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SUMMARY:Virtual: Moonstone Chapbook Contest Winners 2025
DESCRIPTION:Moonstone Chapbook Contest Winners 2025 \nSunday April 26\, 2026 @ 2pm ET – VIRTUAL \nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/NOIi7-_lSja6fp2YjqQPgw \nThe Winning Manuscript: All at Once by Lucia Owen \nUnsentimental yet open hearted\, these poems capture a married couple’s long and loyal love. The voice is older. The voice is precise\, wise\, stoic\, and self-reliant. It confronts old age with toughness\, compassion\, and moral strength. I cherish these poems and the spirit behind them more and more each time I read them. \n  \nHigh Honorable Mention: Tarifa Moon by William O’Connell \nA collection of many profound delights\, these elegant and precise poems take us on a magnificent journey with a husband and wife through Southern Europe. He shares precise reflections on the places visited including the coastal town of Tarifa. The speaker’s voice is learned\, observant\, open to awe and discovery of self and place. \nHonorable Mention: Bright Clatter by Susan Coppock \nThese are unforgettable\, precise\, and stoic poems of a girl’s coming of age and her relationship with her beautiful\, cold\, and often rejecting actress mother. We get glimpses of her free-spirited dating life during the 1950s and 1960s. These are stirring and compelling poems. \n  \nHonorable Mention: Shadow House by Ada Lowenthal \nThese poems captivate with their witty and playful wordplay\, their allusions to all manner of things\, and their occasional enthusiastic moments of absurdity. I marvel at this poet’s mind and the way in which she darts here and there as she weaves eclectic images and observations together. \n  \nPLUS These Exceptional Poets \nAliyah Cotton\, author of The Lungs Remember Breath\, her work appears in Adroit\, Cortland Review\, Emerson Review\, Grub Street Literary Journal\, Poetry\, Prairie Schooner\, Redivider\, Rust & Moth\, Salamander\, Southern Humanities Review\, and South Carolina Review. \nAnne Greenhaigh\, author of Half sun\, half shade: a sequence of sestinas\, Her debut chapbook\, Now that mother is dead\, all quilts unravel in the end\, published by Moonstone Press\, features a double crown of sonnets that explore themes of time\, memory\, and loss. \nVincent Hostak\, author of The Strangest Fire poems have been featured in literary journals including The Dewdrop\, Sonder Midwest (Iowa)\, The Langdon Review of the Arts in Texas\, and more. He writes & produces a podcast\, the Phantom Script\, examining the evolution of the world’s most accessible form of literature and how it reaches others. \nStacie Kiner\, author of Abby Road Her poems have appeared in Calyx\, The Charlotte Poetry Review\, Madison Review\, Comstock Review\, Meridian Anthology of Contemporary Poetry\, Apalachee Quarterly\, The Ekphrastic Review\, Lavender Review\, Panoply\, Plainsong\, Rhino\, and more. \nBrandy Reinke\, author of Remnants of the Injury of Finding the Known\, published pieces in: The Redrock Review\, Esthetic Apostle\, Tulane Review\, Glassworks\, Big Muddy Review\, Microfiction Monday Magazine\, Moonstone Arts\, Unleash Press\, Hare’s Paw Journal\, and the HCE Review. \nMeri Tumanyan\, author of Why I Pray in Armenian\, a first-generation Armenian-American\, earned a B.A. in English and Comparative Literary Studies from Occidental College and an M.A. in Creative Writing from CSUN. For her\, writing is an exploration—a journey toward reconciliation\, hope\, fresh perspectives\, and a deeper self-awareness.
