Monday Night Open Mic Hosted by Morgan Butler 4.22.19
Date and Time
Apr 22, 2019 9:00 pm
Location
Brookland
625 Monroe St NE, Washington, District of Columbia, 20017
Apr 22, 2019 9:00 pm
Brookland
A Busboys and Poets event hosted this week by Morgan Butler
Morgan “Momo da Mermaid” Butler is a witchy writer, educator, and interdisciplinary atist from Washington, D.C. Her work primarily focuses on cultivating healing spaces for femmes of color in white/masc/het-dominated spaces, specifically through creative writing and radical healing. A 2018 Loft Literary Center Spoken Word Immersion Fellow, she has performed for TedxFoggyBottom, TV One’s Verses and Flow and has been welcomed into spaces at The White House, The Kennedy Center and the National Museum of African-American History and Culture. As an educator, she has led two workshops at Harvard University’s Alumni of Color Conference and has taught sessions on peace education and creative writing throughout the D.C, Maryland, Virginia area. Momo identifies as a queer, genderfluid femme, with she/they pronouns.
Feat: MoAfrika ‘a Mokgathi
MoAfrika 'a Mokgathi is a poet, stage actress, playwright, saxophonist, flutist (sometimes), award-winning radio presenter/producer, arts facilitator, businesswomen, and event organizer. Known for her Sepedi pen and her reciting style using code switching and code mixing of English and Sepedi Languages, Mo’Afrika fuses her poetry with jazzy/soul/kiba vocals and rhythm. Some of her works have been featured in community publications and national sub-Saharan radio stations. Recordings include (Ndoza kusa) 2014 Nduduzo Makhathis album Sketches of Tomorrow and Tribe Soil’s Ep (2011).
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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 Cover. No refunds. Ticket purchase limit of 4 per person. Guests must have their wristbands (tickets) on upon entering the event.
Seating is available on a first come, first seated basis. No saved or reserved seats are allowed. Failure to check in within 30 minutes of advertised start time may result in a forfeiture of seats.
