BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Moonstone Arts Center - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Moonstone Arts Center X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Moonstone Arts Center REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241103T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241103T150000 DTSTAMP:20260425T060729 CREATED:20241020T182727Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241020T182727Z UID:19905-1730642400-1730646000@moonstoneartscenter.com SUMMARY:Virtual Reading: Our State of the Union DESCRIPTION:DID YOU VOTE?  The State of The Nation – Get Out The Vote\nSunday November 3\, 2024 – 2pm EST – VIRTUAL \nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUqfuuhrz0vE9NAdRMQxqD0VzHTSKiDCQts \nTHIS ELECTION IS IMPORTANT \nThings 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 visit www.VOTE411.org to find their polling place and learn what will be on their ballot.  • Ask about their voting plan for Election Day. Research shows that by asking voters whether they have an Election Day plan (how will they get to the polls? At what time?)\, you will increase their chances of participating. • Keep it brief and friendly!  • Be helpful. Have election dates\, polling locations\, and other information at your fingertips so that you can help address any questions. \nJoin us as poets reflect on the election\, voting\, and raising the voices of the people.  URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-reading-our-state-of-the-union/ LOCATION:Virtual CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/OurStateoftheUnion_Reading.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241030T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241030T210000 DTSTAMP:20260425T060729 CREATED:20241006T170121Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241006T170121Z UID:19857-1730314800-1730322000@moonstoneartscenter.com SUMMARY:Live Poetry: William Hazard & Ari Villeda-Martinez DESCRIPTION:Moonstone Poetry \nWednesday October 30\, 2024 – 7pm \nLive at Fergie’s Pub\,1214 Sansom Street and on zoom \nUse this link: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYlceyhrj4uGdcKVBmb7dFEdUot8n6Ea8AL \n William Hazard makes poems with computers. Recent work can be found in Voicemail Poems\, Bring a Blanket Zine\, Ghost Proposal\, Beloved Radio\, Audio Flare Gun\, and on GitHub. He teaches at Temple University. He hangs out at llllllll.co \n  \nA Latinx poet\, educator\, and general transgender menace\, Ari Villeda-Martinez (she/they) is a performer and artist who thrives in the seemingly liminal space between the seat and the stage. She is a maker most interested in how an audience creates their own tether to a spoken narrative and can breach the wall to the page.  Her work is intimate\, precise\, and at its best\, devours. \n  \n  \nAaron Gadbury & Lindsay Hargarve Hosts – Open Reading Follows URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-william-hazard-ari-villeda-martinez/ LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/October-30_2024.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241027T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241027T150000 DTSTAMP:20260425T060729 CREATED:20241020T180707Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241020T180707Z UID:19899-1730037600-1730041200@moonstoneartscenter.com SUMMARY:Virtual Reading: Remembering Dylan Thomas DESCRIPTION:Virtual Reading: Remembering Dylan Thomas\nSunday October 27\, 2024 – 2pm EST – VIRTUAL \nRegister for Zoom here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcpdu6hqDMsGdZRzlthm1ZEK-xUGy30g20b  \nRemembering Dylan Thomas (1914-1953) \nDylan Marlais Thomas (27 October 1914 – 9 November 1953) was a Welsh poet and writer whose works include the poems “Do not go gentle into that good night” and “And death shall have no dominion”\, as well as the “play for voices” Under Milk Wood. He also wrote stories and radio broadcasts such as A Child’s Christmas in Wales and Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog. He became widely popular in his lifetime and remained so after his death at the age of 39 in New York City. By then\, he had acquired a reputation\, which he had encouraged\, as a “roistering\, drunken and doomed poet”.  \nPoets will be reading their work from our latest anthology honoring Dylan Thomas’s legacy. URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-reading-remembering-dylan-thomas/ LOCATION:virtual CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Remembering-Dylan-Thomas_Event.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241023T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241023T210000 DTSTAMP:20260425T060729 CREATED:20241006T164030Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241006T164030Z UID:19852-1729710000-1729717200@moonstoneartscenter.com SUMMARY:Live Poetry: Doris Ferleger & Lisa Grunberger DESCRIPTION:Moonstone Poetry\nWednesday October 23\, 2 024 – 7pm \nLive at Fergie’s Pub\,1214 Sansom Street and on Zoom \nRegister for Zoom access here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIvf-6grzMoGNPJ5xjAbNU3zuz66tQya37z \n\nDoris Ferleger\, poet laureate emeritus of Montgomery County PA\, and winner of the New Millennium Poetry Prize\, New Letters Poetry\, Songs of Eretz Prize\, and AROHO CNF Prize\, among others\, is the author of five full-length poetry books\, including Big Silences in a Year of Rain\, As the Moon Has Breath\, Leavened\, As for the Kiss\, and To Claim Loneliness and a chapbook entitled When You Become Snow. Her work has been published in numerous journals including Cortland Review\, Delmarva Review\, and Poet Lore. Her sixth book\, entitled when the night is near as a bird was a finalist for the four-way prize. Ferleger holds an MFA in Poetry and a Ph.D. in Psychology and maintains a private therapy practice. Aliki Barnestone writes: Ferleger’s memorable poems keep singing with their insistent beauty. \n\nLisa Grunberger is a first-generation American writer\, author of I am dirty and Born Knowing\, lyrical reflections on life as a woman\, a mother\, and a daughter of Holocaust survivors. For the Future of Girls was nominated for an Eric Hoffer Independent Press Award\, Almost Pregnant\, is her play about infertility and assisted reproductive technologies. \nWhether it is the aging woman’s body\, the infertile body\, the body ravaged by war and trauma\, all her work addresses human embodiment in a philosophical\, spiritual\, tender and satirical voice.   