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SUMMARY:2014 Allied Media Conference in Detroit
DESCRIPTION:Join Metropolarity & network at this year’s The Allied Media Conference\, a collaborative laboratory of media-based organizing strategies for transforming our world\, held every Summer in Detroit! \nDID U KNOW? METROPOLARITY PRESENTS A SCI-FI FOCUSED PROGRAMMING TRACK THIS YEAR! \nLiberation Technologies: Sci-Fi for World Building & Survival\nThe post-apocalypse is here and real\, where ancient and varied modes of survival and technology have been erased in the name of Empire and Progress. What do we do when access to memory/the past is standardized? This track explores how people at the margins can remix\, rewire\, and revive emancipatory technologies such as storytelling\, world-building\, magic\, sci-fi and speculation to envision and conjure narratives of power and joy. Through engagement with tools like portals and time-travel\, we will develop strategies to manifest new/ancient narratives into reality. We will envision a world that has happened\, is happening\, and will happen. We hope that travelers will walk away with the courage to embody the power of fiction and visioning in healing personal and historical trauma and disenfranchisement. We want to create and share multifaceted inclusive networks that emerge our bodies from isolation and oppressive paradigms to keep our souls alive. \n==================================== \nABOUT THE AMC\nCREATE\nAt the AMC\, we understand media as any way in which we communicate with the world\, from zines to breakdancing\, to designing neighborhood-based communications infrastructure. We share and create media that exposes\, investigates\, heals\, builds confidence and radical hope\, incites dialogue and debate. We demystify technology\, not only learning how to use it\, but how to design and build our own.  In doing so\, we redefine technology’s role and impact in our lives. The AMC creates learning environments for all ages and skill levels\, including hands-on workshops\, strategy sessions\, presentations and performances. \nCONNECT\n The AMC is a network of networks – social justice organizers\, community technologists\, transformative artists\, educators\, entrepreneurs\, and many others — all using media in innovative ways. Some of these networks sprout from the conference\, grow over the course of the year then reconvene in Detroit larger and healthier. Others use the AMC as an annual point of convergence and a space to forge new relationships. Through cycles of participatory investigation and experimentation\, our networks continue to grow\, generating new theories and practices of media-based organizing. \nTRANSFORM\nAs our networks grow\, so does our capacity to take collective actions to transform our world. At the AMC\, we develop new leaders and new forms of leadership\, design new methods of problem-solving\, cultivate the visions of our communities and build our power to make those visions real.  \n==================================== \nBrowse the 2014 Tracks\, Practice Spaces\, and Network Gatherings that make up the AMC here! \n==================================== \nREGISTER TO ATTEND!  ／／／　FIND HOUSING\, RIDESHARES\, CHILDCARE & ACCESSIBILITY HERE \n==================================== \nAllied Media Projects Network Principles\nWe are making an honest attempt to solve the most significant problems of our day. \nWe are building a network of people and organizations that are developing long-term solutions based on the immediate confrontation of our most pressing problems. \nWherever there is a problem\, there are already people acting on the problem in some fashion. Understanding those actions is the starting point for developing effective strategies to resolve the problem\, so we focus on the solutions\, not the problems. \nWe emphasize our own power and legitimacy. \nWe presume our power\, not our powerlessness. \nWe spend more time building than attacking. \nWe focus on strategies rather than issues. \nThe strongest solutions happen through the process\, not in a moment at the end of the process. \nThe most effective strategies for us are the ones that work in situations of scarce resources and intersecting systems of oppression because those solutions tend to be the most holistic and sustainable. \nPlace is important. For the AMC\, Detroit is important as a source of innovative\, collaborative\, low-resource solutions. Detroit gives the conference a sense of place\, just as each of the conference participants bring their own sense of place with them to the conference. \nWe encourage people to engage with their whole selves\, not just with one part of their identity. \nWe begin by listening.
URL:https://metropolarity.net/event/2014-allied-media-conference-in-detroit/
LOCATION:PA
CATEGORIES:Afrofuturist Sciences,Conferences,Parties,Readings & Performances,Workshops,Youth Events
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SUMMARY:2014 Trans Literary Salon
DESCRIPTION:In conjunction with the 2014 Philadelphia Trans-Health Conference\, the Leeway Foundation presents their Second Trans Literary Salon highlighting the work of emerging literary artists from a diversity of genres including poetry\, fiction\, memoir\, and spoken word. The salon will feature readings from Annie Mok\, (ACG ’13)\, Darkmatter\, Imogen Binnie\, J Mase III (ACG ’07)\, and Kokumomedia Inc.. Audience members are invited to bring work to share. Hosted by J Mason III. Thursday\, June 12 from 7:30pm – 9:00pm at the Leeway Foundation (1315 Walnut Street\, Suite 832). Location is wheelchair accessible. \nCo-sponsors:The Apiary Corp.\, Thread Makes Blanket\, Trans Masculine Alliance Network\, Topside Press\, Sisterly Love\, and William Way LGBT Community Center \nRSVP HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2014-trans-literary-salon-tickets-11372283807 \n=================== \nAnnie Mok\nAnnie Mok writes and draw comic books\, both solo\, and collaboratively with artists including Emily Carroll and Sophia Foster-Dimino. She recently illustrated and designed a zine edition of Casey Plett’s short story ‘Lizzy & Annie.’ Annie draws an ongoing diary comics strip for ‘Comics Workbook’ called ‘Bleed-Throughs.’ She sings in the pop band See-Through Girls. Find out more about Annie’s work here. \nDarkMatter\nDarkMatter is a trans/national queer South Asian activist creative hivemind that likes to think about alternative post/colonial cyborg digestive futures && spit expletives about prison abolition and heteropatriarchy. You can read more about their work @DarkMatterRage and/or darkmatterrage.com. \nImogen Binnie\nImogen Binnie writes the zines The Fact That It’s Funny Doesn’t Make It A Joke and Stereotype Threat. She also writes a monthly column for Maximum Rocknroll magazine\, and her work has been featured in The Collection: Short Fiction from the Transgender Vanguard\, as well as on prettyqueer.com\, lambdaliterary.org and elsewhere. She writes about books at KeepYourBridgesBurning.com and her first novel\, Nevada\, was published in 2013. It is the recipient of a MOTHA Award and a finalist in the 26th Annual Lambda Literary Awards. \nJ Mase III\nJ Mase III is a black/trans/queer poet currently based in Brooklyn. The creator of the traveling performance event Cupid Ain’t @#$%!: An Anti-Valentine’s Day Poetry Movement\, J Mase has shared his special brand of poetry on stages around the U.S. and UK. An organ donor\, he is the author of If I Should Die Under the Knife\, Tell My Kidney I Was the Fiercest Poet Around. In J Mase’s other life as an educator and activist\, he has worked with thousands of community members and service providers across the country on the needs of LGBTQ youth and adults in spaces such as faith communities\, elementary schools\, domestic violence shelters\, medical agencies\, juvenile justice organizations\, and foster care programs\, among others. An advocate of really fierce scars and queering scripture\, he currently spends his offstage time teaching poetry at various youth organizations. To find out more about J Mase III\, feel free to stalk (follow) him on Twitter @jmaseiii\, Facebook J Mase III\, or track him on his website at jmaseiii.com. \nKOKUMỌ\nKOKUMỌ is the CEO/Founder of KOKUMOMEDIA INC.\, a Black transwoman run and operated multimedia production company that uses music\, film\, theatre\, and literature to illuminate experiences of TGI people of color. For more information\, please visit kokumedia.com.
