Come give a warm greeting to a traveling poet all the way from Baltimore, MD and enjoy the collective spirit with performances by local Taos heros. Donations will be collected and books will be available for purchase. This is an Open Word Exchange, so all fiction writers, poets, essayists, artists, musicians, philosophers, performers, singers, and all sorts of dreamers are invited to come and share their most recent work. There will be an hour open mic after the featured readers. featured performers include: ALAIN GINSBERG KRISTEN VIGARD and short films produced by AMERICAN DUST doors at 7pm bring donations for the traveling artist. ALAIN GINSBERG Alain Ginsberg is an agender writer and performer from Baltimore City, MD whose work primarily focuses on gender, sexuality, and trauma narratives. They have performed up the east coast, north west, and parts of canada, as well as having been published in Black Hearts Magazine, Words Dance, and elsewhere. Outside of poetry, Alain is crawling in the sewers looking for cool rocks or shards of glass. http://alainginsbergofficial.tumblr.com/ KRISTEN VIGARD Kristen Vigard is an American actress and singer-songwriter living in Taos, NM. She toured as a backup singer with Fishbone and the Red Hot Chili Peppers and sang lead vocals for Grace of my Heart. She released her second album, God, Loves and Angels in 2004. More recently, she was a founding member of the downtempo acoustic rock band New White Trash, which released three albums between 2011 and 2014. https://www.reverbnation.com/kristenvigard AMERICAN DUST American Dust is a disembodied design collective based in Taos, NM. They work to produce clothing, film, music, and other narrative driven realities for the Dream Punk generation. As part of October 3rd's Word Exchange, they'll be sharing short films captured around town showcasing the Taoseno way of life. https://www.facebook.com/dustmarket/