The Wooden Shoe’s 40th Birthday Party!

from Facebook

The Wooden Shoe is turning 40 years old! Come celebrate with us!

Wooden Shoe Books and Records first opened in December 1976. 40 years and two different locations later, the Shoe is one of the oldest radical bookstores in the country and continues to be run by a dedicated, all-volunteer collective.

On Wednesday December 7th, we are having a birthday party! We are inviting all staffers from the past, present, and future, along with our customers and supporters to come out and commemorate this milestone.

In this political moment of increasing authoritarianism, spaces like the Wooden Shoe are more vital than ever. Come have a drink or snack with us at Mom’s and help us continue well beyond our 40th year!

A percentage of the upstair bar sales will go directly to the Shoe. And we’ll have a playlist spinning for your listening enjoyment.

See you soon!

PS: Party starts at 9:00 and happy hour starts at 10:00.

[Tattooed Mom 530 South St]

*Wooden Shoe Benefit* Fred Beans/Little State/A Day Without Love/Khalil A.

from Facebook

Super cool trendy hip hip ACOUSTIC show wow!

Fred Beans: (big heart, small ego, observational fuzz pop)
https://fredbeans.bandcamp.com/

Little State: (forever young, nostalgic melodies)
https://littlestate.bandcamp.com/album/demo

Christa Wilcox: (quite familiar, quite personal)
https://christawilcox.bandcamp.com/album/personal

A Day Without Love:
https://adaywithoutlove.bandcamp.com/

Khalil Abdellah: (chill boi, chill world songs)
https://m.soundcloud.com/khalilabdellah

This show will be ACOUSTIC
5$
All door money will be donated to the Wooden Shoe, a fantastic safe space/volunteer run organization.

Respect the space, respect the ppl

[July 9 at 3pm at Wooden Shoe Books 704 South St]

The Dead Anarchist Walking Tour

from Instagram


The early anarchists of Philadelphia (1880-1920) were a remarkable group of doctors, lawyers, teachers, factory workers, poets, musicians and dissenting intellectuals. They came from many countries and spoke several languages. In their effort to wash the Earth of gods and masters, they established a medical dispensary, a school, and several newspapers, as well as member-owned bakery and shoe store co-operatives. They organized hundreds of educational events with some of the leading intellectuals of the age. They held splendid fundraiser balls and evening boat cruises along the rivers. Sometimes anarchist meetings were shut down or spied upon by the police. In 1905, the Russian Tzar planted a spy on Pine Street. There were young lovers, laughing babies, and broken anarchist hearts.
Society Hill, which was the old Jewish Quarter, happens to be a section where many of the homes, meeting places, and offices of the early anarchists are still standing. Now, you can spend a few hours stalking the same pavement where those long-dead anarchists waged their struggle. While they no longer exist, they linger in the psychology of the living.
The Meeting Place: Wooden Shoe Books, 704 South Street
The Starting Time: 12 Noon, Saturday October 24, 2015
The Reason: So that there shall be No Gods & No Masters.
Robert Helms has researched the history of Philadelphia anarchists for 25 years and has led these tours since the late 1990s. He will guide his listeners to the haunts of these dead anarchists for about two hours, he will tell their stories, and he will answer questions about them.
The public is invited. The guide will pass the hat during the tour. The suggested donation, toward continuing research, is $15. No one will be turned away for lack of funds. In case of rain, the tour will continue from his cold, dead lips so long as there is at least one listener.
Check out: http://deadanarchists.org/

Political Prisoner Letter Writing Night/Potluck

from facebook

Join at The Wooden Shoe for a night of solidarity with the people in our movements who have had their freedom taken from them. We’ll provide all the materials, a list of prisoners from various radical movements with short bios, and a quick “how to” for anyone who would like some guidance.

This event will be a vegan potluck, so please bring a drink or dish to share. Email me if you have any questions.
*please know what is in your dish to share and keep in mind of people with food allergies*


[July 29 7-10pm at Wooden Shoe Books 704 South St]

Summer Film Series @ the Shoe

from facebook

EVERY MONDAY

All films start at 7pm. [704 South St]
Free.
There may even be popcorn.

Escape the heat/mass media mind control with these great movies- showing soon at your local, air-conditioned, anarchist bookstore!

June 22- Dirty Wars

“Dirty Wars is a focused, fascinating and frightening look at war in the 21st century, and a film you’re sure not to forget.” -Germain Lussier

film schedule for screenings at wooden shoe books for march

from anarchadelphia

all in honour of international womyn’s day on march 8th…please come out and show your support.
all films are free and begin at 7pm.

international womyn’s day sunday march 8th- free tiller
2013 documentary that follows the only 4 remaining doctors in the united states who openly perform late term abortions.this film was an official selection for the 2013 sundance film festival.

wednesday march 11th- no woman,no cry
pregnancy is a death sentence for more than half a million womyn every year,but their deaths would be preventable if they could obtain the healthcare they needed.this documentary focuses on the personal stories behind those statistics

wednesday march 18th- the punk singer
Filmmaker Sini Anderson explores the life and career of punk rocker Kathleen Hanna, the Bikini Kill frontwomyn who became a pioneer of the “riot grrrl” movement of the 1990s.

wednesday march 25th- 2 short films-

the semiotics of the kitchen-a feminist parody video and performance piece released in 1975 by Martha Rosler. The video, which runs six minutes, is considered a critique of the commodified versions of traditional womyn’s roles in modern society.

free white and 21 by howardena pindell-in this deeply personal and political video, Howardena Pindell recounts the racism she encountered both as a child and an adult in educational institutions, …

please spread this info widely…
love and rage.