Fiction writer Mary Corinne Powers will read from her work and folk singer/songwriter Ken Shaw will perform at the Salt Lake Public Library at 7:00 P.M. on May 2nd. Ken began performing satirical folk music in New England coffeehouses during the early 1980’s, drawing inspiration from such iconoclasts as Tom Lehrer, Lenny Bruce, and Phil Ochs. After graduating from college in ‘84, he moved his act to Utah. His big break came in 1990 when he performed with Utah Phillips and Pete Seeger at the 75th anniversary of Joe Hill’s execution in Sugarhouse Park. Since then, he has performed on radio and television, as well as opening concerts for such artists as Nanci Griffith, Loudon Wainwright, Greg Brown, Patty Larkin, Allison Krauss, Mark O’Connor, Christine Lavin, Peter Rowan, Chuck Pyle, John Gorka, Steve Forbert, Cosy Sheridan, and even the Neville Brothers. In his spare time, Ken teaches chemistry and biology at a local high school. Fiction Writer Mary Corinne Powers feels it's creepily Karl Malone-ish to talk about herself in the third person. She lives with her three brilliant sons and more moronic quadrapeds than is technically reasonable or healthy. She has an unnatural aversion to lima beans. It's a texture thing. She teaches English at Waterford School and has published fiction recently in Salt Flats Annual. Read here story here: http://www.saltflatsannual.com/pdf/MaryPowers.pdf. 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. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com