Occupy Youngstown poetry to be read

Occupy Youngstown poetry to be read

YOUNGSTOWN

Pig Iron Press, 26 N. Phelps St., downtown, will sponsor Occupy Youngstown Poetry for its Second Tuesday Poetry Reading at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. The event is an open reading. On Thursday, the writing workshop will begin at 7 p.m. It was moved up a week because of the Christmas holiday.

Rapper 50 Cent releasing fitness book

NEW YORK

50 Cent has rapped about getting rich. Now he’s focusing on getting fit.

The hip-hop star is putting out a fitness book that’s set to be published in January 2013 by Avery Books. Titled “Formula 50: A 6-Week Total Body Transformation Plan,” the book will tout metabolic resistance training as the key to getting in shape. It also will include a nutrition guide.

The buff rapper says he wants to help people “make positive changes and take charge of their overall health.”

“Formula 50” will be the latest credit for 50 Cent as an author. He recently released the teen novel “Playground” and also wrote “Pieces to Weight, The 50th Law.”

Staff/wire reports