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SUMMARY:28th Poetry Ink: VIRTUAL
DESCRIPTION:Moonstone Poetry presents \n28th Annual Poetry Ink Reading VIRTUAL\nMonday\, September 30th\, 2024\, 7pm \nOnline via Zoom\, register here: https://us05web.zoom.us/j/88202311343?pwd=02AJS9GK5vIYcvL5dLXwwa7mJARNDc.1  \nWe want you all: published poets\, unpublished poets\, academic poets\, street poets\, poets who write Sonnet\, Villanelle\, Haiku\, Ekphrastic Poems\, Concrete Poems\, Epitaph\, Elegy\, Epigram\, Limerick\, Ballad\,  Ode\, Free Verse\, and all other forms. Join us for our 28th year of presenting 100 poets reading in alphabetical order.  \nBuy your copy of the anthology here: https://moonstone-arts-center.square.site/product/28th-annual-poetry-ink/491
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/28th-poetry-ink-virtual/
LOCATION:virtual
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240929T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240929T170000
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SUMMARY:28th Poetry Ink: LIVE
DESCRIPTION:Moonstone Poetry & The Rotunda present  \n28th Annual Poetry Ink Reading LIVE\nSunday September 29\, 2024\, 2pm \nThe Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut Street \nWe want you all: published poets\, unpublished poets\, academic poets\, street poets\, poets who write Sonnet\, Villanelle\, Haiku\, Ekphrastic Poems\, Concrete Poems\, Epitaph\, Elegy\, Epigram\, Limerick\, Ballad\,  Ode\, Free Verse\, and all other forms. Join us for our 28th year of presenting 100 poets reading in alphabetical order.  \nWe are LIVE at the Rotunda at 2pm on Sunday\, September 29.  \nIf you live further away – we will be virtual on Monday\, September 30 at 7pm via Zom \nRegister for the virtual event on Sept. 30th: https://us05web.zoom.us/j/88202311343?pwd=02AJS9GK5vIYcvL5dLXwwa7mJARNDc.1 
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/28th-poetry-ink-live/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 14014 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry Events
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SUMMARY:The Art of Inclusion: The Story of Larry Robin and Moonstone
DESCRIPTION:Moonstone Poetry & the Free Library of Philadelphia present  \nWednesday September 25\, 2024\, 5:30pm – LIVE \nFree Library of Philadelphia Central Branch Skyline Room \n1901 Vine Street \nTHE ART OF INCLUSION\nTHE STORY OF LARRY ROBIN \n& MOONSTONE\nA Celebration of the Arts and Free Speech!\n  \nMany of us have connections with Larry and Moonstone Arts Center. You may have gone to school at Moonstone’s Early Childhood Education Program\, founded by Larry and Sandy Robin. You may be published by Moonstone Press. You may have participated in New Voices\, the Annual Poetry Ink readings\, Celebration of Black Writing\, Festival Cubano\, The Paul Robeson Festival\, the Hidden Story Programs\, the International Voices readings on Zoom\, or another of Moonstone’s successful programs. You may have stood at an open mic at Fergie’s Pub and spoken your first poem in public¡ You might still have that copy of Tropic of Cancer you bought from Robin’s Book Store while they successfully defied the censorship ban on the book!
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/the-art-of-inclusion-the-story-of-larry-robin-and-moonstone/
LOCATION:The Free Library of Philadelphia\, 1901 Vine Street\, 1901 Vine Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240922T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240922T150000
DTSTAMP:20260425T094335
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SUMMARY:Banned Books Week 2024
DESCRIPTION:Banned Books Week 2024\nSunday September 22\, 2024 \nVirtual on Zoom – 2pm \nRegistration Required: https://us05web.zoom.us/j/86935252863?pwd=8GIY87i0AJsTBbQWImX3sOVVUlx1ZO.1 \n“This is a dangerous time for readers and the public servants who provide access to reading materials. Readers\, particularly students\, are losing access to critical information\, and librarians and teachers are under attack for doing their jobs.” – Deborah Caldwell-Stone\, director of the ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom \nBanned Books Week celebrates the freedom to read and spotlights current and historical attempts to censor books in libraries and schools. In a time of intense political polarization\, library staff in every state are facing an unprecedented number of attempts to ban books. ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom ALA documented 1\,269 demands to censor library books and resources in 2022\, the highest number of attempted book bans for more than 20 years ago. The unparalleled number of reported book challenges in 2022 nearly doubles the 729 book challenges reported in 2021. Of the record 2\,571 unique titles targeted for censorship\, most were by or about LGBTQIA+ persons and Black\, Indigenous\, and people of color. Coming from the book industry Larry\, Robin’s Book Store\, and Moonstone have always fought censorship.  Join us as Poets respond to the issue of suppression and their right to write. \nOver 30 poets shared their works to combat book banning for our anthology. \nFeatured Poets\nnot all contributors will be reading \n\n\n\nAustin Alexis \nSusan Baer \nAnne Catharine Blake \nCharles Briggs \nSharnta Bullard \nAJ Chilson \nSuzanne Cooke \nLinda M. Crate \nAmber Deamer \n \nJoanne Durham \nAna Fores Tamayo \nBeejay Grob \nSteven Halpern \nJane Ellen Ibur \nJones Irwin \nMindy Kronenberg \nEelka Lampe \n \nKinard Lang \nScott Leff \nDaphne M \nCurtis Nelson \nFaith Paulsen \nElijah Pringle \nDavid Radavich \nJanet Restino \nLinda Romanowski \n \nKasey Ryman \nGeorge Schaefer \nJennifer Schneider \nKendall Snee \nKen Waldman \nEike Waltz \nKelley White \nSamantha Wright \n 
