Sermons and Blues: A Celebration of Langston Hughes

Sermons and Blues: A Celebration of Langston Hughes

Date and Time

Feb 26, 2020 6:00 pm

Location

14th & V

2021 14th St NW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20009

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Description:

Busboys and Poets and the Marriott present "The Weary Blues 2020: Sermons and Blues" 

Join us for an evening celebrating Langston Hughes filled with cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, poetry, live jazz and a conversation on what it means to be a Black artist in a social justice climate with cast members of James Baldwin's "The Amen Corner", now showing at The Shakespeare Theatre. 

Featuring

  • Cast members from James Baldwin's "The Amen Corner" Directed by Whitney Hall at The Shakespeare Theatre 
  • Pages Matam, Busboys and Poets  Director of Poetry Events 
  • Live Band

and more to be announced!

Presented by Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, The Shakespeare Theatre and Busboys and Poets 

RSVP REQUIRED

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