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SUMMARY:2017 Lambda Literary Awards
DESCRIPTION:YOUR LOCAL SCI-FI SQUAD IS NOMINATED FOR A LAMMY IN SCI-FI/FANTASY/HORROR. CROSS YR FINGERS! WE’RE ROLLING DEEP TO THE AWARD CEREMONY. \nABOUT THE LAMMYS\nThe Lambda Literary Awards (the “Lammys”) identify and celebrate the best lesbian\, gay\, bisexual and transgender books of the year and affirm that LGBTQ stories are part of the literature of the world. The Lammys\, which receive national and international media attention\, bring together 600 attendees—including nominees\, celebrities\, sponsors\, and publishing executives—to celebrate excellence in LGBTQ publishing. It is the most prestigious and glamorous LGBTQ literary event in the world. \nThe Guardian newspaper said: “… Steeped as they are in celebrity and ceremony\, the Lammys aren’t as stuffy or straight as many LGBT awards shows often are: they were unabashedly\, gleefully queer\, representing the many facets of queer life.” \nHonoring\nJacqueline Woodson with the Visionary Award\nJeanette Winterson with the Trustee Award \nWith special introductions by Cynthia Nixon & AM Homes \nHosted by Mx Justin Vivian Bond \nStellar roster of presenters include \nHeather Acs · Frank Bruni · Ana Castillo · Betty Dodson\nNYC Councilman Daniel Dromm · Masha Gessen · Keelay Gipson\nJP Howard · Cleve Jones · Saeed Jones · Taylor Mac · Eileen Myles\nTig Notaro · Carl Phillips · Ariel Schrag · Meredith Talusan\nVivek Tiwary · Jes Tom · Mitchell Waters · Karen Williams \nOther surprise guests to be announced in May \nThe awards ceremony is directed by Charles Rice-Gonzalez \nJoin us at the most glamorous LGBT literary event in the country. Over 500 attendees\, sponsors\, and celebrities will come together to celebrate excellence in LGBT literature. Read the full press release here. \nTICKETS ON SALE NOW! \n5:30 pm Red Carpet and VIP Cocktail Reception \n7:00 pm Awards Ceremony \nNYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts\n566 LaGuardia Place\nNew York City \n9:30 pm After Party\nLe Poisson Rouge\n158 Bleecker Street\nNew York City
URL:https://metropolarity.net/event/2017-lambda-literary-awards/
CATEGORIES:Some Other Jawns
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170521T170000
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SUMMARY:MOOGFEST
DESCRIPTION:May 18—21 Durham\, NC \nCatch our workshops & reading events alongside Black Quantum Futurism collective as part of this year’s ‘Future Thought’ programming at MOOGFEST in Durham. It’s $$$ tho so don’t stress – we do our thing regularly around the city of Philadelphia. \nMoogfest is the synthesis of music\, art and technology. \nSince 2004\, Moogfest has brought together artists\, futurist thinkers\, inventors\, entrepreneurs\, designers\, engineers\, scientists\, and musicians. \nBy day\, Moogfest is a platform for conversation and experimentation. This mind-expanding conference attracts creative and technology enthusiasts for three days of participatory programming in Durham\, North Carolina. By night\, Moogfest presents cutting-edge music in venues throughout the city. Performing artists include early pioneers in electronic music\, alongside pop and avant garde experimentalists of today. \nMoogfest is a tribute to Dr. Robert Moog and the profound influence his inventions have had on how we hear the world. Over the last sixty years\, Bob Moog and Moog Music have pioneered the analog synthesizer and other technology tools for artists. This exchange between engineer and musician is celebrated with a unique festival format where the creative process is understood as a collaboration among many people\, across time and space\, in commerce and culture.
URL:https://metropolarity.net/event/moogfest/
CATEGORIES:Conferences,Readings & Performances,Some Other Jawns,Workshops,Youth Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160820T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160820T140000
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SUMMARY:Sharswood Community Clean-up Day
DESCRIPTION:Join the Ridge Avenue Block Captain\, Community Futures Lab and Sharswood (North Philly) residents\, neighbors\, and business owners for a community clean-up day! Brooms\, bags\, and other supplies will be provided\, as well as refreshments. Come anytime between the hours of 9am and 1pm\, and bring a friend! \nDate: Saturday\, August 20\nTime: 9am-2pm\nMeeting place: 2224 Ridge Ave\, a few doors down from Community Futures Lab\nContact: Stephanie Hardy\, Block Captain – shardy01@temple.edu or (267) 595-1488
URL:https://metropolarity.net/event/sharswood-community-clean-up-day/
LOCATION:Community Futures Lab\, 2204 Ridge Avenue\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19121\, United States
CATEGORIES:Some Other Jawns
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160709T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160709T190000
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CREATED:20160613T180013Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160613T180013Z
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SUMMARY:Apiary x METROPOLARITY  Soft Targets Launch Party
DESCRIPTION:all danger all softness no geolocation\n1 nite revelry spells and sanctuary\ntexts songs dances\nagainst the gathering data storm\n\nthis portal exists when we begin\nthis portal ends at midnight\n\n\nAPIARY MAGAZINE x METROPOLARITY\n:\nSOFT TARGETS\nissue 8 of APIARY in collabo with sci-fi collective METROPOLARITY.\nread philadelphia’s visions of vulnerability\, violence and ecstasy;\nsurvival strategies in our contested city;\nthe monstrous and tender contending inside us\n\n\n\n\n7 PM: PARTING OF TIME AND SPACE // AIRPLANE MODE\n\n\nenter.\ndrinks (government ID checked at door)\nnew names (memorywipe your government ID)\nanti-surveillance face & body art\n\n\n\n\n8-10 PM INCANTATIONS FOR INVISIBILITY\n\n\nreadings by 25+ storyspinners and poets\nfrequency lifting by the URBAN SHAMANS word/sounds/power:afrobeat funk jazz\n\n\n 10-MIDNIGHT DANCE PARTY\n☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ FEATURING ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆\n⚡ Anti-facial recognition face painting and body art by Kitakiya Davis\n♪ Live musical performance by Philly’s URBAN SHAMANS: afrobeat funk jazz grooves\, WORDS\, SOUNDS\, and POWER!\n♪ DJ wizardry by Alex Smith (of METROPOLARITY) \n\n\n\nMIDNIGHT-??? AFTERPARTY @ SILK CITY\n\n\nmay the ephemeral gather strength and carry us through the night\n\n\n\n\nPAY WHAT YOU CAN: $7-10 SUGGESTED DONATION\n\n 