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/banned-books-week-2024/
LOCATION:virtual
CATEGORIES:Poetry,Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240918T190000
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SUMMARY:Live Reading: David Ebenbach\, Elayna Mae Darcy\, Autumn Konopka\, Sean Lynch\, and Victoria Mier
DESCRIPTION:Moonstone Poetry – Prose Night\nDavid Ebenbach\, Elayna Mae Darcy\, Autumn Konopka\, Sean Lynch\, and Victoria Mier \nWednesday September 18\, 2024 – 7pm  \nLive at Fergie’s Pub\,1214 Sansom Street and on zoom –  Registration Required: https://us05web.zoom.us/j/82017815042?pwd=aLRcZOFnBsBoOfrU6001OawDPCuChe.1 \nDavid Ebenbach is the author of ten books of fiction\, poetry\, and non-fiction\, including his new novel Possible Happiness\, which author Gary Eldon Peter calls “a coming of age love letter to Philadelphia in the late 1980s and to one young man’s journey of self-discovery and self-acceptance.” A Philly native\, Ebenbach lives with his family in Washington\, DC. You can find out more at davidebenbach.com \nElayna Mae Darcy (they/she) is a queer poet\, YA author\, and filmmaker from Philadelphia. They aren’t sure what they love more—writing\, or their cat\, Bean. (Ok yeah it’s definitely the cat.) She is the author of the short story\, CONTINUUM and has had poems published in just femme & dandy\, and Impostor Lit\, among others. They are the author of a poetry duology that includes UNRAVELING LIGHT  and DARKNESS UNDONE as well as the YA fantasy novel in verse\, STILL THE STARS. \nAutumn Konopka is a writer\, runner\, and trauma-informed teaching artist. A former poet laureate of Montgomery County\, PA (2016)\, Autumn’s work has been published widely in literary journals\, and her poetry chapbook\, a chain of paper dolls\, was published in 2014 by the Head & the Hand Press. Her debut novel\, Pheidippides Didn’t Die (2023)\, has earned awards from the Next Generation Indie Book Awards\, the Eric Hoffer Books Awards\, and Writer’s Digest. Kirkus calls the book “a compelling adult romance that captures the complexities of trauma dynamics.” Autumn is a Book Reviews & Interviews Editor for Cleaver magazine and a volunteer and ambassador for Still I Run. \nSean Lynch is a writer and editor who’s published five books of poetry\, the city of your mind (Whirlwind Press\, 2013)\, Broad Street Line (Moonstone Press\, 2016)\, 100 Haiku (Moonstone Press\, 2017)\, On Violence (Radical Paper Press\, 2019)\, and Halo Nest (Alien Buddha Press\, 2024). He’s also the author of The Beast in the Pines\, a psychological horror novel about the Jersey Devil. \nVictoria Mier is a queer\, disabled writer and suspected changeling. Her short fiction has been published in Del Sol SFF Review\, Fifth Wheel Press\, SORTES\, and more. Earlier this year\, she released her debut novel\, Beyond the Aching Door\, an urban fantasy set in Philadelphia. Learn more at victoriamier.com. \nSean Hanrahan Host – Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-reading-david-ebenbach-elayna-mae-darcy-autumn-konopka-sean-lynch-and-victoria-mier/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry,Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240915T140000
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SUMMARY:Tribute to Sonia Sanchez
DESCRIPTION:Tribute to Sonia Sanchez \nSunday September 15th\, 2024 – 2pm  VIRTUAL \nRegistration Link https://us05web.zoom.us/j/83627572456?pwd=JE0PCSxPn26WT6hBZ8aSmXHm0PqDxo.1  \nHappy 90th Birthday\, Sonia \nSonia Sanchez—poet\, activist\, scholar—was the Laura Carnell Professor of English and Women’s Studies at Temple University. She is the recipient of both the Robert Frost Medal for distinguished lifetime service to American poetry and the Langston Hughes Poetry Award. One of the most important writers of the Black Arts Movement\, Sanchez is the author of sixteen books. \nJoin us for a virtual reading to celebrate Sonia’s birthday and lifetime of contributions to poetry and the literary community\, both in Philadelphia and world-wide. Contributors from our Tribute to Sonia Sanchez anthology will be reading their pieces and others inspired by her work. \n“Let me wear the day \nWell so when it reaches you \nYou will enjoy it.” \n– Sonia Sanchez
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/tribute-to-sonia-sanchez/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240911T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240911T210000
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SUMMARY:Live Reading: Justin Ryan\, James Milanesi\, Alexandra Naughton
DESCRIPTION:Live Poetry: Justin Ryan\, James Milanesi\, Alexandra Naughton\nWednesday September 11\, 2024 – 7pm  \nLive at Fergie’s Pub\,1214 Sansom Street and on Zoom \nRegistration Link https://us05web.zoom.us/j/82262171863?pwd=shO59ocZl1I7bpqxl5EGfs0b0wFY3x.1 \nJustin Ryan Fyfe is a poet in Philly. He just got fired from his job. You can read all his poems online at fromfromfrom.tumblr.com. \nJames Milanesi was born and raised in the Philadelphia area. He is an interdisciplinary poet and bartender. He has previously written a chapbook titled Momentary Sweetheart (Bottlecap Press). He is the curator and founder of a collective of poets who call themselves\, Poet’s Row. \nAlexandra Naughton is a poet\, novelist\, publisher\, and literary events producer based in Philadelphia. Her writing has been widely published on the web and in print\, and she performs regularly. Naughton’s work straddles the line between fiction and non-fiction\, prose and poetry\, and explores themes such as self-objectification\, existentialism\, the frailty of text-based communication\, and capitalism. She is the founder of Be About It Press\, established in 2010\, and co-host of the Bring A Blanket reading series. \nAmy Saul-Zerby Host – Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-reading-justin-ryan-james-milanesi-alexandra-naughton/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry,Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240904T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240904T210000
