….we’ll be reading aloud–for the fourteenth consecutive year–from the works of Batavia’s native (if sometimes wayward) son John Gardner. Where? The Pokadot, literary-culinary capital of NY, at the corner of Liberty and Ellicott Streets. When? Saturday, October 22, at 8 pm. Drop by if you’re in the neighborhood. As Gardner once said, “I think a writer who leaves his roots leaves any hope of writing importantly.”