- Has read literature aloud to live audiences at bookstores, libraries, coffee shops, and even banks, as well as for recordings for the blind.
- Is the author of "The Unofficial Book of Harvard Trivia," which was endorsed by Jack Lemmon, and "Watching Sex: how men really respond to pornography," endorsed by Tom Robbins.
- Played Benvolio in 1979 Harvard production of "Romeo and Juliet" in which Jonathan Prince appeared as Mercutio.
- Uncredited extra in Grand Tour: Disaster in Time (1991) aka "Disaster in Time" aka "The Grand Tour". Loftus was a reporter for the Roseburg (Ore.) News-Review at the time and did an interview feature with star Jeff Daniels for the newspaper as well as features on the film, working as an extra, and the crew.
- Was a full-time reporter, critic, and columnist for the daily Roseburg (Oregon) News-Review, and has published free-lance pieces in the Portland Oregonian, Portland Tribune, Willamette Week, Harvard Magazine, and Boston Herald.
- Recorded character voices for the audio book _The Lost Letters of William Shakespeare_ a Terry Tamminen production [February 2018].
- Has reviewed books for the California Literary Review (www.calitreview.com) and the Portland Oregonian, and films for DocumentaryFilms.net.
- Sang baritone in the Portland Symphonic Choir 1992-1997, and was with the choir for its recording with the Oregon Symphony of Nicolas Flagello's "The Passion of Martin Luther King".
- Won a 100-pound runner-up prize in a tournament sponsored by the Book Drum website for writing an in-depth profile of Ray Bradbury's _Something Wicked This Way Comes_ (March 2010).
- Proofread and fact checked "Slippage" and "Edgeworks, Volume 3" for Harlan Ellison; Loftus is listed in the acknowledgements of both books.
- Was a guide for Portland Walking Tours [2012-2020] and does part-time work as a customer service representative for Portland Streetcar [2014-present].
- Was exactly halfway through a performance run of the Oregon Children's Theatre production of "The Journals of Ben Uchida" when the show -- and the city of Portland and the nation -- were shut down by the pandemic on March 12, 2020.
- Appeared in the Oregon Children's Theatre production of "Last Stop on Market Street" (as a hip-hop rapping blind man) in performances between May 1 and May 29, 2022.
- Loftus appeared in a 73-second TikTok video filmed and uploaded by Sixthreezero Bikes in which he sang a portion of Led Zeppelin's "Black Dog" on the back of an electric tricycle in the streets of Portland. The clip, which dropped on Sunday evening, Nov. 27, 2022, went viral: In less than 72 hours it had garnered more than 2.6 million views, half a million likes, and nearly 10,000 mostly approving comments.
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