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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: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: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:Remembering John Coltrane: Trane-ing Poetry Writing Workshop
DESCRIPTION:VIRTUAL WRITING WORKSHOP| 5pm\nRegistration Link – https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/JAj5oD1RTHKfwfapZt3Chg \n\nTrane-ing Poetry Workshop invites writers to explore the John Coltrane’s process of bring social issues to life and how that process can be applied in our own writing practce. In this online class\, we dive into the creative process behind several of John Coltrane’s most famous songs\, give you the chance to respond to them an tie their creative both to the work of poets including Etheridge Knight\, Bob Kaufman\, Dudley Randall and Sankichi Tōge. No jazz expertise required\, only a willingness to listen and write. We invite you to add the work created here to be submitted into Moonstone’s Remembering Coltrane anthology.\n\nLed by Sheri Davis\, Executive Director of the Center for Innovation in Worker Organization at Rutgers and board chair of the National Black Worker Center; Warren C. Longmire\, Philadelphia poet\, performer and educator\, author of Bird/Diz: an erased history of bebop (Bunnie Press);  and John Lavin\, jazz percussionist\, poet\, and Labor Relations professor at Rutgers.
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/trane-ing-poetry-writing-workshop/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261004T140000
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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: Serotonin Press
DESCRIPTION:Serotonin Press Reading\nWednesday October 7\, 2026 – 7pm\nFergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\nSerotonin Press\, a Philadelphia based publisher\, focusing on mental illness and suicide prevention. Established as an online poetry journal\, Serotonin has published hundreds of writers from dozens of countries\, and an anthology of 115 writers organized into chapters on Depression\, Anxiety\, ADHD\, OCD\, Schizophrenia\, Bipolar Disorder\, Trauma\, Eating Disorders\, and Self-Harm\, as well as a novel and three poetry collections with more books to come. Serotonin is run by its founding editor Sean W. Lynch with support from California-based forensic psychiatrist Kavita Khajuria and help from volunteer readers. Visit: www.serotoninpress.com \n \nHoliday Noel Campanella is a multi-disciplinary creative from South Philadelphia. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Philadelphia Stories\, ONE ART\, SWWIM Every Day\, San Pedro River Review\, and elsewhere. Her visual art’s been exhibited at The Smithsonian Museum\, sold nationally at Anthropologie\, and collected in public and private collections\, including Vanderbilt Libraries Special Collections. She has degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. \n  \n \nKrystle Griffin is an Aquarian alien who spawned from the depths of the Delaware River.  A writer\, film maker\, artist and collector of skills and trinkets mostly left on the curbs of South Philadelphia. She spends her creative time trying to spin brain bees and nightmares into something shiny. Krystle teaches a monthly poetry workshop at Philly Typewriter\, is a masthead on a couple of publications such as Meow Meow Pow Pow\, and self publishes a zine called LeGrif & The Exploits. \n  \n \nJames Roach (they/he) is a queer\, trans\, sober poet who suffers and revels from the embarrassing and magical ordeal of falling in love. They write at night because that’s the safest time for vulnerable thoughts. He currently lives in the moment but often relocates to the past because sometimes\, that’s the only place the sun rises. \n  \n  \n \nAutumn H. Thomas is an emerging writer from the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. After graduating with a bachelor’s in English Literature from Hollins University\, they spent a year in Arizona working as a professional cowgirl. Since then\, they enrolled in Temple University and are an MFA candidate in ’27 and a teaching assistant. Autumn now lives in Philadelphia\, practicing the art of noticing. Their debut chapbook “Letters to False Gods” was published in Spring of 2026 under Plan B Press. Their single poems have been published in Skipjack Review\, Cleaver Magazine\, Belt Review\, and others. \n \nLauren T. Yates is a Philadelphia-based poet\, burlesque artist\, and comedian. Known for her biting wit and obsession with pop culture\, Lauren tells stories from her vantage point as a queer\, Black\, neurodivergent woman. A veteran of the slam scene\, Lauren has represented Philly at the National Poetry Slam (NPS) and the Women of the World Poetry Slam (WOWPS). Her poetry has appeared in APIARY\, Bettering American Poetry\, and more. \nSean W. Lynch Host – Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-serotonin-press/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
