Note from the236diner.com: I just got word that the Pavement Poetry event has been canceled because drainage work on the Young Street property is beginning so the parking lot will not be available.
Pavement Poetry — Saturday, July 17 – 6:30 at the new library site — sponsored by the Children’s Leadership Council.
The South Berwick Children’s Leadership Council is inviting kids of all ages (ages 0-99) to come to the PAVEMENT POETRY KICK OFF! This sidewalk chalk collaborative art event will be held Saturday, July 17 at 6:30 PM at the parking lot of the future library site on Young Street. This is a FREE event for everyone to enjoy.
Bring your favorite poems, quotes, beloved titles, excerpts from favorite books and stories — written by you or a favorite author — and write them with chalk on the parking lot, as big and as creatively as you wish. We hope to see the whole lot filled with words and decorations — and show how this site is already alive with our community’s words and thoughts.
Chalk will be provided, or bring your own. Freezepops will be available.
Even if you can’t make it to the event be sure to come by the next day to see the result, and to add your own contribution — we plan to keep a box of chalk stashed under a nearby bush. We hope that people will continue to refresh the site with new words and ideas after every rain.
Will the idea catch on? Will it be spoiled by innappropriate writing or political statements?– we hope not, but it’s washable. Please help make it a success by claiming the space for beautiful words and a celebration of reading and writing.
Rather than park in the Young Street parking lot, we recommend that Poets and Artists park behind Central School and use the connecting path to the new library lot.
The raindate for our Pavement Poetry kick off is Monday, July 19.
Contact Sue Godel (384-5493 or s.godel@comcast.net) with questions, and watch for more info on the Children’s Leadership Council Facebook page.
RSVPs (384-5493 ors.godel@comcast.net) are appreciated so that we may be sure to have enough chalk and refreshments.
