Poets to read First Night

Poets to read First Night
Pig Iron Press and the Pig Iron Poets will host and perform poetry readings as part of the First Night Youngstown New Year's Eve event at its office building, 26 N. Phelps St. Seven poets will be featured readers, including C.J. Andujar, Bill Koch, Frank Marr, Cy Mattis, Mark Reed, Diana Shaheen and Jim Villani. Readings are scheduled to run from 7 to 10 p.m.
Pig Iron Press also invites area poets and anyone attending the festivities to read and share poems, up to four minutes per person.
Audio book
"The Fellowship of the Ring," by J.R.R. Tolkien (A BBC Radio dramatization, four cassettes, 4 hours, unabridged, $25.95).
Part 1 of the classic "Lord of the Rings" trilogy has been made into an outstanding full cast BBC dramatization, including music and sound effects that completely pull the listener into the mystical story. In "Fellowship of the Ring," Frodo has inherited the Ring of Power from Bilbo Baggins. It's up to Frodo to take the ring to a place where it can be destroyed, thus keeping it out of the hands of the evil Sauron, Lord of the Dark Tower of Mordor. Helping Frodo on his quest are fellow hobbits Sam, Merry, and Pippin, Gandalf the Wizard, and a mysterious stranger called Strider.