EVENTS
POSTPONED to FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 5:30pmFRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 5:30pm – SCREENING/DISCUSSION
Art Sanctuary and Moonstone Present:
CHARLES FULLER
A screening and discussion of the film of Fuller’s Pulitzer Prize winning play A Soldier’s Story
[Charles Fuller's] work, A Soldier’s Play, told the story of the racially charged search by a black captain for the murderer of a black sergeant on a Louisiana army base in 1944, as a means to discuss the position of blacks in white society.
For more information: Charles Fuller
POSTPONED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHERSATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 5pm – NON-FICTION
k/d/morris Presents: “From Myspace to My Place…”
RICARDO SUBER aka YOUR ROYAL FLYNESS
author of the series “From MySpace To My Place”
And “The Facebook Datebook For Men” has met hundreds of women online, from various sites. To date he has conducted over two dozen radio interviews and along with an in-person interview with Abiola Abrams of VH-1’s Tough Love. Moderated by Linda Dillard, BlogTalk Radio Hostess of “Power In Progress – Love and Life”, “A Day In The Life Of L”, Hosted by: k/d/morris 215-684-9390
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 6:00pm – STUDY GROUP
Water Cures, Drugs Kill: A Study Group
The aim of this group is to study, apply and spread the good news about the biggest medical breakthrough you never heard of!
For more information or to register: Water Cures
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 6:30pm – FICTION WORKSHOP
Philadelphia Stories Fiction Workshop
For more information please email: christine@philadelphiastories.org
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 7pm – POETRY
Moonstone and Plan B Press Present
MICHELE BELLUOMINI, ELIZABETH BODIEN, CHRIS BULLARD, DANIEL COLLINS, DAN MAGUIRE, JIM MANCINELLI, JOYCE MEYERS
For more info: Moonstone Poetry & Plan B Press Present
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 7pm – FICTION & NON-FICTION
LIGIA RAVÉ author of Hanah’s Paradise
MARK LYONS author of Espejos y Ventanas/ Mirrors and Windows: Oral Histories of Mexican Farmworkers and Their Families
“Like Scheherazade, the narrator of Ligia Ravé’s beautifully rendered novel, HANAH’S PARADISE, has to tell stories–in this case her family’s stories–in order to keep memory alive. . . . Told in wonderful, vibrant language, the tale of the Ravayah family has the magical, almost dreamlike quality of a García Márquez story, only this story has taken over a thousand years to tell and there is, as yet, no end to it.” – National Book Award winner Lily Tuck
The oral histories in Espejos Y Ventanas / Mirrors and Windows grew out of Mark’s extensive work with Latino immigrants in Pennsylvania. It is a collection of rich and profoundly moving stories of the Mexican immigrant community of Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, whose three generations have migrated north to work in the world’s largest mushroom industry.
For more info: Ligia Ravé & Mark Lyons
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 5:30pm – WORKSHOP
LIFE OF A POET WORKSHOP with LEONARD GONTAREK
4 sessions for $50. Contact: Leonard Gontarek at gontarek9@earthlink.net
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, Doors 8:30pm, Show 9pm – MUSIC – BYOB
$10 at the door / $8 in advance at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/93010
Lucky Old Souls @ Moonstone Presents
HERB ROBERTSON (w/ KACZOROWSKI & VALOSIN)
RESISTANCE MESSAGE (w/ JEF LEE JOHNSON)
For more information: Lucky Old Souls Presents
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 6:00pm – STUDY GROUP
Water Cures, Drugs Kill: A Study Group
The aim of this group is to study, apply and spread the good news about the biggest medical breakthrough you never heard of!
For more information or to register: Water Cures
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 6:30pm – FICTION WORKSHOP
Philadelphia Stories Fiction Workshop
For more information please email: christine@philadelphiastories.org
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 7pm – POETRY
Poets & Prophets Presents:
ELIJAH PRINGLE
For more information: Elijah Pringle
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 5:30pm – WORKSHOP
LIFE OF A POET WORKSHOP with LEONARD GONTAREK
4 sessions for $50. Contact: Leonard Gontarek at gontarek9@earthlink.net
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 7:30pm – POETRY – Suggested donation – $3-5
The Moles Not Molar Reading & Performance Series Presents
a Crisp Double-Fisted Book Release Celebration and Poetry Spectacula!!
Featuring:
RACHEL ZOLF (Poet; New York City)
SUZANNE HEYD (Poet; Philadelphia)
SIMONE WHITE (Poet; New York City)
For more info: Moles Not Molar Presents
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 11am – The Nation Magazine Discussion Group
FEAR and ANGER in AMERICA: What the Left Can Do About It – Discussion led by Will Richan
For more information: The Nation Magazine Discussion Group
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 3pm – GROUP POETRY
Annual John and Rose Petracca & family Award Presentation/Reading
Chosen by our judge, Eileen Spinelli, from the 2009-Volume 15 issue of Philadelphia Poets
For more information: Annual John and Rose Petracca & Family Award Presentation/Reading
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 6:00pm – STUDY GROUP
Water Cures, Drugs Kill: A Study Group
The aim of this group is to study, apply and spread the good news about the biggest medical breakthrough you never heard of!
For more information or to register: Water Cures
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 6:30pm – FICTION WORKSHOP
Philadelphia Stories Fiction Workshop
For more information please email: christine@philadelphiastories.org
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 9pm – MUSIC – $5 Cover – BYO
Jazz Showcase – Contemporary Free Jazz
featuring CHRIS ASCHMAN, TIM WENDEL, RYAN KUHNS and ANWAR MARSHALL
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 7pm – POETRY
Moonstone Poetry Series Presents:
YOLANDA WISHER, MARK PALACIO & TRAPETA MASON
For more information Moonstone Poetry Series Presents: Wisher, Palacio, and Mason
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 7pm – SPECIAL EVENT
CELEBRATION OF LIFE FOR DON BELTON
Co-sponsored by Art Sanctuary, Giovanni’s Room & Moonstone Arts Center
You are invited to join us in remembering Don Belton, who was murdered on December 28, 2009. We invite you to share your stories to celebrate Don’s life. Please bring something to eat or drink to share as well.
Don Belton is the author of a novel, Almost Midnight, and editor of Speak My Name, an anthology exploring the gulf between real and represented black masculinity.
For more info: Don Belton
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 5:30pm – WORKSHOP
LIFE OF A POET WORKSHOP with LEONARD GONTAREK
4 sessions for $50. Contact: Leonard Gontarek at gontarek9@earthlink.net
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 7:30pm – SCI-FI/FANTASY
Philadelphia Fantastic Presents
VICTORIA JANSSEN
Victoria Janssen’s first novel, The Duchess, Her Maid, The Groom and Their Lover, was published by Harlequin Spice in December 2008, her second, The Moonlight Mistress, in December 2009; it features the early days of World War One and werewolves. When not writing, Victoria lectures about writing and selling erotica at literary conferences, researches in libraries and graveyards, and guestblogs. She lives in Philadelphia.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 9pm – VARIETY SHOW
THE WEEKLY REVUE
For more info: www.myspace.com/theweeklyrevue