Moonstone Presents:

  • Live Poetry – C.M. Crockford & Amber Renee

    Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Live Poetry at Fergie’s Pub Since March 2022, House Poet has strived to bring together writers, dancers, djs and musicians alike. Join us in 2024 as we bring that energy to Moonstone’s Poetry Nights at Fergies, featuring an open reading, featured readers, live music and a soundtrack you can bounce to. C.M. Crockford is an […]

  • Live Poetry: S/He Speaks 2: Voices of Women, Trans & Nonbinary Folx

    The Rotunda 14014 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Live Poetry: S/He Speaks 2: Voices of Women, Trans & Nonbinary Folx Hosted at The Rotunda, 4014 Walnut Street in Philadelphia Also on Zoom: S/He Speaks 2 is edited by Cassendre Xavier and Tom Daubert.  When we launched the S/He Speaks anthology in 2023, we noted that anyone likely to read it would already be […]

  • Live Poetry: Anisha Bhat, Lester Mobley, Joe Roarty & Pat Rodgers

    Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Wednesday July 24, 2024 – 7pm Live at Fergie’s Pub,1214 Sansom Street and on zoom Register for Zoom at this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0pduqgrDwsGdJz84QTuvTvY7eeqbamGw7V Anisha Bhat, originally from Chicago, Illinois, is a writer and staff member at Temple University where she directs research and creative programs for undergraduates. She has an MPhil in World History from the […]

  • Black Fire This Time @ Barnes & Noble

    Barnes and Noble 1708 Chesnut St. 1708 Chesnut Street., Phildelphia, PA, United States

    In this follow-up volume in the Black Fire—This Time series, over seventy-five poets and writers come together on the ongoing theme of "Black is Beautiful, Black is Powerful, Black is Home." Works ranging from poetry, fiction, essays, and drama cover a wide range of Black literature. This "continuum" of writing, as coined by Volume 1 […]

  • Live Poetry: Lars Scott & De’vine Stylez

    Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Wednesday July 31, 2024 – 7pm Live at Fergie’s Pub,1214 Sansom Street and on zoom Use this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAtcOGhrTktGNNSwztFI2s61EfLKH6m_G23 Lars Scott is a musician from Philadelphia. Lars began their musical journey in high school, performing folk songs at local open mics and coffee shops. After graduating from Temple University, they released their first single, The […]

  • Moonstone Presents: Independence Day of Ukraine Poetry Reading

    Barnes and Noble 1708 Chesnut St. 1708 Chesnut Street., Phildelphia, PA, United States

    Wednesday August 24, 2024 – 3:30pm Live at at Barnes & Noble, 1708 Chestnut Street Julia Kolchinsky Dashbach is the author of 40 WEEKS, Don’t Touch the Bones, winner of the 2019 Idaho Poetry Prize, and The Many Names for Mother, winner the Wick Poetry Prize and finalist for the Jewish Book Award. She is […]

  • Live Poetry: Elliott batTzedek, Steve Burke, Mabel Lee & Matt McGarvey

    Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Live Poetry: Elliott batTzedek, Steve Burke, Mabel Lee & Matt McGarvey Live at Fergie’s Pub,1214 Sansom Street and on zoom Register for Zoom at this link: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMudumurj0rHNXoqS0HzX_7ZJogkgqPa5Sy Elliott batTzedek is a Pushcart Prize-nominated poet/translator. Elliott’s work appears in various journals and is author of the enkindled coal of my tongue. Steve Burke has read at many venues […]

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  • Live Reading: David Ebenbach, Elayna Mae Darcy, Autumn Konopka, Sean Lynch, and Victoria Mier

    Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Moonstone Poetry – Prose Night David Ebenbach, Elayna Mae Darcy, Autumn Konopka, Sean Lynch, and Victoria Mier Wednesday September 18, 2024 – 7pm  Live at Fergie’s Pub,1214 Sansom Street and on zoom –  Registration Required: https://us05web.zoom.us/j/82017815042?pwd=aLRcZOFnBsBoOfrU6001OawDPCuChe.1 David Ebenbach is the author of ten books of fiction, poetry, and non-fiction, including his new novel Possible Happiness, […]

  • Live Poetry: Mia Kang, Allayna Nofs, and Herman Beavers

    Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Moonstone Live Poetry Wednesday October 9, 2024 – 7pm Live at Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street and on Zoom Register for Zoom access: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEpceivqTIpHNL2TDUW4c3-ZEqlzjU3eIE9 Mia Kang is the author of City Poems, Apparent Signs and the winner of the 2023 Airlie Prize for All Empires Must. She lives in Philadelphia with two cats, is the […]

  • Live Poetry: Courtney Bambrick, Hayden Saunier, and Jevon Simeon

    Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Moonstone Poetry Wednesday October 16, 2024 – 7pm Live at Fergie’s Pub,1214 Sansom Street and on Zoom Register here for Zoom access: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMkcOqgrj0qEtf2cVm92zWRaL5QhY1ri2if  Courtney Bambrick teaches writing at Thomas Jefferson University’s East Falls campus in Philadelphia. She was poetry editor at Philadelphia Stories until 2024.  Her own poems appear or are forthcoming in American Poetry Review, […]