Past Performances
| Date | City | Venue |
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| 01/13/24 | Patterson, NJ | Live Via Zoom |
| Distinguished Poetry Center Presentation and Workshop | ||
| 10/30/23 | Sioux Falls, SD | Orpheum Theatre |
| Time: 8:00pm. Opening for David Sedaris | ||
| 10/05/23 | Lubbock, TX | Texas Tech University |
| Address: 1301 Akron Ave. College of Human Sciences, #280. Education in a Correctional Environment – Live via ZOOM at 9:30AM CST | ||
| 09/22/23 - 09/24/23 | Deadwood, SD | The Lodge at Deadwood |
| Address: 100 Pine Crest Lane. South Dakota Festival of Books | ||
| 09/26/22 | Yankton, SD | Mount Marty College |
| Time: 8:00pm. A DISCUSSION ABOUT COPS AND CRIMINALS – WRITING FACTS IN FICTION WITH MARC CAMERON, JIM REESE, MEMBERS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FANS – Join Mount Marty University as we welcome NY Times Bestselling Author, Marc Cameron, MMU Professor Dr. Jim Reese, members of law enforcement and fans on September 26 at 8 p.m. | ||
| 09/23/22 - 09/25/22 | Brookings, SD | South Dakota Festival of Books |
| 09/11/22 | Bennington, NE | Glacier Creek Prairie |
| Time: 2:00pm. Glacier Creek Preserve is in Douglas County, at 14810 State Street, Bennington, Nebraska. 2-5:30PM | ||
| 11/16/21 | Mitchell, SD | Mitchell Public Library |
| Time: 6:30pm. Mitchell Public Library November 16rd 2021 Mitchell South Dakota (HOME of the CORN PALACE) 6:30 pm to 8:30 | ||
| 09/30/21 - 10/03/21 | Deadwood, South Dakota | Deadwood Mountain Grand Hotel |
| 2021 South Dakota Festival of Books More information | ||
| 08/06/21 | Sioux Falls, SD | Augustana University |
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53rd Annual Dakota Conference Augustana University Farming, Ranching and Sustainability on the Northern Plains Center for Western Studies, Fantle Building More information |
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| 02/10/21 | Sioux Falls, SD | Sioux Falls Public Library Downtown |
| Time: 7:00pm. Address: 200 N. Dakota Ave.. | ||
| 01/15/21 | Willa Cather Foundation | Online Zoom Meeting |
| Time: 7:00pm. Willa Cather Foundation – starting at 7pm via ZOOM | ||
| 01/11/21 | Justice Arts Coalition: Topic: Conversation on alternative programming and distance learning during the time of COVID | Online Zoom Meeting |
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Time: 4:00pm.
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| 12/03/20 | Salem, MA | Salem State University |
| Time: 7:00pm. Performance brought to you by ZOOM | ||
| 12/02/20 | Norfolk, NE | Norfolk High School’s Alternatives for Success |
| Address: 601 W. Cedar Avenue . | ||
| 11/17/20 | Aberdeen, SD | Aberdeen Public Library |
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Time: 6:30pm.
Address: 215 4th Ave. SE
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ZOOM Workshop |
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| 10/21/20 | Norfolk, NE | Northeast Community College |
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Time: 4:00pm.
Address: 801 E. Benjamin Ave..
Sponsored by Northeast Community College and Wayne State College, Performance brought to you by ZOOM |
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| 10/15/20 | Vermillion, SD | Edith B Siegrist Vermillion Public Library |
| Address: 18 Church St.. “BONE CHALK Book Presentation and 13 Years in Prisons and What Criminals Teach Me” | ||
| 10/12/20 | Sioux Falls, SD | Augustana University |
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Time: 12:50pm.
12:50-1:40PM Humanities Building |
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| 10/02/20 - 10/04/20 | Brookings, SD | Hampton Inn and Suites |
| BONE CHALK – South Dakota Festival of Books More information | ||
| 09/10/20 | Norfolk, NE | Norfolk Public Library |
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Address: 308 W. Prospect Ave.
