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And if that weren’t enough happiness, wait until you see the posters we’re giving away, designed by graphic artist Laura Garvin,...

We received many hundreds of wonderful poems and stories for our Words Made Visible projects! Thank you all! It was so challenging, but...

Thank you to everyone who came to our open house and helped us warm the place with good spirits. We are looking forward to a long...

Thank you to local artist Sheila Ugolini for offering this gorgeous handmade quilt for our summer art raffle. The bold, bright colors...

We thank Sarah for helping us out this semester! Thanks, too, to the support from the YSU internship program. #NEOMFA...

Ohio-affiliated Writers: Call for Submissions Lit Youngstown seeks poetry and prose for a series of public art projects called Words Made...

Mark Winne, author of Closing the Food Gap: Resetting the Table in the Land of Plenty, will lead a workshop on bringing grocery stores to...

It was a tremendous honor and pleasure to represent Lit Youngstown at the Association of Writers & Writing Programs conference in...

So many incredible poets, fiction and non-fiction writers said Yes, and now they’re coming to the Suzie’s Dogs & Drafts stage on the...

It just happens that our Dec. First Wed. reading falls on Pearl Harbor Day, so come down and get your history on with readings from some...

With profound thanks to the Raymond J. Wean Foundation and to these twelve women in our community, we invite you to a reception cel...

Two fine young graduates of the NEOMFA come down from the North Coast. Monday Nov. 7 at 7:00, Suzie’s Dogs & Drafts downtown. NEOMFA...

We are feeling the love, here! Thank you to our fall fundraiser contributors. “Good luck with the fundraiser!” Anonymous Nancy Bukaty ...

One chilly noon in January of 2015, a small group met at Suzie’s Dogs & Drafts to discuss the idea of starting a literary arts...

Come down to the Soap Gallery to hear some readings that might keep you awake at night. We’ll have cookies & punch, and if you are...

Lit Youngstown is volunteering to answer phones for the WYSU pledge drive this Wednesday, Oct. 19, from 7:00 a.m. to noon. To make a...

Food for Thought, our book & potluck club is taking up Eating on the Wild Side by Jo Robinson. We are learning about the wild origins of...

Samantha Ensminger is a junior at YSU, double-majoring in English and Italian and minoring in Professional and Technical Writing. This...

As Phyllis Rench was walking by the Lit Youngstown booth at the Summer Festival of the Arts, she spotted Chris Leeper’s oil painting...

In conjunction with the 34th Annual Women’s Artists: A Celebration! the YWCA and Lit Youngstown present a reading with Kelly Bancroft &...