Events

Tuesday, December 16, 2025, 7 pm. Vagabond Song launch party
Super excited to celebrate the release of the 10th anniversary, revised and expanded, edition of Vagabond Song: Neo-Haibun from the Peregrine Journals. I’ll be joined by my friend, the fine singer/songwriter Paul Lee Kupfer. Elk River Books, Livingston, Montana. Details here.

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Past Events:

Wednesday, Nov. 5 & 7, 2025. No Winter’s Tale
I’ll be performing in Gretchen Minton’s climate catastrophe adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale. Nov. 5 at the Warren Miller Performing Arts Center in Big Sky, Montana, and Nov. 7 at MSU Black Box Threatre in Bozeman. Tickets are free, register here.

Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025, 12:30. High Plains Book Award panel discussion, “Place as a Character”
I’ll be joining other book award finalists for a panel discussion at the Billings Public Library. The day is full of panels, a book fair and awards ceremony — all free. Info here.

Thursday, July 17, 2025, 5 – 6:30 pm. “Poetry: The Art of Listening” writing workshop at the Roethke House, Saginaw, Michigan
I’ll be returning to the old homeland to teach a short poetry workshop, open to adults at any stage of their writing journey. Register here.

Thursday, July 17, 2025, 7 pm. “Listening for the Poem: A Reading & Discussion with Marc Beaudin” at the Roethke House, Saginaw, Michigan
Following the workshop, we’ll open the house up to the public for a reading and discussion of poetry, focusing on the music of the world that leads to the music of the poem. Details here.

Saturday, May 31, 2025, 2 pm. Road Stories at the Verge New Works Fest, Bozeman, Montana
My short play, Road Stories, has been selected to be part of the Verge Theatre’s New Works Fest, happening all weekend. Catch my comedic two-hander at 2 pm on Saturday, but all weekend is packed full of great new theatre.

Friday, May 30, 2025, 8 pm. Words & Music, Vol. II, Livingston, Montana.
Returning to the Blue Slipper Theatre for our showcase of songs and poetry with Sean Devine, Henrietta Goodman, Adam Greenberg and myself. Doors at 7: 30 pm. Advance tickets are $15, or $20 at the door. Purchase tickets here.

Saturday, April 12, 2025. Open Book Club, Seeley Lake, Montana
The Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea Tour gets back on the road with a return to the beautiful Seeley Lake for a reading from These Creatures of a Day.

March 7 – 16, 2025: Fridays & Saturdays, 8pm; Sundays 3 pm. Old Times by Harold Pinter, Livingston, Montana.
Happy to be directing this amazing show by one of my favorite playwrights at the Blue Slipper Theatre. Get your tickets here!

Sunday, October 13, 2024, 3 – 5 pm. Montgomery Distillery, Missoula, Montana.
Bringing the Wine-dark Sea Tour to the home of delicious Whiskey-dark libations, with my editor and former Montana poet laureate Mark Gibbons.

Wednesday, October 9, 2024; 6 – 8 pm. Flight of Writers at Ascension Brewing, Helena, Montana.
Hosted by Montana Book Company. I’ll be joining Jory Mickelson and Roger Hart for readings paired with delicious drinks.

Friday, September 27, 2024; 5 – 8 pm. Art Walk Book Signing. Wheatgrass Books, Livingston Montana.
Sailing the Wine-dark Sea Tour. I’ll be signing copies of These Creatures of a Day during the 4th Friday art walk in downtown Livingston.

Saturday & Sunday, September 21 & 22, 2024. Montana InSite Theatre’s “Stories Under the Land.” Tinworks, Bozeman, Montana.
I’ll be performing with a great group of actors, poets and musicians, under the direction of Gretchen Minton.

Thursday, September 12, 2024; 6 pm. Patagonia Outlet, Dillon, Montana
Sailing the Wine-dark Sea Tour for These Creatures of a Day. I’ll perform a set of poetry followed by a screening of the Save the Yellowstone Grizzly film, The Return of the Grizzly.

Monday, August 12, 2024; 7 pm. Faculty Reading at Elk River Writers Workshop. Chico Hot Springs, Pray, Montana
Excited to share a stage with two amazing poets and great friends, CMarie Fuhrman and Sean Hill.

Saturday, August 3, 2024; 4 pm. Yaak Valley Forest Council at Main Street Perk & Pub, Troy, Montana.
Sailing the Wine-dark Sea Tour for These Creatures of a Day with a vital conservation organization.

