BUFFALO — Local writers from the Mental Health Association’s Writing & Well-Being Workshop will showcase their poetry and prose at a community holiday reading and reception from 6 – 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Talking Leaves Bookstore, 3158 Main St.

The reading will feature spoken word poetry and prose from individuals from the workshop along with writers from the Restoration Society’s Englewood Drop-in Center and the Center for Self Discovery.

To attend or participate in the reading, contact Lisa María Cruz at (716) 886-1242 ext. 310 or lmcruz@eriemha.org.

For more information on the MHA’s services, visit www.eriemha.org.