Writer Poets Michael McLane and Michael Lavers will read from their works at the Salt Lake Public Library Main Branch at 7:00 P.M. on Wednesday, October 10 as part of the City Art Reading Series. Michael McLane hails from Salt Lake City. In 2002, he graduated from the University of Utah with a B.A. in English and a B.A. in Anthropology. He was a member of the board for City Art in Salt Lake and served as co-president from 2003-2005. From 1999 to 2004 he served on the board of Writers @ Work including chairing the Young Writers @ Work Conference from 2002-2004. From 2000-2004 he served as an adjunct faculty member for the Sawtooth Writers Conference in Stanley, Idaho a conference geared toward at-risk youth. He was co-founder with poet Chris Leibow of Cabaret Voltage, a collaborative showcase of poets, musicians, and visual artists which takes place twice a month at The Urban Lounge in Salt Lake City. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in Interim, Colorado Review, Arsenic Lobster, The Salt Flats Annual and The City Art Journal. He is currently pursuing an M.F.A. in Creative Writing at Colorado State University. Michael Lavers is from Edmonton Alberta, Canada and is a Senior at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. He is the winner of the 2007 Vera Hinckley Mayhew Poetry Contest at BYU. Michael is pursuing a double major in English and Russian, and after graduation plans to pursue an MFA degree in creative writing. His first published poem is forthcoming in Tar River Poetry. The event is free and open to the public. City Art is sponsored by the Utah Arts Council, the Salt Lake City Arts Council, Zoo, Arts, and Parks, X-mission, and audience donations. The featured reading will be followed by an open reading. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story. Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games. http://sims.yahoo.com/