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March 2023
Scribes on South // March 2023
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!
There is no theme; the only theme is poems. Good poems, bad poems, boring poems, fiery poems. The only rule is no snapping (it’s distracting to the readers).
The reading is hosted by Noah David Roberts.
This reading’s featured reader is nat raum.
Read poems. Kick ass.
SUNDAY, MARCH 26TH
6-9PM
NO COVER // FREE FUN
ABOUT THE FEATURE:
nat raum (b. 1996) is a queer disabled artist and writer from Baltimore, MD. they graduated from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2018 with a BFA in photography and book arts, and they are currently a second-year MFA candidate in creative writing & publishing arts at the University of Baltimore, where they also serve as the managing editor for the school’s literary journal, Welter.
nat’s creative practice centers primarily upon their lived experience with loss and sexual trauma and subsequent C-PTSD diagnosis, often taking the form of small-edition image/text books and zines. after over four years of working with an art therapist, their work has become an integral part of their healing process. recent projects have focused on performative femininity, queer escapism, gender transition and its relationship to ego death, and intimacy in the digital era.
nat’s visual work has been exhibited at venues including the Museum of Human Achievement, ICA Baltimore, BlackRock Center for the Arts, and the Griffin Museum of Photography. past and upcoming publishers of their writing include Delicate Friend, trampset, perhappened, and corporeal lit. nat is the founder and editor-in-chief of fifth wheel press, a queer literature and art publishing space. they are also a member of the newly-revived Plork Press at UBalt.
ABOUT THE HOST:
Noah David Roberts is a non-binary poet and artist based in Philadelphia. They are the author of 4 books of poetry—Us V. Them, Strips, Slime Thing [and other poems], and Final Girl Mythos. In 2022, Roberts won the Judith Stark poetry writing contest. Their 5th book is forthcoming in 2023.
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What’s Up at TMoms:
• 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! Sundays, All Day Long.
• Enjoy our new happy hour! All drafts are just $4 every day from 4-6pm!
• 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.
Find out more »April 2023
Big Ass Bitties // April 2023
This is a very silly comedy show where a lineup of entertainers will perform comedic feats! They might be risky bits, weird bits, sketch bits, improvised bits, musical bits, wild bits. BUT ALL OF THEM WILL BE BIG ASS BITTY BITS.
Expect bits. You will see bits. All the bittiest bits you could imagine.
Come see this show!
A line up of wild proportions!
SUNDAY, APRIL 2ND
DOORS @ 6PM + SHOW @ 7PM
NO COVER // FREE FUN
RSVP: FB EVENT
Hosted by Betty Smithsonian and featuring a cast of characters:
Brendan Murphy
Tom Brennan
Jay Simpson
Hannah Burks
Alix Griffin
Melanie Lynch
Josh Machiz
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What’s Up at TMoms:
• 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! Sundays, All Day Long.
• Enjoy our new happy hour! All drafts are just $4 every day from 4-6pm!
• 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.
Find out more »Dungeons n’ Drafts // April 2023
There’s Dungeons. There’s Drafts. There very possibly might be Dragons. Come join Dungeons n’ Drafts for some good old DnD at TMoms! All player experience levels are welcome, from newbies to seasoned PCs!
SUNDAY, APRIL 9TH
DOORS @ 12PM + START @ 1PM
TICKETS: PURCHASE HERE
New location!! Brought to you by high demand, Dungeons n’ Drafts is excited to be hosted by the wonderful folks at Tattooed Mom! Seating is super limited here, so sign up soon before this potentially sells out. All DnD players are receiving a “Moms Chip + Explanation Card” that is good for life! We’ll be there right at lunch time too for all your eating needs. Doors open at 12pm, play starts at 1pm. See ya there!
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What’s Up at TMoms:
• 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! Sundays, All Day Long.
• Enjoy our new happy hour! All drafts are just $4 every day from 4-6pm!
• 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.
Find out more »Philly Drip: A Pop-Up Market
& support local artists!
SUNDAY, APRIL 16TH
2-6PM
NO COVER // FREE FUN
RSVP: FB EVENT | EVENTBRITE
Artists:
Juicy Goth
KaiCraftsss
Medusa Raptor Studios
Gemini Gems
Alyssa Dahlia Creations
Dan Kraus Art
Floating Rose
MFH Shrines & Finds
Limit Nine
Marjorie Taylor Art
SKTCH
PACE
Nonny Co
Pretty Alien Boutique
Snug Baby Hues
TUF Girls
Visions Risen
Ani Li Mars
SKYN Art
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What’s Up at TMoms:
• 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! Sundays, All Day Long.
• Enjoy our new happy hour! All drafts are just $4 every day from 4-6pm!
• 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.
Find out more »Teddy’s 101
Over the course of 184 drawings, 5 months, and 5 presentations Teddy Hanson discovered how drawing a moustache, a foot, a cat, a saxophone, and a line can lead a person to ponder the very nature of their existence. Join him as he recounts that metaphysical journey in his multimedia performance, Teddy’s 101.
SUNDAY, APRIL 16TH
DOORS @ 7PM + SHOW @ 8PM
NO COVER // FREE FUN
RSVP: FB EVENT | EVENTBRITE (COMING SOON)
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What’s Up at TMoms:
• 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! Sundays, All Day Long.
• Enjoy our new happy hour! All drafts are just $4 every day from 4-6pm!
• 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.
Find out more »Queer Life Drawing
Join us for an afternoon of lifting up queer bodies with an opportunity to draw with a live model and build community. We will do a structured schedule with gesture drawings in the beginning and moving into longer poses as time goes on. This is not a queer only event but it is a queer space and we do seek to highlight queer trans poc and fat bodies! Our ticket price is to cover paying our model for their time! Bring your favorite mediums and surfaces to work on and we’ll see you there!!
SUNDAY, APRIL 23RD
1-4PM
NO COVER // FREE FUN
SUGGESTED TICKET PRICE $5
RSVP: EVENTBRITE
CURATED BY @bighaircamellights.
MODEL TBA.
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What’s Up at TMoms:
• It’s Philly Vegan Restaurant Week! Tutu Mary’s has some very special menu items for us, changing all week long! Come back multiple times so you can eat the whole menu!
• 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! Sundays, All Day Long.
• Enjoy our new happy hour! All drafts are just $4 every day from 4-6pm!
• 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.
Find out more »Scribes on South // “What I Do In The Dark” Book Launch
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!
There is no theme; the only theme is poems. Good poems, bad poems, boring poems, fiery poems.
This reading is something a little different—this will be the book launch for Noah David Robert‘s newest book, What I Do in the Dark, described as a “lovesick balloon” by Amy Jannotti and a “collection from one of Philadelphia’s best emerging poets” by Lindsay Hargrave. The book is published by Alien Buddha press. Come out for the launch party and open mic!
Roberts will read for a 15 minute featured set and then host an open mic.
Read poems. Kick ass.
SUNDAY, APRIL 30TH
6-9PM
NO COVER // FREE FUN
ABOUT THE HOST:
Noah David Roberts is a non-binary poet and artist based in Philadelphia, PA. Roberts has
released 4 collections: Us v. Them, 2017, about the nature of sexual trauma and political
violence; Strips, a divagation of the self, an endless ranting masterpiece; Slime Thing [and other
poems], a scream of anti-capitalism and stream of frustrated proletariat consciousness; Final
Girl Mythos, inspired by classic 80s and 90s slasher movies; and What I Do in the Dark,
forthcoming 2023. Since publication of their first book, Roberts has been published in Big
Scream, King’s River Review, Tribes Magazine, Horror Sleaze Trash, and more. In 2022,
Roberts won the Judith Stark poetry contest. Their Instagram handle is @the.apocalypse.poet.
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What’s Up at TMoms:
• It’s Philly Vegan Restaurant Week! Tutu Mary’s has some very special menu items for us, changing all week long! Come back multiple times so you can eat the whole menu!
• 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! Sundays, All Day Long.
• Enjoy our new happy hour! All drafts are just $4 every day from 4-6pm!
• 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.
Find out more »May 2023
Dungeons n’ Drafts // May 2023
There’s Dungeons. There’s Drafts. There very possibly might be Dragons. Come join Dungeons n’ Drafts for some good old DnD at TMoms! All player experience levels are welcome, from newbies to seasoned PCs!
SUNDAY, MAY 14TH
DOORS @ 12PM + START @ 1PM
TICKETS: PURCHASE HERE
New location!! Brought to you by high demand, Dungeons n’ Drafts is excited to be hosted by the wonderful folks at Tattooed Mom! Seating is super limited here, so sign up soon before this potentially sells out. All DnD players are receiving a “Moms Chip + Explanation Card” that is good for life! We’ll be there right at lunch time too for all your eating needs. Doors open at 12pm, play starts at 1pm. See ya there!
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What’s Up at TMoms:
• 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! Sundays, All Day Long.
• Enjoy our new happy hour! All drafts are just $4 every day from 4-6pm!
• 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.
Find out more »BRIMSTONE MARKET: A Summertime Snack Pop-Up
Join Brimstone Apothecary at Tattooed Mom on Sunday, May 21st, from 1pm to 5pm, for BRIMSTONE MARKET, a magical experience featuring a special selection of hand-crafted, infused Summertime Snacks made with fresh local ingredients and Pennsylvania-grown hemp. Enjoy music Vinyl DJ Sets from our friends at Actual Records and peruse the unique offerings from some of our favorite local vendors like Sea of Doom, Something Stellar, Ice Cold Phatties and Sweet Peach Gems. Step into our world of alchemy and magic at BRIMSTONE MARKET!
SUNDAY, MAY 21ST
1-5PM (EXTENDED AN EXTRA HOUR!)
NO COVER // FREE FUN
MORE INFO: LINK
VENDORS:
Sea of Doom
Ice Cold Phatties
Sweet Peach Gems
Brimstone Apothecary
With All Vinyl, All Day with live mixes from our friends at Actual Records!
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What’s Up at TMoms:
• 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! Sundays, All Day Long.
• Enjoy our new happy hour! All drafts are just $4 every day from 4-6pm!
• 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.
Find out more »Zanything + Zanax Present: ZANIACS // May 2023
Everyone pop your ZANAX 💊 , things are about to get ZANY 🤪
Do you wish nightlife in Philly was freakier? Do you wanna see kings, queens, things, and in-betweens get FILTHY and WEIRD? Do you wanna see p!ss and bl00d and toes and hoes?? Then you’ve cum to the RIGHT PLACE.
Robot Drag King Zanax and Mx. Dragged Into 2022 The ZanyThing present ZANIACS! a brand new alternative drag show with featured artists from Philly & NYC AND an open stage!!! This month’s theme: GLITTER AND GORE ✨ ✨ 🩸 🩸 🤮 😍 🤩 🗑️ 💎 💎 🥵 🥵 ✨ ✨
SUNDAY, MAY 21ST
7-9PM
$10-20 SUGGESTED DONATION | NOTAFLOF
RSVP: FB EVENT | EVENTBRITE
FEATURING:
ZANAX and THE ZANY THING as your hosts
XANA WHORIA
MATTE BLACK
and our NYC Guest & Kitten YAGA TIGERLILY
With SIX open-stage performers including
& MORE!
CW for stage blood, mess, gore, and more. Please DM @thezanything if you’d like more specific warnings!
LET’S GET GLAMOROUS GLITTERY AND GORY
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What’s Up at TMoms:
• 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! Sundays, All Day Long.
• Enjoy our new happy hour! All drafts are just $4 every day from 4-6pm!
• 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.
Find out more »
