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Calling all freelancers, adjuncts, gig workers, moonlighters, and remote employees — this is a meet-up for anyone without a water cooler to gather at. Come mingle, commiserate, and hopefully swap some tips and gigs!

Philly and New York-based literary siblings Sara and Andrew Martin will read from their new work — Andrew‘s novel Down Time and Sara‘s recent poetry and nonfiction — and discuss the ways their writing processes have been shaped by each other and their family. Andrew Martin is the author of the newly published novel Down Time, as well as the novel Early Work, a New York Times Notable book of 2018, and the story collection Cool for America. His fiction has been published in The New Yorker, The Paris Review, Harper‘s, The Atlantic, and The Yale Review, and he is a regular contributor to The New York Review of Books. Sara Martin has received fellowships from the Jentel Foundation, Yaddo Corporation, Sundress Academy for the Arts and The Fine Arts Work Center. An excerpt from her novel in verse, They Wake Up Swinging, can be found in The Seattle Review. She teaches at Drew University and Moore College of Art and Design. Books will be available for purchase.

Sandy‘s monthly quizzo, first question is asked at 7:30!

For notebook, paper planner, bullet journal, and diary enthusiasts--or those who want to become one! Bring your tips, tricks, and blank notebooks. An evening at the Pen & Pencil Club dedicated to that reliable, semi-endangered sidekick of reporters and poets, scriveners and scribes. We‘ll talk about the best systems for organizing a notebook and taking notes, share our favorite makes and models, and host a notebook swap (trade your unloved notebook for something else). This event is free and open to the public. Registration is recommended but not required (it helps us get a sense of who‘s coming!). Sponsored by Trophy Bikes.

A mixer and meetup for subscribers to what are you doing, a weekly Philly events newsletter run by board member Jen Kinney. Open to members and non-members alike.

Come see author Devin O‘Shea discuss his new book on secret societies THE VEILED PROPHET, from Haymarket Books. This event is in collaboration with our partners from Lot 49 Books. More info and pre-orders available here: https://devinoshea.wordpress.com/

Learn about the illustrious history of commonplace books, an ancient form of journaling, and start your own. Once upon a time, every respectable (and most of the disreputable ones) writer kept a Commonplace Book; in it, they wrote down facts and fancies from their reading, song lyrics, news articles and even overheard conversations as they encountered them in their daily lives. While it’s now possible to press SAVE on everything, the effort of writing it down on paper just hits different. Bring your commonplace book if you already have one or a blank notebook if you don‘t and find inspiration in those kept by others. This event is free and open to the public. Registration is recommended but not required (it helps us get a sense of who‘s coming!). Sponsored by Trophy Bikes.

You don‘t need to be on vacation to send a postcard! At this event, we‘ll browse and learn the art of writing one. Once, Americans sent postcards by the billions; now, in the twilight of paper mail delivery, this compact medium is taking on a new charm. Learn a bit about the “World’s First Social Network” (as author Lydia Pyne calls postal cards), and be surprised all over again (or for the first time) at the process of putting a few words on the back of a picture. Michael McGettigan, founder of the profit-phobic Hasty Post Card Co, will offer a quick class, “Ten Steps to a Pretty Good Post Card." We’ll have postcards, stamps, and lend you a pen if need be! This event is free and open to the public. Registration is recommended but not required (it helps us get a sense of who‘s coming!). Sponsored by Trophy Bikes.

Join book club to discuss Little-Known Planet: Dispatches from a Changing World by Elizabeth Kolbert. We ask that participants make a good faith effort to read the book to discuss but all are welcome.

Pa Secretary of State Al Schmidt, the state‘s chief elections official, and hero of the 2020 vote count in Philadelphia, talks about standing up for the vote count and having his life threatened, and about the challenges to free and fair elections in 2026.

Members of the Philadelphia Public Relations Association gather to hear 3 or 4 journalists talk about what to do and avoid in pitching stories