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

LOS: Eddie Jones Trio feat. Sam Reed & Jonathan Michel Quartet

Friday, October 28th, 2011

[ November 11, 2011; 8:30 pm to 10:30 pm. ] Friday, November 11 – Doors: 8:30 p.m. Show: 9 pm sharp – Jazz
BYOB – $10 at the door / $8 in advance
(check www.luckyoldsouls.com for ticket info)
Lucky Old Souls @ Moonstone Presents
Eddie Jones Trio feat. Sam Reed
Jonathan Michel Quartet

 

Eddie Jones Trio feat. Sam Reed
Sam Reed, sax
Rich Budesa, keys
Eddie Jones, drums

Jonathan [...]

Siobhan Brooks author of Unequal Desires: Race and Erotic Capital in the Stripping Industry

Thursday, October 27th, 2011

[ November 10, 2011; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Thursday, November 10, 7pm – Non-Fiction
Siobhan Brooks author of Unequal Desires: Race and Erotic Capital in the Stripping Industry ($19.95 SUNY)

Winner of the 2008 SUNY Press Dissertation/First Book Prize in Queer Studies, this groundbreaking ethnographic study of racial stratification in Queer and straight strip clubs examines the lives and working conditions of Black and [...]

Phyllis Voren’s “WHAT’S FUNNY ABOUT THAT?” AN EVENING OF SUBVERSIVE COMEDY

Thursday, October 27th, 2011

[ November 9, 2011; 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm. ] Wednesday, November 9, 7:30pm
$5 donation recommended – Comedy
Phyllis Voren’s “WHAT’S FUNNY ABOUT THAT?” AN EVENING OF SUBVERSIVE COMEDY

With Corey Holland, Steve Miller-Miller, Alex Pearlman, Nicky Sunshine, Phyllis Voren

COREY HOLLAND is a sketch and stand up comedian that moved from the swamps of Maryland to Philadelphia just a few months ago to [...]

Many Mountains Moving Presents Rebecca Foust, Jeffrey Ethan Lee, Frank Sherlock

Thursday, October 27th, 2011

[ November 9, 2011; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Wednesday, November 9, 6pm – Poetry
Many Mountains Moving Presents
Rebecca Foust, Jeffrey Ethan Lee, Frank Sherlock

Rebecca Foust is a native of Pennsylvania and is visiting us tonight from her home in northern California. Her first full-length book, All That Gorgeous Pitiless Song, won the Many Mountains Moving Book Prize and was a finalist [...]

Moonstone Poetry Series Presents

Thursday, October 27th, 2011

[ November 8, 2011; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Tuesday, November 8, 7pm – Poetry
Moonstone Poetry Series Presents

Emancipation and the Continuing Struggle for Racial Justice

Thursday, October 27th, 2011

[ November 6, 2011; 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. ] Sunday, November 6, 11am
First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia, 2125 Chestnut Street
Rev. Nate Walker has organized a service around our topic:
Emancipation and the Continuing Struggle for Racial Justice

The Unitarian Church was firmly Abolitionist in the nineteenth century and continues to be a progressive force in the twenty-first century. Thomas Wentworth Higginson, a Unitarian, started The [...]

Anne-Adele Wight author of Sidestep Catapult

Thursday, October 27th, 2011

[ November 5, 2011; 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ] Saturday, November 5, 2pm – Poetry
Anne-Adele Wight author of Sidestep Catapult

Anne-Adele Wight lives in Philadelphia, works with the series Poets and
Prophets, and writes as much as she can. She has written two chapbooks and some indefinable constructions. Her new book, Sidestep Catapult, was published recently by BlazeVOX [books].  She is worried about the fate [...]

Chronic Chronos Kairos Release Party

Thursday, October 27th, 2011

[ November 4, 2011; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Friday, November 4, 7pm – Poetry
Chronic Chronos Kairos Release Party With
Courtney Bambrick, JenMarie Davis, Nick Gettino, Jacob Russell

Courtney K. Bambrick is the poetry editor at Philadelphia Stories. Her poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in such journals as Apiary, Certain Circuits, Dirty Napkin, Philadelphia Poets, Mad Poets Review, and the Schuylkill Valley [...]

Class Warfare: Program 5 – Communities Confront Class Warfare

Thursday, October 27th, 2011

[ November 3, 2011; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Thursday, November 3, 7:00pm
Liberty Resources, 714 Market Street, Wade Blanc Room, 5th Floor
Class Warfare: Program 5 – Communities Confront Class Warfare

7:00pm: The David Harvey animated lecture

7:15: Panel Discussion

Casey Cook (Moderator) is a lifelong activist. She has been the Executive Director at Bread & Roses since 2006 and received both her M.S.S. in Social Work [...]

Josh Rolnick & Lee Klein

Thursday, October 27th, 2011

[ November 3, 2011; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Thursday, November 3, 7pm – Fiction
Josh Rolnick & Lee Klein

Lee Klein’s writing has appeared in Agni, The Best American Non-Required Reading 2007, The Black Warrior Review, Canteen, Swink, Barrelhouse, Hobart, Pindeldyboz, and other sites, journals, and anthologies from indie presses and megapublishers alike. He’s also edited the semi-literary site eyeshot.net since 1999, and graduated [...]