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June 2017
It’s Called Self Expression: live readings
Alexandra Naughton is back in Philly for the wedding of her first ex-boyfriend. Join her, and three other amazingly talented poets and writers, as they attempt to make sense of this thing called Being-An-Adult through live readings of their work. One night only!
50¢ pierogi until 10pm
Half off all drafts 5-7 & 10-11pm
Shy Watson is a poet, bartender, & painter currently living in Philadelphia. She is the author of AWAY STATUS (Bottlecap Press 2016) & my parents were going to give me your name if i was born a boy (Bottlecap Press 2017).
Amy Saul-Zerby is a Philadelphia-based poet. Her first collection, Paper Flowers Imaginary Birds, was published by Be About It Press in 2017. Her writing has also appeared in TheNewerYork, Painted Bride Quarterly, Spy Kids Review, and The YOLO Pages, and she is managing editor of the spoken word-based publication Voicemail Poems & multimedia editor of APIARY Magazine.
Alexandra Naughton is turning 32 this year and doesn’t believe she will ever settle down or be a homeowner. Regardless, she is living her best literary life and wants to share some work with you. You should humor her.
P.E. Garcia is an editor-at-large at the Rumpus and a contributor to HTMLGiant. They have a good dog.
Find out more »July 2017
Thirty West literary event
Thirty West Presents returns for an evening of poetry and live readings by local Philadelphia authors. Plus, a live art raffle will take place between readings. $3/ticket for your chance to WIN!
Featuring:
Zach Blackwood
Amy Saul-Zerby
Kat Malozovsky
An EARLY BIRD SPECIAL sale of West’s “HEAD”, as well as art prints & Thirty West merch, will be available for purchase. Standard & limited editions of published works and trading cards will be on hand at this event.
50¢ pierogi until 10pm
Half off all drafts 5-7 & 10-11pm
August 2017
When There Is No One and There Is Everyone: Poetry, Drag & Art
Celebrate the release of Rex Renee Leonowitch‘s new book of poetry and illustrations, When There Is No One And There Is Everyone, with an evening of poetry, drag, music & art.
The event will feature readings and performances using drag, music, poetry, and visual art/digital media to pay homage to events & people who, through their protest, grief, triumph & lust for life, shape our world for the better.
REX RENEE LEONOWICZ is a multimedia artist, performer, writer, and activist from Queens, New York. As a poor/working class, trans/nonbinary femme, Rex’s art and performance work is grounded in a politics of radical resistance, healing, and witness. Rex is a gender-bending, genre-blending artist whose work critically responds to the relationships people on the margins have with our surroundings and each other.
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OKI SOGUMI was born in Seoul, South Korea as military dictatorship ended. She writes poetry and fiction, and her forthcoming speculative novella is about giant insects, migration, time travel, oceanic feelings, wellness, and both the limits and possibilities of relations like friendship. She currently resides in Philadelphia.
AMY SAUL-ZERBY‘s first poetry collection Paper Flowers Imaginary Birds was published by Be About It Press in 2017. Her work has also appeared in Painted Bride Quarterly, Spy Kids Review, Mad House & TheNewerYork. She is editor in chief of Voicemail Poems, multimedia editor at Apiary Magazine, and a contributing writer at Fields Magazine.
$4 Hamburgers & Vegan Burgers until midnight (try our Burger of the Month!)
$2 Narragansett Lager Tall Boys all day
Half off all drafts 5-7 & 10-11pm
September 2017
You Can’t Kill A Poet: September Readings
Your queer and trans community members are back at it again sharing their stories, their art, and their grit- once again proving that You Can’t Kill A Poet at this ALL INCLUSIVE literary event.
Readers TBA shortly!
$1 Beef or Bean tacos (until we run out!)
$2.50 Tecates all day
Half off all drafts 5-7 & 10-11pm
October 2017
Rutgers-Camden Fall Readings: Danger!
Join the graduate students of Rutgers-Camden’s Creative Writing program for a night of literature in their fall reader: DANGER! Come enjoy stories of daring, risk & menacing peril.
Featuring:
John Mark Brown
Sean Kauffman
Zach Kennedy-Lopez
Dani Oliver
Alex Rosenfeld
Juliana Roth
$4 Hamburgers & Vegan Burgers until midnight (try our Burger of the Month!)
$2 Narragansett Lager Tall Boys all day
Half off all drafts 5-7 & 10-11pm
Tire Fire Presents: Iskandrian, Pico, Etter, Gonzales
We’re back for a very special Friday the 13th Tire Fire with Kristen Iskandrian, Tommy Pico, Sarah Rose Etter, and Christopher Gonzales.
Tire Fire will be passing around the hat to raise money for the CHOP Adolescent Initiative, who have been a leader in the evaluation, prevention and care of adolescents living with HIV and prevention to high-risk youth. The clinic provides comprehensive, interdisciplinary primary and HIV specialty care since 1993.
Doors at 7, readings start at 8.
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Find out more »So 4 Poets Walk Into a Bar
If you should find yourself craving some live readings, come out & listen to the words of Kailey Tedesco, Lexi Spino, Ashley Coady, and B. Diehl.
Doors at 7pm, NO admission!
FREE Arts & Crafts
$2 Pabst Blue Ribbon 16oz. pounders & 1/2 price tater tots after 7pm
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Find out more »November 2017
You Can’t Kill A Poet: November
You Can’t Kill A Poet features a lineup of queer and/or trans identified poets and writers sharing their work and making you snap, clap, and swoon. Hosted by Boston Gordon, this gang is newly funded by the Leeway Foundation!
This month’s lineup:
Lilith Kulp
Terra Oh
Laura Kochman
Daniel Barnum
Noemi Charlotte Thieves
FREE Admission!
$1 tacos (until we run out!)
$2.50 Tecates!
Tire Fire: November readings with Konik, Junot, Smith, & Mathieu
Tire Fire presents an evening of literature with Michael Konik, Michelle Junot, Bud Smith, & Irène Mathieu. It’s also the Philly book release for Michael Konik’s YEAR 14, from Barrelhouse Books.
All donations collected will go to the CHOP Adolescent Initiative, who have been a leader in the evaluation, prevention, & care of adolescents living with HIV and prevention to high-risk youth. The clinic provides comprehensive, interdisciplinary primary and HIV specialty care since 1993.
Doors at 7, readings start around 8
FREE admission!
50¢ pierogi from until 10pm
Half off all drafts 5-7 & 10-11pm
Tire Fire Presents: Machado, K., Johnson-Valenzuela & Eisenberg
November is gonna be BIG! This month’s Tire Fire literary event features NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST Carmen Machado, honorary Philadelphian Dave K., triple threat (author/educator/dj) Marissa Johnson-Valenzuela & noted writer of fiction and frump Emma Eisenberg.
All donations collected will be sent to Juntos, “a community-led, Latinx immigrant organization in South Philadelphia fighting for our human rights as workers, parents, youth, and immigrants. We believe that every human being has the right to a quality education and the freedom to live with dignity regardless of immigration status.” And, as always, TMoms will be matching every donation.
Doors at 7, readings start around 8
50¢ pierogi until 10pm
Half off all drafts 5-7 & 10-11pm
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