Jane Ormerod
Spoken Word /Poetry
Previous Featured Readings
2010
New York City
June 25, Picasso Machinery, Brooklyn
June 21, The Fourth Annual Make Music New York's Spoken Word Extravaganza
June 12, Small's Jazz Club
June 10, Mike Geffner's Inspired Word, (Le) Poisson Rouge
May 29, 15th Annual Lower East Side Festival for the Arts
May 18, Brownstone Poets Series, Tillies of Brooklyn
April 25, Gallery RIVAA
April 18, Bowery Poetry Club
March 19, The Mix @ Gizzi's Coffee
March 18, Space on White
Feb 9, The Perch Cafe, BrooklynJan 1, The Bowery Poetry Club, The 16th Annual Alternative New Year's Day Spoken Word / Performance Extravaganza
New York
May 1, ArtRage Gallery, Syracuse
New Jersey
March 16, Tasty Coco, Caldwell
July 9, Cyndi Dawson's book launch, Mulligans, Hoboken
Pennsylvania
April 16, Guest Reader for Ronnie Norpel's book launch, Connie's Ric Rac, Philadelphia
Ireland
April 1, On the Nail Literary Reading, The Locke Bar, Limerick
March 31, Last Wednesday Reading Series, Cassidy's Bar, Dublin
2009
California
Nov 3, Sparring With Beatnik Ghosts, Faithful Fools Street Ministry, San Francisco
Oct 17, LitCrawl @ Artzone 461 Gallery, San Francisco
May 7, Adobe Bookstore, San Francisco
May 4, The Gallery Cafe, San Francisco
New York City
Dec 30, Three Books and A Band, The Bowery Poetry Club
Dec 1, Jackson Heights Poetry Festival
Oct 28, Jimmy's no. 43 "Rabbits F***ing, F***ing Rabbits" with Christian Georgescu
July 30, Kiva Cafe
July 6, Inspired Word Reading Series
June 11, Safe-T-Gallery, CLWN WR Series
Apr 28, Huron Club @ SoHo Playhouse, Hydrogen Jukebox Series
Apr 27, Nightingale, Saturn Series
Mar 23, The Cornelia Street Cafe, 4 Horsemen Reading Series
Jan 25, Bengal Curry, Phoenix Reading Series
Jan 18, The Cornelia Street Cafe, 4 Horsemen Reading Series
Jan 1, The Bowery Poetry Club Ex Tenebris Rising: The 15th Annual Alternative New Year's Day Spoken Word / Performance Extravaganza
New Jersey
Mar 28, Cafe Improv, Princeton
Pennsylvania
May 15, Paper Kite Studios, Kingston
Utah
May 1, Ken Sanders Rare Books, Salt Lake City
2008
New York City
Dec 14, The Knitting Factory
Dec 6, Dactyl Foundation for Arts & Humanities
Nov 24, The Cornelia Street Cafe, BigCityLit fall 2008 launch
Oct 22, The Cornelia Street Cafe, 11 Films chapbook launch
Oct 16, The Safe-T-Gallery, CLWN WR Reading
Sept 20, Dactyl Foundation for Arts & Humanities
Sept 17, The Cornelia Street Cafe, 4 Horsemen Reading Series
Sept 14, Central Park Bandshell
Aug 23, The Cornelia Street Cafe, Uphook Press Reading
July 28, The Stone, Active Ingredients program POINTING WITH 400 FINGERS AT THE RED FUNNEL
June 30, The Stone. Active Ingredients - The Book of the Body: Whitman and his Children
June 14, The Shooting Star Theatre, The Bell: The Poetry of Ray Pospisil
June 12, Safe-T-Gallery, CLWN WR Reading
May 26, The Stone. Active Ingredients presented by R. Nemo Hill, ACTIVE O (program two): SILK HAS ITS OWN MELON BALL VELOCITY
May 5, The Cornelia Street Cafe, 4 Horsemen
April 28, The Stone. Active Ingredients presented by R. Nemo Hill ACTIVE O (program one): Avant-Surréalisme
April 24, Jimmy's No. 43, Uphook Press Reading
Mar 20, Safe-T-Gallery, CLWN WR Reading
Feb 23, The Cornelia Street Cafe, Jackie Sheeler & Friends
Feb 10, The Cornelia Street Cafe, 4 Horsemen
Jan 18, The Cornelia Street Cafe, Son of Pony
Jan 9, The Bowery Poetry Club, Tone Poem
Jan 1, The Bowery Poetry Club, The Alternative New Year's Day Extravaganza
California
Feb 8, The Adobe Bookshop, San Francisco
Feb 8, Mystic Babylon podcast, San Francisco
Feb 4, The Gallery Cafe, San Francisco
Connecticut
July 16, Molten Java, Bethel
Massachusetts
Nov 15, 80 Border Street Cultural Exchange Center, East Boston. Uphook Press Reading