URL:https://metropolarity.net/event/apiary-x-metropolarity-%e2%8c%96-soft-targets-launch-party-%e2%8c%96/
LOCATION:Painted Bride ArtsCenter\, 230 Vine Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States
CATEGORIES:Live Art & Exhibitions,Music Shows,Parties,Readings & Performances,Some Other Jawns,Zine & Book Events
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SUMMARY:Community Futures Lab Opening Reception
DESCRIPTION:Black Quantum Futurism/ The AfroFuturist Affair celebrate the opening of our new space COMMUNITY FUTURES LAB! \nOver the next year\, Black Quantum Futurism will be building and enacting a quantum time capsule\, exploring oral histories/futures\, preservation\, displacement\, and alternative temporalities within the North Philadelphia community known as Sharswood/Blumberg. “Community Futurisms” will document the redevelopment of Sharswood/Blumberg\, through a multidisciplinary community art project that explores the intersections of futurism\, literature\, visual remixing\, sound\, and activism as art. \nJoin us on June 18\, 2016 as we open the COMMUNITY FUTURES LAB\, which will function as a resource library\, community studio and gallery\, workshop space\, story recording booth\, thinktank\, experimental space and more. \nALL AGES\nLight refreshments\nSoundscapes + Projections by BQF\nkonja sound by Sirius JuJu\nreading by Moor Mother\nfly life sounds by Alexoteric \nWhen: June 18\, 2016\nTime: 5-7pm\nWhere: CFL\, 2204 Ridge Ave\, Phila PA 19121\nAges: All \nIf you can’t make it out to the reception\, please contact us at communityfutureslab@gmail.com to find out other ways to support or get involved and be sure to follow us on Facebook for updates!! We are also seeking to gather stories from current and former residents of Sharswood and surrounding community\, so please spread the word! \nCommunity Futurisms supported in part by A Blade of Grass\nhttp://www.abladeofgrass.org/fellow/black-quantum-futurism/
URL:https://metropolarity.net/event/community-futures-lab-opening-reception/
LOCATION:Community Futures Lab\, 2204 Ridge Avenue\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19121\, United States
CATEGORIES:Afrofuturist Sciences,Live Art & Exhibitions,Music Shows,Parties,Readings & Performances,Some Other Jawns
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160501T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160501T190000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20160311T044611Z
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SUMMARY:STREET THEORY RETURNS: OPEN ACCESS SOCIAL CRITICISM OPEN MIC NIGHT
DESCRIPTION:COMMUNITY POTLUCK & OPEN ACCESS SOCIAL CRITICISM OPEN MIC NIGHT \nDETAILS TBA \nTHE LAST ONE: \nMetropolarity 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. \nA MEDITATION: \n“DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS LIKE BEFORE YOU UNDERSTOOD HOW TO COMMUNICATE IN ACADEMIA? DO YOU REMEMBER HOW TO SPEAK IN COMMON? DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN YOU HEARD A NARRATIVE THAT DID NOT ALSO PROVE AN ARGUMENT? REMEMBER LIFE OUTSIDE THE IVORY TOWER. REMEMBER THE REST OF THE WORLD.“
URL:https://metropolarity.net/event/street-theory-returns-open-access-social-criticism-open-mic-night/
CATEGORIES:Readings & Performances,Some Other Jawns
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160417T030000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160417T180000
DTSTAMP:20260403T185619
CREATED:20160309T224031Z
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SUMMARY:Re-Present-Ing: Freedom\, Fiction\, & Science by Humans
DESCRIPTION:Sirius JuJu\nDavid Xu Borgonjon\nRasheedah Phillips\nLaboria Cuboniks\nAnthony Monteiro\nPANEL/QnA \nfrom the SOTHIS platform for the advancement of intelligent life-forms: \nPresent (noun) “this period of time\, not the past or the future; now”\nRe- (prefix) “used with the meaning “again” or “again and again” to indicate repetition\, or with the meaning “back” or “backward” to indicate withdrawal or backward motion”\nPresent (verb) “to give\, show\, provide\, or make known”\n-Ing (suffix) “Art is not a be-ing\, but a Being\, the simple noun. It is not the verb\, but its product.” -Leroi Jones \n$5-20 no one turned away
URL:https://metropolarity.net/event/re-present-ing-freedom-fiction-science-by-humans/
LOCATION:Wooden Shoe Books & Records\, 704 South Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19147\, United States
CATEGORIES:Panels & Expos,Readings & Performances,Some Other Jawns
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160312T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160312T170000
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CREATED:20160301T060159Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160301T060159Z
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SUMMARY:Soft Targets: Vulnerability and Violence in the New Post-Apocalypse
DESCRIPTION:Join Metropolarity\, APIARY Magazine\, and the Free Library of Philadelphia for an afternoon of writers’ workshops and readings. This year\, Metropolarity and APIARY Magazine have joined forces to produce a sci-fi themed issue exploring the nature of vulnerability in our present realities of mass incarceration\, mass surveillance\, social media\, and the potential for revolution. This event is part of the Free Library of Philadelphia’s local iteration of the national 7 Days of Genius Festival #thatsgenius \n11:00 A.M. – 1:00 P.M. One-on-one writers’ coaching with Apiary Magazine. Bring your own writing\, and you’ll receive feedback. First come first served. (Grand Lobby) \n1:00 P.M. – 3:00 P.M.  SOFT TARGETS: Science Fiction as memoir in a reality of apocalypse. A workshop with the writers from Metropolarity about living under capitalism/militarism and using that as inspiration for writing (Room 108). \n3:30 P.M. – 5:00 P.M. Reading and Q & A with Metropolarity and friends (Montgomery Auditorium). \nRSVP with these Free Tickets or on Facebook.
