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SUMMARY:Virtual: Recent Chapbooks from Moonstone Press
DESCRIPTION:Recent Poetry Books from Moonstone Press Readings\nSunday\, October 4th @ 2pm ET\nOn Zoom\, register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/mF-K3tiiTjWbtTv3iDZKhw\nFrank’s new book is Googlet\, $11.00 \nFrank Beltrano is a poet living in Lévis\, Quebec\, Canada. He is a member of the American poetry workshopping group DVP/US1 and founder of the group\, Strong Threads\, based in Quebec. He has published poems in Geist\, Carousel\, Beliveau Review\, Solicitations: Poetry in Quebec\, in Canada\, Fledgling Rag\, US1 Worksheets\, in various anthologies \n  \nAnne’s new book is Now that mother is dead\, All quilts unravel in the end\, $11.00  \nAnne M. Greenhalgh earned her dotorate in English Literature at the University of Pennsylvania\, where she studied with Daniel Hoffman and wrote her dissertationon on the “primary vocabulary” of Elizabeth Bishop’s poetry. She is a long-time member of the faculty and staff at The Wharton School. This debut chapbook features a double crown of sonnets – two \ninterwoven sequences that explore themes of time\, memory\, and loss. rs. \n  \nLisa’s new book is Conversations with the Living Conversations with the Dead\, $11.00    \nLisa Naomi Konigsberg is a Progessor of Rehtoric and Composition at West Chester University in Pennsylvania. She wrote her first poem at the age of seven: “Love is a piece of pie that has been bitten into”. Her chapbooks include: Invisible Histories\, and The Golden Mean\, Moonstone Chapbook winner\, 2019. Her poems work to take the reader into the intersection of the personal experienceand historical events. \nLior’s new book is This Green\, $11.00   \nLior D. Maayan is a poet\, translator\, and technology executive who studied physics\, mathematics\, and philosophy. He was a member of the first Helicon Arabic-Herbrew group and the Poetry Place translation team\, and a 2023-24 ALMA-Metanel Fellow. He is the Weizmann Institute Poetry Laureate and winner of the Clil EcoPoetics Prize. His work has appeared in Granta\, Asymptote\, Paper Brigade Daily\, Ilanot\, ARC\, Haaretz\, Yediot\, Kul AlArab\, and Ho! His debut Hebrew collection\, That Green\, was shortlisted by Haaretz. This Green is his first English-language chapbook\, \nKarol’s new book is The Airplane Game\, $11.00  \nKarol Olesiak is a queer disabled poet\, writer\, and activist. Karol’s work was born out of the refugee experience climaxes in the carnivalesque afterglow of transcendent phenomenon. Prescriptive for the trauma straddling the intersection between crip theory and social justice. Karol is one of the founders of soldiersforthecause.org\, an affinity group for Occupy Wall Street and antiwar blog. Karol’s poetic career started in Harrisburg\, PA at the Heavy Word Poetry Slam in 2000. Karol headlined the Bowery Poetry Club\, and his poetic work is featured in Rogue Agent Journal\, Neologism Poetry\, MAI Feminism\, Proud to Be\, Zoetic\, Lone Mountain Literacy\, Sugar House\, Fifth Wheel Press\, and Pictura Journal.
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/recent-poetry-books/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Poetry
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry: Michelle Myers\, Therese Halscheid\, Hector Reyes & Karol M. Wasylyshyn
DESCRIPTION:Live Poetry: Michelle Myers\, Therese Halscheid\, Hector Reyes & Karol M. Wasylyshyn\nWednesday\, September 30th @ 7pm\nFergies Pub: 1412 Sansom St. Philadelphia \nMichelle Myers is an award-winning poet\, author\, and educator whose work centers storytelling\, cultural memory\, and voice. A founding member of the Asian American spoken word poetry group Yellow Rage\, she was among the first Asian American women featured on HBO’s Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry. Her work appears in numerous anthologies and outlets\, including USA Today\, The Philadelphia Inquirer\, and the Smithsonian Channel. Michelle is also an award-winning educator and the faculty coordinator and co-creator of the Emmy-nominated series Drop the Mic. She hosts the podcast Mind Your Margins\, produced by her daughter\, Myong. \nShe received a 2024 Individual Artist Fellowship from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts for her middle-grade novel Talk Me a Story about Moon Rabbit. Michelle was commissioned by the Chinese American Museum in Los Angeles to write a poem for its exhibition (Be) Spoken. \nTherese Halscheid is author of 5 poetry collections\, the most recent Frozen Latitudes. Her poetry and lyric essays have appeared in several magazines\, among them Tampa Review\, Gettysburg Review\, Columbia Journal\, Hawai’i Pacific Review. She holds an MA and MFA and teaches for Atlantic Cape College as well as offering workshops for conferences\, organizations and other writing venues. For many years she has been a house-sitter\, as to write in unusual locations. Her photography chronicles her journey and has been in juried exhibitions. \nHector Reyes is a first gen Dominican-American South Bronx native living in Philly completing his 5 year medical residency who’s writing is charged by the emotions of the moment\, love\, longing\, freedom\, and the blissful wrath of being alone in his own head for too damn long. \nKarol M. Wasylyshyn is widely published in the field of consulting psychology and has published volumes of poetry (Standing on Marbles and Escaping the Corner) focused on business leaders. Her poems appear in Forge\, The Write Room\, Curium\, The Medulla Review\, Spillway\, Lullwater Review\, Visions International\, River Sedge\, Nimrod Int’l Journal\, Milk Money\, and The Alembic. In the wake of her husband’s death in 2024\, she edited a collection of his grammar columns in a book entitled The Queen’s English and is now working on a series of illustrated grief poems. \nAaren Perry Host – Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-sojourner-ahebee-michelle-myers-karol-wasylyshyn/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry,Poetry Events