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-moonstone-chapbook-contest-winners-2025/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260429T190000
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SUMMARY:Wednesday April 29 - LIVE
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday April 29\, 2026 – LIVE at Fergie’s Pub @7pm\nFeaturing: Shannon Frost Greenstein\, Emily Rose Reed. With Hosts Warren Longmire & Lindsay Hargrave \nShannon Frost Greenstein resides near Philadelphia with her family and cats. She is the author of Through the Lens of Time\, and “These Are a Few of My Least Favorite Things. Shannon is a former Ph.D. candidate in Continental Philosophy and a multi-time Pushcart Prize and BOTN nominee. Her work has appeared in McSweeney’s Internet Tendency\, Pithead Chapel\, Nimrod Journal\, Bending Genres\, Parentheses Journal\, Litro Mag\, Philadelphia Stories\, and elsewhere. Shannon’s passions include Friedrich Nietzsche\, anti-racism\, the Seven Summits\, the Hamilton Soundtrack\, motherhood\, and acquiring more cats. \nEmily Rose Reed is a queer trans chaotic mess of a DIY musician\, writer\, and all around sweetie from Philly/South Jersey who makes music under the name How I Became Invisible. If you have a band she’s probably in it\, and she might also be your girlfriend. Find her music at howibecameinvisible.com\, and everywhere except Spotify because they’re a garbage company. \nWarren Longmire & Lindsay Hargrave Hosts – Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/wednesday-april-29-live/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260503T150000
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SUMMARY:Sunday\, May 3 - LIVE AND VIRTUAL - 3pm
DESCRIPTION:Remembering Hal Sirowitz\nSunday May 3\, 2026 – LIVE at Fergie’s Pub AND Virtual\nHal Sirowitz (March 6\, 1949- October 17\, 2025) was an American and internationally known poet\, who first began to attract attention at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe where he was a frequent competitor in their Friday Night Poetry Slam. He eventually made the 1993 Nuyorican Poetry Slam team and competed in the 1993 National Poetry Slam along with his Nuyorican teammates Maggie Estep\, Tracie Morris\, and Regie Cabico. \nHe would later perform his poetry on stages across the country\, and on television programs such as MTV’s Spoken Word: Unplugged and PBS’s The United States of Poetry. He wrote five books of poetry: Mother Said\, My Therapist Said\, Father Said\, During and After\, and Stray Cat Blues. He was the best-selling translated poet in Norway\, where Mother Said has been adapted for the stage and turned into a series of animated cartoons. He has been translated into thirteen languages. \nSirowitz was a 1994 recipient of an NEA Fellowship in Poetry and was the Poet Laureate of Queens. He worked as a special education teacher in the New York public school system for 23 years and was married to the writer Minter Krotzer\, who will be attending. \nTom Devaney and Jeff Lee as Hosts \n  \nPurchase the anthology featuring over 30 poets honoring Hal and his legacy.  \nRegister Here for Virtual
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/sunday-may-3-live-and-virtual-3pm/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry Events
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SUMMARY:Wednesday May 6\, 2026 - 7pm – LIVE
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday May 6\, 2026 – 7pm – LIVE at Fergie’s Pub\nFeaturing: Dilruba (Ruba) Ahmed\, Barbara Siegel Carlson\, Raina J. León\, ariel rosé \nDilruba (Ruba) Ahmed is the author of Bring Now the Angels (Pitt Poetry)\, with poems featured in New York Times Magazine\, The Slowdown\, and Poetry Unbound. Her poems have appeared in Kenyon Review\, New England Review\, Ploughshares\, and Virginia Quarterly Review.  Her work has also been anthologized in Best American Poetry; Halal If You Hear Me; New Moons: Contemporary Writing by North American Muslims; They Rise Like A Wave: An Anthology of Asian American Women Poets; and elsewhere. \nBarbara Siegel Carlson is the author of four books of poetry\, most recently Current published by Lily Poetry Review Books\, 2026. Her poetry and translations have appeared in Verse Daily\, Cortland Review\, Mid-American Review\, Salamander\, 2River\, The Poetry Porch and others. Her poems have been nominated for Best of the Net and the Pushcart Prize. Carlson is a Poetry in Translation Editor of Solstice: A Magazine of Diverse Voices. \nRaina J. León\, PhD\, 2026-2027 Philadelphia Poet Laureate\, is a Black\, Afro-Boricua poet\, writer\, and educator from southwest Philadelphia (Lenni Lenape ancestral lands). Her work is grounded in collective action and community engagement\, centering storytelling\, memory\, and the liberatory practice of humanizing education across poetry\, visual art\, and archival practice. She is the author of black god mother this body\, Canticle of Idols\, Boogeyman Dawn\, sombra : (dis)locate\, and several chapbooks\, and is the founding editor of The Acentos Review\, an international journal dedicated to the promotion and publication of Latinx arts. \nariel rosé is a trans gender / androgynous / queer poet\, essayist\, and illustrator originally from Poland\, resident of Norway\, a nomad. Ariel is coming to the United States to read from Both Sides Face East. Durable Words\,  that they edited: well as their latest poetry collection\, morze nocą jest mięśniem serca (the sea at night is a muscle of the heart) nominated for the Orfeusz Award\, and Północ. They were for the Most Beautiful Book Award for their illustrations for Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz’s Kocia Książka (Cat Book).
