Reader at the Nebraska State Capitol for the celebration of the 100th anniversary of John G. Neihardt’s ceremony being installed as Nebraska’s Poet Laureate
Emcee the Nebraska Poetry Out Loud Finals
Workshop leader for the Agate Fossil Beds National Monument Writing Marathon
Speaker for the Scholastic Awards ceremony; Hastings College in Hastings, NE
Featured reader, the San Jose Poetry Festival; San Jose, California
Performance at Tecumseh State Correctional Institution; Tecumseh, Nebraska
Paying Attention is a Form of Prayer art exhibition; Fontenelle Forest, Omaha
Reykjavík Bókmenntaborg UNESCO reading at Kaffislippur; Reykjavik, Iceland
White Pelican Homecoming Celebration Festival; Harlan County, NE
Bucharest, Craiova, and Drobeta Turnu Severin, Romania; U.S. Department of State Cultural Envoy program
National Poetry Slam
Gaborone, Botswana; U.S. Department of State Cultural Envoy program
Maitisong Festival; Gaborone, Botswana
Buffalo Commons Storytelling Festival; McCook, NE
Homestead National Monument; Beatrice, NE
Red Cloud Opera House; Red Cloud, NE
Nebraska Arts Council, “Wednesday Words” series; Omaha, NE
Kathmandu, Nepal; U.S. Department of State Cultural Envoy program
TEDx Omaha at The Durham Museum; Omaha, NE
Great Plains Theatre Conference; Omaha, NE
Poetry of Place Celebration for the Nebraska Writing Project at the Nebraska State Capitol; Lincoln, NE
Minsk, Belarus; U.S. Department of State Bureau of International Information Program Speaker/Specialist exchange program