Literature

thurs. 15
.Northside Writers Group -
Meeting 7 p.m. Thursday, May 15 at
Ascension Lutheran Church, 4640 Main
St., Amherst; free. 626-4204
fri. 16
.Philosophy School Cafe - 7
p.m. Friday, May 16 at the School of
the Arts' bookstore, 402 Center St.,
Lewiston. 471-5379
sun. 18
.Spoken Word Sundays -
Spoken word and open mic hosted by
poet Liz Mariani, 8 p.m. Sunday, May
18 at Allen Street Hardware Cafe, 245
Allen St., Buffalo; free. 882-8843
mon. 19
.David Hajdu - The Ten-Cent
Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare
and How It Changed America, 7 p.m.
Monday, May 19 at the University of
Buffalo's Allen Hall Theatre, UB's
South Campus, 3435 Main St., Buffalo.
829-6000, ext. 538, www.wbfo.org

tues. 20
.EM Tea Coffee Cup Open Mic
Poetry Slam - 7-9:30 p.m. Tuesday,
May 20 at EM Tea Coffee Cup Cafe,
80 Oakgrove Ave., Buffalo; free.
884-1444
.Book Discussion Group -
The book discussed for this week will
be "A Survivor's Tale," by Art
Spiegelman, a nonfiction, 1986 book.
This will be held starting at 12:10 p.m.
Tuesday, May 20 at The Buffalo and
Erie County Public Library, 1 Lafayette
Square, Buffalo; free. www.buffalolib.org
.Brighton Place Book Club -
"The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott
Fitzgerald will be discussed starting at
6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 20 at Brighton
Place, 999 Brighton Road, Tonawanda.
332-4375
wed. 21
.Elmwood Writers Group - 7
p.m. Wednesday, May 21, Starbucks,
933 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo; free.
882-5440
.Beat Night - An open forum for
poets and writers, 7 p.m. Wednesday,
May 21, Madame Mocha's, 1190
Lovejoy St., Buffalo; free. 894-8544