Tickets are on sale now for Lit Youngstown’s annual winter gathering, “Just Desserts: a Lit Winter Evening.”

It will feature brief readings by Kortney Morrow and Philip Terman. Morrow was a featured poet for Lit Youngstown’s 2025 Fall Literary Festival and is the program director for the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards in Cleveland. Terman is the director of The Bridge Literary Center.

The Catro Trio (Dave Kana, saxophone; Glenn Schaft, drums; and Mark DeWalt, keyboard) will perform live jazz and accompany Terman.

Guests will enjoy charcuterie, desserts (vegan and gluten free options available) as well as cocktails and mocktails served by celebrity bartenders John Noga and Jimmy Sutman.

The theme of this year’s costume contest is “literary children,” and judges W. Rick Schilling and Jane Shanabarger will award prizes to those with the best costumes.

Just Desserts takes place 7 to 9 p.m. Jan. 30 at Culturati Studios, 350 E Federal St., Youngstown. Doors open at 6:15 p.m. Tickets are $55 if purchased in advance at lityoungstown.org and $65 at the door.