Tag: poetry

  • Readings by CLINTON SMITH and ELIJAH PRYOR

    Elijah Pryor is a spoken word poet born and raised in Philadelphia. He feels blessed to be part of such a thriving and diverse arts scene in his home city and loves seeing people use creative expression to affect their world. Clinton Smith is a poet, prose writer, and musician. As a guitarist, he has…

  • Philadelphia Says: Haiku

    Philadelphia Says: Haiku

    Presented by the Moonstone Arts Center & The Nick Virgilio Haiku Association at Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street Sunday June 17, 2018 – 2pm Philadelphia Says Haiku Celebrating the release of Philadelphia Says Haiku, an Anthology of Haiku by Philadelphia Area Poets  ($10, The Moonstone Press) with a reading by contributors. Philadelphia is home to…

  • Hive Night: Open Mic, Featured Reading

    Moonstone Poetry @ the Pub Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street Wednesday May 30, 2018 – 7pm Hive Night @ Fergie’s Pub HIVE NIGHT is Apiary Magazine’s showcase and open mic celebrating every stripe of literary artist the city has to offer. Come to hear voices from Philadelphia writing tribes old and new, spanning Apiary’s decade-long…

  • Featured Readers: Angel Hogan & David Kertis

    Moonstone Poetry @ the Pub Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street Wednesday May 23, 2018 – 7pm Angel Hogan & David Kertis Angel Hogan has performed as part of the Black Women’s Arts Festival, Literary Death Match, Moonstone Presents, First Person Arts and the Philadelphia Fringe Festival. Angel worked with ArtWell, was a Contributing Editor to…

  • Remembering Lili Bita

    Moonstone Poetry @ the Pub Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street Sunday May 20, 2018, 2pm Remembering Lili Bita Lili Bita, of Bala Cynwyd, author, actress, and pianist, died February 12, 2018. An artist of international acclaim and a figure in Philadelphia cultural life for more than thirty years. Born Angeliki Euterpe Bita in Zakynthos, Greece…

  • Thinking Green with Jacob Russell, Paul Siegell & Anne-Adele Wight

    Moonstone Poetry @ Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom Street Wednesday May 16, 2018 – 7pm Thinking Green with Jacob Russell, Paul Siegell & Anne-Adele Wight Jacob, Willard and Goby work together as a creative collective. Writing under the name, Jacob Russell, they have published three chapbooks, many poems, and have four books of poetry searching for…

  • Featured Readers: Julia Blumenreich & Therése Halscheid

    Moonstone Poetry @ Fergie’s Pub 1214 Sansom Street Wednesday May 9, 2018 – 7pm Julia Blumenreich & Therése Halscheid Julia Blumenreich is a recipient of a Pennsylvania Arts Council grant for her poetry. She is a founding member of 6ix: a literary journal devoted to cutting edge work, edited by six Philadelphia area women. She…

  • Readings by Xander Fraum, Marryann Helferty, John Oliver Mason, and Joe Roarty

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    Xander Fraum is a new poet to Philadelphia’s circles. Maryann Helferty explores the natural world and reports out her findings in poems and photography. John Oliver Mason has written for newspapers, magazines, and blogs about community and national issues for over 25 years. Joe Roarty, author of Moritat (2015 Moonstone Chapbook winner) is poetry of…

  • Readings by Jacob Russell, Paul Siegell, and Anne-Adele Wight

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     Jacob, Willard and Goby work together as a creative collective. Writing under the name Jacob Russell, they have published three chapbooks, many poems, and have four books of poetry searching for publishers. In recent years, their collective has been writing serial poems, interconnected, but in no particular order, or rather—ordered to the mood of the occasion—as…

  • Readings by Autumn Konopka and Lorraine Henrie Lins

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     Autumn Konopka, born and raised in the Philadelphia area, has an M.F.A. in creative writing from Antioch University and a B.A. in English writing and communications from the University of Pittsburgh. Autumn has published work in several journals, and she is deeply interested in the relationship between the arts and socioeconomic class. Autumn has hosted…