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Back by popular demand! And with gratitude to sculptor Tony Armeni, we are again raffling a gorgeous birdbath. You can see it in person...

Quarantines i Imagine the media coverage of the Black Death, whole families boarded up to die inside, the comic bring-out-your-dead...

Aren’t you glad your feet are at the bottom of your legs? What if your feet were at the end of your arms? You would have to grab things...

Join us in profound thanks for a programming grant from the Youngstown Foundation Charles W. Darling Family Endowment Fund. The $5615...

We are so grateful for a Raymond J. Wean Foundation Neighborhood SUCCESS Grant to help us fund the project. The mural will feature a...

Belt Publishing will release a second edition of its Youngstown Anthology this June here) and to go along with it, they are publishing a...

THIS EVENT WILL BE RESCHEDULED. PLEASE HOLD ONTO YOUR TICKETS, OR CONTACT LITYOUNGSTOWN@GMAIL.COM FOR A REFUND. Join us for Whitman &...

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The McDonough Museum and Lit Youngstown will host two ekphrastic (art-from-art) writing workshops and a reading by workshop participants....

Join us at 2:00 Sunday, March 22 at the Purple Cat Theatre in a celebration of America’s iconic poet and the music of his generation,...

Join us in thanking Harrington, Hoppe & Mitchell for a $500 contribution toward the upcoming Winter Writing Camp, noting “It is a...

Even better than a chicken dinner! Congrats to Vi Aguirre on winning our drawing for a copy of Mark Winne’s newest book Food Town USA:...

Many, so many! thanks to Ashley Dillon for her editing and graphic design on our new, gorgeous, gorgeous! 5-year commemorative calendar....

Five years! It’s gone by in a flash. Let’s take a moment to celebrate all we’ve done together. And then let’s have a party! Jeffrey...

This slideshow requires JavaScript. Plans are underway for the 3rd annual Winter Writing Camp! This free, all day writing workshop for...

We received many fine entries, and a big thank you to all of the writers who sent work our way. Thanks also to judges Anne Garwig, Liz...

We are thrilled to welcome the Wick Poetry Center to talk about some of their incredible work in the community, using poetry to create...

Join us for a truly wonderful evening of sidewalk poetry dedication, elegant dining, great conversation, an incredible reading by George...

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