Speak Your Peace (Oct 9)
Lit Youngstown is proud to co-sponsor Ohio Nonviolence Week's Speak Your Peace Spoken Word Poetry Event! Click on the QR code for more...
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- Jul 21
- 1 min
Announcing the 2025 First Wednesday Reader Series
Lit Youngstown is grateful and honored to announce our First Wednesday series of readers, bringing their poetry, fiction, speculative...
- Jun 19
- 1 min
Ekphrastic Poetry Reading at YWCA Women Artists Show (July 18)
Join YWCA Mahoning Valley & Lit Youngstown for a night of poetry and art! In May, Lit Youngstown poets were invited to respond to 2D and...
- Jun 19
- 3 min
Uplifting Black Women's Voices (July 11)
Join us for a brilliant reading and thoughtful conversation Thursday, July 11 at 7:00pmET. This reading will be livestreamed via YouTube....
- Jun 9
- 1 min
CityVerse: a Youth Poetry Showcase in the Books
Photo Credits Ashley Dillon Congratulations to these courageous and creative teens who shared their original poetry at the first...
- Jun 9
- 1 min
US Poet Laureate Ada Limón at Cuyahoga Valley National Park (Registration Closed)
“National parks from coast to coast will host special events this year with Ada Limón, the nation’s 24th Poet Laureate Consultant in...
- May 19
- 1 min
Lit Youngstown with the Youngstown Area Community Concert Band (June 11 Austintown Township Park)
Thank you to the Youngstown Area Community Concert Band for including Lit Youngstown poets in the June outdoor concert. Inspired by the...
- Apr 20
- 1 min
CityVerse: a Youth Poetry Showcase (June 4 Stambaugh Auditorium)
Enjoy the talents of dozens of students from East High School, Chaney High School and Rayen Early College at a reading on Tuesday, June 4...
- Mar 17
- 1 min
Call for Poems! (Deadline May 15)
Register here by May 15 if you would like to contribute your original poetry to either the YWCA Women Artists Show or the Youngstown Area...
- Mar 16
- 2 min
Youngstown Live/d (April 30 Online)
Join us for an unforgettable fiction reading by Youngstown-lived writers Sarah K. Stephens and Couri Johnson, moderated by Rose Marry....
- Mar 16
- 2 min
Uplifting Jewish Voices (April 16 Online)
Lit Youngstown and Elizabeth’s Bookshop & Writing Center present a reading by poets Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach, Allison Pitinii Davis,...
- Jan 28
- 1 min
Poets, Translators & Editors Lift Up Palestinian Voices
January 24, Lit Youngstown, Action Books, World Poetry Books, and Elizabeth’s Bookshop & Writing Center presented a reading by poets...
- Dec 27, 2023
- 2 min
*CANCELED DUE TO ILLNESS* Youngstown Live/d: A Benefit Reading (Online Jan 16)
Join us for an unforgettable fiction reading by Youngstown-lived writers Chris Barzak and Sarah K. Stephens, moderated by Rose Marry....
- Dec 22, 2023
- 2 min
Uplifting Palestinian Voices (Online Jan 24)
Lit Youngstown, Action Books, World Poetry Books, and Elizabeth’s Bookshop & Writing Center present a reading by poets Ghayath Almadhoun,...
- Sep 14, 2023
- 1 min
Ross Gay (October 20)
Fall Literary Festival Featured Presenter Ross Gay reads from his highly acclaimed essay and poetry collections. The Reverie Movement...
- Jul 19, 2023
- 3 min
Lit Youngstown Hosts the Rust Belt City Poetry Tour (August 10)
On a five-city tour, poets from several Rust Belt cities will read their work in the trophy room at Westside Bowl, 2617 Mahoning Ave., at...
- Jul 18, 2023
- 1 min
Gina Tabasso & Russell Vidrick (August 2)
First Wednesday Readers Series presents Cleveland poets Gina M. Tabasso & Russell Vidrick. Julie Cancio Harper will co-host. Open mic to...
- Jun 23, 2023
- 1 min
Music & Poetry with Youngstown Area Community Concert Band (July 25)
Join us for a concert on the lawn at 7pm on Tuesday, July 25 at Austintown Township Park, featuring the Youngstown Area Community ...
- May 19, 2023
- 1 min
YWCA Women Artists Show Ekphrastic Reading (June 29)
One of our favorite events of the year pairs the highly accomplished art of Valley women artists with wonderful original poems inspired...
- May 8, 2023
- 2 min
Youngstown Book Talk: Kimberly Mack's Living Colour Time's Up (June 9)
Lit Youngstown is proud to co-host author Kimberly Mack for a Youngstown reading and discussion on her book Living Colour Time's Up - an...
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