Special Event: Mark Auslander author of The Accidental Slaveowner: Revisiting a Myth of Race and Finding an American Family

August 20th, 2011

[ September 7, 2011; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ]

Wednesday September 7, 6pm – Non-Fiction

A Special Event at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1300 Locust Street

Mark Auslander author of The Accidental Slaveowner: Revisiting a Myth of Race and Finding an American Family ($24.95 University of Georgia Press)

What does one contested account of an enslaved woman tell us about our difficult racial past? Part history, [...]

Special Event: LUCILLE CLIFTON MEMORIAL

May 26th, 2010

[ 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 [...]

Special Event: Scott Chrisitianson author of Freeing Charles

April 22nd, 2010

[ May 13, 2010; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] THURSDAY, MAY 13, 7pm – NON-FICTIONArt Sanctuary & Moonstone PresentSCOTT CHRISTIANSONauthor of Freeing Charles: The Struggle to Free a Slave on the Eve of the Civil War ($24.95 University of Illinois Press)

Freeing Charles recounts the life and epic rescue of captured fugitive slave Charles Nalle of Culpeper, Virginia, who was forcibly liberated by Harriet Tubman [...]


All Events

Joe Moore author of Stories From the Back of the Bus ($19.95)

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012

[ February 12, 2012; ] Sunday February 12, 3pm – Non-Fiction

Joe Moore author of Stories From the Back of the Bus ($19.95)

My book tells the story of what it was like living in the segregated south; New Orleans in particular. It relates how I and a few friends suffered under the yoke of segregation, Jim Crow laws and [...]

Lucky Old Souls @ Moonstone Presents The Mike Lorenz Quartet & TBA

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012

[ February 10, 2012; ] Friday February 10, 2012 – BYOB – Doors: 8:30 p.m. Show: 9 p.m. sharp -$10 at the door / $8 in advance

Lucky Old Souls @ Moonstone Presents The Mike Lorenz Quartet & TBA

The Mike Lorenz Quartet celebrate the release of their CD “In The Woods”

Mike Lorenz, guitar; Mike Cemprola, alto sax; Brian Howell, bass; [...]

Dan Hanrahan Trio & Dave Sanders Quartet

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012

[ February 22, 2012; ] Wednesday, February 22, 9pm-$10 Cover-BYOB-JAZZ

Dan Hanrahan Trio & Dave Sanders Quartet

The Life of The Poet Workshop with Leonard Gontarek

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012

[ February 9, 2012; ] Thursday February 9, 5:30pm – Workshop

The Life of The Poet Workshop with Leonard Gontarek

Thursday, 5:30 –7 PM. $60 for four sessions.

Contact: Leonard Gontarek -gontarek9@earthlink.net

Laughworks Presents “What’s Funny About That”

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012

[ February 8, 2012; ] Wednesday February 8, 7:30pm – $5 donation recommended – Comedy

Laughworks Presents “What’s Funny About That”

An Evening of Subversive comedy With Doogie Horner (semi-finalist on America’s Got Talent),

Phyllis Voren, H. Foley, Tommy Highland and Lisa Yost

LAUGHTER IS GOOD FOR YOU, AND IT’S CONTAGIOUS, TOO.

PHYLLIS VOREN has entertained U.S. troops in the Arctic Circle; performed [...]

Philadelphia Stories Fiction Workshop

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012

[ February 6, 2012; ] Monday February 6, 6:30 – Fiction Workshop

Philadelphia Stories Fiction Workshop

For more information, please email christine@philadelphiastories.org

The Brothahood Performance and Jam Session

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012

[ February 3, 2012; ] Friday February 3, 8pm -$5 Cover – Jazz

The Brothahood Performance and Jam Session

Hey guys! I’m very excited to be back  playing with my group at Moonstone Arts Center. We will be playing a set and then we are hosting a jam session for the rest of the night. Bring you horn/axe and invite your [...]

The Life Of The Poet Workshop With Leonard Gontarek

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012

[ February 2, 2012; 5:30 pm; ] Thursday, February 2, 5:30pm-Workshop

The Life Of The Poet Workshop With Leonard Gontarek

Thursday, 5:30 –7 PM. $60 for four sessions.

Contact: Leonard Gontarek -gontarek9@earthlink.net

Three Poets from Detroit

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012

[ 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

The Weekly Revue

Friday, January 20th, 2012

[ 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! [...]