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/wednesday-may-6-2026-7pm-live/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260512T183000
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SUMMARY:Tuesday May 12 - PhillyCAM - Philly Loves Poetry
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday May 12\, 2026 @ 6:30pm – LIVE BROADCAST\nMoonstone Poetry @ PhillyCAM \nCan be viewed on the Phillycam website \nOr Cable 66/966HD/967 or Verizon FIOS\, 29/30 \nIn Philadelphia. \nPhilly Loves Poetry Interview and Readings Series \nSean Hanrahan (he\, him\, his) is a Philadelphian poet originally hailing from Dale City\, Virginia. He is the author of Headless (Collapse Press)\, the full-length collections Safer Behind Popcorn (2019 Cajun Mutt) and Ghost Signs (2023 Alien Buddha)\, and the chapbooks Hardened Eyes on the Scan (2018 Moonstone) and Gay Cake (2020 Toho). His work has also been included in various anthologies and journals. He has taught classes titled A Chapbook in 49 Days\, Ekphrastic Poetry\, Poetry Embodied\, and has hosted and read at poetry events throughout Philadelphia. He can be found on Instagram as gaycakepoet. Sean Hanrahan\, author of Headless\, Safer Behind Popcorn and Ghost Signs\, Hardened Eyes on the Scan and Gay Cake. His work has also been included in various anthologies and journals.. \nCharles S. Carr\, Host
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/tuesday-may-12-phillycam-philly-loves-poetry/
LOCATION:PA
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260513T190000
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SUMMARY:Wednesday May 13\, 2026 - LIVE @ 7pm
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday May 13\, 2026 – 7pm \nLive at Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom\nConvergence: Poetry on Environmental Impacts of War \nConvergence: Poetry on Environmental Impacts of War offers a groundbreaking and vital perspective on war’s destruction of the natural world—the creatures\, plants\, soil\, water\, and atmosphere of Earth. In poems and contextual comments\, 61 contemporary poets focus on military damages to the ecosystems on six continents and the moon. This compelling anthology alerts readers to environmental degradation of our planet while affirming nature’s resilience and regeneration. \nContributors: Ninety poems\, each paired with an Author’s Note\, by U. S. and international poets\, including John Balaban\, Gillian Clarke\, Camille T. Dungy\, Ferida Duraković\, W.D. Ehrhart\, Willian Heyen\, Cynthia Hogue\, Denise Low\, Craig Santos Perez\, Eric Paul Shaffer\, Jillian Sullivan\, Brian Turner\, Pamela Uschuk\, and Mai Der Vang. \n“Bringing light to a dark place\, these geographically and historically wide-reaching poems illuminate how war pulls\, from under our feet\, the earth on which we stand and pollutes even the air we breathe. Convergence: Poetry on Environmental Impacts of War is unique in its scope and its focus on how war’s intolerable human cost is inseparable from the devastation of nature and its non-human animals—war against life itself. Though\, like green shoots from a charred root\, here\, too\, are poems of eloquent witness to nature’s humbling power of resilience and restoration.” —Eleanor Wilner – Chancellor\, Academy of American Poets \n  \nC. Todd\, co-editor of Convergence: Poetry on the Environmental Impacts of War. Her most recent books are Beyond Repair and the bilingual English–Lithuanian What Kept Me Awake? / Kas neleido užmigti?. A former Pew Fellow\, she has poems in American Poetry Review\, The Paris Review\, Pedestal. \n  \nD. Ehrhart is a Marine Corps veteran of both the American War in Vietnam and Vietnam Veterans Against the War. His most recent books are Smart Fish Don’t Bite and Getting Shot At: Essays on War\, Conflict\, and Culture Clash. \nVernita Hall\, author of Where William Walked: Poems About Philadelphia and Its People of Color. Poems have appeared in Poetry\, American Poetry Review\, African American Review\, Barrow Street\, and elsewhere. \nRick Kearns is a writer of Puerto Rican and European heritage. His poems have appeared in over 70 publications and six anthologies in the US and Argentina. He was Poet Laureate of Harrisburg. Rick and the Con Alma Quartet blended his poetry with established jazz tunes. A freelance journalist for over 35 years\, he writes mostly about Latin American and Indigenous issues. \nMaryAnn L. Miller is a poet\, printmaker\, and book artist. Miller has been thrice nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Her work has appeared in the anthologies Illness as a Form of Existence\, Welcome to the Resistance\, and Stained. \nMichelle Servellon is a Salvadoran-American writer and graduate of Stockton University. She lives in South Jersey with her family—whose joy\, grief\, and anger often become the subject of her pieces. She now dedicates her time at the Long Branch Free Public Library working as a Technology Assistant.
