Fri 9/28 @6-9PM
Sat 9/29 @ 5PM
This year, the annual High Arts Festival in Akron, taking place in different venues over a period of three weeks, has added a literary component.
On Fri 9/28 at the Akron Art Museum’s Bud and Susie Rogers Garden a panel of local literati convenes to discuss the state of the literary arts. Author and University of Akron associate professor of English David Giffels will moderate the panel which includes UA English professor and poetry editor of the UA press Mary Biddinger; poet Eris Eady; Noor Hind, managing editor at Akron culture monthly The Devil Strip; and poet Mwatabu S. Okantah, an associate professor of Pan-African Studies at Kent State University.
There’s a networking and social hour with free hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar from 6-7pm; the panel discussion runs from 7-8, followed by a Q&A and more networking. It’s free; make a reservation here.
The next day, across the street at the Uncorked Wine Bar, there will be readings by local authors, headlined by Ohio poet laureate Dave Lucas. That is free and open to all.