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EVENTS & APPEARANCES: AUTHOR VISITS, STEM FESTIVALS & MORE

Current Schedule 2022-2023

Current Schedule:

Feb 2023:  Mermazing Trading Card / Game Launch


Past Events 2022

✓   Feb 12th: (Virtual) Interview Series Ep. 001 - Art Therapy with Claudia Hindu

✓   Feb 18th: (Virtual) Interview Series Ep. 002 - Making Books with Trisha Johnson Wilder
✓   Feb 27th: (Virtual) Interview Series Ep. 003 -
Typewriter Poetry with Brian Sonia-Wallace

✓   March 19th: Planetarium 3rd Anniversary at Orange Coast College + Paul Frank

      Science Exhibits & Demos:  rockets, drones, & more. "Kid Astronaut" Author's activity booth.

  • Event: Free (all ages)  | RSVP: Paul Frank DIY Workshop is $25

✓   April 29:  Huntington Beach Surf City Collective - Host "Learning Booth" (Story time & Craft)

✓   Sept 19: Academy on the Hills (Laguna Niguel) - Author Visit

✓   Oct 29: Newport Beach Harbor High Mentor Program - Mentor Visit (Museum Tour & Job Shadow)

"Message to the Universe" Exhibit

Past Events 2020-2021

✓   Jan 30th: Puppet Podcast Gala 2021 - Virtual Event      

✓  Mar 2nd: Read Across America - "Live" Virtual Reading on TikTok

✓  Mar 4th: Read Across America - Educare Los Angeles at Long Beach

✓  April: Brand Ambassador, "Let's Make Cookies" with Ashley Mills Monaghan

✓  Aug 27th: The Bristol 48h Puppet Film Challenge - Participating Filmmaker

✓  Sept 24th @ 11am:  Pretend City, Literacy Month, Visiting Author (Irvine, CA)

✓ Oct 31: Fright Vision Presents Carve-Con Halloween Event (Virtual Storytelling)

✓ Dec 18: Sloppy's Winter Bash (Virtual Storytelling & Puppetry)

    YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/unAs9IZriKQ


Past Events 2020

✓   Jan 28th: Author Visit - St Bonaventure Elementary (HB, CA)

✓   Jan 28th: Huntington Beach Central Library - Authors Festival

✓   Jan 31st: TikTok - official launch:  "Sloppy & Sunshine" show

✓  March 2nd: NEA's Read Across America Day  

✓  March 22nd -23rd:  Clippers SciFest SoCal **MORE INFO - CLICK HERE**

✓  April:  City of STEM, Columbia Memorial Space Center, Virtual-Event

✓  July 19th: NBC Bay Area 'Asian Pacific America' with Robert Handa - Author Interview

✓  Sept 14-25: OC Children's Book Festival, Virtual-Event

✓  Oct 9th: Fright Vision Presents Carve-Con Halloween Event (STEM, Storytelling, DIY, & more)

✓  Virtual-Event via YouTube: "Sloppy and Sunshine's Spooky Science Laboratory"

✓  Oct 16th: Girls Empowerment Conference with LA County Parks, Virtual-Event

L.A.U.S.D. STEM Festival (Los Angeles)

Past Events 2019

✓   Jan 14th: YouTube "Skit" Launch with Everyone's Toy Club
✓   Jan 26th: YouTube Interview with Mr Maze (Saturday)   
✓   Jan 29th:  Author's Visit - Sts. Simon and Jude School 
​✓  Jan 29th: Author's Festival: Huntington Beach Central Library, 2:30 - 5pm  (HB, CA)
​✓  Feb 23rd:  Speaker: Pretend City’s S.T.E.A.M. Day Event w/ Youth Leadership Council
​✓  Feb 26th:  Speaker: Read Across America at Tustin Ranch Elementary

