BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Moonstone Arts Center - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Moonstone Arts Center X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Moonstone Arts Center REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20180311T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20181104T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20190310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20191103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200219T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200219T190000 DTSTAMP:20260430T125332 CREATED:20200217T205417Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200217T205417Z UID:14487-1582138800-1582138800@moonstoneartscenter.com SUMMARY:Blanche Brown & Terra Oliveira DESCRIPTION:Blanche Brown operates a crisis hotline and collaborates with arts and community-based organizations. She is the 2019 winner of the Diagram/New Michigan Press chapbook contest. Her writing has appeared in West Branch\, Scalawag\, Indy Weekly\, Welter\, and elsewhere. \nTerra Oliveira is an after-school program facilitator at the Free Library\, an organizer for the Party for Socialism and Liberation\, and the founder and editor of Recenter Press. Their work has been featured in Prolit Magazine\, Hooligan Magazine\, and others. \n  \nRyan Eckes\, Host\, Open Reading Follows URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/blanche-brown-terra-oliveira/ LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States CATEGORIES:Poetry Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/February-19.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200212T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200212T190000 DTSTAMP:20260430T125332 CREATED:20200205T212927Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200205T212927Z UID:14470-1581534000-1581534000@moonstoneartscenter.com SUMMARY:Poetry And Music DESCRIPTION:Peter Baroth\, an award-winning poet and visual artist\, is also a bassist who\, along with his band the Party Crashers\, has had the original song “Roy Head” streamed on Sirius XM Satellite Radio’s Goldie’s Garage. \nElliott Levin is a Philadelphia jazz legend plays the saxophone and the flute and he’s also an abstract poet and often combines poetry and music during his performances. \nJoe Roarty is a poet who moves his work along a steady line of the hand drum he often uses to accentuate\, drive\, and punctuate his readings. \n  \nLarry Robin\, Host\, Open Reading Follows URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/poetry-and-music/ LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States CATEGORIES:Poetry Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/February-12.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200205T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200205T190000 DTSTAMP:20260430T125332 CREATED:20200203T202837Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200203T202837Z UID:14467-1580929200-1580929200@moonstoneartscenter.com SUMMARY:Interview and Reading DESCRIPTION:Chidi E. O. Ezeobi\, author of Remind the World\, was born in Nigeria and migrated to the United States in 1996. Chidi Ezeobi was recently released after serving 11 years in prison. He resides in Newark New Jersey while working on his second book \nSean Lynch\, Host\, Open Reading Follows URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/interview-and-reading/ LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States CATEGORIES:Poetry Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/February-5.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200204T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200204T183000 DTSTAMP:20260430T125332 CREATED:20200203T190356Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200203T190356Z UID:14462-1580841000-1580841000@moonstoneartscenter.com SUMMARY:PhillyCAM - Generations of Poetry DESCRIPTION:Philly Loves Poetry Interview and Readings Series on PhillyCAM \nThere are there are over 50 organizations that promote poetry in the Philadelphia area. They represent every poetry form\, ethnic background\, age\, gender and community. This series consists of a panel of guest poets and artists discussing the opportunities which their group or organization provides for poets in Philly as well as the themes that influence them. \nThe program is broadcast live on the first Tuesday of each month. The program is free and open to everyone. Please join us. \n\n \nOctavia McBride-Ahebee ‘s work presents human relationships within the context of global inequality. She is author of Assuming Voices\, Where My Birthmark Dances and Praise Song for the Gravediggers.  Her work has appeared in numerous  journals and anthologies including Rigorous\,  For Harriet\, Raising Lilly Ledbetter; Women Poets Occupy the Workplace. \n  \n  \n\nSojourner Ahebee 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. She served as a National Student Poet\, the nation’s highest honor for young poets presenting original work and was invited to the White House by former First Lady\, Michelle Obama\, to garner her award. \n  \nCharles S. Carr\, Host URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/phillycam-generations-of-poetry-2/ LOCATION:PhillyCAM\, 699 Ranstead Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States CATEGORIES:Poetry Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Screen-Shot-2019-04-16-at-2.03.36-PM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200129T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200129T190000 DTSTAMP:20260430T125332 CREATED:20200117T184419Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200117T184450Z UID:14441-1580324400-1580324400@moonstoneartscenter.com SUMMARY:Poetry From The Hosts of Other Series DESCRIPTION:Leah Falk is the author of To Look After and Use. Her poems and essays have appeared in The Kenyon Review\, FIELD\, Best New Poets\, Poetry Daily\, Electric Literature\, and Los Angeles Review of Books\, and have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. She’s received support for her writing from Sundress Academy for the Arts\, the Yiddish Book Center\, the Vermont Studio Center\, Asylum Arts\, and the Helen Zell Writers Program at the University of Michigan. She lives in Philadelphia and directs programs at the Writers House at Rutgers University-Camden \n\n \nLeonard Gontarek coordinates Peace/Works\, Poetry In Common\, Philly Poetry Day\, hosts The Green Line Reading & Interview Series\, is Poetry Consultant for Whitman at 200: Art and Democracy and contributing editor for The American Poetry Review. \n  \n  \n\nJoanne Leva is an advocate for creative writing and community service\, founder and Executive Director of the Montgomery County Poet Laureate Program (MCPL)\, Executive Director of Caesura Poetry Festival & Retreat\, Host of First Thursday Poetry Reading Series at Farley’s Bookshop in New Hope. \n  \n  \n\n \nJim Mancinelli is the founder/moderator of the Moveable Beats Reading Series in Philadelphia.  