

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Sean Thomas Dougherty & Ben Gulyas at Westside Bowl 
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 01 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: First Wednesday Reader Series presents poets Sean Thomas Dougherty of Erie &amp; Ben Gulyas of Cleveland on Wednesday, April 1 at 7:00pm at the Westside Bowl, 2617 Mahoning Ave. Erin Stubbs will co-host with an open mic to follow. This reading will be downstairs in the Trophy Room, accessible only by stairs. Meagan Albani will provide ASL interpretation. The First Wednesday Reader Series receives support from POP! Art Books Culture. 

Sean Thomas Dougherty’s books include Death Prefers the Minor Keys from BOA Editions, and The Dead are Everywhere Telling Us Things, winner of the 2021 Jacar Books Prize. His book The Second O of Sorrow won the Housatonic Book Award and was cowinner of the Paterson Poetry Prize.    

Ben Gulyas hails from South Euclid. Along the road of poetry readings over the years he has found himself at home. He keeps trying to translate poetry into something useful like seeds, birds and moon atlases. Sometimes it happens. Birds inside moons, poems inside birds, the poet somewhere in between.

Upcoming 2026 readings at Westside Bowl: 

May 6 Catherine Gammon, Abby Vandiver 
June 3 Philip Brady, Jacqueline Marino 
July 1 Meredith Doench, Erin Flanagan 
August 5 Becca J.R. Lachman, Renée Nicholson, Rebecca Moon Ruark 
September 2 Nancy Krygowski,  Jane McCafferty 
October 7 Diane Kendig, Erica Manto Paulson 
November 4 William Breeze, E.F. Schraeder 
December 2 Theresa Gottl Brightman, Steve Brightman
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/youngstown/sean-thomas-dougherty-and-ben-gulyas-at-westside-bowl/200029441429647
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, open-mic
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 15

## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Youngstown
- **state**: OH
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Westside Bowl
- **lat**: 41.10275
- **long**: -80.69855
- **full address**: Westside Bowl, 2617 Mahoning Ave, Youngstown, OH 44509-2334, United States

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Lit Youngstown (https://allevents.in/org/lit-youngstown/26166820)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 01 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Westside Bowl, 2617 Mahoning Ave, Youngstown, OH 44509-2334, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Lit Youngstown
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art, open-mic
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Sean Thomas Dougherty & Ben Gulyas at Westside Bowl  ?
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