URL:https://metropolarity.net/event/soft-targets-vulnerability-and-violence-in-the-new-post-apocalypse/
LOCATION:Free Library of Philadelphia Parkway Central Location\, 1901 Vine Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19103\, United States
CATEGORIES:Readings & Performances,Some Other Jawns,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151014T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151017T180000
DTSTAMP:20260403T185619
CREATED:20150921T214910Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150921T214910Z
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SUMMARY:Afrofuturism NOW!
DESCRIPTION:The AfroFuturist Affair/Black Quantum Futurism will be performing\, presenting\, and guest curating at the AFROFUTURISM NOW! Festival \nThe avant-garde is black! Afrofuturism is a cultural movement that has been existing for a couple of decades in America\, Europe and Africa. Some prominent Afrofuturists are Sun Ra\, George Clinton\, Jeff Mills and Science Fiction writer Octavia Butler. Today\, there’s a new wave of Afrofuturist writers\, performers\, visual artists\, musicians\, filmmakers\, designers\, bloggers\, activists. Contemporary Afrofuturists – Rasheedah Phillips\, Ytasha Womack\, King Britt and many others – fuse science fiction imagination with avant-garde & DIY culture while reflecting black diaspora. \nFrom 14th to 17th October\, WORM will celebrate contemporary Afrofuturism with the festival “Afrofuturism Now!”. In preparation of this event\, our program will look back at the roots of this super-interesting cultural movement\, with an extensive film program and a lecture in June.
URL:https://metropolarity.net/event/1845/
LOCATION:WORM\, Boomgaardsstraat 71\, Rotterdam\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Afrofuturist Sciences,Conferences,Music Shows,Panels & Expos,Readings & Performances,Some Other Jawns
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151010T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151010T180000
DTSTAMP:20260403T185619
CREATED:20150921T214003Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150921T214003Z
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SUMMARY:AFROFUTURES_UK Conference & Exhibition Weekend
DESCRIPTION:AfroFutures_UK is a weekend event celebrating the intersection of futurism and the black experience. Featuring artists\, academics\, and activists\, they aim to promote Afrofuturistic endeavours in the arts and technology. Metropolarity’s own Rasheedah Phillips\, founder of the AfroFuturist Affair and Black Quantum Futurism collective\, will be there as one of several excellent guest speakers. \n\nAfroFutures_UK is a new collective made up of artists\, writers\, activists and academics interested in exploring the future black experience through multi-media and disruptive technologies. \nOur seminal event is a Conference//Exhibition where we will be using themes and inspiration from Afrofuturism to probe and dissect our visions of the future\, from the sociological to the scientific. We aim to bring together a range of theoretical discourse that touch on this aspect\, from womanism/black feminism\, queer theory to liberation theology and afrocentric philosophy. \nThere will be a series of talks during the day as well as film screenings\, performances and practical workshops. The current list of confirmed speakers and workshop leaders can be found here. You can follow us on Twitter @AfroFutures_UK
URL:https://metropolarity.net/event/afrofutures_uk/
LOCATION:MAD LAB Manchester Digital Laboratory\, 36-40 Edge Street \, Manchester\, M4 1HN \, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Afrofuturist Sciences,Conferences,Panels & Expos,Readings & Performances,Some Other Jawns,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150828T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150828T220000
DTSTAMP:20260403T185619
CREATED:20150804T193421Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150804T193421Z
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SUMMARY:NOWTOPIA
DESCRIPTION:|̿ \͇| |͇̿ ͇̿ ͇̿| \͇ Λ ͇/ ̿ ̿|̿ ̿ |͇̿ ͇̿ ͇̿| |̶̿ ̶̿ ̶̿ ̶̿’ | |̶̿ ̶̿ ̶̿ ̶̿| \nNowtopia is a place\, an existence\, a conciousness. Nowtopia is a constantly moving\, intricate journey\, a swim through nebula\, the wet starstuff of human birth. \nWhile Nowtopia doesn’t have a corporeal place to call home\, it exists nonetheless as tachyon\, flitting through our collective conscious as a memory\, a movement or as hope. On August 28\, we are presenting Nowtopia as an orbital space-station\, a vector and nexus point where star-mapping\, healing\, and flux converge to create warps to other realms. \nOrganized by Chrome City denizens\, conceived at the orbital worshipping point Laser Life\, and realized through collective means via Metropolarity\, Nowtopia is the blueprint vision visor\, the conduit\, the space place where time exists interdimensionally\, never moving — artists exists like super-heroes as vibratory manifestations\, as stories. \nEach artist will set up in a different space\, performing in a flowing “mix”\, trans-imposing visual and kinetic imagery in accompaniment to their sounds. Dancers and movement mages will be present throughout the space. The idea is to provide a temporary autonomous zone\, through art and music\, with a nod towards super-hero bases\, sci-fi academies and temporally autonomous non-localities. \n╔═.♥. ════════════════════════╗\n█▀▄▀█ █▀▀ ▀▀█▀▀ █▀▀█ █▀▀█ █▀▀█ ░░\n█░▀░█ █▀▀ ░░█░░ █▄▄▀ █░░█ █░░█ ▀▀\n▀░░░▀ ▀▀▀ ░░▀░░ ▀░▀▀ ▀▀▀▀ █▀▀▀ ░░  \n█▀▀█ █░░ █▀▀█ █▀▀█ ░▀░ ▀▀█▀▀ █░░█\n█░░█ █░░ █▄▄█ █▄▄▀ ▀█▀ ░░█░░ █▄▄█\n▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀ ▀░░▀ ▀░▀▀ ▀▀▀ ░░▀░░ ▄▄▄█\n╚══════.♥. ═══════════════════╝ \nFEATURING READINGS BY METROPOLARITY \nRas Mashramani\nRasheedah Phillips\nAlex Smith\nMagus Eighteen \n(effaced from facebook\, find em here:\nhttps://instagram.com/cyborgmemoirs/) \n╔═.♥. ══════════════════════╗\n█▀▄▀█ █▀▀█ █▀▀█ ▀▀█▀▀ ░▀░ █▀▀▄\n█░▀░█ █▄▄█ █▄▄▀ ░░█░░ ▀█▀ █░░█\n▀░░░▀ ▀░░▀ ▀░▀▀ ░░▀░░ ▀▀▀ ▀░░▀  \n█▀▀█ █▀▀ █▀▀ ▀█░█▀ █▀▀ █▀▀ █ █ █\n█░░█ █▀▀ █▀▀ ░█▄█░ █▀▀ ▀▀█ ▀ ▀ ▀\n█▀▀▀ ▀▀▀ ▀▀▀ ░░▀░░ ▀▀▀ ▀▀▀ ▄ ▄ ▄\n╚══════.♥. ═════════════════╝ \nVISUALS BY MARTIN PEEVES \n╔═.♥. ══════════════════╗\n█▀▀ █▀▀█ █░░█ █▀▀▄ ▀▀█▀▀ ░░\n█░░ █░░█ █░░█ █░░█ ░░█░░ ▀▀\n▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀ ░▀▀▀ ▀░░▀ ░░▀░░ ░░  \n█▀▀ █▀▀█ █▀▀ █▀▀ ░▀░ ▀▀█▀▀\n█▀▀ █▄▄▀ █▀▀ █▀▀ ▀█▀ ░░█░░\n▀▀▀ ▀░▀▀ ▀░░ ▀▀▀ ▀▀▀ ░░▀░░\n╚══════.♥. ═════════════╝ \nSOUNDSCAPES BY COUNTERFEIT  \n|̿ \͇| |͇̿ ͇̿ ͇̿| \͇ Λ ͇/ ̿ ̿|̿ ̿ |͇̿ ͇̿ ͇̿| |̶̿ ̶̿ ̶̿ ̶̿’ | |̶̿ ̶̿ ̶̿ ̶̿|c