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Library Norfolk is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Jim Reese-Norfolk Library Program Time: Sep 10, 2020 06:30 PM Central Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/92116309856?pwd=YlpTRTkza0c5bFIrenM4QU0yRHhpZz09 Meeting ID: 921 1630 9856 Passcode: jimreese Dial by your location 877 853 5257 US Toll-free 888 475 4499 US Toll-free Meeting ID: 921 1630 9856 Passcode: 41438087 |
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| 04/30/20 | Wayne, NE | Wayne State College |
| Time: 2:00pm. Address: 1111 Main St.. Wayne State College Plains Writers’ Series, School of Arts and Humanities | ||
| 04/29/20 | Yankton, SD | Mount Marty College |
| Time: 12:00pm. Mount Marty U. Paddlefish Student Reading, Roncali South Dining Room | ||
| 04/25/20 | Sioux Falls, SD | Augustana University |
| Augustana University Center for Western Studies Dakota Conference | ||
| 04/23/20 | Lincoln, NE | Andrews Hall – University of Nebraska-Lincoln |
| Time: 4:00pm. Address: 625 N. 14th S.. Visiting Writer’s Series | ||
| 04/04/20 | Brookings, SD | South Dakota State University Student Union |
| SDSU’s Great Plains Writers Conference | ||
| 03/25/20 | Norfolk, NE | Northeast Community College |
| Time: 4:00pm. Address: 801 E. Benjamin Ave.. Visiting Writer’s Series 4-5 PM | ||
| 03/04/20 | Kearney, NE | GW Frank Museum University of Nebraska Kearney |
| Address: 2504 9th Ave.. sponsored by the Prairie Arts Brothers | ||
| 02/26/20 | Sioux Falls, SD | Augustana University |
| Visiting Writers Series, Augustana Humanities Building, Sioux Falls, SD 57197 | ||
| 02/01/20 | Yankton, SD | Hillcrest Country Club |
| Time: 11:00am. General Federated Women’s Club of Yankton | ||
| 01/23/20 | * | https://anchor.fm/businessmusicpoetry |
| Time: 5:00pm. “The Business of Music and Poetry” | ||
| 01/18/20 | Mitchell, SD | Dakota Wesleyan University |
| Address: 1200 W. University Ave.. BRIN Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network with Dr. Jim Reese “Writing for Wellness: Expressive Writing and/or Exercise on Mental and Physical Health” | ||
| 10/03/19 - 10/06/19 | Deadwood, South Dakota | Deadwood Mountain Grand Hotel |
| South Dakota Festival of Books | ||
| 08/05/19 | Sioux Falls, South Dakota | SD Public Broadcasting Sioux Falls Studios |
| Address: 601 N. Phillips Avenue. Brown Bag Book Club Interview, reading, audience questions, social medial outreach, webcast, and post-interview book signing with host Lori Walsh | ||
| 04/12/19 - 04/14/19 | Brookings, SD | South Dakota State University Student Union |
| SDSU’s Great Plains Writers Conference | ||
| 02/14/19 | Yankton, SD | Mount Marty College |
| Presidential Board Address | ||
| 02/02/19 | Paterson, New Jersey | Poetry Center |
| Time: 1:00pm. Address: Hamilton Building. 2018 Allen Ginsberg Poetry Awards | ||
| 11/06/18 | Yankton, South Dakota | The Landing – Yankton Rotary |
| Time: 12:00pm. Address: 104 Capitol Street. | ||
| 10/20/18 | Omaha, NE | The Kaneko |
| Time: 11:00am. Address: 1111 Jones Street. Reading. Craft. Conversation. Writers’ Block: Writers on Creativity & Teaching in Lockdown with Nicholas Bell Reading | 11 am – 12 pm Lunch Break | 12 – 1pm Workshop | 1 – 3 pm | ||
| 09/21/18 - 09/23/18 | Brookings, SD | Hampton Inn and Suites |
| 2018 South Dakota Festival of Books – http://sdhumanities.org/festival-of-books | ||
| 09/13/18 - 11/29/18 | Springfield, SD | Mike Durfee State Prison |