He has published two chapbooks\, Primer\, and In Deep.  His most recent work is entitled The Bartimeus Poems for which he also did the drawings.  His poems have appeared in The Connecticut River Review\, Philadelphia Poets\, The Schuylkill Valley Journal of the Arts\, Sea Change\, Mad Poets Review\, Fox Chase Review\, and issues of Poetry Ink\, an anthology of Philadelphia poets. He has been a featured reader on Live from Kelly Writer’s House.  He was a finalist in the Atlanta Queer Literary Festival\, judged by Mark Doty\, in 2011. \n  \n\nMichael Miller is a Chester\, PA native who served eight years in the Marine Corps and seven years in the Army. After a tour in Afghanistan he was honorably discharged and opened his own business in his hometown. A poet himself\, he wanted to focus on his diverse community and create change through the arts. Open Mike’s Internet Café showcased various art forms. Mike has performed around Philadelphia and new Jersey and at the Dodge Poetry Festival. \n  \n  \nLarry Robin\, Host\, Open Reading Follows URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/poetry-from-the-hosts-of-other-series/ LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States CATEGORIES:Poetry Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/96d5235ae7eb1d6649601806de2048d7774ea696.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200122T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200122T190000 DTSTAMP:20260430T125332 CREATED:20200117T165818Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200117T170142Z UID:14437-1579719600-1579719600@moonstoneartscenter.com SUMMARY:Displacement - Sham-e-Ali Nayeem\, Faleeha Hassan DESCRIPTION:Sham-e-Ali Nayeem is an Indian American poet and artist of Hyderabadi descent. She is the author of City of Pearls and the recipient of the Loft Literary Center’s Spoken Word Immersion Fellowship. \n  \n  \n\n \nFaleeha Hassan is a poet\, teacher\, editor\, writer\, playwriter born in Najaf\, Iraq who has published 24 books. Her poems have been translated into English\, Turkmen\, Bosevih\, Indian\, French\, Italian\, German\, Kurdish\, Spain\, Korean\, Greek\, Serbia\, Albanian\, Pakistani\, Malayalam and ODIA language. \n  \n  \nAlina Macneal & Jennifer Hook\, Hosts\, Open Reading Follows URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/displacement-sham-e-ali-nayeem-faleeha-hassan/ LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States CATEGORIES:Poetry Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/96d5235ae7eb1d6649601806de2048d7774ea696.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200119T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200119T140000 DTSTAMP:20260430T125332 CREATED:20200117T155842Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200117T165336Z UID:14430-1579442400-1579442400@moonstoneartscenter.com SUMMARY:OPEN READING OF New Voices 2: Philadelphia's Emerging Poets DESCRIPTION:Spencer Nitkey poems and prose have appeared in Short Editions\, The Gateway Review\, Critical Read\, and more. He is an Educator\, Communicator\, Writer\, Researcher\, and Storyteller. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n\nDoris Zheku is a first generation Albanian-American\, who moved to France\, was active in Paris’ anglophone open mic scene and returned to Philadelphia. She is an active member of the Green Street Poetry Workshop. \n  \n  \n  \n  \nKrisann\, Host\, Open Reading Follows URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/open-reading-of-new-voices-2-philadelphias-emerging-poets/ LOCATION:Shakespeare and Co.\, 1632 Walnut St.\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19103\, United States CATEGORIES:Poetry Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Scholarship-Fund-Logo.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200117 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200118 DTSTAMP:20260430T125332 CREATED:20191223T141600Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191223T141600Z UID:14393-1579219200-1579305599@moonstoneartscenter.com SUMMARY:PassThePen Fundraiser Deadline DESCRIPTION:The Moonstone Arts Center is attempting to raise a $10\,000 scholarship fund. Aptly named “Pass The Pen\,” This scholarship fund aims to give two high-school junior/senior students to go to a writing workshop of their choice. This allows further encouragement of growth as both a writer and a person through gaining experience in writing and creating connections in places outside of their comfort zone. \nWe ask of those who are not eligible to apply for the scholarship to take this opportunity to donate to the fund—to Pass the Pen into the hands of eager\, young writers who wish to further their creative passions. The best way to make a difference is to get involved in your community—so join Moonstone in giving back to the future of Philadelphia’s poetry scene. \nIf you want to donate for Moonstone’s Pass The Pen Scholarship Fund\, click here.\nThose hoping to apply for this scholarship will be able to do so by following the instructions given soon after the fundraiser event ends. URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/passthepen-fundraiser-deadline/ CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Scholarship-Fund-Logo.