Local Area Events
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Wednesday, September 8thTERRY McMILLAN. The author has garnered much critical and popular acclaim for her bestselling, character-driven novels — like Waiting to Exhale and How Stella Got Her Groove Back. Tonight, she reads from Getting to Happy, in which McMillan revisits the Waiting ladies 15 years later and reveals each of them at her own midlife crossroads. Free Library of Philadelphia (Central Library), 1901 Vine Street, Philadelphia, PA. Phone: 215-567-4341. 7:30 PM, FREE |
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Tuesday, February 16th
ELIJAH PRINGLE. In celebration of Black History Month, Poets & Prophets presents an evening of poetry featuring the author of At the Cornerstone, Feeding the Sparrow, and Second Saturday at Serenity. Moonstone Art Center, 110A S. 13th Street, 2nd Floor, Philadelphia, PA. Phone: 215-605-7752. 7:00 PM, FREEEROTIC LITERARY SALON. Naughty Philadelphians are invited to recite and listen to hot-under-the-collar original and classic work. L’Etage, 6th & Bainbridge Sts., Philadelphia, PA. Phone: 215-592-0656. 8:30 PM, $8 - $10
Wednesday, February 17th
SCOTT KNOWLES. The Drexel prof takes a second look at the 1959 essay, penned by city planner Edmund Bacon, entitled, “Philadelphia in the Year 2009.” (This event is co-sponsored by the Penn Institute for Urban Research.) University of Pennsylvania Bookstore, 3601 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA. Phone: 215-898-7595. 5:30 PM, FREEDIASPORA BOOK GROUP. Join us for a discussion of Yukio Mishima’s novel Forbidden Colors, about a young man whom women find irresistible, but who is just coming to realize that he loves only men. Giovanni's Room, 345 S. 12th Street, Philadelphia, PA. Phone: 215-923-2960. 7:00 PM, FREE
Thursday, February 18th
MILTON MCGRIFF. The former Black Panther discusses his book, 2236, which is based on his 1970s play and centers around urban police brutality and “Unit 2236,” a team of assassins dedicated to issuing their own justice. University of Pennsylvania Bookstore, 3601 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA. Phone: 215-898-7595. 6:30 PM, FREEANKUR SHAH. The author will read from his book, Sometimes We Walk Alone, which is about his journey following Mahatma Gandhi’s famed protest route. Wooden Shoe Books, 508 S. 5th Street, Philadelphia, PA. Phone: 215-413-0999. 7:00 PM, FREE
JIMMY HEATH. The Philadelphia-raised National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master and three-time Grammy Award nominee discusses his book, I Walked with Giants: The Autobiography of Jimmy Heath, in which he chronicles a life in jazz that includes knowing and playing with greats like Coltrane, Miles, Dizzy and more. Free Library of Philadelphia (Central Library), 1901 Vine Street, Philadelphia, PA. Phone: 215-567-4341. 7:30 PM, FREE
Friday, February 19th
SONJA LIVINGSTON. The author reads from her book, Ghostbread, about a girl whose life was forever shaped by shifting homes and unending hunger that came with being raised by an impoverished single mother in the 1970s. Part of the “Writers and the Process” Series. Big Blue Marble Bookstore, 551 Carpenter Lane, Philadelphia, PA. Phone: 215-844-1870. 7:00 PM, FREEPOETRY. The Moles Not Molar Reading & Performance Series presents Rachel Zolf — whose fourth full-length book of poetry, Neighbour Procedure, is just out from Coach House Books — along with poets Suzanne Heyd and Simone White. Moonstone Art Center, 110A S. 13th Street, 2nd Floor, Philadelphia, PA. Phone: 215-605-7752. 7:30 PM, $3 - $5 (suggested donation)