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SUMMARY:World Press Freedom Day
DESCRIPTION:Sunday May 4\, 2025 – VIRTUAL – World Press Freedom Day \nThe United Nations General Assembly declared May 3 to be World Press Freedom Day or just World Press Day\, observed to raise awareness of the importance of freedom of the press and remind governments of their duty to respect and uphold the right to freedom of expression enshrined under Article 19 of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights and marking the anniversary of the Windhoek Declaration\, a statement of free press principles put together by African newspaper journalists in Windhoek in 1991. Send us a poem.
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/world-press-freedom-day/
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry: Sarah Browning\, W.D. Ehrhart\, Jack Miller
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URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-sarah-browning-w-d-ehrhart-jack-miller/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
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SUMMARY:Philly Loves Poetry Interview and Reading Series
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday May 6\, 2025 – 6:30pm – Live Broadcast \nOn the Phillycam website or Cable 66/966HD/967 or Verizon FIOS\, 29/30 – Philly \nPhilly Loves Poetry Interview and Readings Series \nDavid Kertis\, author of Word of the Day. was born in 1955 and grew up in northern New Jersey. He attended Oberlin College where he studied creative writing with David Young\, and has lived in Philadelphia since 1978. He is married and works as a claims adjuster. In Philadelphia\, he has studied with Leonard Gontarek and Eleanor Wilner. He has been published on line in Frigate and Apiary and given a number of readings in the Philadelphia area. His book\, Word of the Day\, has recently been published. Charles S. Carr\, Host
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/philly-loves-poetry-interview-and-reading-series/
LOCATION:PA
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry: Grace Bauer\, Majorie Maddox\, Amy Small-McKinney
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday May 7\, 2025 — 7:00 pm – LIVE \nLive at Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street \nGrace Bauer is a Philadelphia-based poet who has published six books of poems—most recently Unholy Heart: New and Selected Poems (Backwaters Press). \nMarjorie Maddox is a Professor of English at Lock Haven University as well as an author who has published 17 collections of poetry among other works. \nAmy Small-McKinney is the author of two full-length books and three chapbooks. Her newest chapbook\, One Day I Am A Field\, was published by Glass Lyre Press (April\,2022). She resides in Philadelphia. \nLarry Robin\, Host – Open Reading Follows \n 
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-grace-bauer-majorie-maddox-amy-small-mckinney/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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SUMMARY:2024 Moonstone Chapbook Contest Winners
DESCRIPTION:Sunday May 11\, 2025 – 2:00 pm – VIRTUAL On Zoom – 2024 Moonstone Chapbook Contest Winners \nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/VJprZxhkRxGtL6tgxl7bkA \nFirst Prize – Partridge Boswell\, author of Heckler\, poems appear in Poetry\, American Poetry Review and Poetry Ireland Review. Co-founder of Bookstock Literary Festival\, he troubadours widely with the poetry/music group Los Lorcas \nHonorable Mentions \nShaina Clingempeel\, author of in the homes that house my history\, is a Philadelphia-based poet and the owner of a small book editing business (Cypress Editorial) and literary magazine (Cypress Review). \nDayle Olson\, author of From the Dead Letter Department\, was a Northwest Voices guest writer at Lower Columbia College and winner of the Oregon Poetry Association’s first prize for prose in 2024. \nMartha Brenckle\, author of Inside a Snow Globe is Professor at the University of Central Florida in the Writing and Rhetoric Department and an affiliated faculty in Women and Gender Studies and Text and Technologies\, a transdisciplinary PhD Program. \nJacqueline Jewell\, author of Lady Arab\, is a poet\, college professor\, EMMY Award-winning journalist\, mother\, and activist. A Philadelphia area native and proud daughter of an immigrant\, Jacqueline uses her poetry to amplify underrepresented and discounted voices. \nHost & Judge – Nathalie Anderson is a poet and librettist\, who manages the lit-philly listserv for literary events in the Philadelphia area.  She has recently retired from Swarthmore College\, where she served as a Professor of English Literature\, and directed the Program in Creative Writing     \n 
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/2024-moonstone-chapbook-contest-winners/
LOCATION:PA
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry: Sarah Browning\, W.D. Ehrhart\, Jack Miller
DESCRIPTION:Sarah Browning is the author of Call Me Yes\, Killing Summer\, and others\, co-host of Wild Indigo Poetry\, and teaches online with Writers in Progress. W. D. Ehrhart’s most recent books are Thank You for Your Service: Collected Poems; What We Can and Can’t Afford: Essays on Vietnam\, Patriotism\, and American Life\, and At Smedley Butler’s Grave. Jack Miller\, author of Habit: Seven Decades of Poems is a former English teacher who retired after a long career at Ocean City High School. Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-sarah-browning-w-d-ehrhart-jack-miller-2/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
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SUMMARY:New Voices: Live at Parkway Central Library
DESCRIPTION:New Voices: Spring 2025\nA series for emerging poets between the ages of 10 and 25. A bi-annual publication which strives to bring together younger poets from various communities.\nJoin us as contributors read their poems\nThursday May 15th\, 2025 – If you live near Philadelphia please join us live\nLIVE at 5:30 EDT – Central Library\, 1901 Vine St.