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200116T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200116T183000 DTSTAMP:20260430T125332 CREATED:20200106T200545Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200106T200545Z UID:14415-1579199400-1579199400@moonstoneartscenter.com SUMMARY:John Wall Barger & Ernest Hilbert DESCRIPTION:John Wall Barger is the author of The Mean Game\, The Book of Festus\, Hummingbird and Pain-proof Men\, Dying in Dharamsala\, Samovar / Dukkha\, and The Vnfortunate Report & Tragicall Tidings of Leslie Barger. Barger has been shortlisted for the Montreal Poetry Prize twice\, has appeared in Best Canadian Poetry and Best of the Best Canadian Poetry\, and was a finalist for Arc’s Poem of the Year Contest. \nErnest Hilbert is the author of Sixty Sonnets\, All of You on the Good Earth\, Caligulan\, and Last One Out. His poem “Mars Ultor” appeared in Best American Poetry 2018. \nLarry Robin\, Host\, Open Reading Follows URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/john-wall-barger-ernest-hilbert/ LOCATION:Shakespeare and Co.\, 1632 Walnut St.\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19103\, United States CATEGORIES:Poetry Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Jan-16-p_2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200115T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200115T190000 DTSTAMP:20260430T125332 CREATED:20200106T194923Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200106T194923Z UID:14412-1579114800-1579114800@moonstoneartscenter.com SUMMARY:Poetry And Humor DESCRIPTION:Herman Beavers is Professor of English and Africana Studies at the U of P\, where he teaches courses in African American literature and Creative Writing.  He is the author of two scholarly monographs: Wrestling Angels into Song: The Fictions of Ernest J. Gaines and James A. McPherson and Geography and the Political Imaginary in the Novels of Toni Morrison and poetry chapbooks\, A Neighborhood of Feeling\, Obsidian Blues\, and The Vernell Poems. \nJulia López is a multi-disciplinary artist and educator who believes in the power of the arts and arts education to effect Social Change and Justice. Julia’s work is informed and propelled by Art Making. She has performed and exhibited her original works in diverse spaces throughout the United States\, Mexico\, Cuba\, Central America and Spain and is presently at Mural Arts Philadelphia. \nDon Riggs will have turned 67 by the time of this reading. He has taught English at Drexel University since fall 1997. He doesn’t mean to write funny poems\, but they turn out that way when he reads them\, so don’t feel bad about your reaction. \nAaren Yeatts Perry\, Host\, Open Reading Follows URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/poetry-and-humor-2/ LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States CATEGORIES:Poetry Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Jan-15.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200108T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200108T190000 DTSTAMP:20260430T125332 CREATED:20200106T192736Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200106T192736Z UID:14403-1578510000-1578510000@moonstoneartscenter.com SUMMARY:Poetry From The Moonstone Hosts DESCRIPTION:Charles S. Carr is author of paradise\, pennsylvania\, and Haitian Mudpies & Other Poems. He has worked in social and community development services for 45 years. Charles was The Mad Poets Review First Prize Winner for his poem “Waiting To Come North”. Charles was the host of the Moonstone Poetry series at Fergie’s Pub and is now host of Philly Loves Poetry a monthly broadcast on Philly Cam. \n  \n\nRyan Eckes‘ narrative-driven poetry is “a possible form of history\,” a way to document the voices and conditions of urban life. His book\, Old News\, weaves newspaper articles from the 1920s with his neighbors’ personal accounts of life in South Philadelphia\, Valu-Plus continues his examination of Philadelphia\, as he imaginatively makes use of corporate language\, workplace correspondence\, and other non-poetic texts\, “in search of free expression and experience\,” \n  \n\nJennifer Hook came to Philadelphia for the grit. Following the death of her husband of thirty-five years\, she chose poetry as an entry into the territory of loss and self-reinvention. She is the author of This is How He Left Me and co-host of Moonstone’s fourth Wednesday at Fergie’s. She has read at 100\,000 Poets for Change\, Poetic Feats of Strength\, The Osage Poets\, Philadelphia Poetry Day\, and Why Are They Called The Poetry Liberation Front?. \n  \n  \n\nKrisann Janowitz has always had a passion for poetry and words (since elementary school– if you count all the song lyrics about bubblegum). Among others\, her poems have been published by streetcake magazine\, The Avenue\, and Z Publishing. Along with her chapbook Home(less): A Sampling of Poems on Home & Homelessness published by Moonstone Press\, Krisann is honored to be the host of Moonstone’s New Voices. \n  \n\nSean Lynch is a leftist poet and editor who lives in South Philly.  His poems have been published in various journals and he is the author of four chapbooks\, the latest being On Violence\, published in 2019 by Radical Paper Press. On Violence is a diverse assortment of poems that explore the dichotomy between the oppressive violence of the state versus violence that frees oneself from oppression. \n  \n\nAlina Macneal is a Philadelphia-based educator/writer/poet/translator/architect and co-host of the Fourth Wednesday Moonstone poetry series at Fergie’s.  Her poems have appeared in Apiary\, Poems for the Writing\, The World to Come\, and Poetry 24.  In 2015 she was a finalist for the Raynes poetry prize. Since the last presidential election Alina has been translating the 1930’s political poems of the Polish poet\, Julian Tuwim. \n  \n  \n\nAaren Perry is an invited poet at schools\, colleges and conferences. Along with his three collections of poetry\, his work has appeared in magazines\, newspapers\, on NPR and TV broadcasts. Bilingual\, he has performed his work with musicians\, visual artists and dancers at venues from the Fringe\, Kimmel\, World Café\, the top of the Ben Franklin Bridge and the Painted Bride to the Nuyorican Cafe and Bowery Poetry Club. \n  \n  \nLarry Robin\, Host\, Open Reading Follows URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/poetry-from-the-moonstone-hosts/ LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States CATEGORIES:Poetry Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/96d5235ae7eb1d6649601806de2048d7774ea696.