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 [...]


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The Whimsical Sage – Words at Play for All Ages

Friday, November 25th, 2011

[ December 11, 2011; 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ] Sunday, December 11, 2pm – Words, Poetry, Prose

The Whimsical Sage – Words at Play for All Ages

Please join us for a 60 minute presentation of the fun ways that The Whimsical Sage – Words at Play for All Ages, a hardback collection of fun with homonyms, similes, puns, definitions, expressions, words-inside-words, diverse verses, and [...]

Support Midwives! Party and Fundraiser to support the ACNM-PAC

Friday, November 25th, 2011

[ December 10, 2011; 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm. ] Saturday, December 10, 7:30pm –
Suggested Donation: $10 for students. $15 for all others*

Support Midwives! Party and Fundraiser to support the ACNM-PAC

Live Music! Silent Auction! 50/50 Raffle! Food and Drink! The ACNM Midwife-PAC raises the voices of midwives through advocating for more access to full scope midwifery care, increased consumer awareness of maternal [...]

Matt Meyer author of Seeds of New Hope: Pan-African Peace Studies for the Twenty-first Century

Friday, November 25th, 2011

[ December 10, 2011; 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm. ] Saturday, December 10, 1pm – Non-Fiction

Matt Meyer author of Seeds Bearing Fruit, Seeds of New Hope and Time is Tight: Transformative Education in Eritrea, South Africa, and the U.S.A Pan-African Peace Action for the Twenty-First Century
edited by Elavie Ndura- Ouédraogo, Matt Meyer, and Judith Atiri ($39.95 AWP)

No matter how little one knows about [...]

Lucky Old Souls @ Moonstone Presents

Friday, November 25th, 2011

[ December 9, 2011; 8:30 pm to 11:30 pm. ] Friday, December 9 – Doors: 8:30 p.m. Show: 9 pm sharp
BYOB – $10 at the door / $8 in advance – Jazz

Lucky Old Souls @ Moonstone Presents

THE LISA CHAVOUS EXPERIENCE Lisa Chavous, vocals Odean Pope, tenor sax Kelvin Nathaniel, guitar Warren Oree, bass Tony “Stickman” Wyatt, drums

THE HAWK QUARTET Saxophonist/composer, Daniel Peterson’s sax quartet, [...]

The Nation Magazine Discussion Group Presents Reimagining Capitalism, Part 2

Friday, November 25th, 2011

[ December 4, 2011; 11:00 am to 3:00 pm. ] Sunday, December 4, 11am – Political Discussion – all welcome

The Nation Magazine Discussion Group Presents

Reimagining Capitalism, Part 2

The members who attended the last meeting enjoyed the discussion so much that it was agreed to continue the matter to the next meeting. So, the topic will be: Reimagining Capitalism, Part II. To get [...]

The Brothahood

Friday, November 25th, 2011

[ December 2, 2011; 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] Friday, December 2, 8pm – $5 Cover – Jazz

The Brothahood

The Brothahood is a trio of talented young musicians from the Philadelphia area. Forged by diverse influences, our sound is fresh and versatile with roots in the jazz genre. Yesseh Ali, Tenor Sax; Noah Gershwin, Guitar; Austin Marlow, Drums; Nick Perri, Bass

The Life of The Poet Workshop with Leonard Gontarek

Friday, November 25th, 2011

[ December 1, 2011; 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. December 8, 2011; 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. December 15, 2011; 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. December 22, 2011; 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. ] Thursdays in December, 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

Leonard Gontarek is the author of St. Genevieve Watching Over Paris, Van Morrison Can’t Find His Feet, Zen For Beginners and Déjà Vu Diner (Autumn House Press, 2006). He [...]

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE and ENSURING your RIGHT to PROTECT the EARTH

Friday, October 28th, 2011

[ November 30, 2011; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Wednesday, November 30, 7pm – Non-Fiction
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE and ENSURING your RIGHT to PROTECT the EARTH

Margaret Motheral was forced from her home in East Mt Airy in 2006 when the City of Philadelphia dug up a contaminated industrial site and used political strong arm to skip environmental procedure, fail to protect the neighborhood from varied [...]

CANCELLED – P&P: Kimmika Williams

Friday, October 28th, 2011

[ November 29, 2011; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Tuesday, November 29,6pm – CANCELLED
Poets and Prophets Presents
Kimmika Williams

Amina Gautier author of At-Risk

Friday, October 28th, 2011

[ November 27, 2011; 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm. ] Sunday, November 27, 4pm – Fiction
Amina Gautier
author of At-Risk ($24.95 University of Georgia Press)

In Amina Gautier’s Brooklyn, some kids make it and some kids don’t, but not in simple ways or for stereotypical reasons. Gautier’s stories explore the lives of young African Americans who might all be classified as “at-risk,” yet who encounter [...]