URL:https://metropolarity.net/event/2014-trans-literary-salon/
LOCATION:Leeway Foundation\, 1315 Walnut Street\, Suite 832\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19107\, United States
CATEGORIES:Readings & Performances
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SUMMARY:STREET THEORY: A Social Criticism Open Mic Night
DESCRIPTION:Metropolarity presents a night of community building and sharing. We seek social criticism from the community–performance art\, blog rants\, monologues\, critical sci-fi\, thesis excerpts\, protest songs–whatever. As long as it explores and dissects the world we live in today. We want to find out what our community feels about social issues. We don’t want theories handed down to us from the ivory tower.  \nWe want your real life STREET THEORY.  \nSpecial Guests to be announced.  \nTO CELEBRATE THE DEBUT OF THIS SERIES\, A POTLUCK WILL BE HAD! FEEL FREE TO BRING TREATS TO SHARE WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS. 😀 \nZines will be sold and donations will be collected for this year’s Allied Media Conference’s Sci-fi Track\, coordinated in part by Metropolarity. \nEmail metropolarity@gmail.com for information on how to participate\, otherwise bring your own material to present [reasonable lengths please!]. \nNOTE: Any ableist\, racist\, sexist\, homophobic\, transphobic\, xenophobic\, or classist performances will be interrupted promptly.
URL:https://metropolarity.net/event/street-theory-a-social-criticism-open-mic-night/
LOCATION:The Cedar Works\, 4919 Pentridge Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19143\, United States
CATEGORIES:Fundraisers,Readings & Performances,Some Other Jawns,Workshops
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SUMMARY:Visionary Literature
DESCRIPTION:We know the literary world is not immune to the racism and inequality all around us. And we know we can do better. This reading and panel discussion will explore how two small\, independent presses in Philadelphia are exploring issues of race\, gender\, literature\, and a better future. \nRasheedah Phillips of The AfroFuturist Affair /House of Future Sciences Books will present her book\, Reccurence Plot (and Other Time Travel Tales)\, an independently-published novel set in Philly that uses time travel to explore issues of race\, gender\, trauma\, and agency. \nAuthor Marissa Johnson-Valenzuela of Thread Makes Blanket Press will be presenting Dismantle\, a contemporary collection of work from the VONA/Voices Writing Workshop\, a national workshop that nurtures writers of color. She will be joined by Andrea Walls\, one of Dismantle’s editors\, and Seve Torres\, one of the writers included in the anthology. \nJoin us for a short reading and a discussion about new visions for literature today and into the future\, and to celebrate the release of these two new books. \nMore information: \nhttp://www.recurrenceplot.com/ \nwww.threadmakesblanket.com \nhttp://www.akpress.org/dismantle.html \nCheck out what Afropunk just said about Dismantle!
URL:https://metropolarity.net/event/visionary-literature/
LOCATION:Wooden Shoe Books & Records\, 704 South Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19147\, United States
CATEGORIES:Readings & Performances
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140419T200000
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SUMMARY:ROCKERS + SLASH EM UP PRESENTS race+ punk + identity in the new age DAY TWO
DESCRIPTION:ROCKERS+ SLASH EM UP PRESENTS\nrace+ punk + identity in the new age \n2 DAYS OF SHOWS/READINGS/ZINES DISTRO \nROCKERS! DAY TWO\nFRIDAY APRIL 19th \nFeaturing:::::::::: \nTHE BREATHING LIGHT (CHI)\nTROPHY WIFE\nMIGHTY PARADOCS\nALEX SMITH\nATRUTH ANARCHOPUNK (NYC) \nDJ HARAM\n \n$5-7 \nFirst Rockers of 2014 \nDon’t miss this.  \nDAY 1 here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1423252754588602/
URL:https://metropolarity.net/event/rockers-slash-em-up-presents-race-punk-identity-in-the-new-age-day-two/
LOCATION:The Great Indoors
CATEGORIES:Music Shows,Readings & Performances,Zine & Book Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140418T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140418T200000
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SUMMARY:ROCKERS + SLASH EM UP PRESENTS race+ punk + identity in the new age DAY ONE
DESCRIPTION:ROCKERS+ SLASH EM UP PRESENTS\nrace+ punk + identity in the new age \n2 DAYS OF SHOWS/READINGS/ZINES DISTRO \nROCKERS! DAY ONE\nFRIDAY APRIL 18th \nFeaturing:::::::::: \nTHE BREATHING LIGHT (CHI)\nAYE NAKO (NYC)\nMETROPOLARITY\n2 MORE SPECIAL GUEST TBA \nDJ MMGZ\n \n$5  \nHosted by Adrian Adonis \nFirst Rockers of 2014\nDon’t miss this.
