7:00 PM
West Side Market
1979 West 25th Street
Cleveland, OH 44113
This event features a free reading of original creative works by local authors on the theme of appetite. As Mary Oliver wrote, “We all have a hungry heart.” There is a desire, a drive in all of us that goes beyond our appetite for perogies or paczkis. What can food and drink reveal about deeper hunger and thirst? What does factory farming, low-wage restaurant work, food deserts, or food waste reveal about the impact of our cultural cravings? The poems, monologues, and short dramatic pieces that make up this performance reflect on the people, places, systems, relationships, and ambitions that make Cleveland a city of appetites.
This event is sponsored by Literary Cleveland and the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities and is free and open to the public.