A Busboys and Poets in-house series! Rise + Rhyme is a weekly morning storytelling and performance series for children ages 5 and under, stay-at-home parents, and early rising families of all kinds.Mr. Gabe performs nursery rhymes, folk songs, and modern favorites (such as “Yellow Submarine” and “La Bamba”) for children, ages zero to six. Based in (more…)

“LIVE! from Busboys: Open Mic & Talent Showcase” hosted by N’ea Posey. 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 (more…)

A Busboys and Poets in-house series! Rise + Rhyme is a weekly morning storytelling and performance series for children ages 5 and under, stay-at-home parents, and early rising families of all kinds.Today’s featured artist is master educator, musician, and storyteller, Bashea ?Iya? Imana. ?Under the Baobab Tree with Iya” is an interactive, hands-on, fun-filled time. Iya (more…)

DMV’s own Matta Fact will be performing live and premiering his brand new music video, ‘Powerful City’ featuring S2M Artists PHENOM &  MC LOGIC! Twitter: @MATTA_FACT_S2M Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/pages/MATTA-FACT/269487686537135  & https://www.facebook.com/matta.fact.7 Bandcamp:  http://mattafact-1.bandcamp.com/album/mr-sunshine Soundcloud:  https://soundcloud.com/matta_fact-1 (more…)

A Busboys and Poets in-house series! Rise + Rhyme is a weekly morning storytelling and performance series for children ages 5 and under, stay-at-home parents, and early rising families of all kinds.Today’s featured artist is master educator, musician, and storyteller, Bashea ?Iya? Imana. “Iya & the Kuumba Kids” is an interactive, hands-on, fun-filled time. Iya masterfully blends music (more…)

An event of inspiration and dynamic word play! We’re commemorating the life of Justin Izlar and other cancer fighters by fighting cancer with poetry!  Christoph   Writes primary goal with Fighting Cancer with Poetry is to share Justin?s poetry with everyone going through any struggle, any difficulty in life. All proceeds raised from this event (more…)

A Busboys and Poets in-house series! Rise + Rhyme is a weekly morning storytelling and performance series for children ages 5 and under, stay-at-home parents, and early rising families of all kinds.Today’s featured performer is singer, songwriter, mother of three and educator, Tamara Wellons. Tamara’s “Music and Movement” program is a high-energy class that integrates music movement and storytelling (more…)

Meridian International Center and its Global Service Leaders (GSL) initiative will honor the legacy and vision of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a day of service, held both in the Washington, DC community and around the world, addressing Dr. King?s question and challenge, “What are you doing for others?”In Washington, DC on MLK Day (more…)

Join Bomani for a special birthday concert performance of spoken word poetry and hip-hop music with his afro-funk-rock-gogo-hiphop band Immaletchufinish.   $10 in advance  visit notarapper.com for more info and to purchase tickets (more…)

A Busboys and Poets in-house series! Rise + Rhyme is a weekly morning storytelling and performance series for children ages 5 and under, stay-at-home parents, and early rising families of all kinds. Today?s featured performer Liz DeRoche is The Singing Lizard! She has been playing music all her life. Her vast musical experience includes scoring (more…)

A Busboys and Poets in-house series! Rise + Rhyme is a weekly morning storytelling and performance series for children ages 5 and under, stay-at-home parents, and early rising families of all kinds. Today?s featured performer Liz DeRoche is The Singing Lizard! She has been playing music all her life. Her vast musical experience includes scoring soundtracks for (more…)