A Busboys and Poetry Event hosted this week by Joseph LMS GreenJoseph LMS Green is a DMV based poet who has been writing, performing, and hosting for over 10 years. Joseph LMS began his career in the theatre and puts his years of performance training to good use every time he hits the stage. He (more…)

A Busboys and Poetry event hosted this week by PagesPages Matam is a multidimensional national touring artist, residing in the D.C. metropolitan area, but originally from Cameroon, Africa. He is a Write Bloody author, playwright, and award winning slam poet with passions in the field of education, violence and abuse trauma work, and youth advocacy. Along (more…)

A Busboys and Poetry Event hosted this week by Orville WalkerBorn in Takoma Park, MD, Orville Walker grew up in Jamaica; and now Landover, MD, where he currently resides. He has been writing poetry for several years, but started performing his work in November 2009 at the 12th Street Lounge in Washington, D.C. Orville’s poems (more…)

A Busboys and Poetry Event hosted this week by Rebecca DupasRebecca, a Louisiana native, is an educator, photographer and award-winning poet whose writing, performance, and contribution to the poetry community has been recognized in Philadelphia, Baltimore and beyond. Rebecca is the founder and creative director of A DOSE OF DUPAS, an event-based poetry company that (more…)

A Busboys and Poets in-house series! ?LIVE! from Busboys? is an open mic talent showcase that offers a platform for all performers, not just poets. Whether you are a musician, comedian, dancer, actor, magician or any other type of performer, we want to see what you got! Come out and showcase your talents! Tonight’s LIVE! (more…)

Youth-focused and youth-led , Youth Open Mic is a monthly series that features student poets, singers, musicians and actors from the DC/Maryland/Virginia area. Middle school and high school students are encouraged to come share their art in our supportive, progressive, artistic atmosphere. Youth Open Mic is presented by Busboys and Poets in partnership with DC (more…)

A Busboys and Poetry event! ?Sunday Kind of Love? Open Mic Poetry features emerging and established poets from the Washington, D.C. area and around the nation. Each program includes one to two featured poets and an open mic segment.Sunday Kind of Love  is held on the 3rd Sunday of every month at Busboys and Poets (more…)

A Busboys and Poetry Event hosted this week by Ayanna GallantAyanna Gallant is a musician, poet and educator with a passion for creativity. She has been a music and poetry teaching artist for various non-profit groups related to self-esteem, leadership and activism in the New England and Washington, D.C. area and is a middle school (more…)

A Busboys and Poetry Event hosted this week by DroopyDrew Anderson aka “Droopy the Broke Baller” is the master of multi-dimensional mania. Audiences struggle with whether to label him “comedian” or “poet”, “MC” or “emcee”, but they never struggle to label his explosive exploits as entertaining. An award-winning filmmaker, veteran educator, and host of DC’s legendary (more…)

A Busboys and Poetry Event hosted this week by Patrick WashingtonForged in Washington DC’s now legendary U Street Poetry Scene, Patrick Washington has consistently proven himself a master of spoken word / hip hop fusion. The 4 time DC representative at NPS and 2001s Washington DC Def Poetry Slam Champion became a semi-regular performer on HBO presents (more…)

Please join The Alexandria Sexual Assault Center and Doorways for Women and Families of Arlington,  for a Poetry Slam and Spoken Word event in honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month!     All  are welcome to come share your words and stories relating to ending sexual violence for all women, men, and children within our (more…)

A Busboys and Poetry Event hosted this week by Dwayne BDwayne Lawson-Brown aka the “Crochet Kingpin” is a homegrown DC native poet, activist, break-dancer, and fashion designer. Dwayne has been known to write a pretty good haiku in his day which has lead to him win the Best Haiku Award at the 2011 National Underground (more…)