Lit News

A huge thank you to the speakers, attendees and volunteers that helped to make the 2024 Winter Gala a huge success. Please do join us...

Let us thank you for supporting our end-of-year fundraiser with a set of these gorgeous poetry notecards designed by Lit Youngstown's new...

Congratulations to Kendra, winner of this year's Tony Armeni sculpted birdbath! Many thanks to Tony and to the many ticket buyers. You'll...

Stop by to see us at the Summer Festival of the Arts! We'll be in the community programs neighborhood, where so much great work is...

Lit Youngstown is accepting applications for the 2023 Fall Literary Festival Coordinator and Book Fair Manager positions. The Fall...

Huge congratulations to Olney Magazine on their 2nd anniversary and the publication of issue 4 (purchase here). A literary journal...

This fun evening will include desserts and savory hors d'ouevres with gluten-free and vegan options Doors open at 6:45 Wine and apple...

Winter Writing Camp will be Saturday, February 18, 2023, from 9:30am-3:00pm at St. John's Episcopal Church and the main library....

Youngstown has a rich literary history, and this series will showcase the incredible writers who call or have called Youngstown home....

Toward the end of the year, Lit Youngstown's board selects a literary arts nonprofit and we send a modest donation. It lifts us up to...

Congratulations, Martha Ferenchak on winning the 2022 hand-sculpted Tony Armeni birdbath! We are so grateful to all of the ticket buyers,...

What could be more fun than spending the day in the rosy glow of Silly Science Sunday, writing stories with kids and being part of an...

Join us for a public screening of The Place That Makes Us, Saturday, October 22 at 7:00 pm. This is the first in-person screening this...

Write a story, drop an egg from the sky, walk on water, make a spin painting! So much to do at Silly Science Sunday in downtown...

If you're going to the Summer Festival of the Arts at the new Wean Park, stop by to see us. We enjoy talking to readers, writers and...

Many, many thanks to the Ohio Arts Council and Rob Briggs & Alyssa Lenhoff-Briggs for the funding to bring this talented and insightful...

So thankful to the Ohio Arts Council and Rob Briggs & Alyssa Lenhoff-Briggs for the funding to bring this wonderful poet to our...

First Wednesday Readers Series Presents poets Cindy Bosley of Toledo & Jessica Jones of Akron, Wednesday April 6 at 7 PM at the Soap...

Hopewell Theatre and Lit Youngstown present "I Sing the Body Electric: Whitman’s America in Words and Song," Sunday, March 20 at 3:00 at...

Winter Writing Camp 2022 was a wonderful day, thanks to amazing session leaders, volunteers, participants, caterer Sue Payton, our cookie...