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry: Elliott batTzedek\, Steve Burke\, Mabel Lee & Matt McGarvey
DESCRIPTION:Live Poetry: Elliott batTzedek\, Steve Burke\, Mabel Lee & Matt McGarvey\nLive at Fergie’s Pub\,1214 Sansom Street and on zoom \nRegister for Zoom at this link: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMudumurj0rHNXoqS0HzX_7ZJogkgqPa5Sy \nElliott batTzedek is a Pushcart Prize-nominated poet/translator. Elliott’s work appears in various journals and is author of the enkindled coal of my tongue. \nSteve Burke has read at many venues in the Philly area; has three chapbooks published by Moonstone Press. \nMabel Lee is a poet and educator from Philadelphia\, where she participates in various literary groups and teaches middle school students. \nMatt McGarvey\, author of Alien Vestibule\, is essentially a caffeinated replica of a stardom gone astray\, that lives in an apartment by himself where he contemplates the severed state of himself and society. He is now currently interning at Moonstone Arts Center. \n  \n 
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-elliott-battzedek-steve-burke-mabel-lee-matt-mcgarvey/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240903T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240903T193000
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SUMMARY:Philly Loves Poetry: Interview and Readings Series Live Broadcast
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday September 3\, 2024 – 6:30pm – Live Broadcast\nCan be viewed on the Phillycam website or Cable 66/966HD/967 or Verizon FIOS\, 29/30 In Philadelphia. \n“Kimmika L.H. Williams-Witherspoon has been a force in the spoken word/poetry scene for decades. This new release (You Gotta Have Game) from Boyer College of Music and Dance is Williams-Witherspoon at her best. The poet tells us: “I am the crack of morning\, Light in the shadow of dark”\nIn this beautiful collection of poetic text with instrumental accompaniment Williams-Witherspoon brings us through the struggle of life\, always the light in the shadow of dark. No matter how hard the journey\, no matter the roadblocks placed\, Williams-Witherspoon offers hope in endurance. The poem” By g emil reutter  \nCharles S. Carr\, Host
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/philly-loves-poetry-interview-and-readings-series-live-broadcast-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240828T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240828T200000
DTSTAMP:20260425T094335
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry: The Osage Poets
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday August 28\, 2024 – 7pm  \nLive at Fergie’s Pub\,1214 Sansom Street and on zoom\nRegister here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcudO-vqjouGNxLFi7snrqCmBG6MbFrG96_ \nThe 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 poetic response. In pursuit of an authentic voice\, spirituality of the ordinary\, and an honest grappling with the world’s edges\, the results are always relevant and surprising.  \nAlina Macneal  & Jennifer Hook Hosts
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-the-osage-poets/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240824T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240824T173000
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SUMMARY:Moonstone Presents: Independence Day of Ukraine Poetry Reading
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday August 24\, 2024 – 3:30pm \n \nLive at at Barnes & Noble\, 1708 Chestnut Street\nJulia 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 currently working on a poetry collection as well as a book of linked lyric essays\, both of which grapple with raising a neurodiverse child with a disabled partner under the shadow of the war in Ukraine\, Julia’s birthplace. Her poems have appeared in POETRY\, Ploughshares\, American Poetry Review\, The Nation\, and AGNI\, among others.\nKateryna Derysheva is a Ukrainian poet from Kharkiv\, co-founder and organizer of the kntxt literary project. Her poems and translations have been published in the journals: Plume\, Zerkalo\, Tlen Literacki\, Literatur in Bayern\, Literaturportal Bayern\, Visions\, Volga\, SoFloPoJo\, The Colon\, Literature\, Articulation\, New Coast\, Arion\, Homo legens\, Kreshchatik\, and others. She is the author of the books Starting Point\, There Will Be No Installation; co-author of the book Earth time. She was long-listed for the Arkadiy Dragomoshchenko Prize (2019) and is laureate of the Europa Mai Prize. Her poems and essays have been translated into 11 languages.)\nOlena Jennings is the author of the poetry collection The Age of Secrets\, the chapbook Memory Project\, and the novel Temporary Shelter. She is a translator of collections by Ukrainian poets\, Kateryna Kalytko\, together with Oksana Lutsyshyna\, Iryna Shuvalova\, together with the author\, and Vasyl Makhno.  Her translation\, together with the author\, of Yuliya Musakovska’s The God of Freedom was released in May 2024 from Arrowsmith Press. She founded and curates the Poets of Queens reading series and press.\nOlga Livshin’s poetry and translations appear in the New York Times\, Ploughshares\, the Kenyon Review\, and other journals. She is the author of A Life Replaced: Poems with Translations from Anna Akhmatova and Vladimir Gandelsman. Livshin co-translated A Man Only Needs a Room\, a volume of Vladimir Gandelsman’s poetry and Today is a Different War by the Ukrainian poet Lyudmyla Khersonska\,. She is a private creative writing teacher\, working with children.
