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Radio reporters! Audio producers! Podcasters! Sound Artists! Audio Business People! Come hang out and mingle at the holiday party edition of Rowhome Productions’ Philly Podcast Mixer on Thursday, December 18th at the Pen & Pencil Club. This mixer will feature our first ever PHILLY (ELEVATOR) PODCAST PITCH PARTY… wherein up to 10 people will have the chance to give attendees a three-minute max presentation about an audio project they’re working on. It should be a fun, fast-paced way to learn about podcasts, radio stories, audio tours (& more?) happening in our backyard. Register your interest in presenting your project HERE by Friday, December 12th (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfrp-yYzIWnFbOoCghLmBaEhFngBkdpM98VgVHpo1-Dgg9X5w/viewform) A holiday-party inspired treat will be provided TBD (Stay tuned…)

Have a holiday toast with us before you drown in family! Join PBQ on Thursday, December 18 at 7:00 p.m. for a Slam, our improv writing game! Prizes and cocktails before presents and gingerbread, that’s our motto! Juliet Hope Wayne will host, which always makes everyone’s holidays brighter! Juliet is a multiple Moth winner, was named Best of Philly Comedians by Philadelphia Magazine, and also makes visual art that blends high-detail illustration with feminine sci-fi narratives---come ask her about it!

Philadelphia Dramatists Society

Join us at the Pen and Pencil Club for a late night celebration of holiday spirit, on St. Johns Day: December the 27th, at 8 pm, at 1522 Latimer st. Enjoy a charcuterie selection, jamon serrano carving station, and an oyster bar. A complimentary spiced white or red wine is included with your ticket, with a select menu of chateau wines available for purchase alongside the ususal cocktail selection. Hosted with games, festive cheer, and the usual crowd of mischief makers. Both floors are open for this event, with food available on the top bar, and drinks being poured on the ground floor. $20. See registration link for more details.

The P&P Book Club’s next book is "How to Stand Up to a Dictator" by Maria Ressa. Ressa, a renowned international journalist and Nobel Peace Prize winner, recounts her journey from working at CNN to running a Philippines-based online news organization that became a target of the Philippine government. She maps a web of disinformation that stretches from the Philippines to Silicon Valley. All are welcome to read this book and discuss it with us.

A listening, reading, and conversation series where writers discuss their favorite records. Track Changes is a monthly series where writers chat about their favorite records. Each event features one Philly-based writer and one out-of-town writer. Join us for a night of music, readings, and conversation at the Pen & Pencil Club—the oldest continuously operating press club in the U.S. ? ? This Month‘s Guests ? ? Grady Chambers (Philly) Grady Chambers is the author of the novel Great Disasters (Tin House Books) and the poetry collection North American Stadiums (Milkweed Editions). His poems and stories can be found in The Atlantic, The Paris Review, American Poetry Review, Joyland, Ploughshares, and elsewhere. Grady is a former Wallace Stegner Fellow, and he lives in Philadelphia. Find him online at gradychambers.com. Devin Kelly (NYC) Devin Kelly is a high school teacher in New York City. He writes the newsletter Ordinary Plots, and his work has appeared in The Guardian, Longreads, LitHub, The Year‘s Best Sportswriting, and more. His first novel, Pilgrims, was published in 2025 by Great Place Books. ? ? Ticket Info ? ? This is a ticketed event. Getting tickets in advance is encouraged; availability at the door is not guaranteed. Online sales end at 6pm day-of; door sales end at 7:15pm. Sliding-scale donation tickets ($5–15 suggested) support honoraria for our terrific readers and the P&P, which generously provides space for this public event. Want to gift a ticket to someone else? Use the pay-it-forward community ticket option. Want to claim a ticket? There‘s currently 1 community pool ticket available! Just email alinapleskova[at]gmail.com with your name or say "community pool" at the door.

Rob Stant is a stand up comedian based just outside of Philadelphia with a big following on TikTok and YouTube. Rob is best known for his observational humor and stories about his wife and family, but also enjoys poking fun at himself and the audience. Guest appearances by comedians Romy Rosner and Jim Gillespie. Tickets: $20 Get your tickets now - this event is sure to sell out! Doors at 7 p.m., show starts 7:30 p.m.

Our monthly Quizzo contest. Compete as an individual or a team. The winning competitor (solo or team) gets a $50 bar credit.

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Kristen Martin, a Philly-based author, talks about her book "The Sun Won‘t Come Out Tomorrow: The Dark History of American Orphanhood." Martin combines in-depth archival research, memoir, and cultural analysis to explore the history of how the United States has treated dependent children from the 1800s to the present. Philadelphia features at several points, including a chapter that focuses on the recent SCOTUS case Fulton v. Philadelphia. Martin is also a freelance writer and cultural critic with work published in The New York Times Magazine, The New York Review of Books, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, The New Republic, The Nation, and elsewhere. Martin will be interviewed by Jiordan Castle and answer questions from the audience.

Our monthly Quizzo contest. Compete as an individual or a team. The winning competitor (solo or team) gets a $50 bar credit.