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July 2024
Scribes Gala
SCRIBES GALA IS COMING TO @tmoms ONE NIGHT ONLY. THIS NON BINARY PEOPLE’S DAY WE WILL DRESS OUR MOST EXTRA. OUR POEMS WILL BE BOMBASTIC & OUR EXPRESSION WILL BE FREE. DRESS CODE WILL BE ANNOUNCED SEPARATELY.
SUNDAY, JULY 14TH
7-9PM
NO COVER // FREE FUN
THE SCRIBES GALA FEATURES:
-ALL OF U DRESSING EXTRA
-FOUR FEATURED READERS (ANNOUNCING TOMORROW)
-AN OPEN MIC FOR POETS
-LOCAL PRESSES TABLING
-A LONGER EVENT THAN THE USUAL SCRIBES
STANDARD SCRIBES GROUNDRULES APPLY
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.
BARB GONZALEZ (they/he) is a philadelphia based poet just here to prove that there is something charming, or maybe a lesson to be learned in the mundane. as a haunter of dreams, naturally they write about nightmares and woes of their own. barb is published in garland, out by fifth wheel press and in the process of writing and printing a chapbook in their bedroom, just because they can.
ROBYN HAGER grew up in Morris County, New Jersey before moving to the Hudson Valley in 2017. She pursued her passion for creative writing and the arts at SUNY New Paltz and graduated with her MA in Creative Writing in May 2022. Her first poetry collection, “Sewage Flowers”, was published in the summer of 2019, and her work has also been published in the 2020 and 2021 editions of The Stonesthrow Review, the 2022 edition of The Shawangunk Review, Lightwood Press, Graphic Violence and others.
LINDSAY HARGRAVE is a poet, editor at Graphic Violence, and a copywriter for Temple University. Proceeds from their debut chapbook ROT (2022) benefit PCRF. The follow-up, Computer Baby, is available now from Bottlecap Press.
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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.
Find out more »Supernormal Stimuli Book Release Party
Come celebrate the release of Rosie Accola’s lyric novel about gay guidos with a reading + open mic. The theme is ~queer beach~, so come with your queer-beachiest poems and prose. Outfits encouraged.
Lineup:
Hosted by Veronica Bennett / Bullshit Lit
Reading by Rosie Accola
WEDNESDAY, JULY 17TH
DOORS @ 6PM + SHOW @ 7PM
NO COVER // FREE FUN
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What’s Up at TMoms:
• Wednesday, 4-10pm | 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.
• 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.
Find out more »Littérateur Libations & Risqué Readings // July 2024
Celebrate a belated Bastille Day by congregating for drinks and conversation with those who either create or enjoy reading sensual, sexual, romantic, erotic writings. Come early at 6 p.m. to take advantage of the affordably priced Hemingway Happy Hour for good drinks and good food, including the famous Smash Burger Wednesday special! After a few libations, if you are an erotica writer of short stories or novellas or novels or poems or any other form – whether amateur or professional or somewhere in between – feel free to take the stage around 7ish p.m. to read and share with all attendees your titillating creativity. Or indulge as an audience member by listening to the impassioned words of others. Expect to hear some steamy stories and poems on a sultry July evening. This is a 21+ event. Showing valid ID will be required to enter and participate.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 24TH
6-9PM
NO COVER // FREE FUN
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What’s Up at TMoms:
• Wednesday, 4-10pm | 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.
• 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.
Find out more »Scribes on South // July 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 Ted Rees and Z Murphy! Hosted by Mac Chandler.
Read poems. Kick ass.
SUNDAY, JULY 28TH
DOORS @ 6PM + SHOW @ 7PM
NO COVER // FREE FUN
Ted Rees is a poet, essayist, and editor living and working in Philadelphia. His most recent book, Hand Me the Limits, was released in April by Roof Books. He is also the author of Dog Day Economy (Roof Books, 2022), Thanksgiving: a Poem (finalist for a Lambda Literary Award, Golias Books, 2020), and In Brazen Fontanelle Aflame (Timeless, Infinite Light, 2018). His essays have been published in The Back Room, The Poetry Project Newsletter, Libertines in the Ante-Room of Love: Poets on Punk, Full Stop Quarterly, and ON Contemporary Practice’s monograph on New Narrative. He is Associate Editor for The Elephants, as well as founder and co-editor of Asterion Projects with Levi Bentley.
Z Murphy, also known as the drag entertainer The ZanyThing, is a queer multiracial multimedia storyteller who did this silly goofy thing where she, like, lived with nazis for 5 months and then wrote a poetry collection about it. “Homegirl” first drafts are available for sale. She currently writes for an online magazine and is looking for work 👀👀 Follow their artistic journey @thezanything
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.
Find out more »August 2024
Slutty Poems Night // August 2024
Feeling thirsty? Slurp it alllll up at this out of Towner edition of Slutty Poems Night.
First quench your thirst with the dripping words of nat raum & Sunshine Lombré.
Cum with your hoe shit for the open mic hosted by Kate Carey. Feeling shy? Please do shove something into our (anonymous confessions) box.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21ST
DOORS @ 6PM + SHOW @ 7PM
SUGGESTED DONATION | NOTAFLOF
Lineup:
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. 21+ w/ valid ID.
Free event but bring your tips for these talented performers.
Doors @ 6 pm, show @ 7 pm. Accessibility Note: We welcome mask wearing and if you are not feeling well, please stay home. Event is upstairs- Stairs are a bit steep. Seating is limited. Contact Kate through DM if accommodations are needed.
follow @sluttypoemsnight on Instagram for updates
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What’s Up at TMoms:
• Wednesday, 4-10pm | 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.
• 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.
Collide Zine Collage Workshop + Open Mic
Come join us at Tattooed Mom on South Street for an evening of collage and collaborating Thursday, August 22nd, from 6-10pm with the one and only @newandwesley! Get your hands on an issue of Collide 7, make some art, and then head to the back room to hear some poetry on our open mic running simultaneously throughout the night.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 22ND
6-9PM
NO COVER // FREE FUN
RSVP: EVENTBRITE
Who says you can’t make art and spit some poetic lines too?! Comedians, singers, and acoustic instruments are also welcome.
Bring your own supplies, or make a donation when you arrive to borrow some scraps and glue for this workshop. Artists are welcome to add their collaged masterpieces to the bar’s walls when they’re done.
What will you create? Who will you meet? Tag your art friends and come join us for some fun in August on South Street!
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What’s Up at TMoms:
• Thursdays, 4-10pm | 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…
• 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.
Find out more »Scribes on South // August 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 Evangeline Brooks! Hosted by Lindsay Hargrave.
Read poems. Kick ass.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 25TH
DOORS @ 6PM + SHOW @ 7PM
NO COVER // FREE FUN
Evangeline Brooks is an interdisciplinary artist whose work revolves around Black Trans Divinity, feminine poz divinity, & the richness, weight, & cost of living in a body that is both desired & discounted.
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.
Find out more »September 2024
Zine Zipper: A Zine Fest and Open Mic
Allow Collide Zine and Megazine to introduce you to the first ever ZINE ZIPPER EVENT: where the world of open mic poetry is combined with a zine fest!
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3RD
6-9PM
NO COVER // FREE FUN
RSVP: EVENTBRITE
Featuring work from:
Megazine Philly
JVK Zines
@collidezinephilly
@guidry_press
@soupcanmagazine
@solarpunk_phl
@peeled.eyes
@venus_invictus
@delta.m.wellness
@molly.with.her.bee
@alannart2
Polaroids by @a.polaroidist
Caricatures by @deconstructed_love
Picture this: a zine bazaar where the only rule is there are no rules. Get wild, get funky, bring zines about anything. Zine makers across Philly, come vend your little hearts out with host Megazine in the front pool table room. Make trades, meet cool artists, and have fun! Once you’ve grabbed your stash of handmade oddities, stick around for the open mic extravaganza in the back room with your other host, Collide. Open mic sign ups start at 6, and the show will start around 6:30 through 9pm.
This isn’t your average poetry reading—oh no! We’re talking about a stage where anything goes. Whether you want to recite an epic poem about the trials of finding matching socks or perform a one-person musical, this is your moment. Poets, new sh*t and old sh*t is welcome! We encourage performers to promote their other shows, Spotifys, and any other places we can follow their creative pursuits.
At the end of the night, we’ll be drawing raffle prizes for cool zines/art items from our participating vendors–be sure to buy a chance to win at the pool table before we pull them at 9:15pm!
To vend at Zine Zipper, email collidezinephilly@gmail.
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What’s Up at TMoms:
• Tuesdays, 4-10pm | 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.
• 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.
Find out more »FACE/OFF: A Live Reading
We can eat a peach for hours.
Theatre Contra is back and bringing you the face swapping epic: FACE/OFF! Is there any better plot than Nic Cage and John Travolta trading faces and trying to off each other? Doubtful. Join us at Tattooed Mom, grab a drink, hop in a bumper car and get ready for an action flick like no other. Literally.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4TH
7-9PM
SUGGESTED DONATION $10 | VIP SEATING $15 | NOTAFLOF
VIP TICKETS: TICKETLEAP
Directed by Jonathan Silver
All VIP tickets come with 4 complimentary raffle tickets and a guaranteed optimal view seat.
VIP Tickets available in advance. General Admission (PWYC) available at the door.
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What’s Up at TMoms:
• Wednesday, 4-10pm | 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.
• 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.
Find out more »You Can’t Kill A Poet // September 2024
Get ready for a whole new twist on You Can’t Kill a Poet with our first ever Poetry Meets Comedy Night! The theme for the night is Villain Origin Stories, so swing by Tattooed Mom on September 18th for a night of queer and trans poets and performers serving up a wild mix of stand-up, sketch, and poems that’ll have you laughing, crying, and maybe plotting your own villain origin story. It’s gonna be a fun night where the laughs are real, the poetry’s sharp, and the vibes are unbeatable. Don’t miss out! Tattooed Mom. Doors at 7:30, show starts at 8pm. Free for all, 21+!
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18TH
DOORS @ 7:30PM + SHOW @ 8PM
NO COVER // FREE FUN
RSVP: FB EVENT
Featured Readers: TBA
Follow You Can’t Kill A Poet on Instagram.
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What’s Up at TMoms:
• Wednesday, 4-10pm | 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.
• 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.
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