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/moonstone-presents-independence-day-of-ukraine-poetry-reading/
LOCATION:Barnes and Noble 1708 Chesnut St.\, 1708 Chesnut Street.\, Phildelphia\, PA\, 19122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry,Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240821T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240821T200000
DTSTAMP:20260425T094335
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry: Katherine Antarikso\, Erme Maula\, Peter Webb & John Wojtowicz
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday August 21\, 2024 – 7pm \n\nLive at Fergie’s Pub\,1214 Sansom Street and on zoom \nRegister for Zoom at this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMtd-6opzgrHdWVr29C4W2g85ceaxtW_qMo \nKatherine 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 unique upbringing is a driver of her many talents and expressions. As an architect\, she is interested in issues of equity regarding the design of urban spaces. As a creative\, she performs in a traditional Indonesian dance group\, gamelan ensemble and writes poetry and essays centered on themes of home\, migration\, and displacement.\nErme Maula is a Community Advocate\, Educator\, Doula\, Facilitator and Nurse.  Her most recent writing can be found in In the Future\, There are No Hospitals – an abolitionist-focused collection of work by Queer and Asian care workers. Erme is part of the Grind Council that manages The Grind – a daily writing project that brings together poetry and prose writers in communities of accountability\nPeter Webb is a Philadelphia based poet who is largely interested in irreverence\, direct language\, violence\, addiction\, depravity\, evil\, scatology\, trauma\, crime\, internet writing\, post-irony\, mumblecore\, etc. @thepeterpoems\nJohn Wojtowicz grew up working on his family’s azalea and rhododendron nursery and still lives in the backwoods of what Ginsberg dubbed “nowhere Zen New Jersey.” Currently\, he teaches social work at Stockton University. He has been featured on Rowan University’s Writer’s Roundtable on 89.7 WGLS-FM and  several of his poems were showcased in  Princeton University’s 2021 Unique Minds: Creative Voices art exhibition. Recent or forthcoming publications include: Rattle\, Split Rock Review\, Soundings East\, Ekphrastic Review\, and the South Florida Poetry Journal. He is the author of the coffee table-style chapbook\, Roadside Attractions: a Poetic Guide to American Oddities. Find out more at: www.johnwojtowicz.com\nSean Hanahan Host\, Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-katherine-antarikso-erme-maula-peter-webb-john-wojtowicz/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240814T190000
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SUMMARY:Moonstone Poetry: Fatal Force: Poetic Justice
DESCRIPTION:LIVE at Taller Puertorriqueño\n2600 N 5th St\, Philadelphia\, PA 19133 \nPolice killed 1\,352 victims the U.S. 2023  (mappingpoliceviolence.org). \nOn 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” the car\, that Irizarry “stepped out” of the car “with a knife” and that the “officers gave multiple commands for him to drop the knife\, and that  Irizarry “lunged at the officers”\, prompting the shooting. On August 15th\, Philadelphia police changed their story\, stating that Irizarry was actually in the car when he was shot six times.  Retracting the cover up\, Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw stated that officers’ body-worn camera footage “made it very clear that what we initially reported was not actually what happened.” Martín Espada recently wrote a poem to elegize the innocent young man whose alleged murder this past August is an outrage. \nThis initiative is co-sponsored by Casa de Duende as well as Taller Puertorriqueño and Moonstone. On the anniversary of Eddie Irizarry’s death\, the anthology will commemorate the book’s publication.
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/moonstone-poetry-fatal-force-poetic-justice/
LOCATION:2600 N 5th St\, Philadelphia\, PA 19133\, 2600 N 5th St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19133\, United States
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry: Z Murphy\, Knox Peache\, China Rain
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday August 14\, 2024 – 7pm \nLive at Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street and on zoom  \nRegister here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcrce-grDopGdCFgMprDkuh3a7PuUlbvGTb  \nZ 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 collection about it. “Homegirl” first drafts are available for sale. She currently writes for an online magazine and is looking for work. Follow their artistic journey @thezanything \nKnox Peache In addition to award nominated text/multimedia\, ‘Aftermath’\, Peters has been published by Thirty West\, Red Noise Collective\, Wingless Dreamer and Naked Cat Lit. Peters works extensively as a visual artist and writer. She made her debut in the Philadelphia writing scene a little over a year ago having previously made work in the swamps of New Orleans. She enjoys poetry that squirms\, questions and jokes. \nChina Rain is a University Of The Arts graduate focused on written and multimedia work. They have worked in mediums such as collage\, theater\, illustration\, and online interactive media. \n Mac Chandler Host – Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-z-murphy-knox-peache-china-rain/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry: Sojourner Ahebee\, Mac Chandler & Mikey Franz
DESCRIPTION:Live at Fergie’s Pub\,1214 Sansom Street and on zoom –  Register here:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAlfuuorz0jHd3WfQPtz1CyOTxW_SzKHruq  \nSojourner 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 The Atlantic\,  The Academy of American Poets (Poem A Day)\, Muzzle Magazine\, For Harriet\, Apiary Magazine and elsewhere. In 2013 she served as a National Student Poet\, the nation’s highest honor for young poets presenting original work.\nMac Chandler is a graduate of The University of the Arts and a proud West Philly resident. She has been published in some places and has done like a lot of cool literary things you’ve probably never heard of. Mostly\, she loves to write poetry and fiction\, and involve herself in the beautiful Philly writing scene.\nMikey Franz is a writer & composer from the Philadelphia area who uses his work to explore the relationship between music & language. His debut chapbook\, Terrestrial Sanctuaries was published by Moonstone last year & you can typically find him performing at various open mics throughout the Philadelphia area.