| Every Thursday from Sept. 13 – Nov. 29 Writing for Reentry | ||
| 06/07/18 | Pierre, South Dakota | South Dakota Women’s Prison |
| Writing for Reentry | ||
| 05/24/18 | Pierre, South Dakota | South Dakota Women’s Prison |
| Writing for Reentry | ||
| 05/03/18 | Pierre, South Dakota | South Dakota Women’s Prison |
| Writing for Reentry | ||
| 03/22/18 | Vermilion, SD | University of South Dakota |
| Vermilion Literary Project Writers Festival and LiTrash | ||
| 11/30/17 - 02/15/18 | Springfield, SD | Mike Durfee State Prison |
| Every Thursday from November 30 – February 15 Writing for Reentry | ||
| 11/09/17 | Springfield, SD | Mike Durfee State Prison |
| Time: 12:30pm. Writing for Reentry – Reading at 12:30 PM | ||
| 09/22/17 - 09/24/17 | Deadwood, SD | South Dakota Festival of Books |
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“Connecting with the Criminal in Your Classroom – 10 Years in Prison and What Inmates Teach Me”
3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 23 on the main floor of the Deadwood Public Library. |
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| 09/14/17 | Pittsburgh, PA | Carnegie Mellon University |
| Time: 12:00pm. | ||
| 09/14/17 | Pittsburgh, PA | Allegheny County Jail |
| Time: 9:00am. Words Without Walls 9-10:30am | ||
| 09/13/17 | Pittsburgh, PA | Chatham University |
| Time: 8:30pm. Address: 1 Woodland RD. | ||
| 06/27/17 | Los Angeles, CA | Loyola Marymount University |
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Time: 2:30pm.
California Lawyers for the Arts and the William James Association In collaboration with Loyola Marymount University Present a National Conference Arts in Corrections: Building Bridges to the Future June 26 to 30, 2017 Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles Tuesday 6/27/17 2:30-3:45 Building Public Awareness |
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| 04/21/17 - 04/22/17 | Sioux Falls, SD | Augustana University |
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49th Annual Dakota Conference religion and spirituality in the northern plains
April 21-22, 2017, in the CWS Fantle Building on the Augustana University. Sioux Falls, SD |
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| 03/12/17 | Yankton, SD | Yankton public library |
| Time: 2:00pm. Address: 515 Walnut Street. “Meet Yankton Authors” 2-4:00 p.m. | ||
| 01/19/17 - 04/07/17 | Springfield, SD | Mike Durfee State Prison |
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Every Thursday from January 19th – April 7th Writing for Reentry |
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| 10/01/16 | Vermillion, SD | Edith B Siegrist Vermillion Public Library |
| Time: 2:00pm. Address: 18 Church St.. Get Published Now with Jim Reese 2-4 pm | ||
| 06/22/16 | Washington, DC | The Library of Congress |
| Address: 101 Independence Ave, SE Washington, DC 20540. Recording “The Poet and the Poem from the Library of Congress” with Producer and Host Grace Cavalieri | ||
| 12/05/15 | Paterson, New Jersey | The Distinguished Poetry Center |
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Address: The Hamilton Club Building, 32 Church Street.
Public Workshop from 10am-12pm Reading 1:00pm with author Patrick Hicks |
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| 11/19/15 | Wayne, NE | Wayne State College |
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Time: 12:00pm.
Address: 1111 Main St..
