March 8th

Joe Hall is a Buffalo-based writer and researcher. His six books of poetry include Fugue & Strike (Black Ocean 2023) and People Finder, Buffalo (Cloak 2024). Current Affairs on Fugue & Strike: “a remarkable poetic project, unlike anything else in literature today.” Hall has performed and delivered talks nationally at bars, squats, universities, and rivers. Protean, The Cleveland Review of Books, Eighteen-Century Fiction, Poetry Daily, Fence Digital, mercury firs, dollar bills, and an NFTA bus shelter have all featured his writing. He has taught community-based poetry workshops for teachers, teens, and workers. Community Mausoleum recently featured his essay “PEN America: Cultural Imperialism’s Avant-Garde.”

Rachel Andie is a Multi-Instrumentalist, Vocalist, Songwriter, and Producer. Being raised between Philadelphia and Nagano, Japan - her music reflects her background as a Japanese American with its uniquely ethereal style and spacious sound. She will be joined by her three piece live band here in Philly.

Poppy's deep love for movies dates back to childhood. She began her artistic journey as a surreal portrait photographer and collage maker before entering the world of film. In 2019, Poppy made her directorial debut with the music video for Crumble Boy's "Or Grow." Three years later, she directed a twenty-three-minute dark comedy short titled "A Stop Along the Way." She continues to explore film narratives, with her most recent horror short, "The Herp," premiered in 2023. Poppy currently resides in Philadelphia with her husband (who scores all her films) and their two cats.

Synopsis:
Deena’s perfect romance begins to dissolve when her best friend Daniel warns her about online scams. As truth seeps through the cracks, the illusion melts away, forcing her to confront what was never real. When love is a lie, what happens when the screen goes dark?

Reuben Gelley Newman is the author of the chapbook Feedback Harmonies (Seven Kitchens Press). He writes, edits, and sings in New York City. His poems have appeared in Denver Quarterly, Fairy Tale Review, Afternoon Visitor, mercury firs, and elsewhere.

Carolyn (she/her) is a writer and artist based in Baltimore, exploring sound and collective memory. Her installations repurpose obsolete technology—such as telephones, cassette players, and typewriters—into new vessels for digital soundscapes. Working under the project name Tangent Universes, Carolyn creates immersive sound environments using modular synths, guitar drones, noise boxes, field recordings, and hydrophones. Her work reflects her Mid-Atlantic context and has been showcased at the Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, as well as at Philadelphia’s Passages and Velocities and DC’s Rhizome. Her pieces have been featured on labels such as Mystery Circles (Las Vegas, Nevada) and Hyle Tapes (Paris, France). Carolyn also performs with the experimental quadraphonic trio Wooder, alongside Aaron Igler and Eugene Lew.

In addition to her artistic practice, Carolyn contributes writing to Tape Op magazine, conducts artist interviews for experimental electronic label Mystery Circles, and manages a Substack dedicated to cassette culture. She co-organizes DC’s Sound Scene Audio Arts Festival and has taught at American University’s Expanded Media Studio and Rhizome’s Youth Electronic Workshop.

Michael Joseph Walsh is the author of A Season (University of Georgia Press, forthcoming), winner of the Georgia Poetry Prize, and Innocence (CSU Poetry Center, 2022), winner of the Lighthouse Poetry Series. He is co-editor of APARTMENT Poetry, and his poems, reviews, and translations have appeared in the Brooklyn Rail, Denver Quarterly, DIAGRAM, Guernica, Fence, jubilat, and elsewhere. He lives in Philadelphia.

Sam Heaps is a labor organizer teaching at Temple University. Their first book, Proximity, a memoir about sex and power, was called a “dizzying, heartbreaking punch to the gut masterwork” by Juliet Escoria. They have been supported by VCCA, Gullkistan, and Tin House, and have lived and worked all over the world. They call Philly home.