Creative Writing

The “What’s Happening?” Happening!

After a successful First Friday Open House on Nov 2nd, the Painted Bride Micro Residency Artists are gearing up for another showing at 230 Vine …

The Moth StorySlam 2018

In this brilliant open mic series, ten storytelling hopefuls are selected to present a five-minute tale, based on a provided theme. When the doors open, storyteller hopefuls put their names in The Moth “hat”. A half hour later, names are picked, and one by one, storytellers take the stage. The ten featured stories are scored by teams of judges selected from the audience. Each StorySLAM generates a StorySLAM winner. After ten SLAMs, the winners face off in our GrandSLAM Championships

Healing in Verse and Motion

This presentation is the culminating performance of a group of extraordinary young artists brought together by Philadelphia’s Youth Emergency Services.

Day of the Poet 20th Anniversary

“Day of the Poet,” Philly’s pioneering festival of Spoken Word, which headlined monthly at the Bride for nine seasons, returns to celebrate the vision, talent, and insurgent spirit that fostered a movement and forged an epoch. This historic event will reunite seminal DOTP alumni whose artistic contributions to contemporary culture have become storied. Presenting; Trapeta Mayson, Rich Medina, Twin Poets, DJ Razor Ramon, Ursula Rucker, and festival founder, curator, and Spoken Word legend Kevin O’Neill. Special guests from NYC and SCI Graterford, et al, will be announced. The event will also include an open mic lottery.

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Are you ready to Jam with @omars__hat?!

Join us April 3rd for a set of music featuring a group of world class musicians, followed by an open jam featuring select special guests - Shakoor Hakeem on percussion and Emilio Modeste on horns.

Tickets: https://paintedbride.org/events/jazz-jam-with-omars-hat/

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