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SUMMARY:Freedom Rhythms
DESCRIPTION:Freedom Rhythms \nSaturday September 12 –  2PM to 5PM\nCommodore Barry Arts & Cultural Center’s Program \n6815 Emlen Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19119 • 215-843-8051 \n“THESE are the times that try men’s souls: The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will\, in this crisis\, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it now\, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny\, like hell\, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us\, that the harder the conflict\, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap\, we esteem too lightly: It is dearness only that gives everything its value. Heaven knows how to set a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed\, if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated….” \nThomas Paine THE AMERICAN CRISIS\, No. 1\, 1776 Dec. 19\, 1776 — America’s Forgotten Founding Father \nFreedom 250 Years After America’s Revolution \nWhat do poets have to say about this? \nWe’re hosting this event in collaboration with Commodore Barry Arts & Cultural Center’s Program\, including a reading from our Freedom 250? anthology and readings from Philadelphia Poet Laureate and Montgomery County Poets laureates \nDr. Raina J. Leon \nDavid Gines & Chad Frame  \nFree & Open to the Public
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SUMMARY:Trane-ing Poetry: Writing Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Trane-ing Poetry: Writing Workshop\nSunday\, September 27 | VIRTUAL | 2pm \nRegistration Link – https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/JAj5oD1RTHKfwfapZt3Chg \nJohn Coltrane was born in Hamlet\, North Carolina in 1926. He only lived in North Carolina for a few years. After his grandparents and father died within a few months of each other\, he relocated with his mother to Philadelphia. \nJohn Coltrane began his illustrious career in the 1950’s with two high list associations:  Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk. Coltrane played with Davis’s band until around 1960\, when he began to lead more dates as a band leader. \nIn 1962\, Coltrane formed the classic ‘Coltrane Quartet’ consisting of McCoy Tyner (piano)\, Elvin Jones (drums)\, and Jimmy Garrison (bass). The conception of this group also coincides with Coltrane’s music taking on a more spiritual direction.  This group recorded some of Coltrane’s most famous and encompassing works. After the classic quartet disbanded\, Coltrane pushed further outwards\, testing the boundaries of improvised music. \nTo honor the 100th anniversary of John Coltrane’s birth (September 23\, 1926)\, the Coltrane Estate launched “Coltrane 100\,” a year-long global celebration. The centennial highlights a massive schedule of catalog reissues\, symphonic performances\, and tribute concerts worldwide. Join the celebration at a special events and submission to a poetry anthology inspired by Coltrane.
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry: Sojourner Ahebee\, Michelle Myers & Karol Wasylyshyn
DESCRIPTION:Live Poetry: Sojourner Ahebee\, Michelle Myers & Karol Wasylyshyn\nWednesday\, September 30th @ 7pm\nFergies Pub: 1412 Sansom St. Philadelphia \nSojourner Ahebee writes stories about African diaspora identities and the eternal question of home and belonging. Her poems have been published in The Atlantic\, The Academy of American Poets\, Muzzle Magazine\, For Harriet\, Winter Tangerine Review\, Apiary Magazine\, and elsewhere. In 2013\, she served as a National Student Poet\, the nation’s highest honor for young poets presenting original work. Sojourner was invited to the White House by former First Lady Michelle Obama to receive her award. \nPhiladelphia Poet Laureate Yolanda Wisher wrote\, “Reporting from the Belly of the Night is a gospel of self-love full of gorgeous pullulating poems. Ahebee wrenches the sting and the sweetness from black womanhood. She evokes historical\, cultural\, and familial namesakes\, sings up the names of daughters and aunties and mamas\, makes mountains of them. This is a young woman’s poetry with an elder’s heart\, unflinchingly traversing the oceans between slavery and social media. These are poems we long for and need but don’t always see coming.” \nMichelle Myers is an award-winning poet\, author\, and educator whose work centers storytelling\, cultural memory\, and voice. A founding member of the Asian American spoken word poetry group Yellow Rage\, she was among the first Asian American women featured on HBO’s Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry. Her work appears in numerous anthologies and outlets\, including USA Today\, The Philadelphia Inquirer\, and the Smithsonian Channel. Michelle is also an award-winning educator and the faculty coordinator and co-creator of the Emmy-nominated series Drop the Mic. She hosts the podcast Mind Your Margins\, produced by her daughter\, Myong. \nShe received a 2024 Individual Artist Fellowship from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts for her middle-grade novel Talk Me a Story about Moon Rabbit. Michelle was commissioned by the Chinese American Museum in Los Angeles to write a poem for its exhibition (Be) Spoken. \nKarol Wasylyshyn is widely published in the field of consulting psychology and has published volumes of poetry (Standing on Marbles and Escaping the Corner) focused on business leaders. Her poems appear in Forge\, The Write Room\, Curium\, The Medulla Review\, Spillway\, Lullwater Review\, Visions International\, River Sedge\, Nimrod Int’l Journal\, Milk Money\, and The Alembic. In the wake of her husband’s death in 2024\, she edited a collection of his grammar columns in a book entitled The Queen’s English and is now working on a series of illustrated grief poems. \nAaren Perry Host – Open Reading Follows
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-sojourner-ahebee-michelle-myers-karol-wasylyshyn/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
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