POETRY TOUR

~2023~

October 12-14 ~ Tempe, AZ ~ Desert Nights, Rising Starts Writers Conference ~ Exact time : TBD

Staley will be teaching an hour class on poetry performance as a Conference Teaching Fellow.

June 6 ~ Las Cruces, NM ~ 6 PM Rio Grande Theater ~ Mental Health Awareness Poetry Event ~ Staley will perform 3 to 4 poems and will be joined by other local poets.

April 19 ~ Las Cruces, NM  ~ 6pm-7:30 Branigan Library — Join Staley and 2 other local poets for a poetry event in celebration of National Poetry Month

April 15 ~ Las Cruces, NM ~ 1pm -4pm ~ Downtown Blues Coffee Shop ~ join Staley and other poets and performers for a fundraiser for The Pantry. Suggested donation 15$

~2022~

Staley will be delivering a poetry-based sermon on Palm Sunday at the University Unitarian Church in Las Cruces, NM. There will be a zoom of the even at 10 AM (MTN) on April 10. Visit church website for more info.

~2021~

THE FUTURE OF SPOKEN WORD POETRY – A Harlem Book Fair Discussion ZOOM : July 1 6PM (Eastern)

Juneteenth Jazz Festival: Friday Night Open Mic Jam: June 18, 2021
Zoom sponsored by the Las Cruces Museum of Art
Here’s an archived recording of the event

~2020~

From the Divine Studio – Creatives in Conversation: October 21 : Zoom featured poet

EVENT CANCELED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS: March 13 Las Cruces, New Mexico  NMSU Health & Social Services Auditorium  7:30 – 9:00 PM

~2018~

March 3, 2018  Mesillla Park, New Mexico  Art Obscura  SLAM  7:00-10:00 PM

~2017~

October 21,2017  Mesillla Park, New Mexico  Art Obscura  SLAM  7:00-10:00 PM

February 18, 2017             Las Cruces, NM          Annual Love of Lit Reading (12 poets)
Branigan Cultural Center    12-2 pm

February 23, 2017    Mesilla Park, NM.    ACID & MENUDO Bash
Art Obscura     7:30pm to dawn

~2016~

February 27, 2016          Las Cruces, New Mexico         Branigan Cultural Center   1-3 PM

March 30, 2016     Las Cruces, New Mexico     Zia Middle School    5:30-7:30 PM

April 9. 2016     Las Cruces, NM     Center for Spiritual Living    4:00-4:45 PM

April 30, 2016   Las Cruces, New Mexico   The Linda Vista Reading Series    5:00-6:30 PM

May 21, 2016     Las Cruces, New Mexico   (Book Signing)  COAS Downtown  10:00 -12:00 PM

May 21, 2016     Las Cruces, New Mexico   Southwest Environmental Center  1:00 – 2:00 PM

July 25, 2016     Montgomery, Alabama     Capital City Club     5:30-6:30 PM

September 10     Mesilla, New Mexico     (Private Event) Mesilla Valley Bosque State Park

September 18   Las Cruces, New Mexico  (Book Signing) Branigan Library  2:00-4:00 PM

September 25  Placitas, New Mexico Anasazi Fields Winery  3:00-5:00 PM

September 30  Las Cruces, New Mexico  NMSU Health & Social Services Auditorium  7:30 – 9:00 PM

October 9  Lexington, Kentucky Wild Fig  7:00-9:00 PM

October 10  Covington, Kentucky  Sandra Small Gallery  7:00-9:00 PM

October 12    Cleveland, Ohio   Mac’s Backs  7:00-9:00 PM

October 14  Mesillla Park, New Mexico  Art Obscura  SLAM  7:00-10:00 PM

~2015~

February 28, 2015          Las Cruces, New Mexico          Branigan Cultural Center   1-3 PM

July 2, 2015    Albuquerque, NM       Book Works   7 PM

October 3, 2015          Houston, Texas          Public Poetry