Tire Fire Presents: McAllister, Brady, Perch, & Captan

Our flagship literary reading series Tire Fire is back with another stellar line up of writers to kick off the spring season at Mom’s. This month’s line up includes:
TOM MCALLISTER is the author of the novels How to Be Safe and The Young Widower’s Handbook. He co-hosts the Book Fight! podcast and works as non-fiction editor for Barrelhouse. He lives in New Jersey and teaches at Temple University.DAN BRADY is the author of the poetry collection Strange Children, forthcoming from Publishing Genius in 2018, and two chapbooks, Cabin Fever / Fossil Record (Flying Guillotine Press) and Leroy Sequences (Horse Less Press). He is the poetry editor of Barrelhouse and lives in Arlington, Virginia with his wife and two kids.

JULIA PERCH is a queer and femme-identified editor, essayist, and poet living and working in West Philly. Her work has appeared in Philadelphia Stories, bedfellows, Word Riot, Shape Magazine, Prick of the Spindle, and others. She runs a low-key poetry vlog and deciphers dreams on Instagram, and tweets about The Bachelor franchise from a feminist lens.

MARYAN NAGY CAPTAN is an Egyptian-American poet, educator, and performer. She is the former art director at APIARY Magazine and teaches experimental writing with The Head & The Hand Press. She is the author of copy/body (Empty Set Press) and is an alumni of The Disquiet International Literary Program. Her work can be found in Mad House, AJAR, APIARY Magazine, Boneless/Skinless, and Sundog Lit.

Your generous donations this month will go to help support the good work of  The Philadelphia Student Union, a youth-led organization that exists to build the power of young people to demand a high quality education in the Philadelphia public school system. Through leadership development, media making, organizer training and political education the Philadelphia Student Union gives young people the tools and support they need to be leaders in their schools and communities. We are proud to match every donation dollar for dollar!

Upstairs opens at 6PM, but our “doors” open at 7, and the reading starts around 8.

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.

Handmade Rebellion Craft Bazaar

Riot Nerd returns to Tattooed Mom with a dozen local artists, makers, & crafters to offer an thoughtful alternative to Valentines Day and promote diversity & solidarity. Look for handmade craft items promoting feminism, LGBT, BLM, & all other peaceful & thought provoking resistance movements signaling change from our current political climate.

Vendors:
Oh Jamie Elizabeth
Wicked Queer
Padgett Ceramics
Tamme Handmade
Angela Rouse
Dumbkat Press
Batty Boutique
Qori Moorehaul
Fabric Dragon
Rainbow Alternative
LOAT: Lipstick On A Turd
Jess Wolf Glass
The Machine Shop
Macaron By Mari
Rachael Amber
IDEATE artists

FREE Admission!
Enter in the raffle for great prizes to benefit our local Planned Parenthood chapter .
Half off drafts 5-7 & 10-11pm

BloodMilk & Friends Saturday Night Market

The second evening of the Night Market brings together a completely different collection of oddities and delights!  Shop indie artisans and local businesses as you spend the evening surrounded by fine fragrances, exotic clothing, decadent home decor & so much more!

Saturday evening friends:
BloodMilk Jewels
BloodMilk’s Exquisite Corpse
Pop Up Polaroid
Adam Wallacavage
Amberella
Caitlin McCormack
Crystal Lee Lucas
Dylan Garrett Smith
Jeremy Hush
Lvnea Parfumerie Botanique
Matt Darling
Nicomi Nix Turner
Ophidian Guild Chainmaille
Ryan & Regina Cohn Antiques & Oddities
Sophi Reaptress
Vegan Treats

Support your local community artists & take home that special something that you never realized had been missing from your life.  We hope to see you there!

#CommunityIsEverything

Be sure to try our specialty cocktail, available only at this event!
Half off all drafts 5-7pm & 10-11pm

BloodMilk & Friends Friday Night Market

The Night Market returns for TWO NIGHTS of indie craftspeople and local artisans!  Come wander through this delightful collection of hand crafted jewelry, photography, hand poured candles, fine art, prints, tasty treats, books, custom pins & more…then return Saturday evening for completely different vendors!

Friday evening friends:
Blood Milk Jewels
BloodMilk’s Exquisite Corpse
Pop Up Polaroid
Bill Crisafi
Burial Ground Jewelry
Carmen Maria Machado
Handsome Devils Puppets
Jinxed
Katie Skelly
Lunation Leathers
Lyla Mori Embroideries
Mab Graves
Miss Millie Ceramics
Poison Apple Printshop
The Spiral Bookcase
Three Ravens Co
Witch Fingers Antiques & Oddities

Support your local community artists & take home that special something that you never realized had been missing from your life.  We hope to see you there!

#CommunityIsEverything

Be sure to try our specialty cocktail, available only at this event!
Half off all drafts 5-7pm & 10-11pm

Happy Hallowdays: art showcase & pop-up

Join The Hallowmakers for a holiday pop up shop and toy drive featuring 11 amazing Philly artists. Shop for your loved ones (or yourself!) while supporting your community! Grab some raffle tickets for a chance to win prizes from local businesses!

All profits from donated art & the raffle will benefit Youth Services Inc., a non profit organization that has provided immediate shelter & support services to Philadelphia’s children, youth, and families for over 65 years.