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/wednesday-may-13-2026-live-7pm/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry Events
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SUMMARY:Live Reading: Featured Poets 2025
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, May 16 2026 – 2pm ET \nPhiladelphia Central Library\, Literature Department – 1901 Vine Street \nFeatured Poets from 2025 \nMoonstone presents over 100 poetry readings a year\, creates a book with some of the presenters poems\, and has a live and virtual reading. This is it. \nFeatured Poets (not all poets will be reading): \n\n\n\nNathalie\nAnderson\n\n\nPeter\nBaroth\n\n\nGrace\nBauer\n\n\nNilufer\nBektas\n\n\nPhoebe\nBrown\n\n\nChristopher\nBrown\n\n\nSarah\nBrowning\n\n\nSydney\nCoffin\n\n\nMarion\nCohen\n\n\nRobert\nColes\n\n\nC.M.\nCrockford\n\n\nCRAIG\nCZURY\n\n\nEileen\nD’Angelo\n\n\nBill\nEhrhart\n\n\nShannon\nFrost Greenstein\n\n\nThalia\nGeiger\n\n\nJenny\nGrassl\n\n\nJulia\nGwiazdowski\n\n\nBrian\nHarper\n\n\nFaleeha\nHassan\n\n\nAlison\nHicks\n\n\nDennis\nHinrichsen\n\n\nDitta Baron\nHoeber\n\n\nJones\nIrwin\n\n\nMackenzie\nLerario\n\n\nLynn\nLevin\n\n\nCameron\nMacKenzie\n\n\nMarjorie\nMaddox\n\n\nEmiliano\nMartin\n\n\nMJ\nMcGinn\n\n\nCarol\nMetellus\n\n\nDavid\nMilley\n\n\nJane Edna\nMohler\n\n\nNader\nRahimi\n\n\nSultana\nRaza\n\n\nDon\nRiggs\n\n\nLynda Gene\nRymond\n\n\nAmy\nSmall-McKinney\n\n\nKaramo Muchuri\nSulieman\n\n\nMark\nSvenvold\n\n\nTara\nTamburello\n\n\nElaine\nTerranova\n\n\nBill\nVan Buskirk\n\n\nBJ\nWard\n\n\nBernardine\nWatson\n\n\nVon\nWise\n\n\nAlexis\nYoung\n\n\nRobert\nZaller
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-reading-featured-poets-2025/
LOCATION:The Free Library of Philadelphia\, 1901 Vine Street\, 1901 Vine Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260520T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260520T210000
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SUMMARY:Wednesday May 20\, 2026 @7pm - LIVE
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday May 20\, 2026 @7pm – LIVE at Fergie’s\nFeaturing: Chris Darrah\, Olga Livshin\, David Milley\, Elijah B Pringle\, III\, and Sean Hanrahan as Host \nChris Darrah – Unwashed heathen wordsmith. Published several times in area zines. Member of the New Hope Beats. “Heretic Vicar” nome de plume. \nOlga Livshin grew up in Ukraine and Russia. Her poetry appears in POETRY\, The New York Times\, Ploughshares and other journals. \nDavid Milley’s recent work appears in 3rd Wednesdya\, Bay Windows\, RFD Magazine\, Neologism Poetry Journal\, and Last Syllable. His collection of poems\, Tiller and Shears\, will appear under the Aldrich Press imprint in fall 2026. \nElijah B Pringle\, III has to credit his experience in Radio\, TV\, Stage and FIlm\, has worked as a dancer\, choreographer\, actor\, director\, and vocalist. Facilitator for writing and Performance\, Mr. Pringle has been published in almost fifty anthologies\, journals\, and books. \nSean Hanrahan Host – Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/wednesday-may-20-2026-7pm-live/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260527T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260527T210000
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SUMMARY:Wednesday May 27\, 2026 – 7pm LIVE
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday May 27\, 2026 – 7pm LIVE @ FERGIES\nFeaturing: Alexander Khan\, Dustin Wright\, and Mac Chandler as host \nAlexander Khan is a poet\, he is also a member of a big family in a small house\, and a pharmacy staff for children. His work reflects these places and the different person he becomes in each of them. \nDustin Wright hails from somewhere between the Mississippi River delta and the North Mississippi hill country. He moved to West Philadelphia in 2023\, but his poetry can only come from Mississippi. \nMac Chandler Host – Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/wednesday-may-27-2026-7pm-live/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260609T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260609T213000
