Quirky Strange Wild poetry invitational

An afternoon event dubbed Quirky Strange Wild: From Skunk Cabbages to Lilacs is planned for Sunday, May 21, at 4 p.m. at The Playhouse, 107 Church St. The invitational poetry reading is a benefit for The Playhouse, the city's longtime downtown theater. Those who have ever felt compelled to write a poem about those wild strange early spring plants and flowers - rhubarb, skunk cabbage, horseradish, fiddleheads, coltsfoot, stinging nettles, dandelions, forsythia, lilacs - are invited to do so and b