NYC January 1st, 2017

THE POETRY PROJECT'S 
43rd ANNUAL NEW YEAR'S DAY
MARATHON BENEFIT
3pm to 2am

"We have always envisioned the poet-in-society as one who restores meaning to language."
--The Poetry Project Staff

It is an honor to spend my birthday
celebrating one of THE GREAT
HOMES OF POETRY on our
miserable, bloodthirsty little planet

MANY MANY THANKS TO EVERYONE
WHO WORKS SO HARD TO CONTINUE
MAKING The Poetry Project THE
VIABLE AND ESSENTIAL RESOURCE 
FOR POETRY THAT IT IS


December 2016

I am excited to be on
the radio at 2pm with
Stacy Szymaszek
on 12/26/16

Please click HERE
for live streaming


Bard Graduate Center, December 2016

I will be on the panel "Revisiting Loss"
with Judy Hussie-Taylor and Jaamil Kosoko
Thursday, 12/8/16

38 West 86th Street
NYC
More details at THIS link



Sarah Lawrence College 11/29/16

I will be giving a talk titled
"Poetry Torquing Darkness"
 All details at THIS LINK 
 6pm


Poetry Project, NYC


Honored and Excited!
I will be introducing the newly released recording of the Poetry Project 1977 poetry reading of Eileen Myles and Joseph Ceravolo!
DETAILS AT THIS LINK

Tonya Foster will introduce Gwendolyn Brooks / Ntozake Shange event
Anna Vitale will introduce the Amiri Baraka reading

MONDAY -- 11/28/17 -- 8pm
131 E 10th St., NYC


3 EVENTS in November 2016 San Francisco

THURSDAY
11/17
SFMOMA's The Diviner
at THE LAB
2948 16th St.
Please click HERE for interview
THANK YOU Ross Simonini

* * *

FRIDAY
11/18
4:30pm
California College of the Arts
Please click HERE for full details
FREE and open to the public
THANK YOU Gloria Frym

* * *

SATURDAY
11/19
7pm
ALLEY CAT BOOKS
3036 24th St.
(corner of Treat and 24th)
reading with JUDY GRAHAN
and KATIE EBBITT
THANK YOU Kevin Killian


OSU Creative Writing MFA (starting 11/4/16)

VERY EXCITED to be 
a visiting faculty member
at THIS marvelous MFA

it is without a doubt one of
the most BEAUTIFUL places
to be learning and writing poetry


Laramie, Wyoming for HALLOWEEN

excited to
be performing
SATURDAY
10/30/16
5pm

107 E Ivinson Street


DENVER for Counterpath

Performing with
Andrew Busti of
OFF Cinema

PLEASE CLICK HERE
on 10/29/16
8pm
Counterpath
7935 East 14th Ave
Denver, CO 80220

Counterpath Press has recently published
my new chapbook Circle M

The Sandberg Series

A Talk on (Soma)tic Poetry
And the Healing Power
Of Ritual and Poetry

October 11, 2016
7pm

Sandberg Instituut
Amsterdam
For full details please click HERE

READ MY WORLD: Amsterdam!

THANK YOU Joost Baars for
inviting me to perform
OCTOBER 8TH 2016
Details at THIS link


Warwick University

October 5th, 2016

Looking forward to leading a workshop
and performing at Warwick in
Coventry, England

MANY THANKS to Jonathan Skinner


Capital Letter Series, London

Wednesday, September 28th, 2016
excited to be performing with
Ghazal Mosadeq, Tim Atkins, 
and Paul Holman

6:50pm to 9pm

at St. Margaret's House
21 Old Ford Road
E29PL London


Berliner Festspiele SEPTEMBER 2016

It is an honor to be performing
with Will Alexander (9/11), Lisa Robertson (9/12), Monika Rinck (9/13)
my performance is on 9/14
THANK YOU Shane Anderson!!

ALL DETAILS at THIS LINK


MONDAY, August 15th, 2016

reading with Jeff Davis
at 7pm
North Carolina Stage Company
15 Stage Lane
Asheville, NC 28801


2016 NAROPA Summer Writing Program

I am very excited to be teaching
WEEK FOUR of the JKS program
Please click HERE for full details

I will perform at Naropa's PAC Hall with
Anne WaldmanJulie Ezelle Patton,
and Fast Speaking Music
SATURDAY, JULY 9th @ 7pm



Counterpath TENT, 2016 City Park Jazz

Sunday, July 3rd
5 to 8 pm

I will be reading
TAROT (3-card spreads)
Denver, Colorado
ALL DETAILS HERE

TORONTO, June 2016 with Jason Dodge

In conversation with DAMIAN ROGERS
at TYPE BOOKS 838 Queen St. West
June 24th, 6pm

˚˚˚˚˚˚˚˚
at MERCER UNION 1286 Bloor St. West
June 25th, 5pm

City Lights Bookstore, San Francisco

I am excited to be part of
with
JULIANA SPAHR
YUH-SHIO WONG
DAVID BUUCK
LARA DURBACK
MARIANNE MORRIS
KEVIN KILLIAN

Wednesday, June 22nd 7pm
261 Columbus Ave.

