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Live Poetry: Anisha Bhat, Lester Mobley, Joe Roarty & Pat Rodgers

Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Wednesday July 24, 2024 – 7pm Live at Fergie’s Pub,1214 Sansom Street and on zoom Register for Zoom at this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0pduqgrDwsGdJz84QTuvTvY7eeqbamGw7V Anisha Bhat, originally from Chicago, Illinois, is a writer and staff member at Temple University where she directs research and creative programs for undergraduates. She has an MPhil in World History from the […]

Black Fire This Time @ Barnes & Noble

Barnes and Noble 1708 Chesnut St. 1708 Chesnut Street., Phildelphia, PA, United States

In this follow-up volume in the Black Fire—This Time series, over seventy-five poets and writers come together on the ongoing theme of "Black is Beautiful, Black is Powerful, Black is Home." Works ranging from poetry, fiction, essays, and drama cover a wide range of Black literature. This "continuum" of writing, as coined by Volume 1 […]

Live Poetry: Lars Scott & De’vine Stylez

Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Wednesday July 31, 2024 – 7pm Live at Fergie’s Pub,1214 Sansom Street and on zoom Use this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAtcOGhrTktGNNSwztFI2s61EfLKH6m_G23 Lars Scott is a musician from Philadelphia. Lars began their musical journey in high school, performing folk songs at local open mics and coffee shops. After graduating from Temple University, they released their first single, The […]

Philly Loves Poetry: Interview and Readings Series Live Broadcast

Can be viewed on the Phillycam website or Cable 66/966HD/967 or Verizon FIOS, 29/30 In Philadelphia. James 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. He was the host of an open mic […]

Live Poetry: Sojourner Ahebee, Mac Chandler & Mikey Franz

Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Live at Fergie’s Pub,1214 Sansom Street and on zoom – Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAlfuuorz0jHd3WfQPtz1CyOTxW_SzKHruq Sojourner Ahebee, author of Belly of the Night, was born in Cote d’Ivoire to an American mother and Ivoirien father, Sojourner Ahebee writes stories about African diaspora identities and the eternal question of home and belonging. Her poems have been published in […]

Live Poetry: Z Murphy, Knox Peache, China Rain

Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Wednesday August 14, 2024 – 7pm Live at Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street and on zoom Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcrce-grDopGdCFgMprDkuh3a7PuUlbvGTb Z Murphy, also known as the drag entertainer The ZanyThing, is a queer multiracial multimedia storyteller  who did this silly goofy thing where she, like, lived with nazis for 5 months and then wrote a poetry […]

Moonstone Poetry: Fatal Force: Poetic Justice

2600 N 5th St, Philadelphia, PA 19133 2600 N 5th St, Philadelphia, PA, United States

LIVE at Taller Puertorriqueño 2600 N 5th St, Philadelphia, PA 19133 Police killed 1,352 victims the U.S. 2023 (mappingpoliceviolence.org). On August 14, 2023 Police officer, Mark Dial shot and killed Eddie Irizarry. Philadelphia police told the media that the incident began when officers pulled over a car that was “driving erratically” and that “officers approached” […]

Live Poetry: Katherine Antarikso, Erme Maula, Peter Webb & John Wojtowicz

Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Wednesday August 21, 2024 – 7pm Live at Fergie’s Pub,1214 Sansom Street and on zoom Register for Zoom at this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMtd-6opzgrHdWVr29C4W2g85ceaxtW_qMo Katherine Sarwopeni Antarikso (she/her) is an architect, writer and performer. She was born in Jakarta, on the island of Java, Indonesia, and moved to the United States at the age of 10. Her […]

Moonstone Presents: Independence Day of Ukraine Poetry Reading

Barnes and Noble 1708 Chesnut St. 1708 Chesnut Street., Phildelphia, PA, United States

Wednesday August 24, 2024 – 3:30pm Live at at Barnes & Noble, 1708 Chestnut Street Julia 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 […]

Live Poetry: The Osage Poets

Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Wednesday August 28, 2024 – 7pm Live at Fergie’s Pub,1214 Sansom Street and on zoom Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcudO-vqjouGNxLFi7snrqCmBG6MbFrG96_ The 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 […]