Thursday, September 27, 2012

Poetry Path - Central Penn Art Guide

?Poetry Paths? Celebration
Set for the Ware Center
First Friday, October 5, 2012

You?ve noticed the ?Poetry Path? installations going up all over town. Most recently one was just installed at the Fulton Theatre.? Now the group that started it all is planning a major event called ??Poetry Paths? Celebration?, scheduled for the Ware Center, October 5th. All events connected with the celebration are FREE, courtesy of the co-sponsors: The Ware Center, the Philadelphia Alumni Writers House at Franklin & Marshall College, and the Creative Writers Guild at Millersville University.

The schedule for the program is as follows:

?TOUR OF THE CITY ? VISITING THE INSTALLATIONS

3:00-5:00 pm ? ? ?Start at the ?Poetry Paths? reception area in the lobby of the Ware Center where people can pick up their ?Poetry Paths? brochures and Kids Poetry Kits. ?The ?Paths? brochure shows how to walk or drive to the sites, get ?Poetry Path? maps stamped and hear from volunteer tour guides about the art and poetry specific to each site.

?POETRY PATHS? CELEBRATION AT THE WARE CENTER

6:00-8:00 pm ? ? ?Back at the Ware Center, guests can mix and mingle to the music of Vinegar Creek Constituency, playing intermittently throughout the evening in the Atrium on the third floor, overlooking the city.

6:30 pm ? ? ? ? ? ? A brief Opening Ceremony featuring Mayor Richard Gray, Franklin & Marshall College President Dan Porterfield,?representatives the Lancaster County Community Foundation, funders of ?Poetry Paths?, and ?Poetry Paths? staff.

7:15 pm ? ? ? ? ? ? Announcement of the top three winners of our first MAKE YOUR OWN ?POETRY PATHS? ART?PROJECT Contest, co-sponsored by Creative Works of Lancaster, followed by a READING of the poems featured in ?Poetry Paths?, read ? in most cases ? by the poets themselves. Featured poets will include Barbara Strasko, Le Hinton, Isiah Perry and others. ?

Throughout the evening, food is catered by Prince Street Cafe, Carmen and David?s Ice Cream, and Wendy Jo?s Homemade. There will also be an interactive slide show of all of the art and the people who made it happen, pedal-powered by Half-Full Design?s Super Power Magic Motion Machine.?Giveaways, as supplies last, include ?Poetry Paths? brochures, Kids Poetry Kits, pencils and Kids Poetry Journals throughout the event.??

Discounted parking vouchers for the Prince Street Garage are available at the Ware Center front desk.

Source: http://centralpennartguide.com/poetry-path

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