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200107T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200107T183000 DTSTAMP:20260430T125332 CREATED:20200103T200630Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200103T200630Z UID:14399-1578421800-1578421800@moonstoneartscenter.com SUMMARY:PhillyCAM - Generations of Poetry DESCRIPTION:Comcast Cable 66/966HD/967 or Verizon FIOS 29/30 in Philadelphia. \nPhilly Loves Poetry Interview and Readings Series on PhillyCAM \nThere are there are over 50 organizations that promote poetry in the Philadelphia area. They represent every poetry form\, ethnic background\, age\, gender and community. This series consists of a panel of guest poets and artists discussing the opportunities which their group or organization provides for poets in Philly as well as the themes that influence them. The program is broadcast live on the first Tuesday of each month. The program is free and open to everyone. Please join us. \n\nLeonard Gontarek coordinates Peace/Works\, Poetry In Common\, Philly Poetry Day\, hosts The Green Line Reading & Interview Series\, is Poetry Consultant for Whitman at 200: Art and Democracy and contributing editor for The American Poetry Review. He is the author of six books of poems\, has twice received poetry fellowships from the PCA and conducts poetry workshops. \n  \n  \n  \n\nMax Gontarek is a poet from Philadelphia. He is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University’s Writing Seminars program and is currently an MFA candidate at the University of Nevada\, Las Vegas. In addition to writing poetry\, he makes music under various pseudonyms\, including Sally Port\, Hoist Point\, and A Clip in the Lughole. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nCharles S. Carr\, Host\, Open Reading Follows URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/phillycam-generations-of-poetry/ LOCATION:PhillyCAM\, 699 Ranstead Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States CATEGORIES:Poetry Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/image001.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191217T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191217T183000 DTSTAMP:20260430T125332 CREATED:20191209T160806Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191209T161307Z UID:14342-1576607400-1576607400@moonstoneartscenter.com SUMMARY:Painter as Poet\, Poet as Painter DESCRIPTION:2019 Philly Loves Poetry Interview and Readings Series at PhillyCAM. \nComcast Cable 66/966HD/967 or Verizon FIOS 29/30 in Philadelphia.\nThe program is broadcast live on the first Tuesday of each month. The program is free and open to everyone. Please join us. \n\n \nCatherine Bancroft\, artist and writer\, has shown at Muse Gallery\, Third Street Gallery\, Off the Wall Gallery\, The Sketch Club\, The Main Line Art Center\, among other places. and has read her poetry at Green Line Café\, the  Philadelphia Poetry Festival\, the Last Word Bookshop\, and other venues. \n  \n  \n\nPeter Baroth\, writer\, visual artist\, musician\, and staff member of Philadelphia Stories Magazine\, his work has appeared in journals such as Mad Poets Review\, Apiary\, and Philadelphia Poets. His paintings have appeared in such venues as the Imperfect Gallery and the Wayne Art Center. He is also bass player and co-songwriter for the band the Party Crashers. \n  \n  \n\nDeborah Fries is a poet and non-fiction writer whose work reflects her interest in environmental\, medical and social issues.  She is the author of two books of poetry published\, has been the recipient of numerous poetry awards\, including the Kore Press First Book Award\, Sandy Crimmins Poetry Prize\, Montgomery County Poet. URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/painter-as-poet-poet-as-painter/ LOCATION:PhillyCAM\, 699 Ranstead Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/image001.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191215T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191215T140000 DTSTAMP:20260430T125332 CREATED:20191209T155843Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191209T155843Z UID:14339-1576418400-1576418400@moonstoneartscenter.com SUMMARY:Amanda Auerbach\, Adrienne Raphael\, Bridget Talone DESCRIPTION:Amanda Auerbach is author of What Need Have We For Such as We\, her poems have appeared in the Paris Review\, Kenyon Review\, and other journals. In What Need Have We For Such as We\, the speaker quickly transitions from being a lyrical poet to being a person infected by a poetic voice that\, like a virus or a machine or a social script\, has a startling and terrifying life of its own. \nAdrienne Raphel is the author of What Was It For and But What Will We Do. She has written for The New Yorker online\, The Paris Review Daily\, The Poetry Foundation\, Public Books among other publications. Adrienne revitalizes the topsy-turvy lyric and its evergreen sagacity. \nBridget Talone is the author of The Soft Life and two chapbooks. She is the recipient of a Artist Fellowship in Poetry from the New York Foundation for the Arts. Talone creates a reading of the feminist subject that is both a product of this world and an agent of its dislocation. \nBooks Will Be Available for Purchase. \nLarry Robin\, Host URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/amanda-auerbach-adrienne-raphael-bridget-talone/ LOCATION:Shakespeare and Co.\, 1632 Walnut St.\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19103\, United States CATEGORIES:Poetry Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/96d5235ae7eb1d6649601806de2048d7774ea696.