Lisa’s poems have been translated into Slovenian\, Russian\, Spanish and Yiddish.   Lisa teaches Yoga and Writing workshops and lives with her family in Philadelphia.  Her website is www.Lisa-Grunberger.com. \nAlina  Macneal  & Jennifer Hook Hosts\, Open Reading Follows URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-doris-ferleger-lisa-grunberger/ LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/October-23_2024.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241016T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241016T210000 DTSTAMP:20260425T060729 CREATED:20241006T161438Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241006T161530Z UID:19844-1729105200-1729112400@moonstoneartscenter.com SUMMARY:Live Poetry: Courtney Bambrick\, Hayden Saunier\, and Jevon Simeon DESCRIPTION:Moonstone Poetry\nWednesday October 16\, 2024 – 7pm \nLive at Fergie’s Pub\,1214 Sansom Street and on Zoom \nRegister here for Zoom access: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMkcOqgrj0qEtf2cVm92zWRaL5QhY1ri2if  \n \nCourtney Bambrick teaches writing at Thomas Jefferson University’s East Falls campus in Philadelphia. She was poetry editor at Philadelphia Stories until 2024.  Her own poems appear or are forthcoming in American Poetry Review\, Mom Egg Review\, Landlocked\, Pinhole\, Thimble\, SWWIM Everyday\, New York Quarterly\, Invisible City\, and more. Her chapbook World Without is available from Bottlecap Press. \n\n  \n  \nHayden Saunier is the author of six poetry collections including her new book\, Wheel\, (Terrapin: 2024). Her work has been published in 32 Poems\, Beloit Poetry Journal\, diode\, Southern Poetry Review\, The Sun\, and VQR and featured on Poetry Daily\, The Writer’s Almanac\, and Verse Daily. Awards include a Pushcart Prize\, Pablo Neruda Award\, and Rattle Poetry Prize www.haydensaunier.com. \n  \n  \nJevon Simeon says “As I touch the pencil I start to remember I am a writer. I am a Juggernaut. My melanin is the exposition of art itself. I rise with the sun. I am the moon. Im just a Poet that tries to balance the dark and light within me\, to find peace within  myself I relinquish this into my poetry as it creates imagery to inspire people to see beauty in themselves. I’m a child of the sea with Caribbean blood running through my veins. \nSean Hanahan Host\, Open Reading Follows URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-courtney-bambrick-hayden-saunier-and-jevon-simeon/ LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/October-16_2024.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241009T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241009T210000 DTSTAMP:20260425T060729 CREATED:20241006T155455Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241006T155455Z UID:19838-1728500400-1728507600@moonstoneartscenter.com SUMMARY:Live Poetry: Mia Kang\, Allayna Nofs\, and Herman Beavers DESCRIPTION:Moonstone Live Poetry\nWednesday October 9\, 2024 – 7pm \nLive at Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street and on Zoom \nRegister for Zoom access: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEpceivqTIpHNL2TDUW4c3-ZEqlzjU3eIE9 \nMia Kang is the author of City Poems\, Apparent Signs and the winner of the 2023 Airlie Prize for All Empires Must. She lives in Philadelphia with two cats\, is the Executive Director of the Philadelphia Folklore Project. She holds a PhD in the history of art from Yale University\, and she has taught at Hunter College\, the Cooper Union\, University of the Arts\, and Yale College. \n  \n  \nAllayna Nofs is the author of It’s not them\, it’s me\, a collection of poetry published in 2019. She is also the sorceress behind the poetry series\, Blossoming\, which runs (almost) monthly out of West Philadelphia. If she’s not at the park admiring the trees\, she might be doing math homework by the river. A collection of her written words can be found on her Substack\, at www.allaynanofs.substack.com. \n  \n  \n  \nHerman Beavers is Professor of English and Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. His most recent poems have appeared in Cleaver Magazine\, The American Arts Quarterly and been anthologized in The 2014 Anthology of Featured Poets and Obsession: Sestinas for the Twenty-First Century.   He serves as an advisory editor for The African American Review\, The Black Scholar\, and Modern Fiction Studies. URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-mia-kang-allayna-nofs-and-herman-beavers/ LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/October-6-2024.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240930T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240930T210000 DTSTAMP:20260425T060729 CREATED:20240928T151657Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240928T152428Z UID:19831-1727722800-1727730000@moonstoneartscenter.com SUMMARY:28th Poetry Ink: VIRTUAL DESCRIPTION:Moonstone Poetry presents \n28th Annual Poetry Ink Reading VIRTUAL\nMonday\, September 30th\, 2024\, 7pm \nOnline via Zoom\, register here: https://us05web.zoom.us/j/88202311343?pwd=02AJS9GK5vIYcvL5dLXwwa7mJARNDc.1  \nWe want you all: published poets\, unpublished poets\, academic poets\, street poets\, poets who write Sonnet\, Villanelle\, Haiku\, Ekphrastic Poems\, Concrete Poems\, Epitaph\, Elegy\, Epigram\, Limerick\, Ballad\,  Ode\, Free Verse\, and all other forms. Join us for our 28th year of presenting 100 poets reading in alphabetical order.  \nBuy your copy of the anthology here: https://moonstone-arts-center.square.site/product/28th-annual-poetry-ink/491 URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/28th-poetry-ink-virtual/ LOCATION:virtual CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/28th-Poetry-Ink_Virtual_Square.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240929T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240929T170000 DTSTAMP:20260425T060729 CREATED:20240914T172240Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240914T172240Z UID:19806-1727618400-1727629200@moonstoneartscenter.com SUMMARY:28th Poetry Ink: LIVE DESCRIPTION:Moonstone Poetry & The Rotunda present  \n28th Annual Poetry Ink Reading LIVE\nSunday September 29\, 2024\, 2pm \nThe Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut Street \nWe want you all: published poets\, unpublished poets\, academic poets\, street poets\, poets who write Sonnet\, Villanelle\, Haiku\, Ekphrastic Poems\, Concrete Poems\, Epitaph\, Elegy\, Epigram\, Limerick\, Ballad\,  Ode\, Free Verse\, and all other forms. Join us for our 28th year of presenting 100 poets reading in alphabetical order.  \nWe are LIVE at the Rotunda at 2pm on Sunday\, September 29.  \nIf you live further away – we will be virtual on Monday\, September 30 at 7pm via Zom \nRegister for the virtual event on Sept. 30th: https://us05web.zoom.us/j/88202311343?pwd=02AJS9GK5vIYcvL5dLXwwa7mJARNDc.1  URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/28th-poetry-ink-live/ LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 14014 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/28th-Poetry-Ink_Live_Square.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240925T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240925T200000 DTSTAMP:20260425T060729 CREATED:20240914T165204Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240921T162712Z UID:19799-1727285400-1727294400@moonstoneartscenter.com SUMMARY:The Art of Inclusion: The Story of Larry Robin and Moonstone DESCRIPTION:Moonstone Poetry & the Free Library of Philadelphia present  \nWednesday September 25\, 2024\, 5:30pm – LIVE \nFree Library of Philadelphia Central Branch Skyline Room \n1901 Vine Street \nTHE ART OF INCLUSION\nTHE STORY OF LARRY ROBIN \n& MOONSTONE\nA Celebration of the Arts and Free Speech!\n  \nMany of us have connections with Larry and Moonstone Arts Center. You may have gone to school at Moonstone’s Early Childhood Education Program\, founded by Larry and Sandy Robin. You may be published by Moonstone Press. You may have participated in New Voices\, the Annual Poetry Ink readings\, Celebration of Black Writing\, Festival Cubano\, The Paul Robeson Festival\, the Hidden Story Programs\, the International Voices readings on Zoom\, or another of Moonstone’s successful programs. You may have stood at an open mic at Fergie’s Pub and spoken your first poem in public¡ You might still have that copy of Tropic of Cancer you bought from Robin’s Book Store while they successfully defied the censorship ban on the book! URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/the-art-of-inclusion-the-story-of-larry-robin-and-moonstone/ LOCATION:The Free Library of Philadelphia\, 1901 Vine Street\, 1901 Vine Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Neutral-Modern-New-Release-Fashion-Instagram-Carousel-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240922T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240922T150000 DTSTAMP:20260425T060729 CREATED:20240914T155354Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240914T160159Z UID:19795-1727013600-1727017200@moonstoneartscenter.com SUMMARY:Banned Books Week 2024 DESCRIPTION:Banned Books Week 2024\nSunday September 22\, 2024 \nVirtual on Zoom – 2pm \nRegistration Required: https://us05web.zoom.us/j/86935252863?pwd=8GIY87i0AJsTBbQWImX3sOVVUlx1ZO.1 \n“This is a dangerous time for readers and the public servants who provide access to reading materials. Readers\, particularly students\, are losing access to critical information\, and librarians and teachers are under attack for doing their jobs.” – Deborah Caldwell-Stone\, director of the ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom \nBanned Books Week celebrates the freedom to read and spotlights current and historical attempts to censor books in libraries and schools. In a time of intense political polarization\, library staff in every state are facing an unprecedented number of attempts to ban books. ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom ALA documented 1\,269 demands to censor library books and resources in 2022\, the highest number of attempted book bans for more than 20 years ago. The unparalleled number of reported book challenges in 2022 nearly doubles the 729 book challenges reported in 2021. Of the record 2\,571 unique titles targeted for censorship\, most were by or about LGBTQIA+ persons and Black\, Indigenous\, and people of color. Coming from the book industry Larry\, Robin’s Book Store\, and Moonstone have always fought censorship.  Join us as Poets respond to the issue of suppression and their right to write. \nOver 30 poets shared their works to combat book banning for our anthology. \nFeatured Poets\nnot all contributors will be reading \n\n\n\nAustin Alexis \nSusan Baer \nAnne Catharine Blake \nCharles Briggs \nSharnta Bullard \nAJ Chilson \nSuzanne Cooke \nLinda M. Crate \nAmber Deamer \n \nJoanne Durham \nAna Fores Tamayo \nBeejay Grob \nSteven Halpern \nJane Ellen Ibur \nJones Irwin \nMindy Kronenberg \nEelka Lampe \n \nKinard Lang \nScott Leff \nDaphne M \nCurtis Nelson \nFaith Paulsen \nElijah Pringle \nDavid Radavich \nJanet Restino \nLinda Romanowski \n \nKasey Ryman \nGeorge Schaefer \nJennifer Schneider \nKendall Snee \nKen Waldman \nEike Waltz \nKelley White \nSamantha Wright \n  URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/banned-books-week-2024/ LOCATION:virtual CATEGORIES:Poetry,Poetry Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Banned-Books-Week-2024.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240918T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240918T210000 DTSTAMP:20260425T060729 CREATED:20240914T145901Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240914T154529Z UID:19791-1726686000-1726693200@moonstoneartscenter.com SUMMARY:Live Reading: David Ebenbach\, Elayna Mae Darcy\, Autumn Konopka\, Sean Lynch\, and Victoria Mier DESCRIPTION:Moonstone Poetry – Prose Night\nDavid Ebenbach\, Elayna Mae Darcy\, Autumn Konopka\, Sean Lynch\, and Victoria Mier \nWednesday September 18\, 2024 – 7pm  \nLive at Fergie’s Pub\,1214 Sansom Street and on zoom –  Registration Required: https://us05web.zoom.us/j/82017815042?pwd=aLRcZOFnBsBoOfrU6001OawDPCuChe.1 \nDavid Ebenbach is the author of ten books of fiction\, poetry\, and non-fiction\, including his new novel Possible Happiness\, which author Gary Eldon Peter calls “a coming of age love letter to Philadelphia in the late 1980s and to one young man’s journey of self-discovery and self-acceptance.” A Philly native\, Ebenbach lives with his family in Washington\, DC. You can find out more at davidebenbach.com \nElayna Mae Darcy (they/she) is a queer poet\, YA author\, and filmmaker from Philadelphia. They