​✓  Feb 27th:   Redondo Beach Library- Author's Festival
​✓  Feb 28th:  Author's Visit - Scholarship Prep Charter School (Santa Ana, CA)
​✓  April 6th:  City of STEM, Columbia Memorial Space Center (Downey, CA)
​✓  April 20th: "Día de los Niños, Día de los Libros", 10:30 am - 3pm (Santa Ana, CA)
​✓  July 10th: Podcast Interview: Jedlie's "Reading with Your Kids" 3pm (Hollywood, CA)
​✓  July 13th: Books & Bunnies - Author's Festival: Newport Beach Central Library
​✓  Oct 6th: OC Children's Book Festival, Guest Author at the OCC Planetarium
​✓  Oct 22nd - 24th: YOMO S.T.E.A.M. Festival (Los Angeles Convention Center)

YOMO S.T.E.A.M. Festival (Los Angeles, CA)

Past Events 2018

✓  Feb 1st & 2nd, 2018:  Reading is Fun Page Hop (Facebook Events)
✓  Feb 9th & 10th, 2018:  SoCal Kindergarten Conference (Pasadena)
✓  Feb 27th, 2018: Read Across America -  Tustin Ranch Elementary (Orange County)
✓  March 2nd, 2018: Read Across America - The Accelerated School (Los Angeles, CA) 
✓  ​April 21st, 2018: Santa Ana Public Library's "Children's Day/Book Day" (Santa Ana)
✓  June 26th, 2018: Author's Visit KinderCare (Irvine, CA) 
✓  June 28th, 2018: Author's Visit KinderCare (Irvine, CA) 
✓  June 29th, 2018: Book Launch, Facebook Event with StoryFlow (Worldwide)
✓  July 9th-13th, 2018: SDE Educator's Conference (Las Vegas, NV) 
✓  August 21, 2018:  Mermaids + Pirates at Pacific City Mall with HB Mermaids (HB)
✓  September 12th, 2018:  Author's Visit Pretend City's Children's Museum (Irvine, CA)
✓  September 30th, 2018:  OC Children's Book Festival (Costa Mesa, CA)
✓  Oct 2nd: OC Hispanic Heritage Month, Hispanic Lifestyle Magazine (Anaheim, CA)
✓  Oct 3rd: Relationship Building Network (RBN), Business Expo (Garden Grove, CA)
✓  Oct 20th:  OC Health & Wealth Event w/ Kids Give to Kids (Irvine, CA)

Pretend City Museum - Author Days (Irvine, CA)

Past Events 2017

✓  March 3-5  Vendor Booth:  CA Assoc. of Gifted​ 55th Annual Conference 

(San Diego, CA) ​​
✓  April 21st  Storyteller:  Orange County Fair "Imaginology" S.T.E.A.M. Exhibition (Costa Mesa, CA)

✓  April 22nd  Vendor Booth:  Earth Day at the Bay (Newport Beach, CA)

​​✓  April 29th  Storyteller:  Indie Bookstore day, Flintridge Bookstore (La Canada Flintridge)
​​✓  May 23rd  Author's Visit:  Santa Ana Main Public Library (Santa Ana, CA)

​​✓  June 17th  Booth (Guest Author):  Int'l. Surfing Day with Surfrider Foundation (Huntington Beach)
​​✓  July 12th  Author's Visit:  HB Bolsa Chica Conservancy Interpretive Center 

​​✓  July 13th  Author's Visit:  University of Riverside G.A.T.E. Summer program​​​ 

​​✓  July 22nd  Author's Visit:  Ocean Institute (Dana Point, CA)  10:30am - 12:30pm​
​​✓  August 12th  Story Time & Craft:  Santa Monica Pier Aquarium Heal the Bay
​​✓  August 19th  Story Time & Craft:  Barnes & Noble Newport Beach, 2pm - 3pm 

​​✓  August 26th  Author's Alley & Storyteller:  San Diego Festival of Books, 10am - 6pm 
✓  September 9th  Story Time & Craft:  Green on the Green Newport Beach Eco Expo

✓  September 27th  Author's Visit:  Pretend City's Children's Museum, 11am - 12pm

✓  October 1st  Author's Alley:  OC Children's Book Festival (Orange Coast College)
✓  October 7th  Author's Visit & Story Time:  Foothill Ranch Public Library (OC Library)
✓  Oct 13th "Spooky STEAM Night" Vendor:  The Knox  School of Santa Barbara
✓  Nov 20th "Author's Visit: Children's Community School (Van Nuys, CA), 9-12pm

Read Across America Week (Hunting Beach, CA)


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