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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...
Dec 15, 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...
Oct 9, 20191 min read
October First Wednesday Features Cleveland Writers
Hope to see you at our October reading, featuring E.F. Schraeder & Michelle R. Smith. Wed Ethicist, poet, and speculative fiction writer...
Sep 5, 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...
Aug 11, 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 &...
Jul 20, 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...
Jun 16, 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....
May 14, 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 16, 20191 min read
First Wednesday: Joanne Lehman & Sarah Wells
Join us for a reading! Wednesday, April 3 at 7:00 at the Soap Gallery, 117 S. Champion St. Open mic to follow emceed by Thomas Welsh. We...
Mar 9, 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...
Feb 19, 20191 min read
The CROW Returns!
Wednesday, February 6 @ 7:00 at The Soap Gallery, 117 S. Champion St. Street parking. We will also be celebrating National Chopsticks...
Jan 15, 20191 min read
First Wednesday Reading & All That Jazz
Join us for a prose and poetry reading, followed by live jazz by Matt Jackson & Dan Mihelarakis! Also, we’ll be celebrating National...
Dec 14, 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...
Nov 17, 20181 min read
First Wednesday Features Mike Geither
Join us for a staged reading of Heirloom by Mike Geither Wednesday December 5 at 7:00 at the Soap Gallery, 117 S. Champion St. Open mic...
Nov 11, 20181 min read
First Wednesday *New Time*
*** New Time*** 7:00*** New Time*** Join us at the Soap Gallery, 117 S. Champion St., Wed. Nov. 7, for a poetry reading and open mic...
Oct 12, 20181 min read
Kathleen McGookey & Rikki Santer
Join us for a poetry reading Wednesday October 3 at 7:30 at the Soap Gallery, 119 S. Champion St. Open mic emceed by Chris Gibowicz....
Sep 29, 20181 min read
World Poetry Night Sept. 5
Throughout the world and throughout history, poetry connects us. Join us for a special Wednesday, September 5 at 7:30 at the Soap...
Aug 17, 20181 min read
August Reading: Change of Place!
This month’s First Wednesday Reading is on, well, the 1st, which is like a blue moon for us. It will be a delightful reading by three...
Jul 19, 20181 min read
A Night of Stories July 11
The first Wednesday of July falls on a holiday, so go make some noise and join us a week later for a truly wonderful evening. Stories by...
Jun 15, 20182 min read
First Wednesday: Melissa Barger & William Heath
Join us for a reading of poetry and historical fiction at the Soap Gallery, 117 S. Champion St., 7:30. Doors open at 7:15. Open mic...
May 5, 20181 min read
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