URL:https://metropolarity.net/event/nowtopia/
LOCATION:Leonard Pearlstein Gallery at Drexel University’s URBN Annex\, 3401 Filbert Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Readings & Performances,Some Other Jawns
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150816T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150816T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T185619
CREATED:20150804T191009Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150804T191009Z
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SUMMARY:RITUAL CAUSALITY 001
DESCRIPTION:Black Quantum Futurism presents its first 2-hour gallery performance RITUAL CAUSALITY 001 featuring ancient anthropological finds\, African/Black Diasporic time and memory rituals\, and live sound experiments. Experience BQF theorists discovering the first computer in 100bc\, lecturing on Sun Ra synchronicities\, and Quantum Mapping our collective futures. RITUAL CAUSALITY 001 is a retrocausal retrospective starting with the latest BQF work\, ANTI-KY-THE/RA\, then spiraling backwards to the beginning with the NonLocality series. BQF’s first exhibition of works will be a multimedia experience that will include dance\, sound\, projections and speculative literary performances. \nBlack Quantum Futurism is inspired by afrofuturism\, quantum physics\, and African traditions of spatial-temporal consciousness. BQF weaves speculative reality with ritual\, image and sound to present innovative works that offer practical techniques for escaping time loops\, oppression vortexes\, and the digital matrix. \nBQF Collective is an artistic and literary collaboration between Camae Defstar (Rockers!; MMGZ) and Rasheedah Phillips (The AfroFuturist Affair; Metropolarity) which explores the intersections of futurism\, literature\, art\, sound\, creative media\, DIY-aesthetics\, and activism in marginalized communities. Forming in Summer 2014\, the collective has created a number of community-based events\, experimental music project\, several zines\, and an anthology of experimental essays called “Black Quantum Futurism: Theory & Practice Vol. 1\,” which includes visions from other futurist writers and visionaries. www.blackquantumfuturism.tumblr.com /www.blackquantumfuturism.bandcamp.com \nDay #3 Rockers Bbq Weekend #RBW5\n$7-10 requested donation\nCash bar\nLight refreshments\nZines/books/art for sale \nThis event is apart of Rockers BBQ Weekend #RBW5 A 3 day diy festival based in Philadelphia showcasing marginalized artists and artist that create work that speaks out against injustice. \nDAY #1 – AUGUST 14TH – ATONEMENT / ATUNEMENT – THE ART CHURCH\nhttps://www.facebook.com/events/1112257575456155/ \nDAY #2 – AUGUST 15TH – ROCKERS – LAVA SPACE\nhttps://www.facebook.com/events/410789349104259/
URL:https://metropolarity.net/event/ritual-causality-001/
LOCATION:AUX Performance Space\, 319 N 11th Street\, 3rd Floor\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19107\, United States
CATEGORIES:Afrofuturist Sciences,Live Art & Exhibitions,Readings & Performances,Some Other Jawns,Zine & Book Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150614T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150614T150000
DTSTAMP:20260403T185619
CREATED:20150601T214306Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150601T214306Z
UID:1739-1434286800-1434294000@metropolarity.net
SUMMARY:Metropolarity for New Museum Seminars: (Temporary) Collections of Ideas around SPECULATION
DESCRIPTION:Join Metropolarity on a Sunday afternoon at New York’s NEW MUSEUM for their public seminar series\, this season themed SPECULATION. Metropolarity will be in dialogue with New School scholars/designers/media theorists Ed Keller and Orit Halpern\, addressing speculative realist philosophy and future-oriented speculative thought through fiction and design work. Say what. \nThis focus on sustained research and ideas in development stimulated the establishment of the Seminar series\, in which small groups of multidisciplinary thinkers gather over a three-month period to consider the Education Department’s Seasonal thematic\, with pressing conversations related to art and the expanded art context examined in relation to broader issues in society. Entitled New Museum Seminars: (Temporary) Collections of Ideas\, the series directly references the Museum’s history of “collecting” ideas\, rather than art objects. The goal of the Seminars is to provide a platform for discussing\, debating\, and enacting ideas as they emerge\, in real time\, and to develop scholarship or other forms of joint creative production relating to art’s place in culture. The Seminars utilize some recognizable graduate-level and reading-group pedagogical strategies\, such as syllabi and weekly closed\, peer-led reading sessions\, but are distinguished by their context within the contemporary art museum. In addition to the weekly sessions\, there is institutional support for some form of group production to grow out of the shared course of study (conferences\, performance residencies\, online publications\, Resource Center exhibitions\, etc.). A group of approximately fifteen participants from various backgrounds (including artists\, dancers\, curators\, critics\, educators\, and scholars\, but also those with specialties not directly art-related) constitute each Seminar group\, along with R&D Season artists in residence and New Museum Education Department staff members who work on the topic. Unique among museums\, the Seminar truly functions as a “think tank” within a programming and exhibitionary institution\, fostering new ideas and work between outside and intra-institutional participants (in the past\, New Museum curators\, editors\, researchers\, and educators have also applied). \n 
