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Publetters: Every Tuesday in June // June 4th!

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 April. 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.

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!

The 3rd Annual My Favorite Murder Meet-up & EndTheBacklog.org Fundraiser

This is an event for fans of true crime, comedy, Steven, and two women talking for an hour staright! If these things sound interesting to you, we kindly & respectfully invite you to hang out, meet-up, & raise money for a good cause!

This annual fundraiser is a chance for fans of the My Favorite Murder podcast (also known as Murderinos) to meet-up, to exchange stories, to win fantastic raffle prizes, and to eat & drink their way through Tattooed Mom’s delicious menu—all while raising money for End the Backlog!

End the Backlog is a national organization that aims to end injustice by eliminating the backlog of untested DNA and rape kits from sexual assault cases. Every year, countless kits sit untested & untouched in police stations and crime storage units. This foundation aims to help alleviate this epidemic, solve cold cases, and bring closure to sexual assault victims.

Bid on & win a plethora of raffle prizes from local businesses! 100% of the proceeds benefit End the Backlog! Grab the Georgia to your Karen and stop by! Let’s do something rad together!

Raffle prizes include:

  • The Spirit of Philadelphia, dinner for 2 on the ship ($225 value)
  • Rockstar Games: Red Dead Redemption 2 merchandise ($500+ value)
  • Acupuncture off Broad gift card ($105 gift card value)
  • Infinite Piercing gift cards: ($50 gift card value)
  • The POPE gift card: ($50 gift card value)
  • Long in the Tooth Records gift card ($30 gift card value)
  • Tattooed Mom Prize Pack, including gift card, t-shirt, and Mom’s chip ($25+ value)
  • Federal Donuts gift card ($25 gift card value)
  • Morgan’s Pier gift card: ($25 gift card value)
  • Eastern State Penitentiary, admission for six
  • Evil Genius Brewery, brewery tour for six
  • Sister Cities Food & Shop Tour, complete tour for two
  • Five classes for Rumble, a boxing-inspired fitness class ($175 gift card value)
  • Five class pack from Lumos Yoga & Barre
  • Six tickets to any Helium Comedy Club show
  • Four tickets to any Good Good Comedy show
  • A pair of tickets to any 1812 Productions show
  • Stateside Vodka: MFM-inspired engraved bottle & accompanying rox glasses, shot glasses, sunglasses, gift card, & 4 tickets to tour the distillery
  • Sourpuss Clothing: Giant basket of skull goodies!
  • Modcloth: French Fry purse & 4 dresses
  • Hey Mavens: MFM inspired bralette & undie set
  • South Street Art Mart: a bunch of fun items like zines, stickers, earrings, light switch protector!
  • Capes & Cowls Comics & Collectibles: Assorted comic collection
  • Alternate Dimension Toys: a TON of pop culture merch & gift card
  • South Fellini: Graphic novel, print, & “No One Likes Us, We Don’t Care” hat
  • Evergood Merch: a bunch of pins, patches, & zipper pulls
  • The Blue Ridge Co: handmade wooden cutting board
  • Jamberry: Manicure set, headband & necklace
  • Amberella: Conquer Power Heart
  • Sue Garcia from Valor Tattoo: MFM inspired flash sheet
  • Miss Montgomery Designs: Edgar Allan Poe inspired lightbox
  • Carly Jo Bones: light up skull, tray, keychain, geode, & 2 necklaces
  • Sarah Collins (The Saddest Atoms): pin, print, & shirt
  • Colin Frangicetto: calendar, print, pins, & patch
  • Tina Crespo: “Fire & Ice” resin
  • A Murderino-inscribed copy of Guy Branum’s memoir
  • Two 1990-1991 Mark Jackson basketball cards (with the Menendez Brothers in the background)
  • Five framed prints from artists Taylor Bryn Hultquist-Todd
  • Portraiture session with Shannon Sims Photography
  • Two original paintings by Jayne Good
  • Forensics & Flowers: True Crime Club set, including keychain, enamel pin, & sticker
  • And We Evolve: free first delivery of new-to-you clothes
  • Phillies & 76ers shirts, hats, and a water bottle from Lloyd Sixsmith Sporting Goods
  • Murderino inspired shirts from Emily at Lloyd Sixsmith
  • Damsel in Defense: stun gun, pepper spray, & breakaway keychain
  • Never Get Murdered: various self defense items
  • I Heart Guts: plushy gold tooth, two  blood pins, and a heart of gold pin
  • The Fall Line Podcast: pin & mug set
  • The Craft Hangout Podcast: tiny bowling pins & SSDGM snood
  • Special Ed Toys: a bunch of original enamel pins!
  • and lastly, an autographed copy of the My Favorite Murder: SSDGM book and playbill from the NYC show!
Upstairs, 3-7pm
FREE, 21+

Enjoy this event with tasty goodies from Tattooed Mom’s full menu!

Plus an *exclusive* SSDGM cocktail!

Join the Facebook Event, invite all your Murderino pals, and SSDGM!

FREE Sunday Arts & Crafts: Coloring Book! // June 2nd!

There’s a reason why coloring books are a classic, and for June’s arts & crafts theme we’re taking coloring to the next weird & wacky level!

Whether you’re a crayon person, a colored pencil person, or marker person, we’ve got you covered! Choose from a plethora of unique coloring pages like Punk Rock Classics, Hello Kitty, Lisa Frank, Gangsta Rap, and Heavy Metal Fun Time! We’ve also got a handful of exclusive TMOMs coloring pages made by local artists!

The best part? It’s 100% FREE FUN for your WHOLE CREW of COLORING PALS!

