Arts Center East Hosting Ekphrastic Extravaganza This Week

VERNON, CT — Arts Center East in Vernon is scheduled to host the fourth-annual Ekphrastic Extravaganza on Thursday at 6:30 p.m.

Rockville High School's national award-winning writers, inspired by works by artist members of Arts Center East, will read poems, which have been exhibited next to the works for the past month.

A reception will follow the reading.

The event is free and open to the public. Arts Center East is located at 709 Hartford Turnpike, in Vernon. For more information, go to artscentereast.org or email pegideitzshea@aol.com.