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October 2019
Twilight // A Live Reading!
And so the lion fell in love with the lamb….and we are bringing to life the greatest love story in all of cinema, literature, and beyond: Twilight.
Join us as Theatre Contra brings this CLASSIC to life in their second LIVE READING of the year!
FREE ($10 Suggested Donation)
All proceeds benefit Theatre Contra’s 2019/20 season
21+ w/ valid ID!
Please Note: Space is limited and will be granted on a first come, first served basis!
Stay tuned for some drinking game rules!
Note: Unfortunately for all our sparkly-skinned friends, TMOMs does not serve blood.
Directed by Ryann Carey*
Featuring:
Alex Dittmar
Emily Fernandez
Ezra J Ali-Dow
Katie Frazer
Mariah Ghant
Tara Bankard*
*Denotes member of Theatre Contra
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 »Characters Welcome 8: Friday, October 18th (21+)
Characters Welcome 8: An International Sticker Art Show is THE event for sticker artists to meet, exchange ideas, & leave behind tokens of their amazing art on our walls, ceilings, floors, etc! Characters Welcome celebrates that community and reaches out to artists all over the world to show their best hand drawn and printed sticker art.
This event is 21+ with valid ID. An all ages show will be on Saturday, October 19th.
Some photos from past Characters Welcome shows can be seen on our Instagram. You can find more info on how to submit your own designs on our Characters Welcome 8 blog post. CW8 flier designed by Abbi Lowe.
All are welcome to contribute to Characters Welcome 8, & first time artists will be shown side by side with the seasoned titans. Hand drawn, printed, silk screened & collaged stickers will be part of the mix in this diverse display of sticker art media, styles and themes.
The boards with the compiled stickers, as well as surplus sticker packs, will be available for sale. We’ll also have some very special raffle items and rad day-of-show surprises. 100% of ALL sales will go to benefit the inspiring youth local arts programs at Fleisher Art Memorial and The Village of Arts & Humanities.
Enjoy this event with TMOMs full menu (including a wide variety of vegan & veg items),
plus half priced drafts before & during the event from 5-7pm & 10-11pm.
Join the Facebook Event and invite all your pals!
Find out more »Characters Welcome 8: Saturday, October 19th (ALL AGES)
Characters Welcome 8: An International Sticker Art Show is THE event for sticker artists to meet, exchange ideas, & leave behind tokens of their amazing art on our walls, ceilings, floors, etc! Characters Welcome celebrates that community and reaches out to artists all over the world to show their best hand drawn and printed sticker art.
THIS EVENT, Saturday, October 19th, is the ALL AGES show for Characters Welcome 8.
Some photos from past Characters Welcome shows can be seen on our Instagram. You can find more info on how to submit your own designs on our Characters Welcome 8 blog post. CW8 flier designed by Abbi Lowe.
All are welcome to contribute to Characters Welcome 8, & first time artists will be shown side by side with the seasoned titans. Hand drawn, printed, silk screened & collaged stickers will be part of the mix in this diverse display of sticker art media, styles and themes.
The boards with the compiled stickers, as well as surplus sticker packs, will be available for sale. We’ll also have some very special raffle items and rad day-of-show surprises. 100% of ALL sales will go to benefit the inspiring youth local arts programs at Fleisher Art Memorial and The Village of Arts & Humanities.
Enjoy this event with TMOMs full menu (including a wide variety of vegan & veg items)!
Join the Facebook Event and invite all your pals!
Find out more »FREE Sunday Arts & Crafts: Sugar Skulls // October 20th!
We’re getting sweet & spooky this October with FREE Sunday Arts & Crafts: Sugar Skulls!
Celebrate the changing seasons & honor the upcoming Día De Los Muertos by crafting, decorating, and customizing your very own traditional sugar skull, and by adding some vibrant colors to one of our sugar skull coloring pages!
We’ll be crafting & creating EVERY Sunday in October, so keep your eye out for for special sugar skull temporary tattoos, toys, and treats! The best coloring pages will be hung in our DIY arts & crafts gallery!
Enjoy this event with our delicious food & drink menu,
half price drafts from 5-7 & 10-11pm,
& let your crafting continue into the night with $2.50 Miller High Life & 1/2 price tater tots 7pm til midnight.
FUSION: Fright Night!
All Hallow’s Eve is upon us, and you know what that means… it’s time for FUSION: Fright Night! Philly’s wildest queer charity variety show is back with a bone-chilling selection of drag, burlesque, live theater, and performance art! This month, things take a turn for the spooky, because Halloween is approaching and our performers are not holding back!
Doors 7pm // Event 8pm
FREE w/ SUGGESTED DONATION // 21+ // UPSTAIRS
100% of door proceeds benefit Morris Home!
