JULY15,7:30p.m.: The Screening Room Series Open Reading featuring poet/spoken word artist Josh Smith and performance poet/spoken-word artist Ten Thousand. Additional sign-up slots available. Northtown Plaza Business Center, 3131 Sheridan Drive, Amherst. $2

JULY18,7p.m.: Reading and book signing by novelist Tess Callahan, author of “April & Oliver” (Grand Central Publishing). Callahan lived in Buffalo and earned a master’s degree in education from the University at Buffalo in the mid-1980s. Talking Leaves Books, 3158 Main St., Buffalo.