Busboys & Poets

Split this Rock Poetry Festival

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9:30 AM (Langston Room) - Split this Rock Panel Discussion and Workshop

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2-3:30 pm: Split this Rock Poetry Festival Open Mic – Open to the public for $5, first priority goes to festival registrants (in the door and on the mic)

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6 PM ( Langston Room )-In 2006, while studying in Guatemala, Bradford Baker met a man (Carlos Chen) who, during the 40 year genocide and civil war, had his entire family massacred on March 13th, 1982 – the day after Baker was born. As such, Baker committed to using each one of his birthdays as a modality for raising awareness about the genocide and raising funds to support the subsequent human rights work. This years event will focus on incorporating the arts as a way to tell these painful stories and creating a collective space for healing. Sahar Sattarzadeh and Henry Mills will be performing specially designed poetry sets. And Aniekan Udofia, will be painting a piece and auctioning it off at the event. All are welcome.

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11 PM - 1 AM (Langston Room) - Busboys and Poetry Presents "The 11th Hour" Poetry Slam, 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. Come join us for an alternative way to spend your Friday night. Poetry Slam, Inc's (PSI) DC Slam Venue. -- Hosted by "2Deep" The Poetess, Admission is $5. Tickets are sold at the door beginning at 10:30 PM. Cash only. sorry, no refunds.

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Split this Rock Poetry Festival

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9:30 AM (Langston Room) - Split this Rock Panel Discussion and Workshop

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5 PM (Langston Room) Private Event: Still Bill

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9 AM (Langston Room) - To plan your private event, email our events team events@busboysandpoets.com

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8 PM (Langston Room) - FOCUS-INs' March Film of the Month: "Where the Water Meets the Sky" is the inspiring story of a group of women in rural Zambia who learn how to make a film as a way to speak out about their lives. Produced in partnership with Camfed, all funds raised through the film will support Camfed’s work to educate girls and invest in economic and leadership opportunities for young women in Africa. FILM NARRATED BY MORGAN FREEMAN (http://www.watermeetssky.com/) --- Free and open to all.

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12:30 PM (Langston Room ) - Meridian International. (Jaime)

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5 PM (Langston Room ) Please join us for a PARTY to celebrate Annie Leonard, the Story of Stuff Project, and the release of her new book "The Story of Stuff: How Our Obsession with Stuff is Trashing the Planet, Our Communities, and Our Health--and a Vision for Change." Hosted by Essential Information, Public Citizen, Wallace Global Fund, Institute for Policy Studies, Greenpeace, and Good Jobs First. With limited space, please RSVP by March 10, 2010. Please contact DCParty@storyofstuff.org with any questions. http://www.evite.com/pages/invite/printView.jsp?inviteId=YTCIXROAIGTYYHKVIMCV

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9 AM (Langston Room) - SmithFarm(Private Retreat) To plan your staff retreat, contact our events team : 202-332-6432

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6 PM (Langston Room) - NAMIC. Private Event

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9 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 10AM until sold out. Limit of 4 wristbands per person. Cash only. Sorry, No Refunds

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6:30 PM (Langston Room) - "Culture is Our Weapon: Making Music and Changing Lives in Rio de Janeiro" with author Damian Platt and panelists Bryan McCann (Associate Professor; Director of Brazilian Studies at Georgetown) and James Early (Director Cultural Heritage Policy Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage at the Smithsonian Institute). An inspiring mission to rescue young people from drugs and violence with music. At a time when interest in Brazilian culture has reached an all-time high, and the stories of one person's ability to improve the lives of others has captured so many hearts, this unique book takes readers to the frontlines of a battle raging over control of the nation's poorest areas. Culture Is Our Weapon tells the story of Grupo Cultural AfroReggae, a Rio-based organization employing music and an appreciation for black culture to inspire residents of the favelas, or shantytowns, to resist the drugs that are ruining their neighborhoods. This is an inspiring look at an artistic explosion and the best and worst of Brazilian society. --- Event is cosponsored by the Brazilian Embassy, and is free and open to all.

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6:30 PM (Langston Room) - Remembering Iraq: 7 Years of US Occupation and Counting, Dahr Jamail and Sam Husseini. Hosted by Fellowship of Reconciliation, USA (Iraq Memorial to Life project).

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6 PM (Langston Room) - PETER PHILLIPS, director of Project Censored, is an associate professor of sociology at Sonoma State University. He is known for his op-ed pieces in the alternative press and independent newspapers nationwide, such as Z Magazine and Social Policy. He is also the winner of the 2009 Dallas Smythe Award, presented by the Union for Democratic Communication.

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Today, March 20 is the seventh anniversary of the criminal war of aggression launched by Bush and Cheney against Iraq. One million or more Iraqis have died. Tens of thousands of U.S. troops have lost their lives or been maimed, and continue to suffer a whole host of enduring problems from this terrible war. Join people from all over the country who are organizing to converge on Washington, D.C., to demand the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of all U.S. and NATO forces from Afghanistan and Iraq. Gather at 12 noon at the White House (Lafayette Park).

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4 PM (Langston Room) - The Jesse Thompkins III Foundation for Young People in the Arts Celebrates Young Filmmakers with a JT3 Art Saturday Matinee ...for the love of film. Screening films of the 2009 JT3 Artist Grant Winners and celebrating our love of movies. Enjoy Short Films, Filmmaker Q&A, Music and a Silent Auction. Food and Drink are available for purchase. Meet and network with young filmmakers, film industry professionals, and supporters. Reservations Required. For more information, please visit http://www.jt3art.org/matinee.php

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Join us after the March on Washington. With special guests Eve Ensler and Madea Benjamin. Free and open to everyone.

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4:00 PM (Langston Room) - "Sunday Kind of Love" Open Mic Poetry, A Busboys and Poetry Event! Held on the third Sunday of the month, Sunday Kind of Love features emerging and established poets from the Washington, DC area and around the nation. Each program includes featured poet(s) and an open mic segment centered around a predetermined social or poetic theme. Hosted by Sarah Browning, coordinator of DC Poets Against the War and Regie Cabico, artistic director of Sol & Soul, Sunday Kind of Love has showcased poets as diverse as Esther Iverem, Richard Blanco, and Kathi Wolfe. Free and open to all!

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8 PM (Langston Room) - “The Promised Land,” a sneak preview of a film by Yoruba Richen about South Africa’s efforts to fulfill a post-apartheid pledge to return land to blacks who were forcibly removed from their lands over decades. This beautifully shot film, scheduled for airing on PBS later this year, tells a story of two embattled land claims and shows how both whites and blacks in South Africa offer compelling cases to settle on the land. The event is sponsored by the International Reporting Project (IRP), a Washington-based journalism program that gave the New York-based Richen a reporting grant to travel to South Africa to film the story. Richen will be present to discuss the issues of race and reconciliation in South Africa as well as the making of her film, winner of a Fledgling Fund Award for Socially Conscious Documentaries. Free and open to all!

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Langston Room - Meridian International Private Luncheon

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6 PM - Busboys and Poets welcomes back Sonia Sanchez reading from her new work, "Morning Haiku". This event is free and open to the public.

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