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

Moonstone Poetry Series Presents

Friday, October 28th, 2011

[ November 22, 2011; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Tuesday, November 22, 7pm
Moonstone Poetry Series Presents

Patriarchal Rites: A Multi-Gendered Approach to Masculinity

Friday, October 28th, 2011

[ November 21, 2011; 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] Monday, November 21, 8pm – $7-$10 sliding scale at the door!
Patriarchal Rites: A Multi-Gendered Approach to Masculinity

What does it mean to be a man and where did we learn it from? This evening of poetry and monologue will join in conversation, straight/gay/queer men and trans folks of all kinds to talk about the complexities of [...]

Fred Ho author of Diary of a Radical Cancer Warrior: fighting Cancer and Capitalism at the Cellular Level

Friday, October 28th, 2011

[ November 20, 2011; 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ] Sunday, November 20, 2pm – Non-Fiction
Fred Ho author of Diary of a Radical Cancer Warrior: fighting Cancer and Capitalism at the Cellular Level ($25.00 Sky Horse Publishing)

Fred Ho special book publication and cd release party and signing of Fred Ho’s DIARY OF A RADICAL CANCER WARRIOR: FIGHTING CANCER AND CAPITALISM AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL (Sky [...]

Christina Shea author of Smuggled

Friday, October 28th, 2011

[ November 19, 2011; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Saturday, November 19, 7pm
Christina Shea author of Smuggled ($14.00 Black Cat)

Sweeping from post–WWII rural Romania to the cosmopolitan Budapest of 1990, Christina Shea’s Smuggled is the story of Eva Farkas, who loses her identity, quite literally, as a young child when she is smuggled in a flour sack across the Hungarian border to escape [...]

Weekly Revue Returns

Friday, October 28th, 2011

[ November 18, 2011; 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm. ] Friday, November 18, $3-5, BYOB, 8pm Doors, show starts promptly at 9 PM – Variety Show
The Weekly Revue Returns to Philadelphia with less fear and more fearlessness than ever!  We been runnin and slummin elsewhere’s, but fresh off a Rabbincal gig in New Orleans your host, Toby Lou, is so proud to present those highly [...]

The LasT WorD ROCKS!

Friday, October 28th, 2011

[ November 17, 2011; 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] Thursday, November 17, 8pm, $5 Cover – Open Mic
The LasT WorD ROCKS!

St. Skribbly LaCroix hosts the most provocative, raucous and innovative open mic in Philadelphia. The LasT WorD is ground zero for the “Movement for a DoPeR PhiLLy.” It is an all-ages monthly open mic/performance art fiasco orchestrated by Saint Skribbly LaCroix and features [...]

The Women’s Writing & Spoken Word Series Presents Charlyn Brownskin & Elliott batTzedek

Friday, October 28th, 2011

[ November 16, 2011; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Wednesday, November 16, 7pm – Multi-Genre
The Women’s Writing & Spoken Word Series Presents
Charlyn Brownskin & Elliott batTzedek

Charlyn (Charly Honey Brownskin) Griffith is a multi-media fine/visual and performance artist who owns and operates several growing businesses including Sanctuary Wholistic Arts, Flowers of the Ancestors Indigenous Arts and Sciences Academy, and Honey Tree (wellness [...]

Gregory Summer author of Unstuck in Time: A Journey Through Kurt Vonnegut’s Life and Novels

Friday, October 28th, 2011

[ November 15, 2011; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Tuesday, November 15, 7pm – Non-Fiction
Gregory Summer author of Unstuck in Time: A Journey Through Kurt Vonnegut’s Life and Novels ($24.95 Seven Stories Press)

In Unstuck in Time, Gregory Sumner guides us, with insight and passion, through a biography of fifteen of Kurt Vonnegut’s best known works, his fourteen novels starting with Player Piano [...]

Leeway Foundation Grantee Showcase

Friday, October 28th, 2011

[ November 13, 2011; 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ] Sunday, November 13, 2pm – multi-disciplinary showcase
Leeway Foundation Grantee Showcase
Featuring:
Sandra Andino, Deborah Rudman, Gavin Outlaw
& Cassendre Xavier

Sandra Andino (ACG’05, ACG’09) will display a photo-documentary project that explores the Afro-Latino concept, experience, and artistic/cultural expression of Latinos in North Philadelphia. She selected a group of Latino visual artists, performers, and cultural workers [...]

Katie Ford, Jamaal May, Seth Pollins & Iain Haley Pollock

Friday, October 28th, 2011

[ November 12, 2011; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Saturday, November 12, 7pm – Poetry

Katie Ford, Jamaal May, Seth Pollins &  Iain Haley Pollock

Katie Ford is the author of Deposition and Colosseum. She is the recipient of a Lannan Literary Fellowship and the Larry Levis Reading Award. Colosseum was named a “Best Book of 2008” by Publishers Weekly and one of the “Top Ten [...]