Tag: poetry reading
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Wednesday March 18, 2026 – LIVE at Fergie’s Pub
Wednesday March 18, 2026 – LIVE at Fergie’s Featuring: Vincent Bush, Demetra De’Vine, William E. Heston, Matthew Klauber, and Sean Hanrahan as Host Vincent Bush is a Philadelphia-based mixed media artist and poet. Through his chosen mediums, Vincent explores healing, identity, and the power of love, often using the heart as a universal symbol that transcends…
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Sunday March 15, 2026 – Latinx Voices in Poetry: Poetry Without Borders – VIRTUAL
Sunday March 15, 2026 – Latinx Voices in Poetry: Poetry Without Borders Register Here: Latinx Voices in Poetry: Virtual Poetry Reading This anthology will include three sections: Remembering Marjorie Agosin, Remembering Ernesto Cardenzal, and Latinx Voices in Poetry: Poetry Without Borders – Poetry by Latin American Poets both in the US and Latin America
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Saturday March 7, 2026 – ICE OUT – LIVE READING
Saturday March 7, 2026 – ICE OUT – LIVE READING At Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial, 719 Catherine Street, Philadelphia Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are acting like the Nazi German SS who were tasked with detection of potential enemies of the state, the neutralization of opposition and providing domestic and foreign intelligence. The SS…
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March 4, 2026 – Live at Fergie’s Pub
Wednesday March 4, 2026 – Live at Fergie’s Pub Featuring: Jo Piazza, Christina Rosso-Schneider, and Julianna Forlano as Host Jo Piazza is an international bestselling author, award-winning journalist, and podcast creator known for 12+ books, including The Sicilian Inheritance and We Are Not Like Them. She hosts the critically acclaimed podcast Under the Influence. Her work…
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Sunday February 22, 2026 – ICE OUT – VIRTUAL
Sunday February 22, 2026 – ICE OUT Register Here: ICE OUT VIRTUAL READING Poems about ICE, the Murders of Renee Nicole Good, Alex Pretti, and Others There are 127 poets, click here for the list of names: Not all Poets will be Reading – Please join us.
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Remembering Ezra Pound – Sunday November 2nd – 2pm – Virtual
Pound was an American poet and critic, a major figure in the early modernist poetry movement, and a collaborator in Fascist Italy during World War II. His works include Ripostes (1912), Hugh Selwyn Mauberley (1920), and his 800-page epic poem The Cantos (c. 1917–1962). Pound’s contribution to poetry began in the early 20th century with developing…
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Wednesday October 15, 2025 – 7:00pm – LIVE
Heather Bowlan, author of Highlights and Blackouts and co-director of Philadelphia Small Works, an art gallery and performance space. Christopher K.P. Brown aka KP ULTRA is the founder of Pecola Breedlove & The Freedom Party, ran 2 Pens & Lint, under which he published chapbooks for over 400 runs Poetry215.com. His newest poetry…
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Live Reading: Justin Ryan, James Milanesi, Alexandra Naughton
Live Poetry: Justin Ryan, James Milanesi, Alexandra Naughton Wednesday September 11, 2024 – 7pm Live at Fergie’s Pub,1214 Sansom Street and on Zoom Registration Link https://us05web.zoom.us/j/82262171863?pwd=shO59ocZl1I7bpqxl5EGfs0b0wFY3x.1 Justin Ryan Fyfe is a poet in Philly. He just got fired from his job. You can read all his poems online at fromfromfrom.tumblr.com. James Milanesi was born and…
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Moonstone Poetry: Fatal Force: Poetic Justice
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”…
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Live Poetry: Matt Lake, Jon Lawrence, Hannah McDonald
Join us for Live Poetry at Fergie’s Pub and on Zoom! Matt Lake is frankly baffled, he began writing and editing books about folklore, monsters, and dark history–including his best-known book Weird Pennsylvania. Jon Lawrence poetry and reviews have been published in Newfound, American Writers Review, The Bangalore Review, and others. Hannah McDonald is a writer,…