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Local, Regional Authors Featured at Spoken Word Concert


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ARTS/West Presents will host a Spoken Word Concert, produced by the Appalachian Ohio Storytelling Project, on Sunday, Feb. 21 at 2 p.m.

Doors will open at 1:30 p.m. and there is a suggested donation of $5 per adult.

The concert will feature Athens-area poets Ivars Balkits, Wendy McVicker (both regular hosts of WOUB-AM’s Conversations from Studio B) and Kari-Gunter-Seymour. Lisa Trocchia will read from the works of the late Will Dewees, a local author.

Regional storytellers include Mike Kubisek, Adele Browne, Debbie Lehman and Thos. Burnett.

ARTS/West is located at 132 West State Street in Athens. For more information, visit their website or Facebook page, or follow them on Twitter. For more information on the Appalachian Ohio Storytelling Project, visit facebook.com/AppalachianOhioStorytellingProject.

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