A Galère of Poetic Autopsies

Expect the unexpected as poets, writers, and other creatives from the Hudson area and beyond reveal the inspiration and shadows behind their work.

Featured performers: Thomas Fucloro, Martina Salisbury, J. Owen Smith

Hosted by John K Lawson and Jane Ormerod.

Doors at 6:00 pm, show at 7:00 pm.

$10 suggested donation to be shared among performers.

Thomas Fucaloro is the winner of numerous grants from the Staten Island Council of the Arts, the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, NYC Office for the Prevention of Hate Crimes, and NYC Commission of Human Rights, to name a few. He has been on six national slam teams, holds an MFA in creative writing from the New School, and is a co-founding editor of Great Weather for Media and NYSAI Press. He is an adjunct professor at Wagner College, BMCC, and CSI, where he teaches various poetry and literature courses.

Martina Salisbury is a designer, creative director, curator, and poet. Her work often explores the histories revealed in vernacular photographs and archival materials, discovering beauty in the everyday. A daughter of poets, Martina was born in the Willamette Valley, Oregon and spent much of her youth overseas, including 8 years in Italy. She moved “temporarily” to New York in 1998 to attend the School of Visual Arts and currently lives between Brooklyn and Catskill.

J. Owen Smith is a spoken word poet and singer/songwriter from New York. He started out in Greenwich Village during the 70’s, took time off to help raise a family, but continued to write and create. An audio book of music and poetry “The Price of Tears” was released last February and this summer he released “Companion Pieces.” J. Owen Smith tells stories through music and words that speak of the human condition and paints pictures of a life worth living.