THE 5th ANNUAL

PHILADELPHIA POETRY FESTIVAL

 Sat., April 25, 2015 * 11:00 am to 4:00 pm

    at the Philadelphia Free Library, 1901 Vine Street in Philadelphia, in the Montgomery Auditorium

Philadelphia Poetry Festival - 2015 Schedule

 1ST SET * Hosted by EILEEN M. D’ANGELO

 * Farley’s First Thursday Series - Bernadette McBride

* The Collective Mic at Rose Petals Café & Lounge -Jody “Tru Story” Austin / Tiffani Dean

* Pentimento Magazine - Marie Kane, Poetry Editor,  Lori Brozek, Managing Editor

* Mad Poets Society/ Young Poets Contest /Mad Poets Review - Eileen M. D’Angelo / Bill Van Buskirk

* Tomorrow’s Girls - Pat McLean

 2ND SET * Hosted by KATHY VOLK MILLER

 * National Black Arts Spoken Word Tour - Maurice Henderson

* The Fuze: Philadelphia Poetry Slam - Hannah McDonald

* Philadelphia Stories - Peter Baroth / Stephanie Durann

* Poetry Aloud & Alive at Big Blue Marble - Dave Worrell

* Moonstone Art Center - Larry Robin  

* Philadelphia Writers Conference - David Kozinski 

3RD SET * Hosted by BERNADETTE MCBRIDE

* American Poetry Review - David Bonanno

 * Expressive Path - Pamela Martin / Glenn McLaughlin

* Musehouse: Supporting the Literary Arts -Kathleen Sheeder Bonanno    

* Manayunk Roxborough Art Center /Schuylkill Valley Journal -Peter Krok

* Monday Poets Series - Kay Wisniewski / Lamont Dixon

* The Green Line Reading & Interview Series - Charles Carr / Kasey Jueds)

* Panoramic Poetry at October Gallery - Crucial

 * Featured Guest:  MICHELLE MYERS

4th SET * Hosted by CHARLES CARR

* Rutgers- Camden’s  “Louder Than a Bomb” Teen Poetry Slam - Lamont Dixon

* Overbrook Poets  - Fereshteh Sholevar

* APIARY - Tamara Oakman / Hannah McDonald

* Moveable Beats Reading Series - Jim Mancinelli / Liz Abrams Morley

* Family Style Open Mic Series - Michelle Myers

* Panoramic Poetry at October Gallery - Crucial

    * Featured Guest: CALAMITY ROSE OF THE PHILADELPHIA YOUTH POETRY MOVEMENT

This special afternoon is dedicated to celebrating those diverse, talented voices in all their uniqueness and originality … to applaud those who volunteer to make venues and forums possible … and to unite and showcase the many people who create this rich landscape of poetry in our City of Brotherly Love and abroad.  For info, email  info@madpoetssociety.com

 This event is partially supported by PA Partners in the Arts (PPA), the regional arts funding partnership of the PA Council on the Arts (PCA), a state agency. State government funding comes through an annual appropriation by PA’s General Assembly and The National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.  PPA is administered in this region by the FIVE COUNTY ARTS FUND.