Poet-Tree En Motion - Honoring the Ancestors
Schedule
Wed Oct 29 2025 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
The Rotunda | Philadelphia, PA
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🌕✨ Poet-tree En Motion: Honoring the Ancestors ✨🌕🗓️ Wednesday, October 29th | 🕖 7-9PMish | 🎟️ Free Community Event
📍 The Rotunda | 4014 Walnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19104
Poet-tree En Motion returns to The Rotunda for its annual “Honoring the Ancestors” celebration — a multidisciplinary night of poetry, dance, music, and fire dedicated to remembrance, creativity, and community.
🍂What to Expect:
An ancestral altar will be set up — all are welcome to bring photos, offerings, and mementos of loved ones to add to the collective space of remembrance.
🎭 Featured Artists:
✨ Plum Dragoness – Spoken Word, Theatrical Dance & Fire Dance
📖 Carol Moog – Featured Poet, reading from her published work
🎙️ Local Poets & Youth Guests – Poetry Readings
🥁 Leana Song – Afro-Cuban band led by Shawn Hennessy
🪈 Richie Olivera - Peruvian Flautist
🔥 B.A.D. Blaze & Friends + Live DJ – Fire Show featuring Ambra Renee, Bryce Adams, and Fern McMillian
🎨 Plus a Live Painting experience by a visionary artist (TBA!)
💫 Giving Back:
Donations will be collected
at the door for the International Rescue Committee (IRC) to support
emergency famine relief and aid to war-torn regions around the world.
🙏🏼 Artist donations are also welcome and deeply appreciated.
🌿 About Poet-tree En Motion:
Poet-tree En Motion is dedicated to inspiring artists and audiences alike to connect, collaborate, and cultivate Philadelphia’s vibrant arts community — welcoming all forms of creative expression rooted in local culture and global consciousness.
📧 For info about Poet-tree En Motion, contact Gabrielle de Burke at [email protected]
🌐 Learn more about The Rotunda at www.TheRotunda.org
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Where is it happening?
The Rotunda, 4014 Walnut Street,Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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