International Haiku Poetry Day (April 17) was started in 2007 and later taken on by The Haiku Foundation in celebration of National Poetry Month. According to The Haiku Foundation, the haiku is an ancient and undefinable-in-English form of Japanese poetry. At its most basic, it is three lines, the first with five syllables, the second […]
Join us for Live Poetry at Fergie’s Pub and on Zoom! Warren C. Longmire, author of Bird/Diz, is an uncle, writer, performer and educator from the bad part of North Philadelphia. He is the host of House Poet: A Spoken Word Dance Party and mix_lit. Kirwyn Sutherland makes poems centering the black experience in America, […]
Join us for Live Poetry at Independence Library and on Zoom! For 150 years, Philadelphia’s Chinatown has been the cultural heart of Philly’s Asian American and Pacific Islander communities, and our community is worth fighting for. Chinatown has been the place where we share community, culture, and language. It is where generations of immigrants have […]
Join us for Virtual Poetry on Zoom! Guy D’Annolfo, winner, poems have been published by Mantis (2024), Schuylkill Valley Journal (2023), Paperbark (2023), and Chestnut Review (2022). When not at work, or kindling a love of Natural History with his son, or accidentally disrupting peace in a Satipaṭṭhāna class, he’s likely to be found reading […]
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 […]
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 […]
Can be viewed on the Phillycam website or Cable 66/966HD/967 or Verizon FIOS, 29/30 In Philadelphia. James Feichthaler is a poet with roots in the Philadelphia-area residing in Trenton, NJ, where he watches the skies for UFOs, sings Irish folk songs on his porch, and drinks beers. He was the host of an open mic […]
LIVE at Taller Puertorriqueño 2600 N 5th St, Philadelphia, PA 19133 Police killed 1,352 victims the U.S. 2023 (mappingpoliceviolence.org). On August 14, 2023 Police officer, Mark Dial shot and killed Eddie Irizarry. Philadelphia police told the media that the incident began when officers pulled over a car that was “driving erratically” and that “officers approached” […]
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 […]
Tuesday September 3, 2024 – 6:30pm – Live Broadcast Can be viewed on the Phillycam website or Cable 66/966HD/967 or Verizon FIOS, 29/30 In Philadelphia. “Kimmika L.H. Williams-Witherspoon has been a force in the spoken word/poetry scene for decades. This new release (You Gotta Have Game) from Boyer College of Music and Dance is Williams-Witherspoon […]
