A Queer Response to Climate Change—Time Travel & Future Design
Mar 10th 2021 7:00:pm at On-Line
Slip on lavender lenses to reconsider the climate conversation. We will consider how extreme weather affects LGBTQ+ people differently from others and what queer people and movements bring to the...
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Pursuing Our Passions in a Rapidly Changing World
Mar 4th 2021 7:00:pm at Bucknell University
An interactive on-line workshop Bucknell University’s Humanities Center’s (BHC) Academic Year 2020-2021 Programming entitled “Learning to Live with Floods: History, Change, Remembrance, and Resilience” sponsors a Zoom virtual event facilitated...
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Queerker Peterson Toscano on art, activism, comedy
Feb 25th 2021 12:00:pm at FCNL
The Queerness Committee of the The Friends Councils for National Legislation (FCNL) presents an in-house, on-line staff event: Queerker Peterson Toscano on art, activism, comedy Peterson Toscano, a quirky, queer,...
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Pursuing Our Passions On-Line Workshop
Feb 11th 2021 2:00:pm at On-Line Via Zoom
An engaging, interactive on-line workshop that helps you deeply explore your personal relationship with Climate Change as you pursue your purpose on this rapidly changing planet. Sponsored by the BTS Center....
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2021 Live from South Africa
Feb 1st 2021 at
In January 2021 I will move to South Africa and set up my radio and podcast recording studio there. Currently I am also offering presentations especially designed for Zoom, and...
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Biblical Bottoms — A Live Bible Bash Zoom Event!
Dec 15th 2020 8:00:pm at On-Line Via Zoom
December 15, 2020 8:00 pm Eastern A Probing Serious Discussions about Bottoms in the Bible Liam Hooper and I, the hosts of Bible Bash Podcast, want to close out 2020...
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Digital Residency at Allegheny College
Nov 21st 2020 11:00:am at Allegheny College
Throughout the fall 2020 semester Peterson will work with a group of students in the Religion and Ecology class at Allegheny College. Together they will explore the many issues that...
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OK Zoomer! Allegheny College
Nov 11th 2020 7:00:pm at Allegheny College
OK Zoomer! A multimedia live performance custom designed for Allegheny College & Meadville, PA Wednesday, November 11 at 7:00pm FREE and open to the public Virtual Event on-line event. See registration...
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Beyond Lightbulbs and Polar Bears (Zoom Presentation)
Sep 27th 2020 11:00:am at Hartford Friends Meeting
Climate Action Figures Needed What issue touches the things we are most passionate about including coffee, pets, and human rights? Surprise! Global Warming. It’s not just about polar bears and...
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Environment, Justice, Identity, and the 2020 Elections
Sep 20th 2020 5:00:pm at On-Line Via Zoom
Inter-religious Eco Justice Network Connecticut’s Interfaith Power and Light Invites you to attend a Zoom Webinar Environment, Justice, Identity,and the 2020 Elections Sunday, September 20, 2020 5:00-7:00 PM on Zoom...
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Zoom Performance: A Queer Response to Climate Change
Aug 18th 2020 7:00:pm at On-Line Via Zoom
A Queer Response to Climate Change — What Would Walt Whitman Do? BTS Summer Arts Series Tuesday, August 18, 2020 7:00-8:30 pm (Eastern) • via Zoom Register here Performance artist,...
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Superpowers and Quakers — Special Presentation Cambridge Friends
Jun 28th 2020 9:30:am at Cambridge Friends Meeting
Do Quakers possess superpowers? Well, we can sit quietly for an hour, which at times feels humanly impossible. Peterson will join the First Day program to connect on-line with children...
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Telling a New Kind of Climate Story — CCL Virtual Conference
Jun 13th 2020 at
2020 is a challenging year. We’ve been grappling with some urgent and complicated challenges as a country. Later this year, we’ll have a presidential election. Meanwhile, urgent problems like climate...
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Instagram Live event with Citizens Climate Lobby
May 27th 2020 4:00:pm at Instagram
Join Peterson as he chats with Ashley Hunt-Monterano, marketing manager for Citizens Climate Lobby. Wednesday, January 27, 2020 at 4 pm EST @citizensclimate on Instagram They will cover lots of...
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Pursuing Passions in a World of Need — an online encounter
May 23rd 2020 at Richmond Friends Meeting
Richmond Friends Meeting cannot have their regular retreat this year, but they decided to create an on-line series of events for members of the meeting. Originally they asked Peterson to...
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Empathy Through Embodying Biblical Texts: Resisting Empire Course
Apr 29th 2020 4:00:pm at On-Line Via Zoom
Author, educator, theologian, and thought leader, C Wess Daniels has invited Peterson to help kick off a six week on-line study of Poverty, and the Book of Revelation in the...
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Embodying Gender, Sexuality, and Identity in the Bible
Apr 28th 2020 at Eden Theological Seminary
Peterson will guest lecture for Genders in the World of the Bible class “at” Eden Theological Seminary. Through an interactive Zoom presentation, he will demonstrate how he created his performance...
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Uniting from Home: CCL Virtual Earth Day Event
Apr 25th 2020 1:00:pm at Zoom
Please join Citizens’ Climate Lobby (CCL) to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. Not all of us are able to focus on climate change right now. But for those...
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Transfigurations Lenten Film Series in Liverpool, UK
Apr 6th 2020 7:30:pm at St. Bride's
When I created Transfigurations, the movie, I envisioned groups using it as an aid to Bible study. In fact, with the help of S.R. Davis and Christine Bakke, we created...
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A Quirky Queer Quaker Response to Climate Change
Apr 3rd 2020 at Sidwell Friends Middle School
Sidewell Middle school will host Peterson Toscano for a special assembly program. Comic storyteller and LGBTQ activist Peterson Toscano takes on the biggest issue of them all–global warming–and does so...
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Transfigurations Lenten Film Series in Liverpool, UK
Mar 30th 2020 7:30:pm at St. Bride's
When I created Transfigurations, the movie, I envisioned groups using it as an aid to Bible study. In fact, with the help of S.R. Davis and Christine Bakke, we created...
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Transfigurations Lenten Film Series in Liverpool, UK
Mar 23rd 2020 7:30:pm at St. Bride's
When I created Transfigurations, the movie, I envisioned groups using it as an aid to Bible study. In fact, with the help of S.R. Davis and Christine Bakke, we created...
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Transfigurations Lenten Film Series in Liverpool, UK
Mar 16th 2020 7:30:pm at St. Bride's
When I created Transfigurations, the movie, I envisioned groups using it as an aid to Bible study. In fact, with the help of S.R. Davis and Christine Bakke, we created...
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Transfigurations Lenten Film Series in Liverpool, UK
Mar 9th 2020 7:30:pm at St. Bride's
When I created Transfigurations, the movie, I envisioned groups using it as an aid to Bible study. In fact, with the help of S.R. Davis and Christine Bakke, we created...
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Transfigurations Lenten Film Series in Liverpool, UK
Mar 2nd 2020 7:30:pm at St. Bride's
When I created Transfigurations, the movie, I envisioned groups using it as an aid to Bible study. In fact, with the help of S.R. Davis and Christine Bakke, we created...
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Elders Climate Action February National Call
Feb 25th 2020 7:00:pm at EldersClimateAction.org
There’s Something Funny about Climate Change Comedian, Storyteller, and Climate Action Figure, Peterson Toscano will lead a lively discussion about the roles storytelling and comedy can play in our climate...
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Transfigurations Movie Screening — Leeds University
Feb 18th 2020 5:00:pm at University of Leeds Wilson Room of Emmanuel Centre
Hilarious and heartwarming, Peterson Toscano reveals stories of gender and sexual minorities in the Bible. Entertaining, informative, and suitable for people with and without faith, Toscano’s “performance lecture” deepens well-known...
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Everything is Connected: Stories, Most Weird, Many True
Feb 15th 2020 7:00:pm at Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting
Saturday Feb 15 7 pm Chestnut Hill Meetinghouse 20 E Mermaid Lane, Philadelhia, PA 19118 On the Chestnut Hill West Regional Rail line. The show will be followed by a...
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Gay and Christian?? One man’s personal journey
Feb 13th 2020 10:00:am at Willow Valley Community
The LGBTQ Support group at Willow Valley Adult Retirement Community will host this private presentation for residents. Peterson Toscano is an internationally recognized comedian and storyteller who performs hilarious comedies...
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There’s Something Funny About Climate Change
Feb 10th 2020 6:00:pm at Milton Art Bank
Upper Northumberland County Democracy is please to invite Peterson Toscano to share at their February meeting. No story is harder to tell than the one about our changing climate and...
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Beyond Borders and Boundaries — Susquehanna University Fall 2019 Residency
Dec 6th 2019 at Susquehanna University
Artist’s Statement Working with the chaplain’s office in collaboration with the Center for Diversity and Inclusion, Office of Sustainability, LGBTQ students, and others, I will facilitate a series of conversations,...
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LGBTQ-Friendly Bible Hour
Oct 29th 2019 8:00:pm at Susquehanna University
As part his role as Activist in Residence at Susquehanna University this semester, Peterson will facilitate a three-part series about lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, gender non-binary, and queer issues and...
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Everything is Connected — Susquehanna University
Oct 16th 2019 7:00:pm at Susquehanna University
The Center for Diversity and Inclusion Activist Series and the Office of the Chaplain present: Everything is Connected–An Evening of Stories, Most Weird, Many True Degenstein Theater, Susquehanna University Wednesday,...
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LGBTQ-Friendly Bible Hour
Oct 15th 2019 8:00:pm at Susquehanna University
As part his role as Activist in Residence at Susquehanna University this semester, Peterson will facilitate a three-part series about lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, gender non-binary, and queer issues and...
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Mini-Residency at Guilford College
Oct 9th 2019 at Guilford College
Peterson will spend the day at Elon University engaging with students around a variety of topics–LGBTQ, faith, climate change, justice, podcasting, and more. A dynamic sustainability speaker on a mission...
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Mini-Residency at Elon University
Oct 7th 2019 at Elon University
Peterson will spend the day at Elon University engaging with students around a variety of topics–LGBTQ, faith, climate change, justice, and more. Peterson will perform some of his original sketch...
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LGBTQ Friendly Bible Hour
Oct 1st 2019 8:00:pm at Susquehanna University
As part his role as Activist in Residence at Susquehanna University this semester, Peterson will facilitate a three-part series about lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, gender non-binary, and queer issues and...
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Special Presentations at Upper Susquehanna Quarterly Meeting of Quakers
Sep 27th 2019 at Cyrstal Lake
Focusing on justice, faith, and storytelling, Peterson will lead a workshop and other presentations at the 2019 Upper Susquehanna Quarterly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends held in Crystal...
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Transfigurations Movie Screening — Olympia, WA
Sep 19th 2019 6:30:pm at Olympia Unitarian Universalist Congregation
In this film version of Quaker theatrical performance activist & biblical scholar Peterson Toscano’s one-person play, he unearths transgender Bible characters – those who do not fit in the gender...
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Doin’ Time in the Homo No Mo Halfway House — Movie Screening
Sep 17th 2019 7:00:pm at Emmanuel United Church
PRIDE Comedy Film Night — Peterborough, Ontario After 15 years of submitting to reparative therapy, ex-gay support groups and even three exorcisms, Peterson Toscano enrolled in the ex-gay program, Love...
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Contributor at Wild Goose Festival
Jul 11th 2019 at Wild Goose Festival at Hot Springs Camp Ground
Peterson will appear at the Wild Goose Festival in Hot Springs, North Carolina. Wild Goose is a four-day Spirit, Justice, Music and Arts Festival. Peterson will perform Everything is...
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Storytelling for Climate Advocate at Citizens Climate International Conference
Jun 10th 2019 at CCL International Conferenc at the Omni Shoreham Hotel
Join Peterson and fellow panelists for an engaging and interactive presentation on storytelling at the 10th Annual Citizens Climate International Conference in Washington, DC Storytelling is a skill we learn and...
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Premiere – Bubble&Squeak Podcast
May 27th 2019 at
Bubble&Squeak is a podcast with uncanny sounds, funny interludes, and stories—most weird, many true. Like most of my stage shows, this new show is difficult to explain. It is VERY...
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Reaching Beyond the Green Population
May 15th 2019 3:00:pm at On-Line
The world of sustainability offers something for everyone. Sadly many people on campus assume sustainability is just for environmentalists. Sustainability students, faculty, and staff would love to reach a broader...
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Grief and New Life in a Time of Climate Change
May 11th 2019 10:30:am at Wildgoose Farm
How do we process the grief we feel over a rapidly changing planet? What is the mourning process for losing natural and manmade structures due to increasingly powerful and destructive...
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Tell Me a Train Story: A Rural Storytelling Event
May 11th 2019 9:00:am at Sunbury Market House
There is nothing quite like a train ride. Be it a short trip or one of the multi-day trips Peterson likes to take across Europe or the USA, there is...
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Everything is Connected–An Evening of Stories, Most Weird, Many True
Apr 27th 2019 7:30:pm at Beth El Temple Center
Experience the artful, playful, outrageously funny, and deeply moving storytelling craft of Peterson Toscano. Connecting contemporary issues to his own bizarre personal experiences, literature, science, and even the odd Bible story, Peterson...
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Let’s Face the Music and Dance — Our Passions on a Changing Planet
Apr 27th 2019 3:00:pm at Beth El Temple Center
Mosts climate advocates understand they are in it for the long haul. We have a lifetime of important work ahead of us. Beyond helping to pass meaningful climate legislation, what...
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Raritan Valley Community College mini-residency
Apr 18th 2019 at Raritan Valley Community College
Peterson will spend the day at Raritan Valley Community College engaging with students around a variety of topics–LGBTQ, faith, climate change, justice, and more. Peterson will perform some of his...
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Connecting Our Passions to our Climate Work
Mar 29th 2019 at Russel Sage College
Let’s Face the Music and Dance Mosts climate advocates understand they are in it for the long haul. We have a lifetime of important work ahead of us. Beyond helping...
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Everything is Connected–An Evening of Stories, Most Weird, Many True
Mar 27th 2019 6:45:pm at First Universalist Church of Rochester
Experience the artful, playful, outrageously funny, and deeply moving storytelling craft of Peterson Toscano. Connecting contemporary issues to his own bizarre personal experiences, literature, science, and even the odd Bible story, Peterson...
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Everything is Connected: St John Fisher College
Mar 26th 2019 6:30:pm at St. John Fisher College
Connecting issues and ideas to bizarre personal experiences, literature, science, and even the odd Bible story, Toscano transforms right before your eyes into a whole cast of comic characters who...
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LIVE Radio Interview Connections w/ Evan Dawson Rochester Pu
Mar 25th 2019 1:00:pm at WXXI Radio
Evan Dawson talks about what matters to you on Connections, Every weekday from Noon-2 p.m. Peterson will be Evan’s guest on Monday, March 25, 2019 from 1-2 pm. They will talk...
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Residency Rochester Institute of Technology and St John Fisher College
Mar 25th 2019 at Rochester Institute of Technology and St. John Fisher College
Everything is Connected Peterson will return to his Upstate New York roots to take part in a residency at RIT and St John Fisher College. He will connect with students, staff,...
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Everything is Connected : Rochester Institute of Technology
Mar 23rd 2019 8:00:am at Rochester Institute of Technology
Experience the artful, playful, outrageously funny, and deeply moving storytelling craft of Peterson Toscano. Connecting contemporary issues to his own bizarre personal experiences, literature, science, and even the odd Bible...
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Residency University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Mar 11th 2019 at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Everything is Connected Peterson will take part in a residency at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa to connect with students, staff, and faculty in small and large group events. As part...
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Residency East Tennessee State University
Feb 25th 2019 at Eastern Tennessee State Universtiy
Everything is Connected Peterson lived in Tennessee for five years and is thrilled to return to the state for a short residency to connect with students, staff, and faculty in small and large...
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Residency Bentley University
Feb 18th 2019 at Bentley Universtiy
Peterson returns to New England to visit Bentley University for a residency to connect with students, staff, and faculty in small and large group events. As part of the visit, he will perform one...
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Faith, Justice, and Climate Change
Feb 12th 2019 4:30:pm at College of Charleston
Faith, Justice, and Climate Change Some faith communities and people of faith have begun the work to inspire climate action while grounding it in compassion and a commitment to human...
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Residency College of Charleston
Feb 12th 2019 at College of Charleston
Everything is Connected Peterson will be happily engaged in a residency at the College of Charleston where he will connect with students, staff, and faculty in small and large group events....
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How to Change the World and NOT Lose Your Mind
Feb 10th 2019 7:00:pm at ReNewal Fellowship UCC
Unconventional Approaches to Justice Work Working to promote and bring about change can get exhausting. The long road to justice has many obstacles, pitfalls, and dead ends. Self-care is essential...
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Residency at Wingate University
Feb 5th 2019 at Wingate University
Everything is Connected Peterson will return to North Carolina for a short residency at Wingate University. There he will connect with students, staff, and faculty in small and large group events....
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What Does the Bible Say About Climate Change?
Feb 3rd 2019 11:15:am at Millville Friends Meeting
Can we find insight and inspiration from an ancient text about the modern problem of climate change? Peterson will give a presentation followed by a Q&A session. As a Bible...
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Environmental Justice Panel and Workshop at Green Allies
Feb 2nd 2019 at Gettysburg College
Peterson loves attending and participating in the Pennsylvania Green Allies Conference. It is student-led with lots of student presentations. Through this conference he first learned about the amazing work students...
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Let’s Face the Music and Dance
Feb 1st 2019 6:00:pm at Greenwood Friends School
Pursuing Our Passion in a Time of Climate Change Enough with the gloom, fear, and shame! Yes, climate change is real–a serious problem we need to address, but so much...
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Special Presentations at Greenwood Friends School
Feb 1st 2019 at Greenwood Friends School
Greenwood Friends School has invited Peterson to spend a day with students working in a variety of grades and subjects. Students, faculty, staff, parents, and community members will explore overlapping...
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Telling Better Climate Stories — CCL Mid-Atlantic Conference
Jan 25th 2019 at The Claridge - a Radisson Hotel
Peterson is thrilled to attend and take part in the Mid-Atlantic Regional Citizens Climate Lobby Conference where he will lead an interactive session on Climate and the Art of Storytelling....
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Everything is Connected — An Evening of Stories, Most Weird Many True
Nov 14th 2018 6:30:pm at Glimore Park United Church
Join Gilmore Park United Church for an evening with comedian, actor, scholar, Peterson Toscano. Author of Jesus Had Two Daddies, Doin’ Time in the Homo No Mo Halfway House, and...
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Evolve 2018
Nov 9th 2018 at Stillwood Conference Centre
Peterson has been invited back to participate in the Evolve 2018 youth and young adult conference organized by the United Church of Canada in British Columbia. He lead workshops and...
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11th Annual Mid-Atlantic LGBTQA Conference
Nov 2nd 2018 at Bloomsburg University
Peterson has been invited to give the keynote address at this year’s Mid-Atlantic LGBTQA Conference at Bloomsburg University. In addition to the keynote on Saturday November, 3, 2018 at 1:30...
