Past Partnerships with…
Workshops
“Nickel City V.S. Pure Ink” Mock Poetry Slam Workshop at NCCC – Sanborn, NY – February 27, 2018
Pure Ink Poetry Workshop at Kenmore West – Buffalo, NY – June 11, 2019
Mini Poetry Workshop: Anthem Poems with Skyler Jaye Rutkowski at Summer Institute for Human Rights & Genocide Studies – West Seneca, NY – July 26, 2019
Virtual/Zoom Mini-Poetry Workshop on Protest Poetry with Skyler Jaye Rutkowski – The Summer Institute for Genocide Studies – Remote/Zoom – July 14, 2020
Day Two Symposium on Teaching Spoken Word in the Classroom Q&A Panel, with Brandon Williamson, Jhanelle Kehr, & Jillian Hanesworth – Kenmore West High School – August 18, 2021
Turning Conversations into Confrontation: Fighting Through Your Words – The Summer Institute for Genocide Studies & Human Rights – Erie County BOCES, Buffalo, NY – July 12, 2022
Immersive Team-Piece Poetry Workshop with the Students at Accessible Academics & Restoration Society Inc. – Restoration Society Clubhouse, Buffalo, NY – June 28, 2023
Prose/Poetry Workshop: Using Our Words to Confront Conversations– The Summer Institute for Genocide Studies & Human Rights – Erie County BOCES, Buffalo, NY – July 12, 2023
From the Stage to the Page, Page to the Stage: An Epistolary Letter Poems Workshop with the Students at Accessible Academics & Restoration Society Inc. – Restoration Society Clubhouse, Buffalo, NY – August 9, 2023
Variety Pack Presents – Objects in Motion: A Flash Fiction Workshop with Ben Brindise & J.B. Stone – Fitz Books & Waffles, 433 Ellicott St, Buffalo, NY – August 24, 2023
From the Stage to the Page, Page to the Stage, Part II: An Epistolary Letter Poems Workshop with the Students at Accessible Academics & Restoration Society Inc. – Restoration Society Clubhouse, Buffalo, NY – September 20, 2023
Objects in Motion: Fiction Workshop in partnership with Just Buffalo Writing Center – Just Buffalo Writing Center, Buffalo, NY – December 14, 2023
Pure Ink Poetry Showcase & Workshop Series – Clinton Middle School, Clinton, NY – April 19, 2024
Many Streams of Consciousness: Hybrid Prose Workshop in partnership with Just Buffalo Writing Center – Just Buffalo Writing Center, Buffalo, NY – October 17. 2024
Finish the Conversation: A Confessional Poetics Workshop – Indigo House, Buffalo, NY – November 2, 2024
Spoken Word Workshop with Brandon Williamson – Lockport High School, Lockport, NY – February 25, 2025
Spoken Word Workshop with Brandon Williamson – Lockport High School West, Lockport, NY – February 25, 2025
Spoken Word Workshop with Brandon Williamson – Aaron Mossell Junior High School, Lockport, NY – February 25, 2025
Wrestling With Prose: A Five-Week Fiction Writing Workshop w/ Buffalo Creative Workshops – Great Arrow Building, Buffalo, NY – Monday, November 3rd-Monday December 1st, 2025
Interconnected Spheres: Writing A Slam Poem Through the Lens of Flash Fiction – Chicharra Poetry Festival – March 2026 (Exact dates & Times TBA)
Features & Showcases (Performances)
JWBC’s 100,000 Poets & Artists for Change at Silo City – Buffalo, NY – September 27, 2014
Pure Ink Poetry Showcase at the SUNY Fredonia, President’s Residential Mansion – Fredonia, NY – July 2015
Music is Art Festival – Buffalo, NY – September 12, 2015
Counter-Culture on the Corner: A Benefit for Hurricane Maria Relief – Buffalo, NY – October 14, 2017
WNY Disability Pride Parade & Festival at Coca-Cola Field – Buffalo, NY – July 28, 2018
Poetry Feature at Poetic’s Café’s Arts Exhibition at playGROUND with Bianca L. McGraw – Ralph Wilson Children’s Museum – August 13, 2021
Feature – Pure Ink Poetry Slam Presents… W/ Jillian Hanesworth & Brandon Williamson – Niagara University – March 31, 2022
Pure Ink Poetry Presents – Ujima Theater, Buffalo, NY – October 12, 2024
Art Meets Life With J.B. Stone – Fayetteville, NC – September 20, 2024
Features (Readings)
Iconoclast’s Fall 2017 Issue Launch Reading at Daemen College – Amherst, NY – December 1, 2017
Flash of Dark, Vol. 2: Speculative Fiction Reading Launch – Buffalo, NY – November 1, 2018
Peach Mag Episodes Presents: s03e04 – Buffalo, NY – June 15, 2019
Fall Features at Niagara University’s Castellini Art Museum – Lewiston, NY – November 7, 2019
Radix Media Reads: Disability Pride Month Reading – Remote/Zoom – July 30, 2020
Feature – Chapbook Launch – Jazz De Nero’s “If You Could Only See the Water” – The Story Garage – November 6, 2021
Belated Chapbook Launch + Open Mic – Fireflies And Hand Grenades by J.B. Stone, Featuring Julio Montalvo Valentin, Jess Star, & J.B. Stone – Remote/Zoom – April 11, 2022
Featured Speaker for State University of New York At Buffalo’s English Club Conference – Capen Hall, State University of New York (SUNY) Buffalo, Amherst, NY – April 30, 2022
GETLIT: Virtual #84: J.B. Stone, A.A. Vincent, Keegan Cook Finberg, Kameryn Alexa Carter, Mikko Harvey, Laura Villarea, Terran Brice, Ty B., Alyssandra Tobin, Chester Wilson III – Remote/Zoom – May 17, 2022
WE ARE FAMILY Benefit Fundraiser + Reading –Remote/Zoom – August 21, 2022
Art Bar Poetry Series – Free Times Café, Toronto, ON, Canada – July 17, 2023
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