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SUMMARY:Live Poetry: Anisha Bhat\, Jiordan Castle\, & Alison Lubar
DESCRIPTION:Live Poetry with Anisha Bhat\, Jiordan Castle\, & Alison Lubar\nWednesday November 20\, 2024 – 7:00pm  \nLive at Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street Philadelphia \nAnd on Zoom: Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0lduGsrjgrHNCcGHTb5NF348kiwGXgbFsk \n  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 University of Cambridge and an MA in History from Northwestern University. In her free time she can be found buying too many books at used book stores\, eating at the same five restaurants in South Philly\, or working on her first poetry chapbook. \nJiordan Castle is the author of Disappearing Act\, a memoir in verse. Her writing has appeared in The New Yorker\, The Rumpus\, The Millions\, and elsewhere. Her poetry and nonfiction are forthcoming in the anthologies Best New Poets (2024) and What My Father and I Don’t Talk About (2025). She received her MFA in poetry from Hunter College and currently lives in Philadelphia with her husband and their dog. \nAlison Lubar teaches high school English by day and yoga by night. They are a queer\, nonbinary\, mixed-race femme whose life work (aside from wordsmithing) has evolved into bringing mindfulness practices\, and sometimes even poetry\, to young people.  Their work has been nominated for both the Pushcart & Best of the Net\, and they’re the author four chapbooks: Philosophers Know Nothing About Love (Thirty West Publishing House\, 2022)\, queer feast (Bottlecap Press\, 2022)\, sweet euphemism (CLASH!\, Spring 2023)\, and it skips a generation (Stanchion\, Fall 2023). You can find out more at http://www.alisonlubar.com/ or on Twitter @theoriginalison. \nSean Hanrahan\, Host – Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-anisha-bhat-jiordan-castle-alison-lubar/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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SUMMARY:Virtual Reading: New Voices Fall 2024
DESCRIPTION:Virtual Reading: New Voices Fall 2024\nSunday November 17\, 2024 – 2pm EST – VIRTUAL\nRegister to access Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIocu6tpzotGNe7ciI7XVSoht8wYC9CkeMW\nNew Voices Anthology – Fall 2024 – A series for emerging poets between the ages of 10 and 25. \nA monthly reading series and a bi-annual publication which strives to bring together younger poets from\nvarious communities. We tend to gather in our own communities. There is nothing wrong with that\nexcept we begin to sound alike\, look alike\, think alike. New Voices is our attempt to expand everyone’s\nexperience\, to introduce other ways of everything and to give a platform to the young writers of this\ngeneration. \nWe will also host a live\, in-person reading on November 21st.
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-reading-new-voices-fall-2024/
LOCATION:virtual
CATEGORIES:Poetry,Poetry Events
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry: Thomas Devaney\, Joanna Fuhrman\, & Lauren Russell
DESCRIPTION:Live Poetry with Thomas Devaney\, Joanna Fuhrman\, & Lauren Russell\nWednesday November 13\, 2024 – 7:00pm  \nLive at Fergie’s Pub\,1214 Sansom Street \nAnd on Zoom –  Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAlcuygqTIjHdP11BPGj4EeBp6GLWDFSkDJ \n Thomas Devaney is a poet\, facilitator\, and educator based in Philadelphia. He is a Pew Fellow in the Arts with a focus on city building and community engagement. He wrote and co-director the film Bicentennial City with Green House Media (2020). Devaney is the author of Getting to Philadelphia (Hanging Loose Press\, 2019) and You Are the Battery (Black Square Editions\, 2019). His work is featured in Best American Poetry 2019. He teaches creative writing at Haverford College  and also works for the Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation at Drexel University. \nJoanna Fuhrman is the author of Freud in Brooklyn; Ugh Ugh Ocean; Moraine; Pageant\, winner of the Kinereth Gensler Prize from Alice James Books; The Year of Yellow Butterflies; and To a New Era. Her poetry is humorous and surreal\, mining references from pop and high culture. Writing about Fuhrman’s work for BOMBLOG\, Susie DeFord observed that Fuhrman “takes the best of the surrealist and narrative poetry\, weaving social and personal stories with extreme wit\, imagination.” She has been poetry editor for Boog City and curator of the reading series for the Saint Mark’s Church Poetry Project in New York. \n  \n \nLauren Russell is the author of A Window That Can Neither Open nor Close; Descent\, winner of the Poetry Society of America’s 2021 Anna Rabinowitz Award; and What’s Hanging on the Hush. Russell has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts\, Cave Canem\, and the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing\, and residencies from Millay Arts\, Ucross\, Yaddo\, and MacDowell\, among others. Her work has appeared in the Academy of American Poets’ Poem-a-Day\, the New York Times Magazine\, Brooklyn Rail\, and elsewhere. She is an assistant professor in the Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins and lives in Baltimore with her cats\, Cat Jeoffry and Lady Day.