URL:https://metropolarity.net/event/rockers-slash-em-up-presents-race-punk-identity-in-the-new-age/
LOCATION:LAVA zone\, 4134 Lancaster Ave\, Philadelphia\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Live Art & Exhibitions,Music Shows,Readings & Performances,Zine & Book Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140411T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140411T210000
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SUMMARY:LASER LIFE queer SF reading series
DESCRIPTION:LASER LIFE \nthey shredded their anti-manifestos and their futurist-hate manuals and their tracts and lit them on fire. the ash rained down for days and days; the edicts spewed against them were heavy and voluminous. but they soon celebrated on the salt-like dust of their detractors words\, stomping a mad ritual with leaden\, though tattered\, boot\, soon returning speckling confetti of the Grand Nayser back to the earth.  \nthey hooked up wires to their souls and downloaded spirits\, uploaded ancient lwa\, and disc-burned orishas into their retinas. “scan this”\, they told them in their jack-boot and hazmat suits. they watched the thing of it all become the dance\, the word become the deed\, and launched themselves\, defiantly\, into deepest\, darkest void\, into space itself\, piloting a starship through time.  \ntheir life was lived in laser \nYour queer sci-fi reading\, where members of the LGBT community express their visions\, projections\, wars\, romances\, speculations\, fears\, battles\, and dreams in glorious\, mystifying tales inspired by the griots of old\, informing the future. It is called LASER LIFE. \nfeaturing Imogen Binnie \, critically acclaimed writer of the powerful\, darkly comedic novel of trans discovery\, “NEVADA”.  \nPauline Darkstar of nervy and kinetic prog-punk band SGNLS\, providing his strange wordscape. \nas well as readings from the Laser Life founders:\nMaggie Eighteen\nRas Mashramani\nRasheedah Phillips\nShane Jenkins\nAlex Smith
URL:https://metropolarity.net/event/laser-life-queer-sf-reading-series/
LOCATION:A-Space Anarchist Community Center\, 47th and Baltimore Avenues\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19143\, United States
CATEGORIES:Readings & Performances
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ORGANIZER;CN="Alex Smith":MAILTO:theyarebirds@hotmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140405T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140405T210000
DTSTAMP:20260423T113123
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SUMMARY:Time Travel Convention | Pt. 2 - Activation * Recurrence Plot Book Release
DESCRIPTION:The Time Travel Convention is an exhibition that explores time travel as a practical activity – something that does not necessarily require a machine\, an advanced degree\, or any other privileges. Using afrofuturism and the speculative as lenses\, the exhibition will feature time travel devices and objects from creators who use tools such as memory\, dreams\, imagination\, manipulation of language and perception\, light\, and music to craft their temporal devices. \nTime Travel Convention | Pt. 2 – Activation is an opening reception for the exhibition and book release for AfroFuturist Affair Creator Rasheedah Phillips’ experimental fiction novel\, Recurrence Plot (and Other Time Travel Tales). \nFeaturing Time Machines and Devices from:\nMMGz — PsychoAcoustics & Memory\nBlack Shesus — The Pyramid of Shesus\nR.Phillips — Recurrence Plot (RP)\nKameelah Janan Rasheed — No Instructions of Assembly\, Activation II\nAlisha Wormsley — black people in the future\nMourl Ferryman — The Shadow and the Substance 2014\nMelissa Moore — An Infinitygram: Diasporan Object Design For A New Future \nReadings from:\nMetropolarity\nWarren The poet longmire\nMichael Michael Joseph O’Hara\nRasheedah Phillips\n+ Special Guests \nFREE \nTime Travel Convention | Pt. 1 – Preparation will take place at Yell Gallery on Sunday March 23\, 2014 from 3 to 6:30pm. Pt. 1 will prepare travelers for the time machine activation event with workshops\, music and memory stations\, and other workshops and interactive activities with contributing artists. See invite to Pt. 1 here: https://www.facebook.com/events/201554873388538/?notif_t=plan_user_joined  \nafrofuturistaffair@gmail.com for questions
URL:https://metropolarity.net/event/time-travel-convention-pt-2-activation-recurrence-plot-book-release/
LOCATION:Yell Gallery\, 2111 East Susquehanna Avenue\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19125\, United States
CATEGORIES:Afrofuturist Sciences,Live Art & Exhibitions,Readings & Performances
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140323T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140323T180000
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SUMMARY:Time Travel Convention | Pt. 1 - Preparation
DESCRIPTION:The Time Travel Convention is an exhibition that explores time travel as a practical activity – something that does not necessarily require a machine\, an advanced degree\, or any other privileges. Using afrofuturism and the speculative as lenses\, the exhibition will feature time travel devices and objects from creators who use tools such as memory\, dreams\, imagination\, manipulation of language and perception\, light\, and music to craft their temporal devices. \nPt. 1 will prepare travelers for the time machine activation event with\n– Quantum Time Capsule Workshop\n– Music & Memory Stations\n– Time Machine Installation Building\n– Dream Journal Project\n– Other workshops and interactive activities with contributing artists  \nFREE w/ one small object or artifact to place into the time capsule\n(Donations accepted for workshop materials) \nTime Machines and Devices from:\nMMGz — PsychoAcoustics & Memory\nBlack Shesus — The Pyramid of Shesus\nR.Phillips — Recurrence Plot (RP)\nKameelah Janan Rasheed — No Instructions of Assembly\, Activation II\nAlisha Wormsley — black people in the future\nMourl Ferryman — The Shadow and the Substance 2014\nMelissa Moore — An Infinitygram: Diasporan Object Design For A New Future \nTime Travel Convention | Pt. 2 – Activation will take place at Yell Gallery on April 5\, 2014 from 6 to 9pm. This opening reception for the exhibition will also be the book release for AfroFuturist Affair Creator Rasheedah Phillips’ experimental fiction novel\, Recurrence Plot (and Other Time Travel Tales). See invite to Pt. 2 here https://www.facebook.com/events/1431545053750221/?previousaction=join&source=1 \nafrofuturistaffair@gmail.com for questions
URL:https://metropolarity.net/event/time-travel-convention-pt-1-preparation/
LOCATION:Yell Gallery\, 2111 East Susquehanna Avenue\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19125\, United States
CATEGORIES:Afrofuturist Sciences,Live Art & Exhibitions,Readings & Performances,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140320T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140320T200000
DTSTAMP:20260423T113123
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SUMMARY:The Afrofuturist Affair Gala at Samek Art Museum
DESCRIPTION:This unique celebration of black Scifi with live music from composer and producer King Britt\, as well as a host of other luminaries from the worlds of performance\, music\, fashion\, and art is not to be missed! Join us for dancing and fun in the galleries.  \nThe event is co-produced by Rasheedah Phillips and is part of the special exhibition\, Afrotechtopia at the Samek Art Museum. \nMore on the artists and performers:\nKing Britt\nAlex Smith\nJos Duncan\nMoor Mother Goddess\nThe DaQuan\nNorvisJr. \nSt. Skribbly LaCroix\n75 Studios\nIntuitive Expressions
URL:https://metropolarity.net/event/the-afrofuturist-affair-gala-at-samek-art-museum/
LOCATION:Samek Gallery\, 3rd Floor\, Elaine Langone Center\, Bucknell University\, Lewisburg\, PA\, 17837\, United States
