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SUMMARY:2019 Philly Loves Poetry Interview and Reading Series at PhillyCAM
DESCRIPTION:(Comcast 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. \nThe mission of Philadelphia Stories is to cultivate a community of writers\, artists\, and readers in the Greater Philadelphia Area through publications\, professional development\, and promotion. \nCourtney K. Bambrick is Philadelphia Stories’ poetry editor\, teaches composition creative writing\, and literature at Rosemont College\, Delaware County Community College\, and Widener University. \nVernita Hall is the author of Where William Walked: Poems About Philadelphia and Its People of Color\, The Hitchhiking Robot Learns About Philadelphians. She serves on the poetry review board of Philadelphia Stories. \nNicole Marie Mancuso is a Contest Coordinator for non-profit literary magazine Philadelphia Stories and maintains a personal blog that focuses primarily on poetry and fiction. \n  \nCharles S. Carr\, Host
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/2019-philly-loves-poetry-interview-and-reading-series-at-phillycam/
LOCATION:699 Ranstead Street\, 699 Ranstead Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190925T190000
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SUMMARY:Ahmad Almallah and Olga Livshin @ Fergie's Pub
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday September 25\, 2019 – 7pm\nMoonstone Poetry @ the Pub\, Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street \n“Mother Tongue” – Both poets grew up with another first language  \nAhmad Almallah’s first book of poems Bitter English will be out this September. He received the 2018 Edith Goldberg Paulson Memorial Prize for Creative Writing. His set of poems “Recourse\,” won the 2017 Blanche Colton Williams Fellowship.  \nOlga Livshin is a poet and literary translator\, and author of A Life Replaced: Poems with Translations from Anna Akhmatova and Vladimir Gandelsman. Her previous work has been recognized by CALYX journal’s Lois Cranston Memorial Prize\, and she is co-founder of From Across the Waters\, a reading series devoted to immigration.  \nAlina Macneal & Jennifer Hook\, Hosts – Open Reading Following
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/ahmad-almallah-and-olga-livshin-fergies-pub/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190922T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190922T160000
DTSTAMP:20260430T120924
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LAST-MODIFIED:20190919T162409Z
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SUMMARY:Yearning to Breathe Free: Poetry from the Immigrant Community
DESCRIPTION:Book Release and Reading – September 22nd \nEmma Lazarus writes in The New Colossus\, “Give me your tired\, your poor\, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free\, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these\, the homeless\, tempest-tost to me\, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” Lazarus’ full poem is engraved on a plaque inside the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty\, and can be read here \nHer message was clear and proud—the colossus that stands near Manhattan is a symbol of acceptance. The statue of Liberty guides the way with her torch held high\, hoping that all the tired and poor might find hope and refuge in the United States. Many Americans felt they were gifted with a land of opportunity\, and many still feel this way today.  \nHowever\, this is no longer a reality for immigrants. One might even  argue that it was an illusion from the start. With the history of immigration to the United States at hand\, you might notice that the immigration stance of the Trump administration is nothing new. The lack of willingness from American communities to accept immigrants has always been there—it’s just that now a multi-billion-dollar wall is being built for it.  \n 
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/yearning-to-breathe-free-poetry-from-the-immigrant-community/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190918T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190918T190000
DTSTAMP:20260430T120924
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SUMMARY:Joel Dias-Porter and Sibelan Forrester @ Fergie's Pub
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday September 18\, 2019 – 7pm\nMoonstone Poetry @ the Pub\, Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street \nJoel Dias-Porter (aka DJ Renegade) was a Haiku Slam Champion. His poems have been published in journals and anthologies including Time Magazine\, The Washington Post\, POETRY\, Best American Poetism\, Callalloo\, Gathering Ground\, Role Call\, Def Poetry Jam\, and Poetry Nation. He received the Furious Flower “Emerging Poet Award.” A Cave Canem fellow\, he has a CD of jazz and poetry entitled ‘LibationSong’.  \nSibelan Forrester is author of Second-Hand Fate and has published translations of poetry and prose from Croatian\, Russian and Serbian. Her poems have appeared in Apiary\, Small Craft Warnings\, Schuylkill Valley Journal\, and others. She is host of the Mad Poets Society’s First Wednesday Readings at the Community Arts Center in Wallingford\, PA and she is a professor of Russian language and literature at Swarthmore College.  \nDave Worrell\, host – open reading follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/joel-dias-porter-and-sibelan-forrester-fergies-pub/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190915T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190915T140000
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SUMMARY:Tribute to Peter E. Murphy @ the South Philadelphia Library
DESCRIPTION:Sunday September 15\, 2019 – 2pm\nMoonstone Poetry @ the South Philadelphia Library\, 1700 S. Broad Street \nJoin us in celebrating the work & impact of Peter E. Murphy\, author of ten books and chapbooks including two books of writing prompts and Stubborn Child. The founder of Murphy Writing of Stockton University\, Peter has received dozens of awards and fellowships\, was a finalist for the Paterson Poetry Prize\, and has led hundreds of workshops for writers & teachers.  \nRelease of A Tribute to Peter D. Murphy and readings by the contributors.
