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===2020-present===
In 2020 she was a featured act at the Solano County Virtual Fair,<ref name="VirtualFair">{{cite web |last1=Freedman |first1=Richard |title=Solano County Fair Virtually ready |url=https://www.timesheraldonline.com/2020/06/17/solano-county-fair-virtually-ready/ |website=Vallejo Times Herald |date=June 17, 2020 |accessdate=21 October 2020}}</ref> and judged the library's teen poetry competition.<ref name="Fairfield2020">{{cite news |title=Solano County Library Teen Writing Contest Winners |url=https://www.dailyrepublic.com/all-dr-news/community/community-news-and-views/press-release-solano-county-library-teen-writing-contest-winners-2/ |access-date=28 February 2021 |publisher=Fairfield Daily Republic |date=26 December 2020}}</ref> In 2021 she performed virtually for ''Poetry Flash''<ref name="poetryflash">{{cite web |title=Poetry Flash Calendar Colossus Home |url=http://poetryflash.org/calendar/?t=0o20210411o_kobrinsky-lang |website=Poetry Flash |access-date=8 May 2021}}</ref> and Point Arena Third Thursday Poetry.<ref name="peddler" /> She also performed with Brice and Snyder at Alibi Bookshop,<ref name="sept9alibi">{{cite news |last1=Freedman |first1=Richard |title=September 9 Arts and Entertainment Source Always Something to Celebrate |url=https://www.thereporter.com/2021/09/07/september-9-arts-and-entertainment-source-always-something-to-celebrate/amp/ |access-date=8 September 2021 |publisher=Vacaville Reporter |date=7 September 2021}}</ref> and for the Jewish Democrats of Solano County.<ref name="raretime">{{cite news |last1=Freedman |first1=Richard |title=Rare time three poets laureate gather |url=https://www.timesheraldonline.com/2021/08/24/august-26-arts-and-entertainment-source-rare-time-three-poets-laureate-gather/ |access-date=24 August 2021 |agency=Vallejo Times-Herald |date=24 August 2021}}</ref> In 2022 she performed for the AAUW,<ref name="patchaauw">{{cite news |last1=Antonne |first1=Suzanne |title=AAUW sponsors public zoom reading Living on Earth |url=https://patch.com/california/benicia/calendar/event/20220410/1808923/aauw-sponsors-public-zoom-poetry-reading-living-on-earth-here-now |access-date=13 April 2022 |publisher=patch.com |date=10 April 2022}}</ref> Solano County Library,<ref name="vacavillereportermotion">{{cite news |last1=McCourt |first1=Sean |title=Poetry in Motion |url=https://www.thereporter.com/2022/04/12/april-14-vallejo-vacaville-arts-and-entertainment-source-poetry-in-motion/ |access-date=13 April 2022 |agency=The Vacaville Reporter |date=13 April 2022}}</ref> San Francisco Public Library,<ref name="sfplbanned">{{cite web |title=Kim Shuck's Poem Jam: Banned Books Edition |url=https://sfpl.org/events/2022/04/14/performance-kim-shucks-poem-jam-banned-books-edition |website=San Francisco Public Library |access-date=13 April 2022}}</ref> a [[beat poetry]] festival at the Empress Theatre,<ref name="beatgen">{{cite news |last1=McCourt |first1=Sean |title=Just read it Beat Generation honored with readings in Vallejo |url=https://www.timesheraldonline.com/2022/06/01/just-read-it-beat-generation-honored-with-readings-in-vallejo/ |access-date=2 June 2022 |agency=Vallejo Times Herald |date=1 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-13 |title=Local Event: Poetry and Music in the Lounge! |url=https://patch.com/california/napavalley/calendar/event/20220602/1854121/poetry-and-music-in-the-lounge |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=Napa Valley, CA Patch |language=en}}</ref> the abortion rights group [[Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights|RiseUp4AbortionRights]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Liggins |first=Greg |date=2022-05-14 |title=Abortion rights protesters take to the streets of San Francisco |url=https://www.ktvu.com/news/abortion-rights-protesters-take-to-the-streets-of-san-francisco |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=KTVU FOX 2 |language=en-US}}</ref> the [[Beat Museum]]<ref name="beatmuseum">{{cite web |title=Storm Warning |url=https://www.kerouac.com/beat_event/storm-warning/ |website=kerouac.com |date=August 26, 2022 |access-date=3 October 