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191211T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191211T190000 DTSTAMP:20260430T125332 CREATED:20191115T204417Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191216T155838Z UID:14300-1576090800-1576090800@moonstoneartscenter.com SUMMARY:Moonstone Press: Mass Chapbook Releases DESCRIPTION:Hail to the Symptom \nGloria Heffernan is the author of the poetry collection\, What the Gratitude List Said to the Bucket List (forthcoming from New York Quarterly Books)\, and the chapbook\, Some of Our Parts\, (Finishing Line Press\, 2018)\, and Hail to the Symptom. Her work has appeared in over fifty journals including Chautauqua Literary Journal\, Stone Canoe\, Columbia Review\, and The Healing Muse. She teaches at Le Moyne College in Syracuse\, NY and holds an M.A. from New York University. \n  \n  \n  \n\n \nHere I Am Standing This Woman\, This Me \nJerri Ketcham McDermott earned a Bachelor of Arts at Syracuse University and a Master’s at SUNY Albany. She is a former English teacher who later worked in environmental and scholarly publishing. She began writing at the age of twelve\, with pieces in school and college literary magazines\, and has continued writing ever since—fiction\, nonfiction\, family history\, educational materials\, and articles for special interest publications. She worked in Manhattan for several years and loves the city\, but she was raised in upstate New York and traveled in many countries\, as the daughter of a foreign language professor who loved to spend summers on the road. These experiences have given her a broad base of reference for personal reflections on the world and her connections with it. She posts new work on her Facebook website Jerri Ketcham McDermott\, Poet. \n  \n\n Makers and Keepers \nGail Mitchell received her MFA in Poetry from Drew University in 2017. This is her second book of poems. Her first book\, Learning English the Cultural Way\, was written after receiving her Masters in T.E.S.O.L. from West Chester University. Gail is a master quilt maker\, poet\, and a retired public school educator. She and her husband live in central New Jersey. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n\n Changing Conversations \nEsther Schnur-Berlot was born and raised on the Lower East Side in New York City. Before finding her way to poetry\, she worked behind the scenes in TV Commercials and owned Esther Street\, a Jewish Soul Food Restaurant Gallery in New York’s Soho district.  Then on to California\, she designed whimsical\, wearable art that sold in Sonoma\, Palm Springs and Tucson Galleries.  Now living in Arizona she devotes her time to writing poetry.  Her chapbook memoir\, Changing Conversation\, is filled with love\, pain\, tenderness\, rancor\, joy and grief of past voices that live in her ear.   Her poetry has appeared in California Poetry Review\, Sonoma Poets Collection\, Desert Voices\, The Blue Guitar Magazine\, Unstrung and Voices of Israel on line and in Poetica Magazine. \n  \n\n Over/Time \nJonathon Todd is a poet and musician\, living in South Philadelphia. His work deals with observations mainly written between breaks\, trying to find humanity outside of and within labor. His work has been featured in Philadelphia Stories\, The Lower East Side Review\, and Shakefist Magazine among others. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n\n The Dresden Zoo \nRobert Zaller is Drexel Distinguished University Professor of History Emeritus.  He is the author of six books and chapbooks of poetry:  The Year One; Lives of the Poet; Invisible Music\, For Empedocles\, Islands\, and\, with Moonstone Press\, Speaking to Power. URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/moonstone-press-mass-chapbook-releases/ LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States CATEGORIES:Poetry Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/46e8f764929b212417bfe5cd6bea88331b0da850.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191204T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191204T190000 DTSTAMP:20260430T125332 CREATED:20191113T202445Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191113T202445Z UID:14295-1575486000-1575486000@moonstoneartscenter.com SUMMARY:Frolic and Detour - Book Release DESCRIPTION:A new collection from the Pulitzer Prize winning poet.\nThough Frolic and Detour is Paul Muldoon’s thirteenth collection\, it shows all the energy and ambition we might generally associate with a first book. Here\, the poet brings his characteristic humor and humanity to the chickadee\, the house wren\, the deaths of Leonard Cohen and C. K. Williams\, the Irish Rising\, the Great War\, and how “a streak of ragwort / may yet shine / as an off-the-record / remark becomes the party line.” \nSean Lynch\, Host\, Open Reading Follows URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/frolic-and-detour-book-release/ LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Paul-Muldoon.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191124T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191124T160000 DTSTAMP:20260430T125332 CREATED:20191113T164612Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191113T194019Z UID:14286-1574611200-1574611200@moonstoneartscenter.com SUMMARY:A Conversation Between Theodore Harris and Warren Longmire DESCRIPTION:Theodore A. Harris is a collagist\, poet\, and has co-authored books with Amiri Baraka\, Our Flesh of Flames\, and Malcolm X as Ideology\, with Fred Moten\, i ran from it and was still in it and TRIPTYCH: Text by Amiri Baraka and Jack Hirschman. Our Flesh of Flames “Posed against an eerily iridescent orange sky\,” and Harris’ collaged landscapes are filled with urban dystopia. Upside down capitols\, distorted bank notes pose the reality of a society fettered by the cash nexus. Controversial critic and poet Amiri Baraka provides lyrical assault through his captions with his trademark humor and biting social commentary. \n\n\nWarren C. Longmire is a Philly native\, expert level whistler\, pushcart nominee\, former poetry editor at Apiary Magazine. He’s been published in Painted Bride Quarterly\, Eleven Eleven and is author of Ripped Winters and Do.Until.True. \n\nThis book will be available for purchase during the event.\nLarry Robin\, Host – Open Reading Follows URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/a-conversation-between-theodore-harris-and-warren-longmire/ LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States CATEGORIES:Poetry Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Our-Flesh-and-Flames-medium-smol.