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/tribute-to-peter-e-murphy/
LOCATION:South Philadelphia Free Library\, 1700 S. Broad Street (Morris Street)\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19145\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190915T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190915T140000
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SUMMARY:New Voices @ Shakespeare & Co.
DESCRIPTION:Sunday September 15\, 2019 – 2pm\nMoonstone Poetry @ Shakespeare & Co. 1632 Walnut St  \nNew Voices: Philadelphia’s Emerging Poets \nJoey Iozzi\, 17\, attends the Performing Arts Academy (NJ). An Acting major\, he is influenced by the artists he surrounds himself with. While performing\, he found his love of speech and how impactful it can be to not only perform\, but to write as well.  \nAlex Mark\, 21\, is a senior English major at Saint Joseph’s University\, and serves as Online Editor for The Hawk Student Newspaper (for which she has written over 30 articles in the past 3 years). She is published in Crimson & Gray (the university’s student-run literary journal). Her favorite authors include Oscar Wilde\, Anne Rice\, and Haruki Murakami.  \nSpencer Nitkey\, 22\, is a writer and poet based in Philadelphia\, PA. His poems and prose have appeared in Short Editions\, The Gateway Review\, Critical Read\, and more. He recently graduated Temple University with a degree in journalism and is passionate about learning\, people\, literature\, and innovation.
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/new-voices-shakespeare-co/
LOCATION:Shakespeare and Co.\, 1632 Walnut St.\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19103\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190911T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190911T190000
DTSTAMP:20260430T120924
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SUMMARY:Elise Brand\, Steve Deutsch\, and Jacalyn Shelley @ Fergie's Pub
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday September 11\, 2019 – 7pm\nMoonstone Poetry @ the Pub\, Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street \nElise Brand is an English teacher\, writer\, poet\, and adviser of Journeys to America and The Maple Legacy. Her poetry has appeared in journals and she served on the board of MCPL for six years.  \nSteve Deutsch writes poetry\, short fiction and a blog. His work has appeared  in Eclectica Magazine\, The Ekphrastic Review\, New Verse News\, Silver and other journals.  \nJacalyn Shelley\, a member of the South Jersey Poets Collective\, participates in poetry readings in Atlantic City and hosts the Leap Street Poets Workshop. She’s been published in various journals and she was nominated for a Pushcart Prize.  \nDave Worrell\, host – open reading follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/elise-brand-steve-deutsch-and-jacalyn-shelley-fergies-pub/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190910T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190910T183000
DTSTAMP:20260430T120924
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LAST-MODIFIED:20190821T171218Z
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SUMMARY:Remembering A. V. Christie @ PhillyCAM
DESCRIPTION:Moonstone Poetry @ PhillyCAM\, 699 Ranstead Street\n2019 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\, it is free and open to everyone. Please join us.  \nRemembering A. V. Christie (author of Nine Skies\, The Housing and The Wonders died on April 7\, 2016. Christie has received grants from the NEA\, PCA & MCA. She was a visiting writer at Villanova\, LaSalle\, Bryn Mawr\, Gouche\, the University of Maryland\, and Penn State Abington.)  \nWith: Nathalie Anderson\, author of Following Fred Astaire\, Crawlers and Quiver. Her poems have appeared in journals including Atlanta Review\, DoubleTake\, Natural Bridge\, The New Yorker\, and The Recorder. A Pew Fellow\, she serves as Poet in Residence at the Rosenbach Museum and teaches at Swarthmore College. Alix Christie\, sister of the late poet A.V. Christie\, is an author\, critic and journalist. She is the author of Gutenberg’s Apprentice\, a reporter\, and foreign correspondent who lives in San Francisco where she writes and reviews books and arts for The Economist. Taije Silverman\, author of Houses Are Fields\, has work in journals including The Georgia Review\, Gettysburg Review\, Five Points\, The Nation\, and Ploughshares. Her honors include a Pushcart\, fellowships at Yaddo and MacDowell\, and a Fulbright. She teaches poetry and translation at the University of Pennsylvania. \nCharles S. Carr\, Host
