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.

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!

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!

Accidental Player: Abendroth, Almallah & Howsare

Accidental Player returns on Thursday, October 3rd for a night of readings featuring Emily Abendroth, Ahmad Almallah, and Erika Howsare upstairs at Tattooed Mom!

Doors 7pm // Readings 8pm

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!

Thirty West Presents #30, ft. Chevalier, Cannarella, Kota, Lynch, Torres

Thirty West Publishing hosted their very first reading at Tattooed Mom back in 2017, and we’re thrilled to welcome them back to celebrate their 30th reading!

Join us for Thirty West Presents #30, a performance & open mic poetry event created by Thirty West Publishing House! Come out for food & drink specials, and a plethora of fantastic authors, writers, and poets! Poetry comes alive at night, and there’s no better place to experience it than Tattooed Mom!

FREE // 21+ // UPSTAIRS

Featuring Ryan Torres, Sean Lynch, Richelle Kota, Jane-Rebecca Cannarella, and Faye Chevalier.

Features will have up to 15 mins to read. Open mic readers will have up to 3 mins.

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 poetry pals!

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!

Accidental Player: White, Sherlock, Henriksen & Coletti

Accidental Player is back again for another fantastic event, featuring readings from Simone White, Frank Sherlock, Laura Henriksen, and John Coletti on Tuesday, April 2nd upstairs at Tattooed Mom.

Doors 7pm // Readings 8pm

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!

A Celebration of World Poetry Day at Tattooed Mom!

Join us for the first ever Tattooed Mom curated Celebration of World Poetry Day!

For this event, we hand picked a few of our favorite local poets and asked that they each pick a poet whose work inspired them, whose words they wanted to lift up, and whose poetry deserves recognition. The resulting line-up is an astonishing & diverse group of voices, all converging at Tattooed Mom on March 21st, celebrating the internationally recognized World Poetry Day.

Doors 7pm // Event 8pm
Free // 21+

Featuring:

Raquel Salas-Rivera
Shanel Edwards*
Boston Gordon
Quinn Rodriguez**
Kirwyn Sutherland
Sojourner Ahebee***
Gina Myers
Zach Blackwood****

Hosted by Jaime Fountaine
Flyer by Sarah Cowell

*Chosen by Raquel Salas-Rivera
**Chosen by Boston Gordon
***Chosen by Kirwyn Sutherland
****Chosen by Gina Myers

Enjoy this event with our Pierogi Thursday specials:
50¢ vegan potato & onion pierogi from noon-10pm
& half off all drafts 5-7pm and 10-11pm

Join the Facebook Event and invite all your poetry-loving pals!

“Master Din’s Sinister Sextet…” Book Release!

Welcome one and all for a book release fete for “Master Din’s Sinister Sextet Grim and Grave Admonitions for Mischievous and Overly Curious Children” with poetry by Susurrus Din and otherworldly illustrations by Paul Romano, Jeremy Hush, and Dylan Garrett-Smith!

This event will also feature readings from poets par excellence Angelo Colavita, Kailey Tedesco, and Chris McCreary! Work of the illustrating artists will be available for sale.

This event is free to attend & 21+.

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 spooky poetry loving pals!