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SUMMARY:Live Broadcast: Philly Loves Poetry Interview and Readings Series Presents Diane Sahms
DESCRIPTION:Diane Sahms is the author of nine poetry collections\, most recently\,– of an octopus: an archite|x| tural awareness of words. She was awarded first place in Judith Stark’s Poetry Contest; Partisan Press’s Working People’s Poetry Contest; and recieved a poetry grant from AEVentures Foundation. Published in North American Review\, Northern Virginia Review\, Brushfire Literature & Arts Journal\, Valley Voices\, Sequestrum Literary Journal\, The New Verse News\, Ranger Magazine\, Amsterdam Review & elsewhere. She’s Poetry Editor at North & Oxford. Charles S. Carr\, Host 
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-broadcast-philly-loves-poetry-interview-and-readings-series-presents-diane-sahms/
LOCATION:Moonstone Arts Center
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260610T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260610T210000
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry: Dan Kraines\, Amy Saul-Zerby\, & Rocky Wilson
DESCRIPTION:Live Poetry: Dan Kraines\, Amy Saul-Zerby & Rocky Wilson\nWednesday\, June 10th @ 7pm\nLive at Fergies Pub\nDan Kraines is a queer poet of Viennese\, Bolivian\, and Ukrainian heritage. Strap is his first full length book. Dan works at the writers residency Hawthornden Brooklyn on weekends\, and for the poet Sharon Olds during the week. ” Dan Kraines is one of the most gifted literary minds that I have ever taught… daring\, surprising\, unconventional\, a refreshment because everything he does proceeds from an original relation to his material.”–  Frank Bidart\, Winner of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry\, Half-light: Collected Poems. \nAmy Saul-Zerby is the author of Paper Flowers\, Imaginary Birds\, Deep Camouflage\, and Choose Your Own Beginning. Her poems have appeared in The Rumpus\, The Chicago Review of Books\, American Poetry Review\, Painted Bride Quarterly\, and elsewhere. She edits Voicemail Poems. Her newest poetry collection\, If I Cannot Fly\, is available through Serotonin Press in July\, 2026. \nRocky Wilson is a poet\, performance artist\, and teacher who lives near the Delaware River in Camden. Rocky has been interpreting Whitman in schools and libraries\, and for historial groups and at the Philly Fringe Festival. Rocky has \, for the last 25 years\, hosted Pizza and Poetry at A Slice of New York in Camden. It is one of the longest running poetry series in New Jersey. \nSean Lynch Host- Open Reading Follows 
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-fergies-pub/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260621T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260621T170000
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry: Indran Amirthanayagam\, Claudia Gary & Mike Jurkovic
DESCRIPTION:Live Poetry: Indran Amirthanayagam\, Claudia Gary & Mike Jurkovic\nWednesday July 8\, 2026 – 7pm – LIVE\nLive at Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street \nIndran Amirthanayagam is a poet\, editor\, publisher\, translator\, youtube host and diplomat.  He writes in English\, Spanish\, French\, Portuguese and Haitian Creole and is the author of 30 books and translations. He edits the Beltway Poetry Quarterly\, writes a weekly poem for Haiti en Marche and El Acento; has received fellowships from the Foundation for the Contemporary Arts\, the New York Foundation for the Arts\, The US/Mexico Fund for Culture and the Macdowell Colony. He is the 2025 Matwaala Poet of Honor. His first book The Elephants of Reckoning won the 1994 Paterson Poetry Prize in the United States and is the 2025 Poet of Honor for Matwaala and IFLAC’s 2022 World Poet/Poeta Mundial. Indran comments on poetry at indranmx.substack.com \nClaudia Gary’s new poetry book\, Time and Other Solvents\, is a story of healing. She lives near Washington DC and teaches workshops on Sonnets\, Villanelles\, Natural Meter\, Persona Poems\, Poetry vs. Trauma\, etc. at The Writer’s Center (writer.org). She is also the author of Humor Me and chapbooks\, and is an advisory