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/remembering-a-v-christie-phillycam/
LOCATION:699 Ranstead Street\, 699 Ranstead Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190904T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190904T190000
DTSTAMP:20260430T120924
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SUMMARY:Kenny Walker Jr. and Cassendre Xavier @ Fergie's Pub
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday September 4\, 2019 – 7pm\nFergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street \nKenny Walker Jr started writing poetry at the age of 10\, his main influences are the Last Poets\, Stevie Wonder\, Sly Stone and Prince. At the age of 24\, he first started reading in public and at jazz clubs\, where he learned his timing and incorporated spoken word to music. Kenny has hosted readings at the Deptford Public Library.   \nCassendre Xavier is a proud bearded woman\, Leeway Transformation Award-winning survivor artist\, erotic artist\, musician and poet who has been creating art and community in Philadelphia since 1991. She has been a featured reader at the Women’s Writing & Spoken Word Series\, the Black Women’s Arts Festival\, Poets & Prophets\, and the Erotic Literary Salon.   \nSean Lynch\, host – open reading follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/moonstone-poetry-the-pub/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190828T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190828T190000
DTSTAMP:20260430T120924
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SUMMARY:Brother Jahi\, Kyu & Barrett Rosser @ Fergie's Pub
DESCRIPTION:The Philadelphia Writing Project Presents: \nSilvino J. Alexander Jr.\, “Brother Jahi” is an educator\, poet\, author\, and mentor/consultant currently residing in Pennsylvania with his wife and two children. His poetry reflects the uncompromising reality of this world. Sydney Hunt Coffin has taught English\, Poetry\, and Art in Philadelphia\, worked with the Advisory Council of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation\, and as a poet has been published in Mad House Press\, Apiary magazine\, and Yale Universary Press.  \nLeah J. Mahoney “Kyu” is a local hip hop artist\, freelance model\, and spoken word poet living in Upper Darby\, PA. Kyu is best known for her vivid wordplay and fiery cadence. Her mission is to be a healer and advocate for creative expression. Horace Rooney has developed programs to provide mentorship and sports related outlets and managed the summer institution. Currently\, he is working towards completion of the Pennsylvania Inspired Leadership Program.  \nBarrett Rosser is passionate about diversity\, equity\, inclusiveness and maintaining a culturally relevant stance as an educator: justice for self\, relational justice\, and social justice drives Barrett as a human being. \nHosts: Alina Macneal & Jennifer Hook
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/13895/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190821T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190821T170000
DTSTAMP:20260430T120924
CREATED:20190718T170236Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190723T164417Z
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SUMMARY:Chapbook Release Party: 5 Featured Authors @ Fergie's Pub
DESCRIPTION:Moonstone Poetry @ the Pub – Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\nChapbook Release Party & Reading \nLeonard Kress has published poetry and fiction in Missouri Review\, Massachusetts Review\, Iowa Review\, American Poetry Review\, Harvard Review among others. His recent collections are The Orpheus Complex\, Walk like Bo Diddley\, Living in the Candy Store\, and Other Poems. \nLisa Konigsberg is a teacher and poet working and residing in the Philadelphia area. She aims to expose larger cultural truths\, especially women’s realities\, and her personal experience in light of human experience\, using historical context as the frame. \nBrooke Palma has been published in The Mad Poets’ Review\, Whirlwind Magazine\, and Moonstone Art and featured elsewhere. As the child of an immigrant\, many of her poems focus on the connections between culture and identity and finding beauty in the everyday. \nSarah Trembath is currently on faculty in the Writing Studies Program at American University in D.C. Her work has appeared in The Rumpus\, Everyday Feminism\, Azure Literary Journal\, The Santa Fe Writer’s Project Quarterly\, and DCist. \nRocky Wilson is a poet\, performance artist\, and substitute teacher ho lives along the Delaware River in Camden. In Dance with Me\, he blends his love for dance with his love of poetry..
