This open mic night features performances by the incoming class. Bring your poetry, your guitar, or your award winning essay and share your talents with your classmates. Or just come to hang out, listen, and check out the Writers House.
Want to get involved with projects at the Kelly Writers House? Come to the Kelly Writers House Activities Fair to learn about student-led Writers House activities and initiatives, including magazines, podcasts, writing groups, community outreach, zine making, film production, and more. You can meet student leaders and representatives of Bent Button, Doublespeak, Equilibria, Excelano, F-Word, the Fiber Arts Collective, Penn Moviegoer, Penn Appetit, Penn Review, Punch Bowl, Q-ine, Quake, Wharton IBR, the zine library, and other magazines and groups. All are welcome! Questions? Please contact Writers House director Jessica at jalowent@writing.upenn.edu.
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Michelle Taransky's Whenever We Feel Like It series hosted its first "We All Feel Like It" event at the KWH in 2009, with a showcase of readers from the Kelly Writers House Hub. This semester's "We All Feel Like It" features undergraduate poets studying at Penn as well as other Philadelphia area colleges.
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Our student-run open mic night welcomes all kinds of readings, performances, spectacles, and happenings. You’ll have three minutes at the podium to perform. Bring your poetry, your guitar, your dance troupe, your award-winning essay, or your flash fiction to share.
Alyssa Songsiridej is a writer from the Midwest who now lives on the East Coast. She is the author of Little Rabbit and a National Book Foundation 5 under 35 honoree. She is also the managing editor at Electric Literature.
Liza St. James is a writer and translator living in New York. Her work has appeared in Tin House, New York Tyrant, The Believer, Wigleaf, The Collagist, Paris Review Daily, and other publications. A former editor at Transit Books, she is a contributing editor at BOMB and a senior editor of the literary annual NOON. She teaches writing at Columbia University and The Cooper Union.
Immediately following our Pizza Party, join us as we take students over to the Gayborhood of Philadelphia to explore the rich LGBTQ+ history and community here in the city.
Join TAC-e for Tech Interviews! Get to learn about the available positions supporting costuming, set, lights, sound, props, stage management, and more.
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Amit Chaudhuri is the author of eight novels, including, most recently, Sojourn. Among his other published works are collections of short stories, poetry, and essays, as well as the nonfiction Calcutta, a critical study of D. H. Lawrence’s poetry, and a work of memoir and criticism about Indian classical music, Finding the Raga. He has received the Commonwealth Writers Prize, the Betty Trask Award, the Encore Prize, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and the Sahitya Akademi Award, among other accolades. Chaudhuri is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and holds the titles of Professor of Contemporary Literature at the University of East Anglia in England and Professor of Creative Writing at Ashoka University in India. In addition, he is a singer in the North Indian classical tradition and a composer and performer in a project that brings together the raga, blues, and jazz with a variety of other musical traditions. In 2017 he received the Sangeet Samman from the government of West Bengal for his contribution to Indian classical music. Chaudhuri’s music has been regularly featured on radio and television; his version of “Summertime” was featured on the BBC 4 documentary Gershwin’s Summertime: The Song That Conquered the World.
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The Kelly Writers House is run collectively by members of its community, especially students. The Writers House Planning Committee — also known as "the Hub" — meets monthly to discuss Writers House projects and programs. Join us at this first meeting of the year to find out about some of the things we will work on this year, including our annual marathon reading, and to find out how you can get involved with community-led events and projects.
Join TAC-e for Tech Interviews! Get to learn about the available positions supporting costuming, set, lights, sound, props, stage management, and more.
The New Breed Brass Band lives and breathes the culture of New Orleans, infusing funk, rock, jazz and hip-hop into the city’s second-line brass tradition. Featured on Trombone Shorty's 2022 album, Lifted, and winners of New Orleans’ “Best Emerging Artist” award, this young upstart makes its Philadelphia debut bringing the irresistible sounds of NOLA to our stage. “The New Breed Brass Band turns every concert it performs into a rollicking, New Orleans-styled dance party.” (The San Diego Union-Tribune) Get ready for a funky, swingin’ time! Student tickets only $10
Ancient instruments and angelic vocals. The four women of Finnish folk music group Kardemimmit showcase the heritage of the kantele, their country’s national instrument. Alongside 15- and 38-stringed kanteles, the quartet sings mesmerizing harmonies in original compositions that blend a modern approach with a deep foundation in Finnish, Eastern European and Scandinavian traditions. Together for over 20 years, Kardemimmit’s tight vocals and nimble playing shines as they bring their unique sound to our stage to perform in Philadelphia for the very first time. Student tickets only $10.
Bob Schoenberg's family invites you to join them and members of the Penn community to celebrate and remember Bob. Light refreshments will be served after the memorial
Please RSVP to Elise Betz at ebetz@upenn.edu
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