Category: Moonstone Arts Center Events

  • Philadelphia Fantastic Presents: LAWRENCE SCHOEN

    FRIDAY JUNE 26, 7:30pm – SCI-FIPhiladelphia Fantastic Presents:LAWRENCE SCHOENAuthor of Buffalito Destiny (S&S 15.95) “Makes for a fun read, especially given such a fantastic cast of characters.” -BOOKLIST. “Only Lawrence Schoen could blend the Mayan eschaton, nightclub hypnotism, corporate elitism, radical environmentalism, and good old-fashioned slam-bang adventure fiction.” – Jay Lake.

  • Matt Davis Trio & Highbrid

    FRIDAY JUNE 12, Doors: 8:30, Show: 9pm – Music – $10 LUCKY OLD SOULS @ MOONSTONE Presents Jazz and more every 2nd Friday MATT DAVIS TRIO Matt Davis is a jazz guitarist based in Philadelphia. In addition to performing, Matt is an active composer, teacher, and arranger. Hailed as “brilliant” by the Philadelphia Daily News,…

  • June 12th – Lucky Old Souls Present

    FRIDAY JUNE 12, Doors: 8:30, Show: 9pm – Music – $10LUCKY OLD SOULS Presents MATT DAVIS TRIO HIGHBRID For more information see:Lucky Old Souls

  • Thomas Paine Day – June 8th – 6pm

    MONDAY JUNE 8, 6pm – Thomas Paine Event DREXEL UNIVERSITY, Mitchell Auditorium BOSSONE BUILDING – Market Street Between 31st & 32nd Moonstone Inc. & Drexel University Present We Have It In Our Power To Begin The World Over Again A Panel Discussion on the life and influence of Thomas Paine with ERIC FONER, JACK FRUCHTMAN,…

  • Life of a Poet Workshop

    THURSDAY JUNE 4, 5:30pm – Poetry WorkshopLIFE OF A POET WORKSHOP with LEONARD GONTAREK Cost: $50 – 4 sessions.Contact: Leonard Gontarek gontarek9@earthlink.net 215.808.9507. For more information see: Life of a Poet Workshop

  • Eliot Pattison

    WEDNESDAY JUNE 3, 7pm – Crime Fiction ELIOT PATTISON author of The Lord of Death ($24.00 Soho) Shan Tao Yun is an exiled Chinese national and a former Beijing investigator on parole from the Tibetan gulag to which he had been consigned as punishment. He is ferrying a corpse on muleback over the slopes of…

  • Bill Ayers, Bernadine Dohrn, and Haki Madhubuti

    THURSDAY MAY 28, 7pm – Non- Fictionat The ARCH STREET UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 55 North Broad Street, 215-568-6250 WILLIAM C. AYERS and BERNADINE DOHRNauthors of Race Course: Against White Supremacy ($19.95 Third World Press) White supremacy and its troubling endurance in American life is debated in these personal essays by two veteran political activists. Arguing…

  • Live Radio Broadcast on 900AM WURD

    WEDNESDAY MAY 20, 5pm – Non-FictionLive Radio Broadcast: WRITING FOR OUR LIVES 5-7pm on 900AM WURD w/ A. BRUCE CRAWLEY, MICHAEL DAYS, and IRV RANDOLPHwith a performance by BASSEY IKPI Sponsored by:Laborers’ District Council of the Metropolitan Area of Philadelphia and Vicinity Art Sanctuary kicks off the 25th Annual Celebration of Black Writing Festival with…