Moonstone Arts Center

Category: Music

  • “Love and Marriage” with Janet Mason & Barbara McPherson

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    Moonstone Poetry @ Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom Street. Wednesday June 25, 2014 – 7pm   “Love and Marriage” with Janet Mason & Barbara McPherson   Janet Mason is an award winning writer of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, whose literary commentary is regularly featured on This Way Out, an international LGBT radio syndicate based in…

  • Jacob Winterstein and Caroline Reese

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    Moonstone Poetry @ Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom Street. Wednesday June 18, 2014, 8pm Jacob Winterstein and Caroline Reese Jacob Winterstein is the first poet named Jacob Neff Winterstein raised in the Mt. Airy section of Philadelphia to win a really important poetry slam with which you are impressed. When he is not writing smart-ass bios…

  • Sara Graybeal & Crystal Cheatham

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    Moonstone Poetry @ Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom Street. Wednesday May 21, 2014, 7pm Sara Graybeal & Crystal Cheatham   Sara Graybeal is a teaching artist, writer, and spoken word performer.  She is a member of the Backyard Writers Fiction Workshop, and is the founder of the Poeticians, a group of young activist poets based in…

  • Hayden Saunier & Elliott Levin

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      Moonstone Poetry @ Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom Street.  Wednesday February 19, 2014, 7pm Hayden Saunier  & Elliott Levin     Hayden Saunier is the author of two poetry collections, Tips for Domestic Travel, published by Black Lawrence Press and Say Luck, which just won the 2013 Gell Poetry Prize. Her work has appeared in…

  • Peter Murphy & Shorty Boy Boy

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    Moonstone Poetry @ Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom Street. Wed. October 16, 2013 – 7pm Peter Murphy & Shorty Boy Boy   Peter Murphy was born in Wales and grew up in New York City where he operated heavy equipment, managed a night club, and drove a cab. He is the author of Stubborn Child, a…

  • Sonic Liberation Front

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    Wednesday December 19, 9pm – Jazz Sonic Liberation Front Known for its iconoclastic combination of Afro-Cuban percussion excitement, free-jazz passion and deep-loop groove, the Philadelphia ensemble practically invents a new genre with each composition. “Sonic Liberation Front is well on its way to becoming one of the more important American ensembles of the decade. Their…

  • The Weekly Revue Variety Show

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    Saturday December 15, 8pm – Doors at 8pm, Show at 9pm sharp. $5 at the door and BYOB. Weekly Revue Variety Show The Weekly Revue’s FINAL PHILADELPHIA SHOW goes down (with the ship) at Robin’s Books/Moonstone Art Center with an evening of all time classic acts together with brand new madness. House band Los Culeros…

  • Dan Nissenbaum

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    Friday December 14, 8pm — BYOB — $10 Cover — Jazz Dan Nissenbaum grew up in Philadelphia and learned how to play piano and trumpet at an early age. His exposure to classical, pop and jazz music in his youth led to studies at the Settlement School of Music in addition to various institutions such…

  • Ernesto Cervini

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    Tuesday December 4, 9pm – Music   Drummer Ernesto Cervini is making a name for himself as a consummate bandleader and in-demand sideman, repeatedly praised for his deeply musical, infectiously energetic talents. Time Out New York encapsulated Cervini as “a buoyant drummer as well as a sharp composer and bandleader,” while the jazz bible, Downbeat…

  • Open Reading with Elliott Levin and Friends

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    Thursday November 15, 9pm — BYOB — $5 Cover — Jazz Poetry etc Open Reading with Elliott Levin and Friends A set by Elliott Levin and his band followed by an open reading. Elliott Levin has performed with groups including Cecil Taylor’s Ensemble, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, Odeon Popes’ Sax Choir, Scram!, New…