Tag: local poets

Scribes On South // February 2024

SCRIBES ON SOUTH is a poetry reading and open mic. The reading begins with a 20-minute featured reader and then moves through the open mic list for the rest of the night. Open mic readers have 5 minutes. There will be a space for poets to sell books.

SCRIBES ON SOUTH seeks to create community through poetry. Show out, share, and meet some new friends by sharing your work!

This reading’s featured reader is Parker Sera.

Read poems. Kick ass.

 

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25TH
6-9PM
NO COVER // FREE FUN

 

Parker Sera is a queer, midwestern actor, poet, theatre maker, multidisciplinary artist, and horse girl. Her poems have appeared in bedfellows magazine, knack magazine, the rising phoenix review, and various other corners of the Internet. She’s also been featured on wxpn radio with Kelly Writer’s House, and at readings in various corners of Philadelphia. More at parkersera.com or on insta @parker.sera .

 

Follow @scribesonsouth on Instagram.

 

 

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What’s Up at TMoms:

• Sundays, All Day Long | Craft Sundays at TMoms? BACK. Googly eyes? BACK. Coloring pages? BACK? Your creative spirit? BACK. Come thru every Sunday for FREE arts & crafts upstairs and downstairs at Tattooed Mom!

• Daily Happy Hour | All drafts are just $4 every day from 4-6pm!

• Daily Menu | Tattooed Mom will also be serving tasty eats and ice cold drinks all evening.

• Upstairs dining, bar access, and event entry is 21+ w/ valid ID.

• Accessibility at TMoms | Due to the construction of our historical building, Tattooed Mom is only partially accessible. Our event space is on the second floor, which is only accessible via a flight of stairs (20 steps, 3 feet wide, railing on the left side only). For more information, please visit our Accessibility page.

Scribes On South // January 2024

SCRIBES ON SOUTH is a poetry reading and open mic. The reading begins with a 20-minute featured reader and then moves through the open mic list for the rest of the night. Open mic readers have 5 minutes. There will be a space for poets to sell books.

SCRIBES ON SOUTH seeks to create community through poetry. Show out, share, and meet some new friends by sharing your work!

This reading’s featured readers are Corey Qureshi and Kat Giordano.

Read poems. Kick ass.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 28TH
6-9PM
NO COVER // FREE FUN

 

Corey Qureshi is a writer and musician based in Philadelphia. He wrote and published 3 chapbooks of poetry. He edits and physically produces BOXX Press.

 

Kat Giordano was born in philadelphia and it’s been downhill ever since. their third poetry collection, THUMBSUCKER, is available for preorder from malarkey books. they are also the author of two other poetry collections, a novel, and several embarrassing internet meltdowns. kat is very cool. you like them.

 

Follow @scribesonsouth on Instagram.

 

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What’s Up at TMoms:

• Sundays, All Day Long | Craft Sundays at TMoms? BACK. Googly eyes? BACK. Coloring pages? BACK? Your creative spirit? BACK. Come thru every Sunday for FREE arts & crafts upstairs and downstairs at Tattooed Mom!

• Daily Happy Hour | All drafts are just $4 every day from 4-6pm!

• Daily Menu | Tattooed Mom will also be serving tasty eats and ice cold drinks all evening.

• Upstairs dining, bar access, and event entry is 21+ w/ valid ID.

Scribes on South // December 2023

SCRIBES ON SOUTH is a poetry reading and open mic. The reading begins with a 20-minute featured reader and then moves through the open mic list for the rest of the night. Open mic readers have 5 minutes. There will be a space for poets to sell books.

SCRIBES ON SOUTH seeks to create community through poetry. Show out, share, and meet some new friends by sharing your work!

This reading’s featured readers are Juliet Gelfman-Randazzo and Olga Mikolaivna.

Read poems. Kick ass.

 

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17TH
6-9PM
NO COVER // FREE FUN

 

 

Follow @scribesonsouth on Instagram.

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What’s Up at TMoms:

• Sundays, All Day Long | Craft Sundays at TMoms? BACK. Googly eyes? BACK. Coloring pages? BACK? Your creative spirit? BACK. Come thru every Sunday for FREE arts & crafts upstairs and downstairs at Tattooed Mom!

• Daily Happy Hour | All drafts are just $4 every day from 4-6pm!

• Daily Menu | Tattooed Mom will also be serving tasty eats and ice cold drinks all evening.

• Upstairs dining, bar access, and event entry is 21+ w/ valid ID.

Scribes on South // November 2023

SCRIBES ON SOUTH is a poetry reading and open mic. The reading begins with a 20-minute featured reader and then moves through the open mic list for the rest of the night. Open mic readers have 5 minutes. There will be a space for poets to sell books.

SCRIBES ON SOUTH seeks to create community through poetry. Show out, share, and meet some new friends by sharing your work!

This reading’s featured readers are Olivia Zarzycki and Sophie Peters.