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-sojourner-ahebee-mac-chandler-mikey-franz/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
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SUMMARY:Philly Loves Poetry: Interview and Readings Series Live Broadcast
DESCRIPTION:Can be viewed on the Phillycam website or Cable 66/966HD/967 or Verizon FIOS\, 29/30 In Philadelphia. \nJames 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 reading series called The Dead Bards of Philadelphia for over ten years. His new book From the Back Porch of a War pulls no punches in its assessment of a politically-divided America seemingly at war with itself\, searching for moral integrity in a hashtag-hardened\, spiritually-bankrupt world. \nCharles S. Carr\, Host
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/philly-loves-poetry-interview-and-readings-series-live-broadcast/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240731T190000
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry: Lars Scott & De'vine Stylez
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday July 31\, 2024 – 7pm\n\nLive at Fergie’s Pub\,1214 Sansom Street and on zoom\nUse this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAtcOGhrTktGNNSwztFI2s61EfLKH6m_G23  \nLars Scott is a musician from Philadelphia. Lars began their musical\njourney in high school\, performing folk songs at local open mics and\ncoffee shops. After graduating from Temple University\, they released\ntheir first single\, The Sand Song\, in 2017. Spending time amongst\nsingers and songwriters in Philly’s rich music scene pushed Lars to\ndevelop their sound\, as they moved away from straightforward\, folkier\ntunes and incorporated vocal loops and beats into their songs. Lars’s\nnew project incorporates both past and present musical inclinations.\nWith smooth melodies and swirling harmonies\, Lars enchants listeners\nwith their rich and chilling voice. Reminiscent of summer nights\, their\nmusic will beckon you back to blissful memories with its dreamy style and compelling rhythm.\nLars moves past genre\, blending the beauty of musical traditions to create a style all their own. \nShadeia De'vine Wilson (Pen name: De'vine Stylez) has been writing\npoetry since she was 14yr old based on her life experiences &\nenvironment She has performed at some of the best venues in Philly\nsuch as the harvest\, Voices in Power Her recent pieces written in the\nlast 5/7 years are drawn from her need to help people be open about\nsexual freedom\, exploration and being more in tune with their erotic\nselves\, while owning her own sexual awareness & power\, coupled\nwith using the mic the heal from past traumaA Co-owner of a all\nfemale poetry collective called THEE INSIGHT\, that curates\neducational immersive experiences in Philadelphia and surrounding\nareas. These experiences are based on Mental health awareness and\nbridges the gap in the urban community and all genders. She is currently working on a poetry\nalbum to be release the end of Sept 2024 \nSean Hanahan Host\, Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-lars-scott-devine-stylez/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
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SUMMARY:Black Fire This Time @ Barnes & Noble
DESCRIPTION:In this follow-up volume in the Black Fire—This Time series\, over seventy-five poets\nand writers come together on the ongoing theme of "Black is Beautiful\, Black is\nPowerful\, Black is Home." Works ranging from poetry\, fiction\, essays\, and drama cover\na wide range of Black literature. This "continuum" of writing\, as coined by Volume 1\neditor Kim McMillon\, brings together legends of the Black Arts era with contemporary\nwriters in the tradition. This edition includes a hallmark work from the Black Arts era\,\nWe Own the Night by playwright and one of the last living legends Jimmy Garrett.\nVolume 2 of Black Fire—This Time will educate and inspire the next generation. \nKeisha-Gaye Anderson is a Jamaican-born poet\, author\, and visual artist based in Brooklyn whose\nbooks include A Spell for Living\, Everything Is Necessary\, and Gathering the Waters. Her poetry\, fiction\, and essays have been widely published in national literary journals\, magazines\, and anthologies.\nRaheem Curry is a writer out of Kensington\, Philadelphia. He is inspired by James Baldwin\, Malcolm X\, Etheridge Knight\, and Huey Newton. He hopes his writings does what writings did for him: changed the trajectory of his life. He is in the works of publishing his second book.\nCole Eubanks of Mays Landing NJ is retired as an educator from the Philadelphia and Atlantic City School Districts. He is Pushcart nominated and his work can be found in Sugar House Review\, Poems from the Pandemic Years\, The Journal of Baha’i Studies\, Shamrock\, MiGoZine.\nTheodore A. Harris is a Philadelphia-based visual artist and poet\, whose work has been exhibited internationally. He is the co-founder of the Anti-Graffiti Network/Philadelphia Mural Arts Program and is the Founding Artistic Director of The Institute for Advanced Study in Black Aesthetics\nEverett Hoagland is an emeritus professor of English at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth\, was the first poet laureate of New Bedford\, MA\, his work has appeared in numerous anthologies and several books\, including …Here…: New and Selected Poems and Encounters: Poems about Race\, Ethnicity\, and Identity.\nChantal James lives in Washington\, DC\, and has been published across genres—as a poet\, fiction writer\, essayist\, and book reviewer—in such venues as Catapult\, Paste Magazine\, Harvard’s Transition Magazine\, The Bitter Southerner\, and more. Her honors include a Fulbright fellowship in creative writing to Morocco.\nEwuare X. Osayande is the author of several books including Our Breath is the Whisper of Our Ancestors' Defiance: The Poetry Anthology (1993-2023) and Blood Luxury (introduction by Amiri Baraka). A former professor of African American Studies at Rutgers University\, he is the founding editor of The Poetariat.\nElijah B Pringle\, III is a Philadelphia born writer who has to his credit experience in Radio\, TV\, Stage and Film\, has worked as a dancer\, choreographer\, actor\, director\, and vocalist. He is a much sought-after workshop facilitator for writing and performance. Mr. Pringle has been published globally in almost fifty anthologies.
