530 South Street • Philadelphia, PA
More Fun Upstairs
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.
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
An evening of spoken word presented by Thirty West Publishing House.
Featuring:
Kendall A. Bell
Gordon Buchan
Raven Callahan
Chad Frame
Ze Lynx
Hosted by Josh Dale
50¢ pierogi until 10pm. (Our signature potato & onion pierogis are now VEGAN!)
Half off all drafts 5-7 & 10-11pm
Mad House returns to host a release party for Volume 4 of their incredible literary magazine! Support our Philadelphia literary scene while listening to local published authors and poets.
READINGS by:
Talon Bazille-Ducheneaux
Marissa Johnson-Valenzuela
Patrick Blagrave
Mel Bentley
Jacob Camacho
Lindo Yes
Berry Grass
Kirwyn Sutherland
Amy Saul-Zerby
Copies will be for sale at the party { or claim your preorder 🙂 }
Dozens of talented queer and/or trans authors and poets have contributed to the past 3 years of You Can’t Kill A Poet. Come out and enjoy a selection of these past readers while enjoying good words, good drinks, and the celebration of three years of queer and trans folks sharing their work.
Scheduled Readers:
Berry Grass
Emma Sanders
Jessica Levine
Gabriel Ojeda-Sague
Lauren Yates
Alina Pleskova
Zach Blackwood
Julia Perch
Plus MORE to be announced!
$1 all beef or veggie bean tacos (until we run out!)
$2.50 Tecates all day
Half off all drafts 5-7 & 10-11pm
Tire Fire is back with a great lineup of some favorites! Paula Bomer, Dave Housley, Kirwyn Sutherland, and Ryan Eckes bring verbal evidence of the absolute refinement in the Philadelphia literary scene.
This month, they’re supporting CAIR – Philadelphia Chapter, whose mission is to enhance understanding of Islam, encourage dialogue, protect civil liberties, empower American Muslims, and build coalitions that promote justice and mutual understanding. With Civil Rights Advocacy, Media, Interfaith, Education and Youth Leadership, CAIR-Philadelphia brings an Assertive Muslim American Perspective to the Table. And as always, the bar will be matching all of their donations.
Support local authors….grab up a copy of Barrelhouse Magazine and be sure to get your copy of the authors’ works today!
Doors at 7, reading around 8.
50¢ pierogi until 10pm. Check out our NEW VEGAN signature potato & onion pierogis.
Half off all drafts 5-7 & 10-11pm
Fields Magazine, an independent arts journal printed twice yearly, is releasing its 7th issue, and they’re throwing a release party!
Within the pages of this journal are stories of up-and-coming artists told through interviews and profiles, showcases of original artwork, short fiction, and poetry.
Featured readings & performances by Philly-based artists:
Amy Saul-Zerby
P.E. Garcia
Gina Myers
Jaime Fountaine
FREE admission
$14 to take home your own copy of Issue 7! (Venmo, Paypal, or cash will be accepted at the event.)
Check out the FREE arts & crafts downstairs!
$2 Pabst Blue Ribbon 16oz. pounders
1/2 price tater tots: your choice of original, cheesy, poutine, BBQ or parmesan pepper!
ANY and ALL art will be presented at this second installment of You Can’t Fail. First time performers to seasoned veterans are welcomed onto the stage to perform new works including: painting, photography, theater, dance, performance art, comedy, story-telling, poetry, prose, sculpture, ballet, film, stand-up…anything!
Featuring performance art by:
Nate Holt
Emma Goidel
Kilo Martin
Joe Trinkle
Michael Weigand
Eppchez
Jenna Strusowski
Carlos Roa
Celine McBride
Christina Rosso
Adam Rzepka
Josh Millhouse
Walter DeForest
Visual Art by:
Bethanne Frazer
Jean Marie-Tomlin
Amanda Jensen
Sky Semunuk
Hosted by:
Chris Davis
Doors at 7pm
Show at 8pm
$4 Hamburgers & Vegan Burgers until Midnight (Try our new Burger of the Month!)
$2 Narragansett Lager Tall Boys all day
Half off all drafts 10-11pm
FREE show.
Doors at 7.
$1 all beef or veggie bean tacos until we run out
$2.50 Tecates all day
Half off all drafts 5-7 & 10-11pm
Mad House Magazine presents a melodious showcase of poetic artistry in anticipation of Mad House Vol 4: REVOLT!
Gathered beautifully as it pupates from frantic emailing to layout stages, they will be selling preorders of the issue in order to have enough capitalist labor coupons to print copies in gorgeous full-color for everyone who wants one (& hopefully a few extra for people of the future who don’t know it exists yet).
Enjoy the perceptive, ungovernable work of these [5] poets:
Help us out by dropping in $10 for your copy and you’ll have our love and we’ll have a magazine waiting for you on reading night ♥
+Plus+ get a free copy of A SLENDER VOLUME little anthology zine! 🙂
Doors at 7:30, Reading to start by 8
50¢ pierogi from noon – 10pm
Half off all drafts 10-11pm
Accidental Player is back for their first show of 2017! Join them as they welcome poets Stacy Szymaszek, Davy Knittle, and P.E. Garcia for live poetry and literary readings.
Half off all drafts 5-7pm & 10-11pm
Celebrate Nicole Steinberg’s new full-length poetry collection, GLASS ACTRESS (out on February 15), with a night of poetry from local Philadelphia poets and authors. Support your local literary scene and bask in the beauty that is Philadelphia poetry!
Featuring:
RYAN ECKES
RACHEL MILLIGAN
GABRIEL OJEDA-SAGUE
NICOLE STEINBERG
KIRWYN SUTHERLAND
Doors @ 7 p.m. / Readings at 7:45
50¢ pierogi until 10pm
Half off all drafts 5-7 & 10-11pm
