Events
Upcoming Events (2026)
April 21 | 3:00-5:00 p.m.
Researching and writing a biography (online and in person)
Marietta College Institute of Learning in Retirement, Marietta, Ohio
PUBLIC EVENT
Details and registration
April 23
Lecture for executive reception, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution
National Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
May 9
Author talk for private luncheon, Waterford House, Arlington, Va.
May 16
Panel moderator at Gaithersburg Book Festival. Md.
in conversation with biographers Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson and Mary Lisa Gavenas
PUBLIC EVENT
Watch for details here
Recent Events (2026)
March 29
Run & Read in Washington, D.C.
March 25
Embassy of Japan Information & Culture Center
March 21
AAUW Fredericksburg (Va.) Branch
March 15
Barnes & Noble Georgetown
March 11
Antiques Study Group, Chevy Chase, Md.
March 10
ExxonMobil Spouses Club, Tysons Corner, Va.
March 5
Yacht Haven Garden Club, Alexandria, Va.
February 11
Northern Virginia Antique Arts Association, Alexandria, VA
February 9
Laurel Garden Club, Springfield, VA
January 7, 2026
New Annapolitans, Edgewater, Md.
Past Events (2025)
November 6
Asbury Methodist Village, Gaithersburg, Md.
September 11
Chapel Square Garden Club, Annandale, VA
May 5
Philanthropic Educational Organization, Springfield, Va.
April 29
Dupont Circle Village Soup Salon, Washington, D.C.
April 22
Alexandria Historical Society, Alexandria, Va.
April 22
D.C. Women’s ProVisors networking group
April 17
AAUW-Alexandria/Mt. Vernon
April 9
Arlington Retired Teachers Association, Arlington, Va.
April 8
National Capital Garden Clubs, National Arboretum, Washington, D.C.
April 5
National Society Daughters of the American Revolution,
Chevy Chase, Md.
March 27
Cosmos Club, Washington, D.C.
March 26
National Geographic Society, Washington, DC
March 20
Ox Bow Brewery in Ashburn, Va., with Natalie Jacobsen,
author of the YA novel Ghost Train
March 14
Woodlands Retirement Community, Fairfax, Virginia
March 12
Arlington Neighborhood Book Club
March 7
First Friday event in Marietta, Ohio, hosted by Teri Ann’s boutique
February 13
National Geographic Storyteller’s Summit, Washington, D.C.
February 6
Clifton Community Women’s Club, Fairfax Station, Va.
Past Events (2024)
December 16
Waterford House Book Club, Arlington, Va.
November 27
Rotary Club of Washington, D.C.
November 2
Lake Barcroft Book Club, Falls Church, Va.
October 27
Arlington County Library, Westover Branch
October 24
People’s Book, Takoma Park, Md., in discussion
on Meiji Japan with author Natalie Jacobsen, author of Ghost Train
September 16
AAUW–Arlington Branch, Arlington, Va.
September 12
One More Page Books, Arlington, Va., in discussion
with Sara Fitzgerald, author of The Silenced Muse
September 10
Professional Educational Opportunities, Falls Church, Va.
July 25
Northwest Washington Book Club, at Inn at Glen Echo, Md.
July 18
New Books Network podcast with Sarah Bramao-Ramos
Listen to podcast here
May 8
Book group in McLean, Va., at Army-Navy Club, Arlington, Va.
April 11
White House Historical Association, History Happy Hour
See below or watch on YouTube at this link
April 6
Arlington County Library, Cherrydale Branch
March 26
Woman’s National Democratic Club, Washington, D.C.
March 24
Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital, Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C.,
in conversation with author and biographer Stephanie Deutsch
Watch on YouTube at this link
March 22
Asian-American Forum, Bethesda, Md.
March 21
Immigration Nerds podcast with host Lauren Clarke
March 20
Montgomery County Library, Wheaton Branch, Silver Spring, Md.
March 18
Unsung History podcast with Kelley Therese Pollack
March 13
Capital Speakers Club, Washington, D.C.
March 12
Welcome to Washington International Club, Hillwood Museum, Washington, D.C.
March 9
AAUW-Northern Va. District, Alexandria, Va.
March 5
Library of Congress, “Made at the Library” virtual talk
with manuscripts librarian Liz Novara and photo curator Mari Nakahara
Watch Library of Congress talk at this link
February 18
Colonial Dames of Washington
Past Events (2023)
December 16
Takoma Park Book Fair, Busboys & Poets bookstore, Washington, D.C.
November 4
Workshop: “Shaping Your Book of Narrative Nonfiction,” The Writer’s Center, Bethesda, Md.
October 27
AAUW-McLean Branch, McLean, Va.
October 17
Marietta (Ohio) Garden Club
June 4
The Fountains of Hilltop and local book club, Grand Junction, Col.
May 21
Workshop: “Structuring and Revising Your Manuscript,”
Biographers International conference in New York
May 13
Panelist: Washington Writers Conference, “Women’s Voices Across Genres”
May 11
Japan America Society of Chicago (virtual)
April 20
Association of Oldest Inhabitants in Washington, D.C.
Watch on YouTube at this link
April 15
Mary Riley Styles Public Library, Falls Church, Va
April 5
American News Women’s Club, Washington, D.C.
March 30
Trust for the National Mall, Washington, D.C.
March 29
U.S. National Arboretum/Friends of the Arboretum
“Eliza Scidmore: Botanical Ambassador for Japan and Its Cherry Trees”
Watch on YouTube at this link
March 27
Politics & Prose bookstore, Washington, D.C.
Watch via C-Span2’s American History TV
March 23
Panelist: National Cherry Blossom Festival luncheon “Still Blooming,”
with presidential great-granddaughter Patricia H. Taft and author Ann McClellan
Feb. 27
George Washington University Museum and Textile Museum
Watch the talk below or at this link
Earlier Events
April 7, 2021
Virtual talk on Eliza Scidmore, Washington Walks
July 31, 2018
Public lecture at Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska
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April 17, 2018
Teleconference briefing with staff at Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska
March 1, 2017
Ikebana International, Alexandria, Va.
April 2, 2015
Journalism & Women’s Symposium (JAWS), National Press Club, Washington, D.C.
April 4, 2014
Classroom discussion with students in Discovery Club
of The Lab School, Washington, D.C.
Feb. 20, 2014
Washington-Tokyo Women’s Club, Arlington, Va.
April 10, 2013
Japan Cherry Blossom Association, Parliamentary Museum, Tokyo
April 7, 2013
Eliza Scidmore Cherry Blossom Society, Yokohama, Japan
March 7, 2013
Women’s History Discussion Group, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
October 19, 2012
Panelist: 39th D.C. Historical Studies Conference, Washington, D.C.
June 30, 2012 2012
New Mercury Author Series, Baltimore, Md.
Book talk to Marietta (Ohio) Garden Club, Oct. 17, 2023, with my sisters Karen and Cheryl and host Judy Piersall.
Author talk to Association of Oldest Inhabitants of Washington, D.C., on April 20, 2023.
Meetup at May 2023 Biographers International conference in New York with Molly Peacock, author of the biography The Paper Garden.
With author Ann McClellan and presidential great-granddaughter Patricia Taft at University Club on March 23, 2023, for National Cherry Blossom Festival’s “Still Blooming” luncheon.