URL:https://metropolarity.net/event/metropolarity-for-new-museum-seminar-series-speculation/
LOCATION:New Museum\, 235 Bowery Street\, New York\, NY\, 10002\, United States
CATEGORIES:Panels & Expos,Readings & Performances,Some Other Jawns
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150607T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150607T080000
DTSTAMP:20260403T185619
CREATED:20150601T213643Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150601T213643Z
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SUMMARY:Malportado Kids\, SCRAAATCH\, Shakai Mondai\, MMGz + Abdul Kadir (.__. ) 6/7 @ LAVA SPACE
DESCRIPTION:Malportado Kids (pvd)\nhttps://malportadokids.bandcamp.com/ \nSCRAAATCH (phl via dc)\nhttps://soundcloud.com/scraaatch \nShakai Mondai (phl)\nhttps://soundcloud.com/shakaimondai \nMoor Mother Goddess + Abdul Kadir (phl)\nhttp://ow.ly/MVFla \nMAGUS MONK\nbirthday eighteen minus sci-fi short opener\nhttps://allthatsleft.bandcamp.com/\n$5 or w/e\n$25 if ur bringing colonial gaze (limited space @ venue) \nquench ur thirst at home\nsunday attire/timeline \n  \n 
URL:https://metropolarity.net/event/malportado-kids-scraaatch-shakai-mondai-mmgz-abdul-kadir-__-67-lava-space/
LOCATION:LAVA zone\, 4134 Lancaster Ave\, Philadelphia\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Music Shows,Some Other Jawns
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150528T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150531T180000
DTSTAMP:20260403T185619
CREATED:20150427T181438Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150427T181438Z
UID:1708-1432825200-1433095200@metropolarity.net
SUMMARY:Wildseeds Black Futures Fest
DESCRIPTION:FESTIVAL WEBSITE: www.blackfuturesfest.strikingly.com\nVOLUNTEERS: Email NOLAWildseeds@gmail.com if interested in being a volunteer 🙂 \nSave the date for the Wildseeds #BlackFuturesFest going on in New Orleans from May 28th-31st! \nThe Black Futures Fest is a celebration of the Black fantastic and will showcase the creative praxis of artists\, writers\, and cultural workers of color in New Orleans whose work engages around issues of Afrofuturism\, Black science fiction\, and the Black radical and speculative imagination—work exploring race\, gender\, class\, social change\, and the future of Black and Brown bodies and communities. \nOpen to the public\, the weekend of festivities will feature film screenings\, workshops\, panel discussions\, literary readings\, and art and music by local artists and musicians. More than anything\, the festival will provide a space to celebrate Black and Brown artists\, writers\, teachers\, librarians\, readers\, and publishers engaged in shaping the future of Black people at the intersections of futurism\, arts\, and social change. \nCHECK THIS PAGE REGULARLY FOR EVENT UPDATES OR VISIT www.blackfuturesfest.strikingly.com! \n 
URL:https://metropolarity.net/event/wildseeds-black-futures-fest/
LOCATION:Ibis Conservation Room\, 1401 Leonidas St\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70118\, United States
CATEGORIES:Afrofuturist Sciences,Conferences,Film Screenings,Live Art & Exhibitions,Music Shows,Panels & Expos,Readings & Performances,Some Other Jawns,Workshops,Zine & Book Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150502T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150502T230000
DTSTAMP:20260403T185619
CREATED:20150420T192734Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150420T192734Z
UID:1700-1430596800-1430607600@metropolarity.net
SUMMARY:What's the Science? A Night of Poetic Game Play
DESCRIPTION:Enjoy the literary side of science with writers Tamara Oakman\, Grant Clauser\, Chris McCreary\, Bryan Dickey\, Rasheedah Phillips\, Kathryn Ionata\, Kyrwin Sutherland\, Matt Charles\, and Maggie Eighteen selected by The Apiary Corp.\, Bedfellows\, Philadelphia Stories\, Gigantic Sequins\, Cleaver Magazine\, Thread Makes Blanket\, Painted Bride Quarterly\, The AfroFuturist Affair\, Metropolarity and Fact-Simile Editions. \nWriters respond to the prompt “What’s the Science?” to describe how they imagine (or prefer to imagine) various phenomena occur\, collaboratively creating a new cosmology. From sweaty suns to train rainbows\, you’re sure to delight in this new world. \nSuggested donation $7-10 \nRead bios of the participants at length here: https://www.facebook.com/events/472004649618093
URL:https://metropolarity.net/event/whats-the-science-a-night-of-poetic-game-play/
LOCATION:Vox Populi\, 319 N. 11th St\, 3rd Floor\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19107\, United States
CATEGORIES:Readings & Performances,Some Other Jawns
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150426T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150426T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T185619
CREATED:20150127T231400Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150127T231400Z
UID:1604-1430058600-1430067600@metropolarity.net
SUMMARY:Black Quantum Futurism Mini writing retreat for the far out and gone
