Friday, July 24th
Benefit Poetry Reading
and Open Mic
with the New Philadelphia Poets
On Friday, July 24th, 7:00-9:00 pm, the New Philadelphia Poets will hold a reading to benefit Philadelphia’s 32-year-old, all-volunteer, collectively-run Wooden Shoe Books (508 S. 5th St. Philadelphia, PA 19147).
Formed in 2007, the New Philadelphia Poets are dedicated to creating new spaces for poetry in Philadelphia and supporting the city’s growing poetic community. They have previously been featured at Robin’s Bookstore, Germ Books + Gallery, Brickbat Books, and the BLAM! poetry series. Their alchemical performance piece In(visible) Keepsakes will be featured in the 2009 Philly Fringe Festival.
The reading will be followed by an open mic session. Audience members are encouraged to bring their own poems, stories, voices, instruments…anything they’d like to share! There will be a $5 suggested donation at the door, as well as drinks and appetizers for a small price. All proceeds will go directly to the Wooden Shoe’s “Moving Fund” campaign.
The Wooden Shoe is an all-volunteer collectively-run Infoshop located in Philadelphia, PA that seeks to embody the principles of anarchism and other movements for social justice. We strive to provide our local community with radical and non-traditional sources of written, digital, and spoken information. We wish to be an empowering resource for activism, organizing, art, self-education, dialogue, community-building, and the anti-capitalist struggle.
Please visit www.newphiladelphiapoets.com and www.woodenshoebooks.com for more information.
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