aren’t sure what they love more—writing\, or their cat\, Bean. (Ok yeah it’s definitely the cat.) She is the author of the short story\, CONTINUUM and has had poems published in just femme & dandy\, and Impostor Lit\, among others. They are the author of a poetry duology that includes UNRAVELING LIGHT  and DARKNESS UNDONE as well as the YA fantasy novel in verse\, STILL THE STARS. \nAutumn Konopka is a writer\, runner\, and trauma-informed teaching artist. A former poet laureate of Montgomery County\, PA (2016)\, Autumn’s work has been published widely in literary journals\, and her poetry chapbook\, a chain of paper dolls\, was published in 2014 by the Head & the Hand Press. Her debut novel\, Pheidippides Didn’t Die (2023)\, has earned awards from the Next Generation Indie Book Awards\, the Eric Hoffer Books Awards\, and Writer’s Digest. Kirkus calls the book “a compelling adult romance that captures the complexities of trauma dynamics.” Autumn is a Book Reviews & Interviews Editor for Cleaver magazine and a volunteer and ambassador for Still I Run. \nSean Lynch is a writer and editor who’s published five books of poetry\, the city of your mind (Whirlwind Press\, 2013)\, Broad Street Line (Moonstone Press\, 2016)\, 100 Haiku (Moonstone Press\, 2017)\, On Violence (Radical Paper Press\, 2019)\, and Halo Nest (Alien Buddha Press\, 2024). He’s also the author of The Beast in the Pines\, a psychological horror novel about the Jersey Devil. \nVictoria Mier is a queer\, disabled writer and suspected changeling. Her short fiction has been published in Del Sol SFF Review\, Fifth Wheel Press\, SORTES\, and more. Earlier this year\, she released her debut novel\, Beyond the Aching Door\, an urban fantasy set in Philadelphia. Learn more at victoriamier.com. \nSean Hanrahan Host – Open Reading Follows URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-reading-david-ebenbach-elayna-mae-darcy-autumn-konopka-sean-lynch-and-victoria-mier/ LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States CATEGORIES:Poetry,Poetry Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Sept-18th-2024-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240915T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240915T160000 DTSTAMP:20260425T060729 CREATED:20240907T160242Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240907T161009Z UID:19785-1726408800-1726416000@moonstoneartscenter.com SUMMARY:Tribute to Sonia Sanchez DESCRIPTION:Tribute to Sonia Sanchez \nSunday September 15th\, 2024 – 2pm  VIRTUAL \nRegistration Link https://us05web.zoom.us/j/83627572456?pwd=JE0PCSxPn26WT6hBZ8aSmXHm0PqDxo.1  \nHappy 90th Birthday\, Sonia \nSonia Sanchez—poet\, activist\, scholar—was the Laura Carnell Professor of English and Women’s Studies at Temple University. She is the recipient of both the Robert Frost Medal for distinguished lifetime service to American poetry and the Langston Hughes Poetry Award. One of the most important writers of the Black Arts Movement\, Sanchez is the author of sixteen books. \nJoin us for a virtual reading to celebrate Sonia’s birthday and lifetime of contributions to poetry and the literary community\, both in Philadelphia and world-wide. Contributors from our Tribute to Sonia Sanchez anthology will be reading their pieces and others inspired by her work. \n“Let me wear the day \nWell so when it reaches you \nYou will enjoy it.” \n– Sonia Sanchez URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/tribute-to-sonia-sanchez/ LOCATION:Virtual CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Tribute-to-Sonia-Sanchez.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240911T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240911T210000 DTSTAMP:20260425T060729 CREATED:20240907T155607Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240907T155607Z UID:19782-1726081200-1726088400@moonstoneartscenter.com SUMMARY:Live Reading: Justin Ryan\, James Milanesi\, Alexandra Naughton DESCRIPTION:Live Poetry: Justin Ryan\, James Milanesi\, Alexandra Naughton\nWednesday September 11\, 2024 – 7pm  \nLive at Fergie’s Pub\,1214 Sansom Street and on Zoom \nRegistration Link https://us05web.zoom.us/j/82262171863?pwd=shO59ocZl1I7bpqxl5EGfs0b0wFY3x.1 \nJustin Ryan Fyfe is a poet in Philly. He just got fired from his job. You can read all his poems online at fromfromfrom.tumblr.com. \nJames Milanesi was born and raised in the Philadelphia area. He is an interdisciplinary poet and bartender. He has previously written a chapbook titled Momentary Sweetheart (Bottlecap Press). He is the curator and founder of a collective of poets who call themselves\, Poet’s Row. \nAlexandra Naughton is a poet\, novelist\, publisher\, and literary events producer based in Philadelphia. Her writing has been widely published on the web and in print\, and she performs regularly. Naughton’s work straddles the line between fiction and non-fiction\, prose and poetry\, and explores themes such as self-objectification\, existentialism\, the frailty of text-based communication\, and capitalism. She is the founder of Be About It Press\, established in 2010\, and co-host of the Bring A Blanket reading series. \nAmy Saul-Zerby Host – Open Reading Follows URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-reading-justin-ryan-james-milanesi-alexandra-naughton/ LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States CATEGORIES:Poetry,Poetry Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Sept-11-2024.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240904T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240904T210000 DTSTAMP:20260425T060729 CREATED:20240902T160703Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240902T161326Z UID:19777-1725476400-1725483600@moonstoneartscenter.com SUMMARY:Live Poetry: Elliott batTzedek\, Steve Burke\, Mabel Lee & Matt McGarvey DESCRIPTION:Live Poetry: Elliott batTzedek\, Steve Burke\, Mabel Lee & Matt McGarvey\nLive at Fergie’s Pub\,1214 Sansom Street and on zoom \nRegister for Zoom at this link: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMudumurj0rHNXoqS0HzX_7ZJogkgqPa5Sy \nElliott batTzedek is a Pushcart Prize-nominated poet/translator. Elliott’s work appears in various journals and is author of the enkindled coal of my tongue. \nSteve Burke has read at many venues in the Philly area; has three chapbooks published by Moonstone Press. \nMabel Lee is a poet and educator from Philadelphia\, where she participates in various literary groups and teaches middle school students. \nMatt McGarvey\, author of Alien Vestibule\, is essentially a caffeinated replica of a stardom gone astray\, that lives in an apartment by himself where he contemplates the severed state of himself and society. He is now currently interning at Moonstone Arts Center. \n  \n  URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-elliott-battzedek-steve-burke-mabel-lee-matt-mcgarvey/ LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Sept-4-2024.