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-thomas-devaney-joanna-fuhrman-lauren-russell/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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SUMMARY:Philly Loves Poetry: Eileen D'Angelo
DESCRIPTION:Philly Loves Poetry: Eileen M. D’Angelo\nTuesday November 12\, 2024 – 6:30pm – VIRTUAL \nMoonstone Poetry @ PhillyCAM – Watch on the Phillycam website \nOr Cable 66/966HD/967 or Verizon FIOS\, 29/30 – In Philadelphia. \nPhilly Loves Poetry Interview and Readings Series \nEileen M. D’Angelo\, twice nominated for a Pennsylvania Governor’s Award in the Arts\, she received two Pushcart Prize / Best of the Small Press nominations from Verse Magazine and Schuylkill Valley Journal.  Her poetry\, essays and book reviews have been published in The Philadelphia Inquirer\, the News of Delaware County\, Rattle: Poetry for the 21st Century\, Manhattan Poetry Review\, Paterson Literary Review\, Drexel Online Journal\, Wild River Review\, Philadelphia Stories\, Philadelphia Poets\, The Independent Review\, Negative Capability\, One Trick Pony\, Odessa Poetry Journal\, The Aurealean\, Bookends\, and others.   Charles S. Carr\, Host
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/philly-loves-poetry-eileen-dangelo/
LOCATION:PhillyCAM\, 699 Ranstead Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry Events
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SUMMARY:Remembering Jim Cory
DESCRIPTION:Remembering Jim Cory\nMoonstone’s Remembering Jim Cory event has been cancelled to support another memorial from Jim’s friends and family. The memorial and informal reading will be hosted at the Philadelphia Ethical Society on November 9th at 11:30am. \nMore information about the event is available on Facebook here. 
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/remembering-jim-cory/
CATEGORIES:Memorial
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241106T190000
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SUMMARY:Post-Election Opening Reading
DESCRIPTION:Post-Election Open Reading\nWednesday November 6\, 2024 – 7pm – LIVE \nLive at Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street \nand on Zoom \nRegister for Zoom access: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIucOivqzwpE9Y9pjEDMm49e2mnxwyCipMH    \nElection 2024 Open Reading \nWhatever happened yesterday \npoets will have something to say \nJoin us to cheer or moan.
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/post-election-opening-reading/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241103T140000
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SUMMARY:Virtual Reading: Our State of the Union
DESCRIPTION:DID YOU VOTE?  The State of The Nation – Get Out The Vote\nSunday November 3\, 2024 – 2pm EST – VIRTUAL \nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUqfuuhrz0vE9NAdRMQxqD0VzHTSKiDCQts \nTHIS ELECTION IS IMPORTANT \nThings you can do to increase participation: • Remind those in your life to vote and invite them to voter education events like debates.  • Ask them to visit www.VOTE411.org to find their polling place and learn what will be on their ballot.  • Ask about their voting plan for Election Day. Research shows that by asking voters whether they have an Election Day plan (how will they get to the polls? At what time?)\, you will increase their chances of participating. • Keep it brief and friendly!  • Be helpful. Have election dates\, polling locations\, and other information at your fingertips so that you can help address any questions.  \nJoin us as poets reflect on the election\, voting\, and raising the voices of the people. 
