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 January Poetry Hickory is Tuesday, January 12, and will feature Jim Clark, author of "Dancing on Canaan's Ruins," "Handiworks," and "Notions," and Linda Annas Ferguson, author of "dirt Sandwich," "Bird Missing from One Shoulder," and three other collections of poetry. 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.