BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//com.denhaven2/NONSGML ri_cal gem//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:We are excited to announce that the first Wick Poetry Center reading of 2013 is Take Nine. Take Nine is a group of nine Cleveland ar ea poets who read\, eat\, and write together. Among the group are two f ormer Cleveland Heights Poet Laureates\, winners of Artist Fellowships from the Ohio Arts Council and the Community Partnership for Arts and C ulture\, editors of literary journals and anthologies\, poetry workshop instructors\, arts managers\, winners of awards from Northern Ohio Liv e\, the Ohio Educational Broadcasting Corporation and the Cleveland Pre ss Club among others. \; There is a Pushcart Award nominee\, a perf ormance poet\, former radio and television producers\, a past Haiku Dea th Match champion\, and a poet featured on Garrison Keillor&rsquo\;s &l dquo\;A Prairie Home Companion.&rdquo\; \; \;\n \;\nTogether their work has been published in more than 100 local and national jou rnals\, e-journals\, anthologies\, and soon on a music and poetry CD.&nb sp\; But above all\, they are nine friends who laugh together on a regu lar basis\, and challenge and support each other in their shared love o f the written and spoken word.\n \;\nThe members of Take Nine incl ude Gail Bellamy\, Kathleen Cerveny\, Katie Daley\, Meredith Holmes\, B onnie Jacobson\, Rita Grabowski\, Darlene Montonaro\, Linda Goodman Rob iner\, and Cindy Washabaugh.\n \;\nThe reading will take place at 7: 30 p.m. on January 30 in room 306 AB of the Kent Student Center. The rea ding is free and open to the public. URL:http://kent.patch.com/events/take-nine-poetry-group-to-perform-at-ken t-state SUMMARY:Take Nine Poetry Group to Perform at Kent State LOCATION:Kent State University: 500 E Main St\, Kent\, OH END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR