West Philadelphia-based poet Hila Ratzabi is inviting poets into her home for the “Red Sofa Salon,” a poetry workshop that also includes free vegetarian food.

The salon will take place twice a month for two hours and space is limited (there is only so much room on the velvety, red, curved sectional sofa). Ratzabi, who has been nominated for the prestigious Pushcart Prize, writes: “The goal of these gatherings is to develop a small community of writers committed to learning, growing, and taking our poetry to the next level, regardless of where we are on our writing journeys.”

The first meeting is Monday, April 8 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. For more information on the salon, go here.