2022}}</ref> and LaborFest with the Revolutionary Poets Brigade,<ref name="laborfest">{{cite web |title=Poets of the Revolutionary Poets Brigade and More |url=https://laborfest.net/event/poets-of-the-revolutionary-poets-brigade-and-more/ |website=Labor Fest 2022 |access-date=17 July 2022}}</ref> judged the Solano library's teen poetry competition,<ref name="Poetrycompetition2022">{{cite news |last1=Bruce |first1=Suzanne |title=The Poetry Connection: Winners of the library's Teen Writing Contest, Poetry Division |url=https://www.dailyrepublic.com/all-dr-news/solano-news/solano-county-entertainment/the-poetry-connection-winners-of-the-librarys-teen-writing-contest-poetry-division/ |access-date=2 January 2023 |agency=Fairfield Daily Republic |date=1 January 2023}}</ref> and appeared on the ''Rooted in Poetry'' podcast.<ref name="rootedinpoetry">{{cite web |last1=Marie |first1=Georgina |title=Rooted in Poetry Episode 11 |url=https://www.lakecountybloom.com/podcasts/rooted-in-poetry/ |website=The Bloom |date=April 29, 2021 |access-date=13 July 2022}}</ref> In 2023 she performed at the Flyway Festival,<ref name="VallejoWeekly" /> Cordelia Library for Poetry Month,<ref name="pageantry">{{cite news |title=At the Library: A Pageantry of Poetry celebrates National Poetry Month |url=https://www.dailyrepublic.com/all-dr-news/solano-news/fairfield/at-the-library-a-pageantry-of-poetry-celebrates-national-poetry-month-saturday/ |access-date=7 April 2023 |agency=Fairfield Daily Republic |date=3 April 2023}}</ref> Vallejo Poetry Festival,<ref name="Baker">{{cite news |last1=Baker |first1=Jordan |title=Indulge in poetry with an alibi |url=https://www.timesheraldonline.com/2023/04/14/indulge-in-poetry-with-an-alibi/ |access-date=23 April 2023 |agency=Vallejo Times Herald |date=14 April 2023}}</ref> Laborfest at the Tenderloin Museum,<ref name="tenderloin">{{cite web |title=LaborFest Poetry + Worker's Voices |url=http://www.tenderloinmuseum.org/public-programs-2023-1/2023/7/27/laborfest-poetry |website=Tenderloin Museum |access-date=20 September 2023}}</ref> Revolution Books in Berkeley to support freeing Iranian political prisoners,<ref name="Iranfreedom">{{cite web |title=An Evening of Poetry for the Mahsa Jina Amini Uprising and the Heroic Political Prisoners in Iran |url=https://www.freeiranspoliticalprisonersnow.org/events/an-evening-of-poetry-for-the-mahsa-jina-amini-uprising-and-the-heroic-political-prisoners-in-iran |website=International Emergency Campaign to Free Iran's Political Prisoners Now |access-date=20 September 2023}}</ref> and a labor protest against Elon Musk.<ref name="IndyBay1">{{cite news |last1=Pasquini |first1=Phil |title=Put The Bird DOWN Elon At Twitter! |url=https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2023/02/12/18854291.php |access-date=24 February 2023 |agency=IndyBay |date=12 February 2023}}</ref><ref name="NBCBay">{{cite news |title=Group Gathers Outside Twitter's SF Headquarters to Protest Elon Musk |url=https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/tech/group-gathers-outside-twitters-sf-headquarters-to-protest-mass-layoffs/3154986/ |access-date=24 February 2023 |agency=NBC Bay Area |date=11 February 2023}}</ref> In 2023 she was also one of ten winners of the Curbside Haiku contest in Tulsa, Oklahoma,<ref name="scissortail">{{cite news |last1=Meyer |first1=Karenna |title=Vallejo poet invited to nationally attended creative writing festival |url=https://www.thereporter.com/2024/03/12/march-14-vallejo-vacaville-arts-and-entertainment-source-faces-and-places/ |access-date=14 March 2024 |agency=Vacaville Reporter |date=12 March 2024}}</ref><ref name="VallejoWeekly" /><ref name="kjrh">{{cite news |last1=Maupin |first1=Jennifer |title=Curbside Haiku art installation popping up in Downtown Tulsa |url=https://www.kjrh.com/news/local-news/curbside-haiku-art-installation-popping-up-in-downtown-tulsa |access-date=29 March 2023 |agency=KJRH |date=29 March 2023}}</ref> and performed at the 2023 [[Woody Guthrie Folk Festival]] in Okemah, Oklahoma. <ref name="scissortail" /><ref name="woodyguthriepoets">{{cite web |title=Woody Guthrie Poets |url=https://www.woodyfest.com/panels/ |website=Woody Guthrie Folk Festival |access-date=20 September 2023}}</ref> Lang was a member of the committee to choose Snyder’s successors as poet laureate,<ref name="FFDR2024">{{cite news |title=Two women to serve as Vallejo’s poets laureate |url=https://www.dailyrepublic.com/news/two-women-to-serve-as-vallejos-poet-laureates/article_cb5f2f52-88a3-11ee-b457-4f567809131c.html#:~:text=VALLEJO%20—%20The%20city%20has%20appointed,their%20term%20on%20Jan.