10/09/2025
🍁Poet-tree En Motion returns 7-9PM on Wednesday, Oct. 29th to The Rotunda in West Philly for its annual “Honoring the Ancestors” celebration! 🎃🍂🌼
It’ll be 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 – African band led by Shawn Hennessey
🔥 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!)
📍 The Rotunda | 4014 Walnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19104
💫 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 plumdragoness@gmail.com