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SUMMARY:Remembering John Coltrane: Elliott Levine\, Karen Smith & Anyabwile Love
DESCRIPTION:Remembering John Coltrane: Reading\, Panel and Open Mic Jam\nWednesday September 23 @ 7pm\nFergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom St Philadelphia\nTo honor the 100th anniversary of John Coltrane’s birth (September 23\, 1926)\, the Coltrane Estate launched “Coltrane 100\,” a year-long global celebration. The centennial highlights a massive schedule of catalog reissues\, symphonic performances\, and tribute concerts worldwide. Join the celebration at a special events and submission to a poetry anthology inspired by Coltrane. \nThis is the first of a three part series of Coltrane centennial programming\, join us as we reflect and respond to the jazz giant’s legacy. Featuring saxophonist Elliott Levine\, percussionist Karen Smith and scholar Anyabwile Love\, ring in Coltrane’s birthday at Fergies with a panel discussion\, reading and a live music backed open mic. \nHosted by Elijah Pringle
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-trane-ing-poetry-panel-and-reading/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Memorial,Poetry,Poetry Events
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SUMMARY:Recent Publications: New Moonstone Book Releases
DESCRIPTION:Recent Poetry Books from Moonstone Press: Lisa Acerbo\, Alaina Hammond\, Vincent Hostak\, Brandy Reinke & Emily R. Antrilli\nSunday September 20\, 2026  – 2pm ET\nRegister for Zoom here:\nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/3i7OYv8sRwqh_OHp-K-cAQ\n\nLisa’s new book is Memories Like Rusted Well Water\, $11.00 \nLisa Acerbo is the Director of General Education at Post University. A writer of short stories and poetry\, her award-winning sapphic romantasy novel is Death and Coffee. Kirkus Reviews calls it “A zany\, clever\, and thrilling supernatural tale.” She followed up with The Stream\, a YA science fiction romance set in a near-future overrun by technology. Her next NineStar Press novel\, The Netherworld Witch\, a sapphic YA Fantasy\, arrives in 2026.    \n              \n         \nAlaina’s new book is I Have Somewhere to Be\, $11.00 \nAlaina Hammond is a poet\, playwright\, fiction writer\, and visual artist. Her poems\, plays\, short stories\, nonfiction\, paintings\, drawings and photographs have been published both online and in print. Four of her flash fiction stories were nominated for the Pushcart Prize\, all in 2025. ”I’m naturally pedantic and long-winded. The restraint of flash fiction is a good way to counteract my worst tendencies.     \nLimitations\, as a writer\, are ironically liberating. It’s why I prefer to write rhyming poetry.”  – \n                                                                     \nVincent’s new book is The Strangest Fire\, $11.00 \nWithin these poems landforms\, flora\, insects\, waterways\, a fisherman and even a volcano have an opportunity to share their personal histories.  Not all that they have to say are dreadful warnings. They have much to tell us about living justly\, compassionately\, cooperatively and with good humor in the present moment. His poems have been featured in literary journals including Sonder Midwest\, The Dewdrop\, The Langdon Review of the Arts in Texas\, TPA Quarterly and the anthologies: Lone Star Poetry-Championing Texas Verse\, Community\, and Hunger Relief. \n  Brandy’s new book is Remnants of the Injury of Finding the Known\, $11.00 Brandy Reinke has published poetry and short-fiction pieces in: The Redrock Review\, Esthetic Apostle\, Tulane Review\, Glassworks\, Big Muddy Review\, Microfiction Monday Magazine\, Unleash Press\, Hare’s Paw Journal\, and the HCE Review. She was a finalist in Alternating Current Press’ 2024 Luminaire Poetry Award\, a semi-finalist in Midway Journal’s 2024 Poetry Contest\, awarded an Honorable Mention in short -fiction in Glimmer Train’s final publication. Her novel was short-listed as a finalist for Unleash Press’ Inaugural 2022 Book Prize. \n  \n \nEmily’s new book is The Great Dying\, $11.00 \nEmily R. Antrilli is a confessional poet living in South Philadelphia. She is currently working as a secondary English and Creative Writing instructor \nin Camden\, New Jersey. She was previously an editor for Marathon Literary Review. Her work can be seen in The Esthetic Apostle\, Passengers Journal\, Big Whoopie Deal\, among others. Her poetry underlines the intricacies of mental illness through personal narrative.