%201. |access-date=23 November 2023 |agency=Fairfield Daily Republic |date=22 November 2023}}</ref><ref name="historicfirst">{{cite news |title=Vallejo appoints two poets laureate in historic first |url=https://www.timesheraldonline.com/2023/11/25/vallejo-appoints-two-poets-laureate-in-historic-first/ |access-date=26 November 2023 |agency=Vallejo Times Herald |date=25 November 2023}}</ref><ref name="SunNov2023">{{cite news |last1=Zimmermann |first1=Gretchen |title=New co-poets laureate want to bring Vallejo together through poetry |url=https://www.vallejosun.com/new-co-poets-laureate-want-to-bring-vallejo-together-through-poetry/ |access-date=28 December 2023 |agency=The Vallejo Sun |date=29 November 2023}}</ref> and judged the Solano Library's teen poetry competition.<ref name="teenpoetry2023">{{cite news |last1=Hiland |first1=Susan |title=Teens read poems at library |url=https://www.dailyrepublic.com/news/fairfield/teens-read-poems-at-library/article_827b112e-cddc-11ee-86c4-2b408b340600.html |access-date=28 February 2024 |agency=The Fairfield Daily Republic |date=18 February 2024}}</ref><ref name="Libraryconnection">{{cite news |last1=Bruce |first1=Suzanne |title=The Poetry Connection: Connections with Libraries |url=https://www.dailyrepublic.com/diversions/solano-county-entertainment/the-poetry-connection-connections-with-libraries/article_58eff4b4-9f65-11ee-bdfb-7321eb633276.html |access-date=9 January 2024 |agency=Fairfield Daily Republic |date=7 January 2024}}</ref> In 2024 Lang performed at the Starry Plough Pub in Berkeley in support of [[Toomaj Salehi]].<ref name="starryplough">{{cite news |title=A Night of Cultural Revolt Full of Joy and Hope |url=https://www.freeiranspoliticalprisonersnow.org/updates/a-night-of-cultural-revolt-full-of-joy-and-hope |access-date=4 March 2024 |agency=International Emergency Campaign to Free Iran's Political Prisoners Now |date=2 March 2024}}</ref> She also gave a reading at a Jewish art exhibit at the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum,<ref name="Jewishsolano">{{cite news |last1=Mara |first1=Janis |title=Exhibit spotlighting Solano County’s Jewish residents opening Sunday |url=https://www.timesheraldonline.com/2024/02/26/exhibit-spotlighting-solano-countys-jewish-residents-opening-sunday/ |access-date=28 February 2024 |agency=The Vallejo Times Herald |date=26 February 2024}}</ref> and at the Fairfield Library with fellow poets laureate.<ref name="poetryaffair">{{cite news |title=Solano county poet laureates guests gather for a poetry affair |url=https://www.dailyrepublic.com/townnews/pottery/solano-county-poet-laureates-guests-gather-for-a-poetry-affair/article_c52b7636-e58c-11ee-b0af-cb02d3801566.html |access-date=19 March 2024 |agency=Daily Republic |date=19 March 2024}}</ref> In March 2024 Lang was among several Vallejo women activists who received a proclamation from the Vallejo City Council in honor of Women's History Month.<ref name="WHM2024">{{cite web |title=Proclamation recognizing Women's History Month 2024 |url=https://vallejoca.portal.civicclerk.com/event/2761/files/attachment/15881 |website=City of Vallejo |access-date=8 March 2024}}</ref> She also performed at the Scissortail Creative Writing Festival in Ada, Oklahoma.<ref name="scissortail" /> She continues to perform poetry live on air at KZCT radio.<ref name="VallejoSun">{{cite news |last1=Zimmermann |first1=Gretchen |title=Grassroots Vallejo radio station promotes local talent |url=https://www.vallejosun.com/grassroots-vallejo-radio-station-promotes-local-talent/ |access-date=26 January 2023 |agency=The Vallejo Sun |date=24 January 2023}}</ref> Radio stations KPOO, KPFA, and KALW have also broadcast Lang’s poetry.<ref name="scissortail" />
 
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