn, NY)

July 29, 2023 New York City Poetry Fesitval w/ Slapering Hol Press Advisory Committee Members and Broadstone Books (Governor’s Island / New York, NY)

June 14, 2023 Poetry in the Garden: Poems from MRS. GOD sponsored by ArtsWestchester (Grace Episcopal Church / Nyack, NY)

May 12, 2023 The Desire Field Reading w/ Phil Saint Denis Sanchez, Tawanda Mulalu, Cat Wei, Bella DeSendi, Hua Xi, and Philipe AbiYouness (Ki Smith Gallery / New York, NY)

May 1, 2023 KGB Monday Night Poetry w/ Tina Cane (KGB Bar / New York, NY)

April 27, 2023 Rice Pudding Poetry Series (Rice Library / Kittery, ME)

April 2, 2023 Broadstone Books Authors Reading @ Hudson Valley Writers Center (Sleepy Hollow, NY)

February 7, 2023 Nyack Public Library Local Author Reading (Nyack, NY)

January 21, 2023 Dobbs Ferry Public Library Meet the Author Reading with Tawanda Mulalu (Dobbs Ferry, NY)

November 11, 2022 Femme Fatale Evening of Music & Poetry (Harrisburg, PA)

September 29, 2022 Broadstone Books Authors Reading (Jefferson Library / New York, NY)

August 13, 2022 The River Read Reading Series (Red Bank Public Library / Red Bank, NJ – Online via Zoom)

August 8, 2022 Poet in Residence Reading (St. Columba’s Episcopal Church / Inverness, CA)

July 19, 2022 Evening of Poetry Hosted by Sunny Dayz Mural Festival (Commonplace Bookstore / Edmond, OK)

May 20, 2022 Readers & Writer’s Guild Selected Reader (Christ Church / Hamilton, MA)

May 15, 2022 The Word Barn Silo Series with Erica Plouffe Lazure and Kate Hanson Foster (Exeter, NH)

May 10, 2022 Freedom Cafe Author Event and Open Mic, co-hosted by St. George’s Episcopal Church (Durham, NH)

April 25, 2022 Parnassus Bookstore Reading and Signing (Nashville, TN)

April 20, 2022 3×3 Reading Series with Betsy Sholl and Samantha DeFlitch (Trinity Episcopal Church / Portland, ME)

April 15, 2022 PRINT: A Bookstore Book Release and Conversation with Samantha DeFlitch (Portland, ME)

April 14, 2022 Grolier Poetry Book Shop with Mike Soto and Sarah Matthes (Cambridge, MA)

April 9, 2022 Five Ponds Creative Writing Festival Featured Reader (Gordon College / Wenham, MA)

April 2, 2022 Broadstone Books Live Stage with Margo Taft Stever and Elizabeth Beck (via Zoom)

April 29, 2021 UNH Thesis Reading (Durham, NH – via Zoom)

April 10, 2021 Gordon College Five Ponds Festival Featured Alumni Reading with Steven Kennedy (Wenham, Massachusetts – via Zoom)

November 4, 2020 Portsmouth Poet Laureate Hoot Reading (Portsmouth, NH – via Zoom)

August 22, 2020 The Word Barn 5 Year Anniversary Open Air Reading with Matt Miller, Jessica Purdy, Todd Hearon, Maggie Dietz, and Rhosalyn Williams (Exeter, NH)