Friday, August 2, 2024; 7 pm. Home Ranch Bottoms, Polebridge, Montana.
Sailing the Wine-dark Sea Tour for These Creatures of a Day. Super excited to be opening for my friend, the one-and-only Rich Hall!

Thursday, August 1, 2024; 6 pm. Cassiopeia Books, Great Falls, Montana
Sailing the Wine-dark Sea Tour for These Creatures of a Day. Back to one of my favorite town. Mermaids!

Tuesday, July 23, 2024; 5:30 pm. Kithship Collective. 310 W. Main St., Bison, South Dakota.
Sailing the Wine-dark Sea Tour for These Creatures of a Day. Excited to be joined by Eliza Blue for live poetry, music and a screening of the film Destination Regeneration.

Thursday, July 18, 2024; 7 pm. Theodore Roethke House, Saginaw, Michigan.
Sailing the Wine-dark Sea Tour for These Creatures of a Day. In-person and streaming reading and discussion, “Across the Far Field: Connecting the West and Midwest.”

Wednesday, June 12, 2024; 7 pm. Sailing the Wine-dark Sea Tour for These Creatures of a Day Red Lodge Carnegie Library, Red Lodge, Montana
Hosted by the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness Foundation and featuring a screening of the Save the Yellowstone Grizzly film, Return of the Grizzly.

Saturday, May 18, 2024; 5:30 pm. Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea Tour for These Creatures of a Day This House of Books, Billings, Montana

Saturday, May 11, 2024; 6 pm. Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea Tour for These Creatures of a Day Reading Leaves, Townsend, Montana

Thursday, April 25, 2024; 7 pm. Book Launch Party for These Creatures of a Day. Elk River Books, Livingston, Montana
Come celebrate my new collection of poetry from Foothills Publishing, with special guest Henrietta Goodman, author of Antillia. This event will also kick of the “Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea Tour” in support of These Creatures of a Day.
Video of the event. Henrietta starts at 2:20, Marc starts at 20:40.

Saturday, March 2, 2024; 6 – 8 pm. All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace Closing Reception Poetry Reading. Brooklyn, New York
Joining great poets and friends Nick Flynn and Harry Newman for the closing reception of Brackett Creek Exhibitions’ group show including and celebrating work by Richard Brautigan. In DUMBO at 25 Jay St., #104.

Friday, Feb. 23 – Sunday, March 10, 2024; 7 pm. Born with Teeth, Bozeman Actors Theatre, Bozeman, Montana
Directing this powerhouse of a play by Liz Duffy Adams, featuring William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe going head-to-head in an edgy, witty, dangerous, romantic, funny and tragic two-hander. Tickets available here.

Friday & Saturday, September 8, 2023 & 9. MIST Performance, Bozeman, Montana
Performing a collage of poems and other writings dealing with the great grasslands of the west as part of the Montana InSite Theatre show in collaboration with Tinworks Art exhibit, “Invisible Prairie.”

September 29 – October 8, 2023; Fridays & Saturdays at 8, Sundays at 3. Alice Invents a Little Game and Alice Always Wins. Livingston, Montana
Excited to be directing this amazingly strange and dangerously comic play by Nick Flynn, at the Blue Slipper Theatre.

July 11, 2023, 7 pm. Elk River Books, Livingston, Montana
I’ll be joined by New York poet Harry Newman, author of Led From a Distance, for a reading/performance of our work. Details here.

Thursday, August 10, 2023, 7 pm. Wheatgrass Books, Livingston, Montana
Poetry reading with Gene Grabiner and Ellen Winter. Details here.

Friday, August 11, 2023. Julia Louise-Dreyfest Poetry Jam, Billings, Montana
Back for the second time to perform a set at this insanely wonderful event. Details coming soon.

Monday, August 14, 2023. Elk River Writers Workshop Faculty Reading, Emigrant, Montana
As one of the free public events connected to the Elk River Writers Workshop, I’ll be reading at Chico Hot Springs with CMarie Fuhrman and Sterling HolyWhiteMountain. 7 pm.

May 5 – 14, 2023, – Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays at 8; Sundays at 3. Mary Page Marlowe , Livingston, Montana
I’ll be performing as “Ray” in the Blue Slipper production of this powerful play by Tracy Letts. Info and tickets here.

Thursday, May 25, 2023, 7 pm. The Stories We Share: a Memoir Performance, Livingston, Montana
Also at the Blue Slipper, I’ll be appearing with six other actors in an evening of monologues from various memoirs as a fundraiser for the Friends of the Park County Library. I’ll be performing an excerpt from Woody Guthrie’s Bound for Glory. Details here.

