This is a complete list of D.L. Lang’s past gigs, poetry features, open mic appearances, radio broadcasts, ekphrastic shows, festivals, teaching workshops, and hosting events. For a list of key milestones sorted by year, please visit the poetry timeline.
For upcoming readings click here.
Poetry Show Features
Below are poetry shows where I have been honored with a featured set:
- Rosanna’s in Benicia, CA: June 3, 2018
- Cafe Leila in Berkeley, CA: May 11, 2018
- Benicia First Tuesday Poets: November 1, 2016, November 5, 2019, December 6, 2022 (via Zoom), April 4, 2023 (via Zoom)
- Gears Turning: Adobe Books in San Francisco, CA February 10, 2019
- Fish Bowl Poetry at Old Capital Books in Monterey, CA February 24, 2019
- Jewish Poetry at Congregation Beth Shalom in Napa, CA, March 6, 2019
- Reading for kids at Grattan Elementary in San Francisco, CA May 15, 2019
- Poetry Express: Berkeley, CA, July 1, 2019
- Live Poets Society: Orinda Books, Orinda, CA, August 25, 2019
- Bay Area Generations: Show #70, Oakland, Joyce Gordon Gallery, June 24, 2019
- Pt Arena Third Thursday Poetry: (via Zoom) May 20, 2021
- Voices of the Season: Holiday Prose & Poetry at the McCune, December 16, 2018
- Outgoing Poet Laureate Celebration for D.L. Lang: January 12, 2020, JFK Library
- Vallejo’s Poets Laureate at Alibi Bookshop: September 5, 2021
- National Poetry Month at JFK Library in Joseph Room: April 16, 2022
- Poem Jam with Kim Shuck: Banned Books: April 14, 2022 (via Zoom.)
- Beat Cafe at Beat Poetry Festival: June 2, 2022, Empress Lounge
- Hummingword: October 27, 2022 (via Zoom)
- April 1, 2023 – A Pageantry of Poetry at Cordelia Library
- April 26, 2023 – Revolutionary Poets Brigade at North Beach Library
- January 4, 2024 – 1428 Poets in the Haight
- March 30, 2024 – Ink and Inspiration at Jezebel’s in Enid, OK
- August 17, 2024 – Poetry in Chinatown at Clarion Performing Arts Center
Marin Poetry Center:
- Member New Book Event: September 29th, 2016 at Falkirk Cultural Center in San Rafael, CA
- Marin Poetry Center Travelling Show:
- July 28th, 2015 at Fairfax, CA Library
- August 25th, 2016 at Falkirk Cultural Center in San Rafael, CA
- August 9, 2018 at Novato Library in Novato, CA
- July 25, 2019 at Civic Center Library in San Rafael, CA
- Poets Laureate on Social Justice Tour:
- Revolution Books in Berkeley – August 25, 2019
- Benicia Public Library – September 18, 2019
- Pegasus Books in Berkeley – October 3, 2019
- Napa Bookmine – November 8, 2019
- Bird & Beckett Books in San Francisco – November 10, 2019
- Book Passage in Corte Madera – November 17, 2019
- JFK Library – December 9, 2019
Fairs & Festivals
Below is a list of county fairs and cultural celebrations where I have performed:
- Alameda County Fair Poetry Day: June 24, 2017, June 22, 2019
- San Mateo County Fair Poetry Day: June 16th, 2018, June 8, 2019 (assisted with sign ups)
- Solano County Fair: June 29, 2019, June 17, 2022, June 14, 2024
- Solano County Virtual Fair: June 19, 2020, June 18, 2021
- Alameda Art Fair: July 7, 2019
- September 9, 2018: Vallejo Poetry Showcase at Unity Day, Vallejo, CA (Organized, performed)
- February 10th, 2023: Flyway Festival, Mare Island
- May 8, 2022: Bay Area Book Festival, Berkeley BART Plaza.
- July 16, 2022 – Labor Fest – Revolutionary Poets Brigade via Zoom
- April 11, 2023 – Vallejo Poetry Festival – Alibi Bookshop
- April 6, 2024 – Scissortail Creative Writing Festival in Ada, OK
- July 13, 2024 – Woody Guthrie Poets at Woody Guthrie Folk Festival
- September 14, 2024 – Visions of the Wild at Temple Art Lofts
Radio Broadcasts
Below are a list of radio broadcasts where I have either been featured or appeared with other poets:
- May 3, 2017: Interviewed on Radio for the World Duck Soup Podcast while at Subtext.
