Open Mic Night Going Strong After 11 Years

Open mic night going strong after 11 years

POINT PLEASANT — For 11 years, Dennis “The Heavy Metal Poet” Townsend has hosted an open mic night at the Point Pleasant Borough Library, and the most recent session was a celebration of the program’s 11-year anniversary. “We are going on our 11-year anniversary next month, but I am just glad everybody showed up tonight,” Townsend said. “We are proud that the library hosts us every month.” Townsend said he started this after going to a few other…

Poems by Centre Care Residents on Exhibit at Schlow Library

Poems written by residents of Centre Care nursing home’s memory care unit are on display throughout June in the Betsy Rodgers Allen Gallery at Schlow Centre Region Library in State College. An annual celebration of the nonprofit Ridgelines Language Arts' semester-long program of the same name, “A Poem in Our Eyes” highlights the rich intellectual and creative capacities of those living with memory loss. Poems and images that inspired them will b…