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SUMMARY:Remembering John Coltrane: Trane-ing Poetry Writing Workshop
DESCRIPTION:VIRTUAL WRITING WORKSHOP| 5pm\nRegistration Link – https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/JAj5oD1RTHKfwfapZt3Chg \n\nTrane-ing Poetry Workshop invites writers to explore the John Coltrane’s process of bring social issues to life and how that process can be applied in our own writing practce. In this online class\, we dive into the creative process behind several of John Coltrane’s most famous songs\, give you the chance to respond to them an tie their creative both to the work of poets including Etheridge Knight\, Bob Kaufman\, Dudley Randall and Sankichi Tōge. No jazz expertise required\, only a willingness to listen and write. We invite you to add the work created here to be submitted into Moonstone’s Remembering Coltrane anthology.\n\nLed by Sheri Davis\, Executive Director of the Center for Innovation in Worker Organization at Rutgers and board chair of the National Black Worker Center; Warren C. Longmire\, Philadelphia poet\, performer and educator\, author of Bird/Diz: an erased history of bebop (Bunnie Press);  and John Lavin\, jazz percussionist\, poet\, and Labor Relations professor at Rutgers.
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SUMMARY:Wednesday September 30\, 2026 – 7pm -LIVE
DESCRIPTION: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\, Muzzle Magazine\, For Harriet\, Winter Tangerine Review\, Apiary Magazine\, and elsewhere. In 2013\, she served as a National Student Poet\, the nation’s highest honor for young poets. Sojourner was invited to the White House by former First Lady Michelle Obama to receive her award. Philadelphia Poet Laureate Yolanda Wisher wrote\, “Reporting from the Belly of the Night is a gospel of self-love full of gorgeous pullulating poems. Ahebee wrenches the sting and the sweetness from black womanhood. She evokes historical\, cultural\, and familial namesakes\, sings up the names of daughters and aunties and mamas\, makes mountains of them. These are poems we long for and need but don’t always see coming.” \nMichelle Myers is an award-winning poet\, author\, and educator whose work centers storytelling\, cultural memory\, and voice. A founding member of the Asian American spoken word poetry group Yellow Rage\, she was among the first Asian American women featured on Russell Simmons Def Poetry. Her work appears in numerous anthologies including USA Today\, The Philadelphia Inquirer\, and the Smithsonian Channel. Michelle is an award-winning educator and co-creator of the Emmy-nominated series Drop the Mic\, hosts the podcast Mind Your Margins. She received a 2024 Individual Artist Fellowship from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts for her middle-grade novel and was commissioned by the Chinese American Museum to write a poem for its exhibition (Be) Spoken. \nTherese Halscheid is author of 5 poetry collections\, the most recent Frozen Latitudes. Her poetry and lyric essays have appeared in several magazines\, among them Tampa Review\, Gettysburg Review\, Columbia Journal\, Hawai’i Pacific Review. She holds an MA and MFA and teaches for Atlantic Cape College as well as offering workshops for conferences\, organizations and other writing venues. For many years she has been a house-sitter\, as to write in unusual locations. Her photography chronicles her journey and has been in juried exhibitions. \nKarol M. Wasylyshyn is a former journalist at McGraw-Hill Publishing Company\, Karol completed doctoral studies in clinical psychology and combined her business background and clinical training to provide consulting services to hundreds of senior business executives representing every global sector. She is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and Society of Consulting Psychology\, and has served on the boards of\, and been honored by\, many Philadelphia-based not-for-profit organizations. Widely published and recognized in the field of consulting psychology\, she has also published volumes of poetry including Standing on Marbles and Escaping the Corner focused on business leaders. Her work has also appeared in numerous poetry journals. Widowed in 2024\, Karol’s forthcoming 2026 collection of her beautifully illustrated poems is entitled\, The Grief Poems. Look for her upcoming performance at Fringe Arts in Philadelphia. At Fergie’s she will be reading from Standing on Marbles. For more\, visit karolwasylyshyn.com. \nAaren Perry Host – Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/wednesday-september-30-2026-7pm-live/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry: Sojourner Ahebee\, Michelle Myers & Karol Wasylyshyn
DESCRIPTION:Live Poetry: Sojourner Ahebee\, Michelle Myers & Karol Wasylyshyn\nWednesday\, September 30th @ 7pm\nFergies Pub: 1412 Sansom St. Philadelphia \nSojourner 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\, Muzzle Magazine\, For Harriet\, Winter Tangerine Review\, Apiary Magazine\, and elsewhere. In 2013\, she served as a National Student Poet\, the nation’s highest honor for young poets presenting original work. Sojourner was invited to the White House by former First Lady Michelle Obama to receive her award. \nPhiladelphia Poet Laureate Yolanda Wisher wrote\, “Reporting from the Belly of the Night is a gospel of self-love full of gorgeous pullulating poems. Ahebee wrenches the sting and the sweetness from black womanhood. She evokes historical\, cultural\, and familial namesakes\, sings up the names of daughters and aunties and mamas\, makes mountains of them. This is a young woman’s poetry with an elder’s heart\, unflinchingly traversing the oceans between slavery and social media. These are poems we long for and need but don’t always see coming.” \nMichelle Myers is an award-winning poet\, author\, and educator whose work centers storytelling\, cultural memory\, and voice. A founding member of the Asian American spoken word poetry group Yellow Rage\, she was among the first Asian American women featured on HBO’s Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry. Her work appears in numerous anthologies and outlets\, including USA Today\, The Philadelphia Inquirer\, and the Smithsonian Channel. Michelle is also an award-winning educator and the faculty coordinator and co-creator of the Emmy-nominated series Drop the Mic. She hosts the podcast Mind Your Margins\, produced by her daughter\, Myong. \nShe received a 2024 Individual Artist Fellowship from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts for her middle-grade novel Talk Me a Story about Moon Rabbit. Michelle was commissioned by the Chinese American Museum in Los Angeles to write a poem for its exhibition (Be) Spoken. \nKarol Wasylyshyn is widely published in the field of consulting psychology and has published volumes of poetry (Standing on Marbles and Escaping the Corner) focused on business leaders. Her poems appear in Forge\, The Write Room\, Curium\, The Medulla Review\, Spillway\, Lullwater Review\, Visions International\, River Sedge\, Nimrod Int’l Journal\, Milk Money\, and The Alembic. In the wake of her husband’s death in 2024\, she edited a collection of his grammar columns in a book entitled The Queen’s English and is now working on a series of illustrated grief poems. \nAaren Perry Host – Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-sojourner-ahebee-michelle-myers-karol-wasylyshyn/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
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