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/chapbook-release-party-leonard-kress-lisa-konigsberg-more-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:20190818T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190818T170000
DTSTAMP:20260430T120924
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SUMMARY:'Philadelphia Says: Women Are Voting' Anthology Release & Reading @ Fergie's Pub
DESCRIPTION:Moonstone Poetry @ the Pub – Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street \nPhiladelphia Says: Women Are Voting \nFor the centennial of the passage of the 19th Amendment (the right of women to vote)\nMoonstone asks: What is the condition of women’s lives today?\nWomen’s right to vote was passed in 1919\, What did it accomplish?\nWhat still needs to be done?\nWomen vote with their feet as well as at the ballot box.\nAnd with their pens.\nPhiladelphia poets respond.
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/philadelphia-says-women-are-voting-anthology-release-reading-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:20190818T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190818T170000
DTSTAMP:20260430T120924
CREATED:20190718T165232Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190723T164833Z
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SUMMARY:New Voices: Matilda Bray\, Elisha Gibson\, & Bella Randazzo @ Shakespeare & Co.
DESCRIPTION:Moonstone Poetry @ Shakespeare & Co. – 1632 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA 19103\nNew Voices: Philadelphia’s Emerging Poets \nMatilda Bray (14) “Matilda’s ability to focus on one or two unifying images and mine them metaphorically is extraordinary. Matilda is a brave and gifted poet.” – Joanne Leva\, executive director of the Montgomery County Poet Laureate Program. \nElisha Gibson is a Poet\, illustrator\, and musician and a Lancaster resident with a passion to revel in the abstract and poetic aspects of life. Out of that\, he has published a collection of poems and illustrations titled Prospectives. \nBella Randazzo is a freshman at Drexel University studying Environmental Engineering\, currently living in rural South Jersey. From a young age and now at 18\, her passion for reaching the hearts and minds of others extends across mediums such as STEM\, culinary arts\, illustration\, music\, mental health awareness\, and\, most evidently\, poetry and prose. With empathy and self-truth as fuel\, she allows slam poetry and spoken word to be poetic vessels through which she can connect with the world in a personal yet profound way. \nHost: Krisann Janowitz
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/new-voices-matilda-bray-and-elisha-gibson-shakespeare-co/
LOCATION:Shakespeare and Co.\, 1632 Walnut St.\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19103\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190814T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190814T213000
DTSTAMP:20260430T120924
CREATED:20190718T164743Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry & Humor: Hannah McDonald\, Scott Sigl\, & Jonathon Todd @ Fergie's Pub
DESCRIPTION:Moonstone Poetry @ the Pub – Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street \nPoetry & Humor with Hannah McDonald\, who has performed at The Bechdel Test fest\, the National Poetry Slam\, etc  \nScott Sigl is a musician\, poet\, and teacher who has performed poems\, as well as haikus in Boston\, Charlotte\, Oakland\, New York\,  \nJonathon Todd is a poet and musician\, whose work deals with observations and trying to find humanity outside of and within labor.  \nAaren Perry\, Host – Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/poetry-humor-with-hannah-mcdonald-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:20190807T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190807T213000
DTSTAMP:20260430T120924
CREATED:20190718T163702Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190723T165613Z
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SUMMARY:Floyd Brown & Joe Roarty @ Fergie's Pub
DESCRIPTION:Moonstone Poetry @ the Pub\, Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street \nFloyd Brown is a poet and hip-hop artist who was born in Wilmington\, Delaware and lives in North Philadelphia. \nJoe Roarty’s poetry is high octane energy\, passionate intelligence\, supercharged\, insistent blues\, jazz and heightened speech rhythms. \nSean Lynch\, Host – Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/floyd-brown-joe-roarty-cassendre-xavier-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:20190806T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190806T193000
DTSTAMP:20260430T120924
CREATED:20190718T162903Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190718T163225Z
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SUMMARY:2019 Philly Loves Poetry and New Voices @ PhillyCAM (Watch Live on Cable!)
