Category: Moonstone Arts Center Events
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The Poetry and Poetic Legacy of Frances E.W. Harper
Thursday, February 24, 7pm – Frances Harper Week The Poetry and Poetic Legacy of Frances E.W. Harper This event will feature Melba Joyce Boyd and Sonia Sanchez reading poetry by Frances E.W. Harper and their own poetry. An open reading of contemporary poetry in Harper’s tradition of social activism will follow. This event will include…
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Falaka Fattah and the Political Legacy of Frances E.W. Harper
Tuesday, February 22, 7pm – Frances Harper Week Falaka Fattah and the Political Legacy of Frances E.W. Harper Falaka Fattah is the founder of House of Umoja, a Philadelphia activist, and mother of Congressman Chaka Fattah. Falaka Fattah’s great grandmother married the brother of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper’s husband. Every generation of the Fattah family…
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Philadelphia Fantastic Presents Victoria Jannsen
Friday, January 28, 7:30pm – Erotica/Fantasy Philadelphia Fantastic Presents Victoria Jannsen author of The Duke & the Pirate Queen “Aboard her privateering ship, The Seaflower, Captain Imena Leung is the law. Ashore she answers only to her liege, Duke Maxime. They are a powerful couple, with an intense attraction neither can disguise nor deny. As…
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In the Future a Woman Shines Bright
Wednesday, March 2, 7pm – Theater In the Future a Woman Shines Bright – a theater presentation on Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Featuring Sekai, written by Stephen C. Satell A one-person production on Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, the best-known African American poet and novelist of the nineteenth century, who lived at 10th and Bainbridge Streets.…
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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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SABLE LitMag and Peepal Tree Press Anniversary Celebrations
Sunday, February 6, 3pm – Poetry & Fiction Anniversary Celebrations with SABLE LitMag and Peepal Tree Press Peepal Tree Press celebrates 25 years of publishing Caribbean and Black British authors and SABLE LitMag, celebrates 10 years of publishing writers of colour. Authors who have been published by these two presses come together for this special…
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LOS Presents: Lucas Brown Quartet & the Wade Dean Enspiration
Friday, February 11 – Doors: 8:30 p.m., Show: 9 pm sharp – BYOB – Jazz $10 at the door / $8 in advance (at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/153100) Lucky Old Souls @ Moonstone Presents Lucas Brown Quartet & the Wade Dean Enspiration LUCAS BROWN QUARTET featuring JOHN SWANA: Lucas Brown, piano; John Swana, EVI; Jason Fraticelli, bass; Wayne…