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READINGS & EXHIBITS

July 9, 2022
In Color: Poets Respond
Poetry reading and discussion in response to Mimi Czajka Graminski‘s In Color
Unison Arts
New Paltz, NY
April 12, 2021
Wayfinding Poetry Anthology Reading via Zoom
August 6, 2020
Conversation and Poetry Reading with Deborah Kolb on Zoom
Sarah Stern Reading Video
CSAIR Institute
February 13, 2020
Kappock Street Poets
KRVC
Bronx, NY
August 1, 2019
The Red Room at KGB with New York Writers Workshop
New York, NY
July 27, 2019
Poetry reading with New York Writers Workshop
The 9th Annual New York City Poetry Festival
Colonel’s Row, Governors Island
New York, NY
July 1, 2019
Scribblers on the Roof: Poetry Reading with Jessica Greenbaum
New York, NY
June 8, 2019
Kappock Street Poets and Friends
RiverFestBx 2019
Bronx, NY
May 19, 2019
Bloom Readings
Washington Heights, NY
May 10, 2019
Etz Chaim Synagogue / Maine Jewish Museum
Portland, Maine
May 1, 2019
Yom Hashoah Commemorative Poetry Event
Complete Video Recording (Stern Reading begins at 1:05:26)
Bronx, NY
March 13, 2019
An Beal Bocht
Poor Mouth Reading Series: Poetry Reading with Harry Bauld
Bronx, NY
February 24, 2019
Inquiring Minds Bookstore
New Paltz, NY
January 17, 2019
We Have Been Lucky in the Midst of Misfortune Book Launch
Shakespeare & Co (Upper West Side)
New York, NY
CSAIR Summer Artist Series
August 3, 2018
Panther Creek Arts Festival
“But Today Is Different,” collaboration with Visual Artist Mimi Czajka Graminski
West Fulton, NY
May 5, 2018

A Night of Poetry with Sarah Stern: Reading and Mini Workshop
March 29, 2018
CSAIR Summer Artist Series
August 4, 2017

Cornelia Street Cafe
Tuesday, April 4, 2017
Finding Inspiration: Poetry Reading and Workshop
Poe Park Visitor Center
March 18, 2017

Puberty Concierge’s Poetry Slam
Irving Farm Country Roasters
January 28, 2017
HER Stories, A multi-media performance with poetry
Akin Library and Museums
Pawling, NY
October 23, 2016
But Today Is Different: A Collaboration of Art and Poetry
Reading & Opening with Artist Mimi Czajka Graminski, Joyce Goldstein Gallery
Chatham, New York
August 13, 2016
Poetry Town Hall at the Bronx Zoo, Reading and Workshop
2300 Southern Boulevard, Bronx, New York
May 7, 2016

HER Stories, A multi-media performance with poetry
ArtsWestchester
April 2, 2016

Cornelia Street Cafe
February 3, 2016

you are my blue / i am your red: An Art Exhibit with Poetry
(with Artist Mimi Czajka Griminski)
Howland Cultural Center, December 17, 2015
(Closing Reception and Reading)
you are my blue / i am your red: An Art Exhibit with Poetry
(with Artist Mimi Czajka Griminski)
Howland Cultural Center, November 7, 2015
(Opening Reception and Reading)