- December 15, 2017: Read “Watch this Space” for Poetry Superhighway’s A Poet’s Siddur book launch on BlogTalkRadio.
- August 2, 2018 Interviewed and featured with Tom Stanton on Art Beat on OZCAT KZCT 89.5 FM
- November 7, 2019 Interviewed on Art Beat on OZCAT KZCT 89.5 FM
- November 5, 2020 Interviewed on Art Beat on OZCAT KZCT 89.5 FM (taped Nov 2)
- December 3, 2020 Interviewed on Art Beat on OZCAT KZCT 89.5 FM (taped Nov 17)
- June 6, 2024 Interviewed on Art Beat on OZCAT KZCT 89.5 FM
- October 10, 2018 KPFA interview with Nina Serrano (taped June 8) for Cover to Cover/Poet to Poet/Literary Dialogues
- April 20, 2019, KPFA Poetry Month on BAJABA Jazzline
- January 5, 2021 KPFA Cover to Cover with Nina and Jack
- April 6, 2021 KPFA Cover to Cover with Nina and Jack
- Literary Dialogues with Nina Serrano: Interview aired on April 14 & June 9, 2022 on KZCT, June 7 & 14 on KPFA
- Poets’ Tribute to Jack Hirschman aired April 5, 2022 on KPFA, aired Jan 13, 2022 on KZCT
- LaborFest Poetry with the Revolutionary Poets Brigade aired on Work Week Radio with Steve Zeltzer on KPOO 89.5FM on July 28, 2022
- February 19 & 20, 2021 UrbanEx Radio
- Black Lives Matter Poems for a New World on OZCAT (taped March 19, 2021 never aired)
- The Bloom podcast with Georgina Marie – recorded June 9, 2022, released June 30, 2022.
- KALW’s Bay Poets aired “Columbia River Gorgeous” on August 24, 2022
- KALW’s Crosscurrents aired “Columbia River Gorgeous” on May 17, 2023
OZCAT 89.5 FM Art Beat Poetry Hour (open mic style show):
- 2018: March 29, May 3, June 28, August 30, October 18, November 29, December 20
- 2019: January 3, February 28, March 28, April 25, June 6, August 22, September 26
- 2020: January 23, February 27, April 23, June 25, July 23, September 24, October 22, December 24
- 2021: January 28, February 25, May 27, July 22, October 28, November 18, December 16
- 2022: January 27, February 24, March 24, April 28, May 26, June 22, July 28, August 25, October 27, December 15
- 2023: January 26, August 26, September 28, October 27, November 16, December 21
- 2024: February 22, April 25, June 27, August 22
Teaching / Presenting
- February 6, 2018, Benicia First Tuesday Poets (teaching self-publishing)
- November 28, 2016, Poetry in Notion (teaching self-publishing)
- AAUW’s Voices of Change: Women Poets who have made a Difference (gave presentation on Alicia Striker and Emma Lazarus), Benicia Library: March 24, 2018
- Poets Speak Forum at San Mateo County Fair: June 9, 2019 (gave presentation about the work and future of poetry)
- March 31, 2022, Art is Power: Solano County Office of Education, teaching teens about causes and growth via Zoom
Anthology Launches
- April 29, 2018 Benicia Anthology Launch at Benicia Library
- September 20, 2018 Marin Poetry Center Anthology at Falkirk, San Rafael
- March 13, 2019 Verses Voices & Visions of Vallejo at JFK Library
- October 25 and November 21, 2020 – Colossus: Home via Zoom
- March 6, 2021 – Insurrection Gnashing Teeth Publishing via Zoom
- April 11, 2021 – Poetry Flash: Colossus: Home via Zoom
- February 26, 2022 – Reimagine America at Culver City Book Festival at Wende Museum of the Cold War
- May 1, 2022 – International Workers Day 2022, Moonstone Press, Philadelphia, PA via Zoom.
- July 14, 2022 – Storm Warning, Revolutionary Poets Brigade at San Francisco Public Library
- August 7, 2022 – Hiroshima Day, Moonstone Press, Philadelphia, PA via Zoom.
- August 28, 2022 – Yearning to Breathe Free via Zoom.
- September 10, 2022 – When There Are Nine This House of Books Billings, MT via Zoom.
