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Mac’s Backs, Jeanne Bryner and Ensemble Theater

Posted Tuesday, November 27, 2012

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Dan Polletta welcomes local bookseller Suzanne DeGaetano to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Mac's Backs Bookstore on Coventry road in Cleveland Heights. Plus we share the poems of registered nurse-turned-poet Jeanne Bryner who reads from her new collection Smoke at Mac's Backs this weekend. And we meet local playwright Jonathan Wilhelm whose holiday play Miracle & Wonder is onstage now at Ensemble Theater.

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Arts and Culture, History, Literature, Theatre

Guests

Suzanne DeGaetano, Mac’s Backs

Jeanne Bryner, poet

Jonathan Wilhelm, playwright

Ian Hinz, director

Additional Information

Mac’s Backs celebrates its 30th anniversary on Coventry Road in Cleveland Heights.

Jeanne Bryner reads from her new poetry collection ’Smoke‘ Saturday, December 1 at Mac’s Backs.

Miracle & Wonder is onstage now at Ensemble Theater through Sunday, Dec 2.

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