Poetry Hickory is a reading series sponsored by Main Street Rag and held the second Tuesday of each month at Taste Full Beans Coffeehouse in downtown Hickory, NC. The readings begin at 6:30 p.m. and include a 30-minute Open Mic followed by two featured readers. The next Poetry Hickory is Tuesday, November 10, Alex Grant, author of "Chains & Mirrors," "The White Book," and "The Circus Poems," and Bruce Lader, author of "Landscapes of Longing." For information, or to register for the Open Mic, contact Scott Owens at asowens1@yahoo.com

Directions to Taste Full Beans Coffeehouse

From I-40 driving west into Hickory
Take Exit 125
Turn right at top of ramp onto Lenoir Rhyne Boulevard.
At the construction blockade (4th light), turn left onto Tate Boulevard.
After 3 lights, turn right onto 2nd St. SW (There's a "Downtown Shopping" Sign).
Cross the tracks, go past the parking lot and the alley, and Taste Full Beans will be on your left. Look for the Poetry Sign.