Saturday, March 11, 2023, – Noon to 1 pm. AWP Book Signing, Seattle, Washington
I’ll be signing books and CDs at the Elk River Writers Workshop/Western Colorado University Booth (#907) at this year’s. Association of Writers & Writing Programs conference at the Seattle Convention Center.

Thursday, March 30, 2023, 6:30 pm. Echo Arts, Bozeman, Montana
“A Flight of Writers,” a fundraiser for the Elk River Writers Workshop, pairs readings by five authors with craft cocktails from Wildrye Distillery. I’ll be performing along with David Quammen, Betsy Gaines Quammen, Shane Doyle and Heather White. Details and tickets here.

Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023, – 7:00 p.m. Blue Slipper Theatre, Livingston, Montana
Words & Music: A Poetry Jam, featuring singer/songwriter Sean Devine, Garrett Stannard on drums, and poets Henrietta Goodman and Marc Beaudin. $20 advance/$25 at the door. Details here.

Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023, – 7:30 p.m. Western Legacy Center, Whitehall, Montana
Joining 10 other Montana authors for a mass book signing. Details here.

Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022, 2 p.m. Isle of Books, Butte, Montana
Reading and book/CD signing at this fantastic bookshop in one of my favorite towns, Butte America. 43 E. Broadway. Check them out here.

Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022. Bemo’s Bar with the Northwoods Improvisers, Bay City, Michigan
A special performance of poetry and jazz with the legendary Northwoods Improvisers featuring (for this show) Mike Khoury on violin and viola, Jack O’Brien on cello and percussion, Mike Johnston on bass, wood flutes and percussion, and Nick Ashton on drums and percussion. Click for more.

Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022, 7 p.m. Elk River Writers Workshop reading with Beth Piatote, Sean Hill and Marc Beaudin.
I’ll be performing a short set of poems along with the amazing writers and workshop faculty members Beth Piatote and Sean Hill, at Chico Hot Springs, Pray, Montana. Click for more.

Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022, Time TBA. Julia Louis-Dreyfest Poetry Jam
Performing a set during this delightfully wacko event, NOVA Center for the Performing Arts, Billings, Montana. Click for more.

Thursday, June 30, 2022, 9 p.m. Jazz Alphabet on KGLT.FM
I’ll be doing a live studio session with host Luke Buckingham on his Jazz Alphabet show. We’ll play some tracks from From Coltrane to Coal Train: An Eco-Jazz Suite, as well as selections from the musicians featured on the album, Laurie Sargent, Dana Colley and Billy Conway. We’ll pull material from Morphine (Dana and Billy’s band along with Mark Sandman), Vapors of Morphine (Dana’s current project), Laurie’s solo album Smiley Face, Billy’s Outside Inside, and Twinemen, with all three of them (the name comes from a comic of Sandman’s). Visit KGLT to listen live online or, if you’re in the right parts of Montana, to find your local spot on the FM dial.

Saturday, Sept. 25, 2 p.m. Mountain (4 Eastern). Montana Book Festival.
Virtual poetry reading & discussion with Marc Beaudin, Tami Haaland and Jesse DeLong.

Sunday, October 3, 2 p.m. Eastern (Noon Mountain). Moonstone Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA
Virtual group reading from the anthology, Welcome to the Resistance: Poetry as Protest.

Friday, October 15, 7 p.m. Clark Chateau, Butte, America
Reading and book signing for Life List: Poems at the historic Clark Chateau Museum and Gallery, 321 W. Broadway, Butte, MT.

Saturday, October 16, 7 p.m. Grizzly Claw Trading Company & Alpine Artisans, Seeley Lake, MT
Visiting the nice folks of this beautiful community for a reading and book signing for Life List: Poems.

Sunday, October 17 Yaak Valley Forest Council, Troy, Montana
Excited to read in support of this vital group. Their invitation to attend their press tour a couple years back was the visit behind the poem “25 Bears.”

Cancelled — Monday, October 18, 7 p.m. East Glacier Community Hall, East Glacier Park Village, MT.
Reading and book signing in conjunction with the Glacier-Two Medicine Alliance. (Sadly, I’ve gotten word that all in-person events are suspended due to rising COVID numbers on the Blackfoot Reservation. Please get vaccinated and mask up, Montana!)

Thursday, October 21 Montana Museum of Art & Culture, Missoula, Montana
Panel discussion about birds in art & poetry with Storrs Bishop (who created the monotypes that accompany the poems of Life List), Charles Finn, Angela Hornsby, Zac Cheviron, Barbara Michelman and Aspen Decker.

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[Event organizers: Please E-mail to set up a reading, performance or workshop.]