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Transfigurations Film Screening in Boston, MA
Oct 28th 2018 12:30:pm at Beacon Hill Friends House
Join the Beacon Hill Friends House for a screening of the film version of Peterson Toscano’s play “Transfigurations”. Peterson Toscano has shaken up Bible academics and received high praise for...
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Everything is Connected (U of Central Florida)
Oct 11th 2018 at Live Oak Event Center
Experience the artful, playful, outrageously funny, and deeply moving storytelling craft of Peterson Toscano. Connecting issues and ideas to bizarre personal experiences, literature, science, and even the odd Bible story,...
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Peterson in Belfast October 2nd to 7th
Oct 2nd 2018 at Belfast
Peterson returns to Belfast and will use comedy and storytelling to unpack LGBTQ-Friendly Bible stories, share his own bizarre gay journey, and reveal Queer responses to climate change. Tue Oct...
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Citizens Climate Radio Ep 28 Taking on systems and policy at college
Sep 22nd 2018 at
University campuses in the USA are the training grounds for collective action leading to systems changes. Since 2012 a group of students at the University of Delaware have taken on...
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Transfigurations Movie Screening — Jamaica
Sep 10th 2018 at Hotel Gloriana
Peterson Toscano has shaken up Bible academics and received high praise for his ground-breaking, genre-bending, gender blending Bible scholarship. By unearthing the stories of gender-variant people in the Hebrew and Christian scriptures, Toscano’s...
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Woodbrooke Quaker Centre Residency (UK)
Sep 3rd 2018 at Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre
Peterson will spend a week at the Woodbrooke Quaker Centre in Birmingham, England. There he will lead a course on storytelling and will explore gender and sex in the Bible....
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Citizens Climate Radio Ep 27 Telling Better Stories
Aug 25th 2018 at
Sara Peach, the senior editor at Yale Climate Connections, has only 90 seconds to tell a compelling and inspiring climate change related story. She sat down with me to discuss...
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UK Tour fall 2018 Schedule
Aug 24th 2018 8:00:am at
,Starting at Greenbelt Festival, Peterson will tour Great Britain and beyond. In addition to his workshop at Woodbrooke Centre, Peterson will also travel with Ruth Wilde. Then he heads off...
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Greenbelt Festival UK
Aug 24th 2018 at Greenbelt Festival at Boughton House
Peterson first presented at Greenbelt in 2006. He loves the thought-provoking conversations and the artful presentations of justice issues that happen at this annual Arts Festival in England. He is...
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Skylight Festival, Ontario, Canada
Jul 27th 2018 at Skylight Festival at Five Oaks
Peterson will return to the Skylight Festival to contribute to the theme, Courage To… With his signature style that blends comic storytelling with serious topics like LGBTQ issues, climate change,...
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Movie Screening: Transfigurations at My True Colors Festival NYC
Jun 17th 2018 6:45:pm at The Brick Theater
A disciple on a pilgrimage spends the night with strangers and tells stories of gender and sexual minorities in the Bibles. As the narrator reveals the many gender non-conforming Bible...
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Gay and Christian — One man’s faith journey
Jun 1st 2018 7:30:pm at Shiloh United Church of Christ
Peterson Toscano is an internationally recognized comedian and storyteller who performs hilarious comedies filled with warmth and love. But his own personal story is no joke Peterson spent 17 years...
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Arctic Cycle’s 50/10 Celebration
May 21st 2018 7:00:pm at One Planet One Future
Join Artistic Director Chantal Bilodeau, Artistic Producer Julia Levine, and many of our friends for our inaugural spring benefit-bash! Our 50/10 Celebration will feature sweet treats, delectable drinks, conversations with scientists,...
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Movie Screening: Transfigurations at Seattle Transgender Film Festival
May 5th 2018 4:30:pm at Translations Seattle Transgender Film Festival at 12th Ave Arts (Suite 206)
Religion and trans issues intersect in this showcase of biblical scholar and actor Peterson Toscano, who casts a light on gender-nonconforming characters featured in some of the most well-known stories...
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Everything is Connected — UGA, Athens, GA
Apr 25th 2018 7:00:pm at University of Georgia Chapel
Everything is Connected–A Collection of Stories, most weird, many true. Looking at the intersections of LGBTQ issues, faith, justice, and climate change, Peterson’s storytelling and facilitation helps bring people together to...
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Residency at Warren Wilson College
Apr 19th 2018 at Warren Wilson College
Everything is Connected Peterson visits Warren Wilson College for a residency to connect with students, staff, and faculty in small and large group events. As part of the visit, he will perform one of...
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Residency at University of South Dakota
Apr 14th 2018 at University of South Dakota
Everything is Connected Peterson visits University of South Dakota for a residency to connect with students, staff, and faculty in small and large group events. As part of the visit, he will present the...
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Everything is Connected — Lock Haven University
Apr 10th 2018 6:00:pm at Lock Haven University
Everything is Connected–A Collection of Stories, most weird, many true. Please join The President’s Commission on LGBTQ Affairs & The Gender and Sexuality Alliance for a performance of Everything is...
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Residency at Alderson Broaddus University
Apr 5th 2018 at Alderson Broaddus University
Faith, Identity, and Speaking Truth Peterson visits Alderson Broaddus University for a short residency to connect with students, staff, and faculty in small and large group events. As part of the visit, he will perform...
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Everything is Connected — San Mateo, CA
Mar 17th 2018 7:00:pm at Transfiguration Episcopal Church
Everything is Connected–A Collection of Stories, most weird, many true. Looking at the intersections of LGBTQ issues, faith, justice, and climate change, Peterson’s storytelling and facilitation helps bring people together to...
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Everything is Connected — San Francisco
Mar 16th 2018 7:00:pm at St. Aidan's Episcopal Church
Everything is Connected–A Collection of Stories, most weird, many true. Looking at the intersections of LGBTQ issues, faith, justice, and climate change, Peterson’s storytelling and facilitation helps bring people together to...
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Climate and the Art of Storytelling (San Jose Statue University)
Mar 13th 2018 at San Jose State University
Tell us a story… No story is harder to tell than the one about our changing climate and what it means for each of us. Reciting the facts is not...
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LGBTQ-Friendly Bible Story Retreat (Pendle Hill)
Mar 2nd 2018 at Pendle Hill
An immersive, interactive, informative experience For over a decade Peterson Toscano has engaged in a creative and very public dialogue with the Bible. His Bible scholarship is sound, but perhaps...
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Everything is Connected (U of AZ) — Postponed
Feb 22nd 2018 7:00:pm at University of Arizona -- Modern Languages ML 350
So much happening at one time–this presentation has been postponed until a future date. Stay Tuned Everything is Connected–A Collection of Stories, most weird, many true. Peterson’s storytelling and facilitation...
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2018 Southeastern EcoRep Conference
Feb 16th 2018 at University of South Carolina
EcoReps are students on various college campuses that promote sustainability and environmentally-friendly practices to our peers. Each year, these students in the Southeast come together for a weekend to share...
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Transfigurations movie screening: Lewisburg, PA
Feb 11th 2018 2:00:pm at Campus Theatre
Groundbreaking Official Trailer Transfigurations-Transgressing Gender in the Bible from Peterson Thomas Toscano on Vimeo. Peterson Toscano has shaken up Bible academics and received high praise for his ground-breaking, genre-bending, gender blending...
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Keynote Address at PA GreenAllies Conference 2018
Feb 10th 2018 at Swarthmore College
In addition to speaking on a panel about creative environmental jobs, Peterson will give the keynote address at the 2018 GreenAllies Conference on February 10, 2018 at Swarthmore College. About...
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Residency at Kenyon College
Feb 4th 2018 at Kenyon College
Everything is Connected Peterson visits Kenyon College for a residency to connect with students, staff, and faculty in small and large group events. As part of the visit, he will perform one of his...
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Movie Screening: Transfigurations at Kenyon College
Jan 28th 2018 7:00:pm at Kenyon College
Peterson Toscano has shaken up Bible academics and received high praise for his ground-breaking, genre-bending, gender blending Bible scholarship. By unearthing the stories of gender-variant people in the Hebrew and...
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Everything is Connected (Windsor, ON)
Jan 27th 2018 8:00:pm at Metropolitan Community Church of Windsor
Everything is Connected–A Collection of Stories, most weird, many true. Looking at the intersections of LGBTQ issues, faith, justice, and climate change, Peterson’s storytelling and facilitation helps bring people together to...
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Quaker Liturgy in a Rural Setting (talk)
Jan 21st 2018 11:15:am at Millville Friends Meeting
Peterson will give a brief talk and lead a discussion about Quakers, liturgy, and worship in a rural setting. Based on his recently published essay for the journal, Liturgy, Peterson...
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Queer Kampala International Film Festival Screen
Dec 9th 2017 2:30:pm at Queer Kampala International LGBTQ Festival
Back in 2010 at an LGBTQ conference organized by the Norwegian Foreign Ministry, activists and scholars gathered from around the world to talk about the issues they face in their...
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Extreme weather, vulnerable populations, and the many benefits in taking action
Dec 7th 2017 3:00:pm at American Public Health Association
For too long, climate change communication has been framed as a wildlife conservation issue concerning polar bears and ice caps. But what about its impact on people, particularly on communities...
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Transfigurations Movie Screening
Nov 28th 2017 7:30:pm at Susquehanna University
Groundbreaking Official Trailer Transfigurations-Transgressing Gender in the Bible from Peterson Thomas Toscano on Vimeo. Peterson Toscano has shaken up Bible academics and received high praise for his ground-breaking, genre-bending, gender blending...
