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 END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190904T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190904T190000 DTSTAMP:20260509T041206 CREATED:20190821T165027Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190821T165920Z UID:13959-1567623600-1567623600@moonstoneartscenter.com 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 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190910T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190910T183000 DTSTAMP:20260509T041206 CREATED:20190821T171003Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190821T171218Z UID:13965-1568140200-1568140200@moonstoneartscenter.com 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 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190911T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190911T190000 DTSTAMP:20260509T041206 CREATED:20190821T171705Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190821T171705Z UID:13967-1568228400-1568228400@moonstoneartscenter.com 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 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190915T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190915T140000 DTSTAMP:20260509T041206 CREATED:20190821T172224Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190821T172224Z UID:13969-1568556000-1568556000@moonstoneartscenter.com 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 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190915T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190915T140000 DTSTAMP:20260509T041206 CREATED:20190821T173059Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190821T173208Z UID:13973-1568556000-1568556000@moonstoneartscenter.com 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 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190918T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190918T190000 DTSTAMP:20260509T041206 CREATED:20190821T173635Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190821T173635Z UID:13977-1568833200-1568833200@moonstoneartscenter.com 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 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190922T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190922T160000 DTSTAMP:20260509T041206 CREATED:20190801T162331Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190919T162409Z UID:13923-1569160800-1569168000@moonstoneartscenter.com 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/ LOCATION:PA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190925T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190925T190000 DTSTAMP:20260509T041206 CREATED:20190821T174041Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190821T174041Z UID:13979-1569438000-1569438000@moonstoneartscenter.com 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 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR