You Can’t Kill A Poet // November 2023

We’re back at it again at Tattooed Mom! Wednesday, Novemebr 15th. Doors at 7:30pm, reading at 8pm. Come hang out in our joyous and boisterous room full of queerness and listen to some amazing poets share their work.

 

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15TH
DOORS @ 7:30PM + SHOW @ 8PM
NO COVER // FREE FUN
RSVP: FB EVENT

 

Featured Readers:
Malachi Lily
Alyse James
Mo the Poet
Candice Iloh
Medina Keita
Trina Sanyal

 

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What’s Up at TMoms:

Wednesday, 4-11pm | Burger Wednesday is BACK y’all! Come slam some Smash Burgers (classic or vegan) every Wednesday for just $6!! Plus $3 PBR! Recently named one of the top burgers in the city by The Philadelphia Inquirer!

Daily Happy Hour | All drafts are just $4 every day from 4-6pm!

Daily Menu | Tattooed Mom will also 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 Month Edition

Happy Pride Month! You Can’t Kill A Poet is back and they are bringing you phenomenal Philly queer and trans poets to share their work and fill the room with queer joy. Come join us at Tattooed Mom for a fun and gregarious night full of feelings. Doors at 7:30pm, reading at 8:00 pm.

This is a 21+ event, free to attend! Please feel welcome to wear masks but please sit this one out if you’re feeling sick. This reading is offered in partnership with the Free Library of Philadelphia with support from The Pennsylvania Department of Education.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28TH
DOORS @ 7:30PM + SHOW @ 8PM
NO COVER // FREE FUN
RSVP: FB EVENT

Featuring Readings By:

Lydia Host is a transgender writer, poet, and literary translator living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her work has appeared in The Southern Review, The Global City Review, Stone of Madness Press, The Raven’s Perch Magazine, and others.

Khem Chanthavong (He/Him) is a 24 year old Lao Trans Tom and Queer multidisciplinary artist. Through spoken word poetry and R&B + neosoul music, Khem explores his movement through the world as a gender abundant brown trans person. His work highlights the significance of unpacking desirability politics while being fetishized, exploring queer intimacy as well as demanding respect and celebrating QTPOC joy under white supremacist America. His work also highlights finding self love and liberation while moving through grief, generational trauma and poverty. Khem hopes to always bring intentionality to a space whether that’s with warmth and intimacy or much needed disruption. QTPOC voices should always be centered and amplified when we have “Pride” in mind.

Dev Kiyota is an editor living in Philadelphia. A graduate of Temple University’s MFA in Creative Writing, they’re currently typing this bio, which you’ve just finished reading.

Evangeline Brooks is a coffee-worker, singer, poet & actress based in South West Philadelphia. Van is an unpublished poet, whose work revolves around Black Trans ancestry, feminine poz divinity, & the richness, weight, & cost of living in a body that is both desired & discounted. She is a daughter, a sister, a lover, a muse. She stands on the shoulders of many.

Julia Gwiazdowski is a Philly-born and based poet and musician. She often writes on queerness, gender, and mental illness but also can’t resist dabbling in ekphrastic pieces and love poems. She’s been published in Wizards In Space, Stone of Madness Press, and Moss Puppy Magazine.

Trina Sanyal (they/them) is a comic and poet based in Philly. After their first You Can’t Kill a Poet, they were so encouraged and moved by the space that they went on to organize a community reading at Partner and Sons connecting other writers and friends to each other,  and have also read their work at the Kelly Writers House as a part of their Philly Artist series for WXPN. They hope to keep reading, writing, laughing, loving etc etc.

 

 

What’s Up at TMoms:

Burger Wednesday – Come slam some Smash Burgers (classic or vegan) every Wednesday for just $6!! Plus $3 PBR! Wednesdays, 4-11pm.

• Enjoy Mom’s happy hour! All drafts are just $4 every day from 4-6pm!

• Tattooed Mom will also 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.

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.

You Can’t Kill A Poet: November 2018

You Can’t Kill A Poet is back & bringing you more readings from queer and/or trans poets and writers! Their last event at Tattooed Mom was their 4 year anniversary celebration, so let’s keep the party going! You will actually laugh & cry while smothering dollar tacos in hot sauce, so join your community in celebrating the voices of queer and trans artists!

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

Reader’s List:
Briyana D. Clarel
Dani Patrascu
Sunday Mourning
JuJu Bey
Quinn Rodriguez
Virgo Angel
Ari Temple

Enjoy this event with our Taco Tuesday specials:
$1 Tacos
$2.50 Tecate
& half off all drafts 5-7 & 10-11pm

Join the Facebook Event and invite all your pals!

You Can’t Kill A Poet: 4 Year Anniversary

You Can’t Kill A Poet is back at Tattooed Mom to celebrate 4 years of LGBTQ literary events & readers! Come out to see these queer and trans poets pour their guts out on the mic. We love our community and we can’t wait to celebrate with you.

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

Reader’s List:
Julia Perch
P.E. Garcia
Karen E. Johnson
Genise Deal
Sawyer Lovett
& MORE!

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

Join the Facebook Event and invite all your pals!

You Can’t Kill A Poet: July Westhale

You Can’t Kill A Poet presents July Westhale who is coming to Philadelphia to share work from her new book Trailer Trash, winner of the 2016 Kore Press Book Award!

Also featuring local poets Alina PleskovaZach BlackwoodRaquel Salas Rivera & Boston Gordon.

Come out to welcome July & celebrate the badass work of queer and trans poets. FREE admission! Readings start at 7:30.

$1 all beef or veggie bean tacos…until we run out!
$2.50 Tecates all day
Half off all drafts 5-7 & 10-11pm

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You Can’t Kill A Poet

Dozens of talented queer and/or trans authors and poets have contributed to the past 3 years of You Can’t Kill A Poet.  Come out and enjoy a selection of these past readers while enjoying  good words, good drinks, and the celebration of three years of queer and trans folks sharing their work.

Scheduled Readers:
Berry Grass
Emma Sanders
Jessica Levine
Gabriel Ojeda-Sague
Lauren Yates
Alina Pleskova
Zach Blackwood
Julia Perch
Plus MORE to be announced!

$1 all beef or veggie bean tacos (until we run out!)
$2.50 Tecates all day
Half off all drafts 5-7 & 10-11pm