DESCRIPTION:Black Quantum Futurism Presents:  \nwriting workshops for the far out & gone \n3 workshops – 1 Day \n{anthropology of consciousness} \n{speculative fiction and the unknown)  \n{song writing +freestyling 101} \nOpen to All ages\nworkshops are $5\n$10 for all 3 workshops\nLunch included\nsign up/ more info at blackquantumfuturism@gmail.com
URL:https://metropolarity.net/event/black-quantum-futurism-mini-writing-retreat-for-the-far-out-and-gone/
LOCATION:House of Future Sciences\, 3213 TURNER ST\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19121\, United States
CATEGORIES:Afrofuturist Sciences,Some Other Jawns,Workshops
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150221T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150221T220000
DTSTAMP:20260403T185619
CREATED:20150127T230944Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150127T230944Z
UID:1599-1424523600-1424556000@metropolarity.net
SUMMARY:SINGULARITY: THE ONE-PIECE FEST
DESCRIPTION:o N e \nI was talking about time. It’s so hard for me to believe in it. Some things go. Pass on. Some things just stay. I used to think it was my rememory. You know. Some things you forget. Other things you never do. But it’s not. Places\, places are still there. If a house burns down\, it’s gone\, but the place—the picture of it—stays\, and not just in my rememory\, but out there\, in the world. What I remember is a picture floating around out there outside my head. I mean\, even if I don’t think it\, even if I die\, the picture of what I did\, or knew\, or saw is still out there. Right in the place where it happened \nALEX SMITH\nNEGATIVE INFINITY\nWILL\nLOW MOAN HOVER ( EX BY V)\nDIANNE (TROPHY WIFE)\nDOG DAYS\nST. SKRIBBLY LACROIX\nFLESH PRINCE\nSHERMAN\nTREE NAMED TURTLE\nJUDAH THE OX\nK.I.N\nOHM\nLIVING\nMMGZ\nWHAT NERVE\n—————————————————————————–\nif you want to distro zines / hit up sdfsbooking@gmail\n—————————————————————————– \nmore info coming soon
URL:https://metropolarity.net/event/singularity-the-one-piece-fest/
LOCATION:Cha-Cha’razzi\, 2639 Poplar Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19130\, United States
CATEGORIES:Music Shows,Readings & Performances,Some Other Jawns
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20141106T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20141106T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T185619
CREATED:20141027T184423Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20141027T184423Z
UID:1482-1415295000-1415305800@metropolarity.net
SUMMARY:Intro to Afrofuturism
DESCRIPTION:Join the Organization of African American Studies Undergraduate Students (OAASUS) at Temple University’s Gladfelter Hall for an Introduction to Afrofuturism\, featuring special guest speaker\, Rasheedah Phillips. \nThursday\, November 6th\, 5:30 PM
URL:https://metropolarity.net/event/intro-to-afrofuturism/
LOCATION:The Weigley Room\, 9th floor of Gladfelter Hall\, Temple University\, 1115 W Berks St\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19122\, United States
CATEGORIES:Afrofuturist Sciences,Panels & Expos,Some Other Jawns
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140608T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140608T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T185619
CREATED:20140519T204751Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20140519T204751Z
UID:1384-1402232400-1402246800@metropolarity.net
SUMMARY:2014 Philly Literary Family Reunion & Potluck
DESCRIPTION:VIA OUR FRIENDS\, APIARY MAGAZINE\nUs Philly poets and writers are lucky to have a beautiful & eccentric extended literary family. Over the last 5 years\, APIARY’s met many newfound brothers and sisters\, weirdo cousins\, inspiring aunties and uncles\, adorable nieces and nephews\, and wise grands. After a busy spring\, it’s time to catch up with everyone!  \nSo on June 8\, we’re throwing the first annual Philly Literary Family Reunion in Clark Park. No planned readings\, no speeches\, no bios. Just a grill & music & any Philly poet\, writer\, and reader who considers themselves fam. \nBring food or drink (it’s a public park\, and there will be folks of all ages\, so booze just needs to be non-visible and lowkey … don’t want it to be THAT kind of family reunion…). If you like\, one of your chapbooks\, CDs\, etc to swap. And bring your family\, too!  \nSee you soon. Love\,  \nAPIARY
URL:https://metropolarity.net/event/2014-philly-literary-family-reunion-potluck/
LOCATION:Clark Park\, 4300 Baltimore Avenue\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Some Other Jawns
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140525T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140525T160000
DTSTAMP:20260403T185619
CREATED:20140511T234136Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20140511T234136Z
UID:1370-1401015600-1401033600@metropolarity.net
SUMMARY:LIMINAL/TEMPORAL YARD SALE
DESCRIPTION:ANOTHER FUNDRAISER** FOR THE Liberation Technologies SCI-FI TRACK OF THE ALLIED MEDIA CONFERENCE\, this June 19~22 in Detroit!  \n+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+ \n♡　WEARABLE ITEMS\n☆　REFRESHING TEA DRINKS\n♡　ONIGIRI RICE TRIANGLES\n☆　METROPOLARITY SCI-FI ZINES 4 SALE\n♡　OLD WEIRD STUFF (MUSIC/MOVIES/ELECTRONICS/WHAT)\n☆　JEWELRY & DECORRR\n♡　WELLNESS POTIONS by Stitch Prism x Honey & Blackbone Tarot\n☆ AND OTHER ITEMS FOR REFRESHING/REORIENTING UR GENDER/MIND/MATTER STATE \n+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+ \n☆　HAVE STUFF YOU WANT TO DONATE TO THE SALE?　☆ \nMESSAGE US AND WE CAN ARRANGE PICK-UP/DROP-OFF! \n+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+ \n**What are we fundraising for exactly? As organizers for the sci-fi track of the AMC\, it’s our responsibility to do as much fundraising as possible in order to provide financial assistance for presenters’ travel costs\, room and board\, and other expenses that they are unable to cover themselves. Providing financial assistance is key to bringing many of the amazing workshop & panel presenters that will make up the 9 sessions of our sci-fi oriented media empowerment track of programming at the AMC. This chumpie is trying to get transformative! \nThe Allied Media Conference is “a collaborative laboratory of media-based organizing strategies for transforming our world\, held every summer in Detroit.” It’s organized entirely by a decentralized network of volunteers.  \nWant more info?? https://amc.alliedmedia.org/about/amc-mission
