You Can’t Kill A Poet // November 2023

We’re back at it again at Tattooed Mom! Wednesday, Novemebr 15th. Doors at 7:30pm, reading at 8pm. Come hang out in our joyous and boisterous room full of queerness and listen to some amazing poets share their work.

 

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15TH
DOORS @ 7:30PM + SHOW @ 8PM
NO COVER // FREE FUN
RSVP: FB EVENT

 

Featured Readers:
Malachi Lily
Alyse James
Mo the Poet
Candice Iloh
Medina Keita
Trina Sanyal

 

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What’s Up at TMoms:

Wednesday, 4-11pm | Burger Wednesday is BACK y’all! Come slam some Smash Burgers (classic or vegan) every Wednesday for just $6!! Plus $3 PBR! Recently named one of the top burgers in the city by The Philadelphia Inquirer!

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.

Choose Your Own Beginning: Book Launch Party

Come celebrate the launch of CHOOSE YOUR OWN BEGINNING (Be About It Press) with an evening of poetry at Tattooed Mom! The event will feature readings by local poets Violet Gehringer, Warren C. Longmire, Nicole Steinberg, Alison Lubar, and Amy Saul-Zerby.

Copies of the book will be available for purchase.

 

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1ST
DOORS @ 6PM + SHOW @ 7PM
NO COVER // FREE FUN
RSVP: FB EVENT

 

Praise for Choose Your Own Beginning:

“Amy Saul-Zerby’s language is direct, beautifully clipped—a terseness that poem after poem swells into an expansive reckoning with depression, love, and, of course, the self. Insight, here, is hard-won. These memorable poems ripple with intimacies and linguistic pleasures. They will stay with you.”
– Eduardo C. Corral, author of Guillotine

 

“Amy Saul-Zerby’s unforgettable new collection is revelatory in its frankness and sexy in its cool detachment. Hungry, seductive, confessional, pithy, the intimacy of these poems is bracing and gorgeous.”
– Richie Hofmann, author of A Hundred Lovers

 

“Choose Your Own Beginning is a collection of beauty, devastation, and deep resilience resonating through every poem.”
– Ariel Francisco, author of Under Capitalism If Your Head Aches They Just Yank Off Your Head

 

Tattooed Mom will be serving tasty eats and ice cold drinks all evening.
Upstairs dining, bar access, and event entry is 21+ w/ valid ID.

BULLSHIT LIT POETRY READING + BOOK PARTY

hey, poets, writers, and lovers of bullshit! come hang at tmoms for the first-ever BULLSHIT LIT poetry reading + quadruple book release party! four featured poets + an open mic to follow + BS books for sale. helllllllllll yeah.

 

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD
DOORS @ 6PM + SHOW @ 7-9PM
NO COVER // FREE FUN
RSVP: FB EVENT

 

LINEUP:
Lauren Theresa
Lucas Restivo
Juliet Gelfman-Randazzo
Amy Jannotti
BULLSHIT LIT

 

Tattooed Mom will be serving tasty eats and ice cold drinks all evening.
Upstairs dining, bar access, and event entry is 21+ w/ valid ID.

215 GAMECHANGERS

ARE YOU A GAME CHANGER? DO YOU KNOW OR WANT TO KNOW A GAME CHANGER? JOIN US AND NETWORK FOR A NIGHT OF POETRY, ART, FASHION, BODY PAINTING, ASTROLOGY READINGS, AND MORE! THIS WILL BE A LIFE-CHANGING EXPERIENCE FOR ALL. DO NOT MISS THIS! Presented by 215FASHIONMAG!

 

THURSDAY, AUGUST 4TH
6-9PM
NO COVER // FREE FUN
RSVP: FB EVENT

 

FEATURING
DESIGNERS: @shop.theexperience, @baltiereuc, @lydiasimoneofficial
BODY PAINTERS: @beeautiful_mess, @cosmicutie_, @snakethroatt
POETS/ACAPELLA: @branbav, @reallyblakesshow, @shirminageneva, @_reinemonet_
ASTRO READINGS: @nonxxistence
PLUS MODELS, VENDORS, AND MORE!

CURATED BY @215fashionmag | @rememberzee

 

Tattooed Mom will be serving tasty eats and ice cold drinks all evening.
Upstairs dining, bar access, and event entry is 21+ w/ valid ID.

A Celebration of World Poetry Day at Tattooed Mom!

Join us for the first ever Tattooed Mom curated Celebration of World Poetry Day!

For this event, we hand picked a few of our favorite local poets and asked that they each pick a poet whose work inspired them, whose words they wanted to lift up, and whose poetry deserves recognition. The resulting line-up is an astonishing & diverse group of voices, all converging at Tattooed Mom on March 21st, celebrating the internationally recognized World Poetry Day.

Doors 7pm // Event 8pm
Free // 21+

Featuring:

Raquel Salas-Rivera
Shanel Edwards*
Boston Gordon
Quinn Rodriguez**
Kirwyn Sutherland
Sojourner Ahebee***
Gina Myers
Zach Blackwood****

Hosted by Jaime Fountaine
Flyer by Sarah Cowell

*Chosen by Raquel Salas-Rivera
**Chosen by Boston Gordon
***Chosen by Kirwyn Sutherland
****Chosen by Gina Myers

Enjoy this event with our Pierogi Thursday specials:
50¢ vegan potato & onion pierogi from noon-10pm
& half off all drafts 5-7pm and 10-11pm

Join the Facebook Event and invite all your poetry-loving pals!

A Novel Idea: Bookstore Fundraiser & Reading

South Philadelphia residents Alexander Schneider and Christina Rosso-Schneider are opening A Novel Idea, an independent bookstore in East Passyunk, this winter.

A Novel Idea will feature both new and used books, as well as offer a variety of events. The goal is that it will become a place known for great books, merchandise, and events, but also a space where community is fostered. Alexander and Christina are kicking things off with a fundraiser & reading event at Tattooed Mom!

Any contributions or donations are greatly appreciated–whether they be gently used books, monetary donations, or purchases at the event.

Admission is free.
This event is 21+

Readers include:
Christina Rosso-Schneider
Nicholas Perilli
Britny Brooks
Amy Saul-Zerby
Rachel O’Hanlon-Rodriguez
Angelo Colavita
Josh Dale
Amanda Miska
Tshombe Herbert
Nazeer L. Harper

Enjoy this event with our Burger Wednesday specials:
$4 Mom’s Beef Burgers & Mom’s Vegan Burgers
$2 Narragansett Lager Tall Boys
& half off all drafts 5-7 and 10-11pm

Join the Facebook Event and invite all your pals!

YesYes Books Showcase Philadelphia!

We are so happy to bring YesYes Books and a night of amazing poetry to Tattooed Mom!

Readers:
Kayleb Rae Candrilli
Caylin Capra-Thomas

Brandon Courtney
Jamie Mortara
Gala Mukomolova
Raena Shirali

NO COVER
Enjoy our regular Burger Wednesday’s Specials:
$4 Mom’s Burgers and Mom’s Vegan Burgers, 12pm-12am
Half off all drafts 10-11pm
and check out April’s Burger of the Month, Get Crazy: all beef or veggie burger, zatar spiced fried pita strips, spicy red pepper hummus, and mediterranean cucumber salad.

Join the Facebook Event and invite all your poetry-loving friends!

MAD HOUSE 4: Johnson-Valenzuela, Schwartz, Myers, Colavita, Sutherland

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:

+Sara Schwartz

+Gina Myers

+Angelo Colavita

+Marissa Johnson-Valenzuela

+Kirwyn Sutherland

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