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-poetry-new-moonstone-book-releases/
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry,Poetry Events
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry: Alex DiFrancesco\, Chad Frame\, Kimberly Rooney & Rebecca Petchenik
DESCRIPTION:Live Poetry: Alex DiFrancesco\, Chad Frame & Kimberly Rooney\nWednesday\, September 16th\, 7pm ET\nFergies Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\nDiana Cao’s poems and stories appear in Ploughshares\, The Threepenny Review\, The Yale Review\, The Kenyon Review\, and more. She has received support from MacDowell\, the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference\, Willapa Bay AiR\, and Just Buffalo Literary Center\, among others. Her debut collection\, Slipstream\, is the winner of the 2024 Berkshire Prize at Tupelo Press. Diana holds a JD from Harvard Law School and is a current Wiley Birkhofer fellow in poetry at New York University. \nCarly Jean lives in Philadelphia. She enjoys writing to reflect the worlds going on around her \nDaniel Pilger is a Philadelphia-based poet. He survives off of cigarettes\, small moments of human connection & the belief that art can save us from complete & utter spiritual bankruptcy. \nRebecca Petchenik is a strange and intense queer author and dramatist raised in North Carolina\, rumor has it\, by wolves. She is best known for her play\, KAIT\, which boasts stagings in Portland Oregon and Boston Massachusetts and her short fiction published widely published. \nSean Lynth Host – Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-alex-difrancesco-chad-frame-kimberly-rooney/
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry,Poetry Events
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry: Diana Cao\, Carly Jean & Daniel Pilger
DESCRIPTION:Live Poetry: Diana Cao\, Carly Jean & Daniel Pilger\nWednesday\, September 9th\, 7pm ET\nFergies Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\nDiana Cao’s poems and stories appear in Ploughshares\, The Threepenny Review\, The Yale Review\, The Kenyon Review\, and more. She has received support from MacDowell\, the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference\, Willapa Bay AiR\, and Just Buffalo Literary Center\, among others. Her debut collection\, Slipstream\, is the winner of the 2024 Berkshire Prize at Tupelo Press. Diana holds a JD from Harvard Law School and is a current Wiley Birkhofer fellow in poetry at New York University. \nCarly Jean lives in Philadelphia. She enjoys writing to reflect the worlds going on around her \nDaniel Pilger is a Philadelphia-based poet. He survives off of cigarettes\, small moments of human connection & the belief that art can save us from complete & utter spiritual bankruptcy. \nSean Lynth Host – Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-diana-cao-carly-jean-daniel-pilger/
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry,Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260902T190000
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry: David Edenback\, Emily Antrilli & C.M. Crockford
DESCRIPTION:Live Poetry: David Edenback\, Emily Antrilli & C.M. Crockford\nWednesday\, September 2nd\, 7pm ET\nFergies Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\nEmily R. Antrilli is a confessional poet living in South Philadelphia. She was previously an editor for Marathon Literary Review and her poetry underlines the intricacies of mental illness through personal narrative. \nC.M. Crockford is an autistic/ADHD writer whose essays\, poetry\, and stories have been published in InsideHook\, Neologism Poetry Journal\, and Flash Frog among others. He is the author of Birdsongs\, Mark The Place and his new book is With One’s Own Eyes. \nDavid Ebenbach been writing ever since he was a kid\, when he kept his whole family awake by banging away on an enormous manual typewriter\, and he’s never wanted to stop. David’s now author of ten books of fiction\, poetry\, and non-fiction\, and awards along the way: the Drue Heinz Literature Prize\, the Juniper Prize\, the Patricia Bibby Award\, and more. \nWarren C. Longmire Host – Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-david-edenback-emily-antrilli-c-m-crockford/
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry,Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260823T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260823T150000
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SUMMARY:Virtual Poetry: Remembering Dorothy Parker
DESCRIPTION:Remembering Dorothy Parker\nSunday August 23\, 2026  – 2pm ET\nRegister for Zoom here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Z7mLnyMiRfidAzDKTAuueA  \nDorothy Parker (August 22\, 1893 – June 7\, 1967) was an American poet\, literary critic and writer of fiction. Based in New York\, she was known for her caustic wisecracks\, and eye for 20th-century urban foibles. \nParker rose to acclaim\, both for her literary works published in magazines\, such as The New Yorker\, and for her role as a founding member of the Algonquin Round Table. In the early 1930s\, Parker traveled to Hollywood to pursue screenwriting. Her successes there\, including two Academy Award nominations\, were curtailed when her involvement in left-wing politics resulted in her being placed on the Hollywood blacklist. \nDismissive of her own talents\, she deplored her reputation as a wisecracker. Nevertheless\, both her literary output and reputation for sharp wit have endured. \nDorothy Parker Quotes \n“The first thing I do in the morning is brush my teeth and sharpen my tongue.” \n“Heterosexuality is not normal\, it’s just common.” \n“Tell him I was too fucking busy– or vice versa.” \n“That woman speaks eighteen languages\, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.” \n“Ducking for apples — change one letter and it’s the story of my life.” \n“A hangover is the wrath of grapes.” \n“Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch it and it darts away.” \n“Of course I talk to myself. I like a good speaker\, and I appreciate an intelligent audience.” \n“I’m not a writer with a drinking problem\, I’m a drinker with a writing problem.” \n“She runs the gamut of emotions from A to B.”
