A poet and a journalist / playwright will be featured at Lit Youngstown’s next First Wednesday Reader Series event.

Jennifer Hambrick is the author of poetry collections “a silence or two,” “In the High Weeds,” “Joyride” and “Unscathed.” Hambrick, who lives in Columbus, also is a classical musician, public radio broadcaster and cultural journalist.

Christopher Johnston of Cleveland has published articles in Christian Science Monitor, Cleveland Magazine, Crain’s Cleveland Business, Scientific American, Time and others. His plays have been performed at Cleveland Public Theatre, Dobama, convergence-continuum and Talespinner Children’s Theatre.

His play “Last Light” was performed at the West 78th Street Theatre Lab in New York. He teaches playwriting and creative nonfiction at Cleveland State University.

The event starts at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Westside Bowl, 2617 Mahoning Ave., Youngstown, in its Trophy Room, which only is accessible by stairs.

Admission is free, and ASL interpretation will be provided by Meagan Albani. For more information, go to www.LitYoungstown.org.