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A Queer Response to Climate Change — SUNY Cortland
Nov 15th 2017 at SUNY Cortland
A Queer Response to Climate Change Comic and LGBTQ activist Peterson Toscano takes on the biggest issue of them all–global warming–and does so with humor, heart, and with a view to...
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Transfigurations film screening
Nov 12th 2017 2:00:pm at First United Methodist Church
PFLAG in Olympia, WA will screen Transfigurations–Transgressing Gender in the Bible on November 12 from 2-4:30 pm at First United Methodist Church 1224 Legion Way SE Olympia, WA 98501. Visit their website...
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Power, Privilege, and Polar Bears: Queer Response to Climate Change
Nov 5th 2017 9:30:am at Bloomsburg University
For the Mid-Atlantic LGBTQA Conference at Bloomsburg University, Peterson will explore queer responses to climate change. What issue touches the things we are most passionate about: coffee, pets, and LGBTQ...
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Gender Outlaws in the Bible (Bloomsburg University)
Nov 4th 2017 3:00:pm at Bloomsburg University
For the Mid-Atlantic LGBTQA Conference at Bloomsburg University, Peterson will explore gender outlaws in the Bible. Through performance and interactive discussion Peterson Toscano reveals stories of gender and sexual minorities in...
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Climate and the Art of Storytelling
Nov 2nd 2017 4:00:pm at FCNL
Tell us a story… No story is harder to tell than the one about our changing climate and what it means for each of us. Reciting the facts is not...
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Climate and the Art of Storytelling (Ottawa, ON)
Oct 21st 2017 at Citizens' Climate Lobby Canada National Conference
Tell us a story… No story is harder to tell than the one about our changing climate and what it means for each of us. Reciting the facts is not...
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Residency at Washington College
Oct 18th 2017 at Washington College
Everything is Connected Peterson visits Washington College for a residency to connect with students, staff, and faculty in small and large group events. As part of the visit, he will perform one of his lively...
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Transfigurations film festival screening
Oct 14th 2017 8:05:pm at San Antonio LGBT International Film Fest at City Base West
Groundbreaking Peterson Toscano has shaken up Bible academics and received high praise for his ground-breaking, genre-bending, gender blending Bible scholarship. By unearthing the stories of gender-variant people in the Hebrew and Christian...
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A Queer Response to Climate Change (NYU)
Oct 11th 2017 6:30:pm at New York University Barasch Theater Jeffrey S. Gould Welcome Center
The New York University Office of Sustainability’s semi-annual speaker series event Fall 2017 will feature comic storyteller and LGBTQ activist Peterson Toscano, Wednesday, October 11, 2017, 6:30pm, at New York...
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Climate and the Art of Storytelling
Oct 7th 2017 at Widener University Commonwealth Law School
Peterson will take part in the Safe Climate PA Education Day on Saturday October 7, 2017 in Harrisburg, PA Tell us a story… No story is harder to tell than the...
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An Inconvenient Sequel film and panel discussion
Oct 5th 2017 6:30:pm at Campus Theatre
A sequel to The Inconvenient Truth, this documentary addresses the progress made to tackle the problem of climate change and global efforts to persuade governmental leaders to invest in renewable...
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Residency at Dickinson College
Oct 2nd 2017 at Dickinson College
Everything is Connected Peterson returns to Dickinson College for a residency to connect with students, staff, and faculty in small and large group events. As part of the Clarke Forum for Contemporary Issues, his...
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Everything is Connected — (Washington, DC)
Oct 1st 2017 6:30:pm at William Penn House
Everything is Connected–A Collection of Stories, most weird, many true. Looking at the intersections of LGBTQ issues, faith, justice, and climate change, Peterson’s storytelling and facilitation helps bring people together to...
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What Would Walt Whitman Do? (Bucknell University)
Sep 26th 2017 7:30:pm at Bucknell University
A Queer Response to Climate Change Comic and LGBTQ activist Peterson Toscano takes on the biggest issue of them all–global warming–and does so with humor, heart, and with a view to...
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Climate Change — What’s Faith Got To Do With It?
Sep 24th 2017 9:30:am at Church of the Nativity
This is NOT your normal climate change presentation. Filled with hope and honesty, Peterson’s audiences open up as they consider their roles on a new planet. His personal approach along...
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Live Radio Show: WKOK 1070 AM On the Mark
Sep 22nd 2017 8:30:pm at WKOK Radio
Peterson will appear live on WKOK’s On the Mark radio program. He will talk about his Bucknell University presentation, A Queer Response to Climate Change–What Would Walt Whitman Do? This...
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Transfigurations Movie Screening — Campbell, CA
Sep 17th 2017 11:00:am at Campbell UCC
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Gender Outlaws in the Bible w/ J Mase III
Sep 9th 2017 3:15:pm at Philadelphia Transgender Health Confernece
The Bible has been used as a weapon against trans* and gender non-binary people. These attacks have traumatized many of us and driven some out of faith communities. The intersection...
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Connected: Trans Lives & Climate Change w/ Liam Hooper
Sep 7th 2017 3:15:pm at Philadelphia Transgender Health Confernece
What issue touches the things we are most passionate about:including coffee, pets, and LGBTQ people? Surprise! Global Warming. It’s not just about polar bears and grandchildren; it’s about social justice...
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Friend in Residence — North Pacific Yearly Meeting
Jul 26th 2017 at University of Puget Sound
Peterson will spend time with fellow Quakers at the North Pacific Yearly Meeting. As friend in residence, he will offer a keynote address, lead interest groups, and meet with elementary,...
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Everything Is Connected — Stories, Most Weird, Many True
Jul 23rd 2017 6:30:pm at Carwein Auditorium
Everything is Connected–A Collection of Stories, most weird, many true. Looking at the intersections of LGBTQ issues, privilege, faith, justice, and climate change, Peterson’s storytelling and facilitation helps bring people together...
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Transfigurations Film Screening and Talk Back (Seattle WA)
Jul 22nd 2017 7:00:pm at The Well Queen Anne UMC
Groundbreaking Peterson Toscano has shaken up Bible academics and received high praise for his ground-breaking, genre-bending, gender blending Bible scholarship. By unearthing the stories of gender-variant people in the Hebrew and Christian...
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Taking Matters into our own Hands — LGBTQ Bible Stories
Jul 21st 2017 7:00:pm at Northlake Lutheran Church
The Bible has been used as a weapon against LGBTQ people. For over a decade Peterson Toscano has engaged in a creative and very public dialogue with these ancient texts....
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Transfigurations DVD North American Launch
Jul 6th 2017 3:15:am at FGC Gathering at Niagara University
Peterson Toscano officially releases his film Transfigurations–Transgressing Gender in the Bible at the Friends General Conference Gathering during a special FGC Bookstore Event. In 2012 Peterson served as the Bible Half-Hour speaker. He...
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Transfigurations DVD Launch Party
Jun 30th 2017 7:00:pm at Edison Hotel
To celebrate the long awaited release of Peterson Toscano’s Transfigurations DVD, Glen Retief will host a Launch Party at the historic Edison Hotel in downtown Sunbury, PA. Peterson will be...
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Climate and the Art of Storytelling
Jun 19th 2017 at Pendle Hill
Peterson will take in the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education Professionals Retreat. Experience the artful, playful, outrageously funny, and deeply moving storytelling craft of Peterson Toscano....
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Climate and the Art of Storytelling at CCL International Conference
Jun 13th 2017 4:30:am at CCL International Conferenc at the Omni Shoreham Hotel
Tell us a story… No story is harder to tell than the one about our changing climate and what it means for each of us. Reciting the facts is not...
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Transfigurations Film Screening–Raleigh, NC
Jun 3rd 2017 5:30:pm at The Friends Meeting of Raleigh
This may be the very first public screening of Transfigurations. Peterson will be far away in Iceland, but if you are in Raleigh, NC, you will have an opportunity to...
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An Evening with Jono Duffy in Reykjavík
Jun 2nd 2017 8:30:pm at Tjarnarbíó
Peterson has been invited onto the Tjarnarbíó stage for a chat with Jono Duffy. Anything can happen! Jono Duffy is one of Iceland’s most sought after entertainers. Since moving here from...
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Transfigurations International Launch Performance
Jun 1st 2017 7:30:pm at Gaukurinn
Groundbreaking By unearthing the stories of gender-variant people in the Bible, Queer performance artist and comic Peterson Toscano’s performance presents an array of Bible characters with an array of genders. To...
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Everything is Connected (Bloomsburg University)
Apr 27th 2017 7:00:pm at Bloomsburg University
Everything is Connected–A Collection of Stories, most weird, many true. Looking at the intersections of LGBTQ issues, faith, justice, and climate change, Peterson’s storytelling and facilitation helps bring people together to...
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Everything is Connected (U of WI Stevens Point)
Apr 20th 2017 7:00:pm at University of WI Stevens Point
Everything is Connected–A Collection of Stories, most weird, many true. Looking at the intersections of LGBTQ issues, faith, justice, and climate change, Peterson’s storytelling and facilitation helps bring people together to...
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Everything is Connected (Florida State University)
Apr 17th 2017 7:30:pm at Florida State University
Everything is Connected–A Collection of Stories, most weird, many true. Looking at the intersections of LGBTQ issues, faith, justice, and climate change, Peterson’s storytelling and facilitation helps bring people together...
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Discerning our collective calling: love, hope, and climate justice
Apr 12th 2017 at Southeastern Yearly Meeting Annual Gathering at Life Enrichment Center
Peterson will serve as the Walton Lecturer for the 2017 Southeastern Yearly Meeting Annual Gathering of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers.) The general theme of the gathering will be...