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SUMMARY:Philly Loves Poetry Interview: Chris Bullard's ARGUMENTS FOR
DESCRIPTION:Philly Loves Poetry Interview and Readings Series: Chris Bullard’s ARGUMENTS FOR\nTuesday October 13\, 2026 @ 6:30pm\nCan be viewed on the Phillycam website\nOr Cable 66/966HD/967 or Verizon FIOS\, 29/30 Moonstone Poetry @ PhillyCAM \nPoets Lynn Levin and Anne-Adele Wight appear together on PHILLY LOVES POETRY to celebrate Chris Bullard’s ARGUMENTS FOR: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS a collection that showcases the poet’s comic and disturbing deconstructions of normalcy and self\, his curious insights\, and much more. Lynn Levin and Anne-Adele Wight will represent the poet\, talk about their poet-colleague relationship with Bullard\, their roles in bringing together this collection\, and\, of course\, they will read selections from the book. \nChris Bullard is a native of Jacksonville\, Florida. He was employed by the federal government as an administrative Law Judge for seventeen years. He received his B.A. in English from The University of Pennsylvania and his M.F.A. from Wilkes University. He is the author of twelve books and chapbooks of poetry. Bullard’s poems have appeared in Rattle\, Pleiades\, Scientific American\, Atlanta Review\, New York Quarterly\, The Comstock Review\, in the anthology Keystone. Contemporary Poets on Pennsylvania\, and in many other places. He also published books of fiction and science fiction. Chris Bullard lives in Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania. He wrote many of the poems collected here while living with lung disease and is currently in hospice care. \nYou can purchase the book on our website here. 
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/tuesday-october-13-2026-630pm-live-broadcast/
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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SUMMARY:House Poet: Zack Arthur & Tiffany
DESCRIPTION:House Poet feat. Zack Arthur & Tiffany\nA spoken word dance party + open poetry mic\nWednesday\, October 14th @ 7pm\nLive at Fergies Pub\, 1214 Sansom St.\n Zack Arthur splits his time between Philly and New York City\, as all adventurous faggots do. Born and raised in Jakarta\, Indonesia\, he moved to Philly in the summer of 2025 by way of North Carolina\, Georgia\, Alabama\, Florida\, and West Virginia. He predominantly writes pop culture essays for Across The Culture. His poems have appeared on multiple platforms in a number of countries: Indonesia (Globetrotter\, Magdalene)\, Singapore (Queer Southeast Asia)\, the Philippines (ASEAN SOGIE Caucus)\, Australia (Perspektif)\, United Kingdom (GENERATE Climate)\, and the United States (gold/dust). He lives in West Philly with five other roommates (naturally). \n  \nTiffany is a Philadelphia based performance artist. Drawing inspiration from the human experience and womxnhood. Their poems dissect personal experiences\, and intertwine humor and trauma. You can find them making music under the pseudonym Subspacehiway across platforms. \n  \n  \nSuggested donation of $10 for the event
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/house-poet-zack-arthur-tiffany/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261017T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261017T230000
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SUMMARY:Black Poetry Day Reading - Saturday October 17\, 2026\, LIVE
DESCRIPTION:Black Poetry Day Reading\nBe part of Black Poetry Day\nIf you are black\, bring your poem.\nIf you are not\, bring a poem celebrating your favorite black poet. \nThere will be an open reading between three featured poets. \nMoonstone’s Black Poets Day Reading is part of Night of the Living Poets Program\, an All-Styles Philly Poetry Festival celebrating the rich span of the local poetic community. Events from organizations including Ghost Harmonics\, Excalibur Poetry\, Bring a Blanket\, and DJ sets by Khaleel Mason and DJ Almagato. $15 Suggested Donation. NOTAFLOF  – Costumes are encouraged.  Register here or follow @housepoetphilly on instagram for more. \n 
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/black-poetry-day-reading-saturday-october-17-2026-live/
LOCATION:Perch Music & Arts Workshop\, 2321 Emerald Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19125\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261021T190000
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry: Lucy Sage\, Eli Goldblatt\, MJ McGinn\, Rebecca Petchenik & George Schaffer