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191120T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191120T190000 DTSTAMP:20260430T125332 CREATED:20191113T161856Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191113T161856Z UID:14279-1574276400-1574276400@moonstoneartscenter.com SUMMARY:Cynthia Dewi Oka and Eleanor Wilner DESCRIPTION:Cynthia Dewi Oka is the author of Salvage: Poems and Nomad of Salt and Hard Water. Her work has appeared in ESPNW\, Hyperallergic\, Guernica\, Scoundrel Time\, Academy of American Poets\, American Poetry Review\, Kenyon Review\, The Massachusetts Review\, Painted Bride Quarterly\, and elsewhere. \n\n\nEleanor Wilner will be reading from her new collection\, Before Our Eyes: New and Selected Poems. She received the 2019 Frost Medal for distinguished lifetime achievement from the Poetry Society of America; her poems appear in more than fifty anthologies. Books will be available for purchase. \nLarry Robin\, host. Open Reading follows URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/cynthia-dewi-oka-and-eleanor-wilner/ LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/96d5235ae7eb1d6649601806de2048d7774ea696.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191117T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191117T140000 DTSTAMP:20260430T125332 CREATED:20191113T160910Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191113T160910Z UID:14247-1573999200-1573999200@moonstoneartscenter.com SUMMARY:Philadelphia Says: On War and Peace DESCRIPTION:This Anthology centers its focus on the aspects of War and Peace\, and how it has evolved alongside technology and ideology. Contributors will be reading their poems.The anthology will be for sale to the public. \nIn Tandem With: \nWaging Peace in Vietnam: U.S. Soldiers and Veterans who Opposed the War\n \nFeaturing: Kenneth Campbell\, Marine combat veteran; VVAW Activist\, Associate Professor Emeritus\, U of Delaware; Ron Carver and Barbara Doherty\, Co-editors\, Waging Peace in Vietnam; David Connolly\, Member\, Vietnam Veterans Against the War\, Poet\, Author of Lost in America; Judith Chomsky\, Co-Founder\, Philadelphia Resistance; International Human Rights Attorney; W. D. Ehrhart\, Vietnam Veteran\, Poet Author\, Thank You for Your Service: Collected Poems; Lamont B. Steptoe\, Vietnam Veteran; Poet; winner of an American Book Award and a Pew Fellowship in the Arts; Author of Uncle’s South Sea China Blue Nightmare \n \n\n“No one did more to bring an end to America’s cruel and unjust war in Vietnam than the patriotic GIs and veterans who turned against it. This extraordinary history of their struggle should inspire all of us who seek to end the ongoing and interrelated threats of war\, nuclear doomsday\, and environmental catastrophe.” \n–Daniel Ellsberg\, The Pentagon Papers \nLarry Robin\, Host\, Open Reading follows URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/philadelphia-says-on-war-and-peace/ LOCATION:The Free Library of Philadelphia\, 1901 Vine Street\, 1901 Vine Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States CATEGORIES:Memorial,Poetry Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/on-war-1-e1574698317996.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191117T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191117T140000 DTSTAMP:20260430T125332 CREATED:20191113T153850Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191113T153850Z UID:14244-1573999200-1573999200@moonstoneartscenter.com SUMMARY:New Voices 2: Philadelphia's Emerging Poets DESCRIPTION:Our second anthology of poets under 25 drawn from the readers at our monthly poetry reading and submissions to the book. Contributors will be reading their poems and the book will be for sale to the public. \nKrissan\, Host – Open Reading Follows URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/new-voices-2-philadelphias-emerging-poets/ LOCATION:Shakespeare and Co.\, 1632 Walnut St.\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19103\, United States CATEGORIES:Poetry Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/New-Voices-e1575297588227.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191114T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191114T183000 DTSTAMP:20260430T125332 CREATED:20191028T191806Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191028T191806Z UID:14223-1573756200-1573756200@moonstoneartscenter.com SUMMARY:Moonstone Presents: Julia Blumenreich\, Charles Carr DESCRIPTION:Julia Blumenreich is a recipient of a Pennsylvania Arts Council grant for her poetry and was a finalist for the 2016 Brittany Noakes Poetry Award.  In 2012\, she collaborated with the visual artist\, Wendy Osterweil\, on ‘Reforesting: An Homage to Gil Ott’ a poetry/sculptural installation/print show at The Painted Bride Art Center. \n  \nCharles Carr was educated at LaSalle and Bryn Mawr College and has worked in social and community development services for 45 years. He has been active in raising funds for various missions and organizations serving the poorest of the poor In Haiti. In 2007 Charles was The Mad Poets Review First Prize Winner for his poem “Waiting To Come North”. Charles has two published books of poetry: paradise\, pennsylvania and Haitian Mudpies & Other Poems. \n  \nLarry Robin\, Host\, Open Reading follows URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/moonstone-presents-julia-blumenreich-charles-carr/ LOCATION:Shakespeare and Co.\, 1632 Walnut St.\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19103\, United States CATEGORIES:Poetry Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/96d5235ae7eb1d6649601806de2048d7774ea696.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191113T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191113T190000 DTSTAMP:20260430T125332 CREATED:20191028T185708Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191028T185708Z UID:14219-1573671600-1573671600@moonstoneartscenter.com SUMMARY:Moonstone Presents: Michael R. Brown\, W. D. Ehrhart DESCRIPTION:Michael R. Brown has five books of poetry and has performed poetry\, taught classes\, and lectured in various world venues from the Stockholm to South Korea. Instrumental in bringing the poetry slam to New England\, he created both the Cantab weekly series and the theatrical show Dr. Brown’s Traveling Poetry Circus. \n  \nW. D. Ehrhart is a veteran of both the American War in Vietnam and Vietnam Veterans Against the War\, a recipient of two Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowships\, a Pew Fellowship in the Arts\, an Excellence in the Arts Award from Vietnam Veterans of America\, and the President’s Medal from Veterans for Peace\, he will be reading from his newest book\, Thank You for Your Service: Collected Poems. This Book Will Be Available At The Event. \n  \nLarry Robin\, Host\, Open Reading follows URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/moonstone-presents-michael-r-brown-w-d-ehrhart/ LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States CATEGORIES:Poetry Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/96d5235ae7eb1d6649601806de2048d7774ea696.