Julie Kane and Friends: On Poetry’s Wings

2727 Jackson St., 5p.m.  Sponsored by Tom Peyton Memorial Arts Festival at First United Methodist Church, Alexandria.  Poetry reading featuring Julie Kane, Poet Laureate of Louisiana, as well as Darrell Bourque, James Harmon Clinton and Mariann Wilson reading selections of their works.  Cost:  Admission free.  Call Jennifer Wright:  443-5696.  www.fumca.org/artsfestival.