<div dir="ltr"><h3><span class="gmail-S1PPyQ">Saturday, June 24th</span> from 2pm-<span class="gmail-S1PPyQ">4pm </span></h3><p>Heights Arts is pleased to celebrate the maginificent work of our 
most recent exiting Cleveland Heights Poet Laureate. His current 
project, A Poem for Cleveland showcases  a “mosaic” of Cleveland – 
telling the story of the city through peoples’ individual experiences 
here. The project is funded by the Academy of American Poets grant, 
along with collaborative support from the Cleveland Public Library, the 
Center for the Book and Heights Arts.</p>
<p id="gmail-KIRF2Z67XRDUVPQ7JQTMUGIPKA" class="gmail-article__paragraph gmail-article__paragraph--left">The
 “Poem for Cleveland” project is a way to pull together much of Ray’s 
current work as a teaching artist into one collaborative mission. In 
some ways, the project is an extension of his 2015 book “Love Song for 
Cleveland,” featuring photography by Tim Lachina. It also harkens back 
to his “Collinwood Story Project,” which gave longtime North Collinwood 
residents a platform to share their stories about the neighborhood.</p>
<p id="gmail-P43OLT3K6FDWVFBYPIPFGK4YEM" class="gmail-article__paragraph gmail-article__paragraph--left">This
 time around, McNiece gathered a group of teenagers, young adults and 
older adults from different backgrounds and locations in the city to 
create poetry together.</p>
<p>The book release and celebration event will take place at the main 
branch of Cleveland Public Library. It will feature performances by 
poets from the Poem for Cleveland Anthology and the Tongue in Groove 
Band.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/08/ray-mcniece-is-making-a-poem-for-cleveland.html">FULL article from Cleveland.com</a></p><br clear="all"><span class="gmail_signature_prefix"><br></span><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div></div></div>

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