Expect the unexpected as poets, writers, and other creatives from the Hudson area and beyond reveal the inspiration and shadows behind their work.
Held at Hudson’s historic Park Theater, First Thursdays (except September 2026).
Featured performers: Sean Carrillo, Daniel Schmeder, Natalya Sukhonos
Curated and hosted by Jane Ormerod and John K Lawson
Doors at 6:00 pm, show at 7:00 pm
$10 suggested donation to be shared among performers.
Sean Carrillo is an artist and writer from East Los Angeles, California. A former member of the Asco art collective, he currently lives and works in Hudson, NY.
Daniel Schmeder is a 66-year-old activist, hairdresser, husband, writer, and the father of a snarky 8-year-old. He writes and reads. Oh… he’s got stories!
A native of Odesa, Ukraine, Natalya Sukhonos is multilingual, speaking Russian, English, as well as Ukrainian, Spanish, French, Portuguese, and Italian. She holds a PhD in Comparative Literature from Harvard. Beyond Odesa, she has lived in New York City, New Haven, Madrid, Boston, Rio de Janeiro, San Francisco, and Istanbul. Natalya is a poet, scholar, and teacher deeply committed to the power of language to uplift, inspire, and defamiliarize us from the ordinary. Natalya loves to experiment with poetic forms, space on the page, and multilingual writing. Sunlight Trapped in Stone (Green Writers Press 2026) is her third book.
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