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SUMMARY:Philly Lingo: Speaking Our Tongues\, Sharp and Sweet Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Come and join us in a plurilingual workshop  \nWhere all the languages in your head are welcome. We will listen to each other\, share words and ideas\, read and make poems. This workshop will explore the crossing of borders both linguistic and political and the spaces between\, rooted in a trauma informed\, anti-racist pedagogy and will be facilitated by: \nCarole Metellus is a Haitian-American writer\, cultural worker long-time activist starting with Indigenous rights\, to Women’s\, GLBTQ\, immigration\, and peace and justice issues\, she manifests her passion currently in her writing. Fióna Bolger is an Irish poet\, mentor and creative facilitator\, author of Love in the Original Language and a compound of word. Her facilitation and creative practice are polyvocal\, plurilingual and co-operative. She welcomes all languages and works to create language sharing\, poetry making spaces.  Free and open to Everyone \n 
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/philly-lingo-speaking-our-tongues-sharp-and-sweet-workshop/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry,Poetry Events
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SUMMARY:A Mamafesta for Hearts and Minds Workshop - LIVE
DESCRIPTION:In the circle of all those who have struggled in their bedrooms or in the boardroom\, in the courtroom or in the open fields\, who have bellowed songs of endurance and stomped their feet in joyful defiance for brighter futures\, Carole Metellus and Fióna Bolger invite us to renew our mandate to struggle and joy. Participants are invited to bring their words of resistance and to pen their sustenance to self\, to community\, and to nature that calls them home.We will share our ideas\, listen to the words of the wise ones\, and craft our mamafestas for a healing existence in these times of human distress. We hope you can join us\,  facilitated by: \nCarole Metellus is a Haitian-American writer\, cultural worker long-time activist starting with Indigenous rights\, to Women’s\, GLBTQ\, immigration\, and peace and justice issues\, she manifests her passion currently in her writing.  Fióna Bolger is an Irish poet\, mentor and creative facilitatorShe welcomes all languages and works to create language sharing\, poetry making spaces. See also: A. Stepien\, Migrant Voices in the Plurilingual Poetry and Creative Practice of Fióna Bolger. ELOPE: English Language Overseas Perspectives and Enquiries\, 2024\, Vol. 21\, No. 2. \n Free and open to Everyone
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/a-mamafesta-for-hearts-and-minds-workshop-live/
LOCATION:Sueño Restaurant\, 114 S 12th St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19107\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry,Poetry Events
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SUMMARY:Poets From Around the World - LIVE
DESCRIPTION:Asia – Katherine Sarwopeni Antarikso is an architect\, artist\, and activist was born in Jakarta.Western Europe – Fióna Bolger is a poet\, mentor\, creative facilitator from Ireland.  Middle East – Faleeha Hassan was born and raised in Najaf\, Iraq\, she was the first woman in Najaf to publish a book of. Eastern Europe – Alina Macneal is a Philadelphia based educator\, writer\, poet\, translator\, architect\, born in Poland. \nCaribbean – Carole Metellus is a Haitian-American writer\, cultural worker\, and performer from the East Coast of the United States.
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/poets-from-around-the-world-live/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
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SUMMARY:S/He Speaks 3: Voices of Women and Trans Folx - LIVE
DESCRIPTION:Women\, trans and nonbinary writers are invited to contribute to the 2025 edition of S/He Speaks anthology and to participate in an event at The Rotunda at the University of Pennsylvania on June 7\, 2025.  The anthology will contain poetry\, essays and stories by writers who are either women\, trans or non-binary identified.
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/s-he-speaks-3-voices-of-women-and-trans-folx-live/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 14014 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:S/He Speaks 3: Voices of Women and Trans Folx
DESCRIPTION:Women\, trans and nonbinary writers are invited to contribute to the 2025 edition of S/He Speaks anthology and to participate in an event at The Rotunda at the University of Pennsylvania on June 7\, 2025.  The anthology will contain poetry\, essays and stories by writers who are either women\, trans or non-binary identified. \n 
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/s-he-speaks-3-voices-of-women-and-trans-folx/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 14014 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Poetry Readings by Courtney Bambrick\, Micheal Angelo Abreu\, Aja Beech\, Rhianna Searle\, and Olga Livshin - LIVE
DESCRIPTION:Courtney Bambrick author of World Without was poetry editor at Philadelphia Stories 2010-2024. She teaches writing at Thomas Jefferson University’s East Falls campus in Philadelphia. Her own poems appear in Landlocked Magazine\, Pinhole Poetry\, Thimble\, Invisible City\, and more. \nMichael Angelo Abreu\, author of Gemini\, is a leaf. He takes frequent walks through the Wissahickon woods\, musing about life and its many particulars\, such as love\, happiness\, suffering\, and spiritual growth. Aja Beech\, author of Blood/Magic\, is an artist\, author\, and organizer who uses her art to address systemic issues related to equity for people of all abilities. Rhianna Searle\, author of Hope is Shades of Purple\, is the 2023 Bucks County High School Poet of the Year. She is 20-years-old and currently attends Haverford College. Olga Livshin\, author of A Life Replaced: Poems with Translations from Anna Akhmatova and Vladimir Gandelsman and the co-translator of Today is a Different War by the Ukrainian poet Lyudmyla Khersonska\, grew up in Ukraine and Russia and came to the US as a teenager.
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/poetry-readings-by-courtney-bambrick-micheal-angelo-abreu-aja-beech-rhianna-searle-and-olga-livshin-live/
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