Busboys & Poets

11 PM (Langston Room) -- "LIVE! from Busboys: Open Mic & Talent Showcase" hosted by Ne'a Posey (myspace.com/neaposeypt2). "Live from Busboys" takes place on the first Friday of every month and offers a platform for ALL PERFORMERS - not just poets! Whether you are a musician, comedian, dancer, actor/actress, magician, or any other type of performer - we want to see what you've got. Come showcase your talent! // $5 Admission (available online at busboysandpoets.com/tickets.php)

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5:00 PM - A.C.T.O.R. A Continuing Talk on Race - Tema Okun, will discuss and sign her new book: THE EMPEROR HAS NO CLOTHES: TEACHING ABOUT RACE AND RACISM TO PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT TO KNOW. The A.C.T.O.R series is hosted by Busboys and Poets as a community service. This discussion series provides the opportunity for people to come together and speak openly and honestly about issues of race. The intent is that each person walks away from the discussion feeling something: challenged, educated, uncomfortable, enlightened, refreshed, reassured and hopefully inspired and moved to action! Regular discussions take place the first Sunday of each month a new topic is discussed, with Busboys and Poets sponsoring a facilitator. This months event is co-sponsored by: SEIU's Organizational Equity Initiative

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Great food, drinks and company: Kick back and watch the Super Bowl at Busboys and Poets! Our regular menu (nachos, wings and chili would be great choices!) will be available along with drink specials!

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Bob Marley preached a peaceful world order with brotherhood and sisterhood between all people. Born February 6, 1945, he is internationally recognized as the Godfather of reggae. While he did not invent this timeless form, he became reggae's seminal figure.

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1 pm (Langston Room) - Meridian International Center

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6 pm (Langston Room) - This Cabral/Truth Circle will feature the documentary film, Amilcar Cabral by Ana Luisa Ramos, which chronicles the life and political leadership of Amilcar Cabral in his struggle for the independence of Cape Verde islands and Guinea Bissau in the 1960s through the early 1970s. In honor of the inception of the Cabral/Truth Circle, six years ago, TransAfrica returns to the source in looking back to Cabral as an inspiration for the key components for reaching out to the wider community in an effort to learn about “our” self (Africa and the Diaspora) and turn that knowledge into action. Book featured: Return to the Source: Selected Speeches by Amilcar Cabral (available for purchase at Busboys and Poets) For more information: 202.223.1960 ext. 137 or email mmunthali@transafrica.org.

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9pm (Langston Room) - HOLD as of 2/2/12. To book your next event at Busboys and Poets, please call our Events Team at (202) 332-6432.

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6 pm (Langston Room) - Building Community with the African Diaspora: A discussion with Dr. Johnnetta Cole (Director, Smithsonian National Museum of African Art) and Nicole Lee esq. (President, TransAfrica Forum). About our speakers || Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole was appointed the Director of the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art (NMAfA) in March, 2009. The museum's collection of over 10,000 objects represents nearly every area of the continent of Africa and contains a variety of media and art forms. Before assuming her current position, Johnnetta Cole had a long and distinguished career as an educator and humanitarian. Dr. Cole made history in 1987 when she became the first African American woman to serve as president of Spelman College. Dr. Cole was recently highlighted in Washingtonian Magazine's List of Washington DC's 100 Most Powerful Women 2011// Nicole Lee is the first female President of TransAfrica. As the President, Ms. Lee leads the formation of the organizations policies. Ms Lee has testified before Congress on the issues of aid and food security for the continent of African. In addition, she regularly briefs policy makers on key issues facing the Africa world. In addition, major media is calling on Ms. Lee as an expert on Haiti and the African Diaspora. She has appeared on ABC’s 20/20, CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360, National Public Radio, BBC television and radio, Democracy Now and numerous radio stations around the globe. She has been quoted in the Washington Post and USA Today. Her opinion editorials have been published in The Nation, Tom Paine, theroot.com, and she is a weekly op-ed contributor to the National Newspapers Publishers’ Association wire service that serves more than 200 newspapers weekly. // FREE AND OPEN TO ALL.

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9-11 PM (Langston Room) - A Busboys and Poetry Event - Tuesday Night Open Mic! For two hours audiences can expect a diverse chorus of voices and a vast array of professional spoken word performers, open mic rookies, musicians and a different host every week. Expect to be moved, expect a packed house, expect the unexpected, but above all come with an open mind and ear. --- $5 available online at busboysandpoets.com/tickets.php

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6 pm (Langston Room) - Join DCCAH director Lionell Thomas, Busboys and Poets founder Andy Shallal, Ward Two council member Jack Evans and for a panel discussion on Arts Funding in DC moderated by Robert Bettmann of the DC Advocates for the Arts. Bring your love of the arts, bring your friends, and bring your questions. The panel will be taking questions from attendees. To learn more about arts funding and arts advocacy in the District visit http://www.DCAdvocatesfortheArts.org This event brought to you by the DC Advocates for the Arts in partnership with Busboys and Poets and the Institute for Policy Studies.

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5 pm (Langston Room) - Latin American Youth Center (LAYC) and the DC Prevention Center for Wards 1 & 2 present a screening of the film Miss Representation. The film, which “explores women’s under-representation in positions of power and influence in America and challenges the limited portrayal of women in mainstream media”, will be followed by audience discussion and reflection. The event is part of LAYC’s Love Week celebration, providing opportunities for youth and the community at-large to explore the connection between love and health, from the individual to the community level. Free and Open to All.

