Reentry & Redemption: Voices of Experience

An afternoon of powerful performances centered on the stories of those impacted by incarceration & reentry serves as catalyst for dialogue on the question: How can we do better?

PROGRAM:

3:00-3:15 – Music on keyboards by Sam Thomas, welcome by Peter Bruun (Executive Director, Studio B), and introduction by Bruce Noddin (founder, Maine Reentry Network).

3:15-3:35 – International spoken word artist and activist Lady Brion performs a selection of original works addressing experiences of justice-impacted people.

3:35-3:55 – Artivism in Maine’s Larraine Brown and Norman Kehling present A Different Step, a multi-media presentation of stories and experiences of incarceration and reentry.

3:55-5:00 – Bruce Noddin moderates a conversation between the events’ performers and the audience to explore reentry as a shared responsibility. The event ends with an invitation to Puddle Dock Village School for the closing of Ed Epping’s exhibition.

Thank you to the Holistic Sober Center for event sponsorship.

Free and open to the public.

You may also like the following events from Puddle Dock Village Festival:

• This Sunday, 27th July, 03:00 pm, Sound Bath with Jim Doble and Maleine Gargurevich in Alna
• Next Wednesday, 30th July, 05:30 pm, Self-Care Practice: a Conversation in Damariscotta
• Next Thursday, 31st July, 05:30 pm, Need Advice? Let Your Body Be Your Guide in Damariscotta

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