Cornelia Street Cafe, September 24, 2015
Scribblers on the Roof Reading Series at Ansche Chesed, July 27, 2015
KGB Bar, June 13, 2015
Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos, April 22, 2015
Poets House, But Today Is Different Book Launch, November 19, 2014
(This event was made possible in part through the Poets House Literary Partners Program.)
2A NYC, June 30, 2014
The Actors Temple, April 30, 2013
An Beal Bocht, April 29, 2013
Scribblers on the Roof Reading Series at Ansche Chesed, July 9, 2012
Orchard House Cafe, April 20, 2012
Orchard House Cafe, November 9, 2011
CSAIR Reading, September 24, 2011
Cornelia Street Cafe, July 20, 2011
Orchard House Cafe, September 15, 2010
The New York Public Library, Riverdale Branch, January 28, 2010
(“Spare Times, Spoken Word,” The New York Times)
Cornelia Street Cafe, January 21, 2010
Ear Shot Reading Series at Rose Live Music, December 12, 2008
Teachers and Writers Collaborative, September 18, 2008
Uptown Local Reading Series, The New York Public Library, Kingsbridge Branch, February 22, 2006
WORKSHOPS
Tuesdays, May 9-June 13, 2023, 7:00-9:00 PM, EDT
Private Poetry Workshop
New York, NY
Tuesdays, February 28-April 4, 2023
Private Poetry Workshop
New York, NY
Tuesday, February 7, 2023
Poetry Through Food That Inspires via Zoom
JCC Manhattan
New York, NY
Wednesdays, December 7, 14, 21, 2022
Poetry Through Food That Inspires via Zoom
Art In The Basin
Bronx, NY
Tuesdays, November 8-December 13, 2022
Discovering Your Poem’s True Intention: Inspiration and Revision via Zoom
Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan
New York, NY
Tuesdays, September 13-November 15, 2022
What Makes a Poem? Zoom Poetry Workshop
Si Beagle Learning Centers, UFT
Bronx, New York
Wednesday, June 8, 2022
What Makes a Poem? Zoom Poetry Workshop
Art In The Basin
Bronx, NY
Thursdays, April 28-June 2, 2022
Discovering Your Poem’s True Intention: Inspiration and Revision via Zoom
Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan
New York, NY
Saturday, April 9, 2022
What Makes A Poem? Poetry Workshop
Fort Greene Park Poetry Festival
Brooklyn, NY
Thursdays, February 10-March 17, 2022
Discovering Your Poem’s True Intention: Inspiration and Revision
Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan
New York, NY
Tuesdays, November 23-Tuesday, December 14, 2021
Memoir though Food that Inspires via Zoom
Bronx Memoir Project, Bronx Council on the Arts
Bronx, New York
Thursday, October 28, 2021
Creating the Space for New Poems to Emerge: A Free Poetry Workshop Via Zoom
Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan
New York, NY
Thursday, April 29-June 3, 2021
Poetry and Its Forms: Learn the Rules, Then Break Them
Six-week Zoom workshop at the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan
New York, NY
April 14, 2021,10:00 AM and April 19, 2021
Poetry Workshop: Exploring Poems That Tell Our Stories with Sarah Stern
New York Public Library, Harlem and West New Brighton Branches
Thursday, February 11-March 18, 2021
Poetry and Its Forms: Learn the Rules, Then Break Them
Six-week Zoom workshop at the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan
New York, NY
Thursday, December 3, 2020
Poetry Intensive: Poetry Through Food That Inspires
Zoom workshop at the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan
New York, NY
Writer’s Beit Midrash: Zoom Poetry Workshop
Wednesday, August 12, 2020 at 10:30 am EST
WLCJ Zoom Poetry Workshop
Thursdays, April 23, 30 and May 7, 2020 at 2:00 p.m.
Creative Aging: Exploring Your Story Through Poetry and Prose with Sarah Stern
Mondays, March 9, 16, 23, 30 and April 6, 2020 at 3:00 p.m.
Hudson Park Library
66 Leroy Street
New York, NY 10014
Winter Intensive
Private Poetry Workshop, Tuesdays, January 7, 14, 21, 28, 2020
New York Writers Workshop: POETRY THROUGH INSPIRATION with Sarah Stern
Goddard Riverside Community Center, Saturday, December 7, 2019
The Bernie Wohl Center
647 Columbus Avenue (at 91st Street)
New York, NY 10024
Three-part Poetry Workshop
CSAIR Institute, Thursdays, November 7, 14, & 21, 2019
Spring Intensive
Private Poetry Workshop, Mondays, May 13, 20, & June 3, 10, 2019
Winter Intensive
Private Poetry Workshop, Mondays, January 7, 14, 28, & February 4, 2019
Two-part Poetry Workshop
CSAIR Institute, Tuesdays, October 23 & 30, 2018
Three-part Poetry Workshop
CSAIR Institute, February 1, 8, 15, 2018
Two-part Poetry Workshop
CSAIR Institute, April 19 & 26, 2017
Finding Inspiration: Poetry Reading and Workshop
Poe Park Visitor Center, 2640 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY 10458
Saturday, March 18, 2017
Two-part Poetry Workshop: What Makes A Poem?
CSAIR Institute, March 14 & 21, 2016
Poetry Writing Workshop with BRIO winner Sarah Stern
Hostos Community College, January 21 & 28, 2012
NEWS
A Literary Springboard
Barnard Magazine, Summer 2019
Poet looks to past for future inspiration
The Riverdale Press, May 16, 2019
Jewish Book Carnival
lifelibrary-ksp.blogspot.com, May 2019
Write Me Commemorative Poetry Event
BRONXNET, May 1, 2019
Author and Poet Sarah Stern to Speak at Etz Chaim, “Around the Peninsula”
Up Portland: Downtown Portland’s Newspaper, May 2019
Book Q&A with Deborah Kalb: Q&A with Sarah Stern, DeborahKalbBooks.blogspot.com, April 30, 2019
Conversation with Poets in Observance of Holocaust Remembrance Day, Pressenza International News Agency, April 27, 2019
Sunday Sentence, February 17, 2019, ErikaDreifus.com
Recently Received and Recommended Books, Valapraiso Poetry Review, Volume XX
Shakespeare & Co. Upcoming Events, I Love The Upper West Side
New Poetry Book, Columbia Journalism School Alumni Newsletter
Club KRVC with Poet Sarah Stern, KRVC News
BRIO Awards, Poets & Writers Magazine (July/August 2017)
Poetry and the Creative Process, The New York Blueprint

Bronx Council on the Arts’ BRIO Awards, Bronx Times
25 Bronx Residents Pick Up BRIO Distinctions, Norwood News
Bronx Artists–On Display and Getting Their Due, Liz Daly’s Culture Desk
$75,000 to Be Awarded to 25 Bronx Artists in 2016 BRIO Awards of Bronx Council on the Arts, Bronxarts.org
Poetry Town Hall at the Bronx Zoo, Members’ News: Wildlife Conservation Society
Poetry melds with art at Howland Cultural Center, Poughkeepsie Journal
Poets and Artists Join Forces for Exhibit, Philipstown.info
Howland Cultural Center, A Little Beacon Blog

Poet-Tea, Bronxarts.org
Local poet explores aging, loss in new book, The Riverdale Press
The Pleasures of Reading, Listening, and Viewing in 2014, Aquaduct Press
She’s a poet and they know it, The Riverdale Press
Poets and Poetry Lovers Gathered April 30 to Explore The American Dream, Jewish Currents
Bronx Recognizes Its Own musicians, writers and artists, The Riverdale Press
Poetry Writing Workshop with BRIO Winner Sarah Stern, Bronxarts.org