First Wednesday Zoom Features Terry Provost & Nicole Robinson
We sure will miss hanging out with you at the Soap Gallery, never mind that it will be National Chocolate Macaroon Day. But join us for...
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Mar 8, 20201 min read
No Fools, Just Fun: April 1 Features Storyteller Tom Beck & Humor Open Mic
THIS EVENT IS CANCELED but send your funny poems and stories to Lit Youngstown@gmail.com Join us for a celebration of April Fool’s with...
Feb 11, 20201 min read
First Wednesday: Kayla Jeswald & Cliff Richeal
March’s First Wednesday Reading, March 4, 7:00, The Soap Gallery, 117 S. Champion St., will feature fiction writer Kayla Jeswald & poet...
Feb 11, 20201 min read
Carpool to Winter Writing Festival in Ravenna Saturday, February 22
here. Like to carpool with Lit Youngstown? Send us a note: LitYoungstown@gmail.com. #Books #stories #writingworkshop #WritingConferences...
Feb 11, 20201 min read
Ekphrastic Workshops & Reading at the McDonough Museum of Art
The McDonough Museum and Lit Youngstown will host two ekphrastic (art-from-art) writing workshops and a reading by workshop participants....
Jan 17, 20201 min read
First Wednesday Features Holly Christensen & Chris Gibowicz
Join us for a First Wednesday Series reading by Akron Beacon Journal columnist Holly Christensen and Youngstown poet Chris Gibowicz. Open...
Dec 15, 20191 min read
First Wednesday on Second Wednesday
John Burroughs of Cleveland was recently honored as the 2019-2021 Beat Poet Laureate for the State of Ohio. He serves as the founding...
Oct 9, 20191 min read
Nacho Missable Reading
Yo, Yo-Towners! Join us for a reading by Pamela Anderson & Steve Thomas. Open mic to follow, emceed by Beth Franklin. We will also be...
Aug 11, 20191 min read
September First Wednesday Features Warren Poets
Join us at the Soap Gallery, 117 S. Champion St. on Wednesday September 4 at 7:00 as we welcome hometown talent Clint Elston & Brandon...
Jul 20, 20191 min read
Poets & Ice Cream
Join us Wednesday August 7, 7:00, The Soap Gallery, 117 S. Champion St., as we welcome acclaimed poets James Arthur, Cody Walker &...
Jun 16, 20191 min read
Third Thursday Writers Circle
We will meet in our office at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 323 Wick Ave. at 6:00, Thursday, June 20. Come to the door on the right, under...
Jun 16, 20191 min read
First Wednesday Moved to Second Wednesday
Have a great 4th, and we’ll see you on the 10th! We send out a special invitation to NEOMFA alumni, students & faculty. The open mic will...
May 18, 20191 min read
LITerally a Picnic! RSVP!
Join us Saturday, June 8, for LITerally A Picnic for all ages, at Bear’s Den Cabin in Mill Creek Park, from 5:30 – 8:30. We’re planning a...
May 14, 20191 min read
First Wednesday Reading Features Mary Grimm & Susan Grimm
Mary Grimm has had two books published, Left to Themselves (novel) and Stealing Time (story collection) – both by Random House....
Apr 17, 20192 min read
Lou Yuhasz Scholarship
The second Lou Yuhasz Memorial Scholarship is open for submissions. Each year, we will award one $100 scholarship, and invite the...
Apr 16, 20191 min read
First Wednesday: Bonné de Blas, Monica Kaiser & Sheryl St. Germain
Lit Youngstown presents a reading with Bonné de Blas, Monica Kaiser & Sheryl St. Germain, Wednesday May 1 @ 7:00 at The Soap Gallery, 117...
Apr 13, 20191 min read
Third Thursday Writers Circle April 18
We will meet in our office at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 323 Wick Ave. at 6:00, Thursday, April 18. Come to the door on the right,...
Apr 13, 20192 min read
Seeking Proposal Submissions for Fall Literary Festival
CALL FOR PROPOSALS FALL LITERARY FESTIVAL 2019 Lit Youngstown seeks proposals for presentations, workshops, craft talks and creative...
Feb 19, 20191 min read
First Wednesday Features Painesville Poets
Join us for a reading Wed. March 6 at 7:00 at the Soap Gallery, 117 S. Champion St., as we welcome Margie DeLong & Tanya Pilumeli from...
Nov 17, 20181 min read
Food for Thought: Line Study of a Motel Clerk
Join us for a conversation about Line Study of a Motel Clerk by First Wednesday visiting writer and native daughter Allison Pitinii...
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