DID YOU VOTE? The State of The Nation – Get Out The Vote Sunday November 3, 2024 – 2pm EST – VIRTUAL https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUqfuuhrz0vE9NAdRMQxqD0VzHTSKiDCQts THIS ELECTION IS IMPORTANT Things you can do to increase participation: • Remind those in your life to vote and invite them to voter education events like debates. • Ask them to […]
Post-Election Open Reading Wednesday November 6, 2024 – 7pm – LIVE Live at Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street and on Zoom Register for Zoom access: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIucOivqzwpE9Y9pjEDMm49e2mnxwyCipMH Election 2024 Open Reading Whatever happened yesterday poets will have something to say Join us to cheer or moan.
Philly Loves Poetry: Eileen M. D’Angelo Tuesday November 12, 2024 – 6:30pm – VIRTUAL Moonstone Poetry @ PhillyCAM – Watch on the Phillycam website Or Cable 66/966HD/967 or Verizon FIOS, 29/30 – In Philadelphia. Philly Loves Poetry Interview and Readings Series Eileen M. D’Angelo, twice nominated for a Pennsylvania Governor’s Award in the Arts, she received […]
Live Poetry with Thomas Devaney, Joanna Fuhrman, & Lauren Russell Wednesday November 13, 2024 – 7:00pm Live at Fergie’s Pub,1214 Sansom Street And on Zoom – Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAlcuygqTIjHdP11BPGj4EeBp6GLWDFSkDJ Thomas Devaney is a poet, facilitator, and educator based in Philadelphia. He is a Pew Fellow in the Arts with a focus on city building and […]
Virtual Reading: New Voices Fall 2024 Sunday November 17, 2024 – 2pm EST – VIRTUAL Register to access Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIocu6tpzotGNe7ciI7XVSoht8wYC9CkeMW New Voices Anthology – Fall 2024 – A series for emerging poets between the ages of 10 and 25. A monthly reading series and a bi-annual publication which strives to bring together younger poets from […]
Live Poetry with Anisha Bhat, Jiordan Castle, & Alison Lubar Wednesday November 20, 2024 – 7:00pm Live at Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street Philadelphia And on Zoom: Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0lduGsrjgrHNCcGHTb5NF348kiwGXgbFsk Anisha Bhat, originally from Chicago, Illinois, is a writer and staff member at Temple University where she directs research and creative programs for undergraduates. She […]
Remembering Louis McKee (July 31, 1951– November 21, 2011) Sunday November 24, 2024@ 2pm EDT – VIRTUAL On Zoom, register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0pceChqzgjGdayBxHLCQaGDjDwjYHv85Xm Louis McKee was an American poet and a fixture of the Philadelphia poetry scene from the early 1970s. He was the author of Schuylkill County, The True Speed of Things, and fourteen other […]
Live Poetry with Raheem Curry, Ryan Eckes, & Anne-Adele Wight Wednesday November 27, 2024 – 7pm Live at Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street, Philadelphia And on Zoom – Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUtfuCorz8vHt28FDDrKEX9WwircLjanJS4 Raheem Curry is a writer and photographer from Kensington, Philadelphia. He was inspired to write during his 9th grade year in high school by […]
Sunday December 1, 2024 @ 2pm EDT – VIRTUAL Remembering Dennis Brutus (1924 – 2009) On Zoom, register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZErfu-prjIiE9eezsl16I2_NXEdA45fkVSb Born in Zimbabwe, poet and human rights activist Dennis Brutus grew up in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, and was educated at Fort Hare University College. He taught high school for 14 years until he was […]
VIRTUAL EVENT Meeting Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwkd-6srTItHNIPpFXO_9kEzg40jpTJAkA8 Seventy-five years ago, the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in response to the horrors of World War II and the Holocaust. The first document of its kind, developed by people from diverse backgrounds from around the world, declares that “all human beings are born free […]