Host/Curator: Samantha Genesis
FEATURING:
Onyx Ondyx
Icon Ebony-Fierce
Josh Hitchens
Rasta Boi Punany
Hannibal Lickher
Babe Ruthless
Effervescence
Little Piece
Plexie Glass
Thurston Trapp
Ron Binary
The Cast of Ghost Quartet
Bugg
DJ: Mercury
Runway Host: Icon Ebony-Fierce & Yari
Kitten: Rubixx Q
For the past two years, Fusion has aimed to provide a space for queer people in Philly to relax and feel free to drink, eat, and enjoy performances you won’t see anywhere else! Think outside of the gayborhood & join us at Mom’s for Fusion!
Enjoy this event with half price drafts before and after this event from 5-7pm and 10-11pm
plus half price tots and $2.50 High Life 7pm ’til midnight!
Join the Facebook Event and invite all your pals!
Find out more »Accidental Player: MC Hyland, Rebecca Lehmann & Ted Rees
Accidental Player is returning to Tattooed Mom for a SECOND TIME this month! Please join us on Monday, October 21, for a night of readings featuring MC Hyland, Rebecca Lehmann, and Ted Rees.
Doors 7pm // Readings 8pm
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 »Publetters: Every Tuesday in October // October 22nd!
Sip a beer… Write a letter (or post card)… Repeat as desired.
PUBLETTERS is your easy-going re-intro to the “gentlest art” of the hand-written letter.
We bring everything you need: paper, envelopes, U.S. Postal Service stamps (including Global Stamps), even loaner pens, and our “cheat sheet”, packed with the mailing addresses of famous, infamous and interesting people. Just add words!
Join us every Tuesday in October. We pop open our vintage SAMSONITE “Slim-Line” brief case round about 5, and go till 8-ish. It’s FREE, thanks to Trophy Bikes PHL.
ALSO: since it’s Characters Welcome season at TMOMs, we will have some stickers/crayons/etc if you’re feeling Mail-Art-ish!
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 pals! Every Tuesday in June!
Find out more »SlayHer: Philly’s Only All Heavy Metal Drag Show! // One Year Anniversary!
1 Year of Slaughter and it’s only getting more brutal!
Celebrating 365 days of slay, Philly’s ONLY heavy metal drag show returns to Tattooed Mom with the most bloodcurdling lineup of Philly’s filthiest freaks.
MERCURY
LORNA DOOM
ONYX ONDYX
STEPDAD
PLEXIE GLASS
featuring the foulest
ICON EBONY FIERCE
MOON BABY
DEADBOY
SIR DONYX
and the revenge of RON BINARY
We want to hear you SCREAM! The victor of the Heavy Metal Screaming Showdown will receive a precious prize package bestowed upon Slayher by Tattooed Mom, consisting of a TMOMs giftcard, shirt, and goodie bag. All are encouraged to join in the ceremony of wails!
$5 suggested donation
Doors 8pm // Show 9pm
Seats fill up FAST so arrive on time!
21+ w/ valid ID
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 »You Can’t Fail: Fall 2019
The popular art series You Can’t Fail is returning to Tattooed Mom for a fun spring fling! Join us for an evening of works in progress & new performances brought to you by Chris Davis!
First time performers, seasoned veterans, and everyone in between are welcomed onto the stage to present new works & works in progress including: visual art, photography, theater, dance, performance art, comedy, story-telling, poetry, prose, sculpture, ballet, film, stand-up… ANY and ALL art will be presented in the back room at Tattooed Mom’s (2nd floor).
Doors 6pm // Show 8-10pm
Performances start promptly at 8pm!
This event is FREE!
21+ w/ valid ID only.
Featuring:
Kate Carey
Sean Hanrahan
Nick Perilli
Foxy Doxies
Vivian Bilenky
Tara Hernon
Celine McBride
Makayla
Mary McCool
Margot Steinberg
Tim Lynch
Kristen Bailey
Jean-Marie Tomlin
Micah Greenleaf
Demetra Davis
Betty Smithsonian
Benjamin Kunkle
Christina Rosso
Kelly McCaughan
Alyssa Nickol
Megan Carey
Chyanne Kemp
Jean-Marie Tomlin
Rachel O’Hanlon Rodriguez
Javi Javi
Enjoy this event with our Burger Wednesday specials:
$4 Mom’s Beef Burgers & Mom’s Vegan Burgers,
$2 Narragansett Lager Tall Boys,
a Burger of the Month special,
& half off all drafts 5-7 and 10-11pm
Join the Facebook Event and invite all your pals!
Find out more »Tire Fire Presents: Barton, Brown, & Valente
OCTOBER TIRE FIRE! OCTOBER TIRE FIRE! OCTOBER TIRE FIRE! Tyler Gof Barton! Joanna C. Valente! Thea Brown! OCTOBER TIRE FIRE!
Doors 7 // Reading 8
This month, Tire Fire is raising money for The Attic Youth Center, “the only organization in Philadelphia exclusively serving lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth. The Attic’s goal is to reduce the isolation felt by LGBTQ youth by providing a sense of community and developing programs and services to counteract the prejudice and oppression that LGBTQ youth often face. All Attic programming is based on a youth development model and aims to build community, reduce isolation, combat homophobia, promote knowledge and life skills, and develop future leaders.”
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!
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