Category: Moonstone Arts Center Events

  • Sara Graybeal & Crystal Cheatham

    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…

  • Luray Gross & Chris Cunningham

    Moonstone Poetry @ Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom Street. Wednesday March 12, 2014, 7pm Luray Gross & Chris Cunningham                         Chris Cunningham’s poetry and book reviews have appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies, including Iowa Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, Cincinnati Review, Slate, and Best New Poets.…

  • E-Verse Equinox Presents Sarah Arvio, Jenn McCreary & H.R. Stoneback

    Moonstone Poetry @ Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom Street. Wednesday March 19, 7pm E-Verse Equinox Presents Sarah Arvio, Jenn McCreary, and H. R. Stoneback   Sarah Arvio’s latest book is Night Thoughts: 70 Dream Poems & Notes from an Analysis, a hybrid work made up of poetry, essay, and memoir, published by Alfred A. Knopf. Her…

  • Memorial Tribute to C. Natale Peditto

    Memorial Tribute to C. Natale Peditto

    Moonstone Poetry @ Brandywine Workshop 728 S. Broad Street. Sunday March 30 – 4pm Memorial and Tribute to C. Natale Peditto                         C. Natale Peditto was born and raised in South Jersey and resided in Philadelphia for nearly 20 years. In the early 1980s, he was actively involved in the local poetry scene, as a…

  • Hayden Saunier & Elliott Levin

      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

    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…

  • Philadelphia Fantastic

    Friday December 21 at 7pm Philadelphia Fantastic Presents TBA  

  • Sonic Liberation Front

    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

    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

    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…