CATEGORIES:Live Art & Exhibitions,Readings & Performances
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140131T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140131T210000
DTSTAMP:20260423T113123
CREATED:20140116T175957Z
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SUMMARY:LASER LIFE: Queer Sci-Fi Reading Series
DESCRIPTION:Queer Sci-Fi Reading Series\nFrom the files Baron Harkonen Solo-Margiela\, District 98234.\nCLASSIFIED> \nFor 100 years\, LASER LIFE has provided the denizens of the hollowed out\, Siberian dystopic husk formerly known as West Philly\, with the one and secret voice. Fashioning antennaes from bones of dead CEOs and the rotting the planks of the Comcast building onto abandoned warehouses and hipster enclaves\, it’s ever revolving cast of miscreants and saboteurs have been broadcasting the last zombie drenched signal of hope out into the universe. They are all just the strange fags and three-eyed queers caught stealing fruit and guns at the intergalactic bazaar\, stowing away on the Millennium Falcon\, and photo-bombing the white washed sardonic landscapes of even the most triumphant Capt. Kirks in victory pose. We’ve found them. This is their Santeria\, this is their church. \nLASER LIFE\nknown\, dangerous throughout the galaxy:\n\nMarissa Johnson-Valenzuela— the weaver\nthe curator for the still untitled literary salon\, Johnson-Valenzuela has created stark\, unflinching habitats where we all clatter and bang\, brushing our empty tin cans against the rusting steel bars of life.\n*powers and abilities: Dream weaving\, mind control \nSuzy Subways— the spark\nwest philly’s own urban cosmic enchantress\, Subways weaves the cityscape– all burnt out husk and Orwellian encroachment– into shifting beautiful literary orbs\n*powers and abilities: tactical firearms\, laser cannon\, silent weapons \nand the Metropolarity crew…\n\nShane Jenkins— the anthropomorph\npowers and abilities: Shape Shifting\, Startocasting\, astral projection \nR.Phillips— the time traveler\npowers and abilities: teleportation\, quantum digitization\, spell casting \nRas Mashramani — alien goddess\npowers and abilities: flight\, anti-gravition manipulation\, light speed \nMaggie Eighteen— the cyborg\npowers and abilities: empathy\, cybernetic link\, machine/A.I. manipulation \nAlex Smith— the vigilante\npowers and abilities: ghosting\, shadowtalking\, boyfriend stealing
URL:https://metropolarity.net/event/laser-life/
LOCATION:A-Space Anarchist Community Center\, 47th and Baltimore Avenues\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19143\, United States
CATEGORIES:Readings & Performances
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ORGANIZER;CN="Alex Smith":MAILTO:theyarebirds@hotmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140117T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140117T230000
DTSTAMP:20260423T113123
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SUMMARY:Annie Mok debuts SCREENTESTS w/the crew
DESCRIPTION:West Philly-based cartoonist Annie Mok reads from Screentests\, her most fully-realized work to date. Annie’s comics are by turns quiet\, raucous\, funny\, and sad\, and always clear-eyed and nuanced. \n“These stories\, which could be incredibly heartbreaking with no relief\, instead give the reader hope.” – Mey Rude\, Autostraddle \nShe’s joined by the incredible creators Ras Mashramani (metropolarity.net)\, R.Phillips (AfroFuturistAffair.com)\, and Alex*Laser Life (theafterv3rse.tumblr.com)\, of the Philly-based queer sci-fi crew Metropolarity; O. Horvath (Spurt of Blood)\, “hysterical cartoonist / pvd”; and Khristina Acosta of the Philly/NJ-based PoC-only zine distro No Shame Distro (facebook.com/noshamedistro)\, reading from her zine The Birthday Party. \nA Q&A and signing will follow the readings. \nAnnie’s work can be found at www.cargocollective.com/heyanniemok\, http://heyanniemok.tumblr.com\, and @HeyAnnieMok on twitter. \nPlease note that some stories read at the event may be triggering.
URL:https://metropolarity.net/event/annie-mok-debuts-screentests-wthe-crew/
LOCATION:Vox Populi\, 319 N. 11th St\, 3rd Floor\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19107\, United States
CATEGORIES:Readings & Performances
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140108T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140108T200000
DTSTAMP:20260423T113123
CREATED:20140102T095636Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20140102T095636Z
UID:1204-1389204000-1389211200@metropolarity.net
SUMMARY:THE SPECULATIVE ABYSS: A spec-fic reading with Elwin Cotman & Alex Smith
DESCRIPTION:ELWIN COTMAN‘s work evokes the strangeness simmering underneath the floorboards of New Orleans speakeasys; the sort of melancholy soaked into the floorboards of a Carolina porch in misty May. Weaving through the murkier\, funnier parts of American dreams\, stopping right at the horizon of nightmare and flat-out hilarious\, Cotman delivers a well needed shock to both the orthodoxy of African-American letters and to staid genre fiction at large. To say that A-Space and Laser Life are stoked beyond all hell for the opportunity to read with the brother is quite an understatement. We are prepared for the psycho-subconscious journey of this budding master mythmaker; gear up and join us. \nhttp://www.lookmanoagent.blogspot.com/ \nALEX SMITH is shedding his Laser Life sci-fi cocoon for an evening of lucidity. Or is he? Sure\, bring your wine and cheese for this auspicious gala\, served on your finest crystal; they won’t be broken and discarded\, rent to shards and used as weapons against the establishment. Trust us\, it’s not that kind of party. Reading from his long-awaited poetry chapbook (snicker) “Gang Stalk Oprah”\, Smith promises a serene\, intellectually tantalizing experience. Riiiighht. \nhttp://theafterv3rse.tumblr.com/
URL:https://metropolarity.net/event/the-speculative-abyss-a-spec-fic-reading-with-elwin-cotman-alex-smith/
LOCATION:A-Space Anarchist Community Center\, 47th and Baltimore Avenues\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19143\, United States
CATEGORIES:Readings & Performances
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ORGANIZER;CN="Alex Smith":MAILTO:theyarebirds@hotmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131116T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131116T230000
DTSTAMP:20260423T113123
CREATED:20140102T051239Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20140102T051239Z
UID:1168-1384628400-1384642800@metropolarity.net
SUMMARY:POC Zine Project Benefit
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://metropolarity.net/event/poc-zine-project-benefit/
LOCATION:PA
CATEGORIES:Fundraisers,Readings & Performances,Zine & Book Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131109T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131109T200000
DTSTAMP:20260423T113123
CREATED:20130910T221639Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130910T221639Z
UID:1101-1384027200-1384027200@metropolarity.net
SUMMARY:The AfroFuturist Affair 3rd Annual Costume & Charity Ball
