MARION — The next meeting of the Art Center’s Open Poetry Club will be on Thursday, Nov. 7. Meetings are on the first Thursday of the month from 4:30 to 6 p.m. except January 2020 when it will meet on Thursday, Jan. 9.

The club welcomes both regular and infrequent poets, and there is no cost to join. Bring an open mind, an open heart, and one to three original poems to share with the group. Participants will discuss poems together in a friendly, supportive workshop-like atmosphere.