Featured artists:
Doomed Future
Kystnd
Blur
Taped Off T.V.
Vino Glass Works
Dan Dickson
Night Owl Designs
Peet Sketches
Eellsone
Joshua Powanda
Phil Ross

Happy Hallowdays to you & yours!

Grave Hallucinations: pop up art show

a perception in the absence of external stimulus that has qualities of real perception…awake but dreaming…visions of beyond

Your experience is yours alone at the Grave Hallucination group art show.

Featuring:
Kelly Campanile
CUM.MASK
Matt Slime
Jodi Cachia
Nora Egloff
Laura Vosberg
Laura Nunzi
Corey Valuck
Leah Sabatelli
Barrett Wulderk
Fred Grabosky
Breezy Tucker
Jacqui Powell
Maryrose Runk
Rachel Reinsfelder
Freshie Juice
Evan Void
Ken Kalesnik
Carmen Turner

50¢ pierogi until 10pm
Half off all drafts 5-7 & 10-11pm

Totally 80s Craft Bazaar

Riot Nerd Presents a Totally 80s Craft Bazaar featuring all of your beloved childhood memories! Handmade 80s video game, wrestling, comic book, movie, tv, fashion, etc inspired items for sale by a dozen local vendors!

Get 1 raffle ticket for every item purchased from vendors at the Bazaar for a chance to win tickets toEscape The 1980s,Legwarmers at The TrocTotally 80’s Karaoke & the 9th Annual Charlie Brown Great Pumpkin Beer Festival.

Vendors:
Amy Fox Fan Club
KD Chic
Kindlercolabs
Jungart
Necro FX
Draculad
Krafty by KT
Meldar16
Jersey Jenem Pop Art
Whimsy Way
Dark Jasmine
Fox Fabrications
Her Game Jewelry

Free Admission!
Free arts & crafts table!
FREE FUN!

We All Start Somewhere: collaborative art show

V.U.R.T (Visual Urban Renewal & Transformation) artist organization’s kick off benefit event features over 30 local Philadelphia artists.  All artwork has been donated to the show, so 100% of the funds collected from art sales will go toward V.U.R.T, as well as a percentage of the bar sales.

Shirts, buttons, prints & literature will be available to learn more about this initiative and the beautification that they plan for the city of Philadelphia.

Featuring the art of:
Kid Hazo
Etor
FaithsFunn
Lauren Rinaldi
Gloss Black
Amberello
Yomi
Denied
Kystnd
Aubrie Costello
Blur
Soma33
Underwater Pirates
Pink Bike Ralph
Eric Hinkley
Streets Dept
As Above So Below
Doomed Future
LWLVL
Crush
Calo Rosa
City Kitty
Seper
Sharpy
Vedo
Glass Cuisine
Kelly Campanile
Bear 215

Such a Nasty Woman pop-up shop

Join the women artists of The Common Room in showing and selling some of their boldest, most feminist-forward work at this amazingly diverse pop up shop!

Meet the badass lady makers, check out creative spoken word performances & learn more about The Common Room, an art center with local female artists…opening August 1 in the heart of Fishtown.

Featuring work by:
Paige Tendler
Karen Heenan
Amanda Castillo
Panda Suwann
Anna Malsky
Vladi Nikolova
Caitlin O’Dea
Hailey Bee Walsh
Hayley Murphy
Marissa Oswald
Janean Malloy
Megan Ulrich
Sadie Francis
Karra Osler
Chelsey Everest
Maggie Wren 

Bring all your nastiest friends!

$1 tacos (beef or bean) until we run out
$2.50 Tecates

Characters Welcome 6: An International Sticker Art Show

We’re really excited to announce the call for submissions for Characters Welcome 6: An International Sticker Art Show. We love the community of sticker artists that meet, exchange ideas and leave behind tokens of their amazing art here. Characters Welcome celebrates that community and reaches out to artists all over the world to show their best hand drawn and printed sticker art. Some photos from past Characters Welcome shows can be seen on our Instagram.

All are welcome to contribute to Characters Welcome 6. First time artists will be shown side by side with the seasoned titans. Stickers need not be character based. We prefer hand drawn stickers but printed, silk screened & collaged stickers are also very much welcome.

The stickers will be displayed in a show here on Friday September 15, 2017 from 7pm – 2am (21+) and Saturday September 16 from noon – 4pm (all ages). The boards with the compiled stickers as well as surplus sticker packs will be available for sale. We’ll have some very special raffle items and rad day of show surprises. 100% of ALL sales will go to benefit inspiring youth local arts programs.

We hope you will share your sticker art with us and the world through Characters Welcome and spread the word about the show to your fellow artists, friends and family. The creative exchange and collaboration of this show is at the very heart of what we love to do here at Mom’s.

The deadline for submissions is September 1, 2017. Please include your artist name, any Instagram or social media handles and as many stickers as you’d like! Submissions will not be returned.

Please mail all submissions to:

Tattooed Mom

P.O. Box 63951

Philadelphia, PA 19147 U.S.A.

Local artists may also drop off their stickers at Tattooed Mom,  530 South Street, Philadelphia.

For more information feel free to contact us at [email protected]

Hope to see you all at Characters Welcome 6!