DESCRIPTION:2019 Philly Loves Poetry Interview and Readings Series at PhillyCAM\nA Discussion with New Voices host Krisann Janowitz and readings by New Voices participants. New Voices: Philadelphia’s Emerging Poets program  \nThe program is broadcast live on the first Tuesday of each month\, it is free and open to everyone. Please join us and Watch live on Comcast Cable 66/966HD/967 or Verizon FIOS 29/30 in Philadelphia! \nKrisann Janowitz\, host of New Voices\, is a poet. Wife. Dog owner. Philadelphian. Adventurer. Learner. Believer. Part-time political commentator. & music appreciator.   \nMatilda Bray (14) “Matilda’s ability to focus on one or two unifying images and mine them metaphorically is extraordinary. Matilda is a brave and gifted poet.”\n– Joanne Leva\, executive director of the Montgomery County Poet Laureate Program.  \nElisha Gibson is a Poet\, illustrator\, and musician and a Lancaster resident with a passion to revel in the abstract and poetic aspects of life. He is author of Prospectives.  \nSpencer Nitkey (22) is an Educator\, Communicator\, Writer\, Researcher\, and Storyteller.  \nJennifer Nessel (22) graduated Saint Joe’s where she received the Best Short Story award from Crimson and Gray. She explores trauma and storytelling in the age of the ‘Me Too’ movement.  \nCharles S. Carr\, Host
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/2019-philly-loves-poetry-and-new-voices-phillycam/
LOCATION:699 Ranstead Street\, 699 Ranstead Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190731T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190731T190000
DTSTAMP:20260430T120924
CREATED:20190626T185537Z
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SUMMARY:Marion Bell and Kyle Brown-Watson @ Fergie's Pub
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, July 31th\, 2019 – 7pm \nMoonstone Poetry @ the Pub\, Fergie’s\, 1214 Sansom Street (second floor) \nPoetry & Politics with Ryan Eckes \nMarion Bell is a poet\, social work student and mental health worker living in Philadelphia. She has been shaped by Philly poetry communities over the last decade. She is the author of AUSTERITY (Radiator Press 2019).  \nKyle Brown-Watson is a bookseller based in Philadelphia. He has read poetry and fiction on stage for Empty Set Press and the Breweytown Social. Before that\, he worked in advertising\, software development\, and heaven forgive him\, television.  \nRyan Eckes\, host\, open reading follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/moonstone-poetry-fergies-pub-16/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190724T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190724T190000
DTSTAMP:20260430T120924
CREATED:20190626T185113Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190718T171120Z
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SUMMARY:Celebrating Jawdat Fakhreddine's "The Sky That Denied Me"
DESCRIPTION:Moonstone Poetry @ the Pub\, Fergie’s\, 1214 Sansom Street (second floor) \nCelebrating Jawdat Fakhreddine’s  The Sky That Denied Me  \nTranslated & Presented by Huda Fakhreddine & Roger Allen  \nJawdat Fakhreddine belongs to the second generation of Arab modernists. In Lebanon\, he is sometimes included under the label “Poets of the South” (shu‘arā al-janūb) which circulated in the late 1970s and early 1980sThe Sky That Denied Me\, includes poetry about familial love\, displacement\, memory\, and grief.  \nHuda J. Fakhreddine is Assistant Professor of Arabic literature at the University of Pennsylvania. She is the author of Metapoesis in the Arabic Tradition and Zaman Saghir taht shams thaniya (A Small Time under a Different Sun). Her translations of modern Arabic poems have appeared in  Nimrod\, ArabLit Quarterly and Middle Eastern Literatures.  Roger Allen was the Sascha Jane Patterson Harvie Professor of Social Thought and Comparative Ethics in the School of Arts & Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania\, where he also served Professor of Arabic and Comparative Literature in the Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations. Among his studies on Arabic literature are: The Arabic Novel: an historical and critical introduction\, and The Arabic Literary Heritage . Huda J. Fakhreddine will also read her own poetry in both Arabic and English \nAlina Macneal & Jennifer Hook\, Hosts – Open Reading Following
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/moonstone-poetry-fergies-pub-15/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190717T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190717T190000
DTSTAMP:20260430T120924
CREATED:20190626T184438Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190709T144139Z
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SUMMARY:Meredith Z. Avakian\, Hanoch Guy\, & Hermond Palmer
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday July 17\, 2019 – 7pm \nMoonstone Poetry @ the Pub\, Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street \nMeredith Z. Avakian is a writer\, poet\, and the author of Propaganda Begins with PR: Poetry for the Soul and PRhyme Time: Power of Poetry. Her poetry has also been published in The Armenian Mirror-Spectator\, The Literary Groong\, and elsewhere\, where she focuses on self-reflection\, transformation\, history\, justice\, and humanity. Hanoch Guy spent his childhood in Israel\, is a bilingual poet in Hebrew and English\, emeritus professor of Jewish and Hebrew literature at Temple University. Hanoch is the author of seven English and a Hebrew poetry collection\, His newest books are Nokaddish: Wrestlng with God. Springtime in Moldova: Poems of fantasy and dreams and Back to Terezin: Holocaust poems. Hermond Palmer is author of Echoes from the Quiet that I Keep\, Words to Fill the Light in You\, and What the Ancestors Told Me and I Decided to Listen. He has performed his work at spoken-word venues in Harlem\, Philadelphia\, Washington and at the National Black Arts Festival. A founding member of the Westchester based writing group ‘Nuff Said\, he is a regular contributor to The Washington Informer.
