Pen & Pencil Club

Painted Bride Quarterly wine tasting with Poetry

chris.brennan — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:19:27 +0000

With a touch of love, we all become poets! Come to the Pen & Pencil Club on Feb. 16 for Painted Bride Quarterly’s first ever wine & dine event. Enjoy wine and food pairings, and bring some love or wine-themed poetry, written by you or others, for a night of romance, refreshment, and literary revelry. Sit at a table for two (or more) as we celebrate love for the written word and each other.

Reservations are necessary and seating is limited. Please call Danny at the P&P — (215) 731-9909 to reserve your space(s). At $25 a person, this will be the loveliest cheap date you’ve ever had!

Photo Night featuring documentary photographer Jeffrey Stockbridge

chris.brennan — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:16:56 +0000

Join us on Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at 8pm at The Pen & Pencil Club for a Photo Night featuring documentary photographer Jeffrey Stockbridge.

Please see his bio below:

Jeffrey Stockbridge (b.1982) is a photographer that pursues mulit-year location specific projects documenting urban blight. Upon finishing his Undergraduate Degree at Drexel University in 2005, he placed runner up in the New York Times Magazine “Capture the Times” college photography contest. Stockbridge is a recipient of a Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Grant, Independence Foundation Fellowship in the Arts Grant and a Center For Emerging Visual Artists Fellowship. His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally at The National Portrait Gallery London, The Wapping Project Bankside, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania, The Fleisher Art Memorial, The Delaware Art Museum, and Galerie Huit in Arles, France. Recent awards include 3rd Prize in the 2010 Taylor-Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize at The National Portrait Gallery in London. Stockbridge is represented by The Wapping Project Bankside in London, UK. Stockbridge lives and works in Philadelphia, PA.

Painted Bride Quarterly StorySlam!, Thursday, Jan. 26

chris.brennan — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:51:16 +0000

Ring in the new year with our first Slam Bam Thank You Maam of 2012, January 26th, 7:30pm at The Pen & Pencil Club! Start your year off right with a night of literary fun and fireworks as we celebrate both the new year and the written word. Special guest fiction readeris Joshua Isard! Let the countdown begin!

Joshua Isard is the Director of the M.F.A. Program in Creative Writing at Arcadia University in Glenside, PA. He earned his master’s degree in creative writing from Edinburgh University, Scotland, and also studied at Temple University and University College London. His fiction has appeared in Press 1, The Broadkill Review, Barrier Islands Review, Inscribed Magazine, The Lie of the Land (UK), and Outlandish Affairs (UK).

Beer tasting with Don “Joe Sixpack” Russell

chris.brennan — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:25:20 +0000

Join Don Russell, a.k.a Joe Sixpack, the Daily News beer writer and author of “What the hell am I drinking?” as he hosts a book signing and tasting of “benchmark beers,” the best of their kind. Among the beers to be tasted: Stone Ruination, Flying Dog Raging Bitch, La Fin du Monde, Yards George Washington Tavern Porter and Stoudt’s Gold.

The cost for this event is $25 if you will be enjoying dishes served with each round or $15 if you are drinking your supper. Please sign up at the bar or call 215-731-9909.

P&P Board of Governors annual election and club meeting

chris.brennan — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:27:00 +0000

The Pen & Pencil Club will hold its annual election for the nine-member Board of Governors on Monday, Feb. 13, 2012. The ballot box will be open for submissions from 7 pm to 9 pm. The annual club meeting will begin promptly at 9 pm. Active members must be present to vote in the election.

Active club members may nominate candidates for the board of governors, run for the board and vote in the election. Active status is defined in the club’s bylaws as: Active members shall be professional editors, writers, reporters, photographers and other journalists actively involved in the collection and dissemination of news. Associate members are not eligible to enter nominations, run for the Board of Governors or vote in the election.

According to the club’s bylaws, the deadline for nominations for the club election is 5 p.m., Monday, Jan. 30. Nominations may be dropped off at the club or mailed there — P&P Election, care of Secretary Stu Bykofsky, 1522 Latimer Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19102. They can also be mailed to bykofss@phillynews.com.

POSTPONED: Wine Tasting with Brad Wilson: Off California’s beaten path

chris.brennan — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:26:20 +0000

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED. A NEW DATE HAS NOT BEEN SET. PLEASE CHECK BACK FOR MORE INFORMATION.

Join P&P board member and wine enthusiast Brad Wilson for the latest in the series of wine tastings at the club Jan. 19 at 7:30 p.m. as we present “Off the beaten path in California” — a look at some of the innovations and changes in the Golden State’s viticulture.

Cost is $30 and includes appetizers. Sign up at the bar or phone the club at 215-731-9909.

The Philadelphia Conference’s 10th Annual Year in Pictures

chris.brennan — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:24:14 +0000

The Philadelphia Conference will present its 10th annual Year in Pictures Photo Night, curated by David Maialetti. You can visit the group’s web site for more information about the photo show, including how to submit a photograph. Deadline for submissions in Jan. 4.

Celebrate New Years Eve with The Pen & Pencil Club

chris.brennan — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:18:24 +0000

Pen & Pencil Club members are welcome on New Year’s Eve, when the club will offer a complimentary light buffet before midnight and a champagne toast as 2012 arrives.

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey

chris.brennan — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:15:13 +0000

Charles Ramsey has seen a lot in his years as Philadelphia’s top cop. Since he took the job in 2008, Ramsey and the Philly PD have made some significant crime-fighting strides, but 2011′s rising homicide rate is troubling. How does Ramsey plan to tackle the city’s crime problem, why is Philly’s rate up while other cities are down, why has he stayed in Philly, and what are his long-term goals for the year to come?

Gawker editor A.J. Daulerio talks about the World Wide Web

chris.brennan — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:00:33 +0000

Come check out the latest from the World Wide Web as Deadspin editor and current Gawker editor A.J. Daulerio, a Philly-area boy who made good in New York, appears in the next Pen and Pencil Off-the-Record session Wed. Jan. 4 at 7:30 p.m. Daulerio, who was named editor in chief of Gawker in November, recently published an e-mail exchange he had with former Daily News sports columnist Bill Conlin about a then-upcoming story in the Philadelphia Inquirer about people who have accused the writer of sexually assaulting them when they were children. Daulerio profiled Conlin in August 2009 in Philadelphia Magazine