As part of Word, Blue Hill's October 22-25 literary arts festival, the annual Word.Art. show opens at Cynthia Winings Gallery Thursday, October 22, 5-7 p.m. The show will feature art created by writers or referencing words or books. Artists will include Stu Kestenbaum, Susan Webster, Robert Shetterly, Shanna Compton, Marechal Brown and poet Josh Krugman, who will read at 6 p.m.

Word.Art. will be open for viewing 2-4 p.m. October 23 and 24, 1:30-3:30 p.m. October 25. Additional Word.Art.will be shown at the Blue Hill Co-op Café during the month of October.

Information: wordfestival.org or 374-5632.