Saturday March 7, 2026 – ICE OUT – LIVE READING At Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial, 719 Catherine Street, Philadelphia Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are acting like the Nazi German SS who were tasked with detection of potential enemies of the state, the neutralization of opposition and providing domestic and foreign intelligence. The SS […]
Philly Loves Poetry Interview and Readings Series Live on PhillyCAM Can be viewed on the Phillycam website Or Cable 66/966HD/967 or Verizon FIOS, 29/30 In Philadelphia. Featuring: Lesley Valdes and Charles S. Carr as host Lesley Valdes, a classically trained pianist, comes to poetry following a career in arts journalism — as classical music critic […]
Wednesday March 11, 2026 – Live at Fergie’s Pub Featuring: Eli Goldblatt, Michelle Myers, Diane Sahms, Iris Wilde, and Aaren Perry as Host Eli Goldblatt is Professor Emeritus of English at Temple University and former director of New City Writing. Michelle Myers is an award-winning poet, author, and educator whose work centers storytelling, cultural memory, and voice. […]
Sunday March 15, 2026 – Latinx Voices in Poetry: Poetry Without Borders Register Here: Latinx Voices in Poetry: Virtual Poetry Reading This anthology will include three sections: Remembering Marjorie Agosin, Remembering Ernesto Cardenzal, and Latinx Voices in Poetry: Poetry Without Borders – Poetry by Latin American Poets both in the US and Latin America
Wednesday March 18, 2026 – LIVE at Fergie’s Featuring: Vincent Bush, Demetra De’Vine, William E. Heston, Matthew Klauber, and Sean Hanrahan as Host Vincent Bush is a Philadelphia-based mixed media artist and poet. Through his chosen mediums, Vincent explores healing, identity, and the power of love, often using the heart as a universal symbol that transcends […]
Sunday March 22, 2026 World Poetry Day – Virtual Register Here: World Poetry Day – Virtual World Poetry Day is celebrated on March 21st, and was declared by UNESCO (The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization) in 1999, ”with the aim of supporting linguistic diversity through poetic expression and increasing the opportunity for endangered languages […]
Wednesday April 1, 2026 – Live at Fergie’s Pub @ 7pm Featuring: Peter Baroth, Courtney Bambrick, Emiliano Martin, and Liz Allen as Host Peter Baroth is a writer, artist, and musician based in the Philadelphia area. He has published a novel, Long Green and his most recent chapbook is Ski Oklahoma. , he is on the editorial […]
Wednesday April 8, 2026 – Live at Fergie’s Pub @ 7pm Featuring: John Wall Barger, Mac Chandler, Ernest Hilbert, and Sean Lynch as Host John Wall Barger, author of Praise for Resurrection Pie, is a contract editor for Frontenac House, lives in Vermont, and lectures in the Writing Program at Dartmouth College. Mac Chandler is a […]
Sunday April 26, 2026 – VIRTUAL at 2pm Moonstone Chapbook Contest 2025 – Reading Featuring: The Winning Manuscript: All at Once by Lucia Owen High Honorable Mention: Tarifa Moon by Bill O’Connell Honorable Mention: Bright Clatter by Susan Coppock Honorable Mention: Shadow House by Ada Lowenthal PLUS These Exceptional Poets Aliyah Cotton, author of […]
Sunday April 12, 2026 – LIVE at Fergie’s Pub @ 3pm Featuring: Joseph Chelius, Lee Stockdale, Anne-Adele Wight, and Aaron Perry as Host Joseph Chelius is the author of five collections of poems and is a former Bucks County, Pennsylvania Poet. Lee Stockdale has won the United Kingdom National Poetry Prize, Montana Prize for Humor, Sidney Lanier […]