editor for New Verse Review\, health/science writer\, visual artist\, and composer of tonal art songs and chamber music. \nMike Jurkovic is 2025-2027 Ulster County Poet Laureate. Published globally. Little reportable income. Collections: Circling Planes\, Buckshot Reckoning\, mooncussers\, AmericanMental\,  2016 Pushcart nominee. President Calling All Poets Series. Co-chair of the Music Fan Film Series\, Rosendale Theatre\, Rosendale\, NY. CD reviews online All About Jazz and lightwoodpress.com  Host of NuJazzXcursions\, Mondays\, 9-11a WVKR-FM 91.3 Vassar College. He loves Emily most of all. \nLiz Allen Host – Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-indran-amirthanayagam-claudia-gary-mike-jurkovic/
LOCATION:PA
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260624T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260624T220000
DTSTAMP:20260611T170425Z
CREATED:20260611T163851Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260611T170425Z
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry: Vasiliki Argyris & William Lessard
DESCRIPTION:Vasiliki Argyris looks for the threads that bind history\, poetry\, and walking the earth. Her work can be found in Voicemail Poems\, Pamphilet\, and Works & Days. William Lessard writing has appeared in American Poetry Review\, McSweeney’s\, and others\, he is the Poetry & Hybrids editor at Heavy Feather Review.
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-vasiliki-argyris-william-lessard/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260701T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260701T210000
DTSTAMP:20260621T183842Z
CREATED:20260621T165636Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260621T183842Z
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry: Michael J. Ivory Jr.\, Matthew Kosinski\, & Mattie Phrances McDonald
DESCRIPTION:Live Poetry: Michael J. Ivory Jr.\, Matthew Kosinski\, & Mattie Phrances McDonald\nWednesday July 1\, 2026 – 7pm – LIVE\nFergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street \nMichael J. Ivory\, Jr. is a Worker of the Word — in other words\, a writer. A Miami\, FL-native\, he currently lives in Philadelphia\, Pennsylvania. As the queer son of Pentecostal preachers\, Michael lives out his sacred mission to affirm the inherent divinity of all people\, but most especially Black queer “outcasts” like himself. He does this through his writing\, which can be found on his Substack\, as well as in his work with O\, Miami Press\, Iansá Mag\, Duke Magazine\, and Oxford American. He is currently working on his debut novel. \nMatthew Kosinski is a poet\, socialist and occultist from Philadelphia. His books include Alone in the White Marble City (NDR\, 2020)\, Your Human Shape (Broken Sleep Books\, 2022) and Year of the Inverted Star (Broken Sleep Books\, 2026). \nMattie Phrances McDonald (they/she/bun) is an engineer\, musician\, and writer.  Along with their solo project Betty’s Eyes\, she is the guitarist/vocalist in Booklegger\, creates art and circuits for Electrofoods\, Ultd.\, and co-founded the queer- and trans-centered sandlot baseball team the Quaker City Cryptids.  Bun lives in their adoptive home of Philadelphia with two of her partners and two kitties.  Their work can be found at booklegger.bandcamp.com\, electrofoods.space\, and on instagram at @bettys.eyes and @cryptidsbaseball \nWarren Longmire Host – Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-michael-j-ivory-jr-matthew-kosinski-mattie-phrances-mcdonald/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260705T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260705T160000
DTSTAMP:20260623T161248Z
CREATED:20260623T160753Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260623T161248Z
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SUMMARY:Freedom 250? - Virtual Poetry Event