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Everything is Connected (Suncoast MCC, Venice, FL)
Apr 8th 2017 7:00:pm at Suncoast Cathedral
Everything is Connected–A Collection of Stories, most weird, many true. Looking at the intersections of LGBTQ issues, faith, justice, and even climate change, Peterson’s storytelling and facilitation helps bring people...
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Residency at Elon University
Apr 4th 2017 at Elon University
Everything is Connected Peterson returns to Elon University for a residency to connect with students, staff, and faculty in small and large group events. The visit will also include a public performance of Everything...
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Everything is Connected (Wake Forest Divinity)
Apr 3rd 2017 7:00:pm at Wake Forest Divinity School
Everything is Connected–A Collection of Stories, most weird, many true. Looking at the intersections of LGBTQ issues, faith, justice, and climate change, Peterson’s storytelling and facilitation helps bring people together...
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Adam, Eve, and the Other Ethiopian Eunuch
Apr 2nd 2017 7:00:pm at Parkway United Church of Christ
A Creative Discussion about the Bible and Bodies Liam Michael Hooper, a trans educator for radical faith and justice, together with quirky queer quaker, Peterson Toscano discuss together and with...
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Spring Tour 2017 Florida and the Southeast
Apr 1st 2017 at
Touring as a Sustainable Practice In an effort reduce travel and to lower costs for venues who host Peterson, he likes to work on a tour schedule. Fall 2015 he...
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Residency at Guilford College
Mar 29th 2017 at Guilford College
Everything is Connected Peterson heads to Guilford College for a residency to connect with students, staff, and faculty in small and large group events. The visit will also include a public performance of Everything...
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Confessions of a Climate Action Figure — NE Regional CCL
Mar 18th 2017 7:00:pm at Northeastern Regional CCL at UMASS Amherst
Out of the Box Peterson Toscano has a knack for using comedy to talk about incredibly serious issues. An LGBTQ rights activist and a Bible scholar, he weaves together stories...
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Climate and the Art of Storytelling — NE Regional CCL
Mar 18th 2017 at Northeastern Regional CCL at UMASS Amherst
Tell us a story… No story is harder to tell than the one about our changing climate and what it means for each of us. Reciting the facts is not...
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Gender Outlaws in the Bible
Mar 17th 2017 2:45:pm at True Colors Conference at UCONN
Discover who is lurking in the Bible Hilarious and heartwarming, Peterson Toscano reveals stories of gender and sexual minorities in the Bible. Entertaining, informative, and suitable for people with and without...
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A Very Queer Response to Climate Change
Mar 17th 2017 1:15:pm at True Colors Conference at UCONN
LGBTQ people needed! What issue touches the things we are most passionate about:including coffee, pets, and LGBTQ people? Surprise! Global Warming. It’s not just about polar bears and grandchildren; it’s...
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LGBTQ friendly Bible stories (Lycoming College)
Feb 28th 2017 8:00:pm at Lycoming College
The Bible has been used as a weapon against LGBTQ people. For over a decade Peterson Toscano has engaged in a creative and very public dialogue with these ancient texts....
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Residency at Lycoming College
Feb 28th 2017 at Lycoming College
Everything is Connected Peterson returns to Lycoming College for a day-long residency to connect with students, staff, and faculty in small and large group events. The visit will also include a public performance of Taking...
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Environmental Career Panel
Feb 11th 2017 11:00:am at Messiah College
As part of the 2017 GreenAllies Conference, Peterson Toscano will appear on a panel of people involved in sustainability work. Looking at the list below, one may think of the...
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Everything is Connected (Swarthmore College)
Feb 2nd 2017 7:30:pm at Swarthmore College
Everything is Connected–A Collection of Stories, most weird, many true. Looking at the intersections of LGBTQ issues, faith, justice, and climate change, Peterson’s storytelling and facilitation helps bring people together...
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Residency at Swarthmore College
Feb 1st 2017 at Swarthmore College
Everything is Connected Peterson heads to Swarthmore College for a residency to connect with students, staff, and faculty in small and large group events. The visit will also include a public performance of Everything...
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Residency at Friends Select School
Jan 31st 2017 at Friends Select School
Peterson will spend full day with the students and faculty at Friends Select School. He will join students in classes to cover a variety of topics including LGBTQ issues, climate change, and social...
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Talking Hope NOT Trash: A Collective Response to Climate Change
Jan 29th 2017 11:10:am at Millville Friends Meeting
Talking Hope not Trash As a climate change communicator, Peterson Toscano knows that people can easily feel overwhelmed then shut down. He works hard to draw on storytelling, comedy, and...
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Residency at Earlham College
Jan 17th 2017 at Earlham College
Everything is Connected Peterson heads to Earlham College for a residency in which he will connect with students, staff, and faculty in small and large group events. The visit will also include a public...
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Live Radio Interview and Performance WECI 95.5 FM
Jan 15th 2017 7:00:pm at Earlham College
Peterson will appear live on the Leave it to Cleaver radio show which airs Sunday nights at 7pm EST on station WECI 91.5 FM coming out of Richmond, Indiana. Host and DJ Steve...
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Everything is Connected (Susquehanna University)
Dec 1st 2016 7:30:pm at Susquehanna University
Everything is Connected Looking at the intersections of LGBTQ issues, faith, justice, and climate change, Peterson’s storytelling and facilitation helps bring people together to unearth shared values and concerns. Having...
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Comedy, Camaraderie, and Climate — GOMMEA Annual Meeting
Nov 3rd 2016 5:30:pm at Gulf of Maine Research Institute
Laugh, listen, and network with ocean enthusiasts. Gulf of Maine Research Institute opens its doors for a joint GOMMEA and NEOSEC reception. Peterson heads to Portland, Maine for an ocean-themed...
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Everything is Connected (West Chester University)
Oct 27th 2016 7:00:pm at West Chester University
Climate Change, LGBTQ Issues, Social Justice, and So Much More Experience the artful, playful, outrageously funny, and deeply moving storytelling craft of Peterson Toscano. Connecting issues and ideas to bizarre...
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Everything is Connected (Lycoming College)
Oct 24th 2016 at Lycoming College
Everything is Connected Looking at the intersections of LGBTQ issues, faith, justice, and climate change, Peterson’s storytelling and facilitation helps bring people together to unearth shared values and concerns. Having...
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Climate Solution Stew with Peterson Toscano
Oct 22nd 2016 6:00:pm at Community Mennonite Church of Lancaster
The superpower of stories What do the people want? Comedy and storytelling. In fact, it is through stories that people relax and take in information they are normally too tense...
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Residency at Allegheny College
Oct 17th 2016 at Allegheny College
Everything is Connected Peterson heads to Allegheny College for a residency in which he will connect with students, staff, and faculty in small and large group events. The visit will also include a...
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Climate Change–What’s Faith Got to Do with It? (Villanova U)
Sep 28th 2016 6:00:pm at Villanova University
Discovering our roles on a new planet Enough with the gloom and doom! People are hungry for new ways of looking at climate change. Peterson Toscano provides a lively, insightful,...
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Coffee Hour Chat (State College, PA)
Sep 21st 2016 1:00:pm at Abba Java Coffee House
Three of Peterson’s favorite things: Christianity, climate change, and coffee all in one venue! Receiving with Thanksgiving, a unique space for LGBTQ and ally Christians to celebrate God together in the...
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Residency at Penn State
Sep 20th 2016 at Penn State University
Everything is Connected Peterson heads to Penn State University for a residency in which he will connect with students, staff, and faculty in small and large group events. The visit will also include...
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Residency at Elizabethtown College
Sep 12th 2016 at Elizabethtown College
Everything is Connected Peterson heads to Elizabethtown College for a residency in which he will connect with students, staff, and faculty in small and large group events. The visit will also include...
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Fall 2016 Tour Lovely Pennsylvania
Sep 8th 2016 at
Touring as a Sustainable Practice In an effort reduce travel and to lower costs for venues who host Peterson, he likes to work on a tour schedule. Fall 2015 he...
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Special Presentation at Fenway High School
Sep 6th 2016 at Fenway High School
Peterson will spend the day with the students and faculty at Fenway High School. For their first day orientation, he will present his comedy, Everything is Connected–Stories, most weird, many true. (This presentation...
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Everything is Connected — An Evening of Weird Stories
Aug 19th 2016 7:00:pm at Metropolitan Community Church Portland
LGBTQ Issues, Queer Bible Stories, Social Justice on a changing planet and So Much More Experience the artful, playful, outrageously funny, and deeply moving storytelling craft of Peterson Toscano. Connecting...
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Special Appearance at Skylight Festival, Paris, ON
Jul 29th 2016 at Skylight Festival
Peterson will perform and present on gender, LGBTQ issues, faith, and climate change at the 2nd annual Skylight Festival. If you are a fan of the Greenbelt Festival or Wild Goose,...
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Taking Matters into our own Hands (Cape Town, South Africa)
May 17th 2016 7:30:pm at Central Methodist Mission
LGBTQ-Friendly Bible Stories The Bible has been used as a weapon against LGBTQ people. For over a decade Peterson Toscano has engaged in a creative and very public dialogue with...
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A Queer Response to Climate Change (Mansfield University)
Apr 27th 2016 7:30:pm at Mansfield University of Pennsylvania
Mirror, Mirror on the wall, what is the queerest issue of them all? Seriously? Climate Change?!? Comic and LGBTQ activist Peterson Toscano takes on the biggest issue of them all–global...
