VIRTUAL EVENT Meeting Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwkd-6srTItHNIPpFXO_9kEzg40jpTJAkA8 Seventy-five years ago, the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in response to the horrors of World War II and the Holocaust. The first document of its kind, developed by people from diverse backgrounds from around the world, declares that “all human beings are born free […]
Remembering T. S. Eliot Sunday January 5, 2025 2pm EST virtual Register for the Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZItdOuopzkpHtZMtMmL-wsKMt33Qh3uvIr- (26 September 1888 – 4 January 1965) was a poet, essayist and playwright, a leading figure in English-language Modernist poetry where he reinvigorated the art through the use of language, writing style, and verse structure. Also noted for his […]
Tuesday March 11th, 2025 at 6:30pm – Live Broadcast Moonstone Poetry @ PhillyCam Can be viewed on the Phillycam website or Cable 66/966HD/967 or Verizon FIOS, 29/30 in Philadelphia. Philly Loves Poetry Interview and Readings Series Nathalie Anderson’s books of poetry include Following Fred Astaire, Crawlers, Quiver, Stain, and the chapbook Held and Firmly Bound. […]
Monday, April 7th — 2pm VIRTUAL – 2024 Featured Poets On Zoom – Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/lfcdsIFeTdGAdAm0v0FnkQ In 2024, Moonstone Arts Center hosted almost 100 events with nearly 200 poets, both local and international. 75 of those featured poets contributed to this anthology and will read with us again. Buy the Featured Poets 2024 anthology here. Featured Poets […]
Sunday May 4, 2025 – VIRTUAL – World Press Freedom Day The 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 […]
Sunday July 27, 2025 2pm EDT – VIRTUAL https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/MV1XXDyjSxm5hcwx5hpxOg Keystone Poetry: Contemporary Poets on Pennsylvania Edited by Marjorie Maddox & Jerry Wemple ( $27.90 Pennsylvania State University Press) Buy the book: https://moonstone-arts-center.square.site/product/keystone-poetry-contemporary-poets-on-pennsylvania/527 From Philadelphia to Erie, and from the shale fields to the coal mines, Keystone Poetry celebrates the varied landscapes and voices of […]
Sunday August 3, 2025 – 2pmEDT – VIRTUAL https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Q7Xq5kmfTySArIh_8ejLtg Tyler Dunston, author of Octaves, is a writer and visual artist, whose poems have appeared in Atlanta Review, Hawaiʻi Pacific Review, Narrative Magazine, Raleigh Review, and other journals. Maria James-Thiaw is an award-winning poet, performer, and playwright. She is the author of three poetry books, has […]
Tuesday August 5, 2025 – 6:30pm – Live Broadcast Can be viewed on the Phillycam website Or Cable 66/966HD/967 or Verizon FIOS, 29/30 In Philadelphia. Philly Loves Poetry Interview and Readings Series David Ebenbach, the author of collections of fiction (Between Camelots; Into the Wilderness), poetry (We Were the People Who Moved; Autogeography) and essays […]
Sunday August 17, 2025 – 2pm EDT – VIRTUAL https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/s2XRWbF_Q2C7hQaK6Bf0PQ Julia Bouwsma lives off-the-grid in the mountains of western Maine where she works as a poet, homesteader, editor, teacher, and small-town librarian. She is Maine’s sixth Poet Laureate and is the author of Death Fluorescence, Midden, and Work by Bloodlight. Bouwsma’s honors include a 2024 […]
Tuesday September 9, 2025 – 6:30pm – Live Broadcast Can be viewed on the Phillycam website Or Cable 66/966HD/967 or Verizon FIOS, 29/30 In Philadelphia. Philly Loves Poetry Interview and Readings Series Alicia Askenase is the author of several books, was a founding co-editor of the literary journal 6ix and director of the Walt Whitman […]