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 PBR pounders & 1/2 price tater tots after 7pm.

Now Booking Summer & Fall 2019 Events!

Posted on by Sarah Cowell

‘Tis the season of shorts (and jorts), beer koozies, & long summer nights at Tattooed Mom!

We’ve got art shows! Drag performances! Pop-up shops! Readings! Workshops! Sticker Swaps! Live podcasts! Comedy revues! Fundraisers! And we also want YOU!

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Do you have an event that’s looking for a home? Are you itching to create something new? Do you want to show off your weird, wonderful, unique ideas? Are you working with creatives and building artistic communities? Do you want to host a fun & fantastic event at Tattooed Mom?!

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Our calendar is now open for 2019 summer & fall events, and we’re looking to work with artists, creators, writers, thespians, filmmakers, performers, activists, and other folks from the vast artistic unknown! Our goal is to foster & produce events that bring artists closer to the local community, while also providing a space for uninhibited expression & creativity!

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Send us an email at [email protected]! Tell us all about your marvelous, stunning & super fun event ideas! We can’t wait to hear from you!

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Art by darkmeal for TMoms @ 22.

 

Note: Unfortunately we cannot accommodate live music or DJs of any kind.

You Can’t Kill A Poet: 5 Year Anniversary!

Five years ago we got together for the first time. Now we’re celebrating with old favorites and new readers. You Can’t Kill A Poet is dedicated to providing a space for queer and/or trans writers to share their work. Invite yer favorite gays and come see why you can’t kill a poet!

Doors 7:30pm // Reading 8pm
Free & 21+

Readers:
Berry Grass
Laura Kochman
lii xu
Genise Deal
Quinn Rodriquez
Katbug
Cashmere Harper

Enjoy this event with our Burger Wednesday specials:
$4 Mom’s Beef Burgers & Mom’s Veggie Burgers,
$2 Narragansett Lager Tall Boys,
a special Burger of the Month,
& half off all drafts 5-7 and 10-11pm

Join the Facebook Event and invite all your pals!

SPEED: A Live Reading, Night #2

Pop quiz, hotshots. Theatre Contra is back with their 3rd reading of the year, and THEY’RE DOING IT TWICE. Join them at Tattooed Mom on May 20th and 27th as they try to keep this bus from exploding. Oh, and just so you know, they got their license suspended…for speeding.

FREE ($10 Suggested Donation)
All proceeds benefit Theatre Contra’s 2018/19 season
21+ w/ valid ID!

Please Note: Space is limited and will be granted on a first come, first served basis!

Directed by Jonathan Silver*

Cast:
Campbell O’Hare
Adam Howard
Alison Ormsby
Tara Bankard*

Honorary Producers:
Lauren Hughes and Kyle Kane

*denotes member of Theatre Contra

Enjoy this event with our Meatless Mondays 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 SPEED-lovin’ pals!

FREE Sunday Arts & Crafts: Scratch Art! // May 26th!

Scratch and sketch your way to magical fun EVERY Sunday in May with FREE Sunday Arts & Crafts: Scratch Art!

Watch your designs bloom in all the colors of the rainbow as you scratch away at the black coating! Draw and design your own brilliantly vivid word! Anything is possible: cartoons, typography, landscapes, portraits, doodles, and more!

FREE fun for the WHOLE FAMILY! Every Sunday! Only at Tattooed Mom!

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 PBR pounders & 1/2 price tater tots after 7pm.

Philly Queer Bazaar: May 2019

The extraordinary Philly Queer Bazaar is returning to the 2nd floor of TMOMs with several other local queer business owners! Come hang out, shop, support, show your beautiful faces, meet new people, and catch up with old friends!

FREE // UPSTAIRS // 21+

CYBRWRM
// Instagram //

Hearts & Bruises
// Instagram //

Bee Daddy & Sons
// Instagram //

Naturally Queer
// Instagram //

Shell Home
// Instagram //

A G Carol Illustrations
// Instagram //

Nerdy Keppie
// Instagram // Facebook //

Where the Wild Things Yarn
// Facebook //

Bearded Noise
// Instagram // Facebook //

Molly Bee Studio
// Instagram // Twitter // Tumblr // Facebook // Pinterest //

Author Connor Peterson
// Instagram //

Laurel Tree Bindery
// Instagram //

Christine M Creations
// Instagram //

Jewelry Mama Leea
// Instagram // Facebook //

Enjoy this event with TMOM’s full food & drink menu!

Join the Facebook Event and invite all your pals!

Sticky Art Machine Release Party: Under Water Pirates & Jayel

Come out to this one night pop up art show & meet the artists behind the latest Tmom’s Sticky Art Machine sticker collection!  The seventh edition of our Sticky Art series features ten new exclusive, limited run stickers by the legendary Under Water Pirates & always inventive Jayel.

Be the first to get these new designs as they are SURE to sell out! Meet the artists and check out a special one night pop up art show by with new works and special releases from both artists. Join other sticker artists & street art fans for a back room drink & draw / sticker swap in Philadelphia’s unofficial sticker art museum.

Curated by the legendary street artist Bob Will Reign, the series highlights one of kind designs by some of our all time sticker art heroes. All designs are limited to a run of 100 and available ONLY at Tattooed Mom.  Previous editions include work by Robots Will Kill, The London Police, Arrex Skulls, Old Broads, Kid Hazo, Bob Will Reign, Musk, Air Rat,  Mr. Switch, Perro,MCA, El Toro & Faithsfunnn.

Don’t miss your chance to pick up 10 brand new sticker designs available ONLY at Tattooed Mom. Collect them all!

Enjoy half price drafts before & during this event from 5-7pm and 10-11pm!

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