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-poetry-remembering-dorothy-parker/
LOCATION:Virtual
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SUMMARY:Recent Publications: Regina Dilgen\, Wendell Hawken\, Beth Konkoski\, & Sophia Pinto Thomas
DESCRIPTION:Recent Poetry Books from Moonstone Press: Regina Dilgen\, Wendell Hawken\, Beth Konkoski\, & Sophia Pinto Thomas\nSunday August 16\, 2pm ET – VIRTUAL \nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/3i7OYv8sRwqh_OHp-K-cAQ \nRegina’s new book is Back from the River\, $11.00  \nRegina Dilgen was born in Brooklyn and grew up in Poughkeepsie\, New York. She served as Professor of English and Department Chair at Palm Beach State College in Lake Worth\, Florida\, and she holds a Ph.D. from Florida Atlantic University.  Her poetry has been published  in Chameleon Chimera: An Anthology of Florida Poets\, Poetry South\, Blueline\, redrosethorns\,  Earth’s Daughters\, Quartler(ly)\, The Dewdrop\, Persimmon Tree\, Passager\,  and Apollo’s Lute. Regina attended the Breadloaf Writers Conference in Sicily\, and she was a featured poet at a Performance Poets of the Palm Beaches reading. \nWendell’s new book is Slinky on the Bottom\, $11.00  \n \nWendell Hawken (she/her) earned her MFA from Warren Wilson College’s Program for Writers. Publications include four chapbooks and six full collections. Hawkens was named the inaugural Post Laureate of Millwood VA\, an unincorporated quirky village in the northern Shenandoah Valley where she lives. \nBeth’s new book is Hold Near the Middle\, $11.00  \nBeth Konkoski is a writer and high school English teacher living in Virginia where she spends as much time as possible listening to the sounds of a pen across the page and water across rocks. Her poetry has been published in journals such as: The American Journal of Poetry\, Mid-Atlantic Review\, and The Potomac Review. She is the author of A Drawn & Papered Heart\, a collection of short and flash fiction that won the 2023 Acacia Prize for Short Fiction and was published by Kallisto Gaia Press in 2024. \nSophia’s new book is Floodings\, $11.00 \nSophia Pinto Thomas is a poet from Boston\, Massachusetts. She enjoys experimenting with the possibilities of rhyme\, learning from thetrials of young adulthood\, and observing the wonders of the natural world. Sophia is an eco-poet\, world-maker\, and eternal student. Her first poetry book\, “Alchemies\, Arrivals”\, was published with QuillKeepers press in 2025.
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LOCATION:Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260805T190000
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry: Stevie Edwards\, Mike Jurkovic and Joe Roarty
DESCRIPTION:Live Poetry: Stevie Edwards\, Mike Jurkovic and Joe Roarty\nWednesday August 5\, 2026 – 7pm – LIVE\nLive at Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\nStevie Edwards is an Assistant Professor at Clemson University and Poetry Editor of The South Carolina Review. \nMike Jurkovic\, 2025-2027 Ulster County Poet Laureate. Published globally. President Calling All Poets Series. Co-chair of the Music Fan Film Series.\n\nJoe Roarty –   Anyone who has seen local legend\, Joe Roarty\, perform at Fergie’s Pub or other venues around Philadelphia knows to expect poetry that is original\, explosive\, humorous\, and\, literally\, percussive. \nAaren Perry – Host – Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-stevie-edwards-mike-jurkovic-and-joe-roarty/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry,Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250924T190000
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry: Ebs Sanders\, Michael Joseph Walsh
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday September 24\, 2025 – 7pm – LIVE \nLive at Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street \nEbs Sanders is the author of Low Ecstasies\, Intimacies that did not destroy us and A Fallow Channel. Their writing has appeared in bæst\, b l u s h\, Discount Guillotine\, Full Stop and Tripwire\, among others. They co-edit the tiny and are one of ten 2025 Convent Arts fellows. Michael Joseph Walsh is the author of A Season\, winner of the Georgia Poetry Prize\, and Innocence\, winner of the Lighthouse Poetry Series. He is co-editor of APARTMENT Poetry\, and his poems\, reviews\, and translations have appeared in various publications. \nAmy Saul-Zerby Host – Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-ebs-sanders-michael-joseph-walsh/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250917T190000
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry: Jane-Rebecca Cannarella\, Josh Dale\, Cameron MacKenzie\, Iheoma Nwachukwu
