
Poetry readings by John O. Mason

530 South Street • Philadelphia, PA
More Fun UpstairsFrom 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.
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.
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.
Love & Good Times Always
BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH…Tire Fire is back with live readings from Sarah Gerard, Amy Saul-Zerby, Ian Carlos Crawford, and Amish Trivedi!
Donations will be collected for Prevention Point Philadelphia, an organization providing harm reduction services to Philadelphia and the surrounding area, and will be matched by TMoms!
Doors at 7, readings start around 8.
50¢ pierogi until 10pm
Half off all drafts 5-7 & 10-11pm
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You Can’t Kill A Poet presents July Westhale who is coming to Philadelphia to share work from her new book Trailer Trash, winner of the 2016 Kore Press Book Award!
Also featuring local poets Alina Pleskova, Zach Blackwood, Raquel Salas Rivera & Boston Gordon.
Come out to welcome July & celebrate the badass work of queer and trans poets. FREE admission! Readings start at 7:30.
$1 all beef or veggie bean tacos…until we run out!
$2.50 Tecates all day
Half off all drafts 5-7 & 10-11pm
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Doors at 7:30, readings at 8.
50¢ pierogi until 10pm
Half off all drafts 5-7 & 10-11pm
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Come check out You Can’t Fail, an evening of ALL NEW works including: visual art, photography, theatre, dance, performance art, comedy, story-telling, poetry, prose, sculpture, ballet, film, stand-up, ANY and ALL art will be presented!
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Alex Roberts, Loren McFalls, Bobby Trucksess, Matthew Rugsby
Britny Brooks
Andy Futuro
Christina Rosso
Simone Crew
Rachel O’Hanlon Rodriguez
Harlee Trautman & Mary-Carmen
Nate Holt
Val Dunn
Lora Bloom
Mykal Carter-Jackson
Alex Vogelsong
Tim Lynch
Benjamin Kunkle
VISUAL ARTISTS
Kate Seethaler
Bethanne Frazer
Jean Marie Tomlin
Kelly Kriegshauser
Qori Moorehaul
FREE Admission!
$4 Hamburgers & Vegan Burgers until midnight (try our Burger of the Month!)
$2 Narragansett Lager Tall Boys all day
Half off all drafts 5-7 & 10-11pm
An evening of new works including: visual art, photography, theater, dance, performance art, comedy, story-telling, poetry, prose, sculpture, ballet, film, stand-up, ANY and ALL art will be presented.
Featuring new works by:
Tenara Calem
Alexandra Tatarsky
Rachel O’Hanlon Rodriguez
Britny Brooks
Bethanne Frazer
Andy Futuro
Harlee Trautman & Marya-Captan
Walter Michael DeForest
Kay Bee & Val Dunn
Benjamin Kunkle
Stephanie Wesolosky
Simon the Cannibal
Jenna Strusowski
Kevin Meehan
Mykal Carter-Jackson
Phil Forrest
Tim Lynch
Alex Vogelsong
Christina Rosso
Neil Bardhan
Doug Williams
Maryan Captan
Becca Kahlil
Michael McJilton
Doors 7pm, Show starts at 8
Celebrate the release of Rex Renee Leonowitch‘s new book of poetry and illustrations, When There Is No One And There Is Everyone, with an evening of poetry, drag, music & art.
The event will feature readings and performances using drag, music, poetry, and visual art/digital media to pay homage to events & people who, through their protest, grief, triumph & lust for life, shape our world for the better.
REX RENEE LEONOWICZ is a multimedia artist, performer, writer, and activist from Queens, New York. As a poor/working class, trans/nonbinary femme, Rex’s art and performance work is grounded in a politics of radical resistance, healing, and witness. Rex is a gender-bending, genre-blending artist whose work critically responds to the relationships people on the margins have with our surroundings and each other.
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OKI SOGUMI was born in Seoul, South Korea as military dictatorship ended. She writes poetry and fiction, and her forthcoming speculative novella is about giant insects, migration, time travel, oceanic feelings, wellness, and both the limits and possibilities of relations like friendship. She currently resides in Philadelphia.
AMY SAUL-ZERBY‘s first poetry collection Paper Flowers Imaginary Birds was published by Be About It Press in 2017. Her work has also appeared in Painted Bride Quarterly, Spy Kids Review, Mad House & TheNewerYork. She is editor in chief of Voicemail Poems, multimedia editor at Apiary Magazine, and a contributing writer at Fields Magazine.
$4 Hamburgers & Vegan Burgers until midnight (try our Burger of the Month!)
$2 Narragansett Lager Tall Boys all day
Half off all drafts 5-7 & 10-11pm
Thirty West Presents returns for an evening of poetry and live readings by local Philadelphia authors. Plus, a live art raffle will take place between readings. $3/ticket for your chance to WIN!
Featuring:
Zach Blackwood
Amy Saul-Zerby
Kat Malozovsky
An EARLY BIRD SPECIAL sale of West’s “HEAD”, as well as art prints & Thirty West merch, will be available for purchase. Standard & limited editions of published works and trading cards will be on hand at this event.
50¢ pierogi until 10pm
Half off all drafts 5-7 & 10-11pm
Join AMH Productions for an art exhibition with spoken word & live performances. Check out local up and coming Philly artists, poets & entrepreneurs while helping raise money for FringeArts production of Cotton & Gold.
Featuring art by:
Cotton Gold
Ajidagba Goodwin
Lindoyes
Maggie Lily
S. Sprow
Seth Vialva
Meislii
Adrian Paul
Nichole Brogen
$5 suggested donation
Half off drafts 5-7pm & 10-11pm
The popular art series returns for a summer session!
An evening of new works including: painting, photography, theater, dance, performance art, comedy, story-telling, poetry, prose, sculpture, ballet, film, stand-up, etc. ANY and ALL art will be presented at this event!
Featuring the artistic talents of:
Josh Millhouse
Harlee Trautman
Kelsey Stewart
Mykal Carter-Jackson
Andy Futuro
Jamie Fontaine
Nate Holt
Christina Rosso
Megan McDermott
Ben Levan
David Jacobi
David Victor Perez
Tasha Milkman
Amanda Jensen
Blaze the Cat
FREE FUN!
Doors 7pm
Show starts at 8pm
$4 Hamburgers & Vegan Burgers from noon-midnight
$2 Narragansett Lager Tall Boys all day
Half off all drafts 5-7 & 10-11pm