NCWN

The North Carolina Poetry Society will host readings across the state in celebration of their 80th anniversary. Each reading will be led by a featured poet to be joined by other poets from their region. The readings will conclude with an open mic. These events are free and all are welcome to attend. Featured Poet/City/Location:

• Anthony S. Abbott, Morri Creech, Annalee Kwochka, Alan Michael Parker, Dannye Romine Powell, David Radavich, Cedric Tillman and Lisa Zerkle, Myers Park Baptist Church, Shalom Hall, 1900 Queens Rd., Charlotte, 2:00-4:00 pm
• Betty Adcock, Noel Crook, and Marylin Hervieux, The Regulator Bookshop, 720 Ninth St., Durham, 2:00-4:00 pm
• Kathryn Stripling Byer, Kathryn Kirkpatrick, Joseph Mills, and Julie Suk, City Lights Bookstore, 3 E. Jackson St., Sylva
• Fred Chappell, Malaika King Albrecht, Terry Kennedy, Valerie Nieman, and John Thomas York, Community Arts Café, 411 W. Fourth St., Winston-Salem
• Peter Makuck and Mark Cox, St. Francis by the Sea, 920 Salter Path Rd., Salter Path
• Shelby Stephenson, Jim Clark, and Marty Silverthorne, R.A. Fountain General Store, Corner of NC22 and US 258, Fountain