Category: Group Event
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The Black Women’s Arts Festival presents All People’s Open Mic featuring Wings of Worth
Thursday, July 28, 7pm – Open Mic $8/Advance and $10/Door. Tickets: http://allpeoplesopenmic.eventbrite.com/ The Black Women’s Arts Festival presents All People’s Open Mic featuring Wings of Worth Come share your writing or spoken word performance while networking with select and surprise featured artists and friends of Philadelphia’s 8th Annual Black Women’s Arts Festival! All respectful persons…
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National and Local Attacks on our Bodies, Health and Communities
Saturday, April 30, 5pm – Discussion The Philly Collaborative for Reproductive Justice and Support Kick-Off: Community Discussion and Pre-screening: National and Local Attacks on our Bodies, Health and Communities. Speakers from: One Love Movement, Positive Women’s Network, Planned Parenthood, Philadelphia Women’s Center, and more.
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Art from the Heart Fundraiser Art Show
Friday, February 4, 7pm – $10 admission, refreshments included – Multi-media Art from the Heart Fundraiser Art Show Art from the Heart is an upcoming gallery that will feature art from the following non-profit agencies: Project H.O.M.E, Overbrook School for the Blind, Warrior Writers and ActionAIDS. We hope to create a venue where the Philadelphia…
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CANCELLED – Experiments in a Jazz Aesthetic
Wednesday, December 15, 7pm – Non-Fiction Experiments in a Jazz Aesthetic: Art, Activism, Academia, and the Austin Project Edited by Omi Osun Joni L. Jones, Lisa L. Moore, and Sharon Bridgforth ($24.95University of Texas) “Experiments in a Jazz Aesthetic stands to make signal contributions to several related fields. First and foremost, it offers a model…
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Philadelphia Noir
Sunday, November 7, 2pm – Group Reading Philadelphia Noir edited by Carlin Romano ($15.95 Akashic Books) Philly finally enters the Noir Series arena: the City of Brotherly Love becomes a City of Brotherly Malice. Featuring brand-new stories by: Meredith Anthony, Diane Ayres, Cordelia Frances Biddle, Keith Gilman, Cary Holladay, Solomon Jones, Gerald Kolpan, Aimee LaBrie,…
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E Pluribus Unum: An Anthology of Diverse Voices Release Party produced by The Light of Unity
Saturday, October 30, 2pm – Group Poetry Event E Pluribus Unum: An Anthology of Diverse Voices Release Party produced by The Light of Unity The Light of Unity Association bridges cultural, racial and regional backgrounds and showcases arts ranging from poets and essayists to musicians and even theatrical performances, in order to promote social and…
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What are the links “Between These Streets?”
Thursday, October 7, 5pm – Group Event What are the links “Between These Streets?” In Summer 2010, five adolescents from three non-profit organizations met together in each others’ neighborhoods. They took on making a creative map of the sounds, tastes, and sights of the neighborhoods around Tree House Books (North Philly), Mighty Writers (South Philly),…
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Lives of Struggle: Adult Learners Write for Change
Saturday July 10, 2pm – Memoir Lives of Struggle: Adult Learners Write for Change Adult learners at the YMCA Education & Technology Center have written a collection of memoirs. These students have overcome any number of barriers to share their stories of returning to school, raising families, fighting addiction, navigating the world as developing readers,…
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VolkLibre! – A Network of Creative Earthlings
SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 3pm – VolkLibre! MeetingVolkLibre! – A Network of Creative EarthlingsWe’re going to have our first meeting to give people an overview, get feedback & insight and set some plans into motion. We’d love for you to join the excitement… If you’re not in the Philly area and want to see a webcast…