Pennsylvania
April 18, Paper Kite Studio, Kingston. Uphook Press Reading
April 22, Robin's Bookstore, Philadelphia. Uphook Press Reading
The Netherlands
Mar 29, ABC Treehouse, Amsterdam
Mar 30, Hofman Cafe, Salon des Mots Series, Utrecht
2007
New York City
Dec 22, Cornelia Street Cafe, An Evening of Poetry and Music with Barry Wallenstein
Dec 4, Cornelia Street Cafe, 4 Horsemen Series
Sept 30, Cornelia Street Cafe, Les' Jazz Thing
Sept 13, Cornelia Street Cafe, 4 Horsemen Series
Sept 9, The Sixth Street and Avenue B Community Garden
July 19, Safe-T-Gallery, CLWN WR Reading
July 2, Nightingale, Saturn Series
June 3, Naumberg Bandshell, Central Park, Poetic License Reading
April 23, SMUT, Galapagos Art Space
April 3, Cornelia Street Cafe, Seven New York Performing Poets
April 2, Cornelia Street Cafe, 4 Horsemen Series
March 29, Safe-T-Gallery, CLWN WR Reading
Jan 1, The Bowery Poetry Club, The Alternative New Year's Day Extravaganza
California
Aug 6, Gallery Cafe, San Francisco
Aug 6, KFJC Radio, Foothills College, Los Altos (spoken word plus interview)
Jan 18, Anno Domini, San Jose, The Perpetual Motion Roadshow
Jan 17, Modern Times Bookstore, San Francisco The Perpetual Motion Roadshow
Jan 16, The Long Haul, Berkeley, The Perpetual Motion Roadshow
Oregon
Jan 15, The Beanery, Ashland, The Perpetual Motion Roadshow
Jan 14, Chance of Rain Cafe, Portland, The Perpetual Motion Roadshow
Canada
Jan 13, Spartacus Books, Vancouver, The Perpetual Motion Roadshow
2006
New York City
Dec 11, Cornelia Street Cafe, 4 Horsemen Series
Dec 6, La Negrita, diVerseCity Series
Nov 15, Cornelia Street Cafe, It's a Family Affair
Oct 29, ABC No Rio, CLWN WR reading
Oct 26, Safe-T-Gallery, CLWN WR reading
Oct 16, Cosi's, Manu in Exile Series
Oct 14, The Bowery Poetry Club, Benefit for Frank Simone
Oct 9, The Stone, Active Ingredients Series: A Reading of Gertrude Stein's "Pink Melon Joy"
Oct 8, The Back Fence
Oct 2, The Stone, Active Ingredients Series
July 1, The Bowery Poetry Club, F.U.N. reading
June 8, Fusion Arts Museum
June 6, La Negrita, diVerseCity Reading Series
April 25, The Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center, Extreme States Series
March 14, The Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center, An Evening of Dance, Poetry and Music
March 13, Galapagos Arts Space, SMUT
Feb 15, Teabag
Jan 25, The Green Pavilion
Jan 1, The Bowery Poetry Club, The Alternative New Year's Day Extravaganza
Massachusetts
May 27, Gallery TK, Northampton
Vermont
May 26, Hooker-Dunham Theater, Brattleboro
2005
New York City
Dec 6, La Negrita, diVerseCity Reading Series
Oct 3, The Bowery Poetry Club, Hurricane Haven Benefit
Sept 9, Cornelia Street Cafe, Pink Pony West Reading Series
Aug 14, The Back Fence
Aug 6, The Park Slope Ale House
July 13, WBAI Radio, City Watch (spoken word plus interview)
June 10, Teabag
May 28, Lower East Side Festival of the Arts
May 16, Galapagos Arts Space, SMUT
Feb 13, Rockwood Music Hall, East Side Oral Series
Jan 26, The Bowery Poetry Club
Jan 1, The Bowery Poetry Club, The Alternative New Year's Day Extravaganza
New Jersey
July 25, Moran's, Hoboken
Feb 28, Rue de Jardin, Hoboken
2004
New York City
Nov 20, Charles A. Dana Discovery Center
Nov 15, Nightingale Saturn Series
Nov 7, The Back Fence
Sept 28, Oz Bar and Lounge
1995-2000
Institute of Contemporary Arts, The Troubadour, City Lit, Muswell Hill Bookshop, Adam Gallery, Waterstones (London, England)
The British Council (Cologne, Germany)
"She stared at gravestones the way others stir gravy."
Vertigo, 2005"Jane Ormerod gave a virtuoso display of that rich flowing verse that really grips the ear."
TVIVF, Eamonn Lynskey, review of feature at Cassidy's, Dublin.