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/moonstone-poetry-fergies-pub-14/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190714T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190714T140000
DTSTAMP:20260430T120924
CREATED:20190626T184105Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190709T182454Z
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SUMMARY:Philadelphia Says: Struggle for Freedom
DESCRIPTION:Chapbook release party & reading event\nSunday July 14\, 2019 – 2pm \nMoonstone Poetry @ the Pub – Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street  \nJuly 4 is Independence Day in the US \nJuly 14 is Bastille Day in France \nEvery country has an Independence Day \nEvery person wants to be FREE \nHear what Philadelphia poets have to say about this. \nBook release with the contributors reading \n  \n  \n  \nNot all contributors will be reading. \nLiz Abrams-Morley                             Linda Goss                             Carol Moog \nAhmad Almallah                                Steven Halpern                     Peter Murphy \nGeorgina Bard                                    Suzán Jivàn                          Leonard Neufeldt \nMargaret Chew Barringer                  Leonard Kress                         Gloria Nixon-John \nMary Brownell                                    Cynthia Lee                           Hermond Palmer \nMary Calloway                                    Hazel Lee                             Jaz \nJose Cedillos                                        Lynette                                Julie Rainbow \nPhilip Dykhouse                                  John Mason                          George Schaefer \nDeborah Fries                                      Kate McGourty                    Mbarek Sryfi \n                                                                                                        John Timpane \nChapbook will be available for purchase online if you are unable to attend the event!
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/philadelphia-says-struggle-for-freedom/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190714T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190714T140000
DTSTAMP:20260430T120924
CREATED:20190626T183359Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190709T143815Z
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SUMMARY:New Voices: Jennifer Nessel\, Bee Fanty\, & Ian Palmer
DESCRIPTION:Moonstone Poetry @ Shakespeare & Co \n1632 Walnut St\, Philadelphia\, PA 19103 \nNew Voices: Philadelphia’s Emerging Poets (under the age of 25).  \n Jennifer Nessel is a graduate from Saint Joe’s\,  received the Best Short Story award from her university’s literary magazine\, and has received funding for a novella entitled\, ‘The Cage\,’ through which she explored trauma and story-telling in the age of the ‘Me Too’ movement. Bianca “Bee” Fanty is graduate from UARTS\, writes about trauma\, hallucinations\, and the mundane. These are also reflected in her illustrations\, prose\, music\, and filmmaking. She served as an editor for UArts’ literary magazine\, Underground Pool. Ian Palmer has lived in nine countries and tries to contend gently with everything he sees\, he is 21 years old and a senior at Swarthmore College studying political science\, religion\, and poetry.