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/black-fire-this-time-barnes-noble/
LOCATION:Barnes and Noble 1708 Chesnut St.\, 1708 Chesnut Street.\, Phildelphia\, PA\, 19122\, United States
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry: Anisha Bhat\, Lester Mobley\, Joe Roarty & Pat Rodgers
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday July 24\, 2024 – 7pm \n\nLive at Fergie’s Pub\,1214 Sansom Street and on zoom \nRegister for Zoom at this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0pduqgrDwsGdJz84QTuvTvY7eeqbamGw7V \nAnisha Bhat\, originally from Chicago\, Illinois\, is a writer and staff member\nat Temple University where she directs research and creative programs for\nundergraduates. She has an MPhil in World History from the University of\nCambridge and an MA in History from Northwestern University. In her free\ntime she can be found buying too many books at used book stores\, eating at\nthe same five restaurants in South Philly\, or working on her first poetry\nchapbook.\nLester Norman Mobley was born on Long Island New York before moving\nto Philadelphia at the age of 18 where he has remained ever since. He is a\nretired union construction worker who has dabbled on and off with poetry as\nfar back to elementary school. His favorite poets whose style he attempts to\nemulate in his writing are Charles Bukowski and Walt Whitman. Everyone\nelse\, as he would always maintain\, remain respectfully peripheral.\nJoe Roarty won Moonstone’s first chapbook contest in 2015 for\nMoritat\, German for "street ballad." Poetry of high-octane energy\,\npassionate intelligence\, supercharged\, insistent blues\, jazz &\nheightened speech rhythms. His chapbook Showtunes was published\nin 2023 by Iniquity Press.\nPat Rodgers is a poet based in West Philadelphia. His published work can be\nfound in Neptune and several Moonstone anthologies. Recall is the title of\nhis first chapbook\nAlina Macneal & Jennifer Hook Hosts\, Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-anisha-bhat-lester-mobley-joe-roarty-pat-rodgers/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry: Kate Carey\, M. Elizabeth Hershey\, & Miriam Kramer
DESCRIPTION:Live Poetry: Kate Carey\, M. Elizabeth Hershey\, & Miriam Kramer\nWednesday July 17\, 2024 – 7pm \nLive at Fergie’s Pub\,1214 Sansom Street and on Zoom\nRegister for Zoom at this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUrdumsqDouGNAKNM1JQj7MAr8zap6egOwL \nKate Carey (she/her) is a fat queer polyamorous slut who sometimes spends whole days in bed crying because feelings are hard. Through deeply personal poetry and creative nonfiction\, she touches on issues relating to trauma\, fat liberation\, mental illness and sexuality. December 2022’s Hot Poet in the Bullshit Lit x Olney magazine Hot Poets calendar and producer of Philadelphia’s Slutty Poems Night\, you can find more about her & her work at https://www.katemcarey.com. \nM. Elizabeth Hershey is a writer and artist based out of South Philadelphia where she has lived off and on for the last 20 years (but would never purport to be from Philly). She graduated from Brown University with a degree in Visual Arts where she cross-studied at the Rhode Island School of Design. She has published one chapbook\, Look to the North and continues to write both poetry and prose in memoir form. Hershey grew up performing Shakespeare\, reading V.C. Andrews in the dark\, and worshipping the fellow Hoosier Kurt Vonnegut. She is a photographer by trade\, loves a good Phillies game and has an active appreciation of jazz and blues music. Her most recent work centers around the ideas of addiction\, grief\, and the befuddling life of Tinder dates as one approaches middle age.” \nMiriam Kramer is a queer\, Jewish poet residing in New Jersey with her partner\, daughter\, and two cats. She majored in Creative Writing at Pacific University and currently works at an educational nonprofit. She was the winner of the 2023 Jack McCarthy Book Prize. Her poetry has appeared in Variant Literature\, So to Speak Journal\, FreezeRay Poetry\, and others. She is the author of three chapbooks. Her debut full length collection\, Built by Storms\, was published by Write Bloody Publishing and nominated for The Lambda Literary Prize and The New Writers Award\, Great Lakes College Association. \nSean Hanahan Host\, Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-kate-carey-m-elizabeth-hershey-miriam-kramer/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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SUMMARY:Virtual Poetry: Freedom Anthology
DESCRIPTION:Freedom 2024 Anthology Reading\nSunday July 14\, 2024\n2pm on Zoom\nZoom Meeting ID 829 9128 3645 – Passcode 060433 \nRegistration Link – https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYkfuiqpjgsHtFxxxyjfTkHXjIJkgSPg2tA  \n             \nFreedom \nThe United States celebrates Independence on July 4 \nFrance celebrates Bastille Day on July 14 \nThe struggle for freedom and independence is universal. \nWhat does Freedom mean to you? \nIt is used as a rallying call across the political spectrum \nOur Poets Responded \n  \nNot All Poets Will Be Reading  \n\n\n\nMary Anne Abdo \nM. Tonita Austin \nSarwa Azeez \nSusan Baer \nJeff Bien \nA.C. Blake \nCharles Briggs \nChristopher Butters \nFrancisco Carrasco \nAJ Chilson \nShaheen Dil \nElinor Donahue \nAnna Dunlap \n \nSahar Fathi \nFrancis Flavin \nAna Fores Tamayo \nDeborah Fries \nWilliam Galasso \nLinda Goss \nPamela Haines \nAnnie Hartford \nKathleen Herrmann \nKayla Howe \nJones Irwin \nRalph La Rosa \nKelly Lynn\nDara Marsh \nJohn Mason \nMatt McGarvey \nAurora McKee \nMharlyn Merriitt \nLeslie Perry \nClaire Petersen \nNader Rahimi \nJanet Restino \nLinda Romanowski \nRobert Eugene Rubino \nCarla Schick \nEvan Schneider \n \nJennifer Schneider \nAmeerah Shabazz \nWoody Shiflett \nMiki Simic \nRobert Lavett Smith \nKaramo Muchuri Sulieman \nLaura Sweeney \nEike Waltz \nGail Wasserman \nKelley White \nDaniel Williams \nSamantha Wright \nDaniel Zehner
