CALLICOON, NY — Open Mic First Fridays continues at the Western Sullivan Public Library’s Delaware Free branch. The next open mic takes place on Friday, September 6 from 6:15 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. All performers and poets are welcome. Share a poem, song, story or other inspiration. 

The evening starts at 6:15 p.m. with open mic sign-up and continues with Joyce Hayden, a writer, visual artist and a former university writing professor. An advocate for underserved populations, Joyce has led generative writing groups for battered women, teens at risk and survivors of abuse. She continues to facilitate online creative writing classes and has taught a weekly online Ekphrastic writing class for four years. Her chapbook, “Lost Handprint,” was selected for publication by The Dandelion Press in 2017. 

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

The library is located at at the Delaware Free Branch on 45 Lower Main St. 

Register on the library’s calendar at www.WSPLonline.org. For additional information, email wsplprograms@rcls.org.