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/moonstone-poetry-shakespeare-and-co-2/
LOCATION:Shakespeare and Co.\, 1632 Walnut St.\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19103\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190710T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190710T190000
DTSTAMP:20260430T120924
CREATED:20190626T183217Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190709T145338Z
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SUMMARY:Moonstone Presents: Haiku
DESCRIPTION:Moonstone Poetry @ the Pub – Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street  \nHAIKU\nBring your Haiku to share with us!  \nWhat is Haiku? \nRenowned for its small size and precise syllabic makeup\, Haiku is a Japanese form of poetry composed of three unrhymed lines of five\, seven\, and five moras (a unit of sound that determines syllable weight in some languages). Haiku typically contain a kigo (seasonal reference)\, and a kireji (cutting word). In Japanese\, Haiku are traditionally printed in a single vertical line and tend to adopt aspects of nature as their subject matter\, while Haiku in English often appear in three lines to parallel the three phrases of Japanese Haiku and may deal with any subject matter. \nHaiku traditionally consist of five\, seven\, and five syllables\, like this translation by Alan Watts of the Haiku master Basho: \nThe old pond \nA frog jumps in: \nPlop! \nSteve Clark puts a hometown twist on this format\, inventing the Philadelphia Haiku: two\, one\, and five syllables based on our area code: \nBread\, Cheez- \nWhiz\, \nSteak. Revolution! \nWhat can you do with this? Show us your Haiku creativity!\nHaiku enthusiasts Steve Clark\, Hannah McDonald\, and Scott Sigl: Expected Readers  \nLarry Robin\, Host\, Open Reading Follows 
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/moonstone-poetry-fergies-pub-13/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190703T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190703T190000
DTSTAMP:20260430T120925
CREATED:20190626T182949Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190626T182949Z
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SUMMARY:Moonstone Poetry @ Fergie's Pub
DESCRIPTION:Joseph Rathgeber is an author\, poet\, high school English teacher\, and adjunct professor from New Jersey. He is the author of Mixedbloods\, The Abridged Autobiography of Yousef R. and Other Stories\, and MJ. He has received fellowships from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship and National Endowment for the Arts.  Mixedbloods is a story of identity\, of a cultural history under attack\, and of destructive—often violent—behavior. It documents a class struggle between the rich and poor\, but also between the organic and the inorganic\, and thus between the forces of life and the forces of death.  \nSean Lynch\, Host\, Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/moonstone-poetry-fergies-pub-12/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190626T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190626T190000
DTSTAMP:20260430T120925
CREATED:20190529T180115Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190529T180115Z
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SUMMARY:Moonstone Poetry @ Fergie’s Pub
DESCRIPTION:Deborah Burnham has been at the University of Pennsylvania longer than some of the ivy. She has worked as an undergraduate advisor\, directed the academic writing program\, and is currently the Associate Undergraduate Chair of the English department. She has published two books of poetry\, and has another in circulation. Candida Rodriguez was born in Brooklyn\, N.Y\, and was raised both in Cayey\, Puerto Rico and Camden\, New Jersey. She has found a home in the lyricism of poetry and is a happy member of Brigid’s Writers House in Camden. Jerry Morgan is a practicing pharmacist who grew up in rural Western Maryland. He has always enjoyed creating things and expressing himself through words\, and uses his writing to explore connections between people and the day-to-day experiences that make up one’s life. Alina Macneal and Jennifer Hook Hosts\, Open Reading follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/moonstone-poetry-fergies-pub-11/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190623T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190623T140000
DTSTAMP:20260430T120925
CREATED:20190529T175825Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190529T175825Z
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SUMMARY:Moonstone Poetry @ Fergie’s Pub
DESCRIPTION:Heather H. Thomas is the author of Vortex Street and three other full-length poetry collections: Blue Ruby\, Resurrection Papers\, and Practicing Amnesia. Her honors include a Rita Dove Poetry Prize Honorable Mention\, a Gertrude Stein Award in Innovative American Poetry\, a Virginia Center for the Creative Arts residency\, and a term as Berks Poet Laureate. She is Emerita Professor of English at Kutztown University and teaches creative writing at Cedar Crest College. J. C. Todd is author of The Damages of Morning\, What Space This Body\, chapbooks and collaborative artist books. Her awards include the Rita Dove Poetry Prize and fellowships from the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage\, Leeway Foundation and Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. She facilitates poetry gatherings for the Dodge Poetry Program.
