12/8/2009 - NEWS ADVISORY
City of Portland
389 Congress Street
Portland, Maine 04101
www.portlandmaine.gov
CONTACT: Nicole Clegg, 207-756-8173, 207-272-4477 (cell) nicoleclegg@portlandmaine.gov

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 8, 2009

Police Poetry Reading Tomorrow
As a part of the city’s Art at Work initiative, participating police officers will read poetry written for calendar

What: Tomorrow, the city’s Police Department, Portland Public Library and Art At Work will sponsor a poetry reading featuring work read by local poets and members of the Portland Police Department. Written by police officers, detectives, and local poets, the poetry tells the story of life and work within the Portland Police Department. The officers will be joined by their poet counterparts, Betsy Sholl, Michael Macklin, Nate Amadon, Megan Grumbling, Kathleen Sullivan, Nancy Henry, Dennis Gilbert, Kevin Sweeney, Jefferson Navicky and Bruce Spang. After the reading the public will have the chance to discuss the work with the authors and have questions answered.

Implemented in Portland in 2007, Art At Work is a public/private partnership between the City of Portland and the arts nonprofit Terra Moto. For more information about the project, visit online or call 874-8681.

When: Monday, December 14, 2009
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM Poetry Reading

Where: One Longfellow Square
181 State Street, Portland

Art At Work has been made possible with the support of the City Manager’s Office, City of Portland, with funding from the Nathan Cummings Foundation, Maine Community Foundation, Animating Democracy/Ford Foundation and the Center for Cultural Exchange Art At Work Director Marty Pottenger, 207 874-8681, or via email.

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