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What Painted Bride Quarterly’s Slam, Bam, Thank you, Mam is a highly warped interactive writing game. This month, comedian Nicole Phoenix will open, Steve Volk will host, and we cannot predict the rest! (Plus—prizes!) We lead the event but the audience is in charge of: writing prompts, performance, and ultimate judgement. The writing produced can […]

In this workshop Neil Bardhan, Applied Storytelling Manager and Archivist at First Person Arts, will lead participants in discussions and exercises that focus on crafting and sharing their own narratives, providing the tools and resources to learn how to build a true personal story with authenticity and impact. When Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020 6–7.30 PM […]

What: Painted Bride Quarterly will host a reading and a round of our Improv Slam on February 10 in collaboration with One Book, One Philadelphia! Come hear Alina Pleskova, Raena Shirali and David Acosta at the Black Sheep Pub at 7:30! Learn more about this year’s book, There, There at https://libwww.freelibrary.org/programs/onebook/ Let us know you’ll […]

What: The Painted Bride Quarterly Slam is back in 2020! Painted Bride Quarterly’s Slam, Bam, Thank you, Ma’am is a highly warped interactive writing game. We lead the event but the audience is in charge of: writing prompts, performance, and ultimate judgement. The writing produced can levitate to literary heights and degenerate into absolute raunch, […]

What: PBQ Open Editorial Meeting @ Writers Room @Drexel, MacAlister Hall, 33rd and Chestnut Painted Bride Quarterly “lifts the veil” to reveal the editorial process of the literary magazines! When: November 14, 2019 at 5:30–7:30 PM Where: Drexel Writers Room Let us know you’ll be there: In order to illustrate (and celebrate) our democratic editorial […]

PBQ PRESENTS: Dora Malech, Cameron MacKenzie, Thomas Devaney, Leah Falk When: Monday, November 11, 2019 at 7:30–9:30 PM Where: Black Sheep Pub & Restaurant 247 S 17th St, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103 Let us know you’ll be there: On Facebook