[ June 27, 2010; 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm. ] SUNDAY, JUNE 27, 4pm – PoetryCelebration of Light: A Tribute to Lucille CliftonEveryone is invited to share their poems and memories of Lucille
“It will take a long time for many of us to truly accept a world that goes on without Lucille Clifton – one that goes on often without much apparent evidence of her [...]
[ January 25, 2012; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Wednesday, January 25, 7pm – Poetry
Three Poets from Detroit
James Hart III, Anita Schmaltz, and Jhon Clark
[ January 20, 2012; 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm. ] Friday, January 20, 8pm Doors, show starts at 9pm – $3-$5, BYOB
The Weekly Revue
The Weekly Revue’s Holy Scentsation Show is Back! For all your heartwarming-body-of-joy needs whe have phenomenal entertainments to overwhelm the emotions and enlighten the mind. And Houseband Los Culeros, and your host TOBY LOU – THE NASTY ONE – Plus MUCH MORE! [...]
[ January 29, 2012; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Sunday, January 29, 7pm – Poetry
Turtleneck Press Presents
JamesTressel & Brian Warfield
“Turtleneck Press wishes to invite you to the launch of its first two chapbooks. James Tressel will be reading from his chapbook of poetry and prose, “Furnace.” Brian Warfield, founder of Turtleneck Press, will read from “Grey Inserts Himself, Like an Oven Mitt in [...]
[ January 24, 2012; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Tuesday, January 24, 7pm – Poetry
The Moonstone Poetry Series Presents
Diane Sahms- Guarnieri & g emil reutter
Diane Sahms- Guarnieri is a Philadelphia Poet. She is a graduate of East Stroudsburg State University and has performed post graduate work at Holy Family University. Her work has been published widely in the small and electronic press, Images [...]
[ January 17, 2012; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Tuesday, January 17, 7pm – Poetry
Poets and Prophets Presents
Debrah Morkun
“I believe in near death experiences and pray to the old gods. I live in Philadelphia, where I curate The Jubilant Thicket Literary Series & co-curate (with Kim Gek Lin Short) The General Idea Series. I am the author of The Ida Pingala (BlazeVOX, 2011) [...]
[ January 15, 2012; 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. ] Sunday, January 15, 11am – Discussion
The Nation Magazine Discussion Group Presents
Eugene McCarraher on The End of Capitalism and the Wellsprings of Radical Hope
Eugene McCarraher, Associate Professor of Humanities and History at Villanova University was published in a June 8, 2011 issue of The Nation on the topic: Reimagining Capitalism. His essay follows.
“Why should [...]
[ January 14, 2012; 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ] Saturday, January 14, 2pm – Non-Fiction
Brenda Dixon Gottschild author of Joan Myers Brown & the Audacious Hope of the Black Ballerina ($27.00 Palgrave Macmillan)
Founder of the Philadelphia Dance Company (PHILADANCO) and the Philadelphia School of Dance Arts, Joan Myers Brown’s personal and professional histories reflect both the hardships and the accomplishments of African Americans [...]
[ January 13, 2012; 8:30 pm to 10:30 pm. ] Friday, January 13, 2012 – BYOB – Doors: 8:30 p.m. Show: 9 p.m. sharp – $10 at the door / $8 in advance (only at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/217298)
Lucky Old Souls @ Moonstone Presents
The After Hours Trio + One
& Craig Ebner Quartet featuring John Swana
THE AFTER HOURS TRIO + ONE: Najwa Parkins, vocals; Luke Brandon, trumpet; Dan [...]
[ January 11, 2012; 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm. ] Wednesday, January 11, 7:30pm – $5 donation recommended – Comedy
Laughworks Presents
“What’s Funny About That”
AN EVENING OF SUBVERSIVE COMEDY
With Alex Pearlman, Art Stern, Phyllis Voren
LAUGHTER IS GOOD FOR YOU, AND IT’S CONTAGIOUS, TOO
People are talking about “What’s Funny About That?” An Evening of Subversive Comedy, the new and already successful [...]
[ January 10, 2012; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Tuesday, January 10, 7pm – Poetry
Ewuare Osayande
author of Whose America? New and Selected Poems
Writing in the socially-engaged poetic tradition of Langston Hughes and Walt Whitman, Ewuare X. Osayande unleashes his latest book of poems, Whose America?, that takes on the political climate of this country and garners the praises of two living legends [...]
