Paint the Town Read: The Telling Room’s 20th Anniversary Bash is a literary-eleganza-extravaganza! Come celebrate in your most creative attire, inspired by your favorite books, authors, characters, and genres, or don your finest Telling-Room-red regalia—the possibilities are as limitless as the poetry and prose penned by our writers. 

Wednesday, October 16th, 2024
5:30pm-6:30pm Host Reception
6:30pm-7:30pm General Admission Opens
7:30pm-8:30pm DJ’d Music & Dancing
Brick South at Thompson’s Point, Portland, Maine

Join us for an evening filled with friends, food, stories, classic Telling Room activities, and music (with a dance party by DJ Jon to follow!) as we honor 20 years of our community empowering young writers and lifting up youth voices. This benefit event will help ensure that The Telling Room can support young writers for decades to come.

Our Paint the Town Read
Host Committee

Meg & Rob Adams
Kyo Bannai & Craig Schneider
Aimée & Mark Bessire
Sarah Clarke & Xander Berkeley
Peyton Black
Iris Blasi
Susan Conley & Tony Kieffer
Joe Conway & Jenny Dougherty
Sara Corbett & Mike Paterniti
Sara Crisp & Gregg Lipton
Chelsea & Noah DeLorme
Christina & Simon DeYoung
Patty Dodd
Susanna & Rich DuBois
Shari Elder
Taffy Field
Sean T. Findlen & Amy A. Tessendorf
Catherine Fisher
Hallie Flint Gilman & Ned Flint
Matt & Jessica Grondin
Anja Hanson & Derek Pierce
Tanuja Desai Hidier & Bernard Hidier
Cricket & Angus King III
Celine & Chris Kuhn
Paige Kuhn
Mindi Laine & Tom Haushalter
Libby & Mike Lauze
Mary Allen Lindemann & James Hoban
Meredith McCarroll & Jeff Christmas
Molly McGrath
Meeghan McLain & Joel Antolini
Priya Natarajan
Sally & Tom Newhall
Matty Oates
Maria Padian
The Poets Corner
Catherine Richards & Bob Olney
Christine Burns Rudalevige
Heather Shields & Lee Lindenau
Donna Simonetti
Desi Van Til & Sean Mewshaw
Kristin Kellogg Valdmanis
Alice & Geoff Wagg
Debbie Weil & Sam Harrington
Sandi & David Whiston
Bob Zager & Molly Juhlin

Thank You to Our Corporate Sponsors

 

Book Sponsors

 
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The Telling Room’s 20th Anniversary Event Planning Committee

Matty Oates, Chair, Board Member
Sara Crisp, Board Member
Tanuja Desai Hidier, Board President
Rylan Hynes, Staff
Amy Kimball, Staff
Celine Kuhn, Advisory Board Member
Molly McGrath, Community Member
Sally Newhall, Community Member
Emily O’Neil, Staff
Kristina M.J. Powell, Executive Director
Sarah Schneider, Staff
Sonya Tomlinson, Staff
Stacey Ventimiglia, Staff
Sandi Whiston, Community Member