SULLIVAN COUNTY — Open Mic First Fridays is back at the Western Sullivan Public Library! Join us Friday, June 7th, from 6:15pm to 8:30pm to see an accomplished featured poet and participate in open mic. All performers and poets are welcome! Share a poem, song, story, or other inspiration. Register on the library’s calendar at www.WSPLonline.org.  For additional information, email wsplprograms@rcls.org.  

The evening starts at 6:15pm with open mic sign-up and continues with Jason Macey, a teacher and writer living in Northeast Pennsylvania. His work has appeared in Door is a Jar Literary Magazine, Golden Handcuffs Review, and Best New Poets. He is currently pursuing an MFA in creative writing at Wilkes University. His current major project is a book of creative nonfiction investigating changes in the agricultural industry in Wayne County, which he has called home for more than three decades. A seventeen-year veteran of the Wayne Highlands School District, Mr. Macey successfully launched and developed Honesdale High School’s creative writing program, for which he has been its sole educator. Career highlights include mentoring students to five national medals in the Scholastics Writing Awards, one of which was an American Voices award. He is most gratified, however, by the growth he is allowed to witness in his students as they continue their journeys through high school and beyond.

This event is funded with funds from the Statewide Community Regrant Program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support from the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by Delaware Valley Arts Alliance.

To view all of our programs, visit our calendar at www.wsplonline.org, and register if necessary. Email wsplprograms@rcls.org with any questions.