URL:https://metropolarity.net/event/liminaltemporal-yard-sale/
LOCATION:CASTLE\, 4800 Warrington Avenue\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19143\, United States
CATEGORIES:Fundraisers,Some Other Jawns
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140523T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140523T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T185619
CREATED:20140511T234715Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20140511T234715Z
UID:1374-1400868000-1400878800@metropolarity.net
SUMMARY:XTHETIX DIY LOOK-FEEL G00D SALON // MEMORIAL WKND VERSION
DESCRIPTION:WATS YR XTHETIK? NEED HELP ACCESSING YOUR COMPARTMENTALIZED SELVES?  \nVISIT XTHETIX\, a recurring BEAUTY/WELLNESS SALON & FUNDRAISER** FOR THE Liberation Technologies SCI-FI TRACK OF THE ALLIED MEDIA CONFERENCE\, this June 19~22 in Detroit!  \n♡　NAIL ART\n☆　STICK N POKES by TBA\n♡　SELF-CARE\n☆　MAKEUP GLAMOUR CASTING\n♡　SELFIESSSS\n☆　SHAPEUPS\n♡　BRAIDING\n☆　TWISTS\n♡　SCALP MASSAGE/HAIR BRUSHING\n☆　TAROT by TBA\n♡　WELLNESS POTIONS by Stitch Prism x Honey & Blackbone Tarot \nEXCLUSIVE WEST PHILLY NAIL FLASH/STICK N POKE FLASH \n☆　SPIRITED CONCOCTIONS IF U JUST WANNA LEAN　☆ \nJEWELRY + LITERATURE 4 SALE tambien!  \nClean dry hair\, please. Feel free to bring own makeup and nails. Braiding includes cornrows. Message us for special requests or needs. BRING INSPIRATION. \nHEY HOW MUCH?\nSliding scale for each station: $7-30\nINQUIRE FOR ALL ACCESS PASS ::gasp ooooh:: \nLOCATION:\nPACE STUDIOS\n4711 chester ave\n1st floor\, door on the left\,\n(but we will be on the porch too ^_~) \nplease note: this location has stairs :/ but holler at us cause we want you there. \n♡ JUST IN TIME TO GET CUTE FOR ALL THOSE BBQS N BACKYARD PARTIES ♡ \n≠ WEIRDOS FREMEN GLITCHES OANKALI CYBORGS FREAKS SPACERS ALIENS SHIP-OF-THE-IMAGINATION CREW MEMBERS LEY LINE WALKERS ALL ARE WELCOME ≠ \nWant to volunteer or offer a service for donation or shared cut? MSG US! \n**What are we fundraising for exactly? As organizers for the sci-fi track of the AMC\, it’s our responsibility to do as much fundraising as possible in order to provide financial assistance for presenters’ travel costs\, room and board\, and other expenses that they are unable to cover themselves. Providing financial assistance is key to bringing many of the amazing workshop & panel presenters that will make up the 9 sessions of our sci-fi oriented media empowerment track of programming at the AMC. This chumpie is trying to get transformative! \nThe Allied Media Conference is “a collaborative laboratory of media-based organizing strategies for transforming our world\, held every summer in Detroit.” It’s organized entirely by a decentralized network of volunteers.  \nWant more info?? https://amc.alliedmedia.org/about/amc-mission
URL:https://metropolarity.net/event/xthetix-diy-look-feel-g00d-salon-memorial-wknd-version/
LOCATION:Unnamed Venue\, Philadelphia
CATEGORIES:Fundraisers,Some Other Jawns
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140518T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140518T220000
DTSTAMP:20260403T185619
CREATED:20140510T212415Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20140510T212415Z
UID:1339-1400439600-1400450400@metropolarity.net
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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ORGANIZER;CN="Unnamed Organizer":MAILTO:metropolarity@gmail.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140417T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140417T220000
DTSTAMP:20260403T185619
CREATED:20140510T231609Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20140510T231609Z
UID:1364-1397757600-1397772000@metropolarity.net
SUMMARY:Xthetix: Pre-Sissy Hop DIY PREP SALON
DESCRIPTION:WATS YR XTHETIK? NEED HELP ACCESSING YOUR COMPARTMENTALIZED SELVES?  \nVISIT XTHETIX\, a recurring FUNDRAISING BENEFIT FOR THE SCI-FI TRACK OF THE ALLIED MEDIA CONFERENCE** ((this June 19~22 in Detroit!)\n[info here: https://www.facebook.com/libtechamc\nand here: http://liberationtechnologiesamc.tumblr.com/] \n++++++++++++++++++++++++++ \nNAIL ART | STICK N POKES | SELF-CARE | MAKEUP CONSULTATIONS | SELFIES | SHAPEUPS | BRAIDING | TWISTS | SCALP MASSAGE/HAIR BRUSHING | TAROT \nSTICK N POKES by GENESIS\nTAROT READINGS by CYREE\nJUST IN!! POTIONS by Stitch Prism x Honey & Blackbone Tarot \nEXCLUSIVE WEST PHILLY NAIL FLASH/STICK N POKE FLASH \nSANGRIA CONCOCTIONS OH MY \n[Stitch Prism jewelry for sale with 25% going to LibTech] \n++++++++++++++++++++++++++ \nClean dry hair\, please. Feel free to bring own makeup and nails. Braiding includes cornrows. Message us for special requests or needs. BRING INSPIRATION. \nHEY HOW MUCH?