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday September 17\, 2025 – 7pm – LIVE \nLive at Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street \nJane-Rebecca Cannarella\, is a writer and editor living in West Philadelphia. She edits HOOT Review\, a magazine published on postcards\, Meow Meow Pow Pow Lit\, a broadside press\, and was an editor for Lunch Ticket from 2015 to 2017. Josh Dale lives in Pennsylvania and in the company of cats and nature.. Author of Duality Lies Beneath and The Light to Never Be Snuffed. Cameron MacKenzie’s work has appeared in Blackbird\, Salmagundi\, and The Michigan Quarterly Review\, among other places. His novel\, The Beginning of His Excellent and Eventful Career\, chronicles the rise to power of Pancho Villa. Iheoma Nwachukwu won fellowships from the Michener Center\, the Chinua Achebe Center and the Mississippi Arts Commission. Nwachukwu’s fiction interrogates what it means to yearn for a self-inside and outside one’s native landscape. His work centers immigrant narratives that thrive in settings alien to the character \nSean Hanrahan Host – Open Reading Follows \n 
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-jane-rebecca-cannarella-josh-dale-cameron-mackenzie-iheoma-nwachukwu/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry
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SUMMARY:Honoring Evan Wang and the Youth Poet Laureate Program
DESCRIPTION:Sunday September 14\, 2025 – 5pm – VIRTUAL \nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/YGL0FkWeS5WHQX54GffCZQ \nHonoring Evan Wang and the Youth Poet Laureate Programs \nHost – Joanne Leva is founder and executive director of the Montgomery County Poet Laureate Program and founder and editor-in-chief of Tekpoet\, an online poetry manuscript services company. Leva’s poems have appeared in The American Poetry Review\, Peace Is a Haiku Song\, 50 Over Fifty\, Apiary\, E-Verse Radio\, Schuylkill Valley Journal\, Rag Queen Periodical\, Bucks County Writer\, Transcendent Visions\, and elsewhere. Honoring 王潇/Evan Wang – the 2025 National Youth Poet Laureate of the United States\, the first male and East Asian individual to hold this title\, and author of Slow Burn\, winner of the Drinking Gourd Chapbook Poetry Prize and finalist for the Vinyl 45 Chapbook Prize. His work appears in POETRY Magazine\, The Kenyon Review\, The Journal\, RHINO\, Sixth Finch\, Waxwing\, The Margins\, and elsewhere. He was the Youth Poet Laureate of Mongomery County. \nThe Philadelphia area has a wonderful collection of poets and poetry organizations; we especially like to welcome young people to the poetry community. Moonstone’s New Voices program publishes an anthology twice a year for poets under the age of 25\, including first-time and experienced young poets alike. We’ve featured many exemplary young writers and work closely with the Youth Poet Laureate programs in Philadelphia and the surrounding counties who we are featuring today. \nProfessor Ethel Rackin\, co-ordinates the Bucks County program\, has been teaching language and literature at Bucks County Community College\, also finds time to pursue her passion – writing.. She will introduce Nilüfer Betkas\,  a junior at Harry S. Truman High School in Bristol Township\, has been named the 2025 Bucks County High School Poet of the Year. Bektas rose to the top of more than 120 entries from all over the county\, judged by current Bucks County Poet Laureate Lake Angela and last year’s poet laureate Tara Tamburello. \nCheri Crow co-ordinates the Delco Young Poets Competition and Awards\, the longest running youth poetry competition in the area\, founded by the Mad Poets Society in 1989.  Ms. Crow  is dedicated to providing quality children’s services to families in the library and through outreach services. She will introduce Anika Fernandes\, 11 grade student at Merion Mercy Academy \nJoanne Leva\, founder and executive director of the Montgomery County Poet Laureate Program will introduce Tina Ramberg-Michael\, a ninth grader at Cheltenham High School\, who took first place in the poetry slam at the Delaware Valley Consortium for Equity and Excellence and has published her poetry with Young Inklings. \nYona Yurwit\, co-ordinates the Philadelphia Youth program. Yona has been serving teens at the Free Library of Philadelphia for 6.5 years. Her favorite poets are Jericho Brown and Anis Mojgani. She will introduce Cydney Brown\, Philadelphia’s 2020 Youth Poet Laureate and 2023’s Northeast Regional Youth Poet Laureate. “It’s always been the best way for me to express myself\,” says Brown\, who started writing poems in fifth grade\, an age often marked by complicated emotions
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/honoring-evan-wang-and-the-youth-poet-laureate-program/
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250713T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250713T140000
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL Reading - From Tupelo Press
DESCRIPTION:https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/2oRlEo-zRZWnrKAQxejwFw \nSunday July 13\, 2025 – 2pmEDT – VIRTUAL – From Tupelo Press – \nFrom Tupelo Press – an independent\, literary press devoted to discovering and publishing works of poetry\, literary fiction\, and creative nonfiction by emerging and established writers. \nMike Carlson\, author of Tips to Help You Do Your Best and Cement Guitar. \nJenny Grassl\, author of Magicholia\, and Forever Mistaken for Ourselves.  \nBelle Ling\, author of Nebulous Vertigo.  \nSpring Ulmer\, author of Benjamin’s Spectacles (selected by Sonia Sanchez for Kore Press’s 2007 First Book Award.