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-poetry-freedom-anthology/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry: S/He Speaks 2: Voices of Women\, Trans & Nonbinary Folx
DESCRIPTION:Live Poetry: S/He Speaks 2: Voices of Women\, Trans & Nonbinary Folx\nHosted at The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut Street in Philadelphia\nAlso on Zoom: \nS/He Speaks 2 is edited by Cassendre Xavier and Tom Daubert.  \nWhen we launched the S/He Speaks anthology in 2023\, we noted that anyone likely to read it would already be well aware of the ongoing “Cold War” in the United States targeting the rights of women and transgendered people. Once again\, this anthology comes in conjunction with an afternoon-long event at The Rotunda at the University of Pennsylvania\, where writers who can attend will read from their works and discuss their writing. All the poems and short essays here come from people who take their writing seriously. Many are women. Some are transgendered\, both male-to-female and female-to-male. Others define themselves as nonbinary. All have something meaningful and personal to say\, inspired by our calls for short writing of this nature\, whether about gender and transition issues\, health and life experience\, relationships — anything personal. We hope readers will find some inspiration here — and possibly as a result\, begin their own writings. \nFeatured Contributors\nAshley Andrews \nPhilip Avilov \nMikey Bachman \nLainey Bechta \nJanice F. Booth \nAriana Chavez \nTaffeta Chime \nCathyann Cusimano \nF. Daubert \nRebecca Dietrich \nV. Eidson \nEllen Gannon \nKate Gardner \nMelissa Gibson \nLiora Hassan \nRosalie Hendon \nSamantha Hollins \nZoe Mae Huot-Link \nErin Jamieson \nIsabella Kaufman \nJess Kratzer \nAmira Kravitz \nDeborah LeFalle \nJosephine LoRe \nBetsy Merbitz \nMira Mookerjee \nBeth S.K. Morris \nCarlene Stegman Moskal \nGloria Nixon-John \nSophia Ogden \nEmma Paris \nBreanna Reyes \nAdya Ryan \nYvette Santana \nJen Schneider \nZoe Katherine Shelley \nBrian “Brie” Sheridan \nTanjanike “Tan” Shivers \nEllie Smillie \nMegha Sood \nMakani Speier-Brito \nLaura Sweeney \nRenée  Szostek \nNatalia Tola \nSuzannah “Su” Van Gelder \nJamie C. Whitlow \nHarley Woods \nMorgan Wright \nCassendre Xavier \nAlexis Young \nZQ
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-s-he-speaks-2-voices-of-women-trans-nonbinary-folx/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 14014 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry Events
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry - C.M. Crockford & Amber Renee
DESCRIPTION:Live Poetry at Fergie’s Pub \nSince March 2022\, House Poet has strived to bring together writers\, dancers\, djs and musicians alike. Join us in 2024 as we bring that energy to Moonstone’s Poetry Nights at Fergies\, featuring an open reading\, featured readers\, live music and a soundtrack you can bounce to. \nC.M. Crockford is an autistic/ADHD Philadelphia poet and the author of Birdsongs: Poems 2020-2023\, co-hosted The Band: A Podcast About The Shield\, published two chapbooks\, and his work has been featured in dozens of magazines\, journals\, and websites. Amber Renee is a chronic writer\, author of Thoughts on This Most Recent Episode\, a Poetry-Picture book called i feel like i’m nothing\, and  In memory\, energy Nothing / is Forever: a collection of sad & spiritual poems from my 20s. And featuring mixes by Shang\, our local DJ highlight.  \nWarren C. Longmire Host\, Open Reading Follows \nZoom Link
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-c-m-crockford-amber-renee/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry - Christopher Childers and Ernest Hilbert
DESCRIPTION:Live Poetry at Fergie’s Pub \nChristopher Childers\, author of The Penguin Book of Greek and Latin Lyric Verse\, a book 14 years in the making. He received an NEA Translators’ Fellowship in 2018\, and has published in venues including The Kenyon Review\, the Yale Review\, Agni\, Literary Matters\, and Smartish Pace. His translations have been included in several anthologies\, including The Penguin Book of Elegy and The Poetry Pharmacy Forever. His poem “Miasma” is forthcoming from Best American Poetry 2023. Ernest Hilbert\, author of the Sixty Sonnets\, All of You on the Good Earth\, Caligulan—selected as winner of the 2017 Poets’ Prize\, Last One Out and Storm Swimmer\, was selected by Rowan Ricardo Phillips as the winner of the 2022 Vassar Miller Prize. He lives in Philadelphia where he works as a rare book dealer and book critic for The Washington Post\, The Wall Street Journal\, and Fine Books and Collections. His poem “Mars Ultor” was included in Best American Poetry \nAlina Macneal & Jennifer Hook Hosts\, Open Reading Follows \nZoom Link
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-christopher-childers-and-ernest-hilbert/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry - Pink Trees Press