- September 22, 2022 – Storm Warning, Revolutionary Poets Brigade at Beat Museum, San Francisco
- September 24, 2022 – Storm Warning, Revolutionary Poets Brigade via Zoom
- December 17, 2022 – Nooks & Crannies, Benicia Literary Arts, Estey Realty
- July 15, 2023 – The Working Man’s Hand Woody Guthrie Poets, Woody Guthrie Folk Festival, The History Center, Okemah, Oklahoma
- July 30, 2023 – Remembering Woody Guthrie, Moonstone, via Zoom
- September 23, 2023 – Sparring Artists at Beyond Baroque in Venice, CA
- September 24, 2023 – I Never Could Talk to You at Venice Beach LA Poetry Beach
- October 1, 2023 – Remembering Pablo Neruda, Moonstone, via Zoom
- October 14, 2023 – Healing a Fractured World, Revolutionary Poets Brigade via Zoom
- December 9, 2023 – American Graveyard via Zoom
- September 14, 2024 – For All, Revolutionary Poets Brigade at Beat Museum, San Francisco
Hosting Shows
- Poetry by the Bay: September 24, 2015 Guest Host
- Poetry in Notion (read around):
- 2017: June 22, August 24, September 18, October 16, December 18
- 2018: January 22, February 26, March 19, April 16, October 18, December 20
- 2019: January 17, February 21, March 21, April 18, May 16, June 20, July 18, September 19
- National Poetry Month at JFK Library in Joseph Room: April 14th, 2018 & April 6, 2019 (Organized, hosted, featured)
- Poetry in Notion at the McCune: July 15th, 2018 (Organized, Hosted, Featured)
- 12 Rounds: Kyrah Ayers versus the Visitor – August 25, 2024, Mare Island Art Studios
Ekphrastic Poetry
Below are a list of art galleries and art shows where I have composed an ekphrastic poem and performed it:
- Benicia Plein Air: August 6, 2017
- Gallery 621 (Benicia): August 13, 2017
- Arts Benicia: February 24, 2018, March 14, 2021 (via zoom), February 18, 2024
- Coal Sheds in Vallejo, CA: September 9, 2017
- McCune Places That Inhabit Us: June 24, 2019
- Georgia Galleria Ode to Labor: September 13, 2019
- In the Country: October 1, 2022 (Fairfield California Solano Town Center)
- Patterns: January 21, 2023 (Fairfield Solano Town Center)
- Out of the Box: October 14, 2023 (FSVAA)
- Blank: August 19, 2023 (FSVAA)
- Inspiration Reversal: February 10, April 13 2024 (Dunnell Nature and Education Center)
- Mystery: April 20, 2024 (FSVAA)
Rallies, causes, fundraisers, and events
- Fresh Air Vallejo protest at Vallejo City Hall: January 5, 2016 (Used my public comment to read a poem.)
- Vallejo Man March at Marina Vista Memorial Park: March 12, 2016
- (Rehearsals/Auditions for 2016 Vallejo Man March at Community Life Integration Foundation: February 1, February 9, February 15, March 7, March 8)
- Poets Protest Against Trump at Ogawa Plaza in Oakland, CA: January 15th, 2017
- Unity Day at Vallejo City Park: September 10, 2017
- Vallejo Solidarity with Charlottesville in MLK Unity Plaza: August 13, 2017
- Vallejo Peace Project International Peace Day at Peace Pole by Panama Red on Vallejo Waterfront: September 21, 2017
- Resilient by Design at Artiszen: October 2, 2017
- Queer Words Vallejo: November 1, 2017
- Families Belong Together Rally at Unity Plaza: June 30, 2018
- Why Poetry Matters: Solano County Library Foundation Literacy Programs: April 25th, 2018, Solano County Events Center, Fairfield, CA
- Participatory Budgeting Results Party: May 3, 2018, Joseph Room, JFK Library
- Vallejo Peace Rally for Justice: May 19th, 2018, City Hall Steps
- Vallejo SOUP: September 27, 2018, Vallejo People’s Garden
- Women’s March Vallejo, Women Building Vallejo Summit: January 19, 2019 Gave a poetic call and response invocation at Decades
- RiseUp4AbortionRights at 24th & Mission in San Francisco: May 14, 2022
- RiseUp4AbortionRights at Union Square in San Francisco: October 8, 2022
- Vallejo Peace Project’s Speak Up for Peace: April 25, 2019
- Why Poetry? Joel Fallon Poetry Scholarship:
- April 24th, 2018 at Benicia Library
- April 24th, 2019 at Benicia Library
- Poetry Out Loud: Recited “Poetic Timing” February 13th, 2019 at the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.