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191110T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191110T140000 DTSTAMP:20260430T125332 CREATED:20191028T183916Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191028T184029Z UID:14216-1573394400-1573394400@moonstoneartscenter.com SUMMARY:Remembering Walt Whitman DESCRIPTION:Walt Whitman was born 200 years ago (May 31\, 1819)\, his life coincided with a time of great division in America—the Civil War. Whitman eulogized the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in “O Captain! My Captain!”\, a moment in history marked by hatred and bloodshed. His poem “The Wound Dresser” described the job of a first aid responder on the battlefield\, in which he mourns the loss of life that the division of the United States caused. \nJoin the contributors of Remembering Walt Whitman as they read their tributes to The Bard of Democracy URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/remembering-walt-whitman-2/ LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States CATEGORIES:Poetry Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Walt-Whitman.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191106T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191106T190000 DTSTAMP:20260430T125332 CREATED:20191028T161754Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191028T161754Z UID:14210-1573066800-1573066800@moonstoneartscenter.com SUMMARY:Moonstone Presents: Sean Lynch\, Joseph Rathgeber\, Lamont B. Steptoe DESCRIPTION:Sean Lynch is a leftist poet and editor who lives in South Philly.  His poems have been published in various journals and he is the author of four chapbooks. \n  \n  \nJoseph Rathgeber is an author and poet from New Jersey. He is author of Mixedbloods and The Abridged Autobiography of Yousef R. and Other Stories. \n  \n  \nLamont B. Steptoe is an award-winning poet\, a Vietnam veteran\, photographer and founder of Whirlwind Press.  He has published sixteen collections of poems and is winner of an American Book Award\, a Pew fellow in the Arts and two Pennsylvania Council on the Arts awards. \n  \n  \n  \nOpen Reading Follows URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/moonstone-presents-sean-lynch-joseph-rathgeber-lamont-b-steptoe/ LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States CATEGORIES:Poetry Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/96d5235ae7eb1d6649601806de2048d7774ea696.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191105T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191105T183000 DTSTAMP:20260430T125332 CREATED:20191011T165226Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191011T165319Z UID:14124-1572978600-1572978600@moonstoneartscenter.com SUMMARY:Whitman and Sexuality - 2019 Philly Loves Poetry Interview and Readings Series at PhillyCam DESCRIPTION:The program is broadcast live on the first Tuesday of each month. The program is free and open to everyone. Please join us. \nComcast Cable 66/966HD/967 or Verizon FIOS 29/30 in Philadelphia. \n  \nDavid Acosta is the Artistic Director of Casa De Duende. His poetry has appeared in various literary journals and anthologies.  Among the most notable are Mayrena\, The Painted Bride Quarterly\, The Evergreen Chronicles\, and The Americas Review. He was a founding member of the Philadelphia based Latinx artist collective Desde Este Lado/From This Side and a founding member and one of the editors of its literary magazine. \n \nLynn Levin is a poet\, writer\, translator\, and teacher. She is the author of seven books\, including the poetry collection Miss Plastique and a translation from the Spanish\, Birds on the Kiswar Tree by Odi Gonzales. Her newest book\, as co-author\, is Poems for the Writing: Prompts for Poets\, Second Edition. Lynn Levin teaches at Drexel University where she has taught classes on the poetry of Walt Whitman and co-coordinated Drexel Celebrates Whitman at 200\, part of the regional series Whitman at 200: Art and Democracy. \nAndrew Nurkin is the Deputy Director for Enrichment and Civic Engagement at the Free Library of Philadelphia. From 2012 to 2017\, Andrew served as the Executive Director of Princeton AlumniCorps and was previously on the staff of the Pace Center for Civic Engagement at Princeton University. \n  \n  \n  \n-Charles S. Carr\, Host URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/whitman-and-sexuality-2019-philly-loves-poetry-interview-and-readings-series-at-phillycam/ LOCATION:PhillyCAM\, 699 Ranstead Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States CATEGORIES:Poetry Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/image001.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191030T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191030T190000 DTSTAMP:20260430T125332 CREATED:20191011T152200Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191011T175346Z UID:14121-1572462000-1572462000@moonstoneartscenter.com SUMMARY:Moonstone Presents: Michael B. Carroll Jr.\, Dr. Mbarek Sryfi DESCRIPTION:Michael B. Carroll Jr. is a graduate of West Chester University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Professional Studies (Health Science / Psychology dual minor). He is a native of Philadelphia\, PA and has published creative work in The Esthetic Apostle Literary Magazine. \n  \nDr. Mbarek Sryfi is lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania\, scholar\, poet\, and translator. His translations and article have appeared in CELAAN Review\, Metamorphoses\, World Literature Today\, Banipal\, Translation Review\, and the Journal of North African Studies. \n  \n  \n–Larry Robin\, Host\, Open Reading Follows URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/moonstone-presents-michael-b-carroll-jr-dr-mbarek-sryfi/ LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States CATEGORIES:Poetry Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/96d5235ae7eb1d6649601806de2048d7774ea696.