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Everything is Connected (Dartmouth College)
Apr 24th 2016 1:30:pm at Dartmouth College
Climate Change, LGBTQ Issues, Social Justice, and So Much More Experience the artful, playful, outrageously funny, and deeply moving storytelling craft of Peterson Toscano. Connecting issues and ideas to bizarre...
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A Queer Response to Climate Change (Rider University)
Apr 21st 2016 9:00:pm at Rider University
LGBT, justice, and Climate Action Figures Peterson Toscano provides a lively, insightful, and hilarious presentation that helps his audiences wrap their heads and hearts around global warming. This is NOT your...
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A Quirky Queer Quaker Response to Climate Change (Burlington, VT)
Apr 19th 2016 7:00:pm at Burlington Friends Meeting
Peterson Toscano provides a lively, insightful, and hilarious presentation that helps his audiences wrap their heads and hearts around global warming. This is NOT your normal climate change presentation. Filled with hope, honesty...
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Residency at Watkinson School
Apr 18th 2016 at Watkinson School
Peterson will spend full day with the students and faculty at The Watkinson School. During the day he will explore the intersections of climate change, social justice, history, and performance in Global...
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Transfigurations–Transgressing Gender in the Bible
Apr 17th 2016 11:00:am at St. James's Episcopal Church
An Array of Genders in the Bible Peterson Toscano has shaken up Bible academics and received high praise for his ground-breaking, genre-bending, gender blending Bible scholarship. By unearthing the stories of gender-variant...
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Art, Activism, and Faith–A Discussion-Driven Performance
Apr 16th 2016 12:00:pm at South Church
Create Your Own Performance! So often audiences are required to sit back, listen, and behave, but Peterson Toscano has developed a new type of presentation that includes discussion right from...
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Everything is Connected—An evening of stories—most true, many weird
Apr 15th 2016 7:00:pm at First Church in Middletown
Wild Wonderful Stories Experience the artful, playful, outrageously funny, and deeply moving storytelling craft of Peterson Toscano. Connecting issues and ideas to personal experiences, literature, science, and even the odd...
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Residency at Moses Brown School (Providence, RI)
Apr 11th 2016 at Moses Brown School
Peterson will return for a full day with the students and faculty at Moses Brown School. He will join students in classes as well as offer a public presentation (details to be announced)....
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A Quirky Queer Response to Climate Change (Cambridge, MA)
Apr 9th 2016 4:30:pm at Cambridge Friends Meeting
Peterson Toscano provides a lively, insightful, and at times hilarious presentation that helps his audiences wrap their heads and hearts around global warming. This is NOT your normal climate change presentation. Filled with...
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Everything is Connected (Cambridge, MA)
Apr 7th 2016 7:00:pm at Cambridge Friends School
An Evening of Stories–Many Weird, Mostly True Climate Change, LGBTQ Issues, Social Justice, and So Much More Experience the artful, playful, outrageously funny, and deeply moving storytelling craft of Peterson...
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Residency at Cambridge Friends School
Apr 7th 2016 at Cambridge Friends School
Peterson will spend full day with the students and faculty at Cambridge Friends School. He will join students in classes, and present at a school assembly: Quirky Queer Quaker — An Exploration...
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Everything is Connected—An evening of stories—most true, many weird
Apr 3rd 2016 6:30:pm at Concord Friends Meeting
An Evening of Stories–Many Weird, Mostly True Climate Change, LGBTQ Issues, Social Justice, and So Much More Experience the artful, playful, outrageously funny, and deeply moving storytelling craft of Peterson...
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Everything is Connected (Rochester, NH)
Apr 3rd 2016 12:00:pm at Gonic Friends Meeting
An Evening of Stories–Many Weird, Mostly True Climate Change, LGBTQ Issues, Social Justice, and So Much More Experience the artful, playful, outrageously funny, and deeply moving storytelling craft of Peterson...
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Everything is Connected (Portsmouth, NH)
Apr 2nd 2016 6:30:pm at Yoga by Donation Studio
An Evening of Stories–Many Weird, Mostly True Climate Change, LGBTQ Issues, Social Justice, and So Much More Experience the artful, playful, outrageously funny, and deeply moving storytelling craft of Peterson...
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Everything is Connected (Dover NH)
Apr 2nd 2016 4:00:pm at Dover Friends Meetinghouse
An Evening of Stories–Many Weird, Mostly True Climate Change, LGBTQ Issues, Social Justice, and So Much More Experience the artful, playful, outrageously funny, and deeply moving storytelling craft of Peterson...
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A Quirky Queer Response to Climate Change (Cumberland, Maine)
Mar 31st 2016 6:30:pm at Friends School of Portland
LGBT, justice, and Climate Action Figures Peterson Toscano provides a lively, insightful, and hilarious presentation that helps his audiences wrap their heads and hearts around global warming. This is NOT your...
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Residency at Friends School of Portland
Mar 30th 2016 at Friends School of Portland
Peterson will spend two days with the students and faculty at Friends School in their amazing new super eco-friendly building. He will join students in classes as well as offer...
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Everything is Connected—An evening of stories—most true, many weird (Bates College)
Mar 29th 2016 7:00:pm at Bates College
An Evening of Stories–Many Weird, Mostly True Climate Change, LGBTQ Issues, Social Justice, and So Much More Experience the artful, playful, outrageously funny, and deeply moving storytelling craft of Peterson...
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Race, Justice, and Climate Change (Bates College)
Mar 29th 2016 12:00:pm at Bates College
When it comes to climate change, comic performance artist, Peterson Toscano, says, Everyone is affected by climate change, but not equally. Sure, we are all in the same boat together,...
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Residency at Bates College (Lewiston, ME)
Mar 28th 2016 at Bates College
Peterson will spend the day at Bates College connecting with students, staff, and faculty in small and large group events. The visit will also include a public performance (details to...
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A Quirky Queer Quaker Response to Climate Change (Northland College)
Mar 21st 2016 7:00:pm at Northland College
Peterson Toscano provides a lively, insightful, and hilarious presentation that helps his audiences wrap their heads and hearts around global warming. This is NOT your normal climate change presentation. Filled with hope, honesty...
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A Quirky Queer Quaker Response to Climate Change (St. Paul, MN)
Mar 20th 2016 3:00:pm at St. Paul-Reformation Lutheran Church
Faith, Justice, and Climate Action Figures Peterson Toscano provides a lively, insightful, and hilarious presentation that helps his audiences wrap their heads and hearts around global warming. This is NOT...
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Confessions of a Climate Action Figure
Mar 5th 2016 7:00:pm at Arcadia University
As part of the Citizens Climate Lobby 2016 Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference, Peterson will present his own off-beat and hopeful humor about climate action. The host of the popular Climate Stew...
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Gay and Christian? An intimate exploration of one man’s faith journey
Feb 27th 2016 6:30:pm at Mifflinburg Buggy Museum
Peterson Toscano is an internationally recognized comedian and storyteller who performs hilarious comedies that he infuses with warmth and love. But his own personal story is no joke. As a teenager,...
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The Art of Storytelling: Interview on WVIA ArtScence
Feb 25th 2016 11:00:am at WVIA Radio
How can we tell stories that are both artful and true? How can we tell traumatic stories without traumatizing ourselves or our hearers? And why is the ancient art of...
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Live Radio Interview WKOK
Feb 24th 2016 7:10:am at WKOK Radio
In advance of his special show–Gay & Christian, An Intimate Exploration of One Man’s Faith Journey, Peterson will appear live on the WKOK Sunrise program with Mark Lawrence February 24...
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A Quirky Queer Quaker Response to Climate Change (Millville, PA)
Feb 21st 2016 11:00:am at Millville Friends Meeting
Peterson Toscano provides a lively, insightful, and at times hilarious presentation that helps his audiences wrap their heads and hearts around global warming. This is NOT your normal climate change presentation. Filled with...
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Quirky Queer Quaker — An Exploration of Identity, Art, and Activism (Westtown School)
Dec 6th 2015 7:30:pm at Westtown School
Activism does not come out of a vacuum, and it does not have to be humorless either. Usually the activist has a journey of self-discovery, liberation, and revelation. For Peterson...
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Does This Apocalypse Make Me Look Fat? (Albuquerque, NM)
Nov 21st 2015 6:00:pm at Church of the Good Shepherd
In this one-person, multi-character comedy, Peterson Toscano finds humor in the oddest places–cancer, climate change, and even childhood trauma. What is so funny about broken bodies? Perhaps it is how...
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Climate Change — What’s Faith Got to Do with It? (Albuquerque, NM)
Nov 21st 2015 12:00:pm at Church of the Good Shepherd
Enough with the gloom and doom! People are hungry for new ways of looking at climate change. Peterson Toscano provides a lively, insightful, and at times hilarious presentation that helps...
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Transfigurations — Transgressing Gender in the Bible (Silver City, NM)
Nov 18th 2015 7:30:am at Western New Mexico University
Peterson Toscano has shaken up Bible academics and received high praise for his ground-breaking, genre-bending, gender blending Bible scholarship. By unearthing the stories of gender-variant people in the Hebrew and Christian scriptures, Toscano’s...
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Transfigurations, Transgressing Gender in the Bible (Tucson, AZ)
Nov 15th 2015 6:00:pm at First United Methodist Church
Peterson Toscano has shaken up Bible academics and received high praise for his ground-breaking, genre-bending, gender blending Bible scholarship. By unearthing the stories of gender-variant people in the Hebrew and Christian scriptures, Toscano’s...
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Doin’ Time with Peterson Toscano
Nov 7th 2015 5:30:pm at Phoenix Public Market
How I survived gay conversion therapy just in time to save the heterosexuals Join us for a delightful evening in the heart of Phoenix, enjoying the casual atmosphere and delicious...