DESCRIPTION:The AfroFuturist Affair is throwing our 3rd Annual Charity & Costume Ball: Dark Phase Space on November 9\, 2013 at MythMedia Studios in Philadelphia!  At the annual Ball we celebrate and bring awareness to AfroFuturistic culture with feature artists\, authors\, and performers who will present works and creations that use Afrofuturism and Sci-Fi as vehicles for expression\, education\, agency\, and liberation. All proceeds from the event will be donated to the Futurist Fund\, a community grant dedicated to serving the needs of an underserved or marginalized member of the community. \nWe need your support to throw the Ball and fund our community grant!\n\nThe AfroFuturist Affair is a community formed in Philadelphia in 2011 to celebrate\, strengthen\, and promote Afrofuturistic and Black sci-fi culture through creative events\, community workshops\, blogging\, and creative writing. All proceeds from our events are used to fund the Futurist Fund Community Grant.  The AfroFuturist Affair is also a founding member of Metropolarity.net\, a 215 Speculative Fiction Collective.\n\nThe Futurist Fund is a community\, need-based grant established to provide a small amount of financial assistance to those in the community with an immediate and demonstrated need\, and without other available funds or resources to meet that need.  The Futurist Fund grant is awarded by The AfroFuturist Affair each year\, with grant funds raised from non-tax deductible donations made through creative Afrofuturistic events held year round by the organization and other collaborative partners.  \nSince we started giving out the grant in November 2012\, we have assisted a mother with past due bills after tragic deaths in the family\, a young mother with severe health issues\, and an individual in need of assistance with moving costs.  We have also used the funds to provide sponsorship and community partnerships to a number of community events\, including Psychic Windows Gallery with artist Joshua Mays at Sanctuary Wholistic Arts\, the Philly Premiere of The Triptych with AfroPunk and MythMedia Studios\, and Rockers! 3rd Annual BBQ Weekend.  \nThe Annual Ball provides a platform for artists\, authors\, musicians\, visionaries\, and performers of color who purposely create with science fiction and afrofuturistic themes and mediums. Artists who feature at the AfroFuturist Affair Carity & Costume Ball are diverse in their theories\, topics\, and modes of expression\, but all of their work embody common afrofuturistic elements – paying homage to our histories\, commenting on our present state\, and envisioning our futures as people of color. Some of our past guests and sponsors have included: \n \nDja Dja N. Medjay\, author of the science fiction novel\, Renpet \nBill Campbell \, author of Sunshine Patriots and Koontown Killing Kaper \nNicole D. Sconiers\, author of a collection of speculative fiction short stories\, Escape from Beckyville: Tales of Race\, Hair\, and Rage \nNapoleon Dolemite and the Signifying Monks \n \nVisual Artist Lorna Williams \nIntuitive Expressions \nPSL Presidential Candidate of the US Peta Lindsay  \nArtists Rell Stylez of S.W.A.G \nDesigner Nit Ra Sit \nDJ John Morrison The Alien Architect  \n \nPhiladelphia Printworks feyasterling inc. The Black Tribbles \nBlack Sci-Fi.com \nBlu Dahlia  \n \n \nFunds also help to support other activities and endeavors of the organization\, including our tumblr blog which promotes and supports Afrofuturistic culture\, practice\, and events around the diaspora\, our free community workshops\, and critical\, creative writing on Black scifi and Afrofuturistic phenomenon.  \nYou can see photos from our past Balls from 2011 and 2012.  \nHere is an interview with the Creative Director of The AfroFuturist Affair at a promotional event from the very first Ball in 2011: \n \nOther Ways You Can Help \n \nAll donations are greatly\nappreciated\, but we understand that not everyone has the means to monetarily support. Your support by sharing this campaign on your social networking\nsites is truly invaluable! We will also try to set up some sort of digital gift\nfor most shares\, such as a .pdf of The AfroFuturist Affair mini-zine.  \nIf you are interested in sponsoring\, vending\, or volunteering at the 2013 Charity & Costume Ball\, please submit an email to afrofuturistaffair@gmail.com. To share your ideas\, talents\, and proposed performances for inclusion in this year’s Charity & Costume Ball\, please email afrofuturistaffair@gmail.com by September 30\, 2013.  \n \nMore About The AfroFuturist Affair \n \nThe AfroFuturist Affair engages the community by cultivating a vehicle through which people can push beyond the confines of the mainstream narratives and stereotypes that have marginalized their interests\, experiences\, and their very existences and allows them to continue developing their identities in a comfortable and safe space with people of like minds.  The project also provides a space for individuals of color with similar experiences and interests in Afrofuturism\, fantasy\, science-fiction\, and speculative fiction to collaborate on a project that promotes and encourages their art and philosophies as connected with these themes. In the sense that Afrofuturism and speculative fiction is a medium for social commentary and a lens through which communities can shape evaluate or shape their futures\, the project provides the space not only for further dialogue around these ideas\, but for actual\, practical implementation of these ideas as they serve social progress.
URL:https://metropolarity.net/event/the-afrofuturist-affair-3rd-annual-costume-charity-ball/
LOCATION:MythMedia Studios\, Philadelphia\, United States
CATEGORIES:Afrofuturist Sciences,Fundraisers,Parties,Readings & Performances
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Afrofuturist Affair":MAILTO:afrofuturistaffair@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131107T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131107T230000
DTSTAMP:20260423T113123
CREATED:20130910T220816Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130910T220816Z
UID:1099-1383854400-1383865200@metropolarity.net
SUMMARY:Return to Octavia City
DESCRIPTION:Black Tribbles and The AfroFuturist Affair present\nOCTAVIA CITY 2 \nThursday November 7th 8-11pm\nLIVE BROADCAST on G-town Radio\nwww.GTOWNRADIO.com\nCo-hosted by The Black Tribbles and Rasheedah Phillips of The AfroFuturist Affair. Special Guest Host Gabriel Bryant of Stepping Into Tomorrow. \nMusical soundscape provided by Shawanda Aura Spivey aka the one and only DJ AURA. \nCALLING ALL AUTHORS….\nInspired by Hugo and Nebula Award winning author\, the late Octavia Butler\, OCTAVIA CITY presents original tales of Afrofuturism\, science fiction fused with perspectives born from the African diaspora. \nYou are invited to submit your original story to be read aloud during this special broadcast by yourself (if available) or a local professional storyteller. Stories should time out no longer than 10 minutes. One submission per author. No pornographic or offensive material will be accepted. \nSubmissions should be emailed to OCTAVIACITY@gmail.com \nSUBMISSIONS ARE DUE BY FRIDAY OCTOBER 25. \nAuthors selected for our April event are WELCOME to submit. HEY\, RORIE!!! \nWe look forward to seeing you on the radio – GTOWN RADIO The Sound from Germantown! \nPromo flyer illustration – ‘JAGUAR WRIGHT’ by Len ‘Cruze’ Webb aka BatTribble of Black Tribbles
URL:https://metropolarity.net/event/return-to-octavia-city/
LOCATION:GTOWNRADIO\, 24 Maplewood Mall\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19144\, United States
CATEGORIES:Readings & Performances
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131012T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131012T230000
DTSTAMP:20260423T113123
CREATED:20130910T220405Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130910T220405Z
UID:1096-1381579200-1381618800@metropolarity.net
SUMMARY:Philly Zine Fest 2013
DESCRIPTION:“The Fest showcases local artists and zinesters\, as well as zine distros\, bringing DIY\, radical\, whimsical\, and artistic small press publications to the public. Ranging from bike repair to poetry to crafts\, the Zine Fest is a great place to go to learn new things\, connect with local writers\, and get involved with creating new forms of accessible media.”  \nThis is the 11th annual Philly Zine Fest. This year it will be extending its hours and include evening performances. \nMetropolarity will be tabling and performing. Aw shucks.