- Revolution Books Fundraiser – May 28, 2022 at Willard Park in Berkeley
- September 3, 2022 – 100,000 Poets for Change Revolutionary Poets Brigade via Zoom
- September 24, 2022 – Black Lives Matter mural block party, Vallejo city hall
- October 8, 2022 – Women’s Wave at SF Union Square
- February 11, 2023 – Ticket to Mars, San Francisco Twitter HQ
- March 8, 2023 – International Women’s Day at Revolution Books
- July 27, 2023 – Laborfest at the Tenderloin Museum
- September 19, 2023 – Mahsa Amini Day – Revolution Books, Berkeley
- September 30, 2023 – 100,000 Poets for Change Revolutionary Poets Brigade via Zoom
- November 11, 2023 – R/Evolution: A Dialogue of Visionaries via Zoom
- February 24, 2024: Free Toomaj at Starry Plough in Berkeley
- CPUSA Writer’s Group – April 20, February 17, 2024
Poets Laureate Events
- Genea Brice End of Term Celebration in McCune Room: July 28, 2017
- Vallejo City Hall Proclamation: October 10, 2017
- Gathering of California’s Poets Laureate, Tujunga, CA: October 6, 2018
- Gathering of Bay Area Poets Laureate in Millbrae – September 21, 2019
- Bay Area Poets Laureate Virtual Reading (via Zoom) – May 2, 2020
- Outgoing Poet Laureate Proclamation at Vallejo City Hall: January 28, 2020
- Johanna Ely Outgoing Poet Laureate Celebration at Benicia Library: August 7, 2018
- Tom Stanton Outgoing Poet Laureate Celebration: August 4, 2020 (via zoom)
- A Poetry Affair at Fairfield Library: March 16, 2024
Judging and other milestones
- Solano County Poetry Out Loud Judge:
- February 11, 2017 in Fairfield, CA.
- February 5, 2018 in Vallejo, CA.
- February 13, 2019 in Vallejo, CA.
- Vallejo Poetry Slam Judge: October 26, 2019 at JFK Library in Vallejo
- Solano County Library Write On! Contest Poetry Judge:
- 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
- Joel Fallon Poetry Scholarship Judge, May 2019
- Bookshop Benicia: Independent Bookstore Day, April 27, 2019
- Vallejo Poet Laureate selection committee – October, November 2023
Open Mics
Below are some open mics where I have performed not as a featured poet, but just as an open mic participant:
- Poetry by the Bay, Vallejo, CA:
- 2015 (The Hub): April 9, April 23, May 14, May 28, June 11, June 25, July 9, July 23, August 13, August 27, September 10, October 8, October 22, November 12, December 10
- 2016: January 14, January 28, February 11, February 25, March 10, March 24, April 14, April 28, May 12, May 26, June 9, August 11, August 25, September 8, September 22, October 13, October 27, December 8
- 2017: January 26, February 9, March 9, April 13, April 27, May 11, May 25, June 22, July 27, August 10, August 24, September 14, September 28, October 26, December 14, December 28
- 2018: February 9, February 22, April 12, April 26, May 10, May 24, June 14, June 28, July 12, August 9, August 23, September 13, September 27, October 11, October 25, December 13, December 27
- 2019 (Oddfellows Hall): February 28, March 14, April 11, April 25, June 13, June 27, July 25, September 12, September 26, October 10, December 26
- 2020 (alternating between Oddfellows Hall and Empress Lounge): February 13, February 27
- 2020 (via zoom) August 13, August 20
- 2021 (via zoom) February 4, February 18, February 25, March 25, May 20, June 3, July 29, September 2, September 9, November 4, November 18
- 2022 (via Zoom) January 13, February 17, March 24, April 7, April 14, May 19
- 2023 (Mira Theatre) May 24, June 28, August 25, September 27
- 2024 (Mira Theatre) June 26
- Poetry Month Open Mic at JFK Library: April 16th, 2016, April 15th, 2017,
- The Hub Open Mic: June 27, 2015
- Napa Library Un/Shelved Open Mic: October 21, 2015
- Vallejo Bookstore Open Read in Vallejo, CA: 2017: April 29, December 16
