Upcoming & Recent events
Art Show & Reading (with Mark Collins)
Time TBD
Jamie is collaborating on a much-anticipated book project with wildlife artist Mark Collins. This work of art will feature couplings of Mark’s paintings and Jamie’s poems. As part of a multi-day art show featuring Mark’s work, join them for a poetic recitation of selected pairings.
Mindful Birding Network
7:30 PM
Gather virtually with members of The Mindful Birding Network to hear Jamie introduce Dawn Songs: A Birdwatcher’s Field Guide to the Poetics of Migration and delight in Q & A with kindred spirits.
World Migratory Bird Day In-PERSON EVENT
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Come celebrate the 30th Anniversary of International [World] Migratory Bird Day as the Ivy Creek Foundation and Piedmont Virginia Bird Club co-host Jamie for a sharing of works from Dawn Songs: A Birdwatcher’s Field Guide to the Poetics of Migration. A Q & A and book signing will follow the 1-hour recitation.
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30th Anniversary Celebration of International [World] Migratory Bird Day
Celebrate the 30th Anniversary of World Migratory Bird Day! Jamie will join Peter Stangel (previously of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation) and Paul Schmidt (previously of the US Fish & Wildlife Service) in recollecting how it all began...and reflecting on why it is as vital now as it was three decades ago. Go to the Environment for the Americas’ Facebook page to join the livestream event.
Dawn Songs Authors World Migratory Bird Day PERFORMANCES
Join Dawn Songs authors for the launch of World Migratory Bird Day [Week]. This will be a fantastic program featuring readings and musical performances from across the Western Hemisphere. Go to the Environment for the Americas’ Facebook page to join the livestream event.
Baines Books Reading & Signing
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Join Jamie in downtown Scottsville, Virginia, on the margins of the James River for an afternoon of poetic recitation and book signing. She’ll feature works celebrating the emergence of spring in Nature and human nature.
Winter Wildlife Festival (with J. Drew Lanham)
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Drs. Jamie K. Reaser and J. Drew Lanham keynoted the annual Winter Wildlife Festival at Virginia Wesleyan’s Susan S. Goode Fine and Performing Arts Center in Virginia Beach. They made the first public introduction to Dawn Songs: A Birdwatcher’s Field Guide to the Poetics of Migration, emphasizing its role as a ‘feel guide’ to migratory birds, the migration phenomenon, and the human-nature connection.