DESCRIPTION:The United States is a federal republic whose people benefit from a vibrant political system\, a strong rule-of-law tradition\, robust freedoms of expression and religious belief\, and a wide array of other civil liberties. \nHowever\, in recent years its democratic institutions have suffered erosion\, as reflected in rising political polarization and extremism\, partisan pressure on the electoral process\, mistreatment and dysfunction in the criminal justice and immigration systems\, and growing disparities in wealth\, economic opportunity\, and political influence. \n  \nLink to Register: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/f7cHnTsGSLGnHbzv4dA2jQ
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/sunday-july-5-2026-2pm-virtual-freedom-250/
LOCATION:Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260708T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260708T210000
DTSTAMP:20260623T163802Z
CREATED:20260623T162052Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260623T163802Z
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry: Indran Amirthanayagam\, Claudia Gary\, & Mike Jurkovic
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday July 8\, 2026 – 7pm – LIVE \nIndran Amirthanayagam is a poet\, editor\, publisher\, translator\, youtube host and diplomat.  He writes in English\, Spanish\, French\, Portuguese and Haitian Creole and is the author of 30 books and translations. He edits the Beltway Poetry Quarterly\, writes a weekly poem for Haiti en Marche and El Acento; has received fellowships from the Foundation for the Contemporary Arts\, the New York Foundation for the Arts\, The US/Mexico Fund for Culture and the Macdowell Colony. He is the 2025 Matwaala Poet of Honor. His first book The Elephants of Reckoning won the 1994 Paterson Poetry Prize in the United States and is the 2025 Poet of Honor for Matwaala and IFLAC’s 2022 World Poet/Poeta Mundial. Indran comments on poetry at indranmx.substack.com \nClaudia Gary’s new poetry book\, Time and Other Solvents\, is a story of healing. She lives near Washington DC and teaches workshops on Sonnets\, Villanelles\, Natural Meter\, Persona Poems\, Poetry vs. Trauma\, etc. at The Writer’s Center (writer.org). She is also the author of Humor Me and chapbooks\, and is an advisory editor for New Verse Review\, health/science writer\, visual artist\, and composer of tonal art songs and chamber music. \nMike Jurkovic is 2025-2027 Ulster County Poet Laureate. Published globally. Little reportable income. Collections: Circling Planes\, Buckshot Reckoning\, mooncussers\, AmericanMental\,  2016 Pushcart nominee. President Calling All Poets Series. Co-chair of the Music Fan Film Series\, Rosendale Theatre\, Rosendale\, NY. CD reviews online All About Jazz and lightwoodpress.com  Host of NuJazzXcursions\, Mondays\, 9-11a WVKR-FM 91.3 Vassar College. He loves Emily most of all. \nLiz Allen Host – Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-indran-amirthanayagam-claudia-gary-mike-jurkovic-2/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260711T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260711T190000
DTSTAMP:20260623T162647Z
CREATED:20260623T162647Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260623T162647Z
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SUMMARY:Painting in the Dark: An Artistic Collaboration
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, July 11th\, 2026 – 4 to 7 pm \nCity Arts Salon\, 5838 Germantown Avenue\, Philadelphia\, PA 19144 \nPainting in the Dark interrogates the hideousness of war\, addiction\, and delusion with the consolation concluding poet John Lavin’s final poem\, –but that’s all we have is each other. Illustrators Gregorio Torres\, III and Janelle Robinson have joined Lavin in mapping the extreme pain and pleasure inherent in this collection’s narrative arc: a journey from darkness to light. Just such solidarity is engrained in this book’s search within the darkness imposed  by a king’s tyranny (“Goya Under House Arrest”) and elaborated in erotic euphoria\, colonial oppression\, exile\, and erasure. John Lavin was Gregorio’s drama teacher and ten years after Greg’s graduation Lavin attended an exhibition of Torres and his partner\, Janelle Robinson’s art in New York (2023) where they began the conversation that inspired this collection.  Event will combine reading from Collection of Poems\, Musical Performance and Reflection.