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-reading-from-tupelo-press/
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry,Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250709T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250709T190000
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SUMMARY:July 9 - Live at Fergie’s Pub
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday July 9\, 2025 – 7pm- LIVE \nLive at Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street \nAmbition Harper\, the first fostercare poet in the United States a lecturer\, journalist and a poetic theorist and believes that poetry can change people and change perspectives. \nEmiliano Martín is the author of over a dozen titles of poetry\, a former president of Pennsylvania Poetry Society\, nc and former director of Latin American Guild for the Arts in Philadelphia. \nJoyce Meyers\, winner of Atlanta Review’s 2014 International Poetry Contest.  Her poems have been published in numerous journals and anthologies\, including The Comstock Review\, Atlanta Review\, Muse Literary Journal\, and Glimpse. \nOpen Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/july-9-live-at-fergies-pub/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry,Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250708T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250708T183000
DTSTAMP:20250622T152333Z
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SUMMARY:Philly Loves Poetry Interview and Readings Series
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday July 8\, 2025  \n6:30pm – Live Broadcast \nCan be viewed on the Phillycam website Or Cable 66/966HD/967 or Verizon FIOS\, 29/30 In Philadelphia. \nElaine Terranova is the author of eight collections\, including most recently Rinse. Her work has appeared in a number of literary magazines and anthologies. She has received the Walt Whitman Award\, an NEA\, a Pew Fellowship\, a Pushcart Prize\, and in 2024\, the Maurice English Poetry Award. \nCharles S. Carr\, Host \n 
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/philly-loves-poetry-interview-and-readings-series-2/
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry,Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250708T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250708T140000
DTSTAMP:20250614T183223Z
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UID:20468-1751983200-1751983200@moonstoneartscenter.com
SUMMARY:Virtual Reading: Freedom - for Who\, to do What\, to Whom
DESCRIPTION:https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/j16zWU86TBajHSEsuQt1Fw \nSunday July 6\, 2025 – 2pm EDT – VIRTUAL \nFreedom – for Who\, to do What\, to Whom \nFreedom has become a rallying cry for those in power who aim to exploit\, to lie\, and to endanger the less powerful with impunity. They demand Freedom to contaminate the earth\, to deny history\, to claim the Holocaust never happened and that slavery was good. They demand Freedom to deny science and abolish vaccines\, to ban books and open dialogue\, and to teach their version of history. What do poets think about Freedom and the state of the Union
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-reading-freedom-for-who-to-do-what-to-whom/
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry,Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250702T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250702T190000
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SUMMARY:July 2 - Live Poetry Reading at Fergie's Pub
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday July 2\, 2025 – 7pm – LIVE \nLive at Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street \nMaia Brown-Jackson is a symphony of papercuts\, banged-up knees\, and stubborn determination. She believes in the altruism of strangers\, the power of direct action\, and the Oxford comma. Marion Cohen is an American poet and a mathematician\, has published 32 books of poetry and prose. Robin O. Hiteshew\, author of A Germantown Sequence\, has been published in East Coast Literary Review\, Germantown Crier\, The Hive/Apiary Review\, Lilliput Review\, Mad Poets Review\, Mickle Street Review\, and others. Saskia Kercy is a scholar-activist\, educator\, and writer from Philly by way of Haiti\, has been published across newspapers\, magazines\, and literary journals.
