BUFFALO — Local writers from the Mental Health Association’s Writing and Well-Being Workshop will showcase their poetry and prose at a community reading and reception, to be held at Sugar City from 6 – 9 p.m. Wednesday.

The reading will feature spoken word poetry and prose by individuals from the Writing & Well-Being Workshop along with writers from the Restoration Society’s Englewood Drop in Center. To attend or to participate in the reading, please contact Lisa Maria Cruz at 886-1242 ext. 310 or lmcruz@eriemha.org. The program is offered free of charge and is open to the community.

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