Fresno State’s Master of Fine Arts (MFA) Program in Creative Writing and the Fresno Poets Association will host its first Fall Reading Series event, the MFA faculty reading, at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11, in the Henry Madden Library Auditorium, Room 2206. Tim Skeen, Connie Hales, Steven Church, John Hales and Randa Jarrar will read their recent poetry, creative nonfiction and fiction. The event is free and open to the public. INFO: 559.278.2553.