Choose Your Own Beginning: Book Launch Party

Come celebrate the launch of CHOOSE YOUR OWN BEGINNING (Be About It Press) with an evening of poetry at Tattooed Mom! The event will feature readings by local poets Violet Gehringer, Warren C. Longmire, Nicole Steinberg, Alison Lubar, and Amy Saul-Zerby.

Copies of the book will be available for purchase.

 

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1ST
DOORS @ 6PM + SHOW @ 7PM
NO COVER // FREE FUN
RSVP: FB EVENT

 

Praise for Choose Your Own Beginning:

“Amy Saul-Zerby’s language is direct, beautifully clipped—a terseness that poem after poem swells into an expansive reckoning with depression, love, and, of course, the self. Insight, here, is hard-won. These memorable poems ripple with intimacies and linguistic pleasures. They will stay with you.”
– Eduardo C. Corral, author of Guillotine

 

“Amy Saul-Zerby’s unforgettable new collection is revelatory in its frankness and sexy in its cool detachment. Hungry, seductive, confessional, pithy, the intimacy of these poems is bracing and gorgeous.”
– Richie Hofmann, author of A Hundred Lovers

 

“Choose Your Own Beginning is a collection of beauty, devastation, and deep resilience resonating through every poem.”
– Ariel Francisco, author of Under Capitalism If Your Head Aches They Just Yank Off Your Head

 

Tattooed Mom will be serving tasty eats and ice cold drinks all evening.
Upstairs dining, bar access, and event entry is 21+ w/ valid ID.

You Can’t Kill A Poet // November 2022

It’s the last You Can’t Kill a Poet of 2022! What a joy to have come back and shared queer space with ya’ll this year. It’s going to be a good one!

Featuring an amazing list of queer and trans readers, including Quinn Rodriguez, Mónica Gomery, Raena Shirali, Alina Pleskova, Cam Simmons, Boston Gordon, Kareal Amenumey, and Monica Huang! Mónica Gomery has a brand new book out this month, Might Kindred, and Raena Shirali also has a brand new book out, Summonings!

Come celebrate these new books and ALL of our readers amazing work! Masks encouraged!

 

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30TH
DOORS @ 7:30PM + SHOW @ 8PM
NO COVER // FREE FUN
RSVP: FB EVENT

 

 

Tattooed Mom will be serving tasty eats and ice cold drinks all evening.
Upstairs dining, bar access, and event entry is 21+ w/ valid ID.

BULLSHIT LIT POETRY READING + BOOK PARTY

hey, poets, writers, and lovers of bullshit! come hang at tmoms for the first-ever BULLSHIT LIT poetry reading + quadruple book release party! four featured poets + an open mic to follow + BS books for sale. helllllllllll yeah.

 

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD
DOORS @ 6PM + SHOW @ 7-9PM
NO COVER // FREE FUN
RSVP: FB EVENT

 

LINEUP:
Lauren Theresa
Lucas Restivo
Juliet Gelfman-Randazzo
Amy Jannotti
BULLSHIT LIT

 

Tattooed Mom will be serving tasty eats and ice cold drinks all evening.
Upstairs dining, bar access, and event entry is 21+ w/ valid ID.

Slutty Poetry Night 2.0

Bring out your hoe shit! Come join us for a shame free evening of salacious words. Feature poets, open mic, artist vendors & other activities all in one magical night!
Free, 21+ with valid ID to enter.
Donations are encouraged to support Project SAFE.

 

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22ND
DOORS @ 6PM + EVENT @ 7PM + OPEN MIC @ 8:15PM
SUGGESTED DONATION FOR PROJECT SAFE | NOTAFLOF
RSVP: FB EVENT

 

Featuring:
Elayna Mae Darcy (Host)
Veronica Bennett
Kate Carey

 

Doors @ 6pm.
Performances by feature poets, Enjoli and Kate start @ 7pm with an open mic to follow @ 8:15pm. Artist merch and original work will be available for purchase, as well.

If you’re feeling shy, feel free to shove your confessions into our (anonymous) box for random members of the audience to read aloud.

This is a sex positive space that is not tolerant of any racism, misogyny, homophobia, transphobia, fat shaming, slut shaming, or any general bigoted fuckery.