DESCRIPTION:Live Poetry: Lucy Sage\, Eli Goldblatt\, MJ McGinn\, Rebecca Petchenik & George Schaffer\nWednesday October  21\, 2026 @ 7pm\nFergies Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\nLucy Sage began writing poetry at a young age. In addition to creating poetry\, Sage likes to paint portraits and abstracts\, walk\, and explore cities. Recently\, she lived in St. Petersburg\, Florida for eight years and contributed a number of poems to Neptune\, a local poetry and art magazine. Her first book of poetry\, I Am From the 20th Century was published b in April 2026. Her poems have been published in several Moonstone anthologies\, Quail Bell\, The Closed Eye Open\, Underwood Press\, and Writing in a Woman’s Voice\, among others. \nEli Goldblatt is author of From Away\, For Instance\, Sessions 1-62\, Speech Acts\, and Without a Trace. His two books for children are Leo Loves Round and Lissa and the Moon’s Sheep.  His scholarly books include Alone with Each Other: Literacy and Literature Intertwined and Writing Home: A Literacy Autobiography.  His poems have appeared in literary journals such as Epoch\, Hambone\, 6ix\, Louisiana Review\, and Another Chicago Magazine since 1973. He is Professor Emeritus of English at Temple University and former director of New City Writing\, an institute focused on community-related literacy projects in North Philadelphia \nMJ McGinn received his MFA from Adelphi University and was a VCCA resident in 2019. His work has been included in the Wigleaf 50 best very short stories and has previously appeared in the Guernica/PEN Flash Series\, Necessary Fiction\, Lost Balloon\, X-R-A-Y Literary Magazine\, LIT Magazine\, and elsewhere . He lives and teaches middle school in Philadelphia \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 in The Screen Door Review\, the Pointed Circle\, Plain China Anthology\, Reader Beware Magazine\, and many others. Most recently\, her antics and wiles have led her to be the featured poet at numerous live readings. She lives in West Philadelphia with her cat\, The Grande Dutchess Winnifred T. Katz\, and wants to be a pirate when she grows up. \nGeorge Schaffer was born in Philly 6 decades ago. He endured a childhood in the ‘burbs. Poetry seemed like a good idea at the time. He keeps writing as there’s really nothing better to do. Titles include Thru Peripheral Vision and American Zen Koans. \nSean Hanrahan Host – Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-lucy-sage-eli-goldblatt-mj-mcginn-rebecca-petchenik-george-schaffer/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry Events
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SUMMARY:Remembering Coltrane Book Release: Open Mic & Jazz Jam
DESCRIPTION:Monday October 26\, 2026 – 7pm – LIVE \nBlack Squirrel Club – 1045 Sarah St \nRemembering Coltrane Book Release: Poetry Open Mic and Jazz Jam \nJohn Coltrane began his illustrious career in the 1950’s with two high list associations:  Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk. Coltrane played with Davis’s band until around 1960\, when he began to lead more dates as a band leader. In 1962\, Coltrane formed the classic ‘Coltrane Quartet’ consisting of McCoy Tyner (piano)\, Elvin Jones (drums)\, and Jimmy Garrison (bass). The conception of this group also coincides with Coltrane’s music taking on a more spiritual direction.  This group recorded some of Coltrane’s most famous and encompassing works. After the classic quartet disbanded\, Coltrane pushed further outwards\, testing the boundaries of improvised music. \nPlease join us as we celebrate John Coltrane’s 100 birthday in words and music
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry - Wednesday October 28\, 2026
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday October 28\, 2026 – LIVE\nFergies\, 1214 Sansom Street – 7:00 PM\n  \nOna Gritz’s poems have appeared in Ploughshares\, Bellevue Literary Review\, Catamaran Literary Reader\, One Art\, and many other journals and anthologies. Her memoir\, Everywhere I Look\, received the Clara Johnson Award\, the Readers’ Choice Gold Award\, Pencraft’s Best Book Award\, and was named StoryTrade’s Nonfiction Book of 2024. \nDaniel Simpson’s most recent book\, Inside the Invisible\, won the inaugural Propel Poetry Prize and was nominated for the American Academy of Poets Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize. He is author of several other books and has been anthologized. \nLaura Spagnoli is the author of the chapbook My Dazzledent Days\, and her poems have appeared in Bedfellows\, Painted Bride Quarterly\, Apiary\, Philadelphia Stories\, The Literary Review\, Trinity Review\, and elsewhere. She lives with her family in Philadelphia and teaches French. \nAnne-Adele Wight Host – Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-wednesday-october-28-2026/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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