WSC Writers Festival Humanities Building, Wayne State College Campus |
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| 09/25/15 - 09/27/15 | Deadwood, SD | South Dakota Festival of Books |
| 13th annual South Dakota Festival of Books | ||
| 09/19/15 | Detroit, MI | Detroit Lit Walk |
| 08/12/15 | Woodbridge, New Jersey | Baron Arts Center |
| Time: 7:00pm. Workshop 7PM Public Reading 8PM | ||
| 06/16/15 - 06/19/15 | San Francisco, CA | University Center |
| Address: 2130 Fulton Street. The California Lawyers for the Arts and the Williams James Association present Arts in Corrections: Opportunities for Justice and Rehabilitation through the Arts. San Francisco, CA, June 16-19 2015 | ||
| 04/14/15 | Spearfish, SD | Black Hills State University |
| Time: 7:00pm. Pangburn Theater | ||
| 03/24/15 - 03/25/15 | Sioux Falls, SD | Augustana College |
| Tuesday March 24 – Wednesday, March 25 Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD (two readings—time, place TBA) | ||
| 03/12/15 | Sioux City, IA | Morningside College |
| Time: 6:30pm. 6:30-8:00 PM | ||
| 02/13/15 | Fairbanks, Alaska | University of Alaska-Fairbanks |
Midnight Reading Series
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| 01/16/15 | Sioux Falls, SD | Zanbroz Variety |
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Time: 7:00pm.
Address: 209 S Phillips Ave.
View/download poster for this event |
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| 01/08/15 | Vermillion, SD | South Dakota Public Broadcasting |
| Dakota Midday with Host Karl Gehrke | ||
| 11/12/14 | Norfolk, NE | Northeast Community College |
| Time: 7:00pm. Address: 801 E. Benjamin Ave.. | ||
| 10/03/14 | Spearfish, SD | Black Hills State University |
| Classroom visit, Honor’s “Geek Speak” Talk and public reading. | ||
| 09/26/14 - 09/28/14 | Sioux Falls, SD | South Dakota Festival of Books |
| 12th annual South Dakota Festival of Books, September 26-28 in Sioux Falls, presenting author | ||
| 05/20/14 | Yankton, SD | Fryn Pan |
| Address: 502 West 21st St Yankton, SD 57078. Jim Reese featured Presenter for Kiwanis Club of Yankton, SD // Tuesday May 20th 12:00 at the Fryn Pan | ||
| 04/12/14 | Akron, Iowa | pRhyme Time on the Prairie |
| pRhyme Time on the Prairie Reunion Celebration. A Hootenanny! Akron Iowa Time and Place TBA | ||
| 03/16/13 | Sioux Falls, SD | Washington Pavilion of Arts and Science |
| P3 (Painters, Poets at the Pavilion) | ||
| 02/02/13 | Paterson, New Jersey | Hamilton Club Building Poetry Center |
| Address: 32 Church St.. Allen Ginsberg Winners’ Poetry Reading and Award Ceremony | ||
| 12/15/12 | Yankton, SD | Mount Marty College |
| Commencement Speaker – Mount Marty College | ||
| 09/28/12 - 09/30/12 | Sioux Falls, SD | SD Festival of Books |
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South Dakota Festival of Books 2012 Sioux Falls, South Dakota Sept. 28-30 http://www.sdbookfestival.com |
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| 04/25/12 | Binghampton, NY | SUNY—Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY |
| Time: 1:30pm. The Writing Life Series SUNY—Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY | ||
| 04/13/12 - 04/14/12 | Akron, Iowa | pRhyme Time on the Prairie |
| Time and Place TBA | ||
| 03/01/12 | Wayne, NE | Wayne State College |
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Address: 1111 Main St..
WSC Press and Wayne State College Present:
Plains Writers’ Circuit Featuring David Lee and Jim Reese March 1st afternoon reading in Humanities Building Time TBA Poetry Slam to follow that evening at the MAX (Downtown Wayne) |
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| 11/30/11 - 12/01/11 | Norfolk, NE | Northeast Community College |
| Address: 801 E. Benjamin Ave.. Northeast Community College Creative Writing Evening Class Workshop Norfolk, NE 1:00-1:50pm on Thursday, December 1, in Hawks Landing, NECC Student Center | ||
| 11/29/11 | Sioux City, IA | Buck’s Cafeteria, Morningside College |
| Time: 7:30pm. Tuesday, Nov. 29th 7:30-8:00 Poetry Slam to Follow | ||
| 11/17/11 | Yankton, SD | Yankton Federal Prison Camp |
| Time: 1:00pm. 4PM Count and Paddlefish Reading Series Open to General Population 1- 3pm Gymnasium | ||
| 10/21/11 - 10/22/11 | San Francisco, CA | Alcatraz Island |
| Arts in Corrections, Reading and Workshop | ||
| 10/07/11 - 10/09/11 | Deadwood, SD | South Dakota Festival of Books |
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Friday, 6:00pm – “Literary Feast” – Keynote Speakers: Lori Armstrong, CJ Box, Margaret Coel, Craig Johnson, Jim Reese Saturday, 11:00am – “Selections from ghost on 3rd” – Jim Reese Saturday, 2:00pm – “Literature & the Law” – Jim Reese, CM Wendleboe, & David Wolff |
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| 08/03/11 - 08/06/11 | Gregory, SD | Gregory’s Oscar Micheaux Film and Book Festival |
| Workshop and Reading | ||
| 06/21/11 | San Luis Obispo, CA | California Polytechnic State University |
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Time: 7:00pm.