URL:https://metropolarity.net/event/philly-zine-fest-2013/
LOCATION:The Rotunda\, 4014 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Readings & Performances,Zine & Book Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131004T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131004T200000
DTSTAMP:20260423T113123
CREATED:20131003T004122Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20131003T004122Z
UID:1152-1380916800-1380916800@metropolarity.net
SUMMARY:SCREAMING QUEENS + EX. BY V. + ALEX SMITH + VOYAGER + HEATHER HOLEPUNCHER
DESCRIPTION:Screaming Queens (Vancouver)\nS/T – Psychedelia by Screaming Queens \nex. by v.\nshifted red by EX. By V. \nAlex Smith\nSmith is a queer black activist\, poet\, dj\, actor\, musician\, afro punk/afro-futurist chronicler of the naughty universe. Smith’s work speaks to the edge\, to the post-fringe dystopia slowly creeping upon us. Too cantankerous and flamboyant for the Saul Williams wanna-be/def poetry set\, too tribal for academia\, Smith paints viral inscriptions for an audience of armed pixie insurrectionists. He is the founder and curator of the queer-empowered Laser Life sci-fi reading series. Alex’s short story collection\, “Gang Stalk Oprah“\, with its lines hashed like an SAT-word injected SEPTA bus graffiti\, will kidnap you\, convert you\, shoot you in the leg and then set you free. \nVoyager\nhttp://sssybtch.wordpress.com/ \nHeather Holepuncher \nflyer design: negatecity.tumblr.com \nall ages\n5$ (no one turned away for lack of funds)\nsee you soon!!
URL:https://metropolarity.net/event/screaming-queens-ex-by-v-alex-smith-voyager-heather-holepuncher/
LOCATION:LAVA zone\, 4134 Lancaster Ave\, Philadelphia\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Music Shows,Readings & Performances,Some Other Jawns
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130927T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130927T210000
DTSTAMP:20260423T113123
CREATED:20130910T215025Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130910T215025Z
UID:1094-1380308400-1380315600@metropolarity.net
SUMMARY:The Laser Life Queer Sci-Fi Reading Series
DESCRIPTION:Triumphant return for fall!! The lifeblood! \nwith the crew\nAlex Smith\nShane Jenkins\nR. Phillips of the AfroFuturist Affair\nRas Mashramani\nMaggie Eighteen \nand featured readers\nKatie Zall\n+ 1 more TBA
URL:https://metropolarity.net/event/the-laser-life-queer-sci-fi-reading-series/
LOCATION:A-Space Anarchist Community Center\, 47th and Baltimore Avenues\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19143\, United States
CATEGORIES:Readings & Performances
ORGANIZER;CN="Alex Smith":MAILTO:theyarebirds@hotmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130924T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130924T203000
DTSTAMP:20260423T113123
CREATED:20130913T184343Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130913T184343Z
UID:1111-1380045600-1380054600@metropolarity.net
SUMMARY:100 Days Instead of Prisons Video Premier & Launch Party
DESCRIPTION:THE ART FACTORY & DECARCERATE PA PRESENT: \nCome one\, come all to PhillyCAM and join us for the Premier of our 3 Stop Motion Animation Videos that we collaborated with Decarcerate PA as well as the kick off for the 100 Days Instead of Prisons Launch Party.  \nOur Videos Are: \n~EVOLUTION OF PRISON: THE BACKGROUND FOR DECARCERATE PA \n~WHAT WE WANT: THE PLATFORM OF DECARCERATE PA \n~PLASTIC UPRISING: THE WORK OF DECARCERATE PA \nALSO THERE WILL BE……\nPerformances\nFood\nSpeakers from Decarcerate\nArt-making for the 100 days campaign \nThis summer\, we collaborated with Decarcerate PA and PhillyCAM for six weeks to make three short stop-motion videos to help people realize the grand actuality of the Prison Industrial Complex. PhillyCAM was gracious enough to let us use their equipment and their space while we planned\, filmed\, recorded and edited the 3 videos. Decarcerate PA helped us clear up the clouds by telling us more about what they do as well as the political and community results and consequences of mass incarceration. We hope that these pieces will shed light on the current situation\, and inspire people to join the movement to stop the prison industry and reinvest in the community.
