Coahoma County Farm Bureau & Mississippi State University Extension will host a meeting at 10AM on February 27th to present information available to growers concerning the 2014 Farm Bill with Dr. Larry Falconer. The meeting will be held at the Extension Service office, 503 East Second Street in Clarksdale. For more information, call Don Rogers at (662) 624-3070.

Author Matthew Guinn will read from and discuss his bestselling debut novel "The Resurrectionist" at the Coahoma County Higher Education Center, 109 Clark Street in Clarksdale. The community book talks lecture series is sponsored by Carnegie Public Library; for more information call (662) 624-4461.

The ladies & gentlemen of Unified Skills present "Real Talk Spoken Word", 6:30PM January 30th at 2 Brothers Poetry Café, 365 Issaqeuna Avenue (next to the New Roxy) in Clarksdale. Tickets will be $4 in advance, $5 at the door. Refreshments will be served.