PHOTO BY Kevin Killian

PORTLAND, Oregon

Reading on SUNDAY
June 19th, 2016
6:30pm
with EMILY CARR and DAVID BUUCK
for THE SWITCH Reading Series
at Ford Food and Drink 
(SE 11th Ave. and Division)
THANK YOU ALLISON COBB
full detail at THIS LINK

NORWAY & LONDON, May & June 2016

LILLEHAMMER Poetry Festival
Starting May 24
Details at THIS link
for The Book of Conrad screening THIS link

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TRONDHEIM Poetry Festival
Starting May 31
Details at THIS link

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LONDON
June 11
Details at THIS link
David Roberts Arts Foundation with
Sophie Robinson, Jo Mariner and Douglas Dare


Washington State, SPRING 2016

May 18th
Evergreen State College
Olympia, Washington
7:30pm
at Sem II E1105
performance of MARFA Poetry Machine

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May 22nd
The Rendevous
Jewel Box Theater
2322 2nd Ave
Seattle, Washington
4pm
FREE EVENT!

CA Conrad, Deborah Woodard, Anastacia Renee Tolbert and Kelle Grace Gaddis will read from Shake The Tree Volume Two and other works.
.
A copy of Shake The Tree Volume Two will be given away as a door prize for one lucky guest. Copies will also be available for sale $15.



Vancouver, May 2016

MANY THANKS to Andrea Actis and
The Capilano Review for bringing me to
Vancouver for a week of workshops
and a reading with Rae Armantrout


BREAKFAST CLUB with CAConrad
Saturday, May 14 @ 10:30am
281 Industrial Avenue

Come eat your heart out, literally AND metaphorically, with CAConrad on Saturday, May 14th at the TCR kitchen table (281 Industrial Avenue). Participate in some of CA's legendary (soma)tic poetry rituals and leave with your body & soul (or whatever-you-want-to-call-it) FED! 

Admission is $20, which includes a breakfast of fresh fruit, bagels, steel-cut oats, and coffee/tea/juice, plus a one-year subscription to The Capilano Review for you or a friend. 

***Please write to contact@thecapilanoreview.ca to reserve a spot (and to let us know of any food allergies/intolerances).***

MASS POETRY FESTIVAL 2016

Saturday
April 30
2pm
panel discussion
"Master/Mistress/Mystery: The Poetry of Gender Nonconformity"
More details at THIS LINK

GLOUCESTER, 2016

I am very grateful to be
granted a residency at the
April, 2016
Reading April 27, 7pm
(MANY THANKS to Kate Colby)


2 events in Providence, RI

RISD workshop
6:30pm
THE TAP ROOM
226 Benefit Street
THANK YOU Guy Pettit

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ADA BOOKS
reading with Brian Blanchfield
6pm
717 Westminster Street
THANK YOU Kate Schapira



NTU April 2016

I am honored to be visiting NTU for
an exciting week of poetry
and reading with 

MANY MANY THANKS TO DIVYA VICTOR

John Wieners Legacy Celebration, St. Mark's

PLEASE JOIN US
Wednesday, 4/6/16
at 8pm

St. Mark's Poetry Project NYC
CLICK HERE for full schedule
and list of readers
SEE YOU SOON

Dia Art Foundation with Cecilia Vicuna

TUESDAY
APRIL 5TH, 2016
6:30PM

 535 W. 22ND ST. NYC
CLICK HERE


MURAL Arts Talk, Philadelphia

I am honored to be in conversation with
Candy Chang on Art and Ritual
PLEASE JOIN US (Click HERE

Thursday, March 24th, 2016
5:30 to 7pm
at PAFA
118 N. Broad St. Philadelphia

To learn more about Candy Chang’s project, The Atlas of Tomorrow, click HERE
To learn more about Candy Chang and her work, click HERE

To learn more about CAConrad, click HERE
Read "Poetry & Ritual" by CAConrad at HERE

The talk will be moderated by Jenn McCreary, click HERE
MANY THANKS to Nicole Steinberg and everyone at Mural Arts!!

Black Mountain College Museum & Art Center

Saturday, 3/12/16
7pm

I'm performing with
Hilda Downer and Wayne Caldwell

56 Broadway, Asheville, NC

($7 for non-members and $5 for members)


OBERLIN COLLEGE, Winter 2016

I will be performing on
Wednesday, February 24th, 7pm

Wilder Hall Student Union
135 West Lorain St., Oberlin
MANY THANKS to Kazim Ali


St. Louis with RACHEL ELIZA GRIFFITHS

Sat., Feb. 20 at 7:00 p.m. 
Fort Gondo Compound for the Arts 
3151 Cherokee Street



VALENTINE'S DAY at BLACK IRIS in Richmond

performing with M. LAMAR
hosted by ARNOLD J. KEMP

in Tiny Bar of Black Iris
321 W. Broad Street
Richmond, Virginia

VALENTINE'S DAY
Sunday, 2/14/16
DOORS OPEN 7:30pm
tickets: $10 ($6 for students)


I'm giving a talk at PRATT Institute

Poetics of Healing

THURSDAY 2/11
2 to 4 pm

PRATT Institute
Alumni Reading Room
3rd Floor of the Library
550 Myrtle Avenue
BROOKLYN

CLICK HERE for "Poetry and Ritual"

Many THANKS to Melissa Buzzeo


2/3/16 Sarah Lawrence

Craft Talk and workshop
at Sarah Lawrence College
full details at THIS link


TRIPWIRE comes to Philadelphia ! ! !


TUESDAY
1/19/16
7:30pm

Snockey's Oyster House
1020 S. 2nd St.

we will be celebrating
TRIPWIRE Magazine
SEE YOU THERE ! !

1/16/16 Vancouver

My 7-minute video reading for the event 
celebrating the anthology TOWARD. SOME. AIR.

CAConrad reading for anthology event in Vancouver from CAConrad on Vimeo.

Poetry & Tarot in Philly & NYC

(Soma)tic Poetry Workshops
cLick HERE for 1/31/16 Philadelphia 
cLick HERE for 2/7/16 NYC

WORKSHOPS INCLUDE 
A TAROT READING cLick HERE