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/july-2-live-poetry-reading-at-fergies-pub/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry,Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250629T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250629T140000
DTSTAMP:20250614T175232Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Reading: Go Back Where You Came From
DESCRIPTION:Register @ https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85860281960?pwd=xKIFJiznW6BV6Ns5wJ2aymFtqjuomM.1 \nFirst they came for the socialists\, and I did not speak out —because I was not a socialist. \nThen they came for the trade unionists\, and I did not speak out —because I was not a trade unionist. \nThen they came for the Jews\, and I did not speak out —because I was not a Jew. \nThen they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me. \n—Martin Niemöller (1946) \nFirst they came for the immigrants (2025) \n*Sherman Alexie\, a terrific writer and member of the Spokane Tribe\, included this story in one of his books (I don’t remember which\, all of his books are terrific). He was walking down the street in Seattle when a pick-up truck pulled up and a person leaned out and yelled “Go Back Where You Came From” and sped off. Sherman thought about it a moment and started to laugh and said “After You”. \n 
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-reading-go-back-where-you-came-from/
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry,Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250625T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250625T190000
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SUMMARY:June 25 - LIVE Poetry Reading at Fergie's Pub
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday June 25\, 2025 – 7pm – LIVE \nLive at Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street \nChristian Bufo is a Philadelphia-based photographer\, editor\, and poet. He is a member of Poet’s Row\, a collective that hosts readings and publishes physical & online poetry journals. Sophia Tempest is a poet who lives in Philadelphia. Her full length collection\, WHEN I GET TO HEAVEN\, was released in Ghost City Press in 2022. She also hosts Discount Guillotine’s Philadelphia reading series. \nAmy Saul-Zerby Host – Open Reading Follo
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/june-25-live-poetry-reading-at-fergies-pub/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry,Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250608T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250608T170000
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SUMMARY:Poetry Readings by Courtney Bambrick\, Micheal Angelo Abreu\, Aja Beech\, Rhianna Searle\, and Olga Livshin - LIVE
DESCRIPTION:Courtney Bambrick author of World Without was poetry editor at Philadelphia Stories 2010-2024. She teaches writing at Thomas Jefferson University’s East Falls campus in Philadelphia. Her own poems appear in Landlocked Magazine\, Pinhole Poetry\, Thimble\, Invisible City\, and more. \nMichael Angelo Abreu\, author of Gemini\, is a leaf. He takes frequent walks through the Wissahickon woods\, musing about life and its many particulars\, such as love\, happiness\, suffering\, and spiritual growth. Aja Beech\, author of Blood/Magic\, is an artist\, author\, and organizer who uses her art to address systemic issues related to equity for people of all abilities. Rhianna Searle\, author of Hope is Shades of Purple\, is the 2023 Bucks County High School Poet of the Year. She is 20-years-old and currently attends Haverford College. Olga Livshin\, author of A Life Replaced: Poems with Translations from Anna Akhmatova and Vladimir Gandelsman and the co-translator of Today is a Different War by the Ukrainian poet Lyudmyla Khersonska\, grew up in Ukraine and Russia and came to the US as a teenager.
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/poetry-readings-by-courtney-bambrick-micheal-angelo-abreu-aja-beech-rhianna-searle-and-olga-livshin-live/
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry,Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250607T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250607T170000
DTSTAMP:20250529T184622Z
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UID:20353-1749301200-1749315600@moonstoneartscenter.com
SUMMARY:S/He Speaks 3: Voices of Women and Trans Folx
DESCRIPTION:Women\, trans and nonbinary writers are invited to contribute to the 2025 edition of S/He Speaks anthology and to participate in an event at The Rotunda at the University of Pennsylvania on June 7\, 2025.  The anthology will contain poetry\, essays and stories by writers who are either women\, trans or non-binary identified. \n 
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/s-he-speaks-3-voices-of-women-and-trans-folx/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 14014 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry,Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250607T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250607T160000
DTSTAMP:20250529T184333Z
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LAST-MODIFIED:20250529T184333Z
UID:20391-1749301200-1749312000@moonstoneartscenter.com
SUMMARY:S/He Speaks 3: Voices of Women and Trans Folx - LIVE
DESCRIPTION:Women\, trans and nonbinary writers are invited to contribute to the 2025 edition of S/He Speaks anthology and to participate in an event at The Rotunda at the University of Pennsylvania on June 7\, 2025.  The anthology will contain poetry\, essays and stories by writers who are either women\, trans or non-binary identified.
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/s-he-speaks-3-voices-of-women-and-trans-folx-live/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 14014 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry,Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250604T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250604T220000
DTSTAMP:20250529T183515Z
CREATED:20250529T183515Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250529T183515Z
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SUMMARY:Poets From Around the World - LIVE
DESCRIPTION:Asia – Katherine Sarwopeni Antarikso is an architect\, artist\, and activist was born in Jakarta.Western Europe – Fióna Bolger is a poet\, mentor\, creative facilitator from Ireland.  Middle East – Faleeha Hassan was born and raised in Najaf\, Iraq\, she was the first woman in Najaf to publish a book of. Eastern Europe – Alina Macneal is a Philadelphia based educator\, writer\, poet\, translator\, architect\, born in Poland. \nCaribbean – Carole Metellus is a Haitian-American writer\, cultural worker\, and performer from the East Coast of the United States.