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240828T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240828T200000 DTSTAMP:20260425T060729 CREATED:20240730T171934Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240730T171934Z UID:19750-1724871600-1724875200@moonstoneartscenter.com SUMMARY:Live Poetry: The Osage Poets DESCRIPTION:Wednesday August 28\, 2024 – 7pm \nLive at Fergie’s Pub\,1214 Sansom Street and on zoom\nRegister here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcudO-vqjouGNxLFi7snrqCmBG6MbFrG96_ \nThe Osage Poets are a long-standing\, informal collective\, meeting in workshops led by poet Leonard Gontarek: Making Poems That Last and Gentle Warriors. With humor\, insight\, and a Zen teaching style\, Leonard seeds a dynamic and varied poetic response. In pursuit of an authentic voice\, spirituality of the ordinary\, and an honest grappling with the world’s edges\, the results are always relevant and surprising. \nAlina Macneal & Jennifer Hook Hosts URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-the-osage-poets/ LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States CATEGORIES:Poetry Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240824T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240824T173000 DTSTAMP:20260425T060729 CREATED:20240724T170232Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240724T183706Z UID:19723-1724513400-1724520600@moonstoneartscenter.com SUMMARY:Moonstone Presents: Independence Day of Ukraine Poetry Reading DESCRIPTION:Wednesday August 24\, 2024 – 3:30pm \n \nLive at at Barnes & Noble\, 1708 Chestnut Street\nJulia Kolchinsky Dashbach is the author of 40 WEEKS\, Don’t Touch the Bones\, winner of the 2019 Idaho Poetry Prize\, and The Many Names for Mother\, winner the Wick Poetry Prize and finalist for the Jewish Book Award. She is currently working on a poetry collection as well as a book of linked lyric essays\, both of which grapple with raising a neurodiverse child with a disabled partner under the shadow of the war in Ukraine\, Julia’s birthplace. Her poems have appeared in POETRY\, Ploughshares\, American Poetry Review\, The Nation\, and AGNI\, among others.\nKateryna Derysheva is a Ukrainian poet from Kharkiv\, co-founder and organizer of the kntxt literary project. Her poems and translations have been published in the journals: Plume\, Zerkalo\, Tlen Literacki\, Literatur in Bayern\, Literaturportal Bayern\, Visions\, Volga\, SoFloPoJo\, The Colon\, Literature\, Articulation\, New Coast\, Arion\, Homo legens\, Kreshchatik\, and others. She is the author of the books Starting Point\, There Will Be No Installation; co-author of the book Earth time. She was long-listed for the Arkadiy Dragomoshchenko Prize (2019) and is laureate of the Europa Mai Prize. Her poems and essays have been translated into 11 languages.)\nOlena Jennings is the author of the poetry collection The Age of Secrets\, the chapbook Memory Project\, and the novel Temporary Shelter. She is a translator of collections by Ukrainian poets\, Kateryna Kalytko\, together with Oksana Lutsyshyna\, Iryna Shuvalova\, together with the author\, and Vasyl Makhno. Her translation\, together with the author\, of Yuliya Musakovska’s The God of Freedom was released in May 2024 from Arrowsmith Press. She founded and curates the Poets of Queens reading series and press.\nOlga Livshin’s poetry and translations appear in the New York Times\, Ploughshares\, the Kenyon Review\, and other journals. She is the author of A Life Replaced: Poems with Translations from Anna Akhmatova and Vladimir Gandelsman. Livshin co-translated A Man Only Needs a Room\, a volume of Vladimir Gandelsman’s poetry and Today is a Different War by the Ukrainian poet Lyudmyla Khersonska\,. She is a private creative writing teacher\, working with children. URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/moonstone-presents-independence-day-of-ukraine-poetry-reading/ LOCATION:Barnes and Noble 1708 Chesnut St.\, 1708 Chesnut Street.\, Phildelphia\, PA\, 19122\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry,Poetry Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240717T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240717T200000 DTSTAMP:20260425T060729 CREATED:20240713T184028Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240713T184407Z UID:19656-1721242800-1721246400@moonstoneartscenter.com SUMMARY:Live Poetry: Kate Carey\, M. Elizabeth Hershey\, & Miriam Kramer DESCRIPTION:Live Poetry: Kate Carey\, M. Elizabeth Hershey\, & Miriam Kramer\nWednesday July 17\, 2024 – 7pm \nLive at Fergie’s Pub\,1214 Sansom Street and on Zoom\nRegister for Zoom at this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUrdumsqDouGNAKNM1JQj7MAr8zap6egOwL \nKate Carey (she/her) is a fat queer polyamorous slut who sometimes spends whole days in bed crying because feelings are hard. Through deeply personal poetry and creative nonfiction\, she touches on issues relating to trauma\, fat liberation\, mental illness and sexuality. December 2022’s Hot Poet in the Bullshit Lit x Olney magazine Hot Poets calendar and producer of Philadelphia’s Slutty Poems Night\, you can find more about her & her work at https://www.katemcarey.com. \nM. Elizabeth Hershey is a writer and artist based out of South Philadelphia where she has lived off and on for the last 20 years (but would never purport to be from Philly). She graduated from Brown University with a degree in Visual Arts where she cross-studied at the Rhode Island School of Design. She has published one chapbook\, Look to the North and continues to write both poetry and prose in memoir form. Hershey grew up performing Shakespeare\, reading V.C. Andrews in the dark\, and worshipping the fellow Hoosier Kurt Vonnegut. She is a photographer by trade\, loves a good Phillies game and has an active appreciation of jazz and blues music. Her most