URL:https://metropolarity.net/event/100-days-instead-of-prisons-video-premier-launch-party/
LOCATION:PhillyCAM\, 699 Ranstead Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Readings & Performances,Youth Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130921T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130921T220000
DTSTAMP:20260423T113123
CREATED:20130910T214149Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130910T214149Z
UID:1092-1379790000-1379800800@metropolarity.net
SUMMARY:NORTHERN LIBERTIES // ASTICKANDASTONE // FOREST KINGDOM // LONG VERA // EIGHTEEN // SEAN GLASS // VOYAGER
DESCRIPTION:–> BANDS: \nNORTHERN LIBERTIES\n“Dissonant riff-heavy freakouts…sullen gloom…melodic marches…spacey\, psychedelic angular avant-punk…cosmic effects tripouts…bizarre feverdream lyrics…zoned-out vocals.” -Crucial Blast \nA STICK AND A STONE\n“… a haunting\, dark long night…back and forth mixed emotions…powerful sex…pancakes…” -Spice Rack\n* Night Vision Vinyl Release and Art Show + One year anniversary with drummer Dan + LAST SHOW before 8 month hiatus! \nFOREST KINGDOM\n“electro-punk-techno-metal”\n* LAST SHOW for awhile with Joshua and Corey + Kickoff show before 2 month tour! \nLONG VERA\n“An unclassifiable melange of minimalism and metal-folk\, unfolding as a deeply internal confession.”\n*Short solo set with Widow all the way from NOLA! Don’t come late and miss it! \n–> BETWEEN BANDS: \nEIGHTEEN OF METROPOLARITY\nReading tales of dystopian heartbreak & cyborg tenderness \nSEAN GLASS\nPerformance artist Mega-Fuck extraordinaire! \n…all of this will be woven together by our fabulous host: + VOYAGER + (not to be confused with Ruby L.L.!) \n*SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 21ST\, 7PM\, 4134 LANCASTER AVE* \n*$5 suggested donations will be accepted to pay for a PA and to support LAVA SPACE and the hard work of all these independent artists!*
URL:https://metropolarity.net/event/northern-liberties-astickandastone-forest-kingdom-long-vera-eighteen-sean-glass-voyager/
LOCATION:LAVA zone\, 4134 Lancaster Ave\, Philadelphia\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Music Shows,Readings & Performances
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130920T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130920T200000
DTSTAMP:20260423T113123
CREATED:20130910T212459Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130910T212459Z
UID:1086-1379707200-1379707200@metropolarity.net
SUMMARY:Come as Your Madness! A Smut Reading
DESCRIPTION:A smut reading catering to your hidden desires and derangement! \nPerformances by authors from Metropolarity\, The Apiary Corp.\, and The Dream Oven \nOpen erotica reading: bring your fantasies & realities \nFlagrant gender performance greatly encouraged & appreciated. \nWeird & tantalizing dance party to follow
URL:https://metropolarity.net/event/come-as-your-madness-a-smut-reading-by-metropolarity-apiary-magazine-the-dream-oven/
LOCATION:Little Berlin\, 2430 Coral Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19125\, United States
CATEGORIES:Parties,Readings & Performances
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130907T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130907T170000
DTSTAMP:20260423T113123
CREATED:20130825T222537Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130825T222537Z
UID:1077-1378548000-1378573200@metropolarity.net
SUMMARY:Fargo-Moorehead Zine Fest
DESCRIPTION:Enjoy zine sales\, a zine tutorial\, music by Spring Ma and QUESE IMC. QUESE will also speak about Idle No More and solidarity. Ras. Mashramani and Maggie Eighteen of the science fiction collective METROPOLARITY will be speaking and facilitating a workshop. \nFMZF is honored to present a screening of the movie Rez with a Q & A with member/s of the cast and crew after. \nFMZF will continue to offer community building events in the meantime. \nFargo-Moorhead Zine Fest was created with the goal of educating people of all ages about zines. In addition to being just plain awesome to read and make\, zines have enormous potential for self-empowerment\, raising self-esteem\, healthy self-expression\, and promoting literacy. \nZines are an inexpensive and easily distributable way to express ideas\, showcase art or photography\, or invite discussion on a topic. Zines have been around in various forms since the invention of the printing press. FMZF was founded by Joyce Hatton\, Midwest Coordinator of the POC Zine Project.
URL:https://metropolarity.net/event/fargo-moorehead-zine-fest/
LOCATION:UU Church\, 121 9th St S\, Fargo\, ND\, 58103\, United States
CATEGORIES:Readings & Performances,Workshops,Youth Events,Zine & Book Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="Joyce Hatton":MAILTO:fargomoorheadzinefest@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130810T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130810T220000
DTSTAMP:20260423T113123
CREATED:20130712T200134Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130712T200134Z
UID:1013-1376161200-1376172000@metropolarity.net
SUMMARY:SPACE_DOME :: A NIGHT OF COSMIC ART
DESCRIPTION:FACEBOOK RSVP HERE  \n\n\n\n\n\n::A NIGHT OF COSMIC ART:: \n>>Plastic Fantastic invites the beautiful world people\, Philadelphia. Geodesic dome houses wonder including artist\, creative\, inspirational. Projectors Light Music\, telling the stories of Life political\, emotional\, universal. Enjoy your time here and Celebrate!<< \n>>08.10.2013<<\n>>08:00PM<<\n>>40th Street AIRSPACE<<\n>>FREE<<\n>>ALL AGES<< \nFeaturing performances by: \nGhettoSongbird\nhttps://www.facebook.com/The.Official.GhettoSongBird \nUmer Piracha\nhttps://www.facebook.com/umerpiracha \nMetropolarity\nhttp://metropolarity.net/ \nDave Marley\nhttp://overcompensation.net/ \nDan Pasternack\nhttp://neverforgetradio.bandcamp.com/ \nBlown Away\nhttp://www.blown-away.net/ \n————————–————————\nhttp://you-are.blown-away.net/
URL:https://metropolarity.net/event/weird-fiction-performance-at-plastique-cirque/
LOCATION:40th Street AIR Space\, 4007 Chestnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Readings & Performances
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130803T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130803T180000
DTSTAMP:20260423T113123
CREATED:20130711T224609Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130711T224609Z
UID:984-1375545600-1375552800@metropolarity.net
SUMMARY:trouble: queer writers reading
DESCRIPTION:PART OF THE PHREAK N QUEER ARTS FESTIVAL COMES TROUBLE: QUEER WRITERS READING \nfeaturing: \nAlex Smith & Crew from Metropolarity \nTim Trace Peterson\n(co-editor of Troubling the Line: Trans and Genderqueer Poetry and Poetics) \nChe Gossett \nPatrick Lucy \nhosted by Marion Bell \npart of Phreak N’ Queer Arts & Music Festival 2013 \ndonations suggested\, absolutely no one turned away for lack of funds \nsee you there!