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Lightbulbs, Recycling, and Polar Bears—Oh My!
Nov 7th 2015 2:00:pm at Green Planet Festival 2015
How do we conserve energy, live cleaner lives, and create a better future for all? Comic Peterson Toscano, with the help of some of his best character creations, dives deep...
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One-Person Performance Master Class (Tromsø, Norway)
Oct 28th 2015 9:00:am at Rådstua Teaterhus
Ta saken i egne hender, et kurs om hvordan man lager forestillinger med én person. I disse dager kryr det av soloforestillinger. Teatrene ønsker dette formatet velkommen og publikum elsker dem. Men hva...
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Does This Apocalypse Make Me Look Fat? (Tromsø, Norway)
Oct 27th 2015 7:30:pm at Tromsø domkirke
As part of the International Church Festival in Tromsø, Norway, Peterson will present his newest comedy. Does This Apocalypse Make Me Look Fat? A Comedy about Broken Bodies, Large and...
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Save the Coffee Bean! An open house and teach-in (Sunbury PA)
Oct 14th 2015 1:00:pm at Sunflower House
Save the Coffee Bean! A People’s Climate Movement Open House and International Media Outreach Sunbury, PA With delicious coffee made four different ways, a Chinese tea ceremony, lots of great...
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Live Interview on WKOK Sunrise Program
Oct 13th 2015 7:40:am at WKOK Radio
You can hear a recording of the program here. Peterson will appear on the WKOK Sunrise program to talk about the People’s Climate Movement Day of Action happening throughout the...
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There’s Something Funny About Global Warming (Lebanon Valley College)
Sep 24th 2015 7:00:pm at Lebanon Valley College
As a gay performance artist, Peterson Toscano tackles many topics in his one-person comedies–Gay Conversion Therapy, Homophobia, Sexism, Privilege, and an oddball approach to Climate Change. The host of the...
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There’s Something Funny About Climate Change (Reykjavík, Iceland)
Sep 16th 2015 3:00:pm at Icelandic Meteorological Office
As a performance artist and scholar, Peterson Toscano has used humor and storytelling for over 10 years to connect with audiences about complicated and contentious topics. He is now applying...
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Doin’ Time with Peterson Toscano (Birmingham, UK)
Sep 13th 2015 3:00:pm at Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre
A ridiculously serious look at LGBTQ issues, religion, and those Naughty Polar Bears With flawless character transformations, gut-busting comedy sketches, and sparkling social commentary, Peterson Toscano, a quirky queer Quaker...
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Doin’ Time with Peterson Toscano (London)
Sep 10th 2015 7:00:pm at Guild Church of St Mary Aldermary
See Peterson Toscano live in the beautiful church of St Mary Aldermary in the heart of the City of London. Gay performance artist, Peterson Toscano tackles many topics in his...
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Doin’ Time with Peterson Toscano (Liverpool, UK)
Sep 6th 2015 7:00:pm at Liverpool Quaker Meeting House
A ridiculously serious look at LGBTQ issues, religion, and those Naughty Polar Bears With flawless character transformations, gut-busting comedy sketches, and sparkling social commentary, Peterson Toscano is the one of...
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Transfigurations, an evening with Peterson Toscano (Belfast)
Sep 3rd 2015 7:30:pm at All Souls Church
Gay performance artist, Peterson Toscano tackles many topics in his one-person comedies–Gay Conversion Therapy, Homophobia, Sexism, Privilege, and an oddball approach to Climate Change. He is also a Bible scholar...
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Greenbelt Festival Appearance
Aug 28th 2015 8:50:am at Greenbelt Festival at Boughton House
Peterson returns to the Greenbelt Festival, this time at Boughton House near Kettering, Northamptonshire, England. At Greenbelt Peterson will offer performance, comedy and talk touching on a variety of issues–gender outlaws in...
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Tranfigurations–Transgressing Gender in the Bible (Hull, MA)
Aug 10th 2015 7:00:pm at St. Nicholas United Methodist Church
Peterson Toscano has shaken up Bible academics and received high praise for his ground-breaking, genre-bending, gender blending Bible scholarship. By unearthing the stories of gender-variant people in the Hebrew and Christian scriptures, Toscano’s...
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Doin’ Time with Peterson Toscano (West Hartford, CT)
Aug 6th 2015 7:30:pm at St. James's Episcopal Church
Gay performance artist, Peterson Toscano tackles many topics in his one-person comedies–Gay Conversion Therapy, Homophobia, Sexism, Privilege, and an oddball approach to Climate Change. He is also a Bible scholar...
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Bible Half Hour Presenter — New England Yearly Meeting
Aug 1st 2015 at New England Yearly Meeting / Castleton State College
Peterson will give a series of short and lively lectures about the Bible for the annual gathering of New England Quakers. From New England Yearly Meeting’s website: The theme for...
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A Queer Response to Climate Change (Harrisburg, PA)
Jul 29th 2015 7:00:pm at Unitarian Church of Harrisburg
Queer comic Peterson Toscano will change the way you see the world with his hysterical global warming satire.
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A Quirky, Queer, Quaker Response to Climate Change
Jun 22nd 2015 7:00:pm at William Penn House
Enough with the gloom and doom! People are hungry for new ways of looking at climate change. Peterson Toscano provides a lively, insightful, and at times hilarious presentation that helps...
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Art, Activism, and Identity — (Pendle Hill’s YAFCON)
Jun 8th 2015 7:30:pm at Pendle Hill
As part of the YAFCON (Young Adult Friends Conference) on Equality, Peterson Toscano will present a specially designed performance/workshop that will contribute to the conference’s goal of unpacking identity and...
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Climate Change Panel Presentation (Lewisburg, PA)
May 29th 2015 7:30:pm at Campus Theatre
Peterson will appear on a panel with other local community members concerned about climate change. As part of the screening of the film, Merchants of Doubt, Peterson will join in...
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Teach-In at Moses Brown School
May 20th 2015 8:00:am at Moses Brown School
Peterson will visit various science classes at the Moses Brown School to share how he addresses climate change as a comic and performer. The host of Climate Stew, Peterson will share...
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Retreat Leader for Foundry UMC LGBTQ Retreat (Rehoboth Beach)
Apr 24th 2015 5:00:pm at Atlantic Sands Hotel
In Between People and In Between Spaces — An LGBTQ Retreat led by Peterson Toscano Liminal, adjective 1. of or relating to a transitional or initial stage of process. 2....
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Peterson Unplugged (Dickinson College)
Apr 22nd 2015 7:00:pm at Dickinson College
Peterson Unplugged As part of the Clarke Forum for Contemporary Issues at Dickinson College, Peterson will share his original work. Tuesday April 22, 2015 7:00 PM Dickinson College, 28 North College Street, Carlisle, PA...
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Climate Change — What’s Faith Got to Do with It? (Dickinson College)
Apr 21st 2015 7:00:pm at Dickinson College
Climate Change — What’s Faith Got to Do with It? As part of the Clarke Forum for Contemporary Issues at Dickinson College, Peterson will share his original work. Tuesday April 21, 2015...
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There’s Something Funny About Climate Change (Muhlenburg College)
Apr 17th 2015 6:00:pm at Muhlenberg College
As a performance artist and scholar, Peterson Toscano has used humor and storytelling for over 10 years to connect with audiences about complicated and contentious topics. He is now applying his...
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Transfigurations — Harvard Divinity School
Apr 15th 2015 4:00:pm at Harvard Divinity School / Andover Chapel
Peterson Toscano has shaken up Bible academics and received high praise for his ground-breaking, genre-bending, gender blending Bible scholarship. By unearthing the stories of gender-variant people in the Hebrew and Christian scriptures, Toscano’s...
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A Queer Quaker Response to Cimate Change–WWWWD? (Hartford, CT)
Apr 12th 2015 7:00:pm at Hartford Friends Meeting
Enough with the gloom and doom! People are hungry for new ways of looking at climate change. Peterson Toscano, a quirky, queer Quaker provides a lively, insightful, and at times...
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There’s Something Funny About Climate Change (Mansfield U)
Apr 9th 2015 8:00:pm at Mansfield University of Pennsylvania
As a performance artist and scholar, Peterson Toscano has used humor and storytelling for over 10 years to connect with audiences about complicated and contentious topics. He is now applying his...
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There’s Something Funny about Climate Change
Mar 14th 2015 3:15:pm at Lehigh University
As part of the Citizens’ Climate Lobby NE/Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference, Peterson will share some of his signature climate comedy. Drawing on his comic creations from Climate Stew and Does This...
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Climate Change — What’s Faith Got to Do with It?
Mar 13th 2015 7:00:pm at Lehigh University Neville Hall
As part of the Citizens Climate Lobby Regional Conference, Peterson Toscano will kick things off with a lively look at climate change, religion, and so much more. All welcome! Friday...
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Ex-Gays & Tapeworms in NYC
Mar 4th 2015 7:00:pm at BGSQD at The Center
Cancelled Due to Storm (I blame the gays. Actually I blame the immoral fossil fuel lifestyle that has made our weather so wacky. But spring is coming. We will be...
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A Ridiculously Serious Look at the End of the World (Northumberland, PA)
Feb 27th 2015 7:00:pm at Front Street Station
Susquehanna Valley Progressives kicks off its 2014 event calendar comedy club-style! Front Street Station, Northumberland, PA Peterson Toscano currently lives in Sunbury, PA, but he has done comedy throughout North...
