Words Made Visible Sidewalk Project
Congratulations to the writers of these excerpted works, which will be stamped into Youngstown sidewalks: “The Field’s Red Wheat” by...
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- Aug 29, 2017
- 1 min
Lit Youngstown at Salon de Fleurus
The McDonough Museum of Art, 525 Wick Ave., presents Salon de Fleurus, a representation of the Parisian salon of Gertrude Stein, a...
- Jun 22, 2017
- 1 min
Writers Circle & Ekphrastic Reading at YWCA
In conjunction with the 35th Annual Women Artists Show, Lit Youngstown will present a reading featuring ekphrasis, or poems and stories...
- Jun 22, 2017
- 2 min
Lit Youngstown at 2017 Summer Festival of the Arts July 8-9
And if that weren’t enough happiness, wait until you see the posters we’re giving away, designed by graphic artist Laura Garvin,...
- Mar 12, 2017
- 1 min
Youngstown Stories Project Video
As part of our oral history project Phenomenal Women: Twelve Youngstown Stories, we created a 10 minute video about the process. It...
- Mar 4, 2017
- 1 min
Friends, Writers, Countrymen! Send Us Your Words
Ohio-affiliated Writers: Call for Submissions Lit Youngstown seeks poetry and prose for a series of public art projects called Words Made...
- Mar 2, 2017
- 1 min
Photos: Phenomenal Women Book Event
At our reception for the release of Phenomenal Women: Twelve Youngstown Stories, photographer Melanie Rae Buonavolanta took such...
- Nov 22, 2016
- 2 min
Phenomenal Women Celebration
With profound thanks to the Raymond J. Wean Foundation and to these twelve women in our community, we invite you to a reception cel...
- Oct 17, 2016
- 1 min
Garden District Fall Fest
Lit Youngstown board of directors member Molly Toth (left) and friend of Lit Youngstown Sarah Lowry (photo credit: Phil Kidd) What a...
- Aug 22, 2016
- 1 min
Northside Corn Roast
30 Mile Meal will host a Northside Corn Roast at the Lake to River Food Hub on Baldwin Street at Elm on September 17 from 10:00 a.m. –...
- Aug 12, 2016
- 1 min
The East Side Better Block
Lit Youngstown is excited to be participating in this terrific event! The Lincoln Knolls Plaza will come alive with pop-up businesses, an...
- Jul 14, 2016
- 1 min
Chris Leeper’s Painting Gets a New Home
As Phyllis Rench was walking by the Lit Youngstown booth at the Summer Festival of the Arts, she spotted Chris Leeper’s oil painting...
- Jun 28, 2016
- 1 min
Ode to our Zip Codes
Thank you to O Miami! for this terrific poetry idea. Visitors to our table at the Idora Farmers’ Market wrote five-line poems. Each zip...
- Mar 11, 2016
- 1 min
Storygami!
Lit Youngstown is seeking flash fiction for Storygami! Five selected stories will be printed on square paper and folded into origami...
- Feb 11, 2016
- 1 min
Auditions Announced for the Strand Project!
Tuesday March 1, 7:00 p.m. at Selah Restaurant The Strand Project is looking for 19 actors, men and women ages 17 and older to each...
- Aug 27, 2015
- 1 min
JCC Thomases Gallery Readings
The Jewish Community Center and Lit Youngstown announce a visual and literary arts collaboration in the form of readings during five...
- Jul 5, 2015
- 3 min
Lit Youngstown at Summer Festival of the Arts!
“Disco” was inspired by a print in “Prayer Series” by University of Akron faculty artist Hui-Chu Ying (the top image here). Dianne wrote...
- Jun 3, 2015
- 2 min
Lit Youngstown at Summer Festival of the Arts!
Organizers of the Summer Festival of the Arts 2015 and Lit Youngstown announce a public literary art project as a component of the Summer...
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