- Subtext in Vallejo, CA: 2017: April 19, May 17
- Valona Deli in Crockett, CA: April 10, 2016, February 12, 2017, February 11, 2018
- Rosanna’s in Benicia, CA: September 4, 2016, May 6th, 2018
- The Townhouse in Vallejo, CA: October 19, 2016
- My Office Bar in Vallejo, CA: March 12, 2016
- Luna’s in Sacramento, CA: 2015: May 21, June 4, June 18
- Flyway Festival on Mare Island: February 11, 2018
- Cafe Leila in Berkeley, CA: 2018: July 13, August 10, December 14; 2019: April 12
- Poetry Inside Out at Bookshop Benicia: 2018: September 2; 2019: October 6; 2020: February 2
- Nomadic Press Virtual Open Mic: (via zoom) August 14, 2020
- Wednesday Night Poetry Virtual Open Mic: (via video) July 29, August 12, 2020
- Benicia Love Poetry: April 11, 2021 (via zoom)
- Beat Festival Open Mic: June 3, 2022, Empress Lounge
- September 17, 2022 – How Poetry Brings People Together, outside Fairfield Civic Center Library
- April 20, 2023 – Vallejo Poetry Festival Open Mic at Alibi Bookshop
- July 13, 2023 – Open mic at Rocky Road Tavern in Okemah, Oklahoma at WoodyFest
- Remo’s Speak Easy Expressions at Chris Club: 2023: August 7, October 24
- For this Moment – October 25, 2020 (via zoom)
- Lasting Memories, Radiant Hope – December 12, 2021 (via zoom)
- Living on Earth AAUW – April 10, 2022 (via zoom)
- AAUW Spring Forward: March 20, 2021 (via zoom)
- Poetry Where Does it Come From?: September 13, 2020 (via zoom)
- Hope in Deep December: December 13, 2020 (via zoom)
- Our Best to You – April 14, 2024 at Benicia Library
- Dynamic Trio – January 20, 2024 at Cordelia Library
- Maker’s Mart – June 8, 2024 at Vallejo Waterfront
- Benicia First Tuesday Poets:
- 2015: November 3rd
- 2016: April 5, May 3, August 2, September 6, November 29 (Greeter)
- 2017: February 7, May 2, September 5
- 2020: (via zoom) June 2, July 7
- 2021: (via zoom) June 1, September 7
- 2024: January 2
- Poetry in Notion:
- 2015: September 28, October 26, November 23
- 2016: January 25, March 28, April 25, August 22, September 26
- 2017: April 27, May 25
- 2024: Jan 13
Jewish Events
- Congregation B’nai Israel Vallejo’s Pride Shabbat: (via Zoom) June 12, 2020
- Jewish Poetry and Q&A at Congregation Beth Shalom in Napa, CA, March 6, 2019
- Vallejo United Against Hatred & Anti-Semitism: October 28, 2018, Unity Plaza
- Hanukkah and Hilarity: Menorah, Stories, Comedy and Cholesterol: December 4, 2018 Vallejo Decades Nightclub
- Oy to the World! Kosher Chinese Food: December 25, 2019, Vallejo Oddfellows San Pablo Lodge
- Jewish and Proud! Solano County Standing Together: January 6, 2020, Fairfield, CA
- Yom Hashoah: April 8, 2021, Fairfield, CA
- Shabanza! Shabbat, Kwanzaa, & New Years: December 31, 2021, Vallejo Hub
- The Jewish People at Vallejo Museum: March 3, 2024
- Congregation B’nai Israel’s affiliation with Reconstructionist Judaism: August 18, 2024
Congregation Rodef Sholom, San Rafael, CA:
- Beit Cafe: December 6th, 2014, December 5th, 2015, February 7, 2020
- Virtual Beit Cafe: April 5, 2020, May 17, 2020, June 7, 2020, August 2, 2020, February 28, 2021
- Shabbat Unplugged: May 4th, 2013, March 6th, 2015
- Rodef Sholom Board of Directors: November 12th, 2015
- Sisterhood Retreat at Westerbeke Ranch in Sonoma, CA: May 14th, 2016, May 5th, 2018
- Sisterhood Shabbat: May 18th, 2018
- Selichot services: August 28, 2021 (via zoom)
- Prior to women’s mikvah at Rodeo Beach: September 24, 2022
- First Friday Shabbat: December 2, 2022
For a list of publications visit the bibliography section.
For a list of news visit the press section.
For a list of awards visit the awards section.
For a list of upcoming gigs visit the readings section.
