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UPCOMING

2024

June 2 Backyard Poetry Reading – Pride Edition with Darla Himeles, Alison Lubar, Lauren Yates (Reading) Hilltop Books Philadelphia, PA

June 9 – 15 Kenyon Review Writers Workshop with Airea D. Matthews (Writing Residency) Kenyon College Gambier, OH

TBA Poet’s Row (Reading) Philadelphia, PA

PAST EVENTS

2024

April 4 Thursdays on the Stoop: Stoop Shake (Writing Workshop) Blue Stoop Virtual

March 17 Spit Poetry with Myene Yanu, Ryan Skrabalak, Michael Joseph Walsh (Reading) Upstairs at Abyssinia Philadelphia, PA

March 14 Poetry for Real Life People (Writing Workshop) Main Line Art Center Haverford, PA

February 28 Voicemail Poems Winter Release Party with Noah David Roberts, Amy Beth Sisson, Kaleigh Spollen, Peter Webb, Patrick Rodgers (Reading) The Monkey Club Philadelphia, PA

February 9 Love poems for all hearts (Writing Workshop) Main Line Art Center Haverford, PA

January – May Residency for Emerging Artists Project (REAP) Mentoring Amalia Colón-Nava (Writing & Dance Residency) Leah Stein Dance Company Philadelphia, PA

2023

December 8, 2023 – January 26, 2024 125th Annual Adult Student Exhibition Curated by Gerard Silva (Art Exhibition) Fleisher Art Memorial Philadelphia, PA

November 17 Riverwards Arts & Letters Salon with Manuela Guillén, Miriam Saperstein, Lou, Lauren Elizabeth, Vriddhi Vinay, and Holly Jansen (Reading) The Head & The Hand Books Philadelphia, PA

November 1, 2023 – March 1, 2024 PRINT SCREEN Curated by Roopa Vasudevan and Walker Tufts (Art Exhibition) The Wrong Biennale Virtual

August 18 Personal Velocity with Sham-e-Ali Nayeem and Blanche Brown (Reading) The Head & The Hand Books Philadelphia, PA

July 27 Thursdays on the Stoop: Sacred Monsters: A Discovery Session (Writing Workshop) Blue Stoop Virtual

July 13 – August 20 PRINT SCREEN Curated by Roopa Vasudevan and Walker Tufts (Art Exhibition) Icebox Project Space Philadelphia, PA

June 25 – July 1 VONA Summer Workshop with Oliver de la Paz (Writing Residency) University of Miami Miami, FL

March 8 You Can’t Kill a Poet: A Reading for Queer and Trans Poets with Gabriel Ramirez, Janiel, Karyn, Ari Villeda Martinez, and Elijah Faye (Reading) Tattooed Mom Philadelphia, PA

February 19 Second Sundae (Dance Battle) Silk City Philadelphia, PA

2022

November 30 Wednesdays on the Stoop: Gimme Shell-ter: Hermit Crab Forms (Writing Workshop) Blue Stoop Virtual

November 11 PAPA Ensemble: Gather Together in Their Name with Shavon Norris, Jungwoong Kim, Liana Irvine, Meena Chen, and Jo Lin (Dance/Poetry Performance) Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival Asian Arts Initiative Philadelphia, PA

October 31 - November 6 Healing Verse Poetry Line Curated by Trapeta B. Mayson and Yolanda Wisher (Reading) Philadelphia Contemporary Call in at 1-855-POEMRX2

October 1 Morality Play with Lauren Hilger and Cassidy McFadzean (Reading) A Novel Idea Philadelphia, PA

September 16 Asian & Pacific Islander Writers with Chiyeung Lau and Ayoung Lee (Reading) Book Harvest Philadelphia, PA

May 13 UMA SHOWS UP Choreography by Ricky “Glytch” Evans (Dance Performance) Fringe Arts Philadelphia, PA

2021

November 13 Philly Zine Fest (Art Exhibition) The Rotunda Philadelphia, PA

October 10 Living Marks with Songyi Kim, Jiyoun Lee-Lodge, Kristen Mitchell, Alicia Pugh, and T. Carlis Roberts (Art Workshop) virtual care lab Virtual

June 5 - 27 The Divine: Beyond the Bounds of Queerness Curated by Eileen Jiminez and Carlos Martinez (Art Exhibition) Nepantla Cultural Arts Gallery Seattle, WA