\nSliding scale for each station: $7-30\nINQUIRE FOR ALL ACCESS PASS ::gasp ooooh:: \n++++++++++++++++++++++++++ \n♡ JUST IN TIME TO GET CUTE FOR THAT SISSY HOP ♡ \n≠ WEIRDOS FREMEN GLITCHES OANKALI CYBORGS FREAKS SPACERS ALIENS SHIP-OF-THE-IMAGINATION CREW MEMBERS LEY LINE WALKERS ALL ARE WELCOME ≠\n++++++++++++++++++++++++++ \nWant to help volunteer a service? Holler at one of the coordinators 〜☆ \n++++++++++++++++++++++++++ \n**What are we fundraising for exactly? As organizers for the sci-fi track of the AMC\, it’s our responsibility to do as much fundraising as possible in order to provide financial assistance for presenters’ travel costs\, room and board\, and other expenses that they are unable to cover themselves. Providing financial assistance is key to bringing many of the amazing workshop & panel presenters that will make up the 9 sessions of our sci-fi oriented media empowerment track of programming at the AMC. This chumpie is trying to get transformative! \nThe Allied Media Conference is “a collaborative laboratory of media-based organizing strategies for transforming our world\, held every summer in Detroit.” It’s organized entirely by a decentralized network of volunteers.  \nWant more info?? https://amc.alliedmedia.org/about/amc-mission
URL:https://metropolarity.net/event/xthetix-pre-sissy-hop-diy-prep-salon/
LOCATION:HOUSE OF SPIRIT & TIME\, 4823 Hazel Avenue\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19143\, United States
CATEGORIES:Fundraisers,Some Other Jawns
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131108T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131110T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T185619
CREATED:20130825T223854Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130825T223854Z
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SUMMARY:PhilCon 2013
DESCRIPTION:we may be tabling . . .  \nThe 77th anniversary of the world’s first and longest-running conference on science fiction\, fantasy\, and horror! \nStarted in 1936\, Philcon features cutting-edge programming about literature\, art\, television\, film\, anime\, comics\, science\, gaming\, costuming and cosplay\, music\, and other topics of interest to fans of sci-fi\, fantasy\, and horror. We will also have many other attractions\, such as our awesome Art Show and Auction; a Vendors’ Room full of unique merchandise; a full slate of Children’s/Family programming; our Writer’s Workshop (featuring professional authors and editors); Concerts; the Time Traveler’s Masquerade Ball\, our Masquerade/Costume Competition\, and more!
URL:https://metropolarity.net/event/philcon-2013/
LOCATION:Crown Plaza Hotel\, Cherry Hill\, NJ\, United States
CATEGORIES:Some Other Jawns
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LAST-MODIFIED:20131003T004122Z
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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:20130920T220000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130920T220000
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CREATED:20130910T213249Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130910T213249Z
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SUMMARY:A Different World Dance Party Fashion Show
DESCRIPTION:The Peace House Creative Space & Rockers Closet present \nA Different World\,\nA Dance Party/Fashion Show\nin Celebration of Philly Fashion Week 2013\,\n“Fashion Redefined” \nFRIDAY Sept 20 2013\n10p-3a\n@ The Peace House Creative Space\n1320 N Taney St (near 27th & Thompson) \nFREE for Ladies before Midnight\n$5 for Gentlemen All Night \nDance Party\nDJ Aura & DJ Heat Her \nAfro-Futurist Inspired Fashion Show staring\nRockers Closet (styled by AfroFuturist Affair)\nfeyasterling inc.\n& More Designers to be Announced… \nHookah\nDrink Specials\nBody Painting\nRockers Closet Pop Up Shop\n& Dance Grooves \nFashion Redefined. \nSupported by\nPeace House Creative Space\nRockers Closet\nAfroFuturist Affair\nfeyasterling inc.
URL:https://metropolarity.net/event/1089/
LOCATION:The Peacehouse\, 1320 N. Taney Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19125\, United States
CATEGORIES:Parties,Some Other Jawns
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130728T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130728T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T185619
CREATED:20130712T193924Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130712T193924Z
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SUMMARY:WINE + SPIRIT + MIND II with the Afrofuturist Affair
DESCRIPTION:The AfroFuturist Affair and Sanctuary Wholistic Arts Presents \nWine\, Spirit\, & Mind II \nAn Evening of Exploration and Examination of\nthe Inner and Outer Reaches of the Multiverse \nPlease join us for an evening of theory and practice surrounding ancient ^ New Age modes of seeing into alternate dimensions of time. \nDiscussions\, practices\, and presentations will spiral around art | science | astrology | metaphysics | mythology | astronomy | dreams. Round off the discussion with a mutli-sensory wine & dessert tasting.  \nReadings by:\nMisty Sol\nCharlyn Magdaline \nFeatured Visual Artists:\nN3\, Founder of Minkless Red Jewlery\nToni Starr\nNebulous Flair \nFeatured Futuristic Soundscapes:\nMoor Mother Goddess \nFeatured Presenters:\nGood Karma ProperTeas\nThe AfroFuturist Affair \nWine Tasting By:\nSheena of The Baptist Preachers \nDessert Tasting:\nN3 \nAdmission: Suggested donation* of $5-10+ (wine + dessert + group reading included) \nPersonal readings and other services: $5+ \n*Proceeds benefit The Futurist Fund Community \nSupported by Community Organizations:\nMythMedia:21\nMetropolarity.net  \nGET TICKETS
URL:https://metropolarity.net/event/wine-spirit-mind-ii-with-the-afrofuturist-affair/
LOCATION:Sanctuary Wholistic Art Gallery\, 2737 Cambridge Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19130\, United States
CATEGORIES:Afrofuturist Sciences,Some Other Jawns,Workshops
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Afrofuturist Affair":MAILTO:afrofuturistaffair@gmail.com
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