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/poets-from-around-the-world-live/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry,Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250603T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250603T200000
DTSTAMP:20250529T185241Z
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SUMMARY:Philly Loves Poetry Interview and Readings Series - Live Broadcast
DESCRIPTION:Moonstone Poetry @ PhillyCAMCan be viewed on the Phillycam website or Cable 66/966HD/967 or Verizon FIOS\, 29/30 In Philadelphia. \nFióna Bolger is an Irish poet\, mentor and creative facilitator\, author of Love in the Original Language and a compound of word\, co-editor of KIN: Anthology of Roma\, Traveller and Nomadic Women’s Writing. Her facilitation and creative practice are polyvocal\, plurilingual and co-operative. She welcomes all languages and works to create language sharing\, poetry making spaces. Charles S. Carr\, Host \n           
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/philly-loves-poetry-interview-and-readings-series-live-broadcast-3/
LOCATION:PhillyCAM\, 699 Ranstead Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry,Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250602T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250602T190000
DTSTAMP:20250529T182430Z
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UID:20383-1748883600-1748890800@moonstoneartscenter.com
SUMMARY:A Mamafesta for Hearts and Minds Workshop - LIVE
DESCRIPTION:In the circle of all those who have struggled in their bedrooms or in the boardroom\, in the courtroom or in the open fields\, who have bellowed songs of endurance and stomped their feet in joyful defiance for brighter futures\, Carole Metellus and Fióna Bolger invite us to renew our mandate to struggle and joy. Participants are invited to bring their words of resistance and to pen their sustenance to self\, to community\, and to nature that calls them home.We will share our ideas\, listen to the words of the wise ones\, and craft our mamafestas for a healing existence in these times of human distress. We hope you can join us\,  facilitated by: \nCarole Metellus is a Haitian-American writer\, cultural worker long-time activist starting with Indigenous rights\, to Women’s\, GLBTQ\, immigration\, and peace and justice issues\, she manifests her passion currently in her writing.  Fióna Bolger is an Irish poet\, mentor and creative facilitatorShe welcomes all languages and works to create language sharing\, poetry making spaces. See also: A. Stepien\, Migrant Voices in the Plurilingual Poetry and Creative Practice of Fióna Bolger. ELOPE: English Language Overseas Perspectives and Enquiries\, 2024\, Vol. 21\, No. 2. \n Free and open to Everyone
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/a-mamafesta-for-hearts-and-minds-workshop-live/
LOCATION:Sueño Restaurant\, 114 S 12th St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19107\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry,Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250601T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250601T170000
DTSTAMP:20250522T190214Z
CREATED:20250522T190214Z
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UID:20345-1748786400-1748797200@moonstoneartscenter.com
SUMMARY:Philly Lingo: Speaking Our Tongues\, Sharp and Sweet Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Come and join us in a plurilingual workshop  \nWhere all the languages in your head are welcome. We will listen to each other\, share words and ideas\, read and make poems. This workshop will explore the crossing of borders both linguistic and political and the spaces between\, rooted in a trauma informed\, anti-racist pedagogy and will be facilitated by: \nCarole Metellus is a Haitian-American writer\, cultural worker long-time activist starting with Indigenous rights\, to Women’s\, GLBTQ\, immigration\, and peace and justice issues\, she manifests her passion currently in her writing. Fióna Bolger is an Irish poet\, mentor and creative facilitator\, author of Love in the Original Language and a compound of word. Her facilitation and creative practice are polyvocal\, plurilingual and co-operative. She welcomes all languages and works to create language sharing\, poetry making spaces.  Free and open to Everyone \n 
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/philly-lingo-speaking-our-tongues-sharp-and-sweet-workshop/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry,Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250528T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250528T190000
DTSTAMP:20250522T184303Z
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UID:20342-1748458800-1748458800@moonstoneartscenter.com
SUMMARY:Poetry Reading by Love McTiernan\, Myles Matunis\, Adiah Siler
DESCRIPTION:Love McTiernan feels an obsession with the natural world and thus tends to write about clouds\, trees\, and Earth’s other unknown beasts. \nMyles Matunis work has been published by Expat Press and the Bitchin Kitsch\, featured on public radio\, and nominated for the Best of the Net. \nAdiah Siler is an east coaster through and through and so excited to be back in Philly for the show. Mac Chandler Host\, Open Reading Follows \n 
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/poetry-reading-by-love-mctiernan-myles-matunis-adiah-siler/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry,Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250525T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250525T170000
DTSTAMP:20250522T175347Z
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SUMMARY:Book launch for Jane-Rebecca Cannarella's Long Island Sad Poems(Serotonin Press)
DESCRIPTION:  \nJane-Rebecca Cannarella is a writer and editor living in West Philadelphia. She edits HOOT Review\, a magazine published on postcards\, Meow Meow Pow Pow Lit\, a broadside press\, and was an editor for Lunch Ticket from 2015 to 2017. \nKrystle Griffin is an Aquarian alien who emerged from the depths of the Delaware River. A writer\, actor\, artist\, and Swiss army knife of all trades\, trying to spin brain bees and nightmares into something shiny. Anne-Adele Wight is the author of An Internet of Containment\, The Age of Greenhouses\, Opera House Arterial\, and Sidestep Catapult. Sean Lynch Host – Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/book-launch-for-jane-rebecca-cannarellas-long-island-sad-poemsserotonin-press/
LOCATION:Sueño Restaurant\, 114 S 12th St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19107\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry,Poetry Events
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SUMMARY:Support Ukraine
DESCRIPTION:  \nRussia invaded Ukraine on February 24\, 2022. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) verified over 12\,600 civilian deaths as of January 2025. The war has resulted in a humanitarian crisis\, as thousands of Ukrainians were internally displaced or fled abroad. From a population of 41 million\, about 8 million Ukrainians have been internally displaced and more than 8.2 million have fled the country\, creating Europe’s largest refugee crisis since World War II. \nJoin as poets respond!
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/support-ukraine/
LOCATION:virtual
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry,Poetry Events
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