10/11 Glass City Reading Series @ You Are Here 406

7 PM FRIDAY in Jeannette…

Michelle Laura Boring
Angele Ellis
Brittany Hailer
Cedric Rudolph
Our fall continues with poetry readings organized by Pittsburgh area poet Scott Silsbe. Join us each month at 7:00 pm for readings by selected local poets, a little bit of music and a lot of relaxed comradery. Acoustic music provided! Donations welcome. BYOB.

1/28 The Light on the Wall launch @ Irma Freeman Center

THIS SATURDAY…

The Light on the Wall Book Launch

featuring poet Jen Ashburn with special guests Daniela Buccilli, Brittany Hailer, Scott Silsbe, and emcee Paula Levin

Saturday January 28th 6-8pm

Irma Freeman Center

5006 Penn Ave, Pgh 15224

Readings, book signings, wine & light hors d’oeuvres

 

We’ll also take up a collection for Bethlehem Haven, which supports women who are homeless, in danger of being homeless, or mentally ill.  For more on Bethlehem Haven, go to: wwwbethelehemhaven.org

Jen Ashburn‘s work has been published or is forthcoming in Chiron Review, Grey Sparrow, Lilliput Review, The MacGuffin, Nerve Cowboy, Pittsburgh Poetry Review, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the anthology Words Without Walls, and other journals. She completed her MFA at Chatham University in poetry and creative nonfiction, where she taught creative writing to inmates in the Allegheny County Jail. Originally from Indiana, she spent four years in Japan and greater Asia, and now lives in Pittsburgh.