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Monday, November 21, 8pm – $7-$10 sliding scale at the door! Patriarchal Rites: A Multi-Gendered Approach to Masculinity What does it mean to be a man and where did we learn it from? This evening of poetry and monologue will join in conversation, straight/gay/queer men and trans folks of all kinds to talk about the …
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Thursday, November 10, 7pm – Non-Fiction Siobhan Brooks author of Unequal Desires: Race and Erotic Capital in the Stripping Industry ($19.95 SUNY) Winner of the 2008 SUNY Press Dissertation/First Book Prize in Queer Studies, this groundbreaking ethnographic study of racial stratification in Queer and straight strip clubs examines the lives and working conditions of Black …
Tuesday, November 1, 7:30pm – Non-Fiction Hope for Afghanistan Comes in Small Steps A Talk by Budd MacKenzie founder of Trust In Education “As we withdraw our military forces from Afghanistan, most people are asking, “What will happen to Afghanistan?” “We cannot abandon the Afghan people,” said Budd MacKenzie, founder of the grassroots, nonprofit organization …
Thursday, October 20, 2011, 7:00pm Class Warfare in Philadelphia – Part 4 – Unions and the Public Sector 1199C Training & Upgrading Fund Auditorium, 100 S. Broad Street, 10th floor 7:00pm: The David Harvey animated lecture 7:15: Panel Discussion with: Thomas Paine Cronin, Jim Moran, Frances Ryan & Ron Whitehorne Jim Moran was director of …
Sunday, October 16, 11am – Discussion The Nation Magazine Discussion Group discusses Reimagining Capitalism The Nation asked a playful question and got back serious answers. Imagine you have the ability to reinvent American capitalism: Where would you start? What would you change to make it less destructive and domineering, more focused on what people really …
Wednesday, October 12, 6pm – Non-Fiction Annie Sonnie & James Tracy authors of Hillbilly Nationalists, Urban Race Rebels and Black Power: Community Organizing in Radical Times ($16.95 Melville House) The story of some of the most important and little-known activists of the 1960’s, in a deeply sourced narrative history. The historians of the late 1960s …
Sunday, October 9, 3pm – National Writers Union National Writers Union Meeting The National Writers Union is the only labor union that represents freelance writers in all genres, formats, and media. “As freelancers we may value our autonomy, but we are united in the fact that we work independently. We face the same challenges, file …
Sunday September 25, 11am – discussion group Nation Magazine Discussion Group
Thursday September 8, 5:30 – exhibit opening, film, panel discussion Class Warfare in Philadelphia, Part 1- The Financial Sector Class Warfare in Philadelphia is a five part series of educational programs that look at aspects of the current economic condition of America as reflected in Philadelphia. The last several decades have seen a steady increase …
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Monday, August 29, 7pm – One Night Only – $10.00 National Black Arts Spoken Word Tour Presents “Hush Harbors: Speaking the Names Of Katrina” Part III of the National Touring production trilogy that chronicles the Katrina Storm Drama & Gulf Coast Tragedy as Ceremonial Reconciliation. Published as a chapbook and recorded live in Atlanta as …