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191030T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191030T180000 DTSTAMP:20260430T125332 CREATED:20191018T141559Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191018T141728Z UID:14167-1572458400-1572458400@moonstoneartscenter.com SUMMARY:Al-Bustan Presents: Natalie Handal DESCRIPTION:(co-sponsored by the Moonstone Arts Center) \nNatalie Handal is an author and professor at Columbia University. She draws on her diverse and multicultural background for her work. Life in a Country Album speaks on borders and citizenship\, hybrid identities and home\, freedom and pleasure. URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/al-bustan-presents-natalie-handal/ LOCATION:Slought Gallary\, 4017 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States CATEGORIES:Poetry Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/oct-30-3.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191024T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191024T183000 DTSTAMP:20260430T125332 CREATED:20191011T145525Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191011T175816Z UID:14118-1571941800-1571941800@moonstoneartscenter.com SUMMARY:Moonstone Present: Olga Livshin DESCRIPTION:Original poetry by the Russian-American poet Olga Livshin\, alongside her translations of Russian poetry by Anna Akhmatova (1889-1966) and Vladimir Gandelsman (b. 1948). Foreword by Ilya Kaminsky. \n“Olga Livshin has braided her own poems with her superb translations of Akhmatova and Gandelsman\, poets she describes as “ecstatic voices.” Livshin’s voice\, too\, is ecstatic–and unflinching\, and loving\, and full of earned wisdom. In poem after poem\, Livshin\, who immigrated to the US from Russia as a child\, acknowledges the two Americas she knows firsthand: the one that fears and demonizes\, and the one that welcomes. A Life Replaced is astonishingly beautiful\, intelligent\, and important.” Maggie Smith \n  \n  \n-Charles S. Carr\, Host URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/moonstone-present-olga-livshin/ LOCATION:Shakespeare and Co.\, 1632 Walnut St.\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19103\, United States CATEGORIES:Poetry Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Olga-Livshin.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191023T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191023T190000 DTSTAMP:20260430T125332 CREATED:20191009T170215Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191011T180249Z UID:14108-1571857200-1571857200@moonstoneartscenter.com SUMMARY:Moonstone Presents: Marion Cohen\, Chanda Rice\, Elliot Bat Tzedek DESCRIPTION:Marion Cohen’s 28th book is “The Discontinuity at the Waistline: My #MeToo Poems” (Rhythm & Bones Press\, 2019)\, and her 29th is “The Fuss and the Fury” (Alien Buddha Press\, NM\, 2019.) \n  \n  \n  \nChanda Rice (also known as Muffy) has been a writer all her life\, but her half-sister would expose her children before their birth and so she hid them. She met Rachel Wenrick\, who allowed her to find herself\, organize her kids and give them a voice. \n  \n  \n  \nElliott Bat Tzedek is a poet\, translator\, liturgist and bookseller. Her chapbook “The Enkindled Coal of my Tongue” was published by Wicked Banshee\, and her work has been published in American Poetry Review\, Massachusetts Review and others. \n  \n  \n  \nAlina Macneal & Jennifer Hook\, Hosts – Open Reading Follows URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/moonstone-presents-marion-cohen-chanda-rice-elliot-bat-tzedek/ LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States CATEGORIES:Poetry Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/96d5235ae7eb1d6649601806de2048d7774ea696.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191020T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191020T140000 DTSTAMP:20260430T125332 CREATED:20191009T160716Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191011T181800Z UID:14106-1571580000-1571580000@moonstoneartscenter.com SUMMARY:New Voices: Philadelphia’s Emerging Poets DESCRIPTION:New Voices is a program designed for emerging poets under the age of 25. It aims to create a platform for young poets by welcoming them into the larger Philadelphia poetry collaborative and giving them the opportunity to share their work with a wide audience. \n  \nHazel The Aura is a Poetic Artist born and raised in Philly. Through spoken word and music Hazel The Aura celebrates the voices\, rhythms\, and language of her neighborhood. Her debut chapbook Next Hood Over will be published by ToHo Journal at the top of 2020. If you would like to be neighbors please follow @HazelTheAura on Instagram. \n  \n  \nGretel Cuevas\, 21\, was born in Celaya\, Mexico\, a small city at the heart of the country and has lived in Mexico\, the United States\, France\, and the United Kingdom. She possesses a unique perspective of the world and herself\, is a Political Science major at Bryn Mawr College\, and an innate explorer\, which has driven her interests in everything from politics to economics to social activism to fiction writing. In 2016\, she co-authored her first novel\, “The Century of Broken Hopes\,” which was the beginning of her passion and life mission as a fiction writer. Gretel is the type of person that meditates every day\, prefers espressos over cappuccinos\, believes in destiny\, and enjoys having long walks with good company. \n  \nYves-Melsein Metellus\, 14\, is a student at Franklin Learning Center. He enjoys writing poetry to express himself and explore his emotions. Yves-Melsein also likes to play chess and he is currently training to be really good at it. \n  \n  \n  \nKrisann Janowitz\, Host – Open Reading Follows URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/new-voices-philadelphias-emerging-poets-2/ LOCATION:Shakespeare and Co.\, 1632 Walnut St.\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19103\, United States CATEGORIES:Poetry Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Screen-Shot-2019-03-12-at-3.38.12-PM-1.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR