BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Moonstone Arts Center - ECPv6.16.4//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:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220206T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220206T160000 DTSTAMP:20260617T034225 CREATED:20220130T221613Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220130T232413Z UID:16961-1644156000-1644163200@moonstoneartscenter.com SUMMARY:New Chapbooks from Moonstone Press: RuNett Ebo\, Nina Gadson\, David Lawton\, Charles Rammelkamp\, Louisa Schnaithmann DESCRIPTION:New Chapbooks from Moonstone Press\n  \nVIRTUAL – Registration Required:   \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIlc-6oqTgvHNRG34IB6Bx8gkC-PKeD1n5H  \nRuNett Ebo\, author of Expressing Myself on Purpose\, has performed all over the country\, is contributing writer for Kwee\, a Liberian magazine. \n  \n  \nNina Gadson\, author of When I Was 16\, realized that poetry is a part of her purpose\, she collected these poems when she was 16\, it is a time capsule into that period of her life. \n  \n  \n  \nDavid Lawton is the author of Inspirative – “rootedness in the accomplishments and frustrations of actors\, musicians\, poets and artists whose brushes with fame were as real and as raw as own anonymous struggles in life…” George Wallace. \n  \n  \nCharles Rammelkamp author of Sparring Partners puts us in the ring with Fred\, Flanagan\, and a crowd of emotions\, struggles\, and complexities that most people must spar with at one time or another. \n  \n  \n \nLouisa Schnaithmann\, author of Plague Love\, is the consulting editor for ONE ART: a journal of poetry. Her work has appeared in various journals. URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/new-chapbooks-from-moonstone-press/ LOCATION:PA CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Feb-6th-2022-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220208T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220208T200000 DTSTAMP:20260617T034225 CREATED:20220130T221520Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220130T232421Z UID:16970-1644346800-1644350400@moonstoneartscenter.com SUMMARY:Virtual Poetry Reading: Rose-Marie Athiley\, Edythe Rodriguez\, Basia Wilson DESCRIPTION:Virtual Poetry Reading: Rose-Marie Athiley\, Edythe Rodriguez\, Basia Wilson\nTuesday February 8\, 2022 – 7pm – VIRTUAL \nRegistration Required – use this link: \n https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIpdeCtpjotHtfBklvFsozr3X6BLxZdJvtv \n \n  \nRose-Marie Athiley\, is a published poet and essayist\, a recent graduate of Hamline with a degree in English\, moved to the U.S. in 2006 and found the art of pen and word through learning her third language\, English. \n  \n  \n \n  \nEdythe Rodriguez is a Philly-based Afrikan Renaissance poet who studied Creative Writing and Africology at Temple University. She is a copywriter / poet / semi-evolved virgo / bustelo drinker / violent Scrabble player / non-violent Beyhive member / bears / beets / battlestar galactica \n  \n \nBasia Wilson holds a BA in English with a concentration in creative writing from Temple University\, where she took courses such as Ecofeminist Poetics. She studied the intersection of psychogeography and poetry\, culminating in a manuscript about her local Wegmans that forever altered how she understands store-brand crème brûlée ice cream and Yelp reviews.  Open Reading follows URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-poetry-reading-rose-marie-athiley-edythe-rodriguez-basia-wilson/ LOCATION:PA CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Feb-8th-2022.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220209T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220209T210000 DTSTAMP:20260617T034225 CREATED:20220130T221727Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220130T232428Z UID:16977-1644433200-1644440400@moonstoneartscenter.com SUMMARY:Moonstone Poetry Reading: Gabrielle Martin\, Scott Sigl\, Jonathon Todd DESCRIPTION:Virtual Poetry Reading: Gabrielle Martin\, Scott Sigl\, Jonathon Todd\nWednesday February 9\, 2022 – 7pm – LIVE – Proof of Vaccination Required \nLive at Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street and on zoom \nRegistration Required for zoom – use this link:  \n https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEqduqgpzIpGNOTTLgVvjw_TLnRMl3boAtS  \n \n  \nGabrielle Martin is the author of Gritty City\, a poet living and working in West Philly\, where they are currently attempting (maybe successfully) to grow tomatoes on their windowsill. \n  \n  \n \n  \nScott Sigl is a musician\, poet\, and teacher in the Philadelphia/South Jersey area. He has represented the city of Philadelphia at the National Poetry Slam and Rowan University at the College National Slam. \n  \n  \n \n  \nJonathon Todd is the author of Over/time\, a poet\, musician\, and recovery specialist living in South Philadelphia. His work deals with observations mainly written between breaks\, trying to find humanity outside of and within labor. Open Reading Follows \n  URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-poetry-reading-gabrielle-martin-scott-sigl-jonathon-todd/ LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Open.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220213T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220213T160000 DTSTAMP:20260617T034225 CREATED:20220130T222407Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220130T232437Z UID:16983-1644760800-1644768000@moonstoneartscenter.com SUMMARY:2021 Moonstone Chapbook Contest Winners: Charles Malone\, Kristen Holt-Browning\, Heather Lanier DESCRIPTION:2021 Moonstone Chapbook Contest Winners\nSunday February 13\, 2022 – 2pm – VIRTUAL \nRegistration Required – Registration Link \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUucuyupjwvH9CGPXzKDk9CvNgFd9FZND-w \n \n  \nFirst Place: Charles Malone\, author of After an Eclipse of Moths: the Crewdson Poems \nCharles Malone is the author of Working Hypothesis\, Questions About Circulation and he edited the collection A Poetic Inventory of Rocky Mountain National Park.  \n  \n  \n \n  \nHonorable Mention: Kristen Holt-Browning author of The Only Animal Awake in the House \nKristen Holt-Browning is a freelance editor and writer. Her poems have been published in Sheila-na-Gig\, Juxtaprose\, Frontier Poetry\, and Barrow Street’s 4×2 Project\, among other publications.  \n  \n  \n \n  \nHonorable Mention: Heather Lanier author of Erasing the Book of Pregnancy \nHeather Lanier is the author of the memoir\, Raising a Rare Girl\, a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice\, as well as two award-winning poetry chapbooks. Her poems have been published in journals including The Cincinnati Review\, The Sun\, and Mid-American Review.  URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/2021-moonstone-chapbook-contest-winners-charles-malone-kristen-holt-browning-heather-lanier/ LOCATION:PA CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Virtual-Poetry-Reading.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220215T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220215T210000 DTSTAMP:20260617T034225 CREATED:20220130T223008Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220130T232444Z UID:16990-1644951600-1644958800@moonstoneartscenter.com SUMMARY:Virtual Poetry Event: Deborah Fries\, Peter F. Murphy\, Alan Toltzis DESCRIPTION:Tuesday February 15\, 2022 – 7pm -VIRTUAL \nRegistration Required – use this link: \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcuf-ugrD8iE9wZ_FJEF6q-hEEi1MohfLyw \nDeborah Fries is a Philadelphia writer and printmaker whose chapbook\, Having Visions Again\, was the 2021 Keystone selection from Seven Kitchens Press. Her two full-length books of poetry\, Various Modes of Departure\, selected by Carolyn Forche\, and The Bright Field of Everything\, were published by Kore Press. \n  \n  \nPeter F. Murphy is author of two poetry books: Maps of Three Continents and Underwater; his critical work includes three books on men and masculinity: Studs\, Tools\, and the Family Jewels: Metaphors Men Live By; Fictions of Masculinity; and Feminism and Masculinities. His essays and reviews have been published in various journals. \n  \n  \nAlan Toltzis is the author of Mercy\, Nature Lessons\, 49 Aspects of Human Emotion\, and The Last Commandment. His poems have appeared in numerous print and online publications including\, Plainsong\, Grey Sparrow\, The Wax Paper\, Black Bough Poetry\, and Anthropocene Poetry. Open Reading Follows. \n  URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-poetry-event-deborah-fries-peter-f-murphy-alan-toltzis/ LOCATION:PA CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Virtual-Poetry-Reading-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220216T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220216T210000 DTSTAMP:20260617T034225 CREATED:20220130T230451Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220130T232450Z UID:17000-1645038000-1645045200@moonstoneartscenter.com SUMMARY:Readings from the Penn & Pencil Club DESCRIPTION:Readings from the Penn & Pencil Club\nWednesday February 16\, 2022 – 7pm – LIVE – Proof of Vaccination Required \nLive at Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street and on zoom \nRegistration Required: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAqdOmrqj0sG9I2URaQHbuEETjN8d-gIOhM \n \n  \n  \nSponsored by University of Pennsylvania’s Kelly Writers House\, Penn & Pencil Club is a creative writing workshop for faculty and staff.  From a variety of backgrounds\, participants are writers of fiction\, literary non-fiction\, and poetry. We have among us several published writers\, and the balance are hopeful. In our bi-monthly meetings\, we are encouraging\, but not shy\, in our criticism and very supportive of one another’s writing. In addition to our critiquing sessions\, we hold annual readings at the Writers House\, take part in “Live at the Luellen Fletcher\, Amy Miller\, Holman Massey\, Alexander  O’Donnell\, John Shea\, Sam Smith\, Susan Staggs\, Wendy Washburn\, and Linda White” URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/readings-from-the-penn-pencil-club/ LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Blue-Wood-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220219T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220219T190000 DTSTAMP:20260617T034225 CREATED:20220201T033951Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220217T220039Z UID:17026-1645290000-1645297200@moonstoneartscenter.com SUMMARY:Honoring Alejandro Pérez-Cortés\, Winner of the 2021 Paz Poetry Prize: Alejandro Pérez-Cortés\, Carlos José Pérez Sámano\, Dulce Ramirez DESCRIPTION:Honoring Alejandro Pérez-Cortés\, Winner of the 2021 Paz Poetry Prize\nSaturday February 19\, 2022 – VIRTUAL \n5pm Eastern\, 2pm Pacific – On Zoom  \nRegistration Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYrdumtqT0sE9Q3x8ulIyfbTTyX6fec3dYR \n \n  \nAlejandro Pérez-Cortés is the author of Ima and Coli Are the Tree That Was Never a Seed\, winner of the Paz Prize for Poetry. Some poems are set in an ancient pre-Hispanic Colima; while others reflect the reality of a modern-day Colima. \n  \n  \n \n  \nCarlos José Pérez Sámano is a writer and poet who has 4 published books in Mexico. His work has been featured in anthologies in Argentina\, Spain\, the United States\, Italy\, Spain\, and India. \n  \n  \n  \n \n  \nDulce Ramirez directs Mighty Writers El Futuro\, a Philly-based organization focused on teaching children to think clearly through the power of writing. This has given her the perfect opportunity to help other Latinos instill in their children the love for culture. \n  \nJohn Lavin Host – Question and Answer Period and Open Reading Follows URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/honoring-alejandro-perez-cortes-winner-of-the-2021-paz-poetry-prize-alejandro-perez-cortes-carlos-jose-perez-samano-dulce-ramirez/ LOCATION:PA CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/February-19th.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220220T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220220T160000 DTSTAMP:20260617T034225 CREATED:20220201T034505Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220209T182230Z UID:17038-1645365600-1645372800@moonstoneartscenter.com SUMMARY:Readings from the 2021 Featured Poets Anthology DESCRIPTION:Readings from the 2021 Featured Poets Anthology\nSunday February 20\, 2022 – 2pm – VIRTUAL – \nRegistration Required: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEsdOmpqDIqH9B0HU4JTUrRJwRTTLd4J5D6 \n \n  \n2021 was Moonstone’s busiest year ever \nWith over 130 live and virtual events \nPresenting over 300 Poets \nPlease join us \nNot all poets will be reading URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/readings-from-the-2021-featured-poets-anthology/ LOCATION:PA CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Readings-from-the-2021-Featured-Poets-Anthology.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220223T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220223T210000 DTSTAMP:20260617T034225 CREATED:20220201T035303Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220201T035303Z UID:17042-1645642800-1645650000@moonstoneartscenter.com SUMMARY:Moonstone Poetry Reading: Nicole Greaves and Amy Small-McKinney DESCRIPTION:Moonstone Poetry Reading: Nicole Greaves and Amy Small-McKinney\nWednesday February 23\, 2022 – 7pm – LIVE – Proof of Vaccination Required \nLive at Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street and on zoom \nRegistration Required: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEpduisqjkjGtR_CB38zTyfRrxnOYrXoiOt \nMeeting ID: 843 0832 9737 – Passcode: 678146 \nNicole Greaves’ poetry has appeared in numerous literary reviews and was awarded prizes by The Academy of American Poets and the Leeway Foundation. Nicole is a former poet laureate of Montgomery County. She teaches English and creative writing at the Crefeld School and her book\, Having Witnessed the Illusion\, is forthcoming with Glass Lyre Press. \n  \n  \nAmy Small-McKinney’s third chapbook\, One Day I Am A Field\, written during Covid and her husband’s death\, is forthcoming with Glass Lyre Press\, 2022. For the 2020 virtual AWP\, she co-moderated an interactive discussion\, Writing Through Grief & Loss: The Intersection of Social and Personal Grief During Covid. Her second full-length collection\, Walking Toward Cranes\, won The Kithara Book Prize 2016 (Glass Lyre Press). Small-McKinney was the 2011 Montgomery County Poet Laureate. Her poems have appeared in numerous journals\, for example\, Baltimore Review\, Pedestal Magazine\, Philadelphia Stories and SWWIM.  Her book reviews have appeared in journals\, such as Prairie Schooner and Matter\, and her poems have been translated into Korean and Romanian.  She resides in Philadelphia. \nAlina Macneal & Jennifer Hook\, Hosts – Open Reading Follows URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/moonstone-poetry-reading-nicole-greaves-and-amy-small-mckinney/ LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Add-a-little-bit-of-body-text.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220226T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220226T160000 DTSTAMP:20260617T034225 CREATED:20220201T035824Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220221T165325Z UID:17045-1645884000-1645891200@moonstoneartscenter.com SUMMARY:New Voices: Emerging Poets with Avik Belenje\, Ryan Hiemenz\, Vriddhi Vinay DESCRIPTION:New Voices: Emerging Poets with Avik Belenje\, Ryan Hiemenz\, Vriddhi Vinay\nSaturday February 26\, 2022 – 2pm – VIRTUAL – \nRegistration Required:https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYlde6urjgiE9afmUo3Ku3FO0NBWLhLZ7C3 \nNew Voices: Emerging Poets – a program designed for emerging poets under the age of 25. It aims to create a platform for young poets by welcoming them into the larger poetry community and giving them the opportunity to share their work with a wide audience. \n \n  \nAvik Belenje\, age 15\, has studied poetry at Poetry Power\, he has received the Silver Key from Scholastic Arts and Writing Regional Awards and four First Place Awards from California Federation of Chaparral Poets\, Inc. \n  \n  \n \n  \nRyan Hiemenz is author of Fearing Fiction\, a Junior at Arcadia University where he is involved in writing and editing in various styles. \n  \n  \nVriddhi Vinay\, of South Indian background interested in research into gender justice\, post-colonial studies\, and revolutionary South Asian histories. She loves the intersection of academia\, erotica\, and poetics that she represents in her work. \n  \n  \nLarry Robin\, Host\, Open Reading Follows URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/new-voices-emerging-poets-with-avik-belenje-ryan-hiemenz-vriddhi-vinay/ LOCATION:PA CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/New-Voices-Emerging-Poets.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR