Upstairs @ TMoms

20 Years of Street Art Culture

From the first tag to the latest wheat paste, upstairs at TMom’s has been home to a rich history of local & international street art. This is an ever changing gallery: an un-curated & spontaneous outpouring of creativity by local & traveling artists and the countless visitors who leave their unique mark here nightly.

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Two Brothers & 5000 Umbrellas

The birth of the upstairs as a vibrant art space is in part tied to a 1999 exhibition by brothers Noah & Nathan Rice. That year the Brothers Rice brought their umbrella wheat pastes we’d been admiring around South Street to Mom’s. All 5000 of them.

Tmoms Sticky Art Machine

Sticker art has been an important part of the upstairs at Mom’s since day one. So it’s a huge honor (and a lot of fun) to be the home of the Sticky Art Machine.

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Tire Fire Presents: Machado, K., Johnson-Valenzuela & Eisenberg

November is gonna be BIG! This month’s Tire Fire literary event features NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST Carmen Machado, honorary Philadelphian Dave K., triple threat (author/educator/dj) Marissa Johnson-Valenzuela & noted writer of fiction and frump Emma Eisenberg.

All donations collected will be sent to Juntos, “a community-led, Latinx immigrant organization in South Philadelphia fighting for our human rights as workers, parents, youth, and immigrants. We believe that every human being has the right to a quality education and the freedom to live with dignity regardless of immigration status.” And, as always, TMoms will be matching every donation.

Doors at 7, readings start around 8
50¢ pierogi until 10pm
Half off all drafts 5-7 & 10-11pm

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