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-reading-our-state-of-the-union/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241030T190000
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry: William Hazard & Ari Villeda-Martinez
DESCRIPTION:Moonstone Poetry \nWednesday October 30\, 2024 – 7pm  \nLive at Fergie’s Pub\,1214 Sansom Street and on zoom \nUse this link: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYlceyhrj4uGdcKVBmb7dFEdUot8n6Ea8AL \n William Hazard makes poems with computers. Recent work can be found in Voicemail Poems\, Bring a Blanket Zine\, Ghost Proposal\, Beloved Radio\, Audio Flare Gun\, and on GitHub. He teaches at Temple University. He hangs out at llllllll.co \n  \nA Latinx poet\, educator\, and general transgender menace\, Ari Villeda-Martinez (she/they) is a performer and artist who thrives in the seemingly liminal space between the seat and the stage. She is a maker most interested in how an audience creates their own tether to a spoken narrative and can breach the wall to the page.  Her work is intimate\, precise\, and at its best\, devours. \n  \n  \nAaron Gadbury & Lindsay Hargarve Hosts – Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-william-hazard-ari-villeda-martinez/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241027T140000
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SUMMARY:Virtual Reading: Remembering Dylan Thomas
DESCRIPTION:Virtual Reading: Remembering Dylan Thomas\nSunday October 27\, 2024 – 2pm EST – VIRTUAL \nRegister for Zoom here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcpdu6hqDMsGdZRzlthm1ZEK-xUGy30g20b  \nRemembering Dylan Thomas (1914-1953) \nDylan Marlais Thomas (27 October 1914 – 9 November 1953) was a Welsh poet and writer whose works include the poems “Do not go gentle into that good night” and “And death shall have no dominion”\, as well as the “play for voices” Under Milk Wood. He also wrote stories and radio broadcasts such as A Child’s Christmas in Wales and Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog. He became widely popular in his lifetime and remained so after his death at the age of 39 in New York City. By then\, he had acquired a reputation\, which he had encouraged\, as a “roistering\, drunken and doomed poet”.  \nPoets will be reading their work from our latest anthology honoring Dylan Thomas’s legacy.
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-reading-remembering-dylan-thomas/
LOCATION:virtual
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241023T190000
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry: Doris Ferleger & Lisa Grunberger
DESCRIPTION:Moonstone Poetry\nWednesday October 23\, 2 024 – 7pm \nLive at Fergie’s Pub\,1214 Sansom Street and on Zoom \nRegister for Zoom access here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIvf-6grzMoGNPJ5xjAbNU3zuz66tQya37z \n\nDoris Ferleger\, poet laureate emeritus of Montgomery County PA\, and winner of the New Millennium Poetry Prize\, New Letters Poetry\, Songs of Eretz Prize\, and AROHO CNF Prize\, among others\, is the author of five full-length poetry books\, including Big Silences in a Year of Rain\, As the Moon Has Breath\, Leavened\, As for the Kiss\, and To Claim Loneliness and a chapbook entitled When You Become Snow. Her work has been published in numerous journals including Cortland Review\, Delmarva Review\, and Poet Lore. Her sixth book\, entitled when the night is near as a bird was a finalist for the four-way prize. Ferleger holds an MFA in Poetry and a Ph.D. in Psychology and maintains a private therapy practice. Aliki Barnestone writes: Ferleger’s memorable poems keep singing with their insistent beauty. \n\nLisa Grunberger is a first-generation American writer\, author of I am dirty and Born Knowing\, lyrical reflections on life as a woman\, a mother\, and a daughter of Holocaust survivors. For the Future of Girls was nominated for an Eric Hoffer Independent Press Award\, Almost Pregnant\, is her play about infertility and assisted reproductive technologies. \nWhether it is the aging woman’s body\, the infertile body\, the body ravaged by war and trauma\, all her work addresses human embodiment in a philosophical\, spiritual\, tender and satirical voice.   Lisa’s poems have been translated into Slovenian\, Russian\, Spanish and Yiddish.   Lisa teaches Yoga and Writing workshops and lives with her family in Philadelphia.  Her website is www.Lisa-Grunberger.com. \nAlina  Macneal  & Jennifer Hook Hosts\, Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-doris-ferleger-lisa-grunberger/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry Events
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry: Courtney Bambrick\, Hayden Saunier\, and Jevon Simeon