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/moonstone-poetry-fergies-pub-10/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190619T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190619T190000
DTSTAMP:20260430T120925
CREATED:20190529T173104Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190529T173104Z
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SUMMARY:Moonstone Poetry @ Fergie’s Pub
DESCRIPTION:Bernard Block has read at all the major spoken-word venues in NYC\, Philadelphia\, South Carolina and South Wales. He has also hosted the “From Whitman to Ginsberg” series at Cornelia Street Café. Charles Carr has two published books of poetry: paradise\, Pennsylvania and Haitian Mudpies & Other Poems. Charles was the host of the Moonstone Poetry series at Fergie’s Pub\, and since 2016 he has been the host of Philly Loves Poetry a monthly broadcast on Philly Cam. Alina 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. \nLarry Robin\, Host\, Open Reading follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/moonstone-poetry-fergies-pub-9/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190616T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190616T170000
DTSTAMP:20260430T120925
CREATED:20190529T172739Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190529T172739Z
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SUMMARY:New Voices: Philadelphia’s Emerging Poets
DESCRIPTION:Christopher Pendleton is a graduating senior at Saint Joseph’s University and has had work appear in Crimson and Gray 2016-2019\, as well as New Voices: Emerging Poets Vol #1. Mariah Rose is a music journalist for WXPN\, and the creator of a Philly-based art zine\, Boy Tears Mag. Luvonda Fuller is a graduating senior at Franklin Learning Center with honors. She plans to attend college in the fall of 2019\, majoring in Psychology. She enjoys writing\, reading\, dancing\, and volunteering. Join us each month for readings by emerging poets. A Voice for Everyone – Listen\, Share\, Connect with Other Writers – Host: Krisann Janowitz\, Open Reading follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/new-voices-philadelphias-emerging-poets/
LOCATION:Proscenium Theatre at The Drake\, 302 S. Hicks Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19102\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190612T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190612T190000
DTSTAMP:20260430T120925
CREATED:20190529T172141Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190529T172141Z
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SUMMARY:Moonstone Presents: Herman Beavers\, Steve Burke\, Jim Cory\, Alfred Encarnacion\, and and Stella Guillory
DESCRIPTION:Join us in celebrating the work of five wonderful poets as the Moonstone Press releases their books: Herman Beavers is a Professor of English and African Studies at the University of Pennsylvania and serves as an advisory editor for The African American Review\, The Black Scholar\, The Journal of Black Studies\, and Modern Fiction Studies. Steve Burke is the author of After The Harvest\, published by Moonstone Press\, and has read at many venues in and around Philadelphia. Jim Cory’s poetry and stories have appeared in many publications. He has published seven chapbooks and been a recipient of fellowships from the Pennsylvania Arts Council and Yaddo. Alfred Encarnacion’s poems\, short stories\, essays and reviews have appeared in national journals. His poetry has twice been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Stella Guillory moved to Washougal\, Washington six years ago from Honolulu\, Hawaii. Her poetry has appeared in Bamboo Ridge: The Hawaii Writers’ Quarterly\, and Sister Stew: Fiction and Poetry by Women. Each author will read from their book. Larry Robin\, Host
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/moonstone-presents-herman-beavers-steve-burke-jim-cory-alfred-encarnacion-and-and-stella-guillory/
LOCATION:Shakespeare and Co.\, 1632 Walnut St.\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19103\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190605T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190605T190000
DTSTAMP:20260430T120925
CREATED:20190529T171407Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190529T171407Z
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SUMMARY:Moonstone Poetry @ Shakespeare and Co.
DESCRIPTION:Often thinking about human behavior on the commute to his 9-5\, Sirron Carrector has been writing consistently in the notes app of an iPhone since 2016. He holds a masters in public displays of affection. He enjoys reading\, video editing\, and recording himself while intoxicated. Check out carrextion.com or @carrextion on Instagram for his ramblings\, and you have to call him Jago (Jay-Go). Phil has been published in Spiral Poetry and most recently in the first edition of the ToHo Journal. He has self-published 4 chapbooks and is currently working on his first full-length collection. Sean Lynch\, Host Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/moonstone-poetry-shakespeare-and-co/
LOCATION:Shakespeare and Co.\, 1632 Walnut St.\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19103\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190604T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190604T190000
DTSTAMP:20260430T120925
CREATED:20190529T170127Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190529T170127Z
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SUMMARY:Moonstone Poetry @ PhillyCAM
DESCRIPTION:Philly Loves Poetry Interview and Reading Series at PhillyCAM\nJoin us as the poets who Moonstone has published discuss poetry and read their poems. Ahmad Almallah’s first book of poems\, Bitter English will be published in 2019. He received the 2018 Edith Goldberg Paulson Memorial Prize for Creative Writing\, and his set of poems “Recourse\,” won the 2017 Blanche Colton Williams Fellowship. Huda J. Fakhreddine is Assistant Professor of Arabic Literature at the University of Pennsylvania. She is the author of Metapoesis in the Arabic Tradition: From Modernists to Muhdathūn and co-translator of Lighthouse for the Drowning. Fatemeh Shams’ When They Broke Down the Door won the 2017 Latifeh Yarshater Annual Book Award. She received Jaleh Esfahani poetry award as the best young Persian poet in 2012. Her forthcoming poems will appear in the World of Literature Today\, New Divan and Mirror of my Heart: 1000 years of Persian Women Poetry in 2019. Charles Carr\, Host
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/moonstone-poetry-phillycam-2/
LOCATION:699 Ranstead Street\, 699 Ranstead Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States
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