recent work centers around the ideas of addiction\, grief\, and the befuddling life of Tinder dates as one approaches middle age.” \nMiriam Kramer is a queer\, Jewish poet residing in New Jersey with her partner\, daughter\, and two cats. She majored in Creative Writing at Pacific University and currently works at an educational nonprofit. She was the winner of the 2023 Jack McCarthy Book Prize. Her poetry has appeared in Variant Literature\, So to Speak Journal\, FreezeRay Poetry\, and others. She is the author of three chapbooks. Her debut full length collection\, Built by Storms\, was published by Write Bloody Publishing and nominated for The Lambda Literary Prize and The New Writers Award\, Great Lakes College Association. \nSean Hanahan Host\, Open Reading Follows URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-kate-carey-m-elizabeth-hershey-miriam-kramer/ LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States CATEGORIES:Poetry Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/July-17-2024.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240714T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240714T150000 DTSTAMP:20260425T060729 CREATED:20240713T182227Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240713T182227Z UID:19652-1720965600-1720969200@moonstoneartscenter.com SUMMARY:Virtual Poetry: Freedom Anthology DESCRIPTION:Freedom 2024 Anthology Reading\nSunday July 14\, 2024\n2pm on Zoom\nZoom Meeting ID 829 9128 3645 – Passcode 060433 \nRegistration Link – https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYkfuiqpjgsHtFxxxyjfTkHXjIJkgSPg2tA  \n            \nFreedom \nThe United States celebrates Independence on July 4 \nFrance celebrates Bastille Day on July 14 \nThe struggle for freedom and independence is universal. \nWhat does Freedom mean to you? \nIt is used as a rallying call across the political spectrum \nOur Poets Responded \n  \nNot All Poets Will Be Reading \n\n\n\nMary Anne Abdo \nM. Tonita Austin \nSarwa Azeez \nSusan Baer \nJeff Bien \nA.C. Blake \nCharles Briggs \nChristopher Butters \nFrancisco Carrasco \nAJ Chilson \nShaheen Dil \nElinor Donahue \nAnna Dunlap \n \nSahar Fathi \nFrancis Flavin \nAna Fores Tamayo \nDeborah Fries \nWilliam Galasso \nLinda Goss \nPamela Haines \nAnnie Hartford \nKathleen Herrmann \nKayla Howe \nJones Irwin \nRalph La Rosa \nKelly Lynn\nDara Marsh \nJohn Mason \nMatt McGarvey \nAurora McKee \nMharlyn Merriitt \nLeslie Perry \nClaire Petersen \nNader Rahimi \nJanet Restino \nLinda Romanowski \nRobert Eugene Rubino \nCarla Schick \nEvan Schneider \n \nJennifer Schneider \nAmeerah Shabazz \nWoody Shiflett \nMiki Simic \nRobert Lavett Smith \nKaramo Muchuri Sulieman \nLaura Sweeney \nEike Waltz \nGail Wasserman \nKelley White \nDaniel Williams \nSamantha Wright \nDaniel Zehner URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-poetry-freedom-anthology/ LOCATION:Virtual CATEGORIES:Poetry Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Freedom-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240601T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240601T150000 DTSTAMP:20260425T060729 CREATED:20240523T134534Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240523T134713Z UID:19585-1717246800-1717254000@moonstoneartscenter.com SUMMARY:Live Poetry: S/He Speaks 2: Voices of Women\, Trans & Nonbinary Folx DESCRIPTION:Live Poetry: S/He Speaks 2: Voices of Women\, Trans & Nonbinary Folx\nHosted at The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut Street in Philadelphia\nAlso on Zoom: \nS/He Speaks 2 is edited by Cassendre Xavier and Tom Daubert.  \nWhen we launched the S/He Speaks anthology in 2023\, we noted that anyone likely to read it would already be well aware of the ongoing “Cold War” in the United States targeting the rights of women and transgendered people. Once again\, this anthology comes in conjunction with an afternoon-long event at The Rotunda at the University of Pennsylvania\, where writers who can attend will read from their works and discuss their writing. All the poems and short essays here come from people who take their writing seriously. Many are women. Some are transgendered\, both male-to-female and female-to-male. Others define themselves as nonbinary. All have something meaningful and personal to say\, inspired by our calls for short writing of this nature\, whether about gender and transition issues\, health and life experience\, relationships — anything personal. We hope readers will find some inspiration here — and possibly as a result\, begin their own writings. \nFeatured Contributors\nAshley Andrews \nPhilip Avilov \nMikey Bachman \nLainey Bechta \nJanice F. Booth \nAriana Chavez \nTaffeta Chime \nCathyann Cusimano \nF. Daubert \nRebecca Dietrich \nV. Eidson \nEllen Gannon \nKate Gardner \nMelissa Gibson \nLiora Hassan \nRosalie Hendon \nSamantha Hollins \nZoe Mae Huot-Link \nErin Jamieson \nIsabella Kaufman \nJess Kratzer \nAmira Kravitz \nDeborah LeFalle \nJosephine LoRe \nBetsy Merbitz \nMira Mookerjee \nBeth S.K. Morris \nCarlene Stegman Moskal \nGloria Nixon-John \nSophia Ogden \nEmma Paris \nBreanna Reyes \nAdya Ryan \nYvette Santana \nJen Schneider \nZoe Katherine Shelley \nBrian “Brie” Sheridan \nTanjanike “Tan” Shivers \nEllie Smillie \nMegha Sood \nMakani Speier-Brito \nLaura Sweeney \nRenée  Szostek \nNatalia Tola \nSuzannah “Su” Van Gelder \nJamie C. Whitlow \nHarley Woods \nMorgan Wright \nCassendre Xavier \nAlexis Young \nZQ URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-s-he-speaks-2-voices-of-women-trans-nonbinary-folx/ LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 14014 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/june-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240529T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240529T190000 DTSTAMP:20260425T060729 CREATED:20240430T163710Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240430T163710Z UID:19514-1717009200-1717009200@moonstoneartscenter.com SUMMARY:Live Poetry - C.M. Crockford & Amber Renee DESCRIPTION:Live Poetry at Fergie’s Pub \nSince March 2022\, House Poet has strived to bring together writers\, dancers\, djs and musicians alike. Join us in 2024 as we bring that energy to Moonstone’s Poetry Nights at Fergies\, featuring an open reading\, featured readers\, live music and a soundtrack you can bounce to. \nC.M. Crockford is an autistic/ADHD Philadelphia poet and the author of Birdsongs: Poems 2020-2023\, co-hosted The Band: A Podcast About The Shield\, published two chapbooks\, and his work has been featured in dozens of magazines\, journals\, and websites. Amber Renee is a chronic writer\, author of Thoughts on This Most Recent Episode\, a Poetry-Picture book called i feel like i’m nothing\, and  In memory\, energy Nothing / is Forever: a collection of sad & spiritual poems from my 20s. And featuring mixes by Shang\, our local DJ highlight. \nWarren C. Longmire Host\, Open Reading Follows \nZoom Link URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-c-m-crockford-amber-renee/ LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States CATEGORIES:Poetry Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/may-29.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240522T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240522T190000 DTSTAMP:20260425T060729 CREATED:20240430T160855Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240430T160855Z UID:19511-1716404400-1716404400@moonstoneartscenter.com SUMMARY:Live Poetry - Christopher Childers and Ernest Hilbert DESCRIPTION:Live Poetry at Fergie’s Pub \nChristopher Childers\, author of The Penguin Book of Greek and Latin Lyric Verse\, a book 14 years in the making. He received an NEA Translators’ Fellowship in 2018\, and has published in venues including The Kenyon Review\, the Yale Review\, Agni\, Literary Matters\, and Smartish Pace. His translations have been included in several anthologies\, including The Penguin Book of Elegy and The Poetry Pharmacy Forever. His poem “Miasma” is forthcoming from Best American Poetry 2023. Ernest Hilbert\, author of the Sixty Sonnets\, All of You on the Good Earth\, Caligulan—selected as winner of the 2017 Poets’ Prize\, Last One Out and Storm Swimmer\, was selected by Rowan Ricardo Phillips as the winner of the 2022 Vassar Miller Prize. He lives in Philadelphia where he works as a rare book dealer and book critic for The Washington Post\, The Wall Street Journal\, and Fine Books and Collections. His poem “Mars Ultor” was included in Best American Poetry \nAlina Macneal & Jennifer Hook Hosts\, Open Reading Follows \nZoom Link URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-christopher-childers-and-ernest-hilbert/ LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States CATEGORIES:Poetry Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/may-22.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240519T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240519T153000 DTSTAMP:20260425T060729 CREATED:20240518T141759Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240518T141952Z UID:19541-1716127200-1716132600@moonstoneartscenter.com SUMMARY:Virtual Poetry - May Day 2024 Anthology DESCRIPTION:Sunday May 19\, 2024 – 2pm EDT – VIRTUAL \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIvcOiqrTIuGtI4ZR23zt_f1C1FDbB5uk6U \nMay Day commemorating the historic struggles and gains made by workers and the labour movement\, observed in many countries on May 1. In 1889 an international federation of socialist groups and trade unions designated May 1 as a day in support of workers\, in commemoration of the Haymarket Riot in Chicago (1886). Five years later\, U.S. Pres. Grover Cleveland\, uneasy with the socialist origins of Workers’ Day\, signed legislation to make Labor Day—already held in some states on the first Monday of September—the official U.S. holiday in honour of workers. \nWe invited poets to reflect on the history of labor and the recent surges in the movement. You can purchase the anthology collection here. \nNot All Poets Will Be Reading – Open Reading Follows \nFeatured Poets \nMary Anne Abdo \nByron Beynon \nAJ Chilson \nCraig Czury \nJoan Donato \nSteven Halpern \nJane Ellen Ibur \nJones Irwin \nNathaniel Krenkel \nMharlyn Merriitt \nLeslie Perry \nJohn Potter \nAdam Rubin \nJennifer Schneider \nJulia Robinson Shimizu \nStephani Twidwell \nGail Wasserman \nKelley White URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-poetry-may-day-2024-anthology/ LOCATION:virtual CATEGORIES:Poetry,Poetry Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/MayDay2024_Event.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240515T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240515T190000 DTSTAMP:20260425T060729 CREATED:20240430T154232Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240430T154233Z UID:19504-1715799600-1715799600@moonstoneartscenter.com SUMMARY:Live Poetry - John Amen & Amy Small-McKinney DESCRIPTION:Live Poetry at Fergie’s Pub \nJohn Amen is the author of five collections of poetry\, including Dark Souvenirs and Illusion of an Overwhelm\, recipient of the 2021 Jack Grapes Poetry Prize\, he founded and is managing editor of Pedestal Magazine. Amy Small-McKinney was the Montgomery County Poet Laureate. She is author of Walking Toward Cranes (won the Kithara Book Prize) and One Day I Am A Field\, was written during COVID and her husband’s death. \nZoom Link URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-john-amen-amy-small-mckinney/ LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States CATEGORIES:Poetry Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/may-15.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240514T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240514T173000 DTSTAMP:20260425T060729 CREATED:20240430T152746Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240430T171036Z UID:19501-1715707800-1715707800@moonstoneartscenter.com SUMMARY:Live Poetry - New Voices Spring 2024 DESCRIPTION:Live Poetry at Parkway Central Library and on Zoom \nNew Voices Spring 2024: Emerging Poets \nis a program designed for emerging poets under the age of 25. It aims to create a platform for younger poets by welcoming them into the larger Philadelphia poetry community and giving them the opportunity to share their work with a wider audience. \nJoin us live at the Central Library for emerging poet from Philadelphia \nZoom Link URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-new-voices-spring-2024/ LOCATION:Parkway Central Library\, 1901 Vine St CATEGORIES:Poetry Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/new-voices-spring-2024-may-14-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240512T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240512T140000 DTSTAMP:20260425T060729 CREATED:20240430T151722Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240430T171013Z UID:19498-1715522400-1715522400@moonstoneartscenter.com SUMMARY:Virtual Poetry - New Voices Spring 2024 DESCRIPTION:Virtual Poetry on Zoom \nNew Voices Spring 2024: Emerging Poets \nis a program designed for emerging poets under the age of 25. It aims to create a platform for younger poets by welcoming them into the larger Philadelphia poetry community and giving them the opportunity to share their work with a wider audience. \nJoin us on zoom for emerging poets from around the country \n  URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-poetry-new-voices-spring-2024/ LOCATION:PA CATEGORIES:Poetry Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/new-voices-spring-2024-may-12-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240508T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240508T190000 DTSTAMP:20260425T060729 CREATED:20240430T150009Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240430T150223Z UID:19494-1715194800-1715194800@moonstoneartscenter.com SUMMARY:Book Release - James Feichthaler - Live Poetry DESCRIPTION:Live Poetry at Fergie’s Pub and on Zoom \nJoin us in celebrating the release of poet James Feichthaler’s new book From the Back Porch of a War (Parnilis Media). A short reading will be followed by a book signing. \nJames Feichthaler is a poet with roots in the Philadelphia-area residing in Trenton\, NJ\, where he watches the skies for UFOs\, sings Irish folk songs on his porch\, and drinks beers. From the Back Porch of a War pulls no punches in its assessment of a politically-divided America seemingly at war with itself\, searching for moral integrity in a hashtag-hardened\, spiritually-bankrupt world. \n Link for Zoom URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-james-feichthaler-book-release/ LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States CATEGORIES:Poetry Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/May-8-2024_Book-Release.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240507T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240507T183000 DTSTAMP:20260425T060729 CREATED:20240430T144654Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240430T144654Z UID:19491-1715106600-1715106600@moonstoneartscenter.com SUMMARY:Moonstone Poetry @ PhillyCam: Ahmad Almallah\, Huda Fakhreddine DESCRIPTION:Can be viewed on the Phillycam website Or Cable 66/966HD/967 or Verizon FIOS\, 29/30 In Philadelphia. \nPhilly Loves Poetry Interview and Readings Series \nAhmad Almallah is a poet from Palestine and an artist-in-residence at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of Border Wisdom and Bitter. \nHuda Fakhreddine’s work focuses on modernist movements or trends in Arabic poetry and their relationship to the Arabic literary tradition. \nCharles S. Carr\, Host URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-poetry-ahmad-almallah-huda-fakhreddine/ LOCATION:PA CATEGORIES:Poetry Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/may-7.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240501T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240501T190000 DTSTAMP:20260425T060729 CREATED:20240430T143117Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240430T143117Z UID:19487-1714590000-1714590000@moonstoneartscenter.com SUMMARY:Live Poetry: Leeway Foundation Poets DESCRIPTION:Live at Fergie’s Pub and on Zoom. \nNzadi Keita’s new poetry collection\, Migration Letters\, centers her upbringing in Black working-class Philadelphia. Pat McLean-Smith is a female word artist dedicated to the writing\, reciting and powerful performance of poetry. Debra Powell-Wright has been a performance poet for the past 25+ years and has been published in numerous anthologies\, including a tribute to the legacy of Nina Simone. Nikki Powerhouse uses performance and literary art to create a space for collective healing and transformation within communities. \nLink for Zoom: URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-leeway-foundation-poets/ LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States CATEGORIES:Poetry Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/may-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240424T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240424T190000 DTSTAMP:20260425T060729 CREATED:20240321T171002Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240418T141525Z UID:19381-1713985200-1713985200@moonstoneartscenter.com SUMMARY:Live Poetry: Warren C. Longmire\, Kirwya Sutherland DESCRIPTION:Join us for Live Poetry at Fergie’s Pub and on Zoom! \nWarren C. Longmire\, author of Bird/Diz\,  is an uncle\, writer\, performer and educator from the bad part of North Philadelphia. He is the host of House Poet: A Spoken Word Dance Party and mix_lit. Kirwyn Sutherland makes poems centering the black experience in America\, whose work has been published in American Poetry Review\, APIARY Magazine\, FOLDER\, The Wanderer and elsewhere. \nRegister for Zoom URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-warren-c-longmire-kirwya-sutherland/ LOCATION:PA CATEGORIES:Poetry Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/april-24-2024-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240421T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240421T170000 DTSTAMP:20260425T060729 CREATED:20240321T170706Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240416T164049Z UID:19379-1713708000-1713718800@moonstoneartscenter.com SUMMARY:Virtual Poetry: International Haiku Day DESCRIPTION:International Haiku Poetry Day (April 17) was started in 2007 and later taken on by The Haiku Foundation in celebration of National Poetry Month. \nAccording to The Haiku Foundation\, the haiku is an ancient and undefinable-in-English form of Japanese poetry. At its most basic\, it is three lines\, the first with five syllables\, the second with seven and the third with five. Write us a Haiku. \n“Haiku are short imagistic poems about things that make the reader feel connected to nature.” \n— William J. Higginson (1938-2008)\, in his essay “Guidelines for Writing Haiku in English.” \nRegister for Zoom URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-poetry-international-haiku-day/ LOCATION:PA CATEGORIES:Poetry Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Virtual-Poetry-haiku-day.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR