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August 2017
V Marks the Shop: Summer Edition!
Chill out with V Marks the Shop on a hot August Sunday as they take over the second floor with VEGAN eats, treats & crafts for all! Connect with the community & learn about the work of local organizations.
There will also be a RAFFLE to win prizes, like a gift card to Tattooed Mom and a gift bag of goodies from V Marks the Shop.
SHOP WITH THESE AMAZING VENDORS:
Cavallucci Chocolates
Inspire
Mommy Nature
Newman’s Boulangerie: Vegan Baked Goods
Soap by Alana
STAGG Jam and Marmalade
V Marks the Shop
Yeah Dawg
and more TBD
FEATURED ORGANIZATIONS:
The Rotunda in West Philly is a shared space fostering learning, enrichment, and community support while empowering the public to present, produce, and promote their work (therotunda.org)
Philly Vegan Lady Gang – Raising $$ for Woodstock Farm Sanctuary – is a powerful community, made even more powerful by our respect for each other and for all species, our collective strength, and our empathy, all which compel us toward justice for all beings. (veganladygang.com)
FREE ADMISSION
ALL AGES WELCOME
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
Sex Dwarf Brunch
As part of the #SexDwarfSummer – join DJ Robert Drake for a laid-back 80s brunch with a special mix of 80s music to help set the mood!
Check out our signature cocktail, The Tasty Drake 2.0. All proceeds from this delectable beverage will go towards helping Josephine Brigandi’s mother.

Make sure you try our special brunch sandwich, “Don’t you forget about egghhhs”…a triple decker sandwich with bacon (or veggie bacon), fried eggs, cheddar, lettuce, tomato & cajun lime ranch sauce.

The Sex Dwarf 80s Brunch is family friendly – so bring the kids – or kids at heart and join in on celebrating 15 years of New Wave Goodness!
Long Live New Wave!
Find out more »Cinema Ray: Fritz the Cat
Cinema Ray presents Ralph Bakshi’s feature film debut and the first animated film to receive an X rating, Fritz the Cat.
Watch Fritz the swinging college student navigate his way through the wild 60’s, sex, drugs & rock ‘n roll. Come early to catch a few pre-show shorts and oddities, and you could win a prize in the lucky ticket draw! This event fills up fast!
All profits from this screening will benefit Josephine Brigandi’s mother.
Doors open at 7:15pm
$5 admission
$1 beef or bean tacos
$2.50 Tecates
1/2 off all draft beer 5-7 & 10-11pm
FringeArts Meet & Greet
Connect with the Philly theatre crowd, share resources, and have a relaxing night off from Fringe festival preparation with FringeArts at the FringeArts Meet & Greet.
Exchange show postcards & collaborate with your fellow Philly thespians, plus grab the 2017 Festival Guide for everyone you know!
$4 beef & vegan burgers
$2 Narragansett Lager Tall Boys all day
1/2 price draft beer 5-7pm & 10-11pm
Vegan Drinks: August
Join our friends from the Humane League of Philadelphia for a $4 vegan burgers & half priced draft beers at August’s edition of the monthly Philly Vegan Drinks meet up. Meet with other local vegetarians and vegans in a fun, casual environment, & try our delicious vegan menu! Eat, drink, & enjoy…locally, consciously, and, deliciously.
All are welcome: vegans, vegetarians, veg curious, and their supporters!
$4 Vegan Burgers (try our Burger of the Month!)
$2 Narragansett Lager Tall Boys all day
Half off all drafts 5-7
Cirque de Freak: art exhibition
Conjoined twins, bearded ladies, pinheads, tall men, and swallowing swordsmen….human marvels whose existence defied explanation. Celebrate the lost art of the freak show with a pop-up art exhibition sponsored by ABD Photography.
Featured artists:
Yona Yurwit
Noelle Haire
Adrianna Wallace
Andrea Brooke
Kelly Mcandrew
TC Gqrdstein
Allison Sharpe
Samantha Blankley
Kimberlee Traub
Shelly Georgopulos
Laura Orfanelli
Bill Ross
Sunday Arts & Crafts: Corn People
August marks the Invasion of the Corn People as we celebrate those delicious cobs with a special Craft Sunday.
Make your very own Corn Critter with a real ear of corn & our crazy corny craft table. Kernels and kernels of FREE fun for the whole family EVERY Sunday in August.
Tasty brunch menu until 4:30pm, all draft beers half price from 5-7 & 10-11pm. And the corn craft fun continues into the night with $2 Pabst Blue Ribbon & 1/2 price tater tots after 7pm. Get corny with us at Arts & Crafts Sunday!

WeCare Worldwide: painting and crafts
Come join WECare Worldwide for an evening of painting and PRIZES!
Get creative while you help fund an upcoming trip to help spay/neuter & vaccine efforts for homeless animals in Sri Lanka. They’ll be providing blank canvases, brushes, and paint for you to run wild with – go wherever your inspiration takes you!
Then stay for a prize raffle!
$6 Sri Lankan Sunrise (half of profits going to the WeCare Worldwide trip!)
$5 suggested donation for art supplies
$4 burgers
$2 Narragansett Lager Tall Boys all day
1/2 off drafts from 5-7 & 10-11pm
Queerspace: August edition!
Queerspace returns as Philly’s weirdest LGBTQIA+ charity variety supershow! Featuring drag, burlesque, musicians, and performance art! All door donations go to the amazing Attic Youth Center!
Hosted/produced by:
Samantha Genesis!
Featuring performances by:
Khaki Capri
Pi
Areola Grande
Jaeda
Deadboy IX
Jay Coxxx
Zephyra Rivers
Ron Binary
Dante Alexander
Kitty Devereaux
Fae Tantra
Fagl Roq
Music by: Dee Composed
Show at 8pm, doors at 7
50¢ pierogi until 10pm
Half off all drafts 5-7 & 10-11pm









