Category: Moonstone Arts Center Events
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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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In the Future a Woman Shines Bright
Thursday, October 28, 7pm – Theater In the Future a Woman Shines Bright – a one person theater presentation on Frances Ellen Watkins Harper featuring Sekai, written by Stephen C. Satell. Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was the best know African American poet of the nineteenth century as well as an activist in the anti-slavery, equal…
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Working Words: Punching the Clock and Kicking Out the Jams
Sunday, October 17, 2pm – Group Reading Working Words: Punching the Clock and Kicking Out the Jams: Anthology edited and introduced by M. L. Liebler ($22.00 Coffee House Press) Presenters include M.L. Lieber, W.D. Ehrhart, Maria Mazziotti Gillan, Lamont Steptoe and Richard Peabody. Jobs are at the forefront of the national consciousness, yet there is…
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The Chance Trio & Toronto’s Lina Allemano Four
Thursday, October 14, 9pm – 9 pm sharp – $10 Cover – BYOB – Jazz The Chance Trio & Toronto’s Lina Allemano Four The Chance Trio was born in the Spring of 2001 when trumpet player Bart Miltenberger, guitarist Matt Davis, and bassist Michael Taylor collaborated to play and develop their own original compositions. Since…
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MPS: Gary Glazer & Lisa Grunberger
Tuesday, October 26, 7pm – Poetry Moonstone Poetry Series Presents Gary Glazer & Lisa Grunberger Gary Glazner is the founder and Executive Director of the Alzheimer’s Poetry Project, (APP). The National Endowment for the Arts listed the APP as a “best practice” for their Arts and Aging initiative. NBC’s “Today” show, NPR’s “All Things Considered”…
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Don Bogen, Adam Sorkin, Carmen Firan & Chad Sweeney
Friday, October 22, 6pm – Poetry Readings from Poets at the American Literary Translators Association Meeting With Don Bogen, Adam Sorkin with Carmen Firan & Chad Sweeney Chad Sweeney author of Parable of Hide and Seek ($15.95 Alice James Books) In this surreal exposé of the human condition, Chad Sweeney transforms intangible space into a…
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Last Word Open Mic
Thursday, October 21, 8pm – Poetry Last Word Open Mic The Last Word is a Poetry and Performance Open Mic Series that features, readings by local literary and performance artists, along with musicians, singers, clowns, bungee jumpers, ninjas, and macaroni… Hosted by patron saint of the sinful arts St. Skribbly LaCroix. This event is a…