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9 PM (Langston Room) - Jade Foster is a Washingtonian poet, activist and architect. She's a Duke Ellington School Of The Arts and Sarah Lawrence graduate and founder of Cereus Arts, an arts initiative that promotes the visibility of queer women of color through media, literature, and community. // $5 Cover. Hosted by Derrick Weston Brown. "Nine on the Ninth" Open Mic Poetry is the legendary monthly poetry series that falls on every 9th day of the month at 9:00pm. Purchase tickets online: http://www.busboysandpoets.com/tickets.php

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6 pm (Langston Room) - Chef Tasting

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11:00 pm (Langston Room) - A Busboys and Poetry event! The 11th Hour Poetry Slam offers an opportunity for poetry lovers to enjoy the competitive art of late-night performance poetry! Enjoy two rounds of high intensity poetry, with the audience choosing a winner. Join us for an alternative way to spend your Friday night at Poetry Slam, Inc's (PSI) DC Slam Venue. Hosted by "2Deep" The Poetess. Wristbands are available for purchase online (http://www.busboysandpoets.com/tickets.php) at midnight prior to the event, and on-site at Teaching for Change's Busboys and Poets Bookstore from 10:00 am until sold out. Limit 4 wristbands per person. Sorry, no refunds.

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5 pm (Langston Room) - Community Cinema Screening of "More Than A Month" ("Black History Is American History") Community Cinema [DC] Presents A Free Community Screening of More Than A Month A Film By Shukree Hassan Tilghman Filmmaker Shukree Hassan Tilghman sets off on a cross-country campaign to end Black History month. More Than a Month examines what the treatment of history tells us about race and power in contemporary America.

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A Busboys and Poets Series. “Focus-In! Cinema for a Conscious Community” is a film series devoted to screening important films by local, national, and international filmmakers. Each segment offers a focus dedicated to social justice, peace, and community value.

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10 am (Langston Room) - IVLP Private Luncheon

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6:30 pm (Langston Room) - Teaching For Change's Busboys and Poets Bookstore welcomes Daniel Imhoff to discuss and sign " Food Fight: The Citizen’s Guide to a Food and Farm Bill" . Every five years, the U.S. Congress passes a little understood legislation called the Farm Bill. Primarily accountable for setting the budgets and work plans for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Farm Bill is anything but bureaucratic trivia. It is an essential economic and policy engine that drives the food and farming system and provides nutritional assistance to tens of millions of Americans—many of them children. In recent years, more and more citizens are realizing just how much is at stake in this political chess game. Originally published in 2007, Food Fight was Daniel Imhoff's highly acclaimed primer on the 2008 Farm Bill. Now in a newly updated and expanded edition, Imhoff looks ahead at this important issue, as the debate for 2012 is already underway. With the legislation due to be reauthorized in late 2012, Food Fight offers a critical resource that can help them deconstruct this challenging bill, organize in their communities to gain a seat at the bargaining table, and ultimately vote with their forks. Free and open to all

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6pm (Langston Room) - Private event. HOLD as of 1/27/12. To book your next event at Busboys and Poets, please call our Events Team at 202-332-6432.

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9-11 PM (Langston Room) - A Busboys and Poetry Event - Tuesday Night Open Mic! For two hours audiences can expect a diverse chorus of voices and a vast array of professional spoken word performers, open mic rookies, musicians and a different host every week. Expect to be moved, expect a packed house, expect the unexpected, but above all come with an open mind and ear. --- $4/person. Wristbands for Tuesday night open mic at 14th & V are sold all day in the Bookstore beginning at 10 AM until sold out. Limit of 4 wristbands per person. Cash only. Sorry, No Refunds

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6:30 pm (Langston Rooom) Teaching for Change's Busboys and Poets Bookstore welcomes John Nichols to discuss and sign his new book, "Uprising: How Wisconsin Renewed the Politics of Protest, From Madison to Wall Street". (http://bbpbooks.teachingforchange.org/book/9781568587035) Co-sponsored by Teaching for Change, Busboys and Poets, and Progressive Democrats of America. For more information, visit http://bit.ly/John_Nichols. Free and open to all.

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9 pm (Langston Room) - Tell your best story, in 7 minutes or less. Three expert judges will determine who wins the $100 cash prize for Best Story. Submit your story idea at http://www.storyleague.org/submit-your-story or fill out a card at the show.

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6:30 pm (Langston Room) - Joanne Griffith, editor of the new book Redefining Black Power: Reflections on the State of Black America, discusses "The Meaning of Black Power in the Age of Obama" with SNCC activists Courtland Cox, who served as Director of the Minority Business Development Agency under President Clinton, and Freddie Greene Biddle. Co-sponsored by City Lights, The Pacifica Foundation, SNCC, WPFW, Busboys and Poets and Teaching for Change. Free and open to all

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Private Event for Radical Apostolic Power

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Teaching for Change's Busboys and Poets Bookstore welcomes Rebecca Walker to discuss and sign her new book, Black Cool: One Thousand Streams of Blackness Friday, February 17th, 2012 6:30 to 8:00 PM Busboys and Poets - 14th & V Panelists: Jamyla Bennu Helena Andrews Johnica Reed Sponsors: Teaching for Change Busboys and Poets

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