DESCRIPTION:Live Poetry at Fergie’s Pub \nPink Trees Press began in 2012 in New York City\, publishing small batches of handmade\, hand-sewn books. In 2019\, Pink Trees Press started producing Origami Books. The simplicity and low cost of these books\, allowed Pink Trees Press to reach a larger audience. In 2020\, Pink Trees Press began producing mass-marketed books. The press continues to grow publishing memoirs and poetry collections. They are active in the poetry community curating readings across the nation. They are thrilled to read at Fergie’s today. \nWith: MADELINE ARTENBURG\, PAULINE FINDLAY\, PHILLIP GIAMBRI\, LINDA\, RON KOLM\, JANE LECROY\, AMY BARONE\, RANDI HOFFMAN\, and C.O. MOED \nZoom Link
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-pink-trees-press/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240519T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240519T153000
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SUMMARY:Virtual Poetry - May Day 2024 Anthology
DESCRIPTION:Sunday May 19\, 2024 – 2pm EDT – VIRTUAL \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIvcOiqrTIuGtI4ZR23zt_f1C1FDbB5uk6U \nMay Day commemorating the historic struggles and gains made by workers and the labour movement\, observed in many countries on May 1. In 1889 an international federation of socialist groups and trade unions designated May 1 as a day in support of workers\, in commemoration of the Haymarket Riot in Chicago (1886). Five years later\, U.S. Pres. Grover Cleveland\, uneasy with the socialist origins of Workers’ Day\, signed legislation to make Labor Day—already held in some states on the first Monday of September—the official U.S. holiday in honour of workers. \nWe invited poets to reflect on the history of labor and the recent surges in the movement. You can purchase the anthology collection here. \nNot All Poets Will Be Reading – Open Reading Follows \nFeatured Poets \nMary Anne Abdo \nByron Beynon \nAJ Chilson \nCraig Czury \nJoan Donato \nSteven Halpern \nJane Ellen Ibur \nJones Irwin \nNathaniel Krenkel \nMharlyn Merriitt \nLeslie Perry \nJohn Potter \nAdam Rubin \nJennifer Schneider \nJulia Robinson Shimizu \nStephani Twidwell \nGail Wasserman \nKelley White
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-poetry-may-day-2024-anthology/
LOCATION:virtual
CATEGORIES:Poetry,Poetry Events
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry - John Amen & Amy Small-McKinney
DESCRIPTION:Live Poetry at Fergie’s Pub \nJohn Amen is the author of five collections of poetry\, including Dark Souvenirs and Illusion of an Overwhelm\, recipient of the 2021 Jack Grapes Poetry Prize\, he founded and is managing editor of Pedestal Magazine. Amy Small-McKinney was the Montgomery County Poet Laureate. She is author of Walking Toward Cranes (won the Kithara Book Prize) and One Day I Am A Field\, was written during COVID and her husband’s death. \nZoom Link
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-john-amen-amy-small-mckinney/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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UID:19501-1715707800-1715707800@moonstoneartscenter.com
SUMMARY:Live Poetry - New Voices Spring 2024
DESCRIPTION:Live Poetry at Parkway Central Library and on Zoom \nNew Voices Spring 2024: Emerging Poets \nis a program designed for emerging poets under the age of 25. It aims to create a platform for younger poets by welcoming them into the larger Philadelphia poetry community and giving them the opportunity to share their work with a wider audience. \nJoin us live at the Central Library for emerging poet from Philadelphia \nZoom Link
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-new-voices-spring-2024/
LOCATION:Parkway Central Library\, 1901 Vine St
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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UID:19498-1715522400-1715522400@moonstoneartscenter.com
SUMMARY:Virtual Poetry - New Voices Spring 2024
DESCRIPTION:Virtual Poetry on Zoom \nNew Voices Spring 2024: Emerging Poets \nis a program designed for emerging poets under the age of 25. It aims to create a platform for younger poets by welcoming them into the larger Philadelphia poetry community and giving them the opportunity to share their work with a wider audience. \nJoin us on zoom for emerging poets from around the country \n 
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-poetry-new-voices-spring-2024/
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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UID:19494-1715194800-1715194800@moonstoneartscenter.com
SUMMARY:Book Release - James Feichthaler - Live Poetry
DESCRIPTION:Live Poetry at Fergie’s Pub and on Zoom \nJoin us in celebrating the release of poet James Feichthaler’s new book From the Back Porch of a War (Parnilis Media). A short reading will be followed by a book signing. \nJames 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. From the Back Porch of a War pulls no punches in its assessment of a politically-divided America seemingly at war with itself\, searching for moral integrity in a hashtag-hardened\, spiritually-bankrupt world. \n Link for Zoom
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-james-feichthaler-book-release/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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