URL:https://metropolarity.net/event/trouble-queer-writers-reading/
LOCATION:Wooden Shoe Books & Records\, 704 South Street\, Philadelphia\, 19147\, United States
CATEGORIES:Readings & Performances
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130721T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130721T220000
DTSTAMP:20260423T113123
CREATED:20130712T195032Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130712T195032Z
UID:1002-1374415200-1374444000@metropolarity.net
SUMMARY:3rd Annual ROCKERS BBQ day #3: Workshop & Zine Fest
DESCRIPTION:2PM -4PM: WORKSHOPS \n-YOGA WITH THE HOUSE OF HAYES\n-CAPOEIRA WITH LOBO MA\n-STOP-MOTION DIY STORIES WITH HOMEGROWN.ORG\n-CIRQUE MANIKK\n-QUANTUM TIME CAPSULE – [RSVP@afrofuturistaffair@gmail]\n-SCREEN PRINTING & PATCH MAKING WITH PHILLYPRINTWORKS \n4PM -6PM: POP UP MOVIES & BBQ & ZINE FEST \nPOP UP MOVIE: SPACE IS THE PLACE\nPRESENTED BY MYTHMEDIA21 & LIBERATION MOVIE NIGHT \nBBQ PRESENTED BY MMGZ \nZINE FEST FEATURING\n-HOUSE OF HAYES\n-METROPOLARITY\n-ROCKERS\n-MOORMOTHERGODDESS  \n\n6PM -10ISH: THE SHOW/LIVE PERFORMANCES \nFEATURING \nTHE COOLOTS\nSLAPDASH SOUNDSYSTEM\nNEWSOF YOUR DEPARTURE: http://newsofyourdeparture.bandcamp.com/\nDAQUAN MOTLEY\nGIRLS DRESSED AS GIRLS\nAND SPECIAL GUEST TBA\n\nROCKERS CLOSET POP UP SHOP\nPHILLY PRINTWORKS POP UP SHOP \nPROJECTIONS BY SARAH KIM (PHILLYPRINTWORKS INTERN)
URL:https://metropolarity.net/event/3rd-annual-rockers-bbq-day-3-workshop-zine-fest/
LOCATION:House of Hayes\, 1822 N Hancock St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Afrofuturist Sciences,Music Shows,Parties,Readings & Performances,Workshops,Zine & Book Events
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ORGANIZER;CN="ROCKERS":MAILTO:sdfsbooking@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:RADAR+++
DESCRIPTION:Alex Smith’s newest: SCI-FI/GENRE FICTION READING AT LOCUST MOON COMICS! \nWorking in the medium of comics\, there’s generally two sides. First\, the vibrant art that allows for immediate\, tangible recognition and expression of ideas. the absolute essential element that makes sequential art become “comics” is how it’s drawn. It’s a visual medium and we are ecstatic about that! \nBut secondly\, there’s also the writing. At a comic book convention\, no one stands in line to pay $100 for Grant Morisson or Neil Gaiman to write them a couple paragraphs of Batman fanfic. No\, the writing in comics is secondary\, even though without its best practicioners\, comics as a viable expressive medium would have floundered a long time ago. \nSo\, the idea occurs that both mediums should be integrated at comic book gatherings. But how? It’s easy for an artist to show a fan\, potential publisher\, or retailer a few panels or pin ups of their art. It can be felt in the three seconds it takes the viewer to simply view the art. We get it. But again\, for writers\, simply saying\, “I can write” isn’t enough\, yet no one wants to spend precious minutes at a convention reading someone’s story they’ve typed and printed out or posted to their iPAD (I know from experience..ugh.) Thus\, I propose a reading! It’s quite simple: Writers bring one of their best pieces of fiction\, walk up to the stage\, and read to the audience\, captivating them in the same manner as an artist would: with a visceral\, permeable rendering of their words.\n\nOur reading\, titled RADAR+++\, would allow for writers in the sci-fi\, super hero\, action\, crime\, spy\, fantasy\, horror genres to present their work\, much like a poetry reading. There’s a proven audience for this\, if recent attendance and participation in the Laser Life sci fi readings and the Afro-Futurist Affair gatherings are proof. \nFormat:\nEach reader signs up beforehand\, preferably online\, after submitting a portion of their piece. We want this to be entertaining and a showcase for talent. Then we allot ten minutes reading time for each participant. This event should last two hours (the length of a good movie)\, and while that may seem like a long time\, it really goes by fairly quickly.  \nSo let us know if you’re down to read for us!
URL:https://metropolarity.net/event/radar/
LOCATION:Locust Moon Comics\, 34 South 40th Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Readings & Performances
ORGANIZER;CN="Alex Smith":MAILTO:theyarebirds@hotmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130426T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130426T210000
DTSTAMP:20260423T113123
CREATED:20130308T040248Z
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SUMMARY:The Laser Life
DESCRIPTION:Queer empowered speculative fiction reading series.  \nTHE LASER LIFE is near and dear to our hearts. You’ll know why once you attend. \nThis episode the whole crew will be reading\, plus Paul Walker of SGNLS. \nSee some info about past Laser Life readings here or peep videos from previous readings here. \nFACEBOOK RSVP
URL:https://metropolarity.net/event/the-laser-life/
LOCATION:A-Space Anarchist Community Center\, 47th and Baltimore Avenues\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19143\, United States
CATEGORIES:Readings & Performances
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ORGANIZER;CN="Alex Smith":MAILTO:theyarebirds@hotmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130425T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130425T230000
DTSTAMP:20260423T113123
CREATED:20130418T024115Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130418T024115Z
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SUMMARY:Octavia City
DESCRIPTION:Black Tribbles and Stepping Into Tomorrow present\nOCTAVIA CITY\, original tales of Afrofuturism\,\nw/special guest Rasheedah Phillips of The AfroFuturist Affair!  \nThursday April 25 8-11pm\nLIVE BROADCAST on G-town Radio\nCo-hosted by The Black Tribbles and Gabriel Bryant of Stepping Into Tomorrow.  \nWe are turning over 3 hours of airtime for original Afrofuturistic storytelling! Inspired by the work of the legendary author Octavia Butler\, OCTAVIA CITY is the first in a series of yearlong celebration of Afrofuturism storytelling. \nWANT TO BE INVOLVED? \nThe details are simple. Story submissions are due by Thursday April 18th. They can be emailed in DOC or PDF format to blacktribbles@gmail.com.  \nWe are looking for writers of original short tales with an Afrofuturistic theme who would like the opportunity to a) read their story to the audience live on air or b) have it read by a professional actor (please indicate your preference with your submission). We ask that the tales time out no longer than 12 minutes in length and do not contain graphic sexual imagery.  \nThere is no cap on the number of stories we’re accepting. Depending on audience response\, this will be a recurring event on our show. However only those selected for this upcoming broadcast will be contacted regarding their entries.  \nFeel free to share the information with anyone you believe would be interested in participating in the event. \nPromo flyer illustration – ‘PACIFICS’ by Mattahan http://mattahan.deviantart.com/
URL:https://metropolarity.net/event/octavia-city/
LOCATION:GTOWNRADIO\, 24 Maplewood Mall\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19144\, United States
CATEGORIES:Readings & Performances
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ORGANIZER;CN="Black Tribbles":MAILTO:blacktribbles@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130403T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130403T210000
DTSTAMP:20260423T113123
CREATED:20130322T035601Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130322T035601Z
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SUMMARY:Imogen Binnie's NEVADA Book Tour Reading
DESCRIPTION:RAS MASHRAMANI\nALEX SMITH\nMAGGIE EIGHTEEN \nWILL BE READING WITH RED DURKIN\nAND\nIMOGEN BINNIE\nAS SHE TOURS THE COUNTRY WITH HER NEW BOOK\, NEVADA\, FROM TOPSIDE PRESS\n\nBETTER DETAILS SOON
URL:https://metropolarity.net/event/imogen-binnies-nevada-book-tour-reading/
LOCATION:A-Space Anarchist Community Center\, 47th and Baltimore Avenues\, Philadelphia\, 19143\, United States
CATEGORIES:Readings & Performances
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