Special Event: Race in America: A Discussion with Erica Armstrong Dunbar, Clarence Page and Linn Washington

April 27th, 2012

[ May 3, 2012; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Thursday, May 3 – 7pm

Race in America: A Discussion with Erica Armstrong Dunbar, Clarence Page and Linn Washington

District 1199C Philadelphia Headquarters, 1319 Locust Street

Erica Armstrong Dunbar specializes in 19th Century African American History and is author of A Fragile Freedom. Clarence Page is a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist of The Chicago Tribune and author [...]

Special Event: An Evening with Tim Wise

April 27th, 2012

[ May 6, 2012; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Sunday, May 6 – 7pm – $10 Admission

An Evening with Tim Wise

District 1199C Philadelphia Headquarters, 1319 Locust Street

Tim Wise author of Dear White America: Letter to a New Minority and White Like Me is among the most prominent anti-racist writers and educators in the United States, and Michael Eric Dyson has called,  “One [...]

Special Event: Who Am I? The Poetry of Identity

April 27th, 2012

[ May 7, 2012; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Monday, May 7 – 7pm

Who Am I? The Poetry of Identity

Moonstone Arts Center, 110A S. 13th

A Poetry reading by Sonia Sanchez, Lamont Steptoe, Daniel Abdah-Hayy Moore, Hanock Guy and open reading

How do we identify ourselves? Others?  By our ethnicity? Our gender? Our age? What makes us who we are?  This is one of [...]

Special Event: Martin R. Delany and the Birth of Black Nationalism

April 27th, 2012

[ May 9, 2012; 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm. ] Wednesday, May 9 – 2:30pm

Martin R. Delany and the Birth of Black Nationalism

Paley Library Lecture Hall, 1210 Polett Walk

A lecture by Molefi Kete Asante, professor, department of African American Studies at Temple University and author of over 70 books including 100 Greatest African Americans, Erasing Racism, and African American History: Journey of Liberation. For [...]

Special Event: An Afternoon with William Ayers

April 27th, 2012

[ May 9, 2012; 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm. ] Wednesday, May 9 – 4pm

An Afternoon with William Ayers

Houston Hall, 3417 Spruce Street, Hall of Flags

“To Teach represents a fresh breeze in the educational and social science research community.” Elliot Eisner, Professor Emeritus of Art, Stanford University

For More Information: www.moonstoneartscenter.org/martindelany

Special Event: Martin Delany & The Politics of Identity

April 27th, 2012

[ May 9, 2012; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Wednesday, May 9 – 6pm

Martin R. Delany & The Politics of Identity

Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1300 Locust

Panel with Molefi Kete Asante, historian, author of 100 Greatest African Americans; Alondra Nelson, sociologist,  editor of Genetics and the Unsettled Past: The Collision of DMA, Race, and History; William Ayers, educator, author of Race Course. For More [...]

Special Event: Journey of Mankind

April 27th, 2012

[ May 10, 2012; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Thursday, May 10 – 7pm

Journey of Mankind

First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia, 2125 Chestnut Street

Screening of the film Journey of Man followed by a discussion on DNA and the myth of race How did the human race populate the world? A group of geneticists have worked on the question for a decade, arriving at [...]

Special Event: Martin Delany, Author

April 27th, 2012

[ May 10, 2012; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Thursday, May 10 – 7pm

SONIA IS SICK AND WILL HAVE TO RESCHEDULE

Martin R. Delany, Author

Moonstone Arts Center, 110A S. 13th Discussion on Martin R. Delany’s books led by Sonia Sanchez including Blake or the Huts of America (a novel- For More Information www.moonstoneartscenter.org/martindelany

Special Event: Challenging Racism for 150 Years

April 27th, 2012

[ May 12, 2012; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Saturday, May 12 – 7pm

Challenging Racism for 150 Years

Moonstone Arts Center, 110A S. 13th

A program on Martin R. Delany’s life and thought in the 19th Century by Robert Levine editor of The Martin R. Delany Reader counterpointed by Frank Meeink’s story of embracing and then rejecting racism in the 20th Century – For More [...]

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, [...]


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12/11 – Friday – 7pm – Lucky Old Souls Presents Tom Lawton’s Seven Vignettes from Broad and Lombard and Classical Revolution

Friday, December 11th, 2009

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11 – 9pm – MUSIC – $10 at the door/ $8 in advance: (at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/90660) BYOB, Doors 8:30pm, Show 9pmLucky Old Souls @ TMAC Presents:TOM LAWTON’S SEVEN VIGNETTES FROM BROAD AND LOMBARDTom Lawton, piano Josh Machiz, bass Alex Maio, drums This music was commissioned by the American Composers Forum, 2009.CLASSICAL REVOLUTIONpresents music by [...]

12/10 – 7pm – Just Around the Clock to a Brave New World

Thursday, December 10th, 2009

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10 – 7pm – PERFORMANCENational Black Arts Spoken Word Tour Presents:JUST AROUND THE BLOCK TO A BRAVE NEW WORLDThis staged adaptation chronicles gang warfare, violence in the home, schools and comunities. It also explores Bridging Worlds and Houses of Reconciliation to R.I.P. (Rest in Peace) as a civics literacy post modernity of John [...]

12/9 – 7pm – Re-Think Afghanistan documentary

Wednesday, December 9th, 2009

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 7pm – Film & Discussion
RE-THINK AFGHANISTAN presented by The World Can’t Wait, PhiladelphiaThis well-made documentary, produced by The Brave New Foundation and directed by Robert Greenwald, takes a sober and somber look at what 8 years of U.S. led war of aggression against the Afghani people has meant. It delves into this [...]

12/8 – 7pm – Moonstone Poetry Series Presents Lamont Steptoe

Tuesday, December 8th, 2009

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 7pm – POETRYMoonstone Poetry Series Presents:LAMONT STEPTOE
Lamont B. Steptoe is a poet / photographer / publisher born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is author of eight books of poetry including In the Kitchens of the Master, Mad Minute, Uncle’s South Sea China Blue Nightmare, Cat Fish and Neckbone Jazz, Dusty Road, [...]

12/1 – 7pm – Net Tuesday

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 7pm – Discussion Group
NET TUESDAY

11/29 – 12/5 – JOHN BROWN: 150 Years Later

Friday, November 27th, 2009

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29 – SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5
JOHN BROWN – 150 YEARS LATERA week of events celebrating John Brown 150 years after he was hung. For details please go to:www.moonstoneartscenter.org/johnbrown/

Wednesday – 11/25 – 9pm – Riverbird, Blown Away and the Kinky Boot Beasts, Big Wheel, The Patkus Orchestra, w/ a Special Appearance by the Beatles

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 9pm – MUSIC
RIVERBIRDBLOWN AWAY AND THE KINKY BOOT BEASTSBIG WHEELTHE PATKUS ORCHESTRASpecial Appearance by THE BEATLES (har dee har har)

Tuesday – 11/24 – 7pm – Lynn Levin & Rob Wright

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 7pm – POETRY
Moonstone Poetry Series Presents
LYNN LEVIN & ROB WRIGHT
Rob Wright has been a regular contributor to the magazine Big City Lit since 2001. He was awarded Fellowships in Literature from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts in 2005 and 2007. His poetry has been published by Schuylkill Valley Journal of the [...]

Thursday – 11/19 – 7pm – Rachel Simon Author of Riding the Bus with My Sister and Building a Home with My Husband

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 7pm – FICTION/NON-FICTION/LECTURE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A WRITER
RACHEL SIMON

author of Riding The Bus With My Sister ($15.00 Penguin), Building a Home With My Husband ($24.95 Penguin)
“I met Rachel years ago when she was a fiction writer with a wonderful novel, The Magic Touch, and a book of short stories, Little Nightmares, [...]

Tuesday – 11/17 – 7pm – Poets & Prophets Presents Bob Small

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 7pm – POETRYPoets & Prophets PresentsBOB SMALL
Bob Small will debut his newest Poetry Chapbook, Swarthmore, Nov 28th, 2008, a series of interlocking Poems about Thanksgiving Eve of that year, with illustrations by both local and New York City Artists, etc.
Bob Small has presented Feature Readings at the following Philadelphia locations; Bacchanal, Barnes [...]