Cal Poly campus, “Science North” (Bldg 53) – Rm TBD. The creative writing program of Cal Poly’s English Department is excited to announce this year’s annual reading series. On Tuesday June 21st Nebraska poet Jim Reese and former Cal Poly undergrad poet and singer Ephraim Sommers will read. Both readings will take place at 7pm on the Cal Poly campus. The venue for each will be announced shortly. Author of the well received volume ghost on 3rd, Reese teaches at Mount Marty College in Yankton, South Dakota, where he is Director of the Great Plains Writers’ Tour and Editor-in-Chief of the national journal Paddlefish. “Jim Reese catches the dying fire of the small town wasteland that staggers on with meth, desire, and neglect,” says Charles Bowden, author of Murder City. “And I’d add that’s his work is surprisingly funny,” said poetry writing Professor Kevin Clark. “When I heard him read last year, the audience was highly entertained and I knew I wanted to bring him to Poly. We’re lucky that he can come so far for us.” Having grown up in Atascadero, Sommers is a much-accomplished singer and poet who graduated from Cal Poly’s English Department and went on to receive an MFA in creative writing from San Diego State. Local fans of the band Siko will remember Sommer’s alt/soul singing style. According Clark, “When Ephraim was at Poly, his persona poems kept us on edge and in suspense. They’re brilliant explorations of the human psyche at moments of intense personal crisis.” |
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| 05/21/11 | Lincoln, NE | Nebraska Book Festival |
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View or print the Festival Schedule |
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| 04/15/11 - 04/16/11 | Akron, Iowa | Akron Iowa Poetry Festival |
| Workshop and Readings | ||
| 03/17/11 | Aberdeen, SD | Northern State University |
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Time: 7:30pm.
ghost on 3rd and Other Poems Sponsored by the South Dakota Humanities Council and Northern State University NSU, Beulah Williams Library |
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| 03/15/11 | Marshall, MN | Southwest Minnesota State University |
| Workshop and Reading | ||
| 02/21/11 | Sioux Falls, SD | Augustana College |
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Time: 7:00pm.
Humanities Center, Rm 123 Free and open to the public |
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| 02/12/11 | San Francisco, CA | San Quentin Prison |
| Workshop and Reading | ||
| 02/11/11 | Sacramento, CA | New Folsom Prison |
| Workshop and Reading | ||
| 12/04/10 | Paterson, New Jersey | The Poetry Center Distinguished Poets Series |
| Poetry Workshop and Reading | ||
| 12/03/10 | Paterson, New Jersey | High School Presentations |
| 11/09/10 | Detroit, MI | Macomb Community College |
| 2010 Poetry Festival featuring South Dakota Poet & Editor Jim Reese, M.L. Liebler & The Just In Biebers featuring Moby Grapes’s Peter Lewis & Jef Reynolds, The Macomb College Poetry Club & others. Two Shows at Center Campus and The South Campus | ||
| 05/17/10 | New York City | Cornelia Street Cafe |
| Time: 6:00pm. Admission: 7. Age restrictions: No Minors. Monday | May 17, 2010; 6 p.m. George Held, Jim Reese, Jackie Sheeler $7 cover gets you a free drink | ||