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January 2019
Vive 1977 Presents: “Jimi Hendrix” by Frank Moriarty Book Release Party
Join us as we celebrate the life & times of Jimi Hendrix with a release party for new book on the legendary musician by Frank Moriarty!
There will be a signing, reading, and Q&A interview conducted by Joseph A. Gervasi.
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“[A]cclaimed author and musician Frank Moriarty brings to life the world of Jimi Hendrix in Modern Listener Guide: Jimi Hendrix. With informed commentary and spirited critical perspective, Moriarty expertly leads the way through the studio sessions, live concert recordings, and myriad album and box set releases that comprise the imposing legacy of one of the world’s great guitarists and musical personalities.”
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Enjoy this event with TMOMs full menu & wide range of draft & bottled beers!
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February 2019
You Can’t Kill a Poet // February 2019
You Can’t Kill a Poet is back in 2019 with more queer and/or trans writers sharing their work and their stories. Come cheer them on and enjoy Taco Tuesday specials as we party it up at TMOMs!
Doors 7:30pm // Reading 8pm
Free & 21+
Reader’s List:
Fiorella Flowers
Maggie Mueller
Haidabo
Prakash Mishra
Quinn Rodriguez
Sarah Barasch
Levi Bentley
Enjoy this event with our Taco Tuesday specials:
$1 Tacos
$2.50 Tecate
& half off all drafts 5-7 & 10-11pm
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Find out more »Accidental Player: Teare, Gehringer, Corfman, Kochman
Join Accidental Player for their first event of 2019 & a night of poetry featuring Brian Teare, June Gehringer, S. Brook Cofrman, and Laura Kochman!
Doors 7pm // Readings 7:30pm
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!
Find out more »Tire Fire presents: Wilkinson, Flick, doaks, & Edwards
February is a drag, so we’re giving you something to look forward to: readings from Lauren Wilkinson, Sherrie Flick, celeste doaks, & Tafisha A. Edwards.
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!
Find out more »March 2019
Accidental Player: Wight, Aslam, Spagnoli & Siegell
Accidental Player is excited to host Anne-Adele Wight, Zain Aslam, Laura Spagnoli, and Paul Siegell on Thursday, March 7th upstairs at Tattooed Mom.
Doors 7pm // Readings 7:30pm
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!
Find out more »“Master Din’s Sinister Sextet…” Book Release!
Welcome one and all for a book release fete for “Master Din’s Sinister Sextet Grim and Grave Admonitions for Mischievous and Overly Curious Children” with poetry by Susurrus Din and otherworldly illustrations by Paul Romano, Jeremy Hush, and Dylan Garrett-Smith!
This event will also feature readings from poets par excellence Angelo Colavita, Kailey Tedesco, and Chris McCreary! Work of the illustrating artists will be available for sale.
This event is free to attend & 21+.
Enjoy this event with our Taco Tuesday specials:
$1 Tacos
$2.50 Tecate
a special Taco of the Month,
& half off all drafts 5-7 & 10-11pm
Join the Facebook Event and invite all your spooky poetry loving pals!
Find out more »April 2019
Accidental Player: White, Sherlock, Henriksen & Coletti
Accidental Player is back again for another fantastic event, featuring readings from Simone White, Frank Sherlock, Laura Henriksen, and John Coletti on Tuesday, April 2nd upstairs at Tattooed Mom.
Doors 7pm // Readings 8pm
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: Butler, Sanders, Carle, & Holguin
Our February reading was so great that we had to take March off, but we’re back in April with readings from Halle Butler, Justin Sanders, K.B. Carle, and Lauren Holguin.
Doors 7 // Reading 8
This month, we’re collecting donations for Prevention Point Philadelphia, a private nonprofit organization providing harm reduction services to Philadelphia and the surrounding area. For over 20 years they have been the City of Philadelphia’s only legal syringe exchange program, but their work also includes HIV/HCV testing, case management, free medical clinics, HCV confirmatories, and referrals to inpatient, outpatient and detox programs, food, clothing and shelter and identification.
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!
Find out more »May 2019
Continental Breakfast: A Reading
A night of literature, comedy, smartassery, carousal, and other sundry mischief. Celebrating the release of his debut collection Continental Breakfast, unapologetically Midwestern poet Danny Caine will make his Philadelphia debut alongside luminaries Kaitlyn Andrews-Rice and Mike Ingram.
Topics covered could include but certainly aren’t limited to:
- Guy Fieri
- Beer commercials
- Passover
- Olive Garden
- Bono
- What happened in the parking lot of the Colorado Springs Hampton Inn
- Automatic Faucets
Enjoy this event with our 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: Washuta, Mathieu, Shirali, & Stone
Guess what guess what guess what guess what? TireFire Readings is going big before we break for the summer with readings from Elissa Washuta, Irène Mathieu, Raena Shirali, & Nomi Stone.
Doors 7 // Reading 8
This month, all donations will go to PA Adapt, “a grass-roots community that organizes disability rights activists to engage in nonviolent direct action, including civil disobedience, to assure the civil and human rights of people with disabilities to live in freedom in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.”
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!
