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November 2019
Flood Moon Poetry Reading
Join local poets Kailey Tedesco, Carl Moon, and Lindsey Warren for a poetry reading at Tattooed Mom! Come on upstairs where there are delicious cocktails, a funky atmosphere, and stirring poetry!
FREE // UPSTAIRS // 21+
Doors 6pm // Reading 7-10pm
Featuring:
Kailey Tedesco
Carl Moon
& Lindsey Warren
Enjoy this event with Tattooed Mom’s Pierogi Thursday specials:
50¢ vegan potato & onion pierogi from noon-10pm
& half price drafts 5-7pm and 10-11pm
Join the Facebook Event and invite all your pals!
Find out more »Tire Fire Presents: Austin, Older, Jacobs, & Mendelsohn
The end of 2019 is closing in, but we’ve got one more Tire Fire before the holidays! Join us for readings from Ron Austin, Malka Older, Simon Jacobs, and Tyler Mendelsohn on Thursday, November 21st at Tattooed Mom!
Doors 7 // Reading 8
This month, we’ll be supporting one of our favorite causes, the Philadelphia Community Bail Fund, who posts bail for residents of Philadelphia who cannot afford to pay bail and works to bring to light to the inequities of the use of cash bail in Philadelphia and to advocate for the abolition of bail and pretrial detention in our city.
Accessibility Note: Reading is upstairs and non-bumper car seating is limited, and tends to be first-come, first-serve. If you need assistance or accommodations, please let us know.
Enjoy this event with our Pierogi Thursday specials:
50¢ pierogi from noon-10pm
& half off all drafts 5-7pm and 10-11pm
Join the Facebook Event and invite all your pals!
Ivanna Baranova’s CONFIRMATION BIAS Book Launch
Join us for a Metatron Press book launch and reading at Tattooed Mom, celebrating the launch of Ivanna Baranova‘s CONFIRMATION BIAS, her debut collection of poetry.
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READINGS:
☾ Ivanna Baranova (NYC) ☾
☾ jasper avery ☾
☾ chariot birthday wish ☾
☾ Alina Pleskova ☾
☾ Zach Blackwood ☾
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Enjoy this event with our Meatless Monday specials:
1/2 off our full veggie menu noon-10pm
& half price drafts 5-7pm and 10-11pm
Join the Facebook Event and invite all your pals!
What’s in a Name? A Poetry + Art Show Centering Trans/Queer Artists
Celebrate the voices of local queer and trans artists with us on Tuesday, 11/26 at Tattooed Mom! There will be food, there will be drinks, and all donations will be split between artists & The Attic Youth Center! This event is the second installation in the “What’s in a Name?” series, which is focused on centering and highlighting trans/queer artists!
Where: Upstairs back room at Tattooed Mom.
When: Tuesday, 11/26 from 6-10pm
More info: 21+ with valid I.D.
**There is a suggested donation of $5-$10 but no one will be turned away for lack of funds.**
Featuring poetry from:
Ari Gutierrez-Sanchez
Ronny
& James Reece
And featuring art by:
Maggie Loesch
Sardis Disla
Natalie Mallinoff
Charlie Catacalos
James Reese
Caroline Oddo
Enjoy this event with our Taco Tuesday specials:
$1 Tacos
$2.50 Tecate
a special Taco of the Month,
& half price drafts 5-7pm and 10-11pm
Join the Facebook Event and invite all your pals!
Find out more »December 2019
You Can’t Kill A Poet: December 2019
Celebrate another night of queer joy with You Can’t Kill a Poet! Join us for readings from queer and/or trans readers! Come hang with us and listen to some rad voices! Enjoy Tattooed Mom’s Taco Tuesday! Buy some chapbooks as presents for your people! Party like it’s the last YCKAP reading of 2019—because it is!
Doors 7:30pm // Reading 8pm
Free & 21+
READERS TBA
Enjoy this event with our Taco Tuesday specials:
$1 Tacos
$2.50 Tecate
a special Taco of the Month,
& half price drafts 5-7pm and 10-11pm
Join the Facebook Event and invite all your pals!
Find out more »January 2020
Tragic: The Gathering Presents: Zefyr Lisowski’s BLOOD BOX Tour
Tragic: the Gathering, an occasional reading series for transgender writers, hosted by Berry Grass, is back for 2020! And we’re celebrating Zefyr Lisowski‘s new book, “Blood Box” (Black Lawrence Press)!
UPSTAIRS // FREE w/ SUGGESTED DONATION // 21+
Doors 7pm // Readings 8pm
Featuring:
Zefyr Lisowski
lii xu
Berry Grass
ACCESSIBILITY NOTE: The event is upstairs at Tattooed Mom, all the way in the back room. This space a full flight of stairs with no elevator, and seating is limited.
Enjoy this event with our Meatless Monday specials:
1/2 off our full veggie menu noon-10pm
& half price drafts 5-7pm and 10-11pm
Join the Facebook Event and invite all your pals!
Find out more »February 2020
You Can’t Kill A Poet // February 2020
You Can’t Kill A Poet is back at it in the new decade! Come out and hear some of your fav local queer and trans poets and feel the queer magic.
Doors 7:30pm // Reading 8pm
Free & 21+
Norabot
J Kindt
Fiorella Flowers
Demetra Davis
Ry
Maze
Meg Pendoley
Enjoy this event with our Taco Tuesday specials:
$1 Tacos
$2.50 Tecate
a special Taco of the Month,
& half price drafts 5-7pm and 10-11pm
Join the Facebook Event and invite all your pals!
Find out more »Tire Fire Presents: Sparks, Campbell, & Graham
We’ve got a very special BURGER WEDNESDAY Tire Fire Readings for February, with our dear friends Amber Sparks, Tara Campbell, and Chelsea Graham.
Doors 7 // Reading 8
This month, we’ll be donating our $ to the Women’s Medical Fund, who protects and expands abortion access for low-income folks through direct service and advocacy. “We support those living in poverty who need abortion care today by providing counseling and emergency financial assistance. We support people in the future by working to expand and equalize access to abortion through lifting the insurance bans and eliminating other barriers.”
Accessibility Note: Reading is upstairs and non-bumper car seating is limited, and tends to be first-come, first-serve. If you need assistance or accommodations, please let us know.
Enjoy this event with our Burger Wednesday specials:
$4 Mom’s Beef Burgers & Mom’s Vegan Burgers
$2 Narragansett Lager Tall Boys
a special Burger of the Month
& half price drafts 5-7pm and 10-11pm
Join the Facebook Event and invite all your pals!
March 2022
Peach x b l u s h: AWP Offsite Reading
Come hang with Peach Mag and b l u s h for an AWP offsite event ft. readings by Amy Saul-Zerby, Catch Business, Courtney Bush, Hazel Avery, Liz Zakeroff, Meghann Boltz, Sampson Starkweather, Sarah Sgro, Shy Watson, Zach Blackwood, and more TBA 
Wednesday, March 23rd
5-7pm
NO COVER // FREE FUN
RSVP: FB EVENT
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.
Note: At this time, proof of vaccination is also required for entry.
You Can’t Kill A Poet: AWP Offsite Reading
The RETURN of You Can’t Kill A Poet is finally here! YCKAP is a reading for queer and trans poets!
Wednesday, March 23rd
7:30-10pm
NO COVER // FREE FUN
RSVP: FB EVENT
Featuring:
Quinn Rodriguez
Sawyer Lovett
Cate McLaughlin
Nora Hikari
Boston Gordon
Will Newman
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.
Note: At this time, proof of vaccination is also required for entry.
