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.
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Characters Welcome 8 (the 21+ Edition)
Friday, October 18th // 6pm ’til 2am // FREE ADMISSION
Characters Welcome 8 (The All Ages Edition)
Saturday, October 19th // 1pm ’til 4pm // FREE ADMISSION
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Some photos from past Characters Welcome shows, as well as sneak peeks from this year’s edition, 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.
Join the Facebook Event and invite all your pals!
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!
Every third Thursday of the month, Philly artists gather & make art at a monthly meet-up called Drawnk East! This October, Drawnk East is showing off their stuff with an art show, exhibition, and a live drawing collaboration!
FREE // 21+ // UPSTAIRS FRONT ROOM
Featuring:
Buddy Nestor
Rachael Bridge
Jeremy Hush
Kat Gun
Krissy Whisky
Anna Panarello
Jenni Arcuri
Nate Reidt
Bronwyn Lorelei
Michelle Avery Konczyk
Steve Cleff
Marla Red
Brian Mercer
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!
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!
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.

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!
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.

Come out to Tattooed Mom to support and help launch the new release from local Rhythm & Bones Press author Nadia Gerassimenko!
FREE // 21+ // UPSTAIRS
Nadia will be reading from her second chapbook ‘at the water’s edge‘, a collection of poems about trauma and all the ways it can manifest in the body – be it emotional, medical, sexual – and also about forgiveness, finding the strength to forgive others and yourself. Featuring special guest readers Sarah Nichols and R&B founder/editor-in-chief Tianna G. Hansen.
Enjoy this event with TMOMs’ tasty food & drink menu,
pus half price drafts after the event from 5-7pm & 10-11pm.
Join the Facebook Event and invite all your pals!
JOIN US for a night of ART, HORROR & BOOZE at Jerks Productions‘ annual FUSED Underground Halloween show!
As always, they will be showcasing some of Philadelphia (and surrounding area)’s best local underground artists! Join us in the upstairs back room for a selection of HORROR films! Come in costume and be part of the costume contest to win amazing prizes!
SCREENING THREE BRAND NEW FILMS
Aqua: Horror
A Microchip Bride On Her Wedding Day: Horror/Sci-fi
American Dinosaur ‘El Camino Town’ Music Video
Free fun! 21+
Artists:
Red Hot Gal’s Boutique
Necromantic Creations
Sin Deadella
Liz Palo Art
Katie Stahl
Black Budget Comix
Stevie Laney
Taylor Hultquist-Todd
James Haitchwai
Scott Michael
Liz Clough
Secret Admirer + Rainbow Feather
Jude Martin
Wayne Lucina
Krissy Whiski
Minkin Works
Jason McQuirns
Riot Grrrl NJ
Joslyn Moore
Melanie Green
Bronwen Gale
Phil VanCoeur
Jeremy Petrachonis
Alyssa Kuykendall
David Sloan
Antea Roberts
Taylor Mathues
Marissa Logue
Dani Guillen
UNIWANG
& more TBA!
Enjoy this event with happy hour drafts from 5-7pm & 10-11pm
& a FUSED exclusive cocktail!
Join the Facebook Event and invite all your pals!
Skateboard Quizzo sponsored by New Balance Numerics. Skate trivia from the 90s-present. Prizes by Nocturnal Skateshop and New Balance.
FREE // UPSTAIRS
Doors 6PM // Event 7PM
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