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/painting-in-the-dark-an-artistic-collaboration/
LOCATION:City Arts Salon\, 5838 Germantown Avenue\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19144\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260714T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260714T193000
DTSTAMP:20260703T162207Z
CREATED:20260703T162207Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260703T162207Z
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SUMMARY:Philly Loves Poetry: Jim Timpane
DESCRIPTION:Philly Loves Poetry Interview and Readings Series with Jim Timpane \nMoonstone Poetry @ PhillyCAM \nWatch on the PhillyCAM website \nOr Cable 66/966HD/967 or Verizon FIOS\, 29/30 in Philadelphia. \nJohn Timpane was a professor and lecturer in English\, first at Rutgers University and later at Lafayette College in Pennsylvania. In 1997 The Philadelphia Inquirer\, hired him as Opinion Page Editor\, and later the Books Editor and Theater Critic. He retired from The Inquirer in 2019. Since The Inquirer\, John has freelanced fulltime. He specializes in ghostwriting autobiographies; arts reviewing\, especially in poetry and theater; and writing seminars. He keeps working at the craft of versemaking. \nCharles S. Carr\, Host
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/philly-loves-poetry-jim-timpane/
LOCATION:PA
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260715T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260715T210000
DTSTAMP:20260703T161943Z
CREATED:20260703T161633Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260703T161943Z
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry: Jessica Buten\, Caroline Furr\, Ben Saff\, Abby Minor & Amy Thatcher
DESCRIPTION:Live Poetry: Jessica Buten\, Caroline Furr\, Ben Saff\, Abby Minor & Amy Thatcher\nWednesday July 15\, 2026 – 7pm \nLive at Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\nJessica Buten is a poet from Bucks County. \nCaroline Furr has a decades long history in painting\, sculpture\, interior and surface design\, gallery and museum work. At this less distracting time of life she has turned to her accumulation of written work as inspiration for new words. \nBen Saff is a technologist by trade and a creative when the moon comes knocking at his window\, asking for a poem. He lives in Philadelphia with his cat\, Simba. \nAbby Minor lives in the ridges and valleys of central Pennsylvania\, where she works on poems\, essays\, gardens\, collages\, and projects exploring regional and reproductive politics. Her poems and essays have appeared in Fence\, the American Poetry Review\, Gulf Coast\, Ninth Letter\, Bombay Gin\, Sixth Finch\, Harvard Review\, Feminist Studies\, and elsewhere. \nAmy Thatcher is a native Philadelphian. Her poems have been published in Denver Quarterly\, Split LIp\, The Journal\, Copper Nickel\, Salt Hill and other journals. Her first manuscript\, Weird Girl\, won the 2025 Charles B Wheeler Prize and will be published by the Ohio State University Press in February 2027. \nAnne-Adele Wight Host – Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-jessica-buten-caroline-furr-ben-saff-abby-minor-amy-thatcher/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260718T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260718T160000
DTSTAMP:20260703T163050Z
CREATED:20260703T162908Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260703T163050Z
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SUMMARY:Censorship: A Panel Discussion with Larry Robin\, Ernest Hilbert & Keith Kopka
DESCRIPTION:Censorship: A Panel Discussion with Larry Robin\, Ernest Hilbert\, & Keith Kopka \nSat\, July 18\, 2026 @ 2:00 P.M.\nRare Book Department at Parkway Central Library\nCost: FREEElkins Library\, 3rd FloorA discussion on censorship with Larry Robin\, Director of Moonstone Arts Center and former owner of Robin’s Book Store\, which was the Philadelphia defendant in the Tropic of Cancer (Henry Miller) pornography case in 1961. Larry will be joined by poet and rare book dealer Ernest Hilbert\, and Keith Kopka\, Writers Resist and Senior Editor at Narrative Magazine and Poetry Editor at Philadelphia Stories. \nThis program is presented in association with Book Complaints and the Defense of Intellectual Freedom\, an exhibition from Special Collections and will take place in the Rare Book Department’s Elkins Library. \nThe views expressed by the authors and moderators are strictly their own and do not represent the opinions of the Free Library of Philadelphia or its employees.
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/censorship-a-panel-discussion-with-larry-robin-ernest-hilbert-keith-kopka/
LOCATION:The Free Library of Philadelphia\, 1901 Vine Street\, 1901 Vine Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events
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