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Live Radio Interview WKOK On the Mark Program
Feb 26th 2015 8:30:am at On the Mark Program
Peterson will appear on a guest on Newsradio 1070 am WKOK’s On The Mark program Thursday February 26, 2015. The show airs from 8:30am to 10am, and Peterson will share some...
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Does This Apocalypse Make Me Look Fat? (Colorado Mesa University)
Feb 17th 2015 7:30:pm at Colorado Mesa University
Does This Apocalypse Make Me Look Fat? A Comedy about Broken Bodies, Large and Small In this one-person, multi-character comedy, Peterson Toscano finds humor in the oddest places–cancer, climate change,...
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Beyond Polar Bears and Lightbulbs. New Climate Communication (Denver, CO)
Feb 15th 2015 12:15:pm at Mountain View Friends Meeting
People are hungry for new ways of looking at climate change. Peterson Toscano has begun to offer lively, insightful, and hilarious presentations to help people wrap their heads and hearts...
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Transfigurations — Iliff School of Theology
Feb 13th 2015 7:30:pm at
Peterson Toscano has shaken up Bible academics and received high praise for his ground-breaking, genre-bending, gender blending Bible scholarship. By unearthing the stories of gender-variant people in the Hebrew and Christian scriptures, Toscano’s...
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Peterson Unplugged (Boulder, CO)
Feb 8th 2015 7:00:pm at Community United Church of Christ
A ridiculously serious look at LGBTQ issues, religion, and the end of the world! With flawless character transformations, gut-busting comedy sketches, and sparkling social commentary, Peterson Toscano is the one...
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Does This Apocalypse Make Me Look Fat? (Creating Change Conference, Denver)
Feb 7th 2015 9:00:pm at Creating Change: Sheraton Downtown
Does This Apocalypse Make Me Look Fat? A Comedy About Broken Bodies. The creator of Doin’ Time in the Homo No Mo Halfway House, Transfigurations—Transgressing Gender in the Bible, and...
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A Queer Response to Climate Change (Creating Change Conference)
Feb 7th 2015 5:00:pm at Creating Change: Sheraton Downtown
How on earth is Global Climate Change a Queer Issue? How are LGBTQ folks specially positioned to creatively consider Global Warming and develop strategies for addressing it? What will your...
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There’s Something Funny About Climate Change
Jan 9th 2015 9:00:am at Susquehanna University
As part of the daylong Teaching About Climate Change event offered by the Pennsylvania Environmental Resource Consortium, Peterson Toscano will offer excerpts from his one-person comedy, Does This Apocalypse Make...
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Transfigurations–Transgressing Gender in the Bible (Pittsburgh)
Nov 22nd 2014 7:00:pm at Pittsburgh Mennonite Church
Peterson Toscano has shaken up Bible academics and received high praise for his ground-breaking, genre-bending, gender blending Bible scholarship. By unearthing the stories of gender-variant people in the Hebrew and Christian scriptures, Toscano’s...
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Transfigurations–Transgression Gender in the Bible (Simpson College)
Nov 20th 2014 7:00:pm at Simpson College
Peterson Toscano has shaken up Bible academics and received high praise for his ground-breaking, genre-bending, gender blending Bible scholarship. By unearthing the stories of gender-variant people in the Hebrew and Christian scriptures, Toscano’s...
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Climate Change–What’s Faith Got To Do With It? (Indianola, IA)
Nov 19th 2014 7:30:pm at Simpson College
As the world responds to climate change and goes through stages of grief, starting with denial, people are looking through different lenses to help wrap their heads about a crisis...
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Transfigurations–Transgressing Gender in the Bible (Salem, OR)
Nov 15th 2014 7:00:pm at Freedom Friends Church
Peterson Toscano, a queer quirky Quaker has shaken up Bible academics and received high praise for his ground-breaking, genre-bending, gender blending Bible scholarship. By unearthing the stories of gender-variant people...
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Transfigurations–Transgressing Gender in the Bible (Newberg, OR)
Nov 14th 2014 7:00:pm at Chehalem Cultural Center
Peterson Toscano, a Quaker performance artist and Bible scholar has shaken up Bible academics and received high praise for his ground-breaking, genre-bending, gender blending Bible scholarship. By unearthing the stories...
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Does This Apocalypse Make Me Look Fat? (Tacoma, WA)
Nov 13th 2014 7:30:pm at University of Puget Sound
In this one-person, multi-character comedy, Peterson Toscano finds humor in the oddest places–cancer, climate change, and even childhood trauma. What is so funny about broken bodies? Perhaps it is how...
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Beyond Greenwashing and Polar Bears (Tacoma, WA)
Nov 12th 2014 7:00:pm at University of Puget Sound
These days we are inundated with admonitions to go green with thousands of companies with products that promise an environmentally-friendly path to sustainable consumerism. But we cannot responsibly shop our...
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Transgressing Gender in the Bible (Delta, BC)
Nov 7th 2014 7:30:pm at Crossroads United Church
Peterson Toscano has shaken up Bible academics and received high praise for his ground-breaking, genre-bending, gender blending Bible scholarship. By unearthing the stories of gender-variant people in the Hebrew and...
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Transgressing Gender in the Bible (Vancouver, BC)
Nov 5th 2014 7:00:pm at Vancouver School of Theology
Peterson Toscano has shaken up Bible academics and received high praise for his ground-breaking, genre-bending, gender blending Bible scholarship. By unearthing the stories of gender-variant people in the Hebrew and...
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Transfigurations and More: A day of performance conversations (Minneapolis, MN)
Nov 2nd 2014 at Living Table UCC
Peterson will spend the whole day at Living Table UCC giving a series of presentations leading up to a performance of Transfigurations–Transgressing Gender in the Bible. OUTLINE for the...
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Transfigurations–Transgressing Gender in the Bible (Minneapolis)
Oct 30th 2014 7:00:pm at Richfield United Methodist Church
Peterson Toscano has shaken up Bible academics and received high praise for his ground-breaking, genre-bending, gender blending Bible scholarship. By unearthing the stories of gender-variant people in the Hebrew and Christian scriptures, Toscano’s...
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A Queer Response to Climate Change. WWWWD? (Minneapolis)
Oct 29th 2014 7:00:pm at All God's Children MCC
A Queer Response to Climate Change What Would Walt Whitman Do? Using storytelling, humor and skilled facilitation, Peterson creates a thoughtful space where participants can reflect on our individual and...
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A Chat with Peterson about Climate Change and Much More (Lancaster, PA)
Oct 19th 2014 10:00:am at Community Mennonite Church of Lancaster
In an informal setting, Peterson will answer questions about his recent performance activism around Global Warming. He will likely even give live samples from his Climate Stew Podcast with guest...
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Does This Apocalypse Make Me Look Fat? (Lancaster PA)
Oct 18th 2014 7:00:pm at Community Mennonite Church of Lancaster
A Comedy about Broken Bodies--Large and Small
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Does This Apocalypse Make Me Look Fat? World Premiere
Oct 15th 2014 7:30:pm at Susquehanna University
The World Premiere of Peterson’s newest play will take place in October at Susquehanna University In this one-person, multi-character comedy, Peterson Toscano finds humor in the oddest places–cancer, climate change,...
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Fall Tour 2014
Oct 15th 2014 at
Starting in mid-October Peterson will board Amtrak in Pennsylvania and head West to Vancouver, BC with stops in Chicago, Minneapolis, Denver, Portland, and many more. Exact tour dates and venues...
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Climate Change: What’s faith got to do with it? (Susquehanna University)
Oct 7th 2014 8:00:pm at Susquehanna University
Religious institutions are at crossroads as they consider their futures in a world that seems to have less and less time or patience with culture wars or faith communities caught...
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A Queer Response to Climate Change (Susquehanna University)
Oct 7th 2014 4:30:pm at Susquehanna University
How on earth is Global Climate Change a Queer Issue? How are LGBTQ folks specially positioned to creatively consider Global Warming and develop strategies for addressing it? What exactly do...
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Transfigurations–Transgressing Gender in the Bible (State College, PA)
Oct 4th 2014 7:00:pm at University Baptist and Brethren Church
Peterson Toscano has shaken up Bible academics and received high praise for his ground-breaking, genre-bending, gender blending Bible scholarship. By unearthing the stories of gender-variant people in the Hebrew and Christian scriptures, Toscano’s...
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Peterson Unplugged (State College, PA)
Oct 3rd 2014 10:31:am at State College Friends Meeting
Drawing from his hilarious and insightful plays and talks, Peterson offers a special presentation of excerpts with an emphasis on LGBTQ issues and Global Warming. This is a one of a...
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Peoples Climate March Teach-In: Queer Response to Global Warming
Sep 20th 2014 10:45:am at Empire College
How on earth is Global Climate Change a Queer Issue? How are LGBTQ folks specially positioned to creatively consider Global Warming and develop strategies for addressing it? What will your...
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A Queer Response to Climate Change (NYC)
Sep 19th 2014 7:00:pm at NYC Metropolitan Community Church
Discover what your role might be on our new earth and learn how LGBTQ folks and faith communities already have experiences and resources to draw on in the midst of our current and growing climate crisis.
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Keynote Address PYM Sessions
Jul 26th 2014 7:15:pm at Muhlenberg College
Sprinkled with humor and outbreaks of performance, this keynote address may not be typical, but in it Peterson seeks to presented a grounded, spiritual message specifically for those gathered at the PYM sessions.
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Does This Apocalypse Make Me Look Fat? Preview Performance
Jun 20th 2014 7:00:pm at Elias Center for the Performing Arts
In his newest one-person comedy, Peterson Toscano takes on broken bodies, large and small including his own. Without giving too much away, audiences will see Peterson morph from characters to...
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