 

 

Tattooed Mom will be serving tasty eats and ice cold drinks all evening.
Upstairs dining, bar access, and event entry is 21+ w/ valid ID.

You Can’t Kill A Poet // September 2022

YCKAP is back! Come hang at Tattooed Mom on September 21st, 2022! Doors at 7:30, reading is at 8! Hear poetry from amazing Philly local queer and trans poets. Can’t wait to see you there!

 

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21ST
DOORS @ 7:30PM + READING @ 8PM
NO COVER // FREE FUN
RSVP: FB EVENT

 

Featuring:
Kyle Lukoff
Trina Sanyal
Juju
Parker Sera
pony p.
Boston Gordon

 

Tattooed Mom will be serving tasty eats and ice cold drinks all evening.
Upstairs dining, bar access, and event entry is 21+ w/ valid ID.

Voicemail Poems Tenth Anniversary Celebration

Join us for a celebration of TEN YEARS (!!!) of Voicemail Poems, an online magazine highlighting the intimate and raw voices of new and established writers of all styles.

 

SUNDAY, JULY 17TH
5pm
NO COVER // FREE FUN
RSVP: FB EVENT

 

The tenth anniversary party will feature performances by:
Louisa Schnaithmann
Violet Gehringer
Lauren Yates
Alison Lubar
I.S. Jones
Sadie Dupuis
& Sean Hanrahan

Check us out at voicemailpoems.org & join us to celebrate ten years of publishing poetic voices from Philly & beyond!

 

Tattooed Mom will be serving tasty eats and ice cold drinks all evening.
Upstairs dining, bar access, and event entry is 21+ w/ valid ID.

You Can’t Kill A Poet: Pride Edition

Wanna kick off Pride weekend in Philly right? Come party with some queer and trans poets. We’re gonna hang at TMoms and share some words and bask in a room full of queer joy. Masks are welcome!

 

THURSDAY, JUNE 2ND
DOORS @ 7:30pm + SHOW 8PM
NO COVER // FREE FUN
RSVP: FB EVENT

 

Featuring:
Lauren Yates
Stephen Ira
Will Newman
Lydia Host
Inez Cavalho
Zach Blackwood

 

Tattooed Mom will be serving tasty eats and ice cold drinks all evening.
Upstairs dining, bar access, and event entry is 21+ w/ valid ID.

You Can’t Kill A Poet: AWP Offsite Reading

The RETURN of You Can’t Kill A Poet is finally here! YCKAP is a reading for queer and trans poets!

 

Wednesday, March 23rd
7:30-10pm
NO COVER // FREE FUN
RSVP: FB EVENT

 

Featuring:
Quinn Rodriguez
Sawyer Lovett
Cate McLaughlin
Nora Hikari
Boston Gordon
Will Newman

 

Tattooed Mom will be serving tasty eats and ice cold drinks all evening.
Upstairs dining, bar access, and event entry is 21+ w/ valid ID.
Note: At this time, proof of vaccination is also required for entry.

Peach x b l u s h: AWP Offsite Reading

Come hang with Peach Mag and b l u s h for an AWP offsite event ft. readings by Amy Saul-Zerby, Catch Business, Courtney Bush, Hazel Avery, Liz Zakeroff, Meghann Boltz, Sampson Starkweather, Sarah Sgro, Shy Watson, Zach Blackwood, and more TBA ❤

 

Wednesday, March 23rd
5-7pm
NO COVER // FREE FUN
RSVP: FB EVENT

 

Tattooed Mom will be serving tasty eats and ice cold drinks all evening.
Upstairs dining, bar access, and event entry is 21+ w/ valid ID.
Note: At this time, proof of vaccination is also required for entry.

The COLOR Collective’s Under $40 Tour: An Evening of Art & Poetry!

Come out and enjoy a night of ART and POETRY presented by The Color Collective, and everything is $40 OR LESS! All pieces featured in this show are made by artists and artisans local to the Philadelphia area!

UPSTAIRS // FREE // 21+

ARTISTS
@geoffc
@mmfaithhaiku
@art_by_rachellepardi
@uglysquidbaby
@craftyarrow
@artgod333

VENDOR
@rondoricheese
@asieduacreations
@luciswears
@brii__ana
@thegoodworx
@jordainplain

POETS
@asiangunnz
@mightymoshigh
@lenora
@jordainplain
@artgod333

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!