DESCRIPTION:Moonstone Poetry\nWednesday October 16\, 2024 – 7pm \nLive at Fergie’s Pub\,1214 Sansom Street and on Zoom \nRegister here for Zoom access: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMkcOqgrj0qEtf2cVm92zWRaL5QhY1ri2if  \n \nCourtney Bambrick teaches writing at Thomas Jefferson University’s East Falls campus in Philadelphia. She was poetry editor at Philadelphia Stories until 2024.  Her own poems appear or are forthcoming in American Poetry Review\, Mom Egg Review\, Landlocked\, Pinhole\, Thimble\, SWWIM Everyday\, New York Quarterly\, Invisible City\, and more. Her chapbook World Without is available from Bottlecap Press. \n\n  \n  \nHayden Saunier is the author of six poetry collections including her new book\, Wheel\, (Terrapin: 2024). Her work has been published in 32 Poems\, Beloit Poetry Journal\, diode\, Southern Poetry Review\, The Sun\, and VQR and featured on Poetry Daily\, The Writer’s Almanac\, and Verse Daily. Awards include a Pushcart Prize\, Pablo Neruda Award\, and Rattle Poetry Prize www.haydensaunier.com. \n  \n  \nJevon Simeon says “As I touch the pencil I start to remember I am a writer. I am a Juggernaut. My melanin is the exposition of art itself. I rise with the sun. I am the moon. Im just a Poet that tries to balance the dark and light within me\, to find peace within  myself I relinquish this into my poetry as it creates imagery to inspire people to see beauty in themselves. I’m a child of the sea with Caribbean blood running through my veins. \nSean Hanahan Host\, Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-courtney-bambrick-hayden-saunier-and-jevon-simeon/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241009T190000
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry: Mia Kang\, Allayna Nofs\, and Herman Beavers
DESCRIPTION:Moonstone Live Poetry\nWednesday October 9\, 2024 – 7pm \nLive at Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street and on Zoom \nRegister for Zoom access: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEpceivqTIpHNL2TDUW4c3-ZEqlzjU3eIE9 \nMia Kang is the author of City Poems\, Apparent Signs and the winner of the 2023 Airlie Prize for All Empires Must. She lives in Philadelphia with two cats\, is the Executive Director of the Philadelphia Folklore Project. She holds a PhD in the history of art from Yale University\, and she has taught at Hunter College\, the Cooper Union\, University of the Arts\, and Yale College. \n  \n  \nAllayna Nofs is the author of It’s not them\, it’s me\, a collection of poetry published in 2019. She is also the sorceress behind the poetry series\, Blossoming\, which runs (almost) monthly out of West Philadelphia. If she’s not at the park admiring the trees\, she might be doing math homework by the river. A collection of her written words can be found on her Substack\, at www.allaynanofs.substack.com. \n  \n  \n  \nHerman Beavers is Professor of English and Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. His most recent poems have appeared in Cleaver Magazine\, The American Arts Quarterly and been anthologized in The 2014 Anthology of Featured Poets and Obsession: Sestinas for the Twenty-First Century.   He serves as an advisory editor for The African American Review\, The Black Scholar\, and Modern Fiction Studies.
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-mia-kang-allayna-nofs-and-herman-beavers/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240930T190000
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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
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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:20260425T094426
CREATED:20240914T155354Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240914T160159Z
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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
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240918T210000
DTSTAMP:20260425T094426
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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
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240915T160000
DTSTAMP:20260425T094426
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LAST-MODIFIED:20240907T161009Z
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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
DTSTAMP:20260425T094426
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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
DTSTAMP:20260425T094426
CREATED:20240902T160703Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240902T161326Z
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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
DTSTAMP:20260425T094426
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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:20260425T094426
CREATED:20240730T171934Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240730T171934Z
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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
DTSTAMP:20260425T094426
CREATED:20240724T170232Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240724T183706Z
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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:20260425T094426
CREATED:20240724T163038Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240724T163038Z
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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
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240814T203000
DTSTAMP:20260425T094426
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240814T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240814T200000
DTSTAMP:20260425T094426
CREATED:20240730T165936Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240807T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240807T200000
DTSTAMP:20260425T094426
CREATED:20240717T141512Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240806T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240806T193000
DTSTAMP:20260425T094426
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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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