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LOCATION:Parkway Central Library\, 1901 Vine St
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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SUMMARY:New Voices: Virtual Reading on Zoom
DESCRIPTION:New Voices: Spring 2025\nA series for emerging poets between the ages of 10 and 25. A bi-annual publication which strives to bring together younger poets from various communities.\nJoin us as contributors read their poems\nSaturday May 17th\, 2025 – No matter where you live\, please join us virtually\nVIRTUAL at 2pm EDT on Zoom
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/new-voices-virtual-reading-on-zoom/
LOCATION:PA
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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SUMMARY:29th Annual Poetry Ink: LIVE at the Rotunda
DESCRIPTION:29th Annual Poetry Ink\nWe want everyone: published poets\, unpublished poets\, academic poets\, street poets\, poets\nwho write Sonnet\, Villanelle\, Haiku\, Ekphrastic Poems\, Concrete Poems\, Epitaph\, Elegy\,\nEpigram\, Limerick\, Ballad\, Ode\, Free Verse.\nJoin us for our 29th year of presenting 71 poets reading in alphabetical order\nSunday May 18\, 2025 – If you live near Philadelphia please join us live\nLIVE at 2:00pm EDT
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/29th-annual-poetry-ink-live-at-the-rotunda/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 14014 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250519T190000
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SUMMARY:29th Annual Poetry Ink: Virtual Reading
DESCRIPTION:29th Annual Poetry Ink\nWe want everyone: published poets\, unpublished poets\, academic poets\, street poets\, poets\nwho write Sonnet\, Villanelle\, Haiku\, Ekphrastic Poems\, Concrete Poems\, Epitaph\, Elegy\,\nEpigram\, Limerick\, Ballad\, Ode\, Free Verse.\nJoin us for our 29th year of presenting 71 poets reading in alphabetical order\nMonday May 19\, 2025 – No matter where you live\, please join us virtually\nVIRTUAL at 7:00pm EDT on Zoom
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/29th-annual-poetry-ink-virtual-reading/
LOCATION:PA
CATEGORIES:Poetry,Poetry Events
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SUMMARY:Support Ukraine
DESCRIPTION:  \nRussia invaded Ukraine on February 24\, 2022. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) verified over 12\,600 civilian deaths as of January 2025. The war has resulted in a humanitarian crisis\, as thousands of Ukrainians were internally displaced or fled abroad. From a population of 41 million\, about 8 million Ukrainians have been internally displaced and more than 8.2 million have fled the country\, creating Europe’s largest refugee crisis since World War II. \nJoin as poets respond!
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/support-ukraine/
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SUMMARY:Book launch for Jane-Rebecca Cannarella's Long Island Sad Poems(Serotonin Press)
DESCRIPTION:  \nJane-Rebecca Cannarella is a writer and editor living in West Philadelphia. She edits HOOT Review\, a magazine published on postcards\, Meow Meow Pow Pow Lit\, a broadside press\, and was an editor for Lunch Ticket from 2015 to 2017. \nKrystle Griffin is an Aquarian alien who emerged from the depths of the Delaware River. A writer\, actor\, artist\, and Swiss army knife of all trades\, trying to spin brain bees and nightmares into something shiny. Anne-Adele Wight is the author of An Internet of Containment\, The Age of Greenhouses\, Opera House Arterial\, and Sidestep Catapult. Sean Lynch Host – Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/book-launch-for-jane-rebecca-cannarellas-long-island-sad-poemsserotonin-press/
LOCATION:Sueño Restaurant\, 114 S 12th St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19107\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry,Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250528T190000
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SUMMARY:Poetry Reading by Love McTiernan\, Myles Matunis\, Adiah Siler
DESCRIPTION:Love McTiernan feels an obsession with the natural world and thus tends to write about clouds\, trees\, and Earth’s other unknown beasts. \nMyles Matunis work has been published by Expat Press and the Bitchin Kitsch\, featured on public radio\, and nominated for the Best of the Net. \nAdiah Siler is an east coaster through and through and so excited to be back in Philly for the show. Mac Chandler Host\, Open Reading Follows \n 
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/poetry-reading-by-love-mctiernan-myles-matunis-adiah-siler/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
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