Read poems. Kick ass.

 

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26TH
6-9PM
NO COVER // FREE FUN

 

Follow @scribesonsouth on Instagram.

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What’s Up at TMoms:

• Sundays, All Day Long | Craft Sundays at TMoms? BACK. Googly eyes? BACK. Coloring pages? BACK? Your creative spirit? BACK. Come thru every Sunday for FREE arts & crafts upstairs and downstairs at Tattooed Mom!

• Daily Happy Hour | All drafts are just $4 every day from 4-6pm!

• Daily Menu | Tattooed Mom will also be serving tasty eats and ice cold drinks all evening.

• Upstairs dining, bar access, and event entry is 21+ w/ valid ID.

Scribes On South // October 2023

SCRIBES ON SOUTH is a poetry reading and open mic. The reading begins with a 20-minute featured reader and then moves through the open mic list for the rest of the night. Open mic readers have 5 minutes. There will be a space for poets to sell books.

SCRIBES ON SOUTH seeks to create community through poetry. Show out, share, and meet some new friends by sharing your work!

This reading’s featured reader is Alejandro Santana. 

Read poems. Kick ass.

 

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22ND
6-9PM
NO COVER // FREE FUN

 

Alejandro Santana. A nobody looking for something who has done it all just to feel alive, because it is better to feel something than nothing at all. Alejandro was born in the Dominican Republic but has been living in Philadelphia for the past eight years, always following the American dream while looking for a taste of real life. Alejandro’s first book A Pastime From Yesterday is out now.

 

Follow @scribesonsouth on Instagram.

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What’s Up at TMoms:

• Sundays, All Day Long | Craft Sundays at TMoms? BACK. Googly eyes? BACK. Coloring pages? BACK? Your creative spirit? BACK. Come thru every Sunday for FREE arts & crafts upstairs and downstairs at Tattooed Mom!

• Daily Happy Hour | All drafts are just $4 every day from 4-6pm!

• Daily Menu | Tattooed Mom will also be serving tasty eats and ice cold drinks all evening.

• Upstairs dining, bar access, and event entry is 21+ w/ valid ID.

Slutty Poems Night // October 2023

Bite into the October edition of Slutty Poems Night!! Celebrate a night full of salacious sex and sexuality themed words. This is a free event but donations are being collected to help fund dental care for the host’s wife, Autumn.

 

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10TH
DOORS @ 6PM + EVENT @ 7PM + OPEN MIC @ 8:15PM
SUGGESTED DONATION | NOTAFLOF
RSVP: EVENTBRITE

 

Feature poets Squeakmebaby & De’Vine Styles will start the night off.

Bring your hoe shit for the open mic hosted by Kate Carey. If you’re too shy to share, feel free to shove something into our (anonymous confessions) box.

This is a sex positive space that is not tolerant of any racism, misogyny, homophobia, transphobia, fat shaming, slut shaming, or any general bigoted fuckery.

Doors @ 6pm, show @ 7pm (but prolly like a gay 7ish). Accessibility Note: Event is upstairs. Stairs are a bit steep.

For more info on Autumn’s fundraiser visit the link here.

Follow @sluttypoemsnight on Instagram for updates.

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What’s Up at TMoms:

• Tuesdays, 4-11pm | The triumphant return of Taco Tuesday is finally here! Y’all better zoom down for $1.50 beef or bean tacos every Tuesday!! And wash it all down with $3 Tecate!

• Daily Happy Hour | All drafts are just $4 every day from 4-6pm!

• Daily Menu | Tattooed Mom will also be serving tasty eats and ice cold drinks all evening.

• Upstairs dining, bar access, and event entry is 21+ w/ valid ID.

Scribes on South // September 2023

SCRIBES ON SOUTH is a poetry reading and open mic. The reading begins with a 20-minute featured reader and then moves through the open mic list for the rest of the night. Open mic readers have 5 minutes. There will be a space for poets to sell books.

SCRIBES ON SOUTH seeks to create community through poetry. Show out, share, and meet some new friends by sharing your work!

There is no theme; the only theme is poems. Good poems, bad poems, boring poems, fiery poems.

The reading is hosted by Noah David Roberts.
This reading’s featured readers are China Rain and Shannon Frost Greenstein.

Read poems. Kick ass.

 

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24TH
6-9PM
NO COVER // FREE FUN

 

Follow @scribesonsouth on Instagram.

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What’s Up at TMoms:

• Craft Sundays at TMoms? BACK. Googly eyes? BACK. Coloring pages? BACK? Your creative spirit? BACK. Come thru every Sunday for FREE arts & crafts upstairs and downstairs at Tattooed Mom! Sundays, All Day Long.

• Enjoy our happy hour! All drafts are just $4 every day from 4-6pm!

• Tattooed Mom will also be serving tasty eats and ice cold drinks all evening.

• Upstairs dining, bar access, and event entry is 21+ w/ valid ID.

Lydia Host Presents: An Evening with 6 Artists & 6 Poets

Lydia Host Presents:
An Eclectic Show
of Visual and Literary Art
in an Intimate Setting.

Featuring 12 Singular Artists.

 

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21ST
6-9PM
NO COVER // FREE FUN

 

Visual Art by:
Raven
Niktalope
Black Genius
Julia Sippel
Dennis Flynn, and
Sarjan Dhakal

Literary / Performance Art by:
Abigail Swoboda
Trina Sanyal
JuJu Bey
Priyanka Padidam
scrap, and
l.m.

 

Take on debt to place your bet,
that this is a show you won’t forget . . .

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What’s Up at TMoms:

• All hail Pierogi Thursday! Munch and crunch on 75¢ pierogi (vegan, obvi) plus $3 cans of Tecate every Thursday!! And don’t forget ur toppings… Thursdays, 4-11pm.

• Enjoy our happy hour! All drafts are just $4 every day from 4-6pm!

• Tattooed Mom will also be serving tasty eats and ice cold drinks all evening.

• Upstairs dining, bar access, and event entry is 21+ w/ valid ID.

Scribes on South // August 2023

SCRIBES ON SOUTH is a poetry reading and open mic. The reading begins with a 20-minute featured reader and then moves through the open mic list for the rest of the night. Open mic readers have 5 minutes. There will be a space for poets to sell books.

SCRIBES ON SOUTH seeks to create community through poetry. Show out, share, and meet some new friends by sharing your work!

There is no theme; the only theme is poems. Good poems, bad poems, boring poems, fiery poems.

The reading is hosted by Noah David Roberts.
This reading’s featured reader is Audrey Lee.

Read poems. Kick ass.

 

SUNDAY, AUGUST 27TH
6-9PM
NO COVER // FREE FUN

 

ABOUT THE FEATURES:
Audrey Lee is the author of the poetry collections “Disjecta Membra” (Bottlecap Press, 2022) and “Probably, Angels” (Maverick Duck Press, 2020). She holds a double B.A. in creative writing and American studies from Franklin & Marshall College. She is the winner of the 2020 Jerome Irving Bank Short Story Prize, received a Best of the Net nomination from Drunk Monkeys, has been featured on BBC Radio 4’s “The Poetry Detective” show, and is a former writing resident at Sundress Academy for the Arts. Her work has been featured in or is forthcoming from Wax Nine, Necessary Fiction, Back Patio Press, and she writes her newsletter “Very Normal Girl” on Substack. She lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

ABOUT THE HOST:
Noah David Roberts is a non-binary poet and artist based in Philadelphia. They are the author of 4 books of poetry—Us V. Them, Strips, Slime Thing [and other poems], and Final Girl Mythos. In 2022, Roberts won the Judith Stark poetry writing contest. Their 5th book What I Do In The Dark was released in 2023, and the book launch was celebrated at the April Scribes on South event.

 

Follow @scribesonsouth on Instagram.

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What’s Up at TMoms:

• Craft Sundays at TMoms? BACK. Googly eyes? BACK. Coloring pages? BACK? Your creative spirit? BACK. Come thru every Sunday for FREE arts & crafts upstairs and downstairs at Tattooed Mom! Sundays, All Day Long.

• Enjoy our happy hour! All drafts are just $4 every day from 4-6pm!

• Tattooed Mom will also be serving tasty eats and ice cold drinks all evening.

• Upstairs dining, bar access, and event entry is 21+ w/ valid ID.

Slutty Poems Night // August 2023

Quench your thirst at August’s edition of Slutty Poems Night!!

Celebrate in a night full of salacious sex and sexuality themed words. This is a free event but donations are being collected to help fund dental care for the host’s wife, Autumn. Feature poets Noah David Roberts & Alejandro Santana start the night off.

Bring your hoe shit for the open mic hosted by Kate Carey. If you’re too shy to share, feel free to shove something into our (anonymous confessions) box.

 

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16TH
DOORS @ 6PM + SHOW @ 7PM
NO COVER // FREE FUN
RSVP: EVENTBRITE

 

This is a sex positive space that is not tolerant of any racism, misogyny, homophobia, transphobia, fat shaming, slut shaming, or any general bigoted fuckery.

Doors @ 6pm, show @ 7pm (but prolly like a gay 7ish)

For more info on Autumn’s fundraiser visit the link here.
Follow @sluttypoemsnight on Instagram for updates.

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What’s Up at TMoms:

• Burger Wednesday is BACK y’all! Come slam some Smash Burgers (classic or vegan) every Wednesday for just $6!! Plus $3 PBR! Wednesdays, 4-11pm.
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• Enjoy our happy hour! All drafts are just $4 every day from 4-6pm!

• Tattooed Mom will also be serving tasty eats and ice cold drinks all evening.

• Upstairs dining, bar access, and event entry is 21+ w/ valid ID.

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