“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…)

Busboys and Poets welcomes a new program of the University of Maryland School of Music,   Common Tone.  This evenings performance:   Throw Caution to the Wind by District 5 QuintetThere?s tension to music performance: play with impeccable technical precision, while simultaneously staying relaxed, fully expressive and unrestrained. District5 says, District5 is a dynamic wind quintet that connects with (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, (more…)

CAAPA (Coalition for African Americans in the Performing Arts) is proud to present:  Paintings, Poetry, Puccini and Pasta Paintings…shown by Larry “Poncho” Brown.  Poetry…spoken by Sandra Turner Barnes and Sistah Joy. Puccini…performed by soprano Ameerah Sabreen, mezzo Jihanna Davis and tenor Keith Craig. Pasta…eaten by YOU! Tickets are available online $20.00 General admission $35.00 Reserved (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 Jessica Smith “Culture Queen” Jessica Smith a.k.a Culture Queen  is the founder and director of Culture Kingdom Kids?, a creative arts (more…)

ZAMI and Tagg Magazine present film screening of “THICK” followed by Q&A with filmmaker and actors to benefit The Wanda Alston House and Tagg Fest Proceeds from this event will go toward supporting The Wanda Alston House, the only dedicated space in D.C. for homeless LGBTQ youth and  Tagg Fest , a day of events for (more…)

$150 Cash Prize for Funniest Story TICKETS: http://saucy.brownpapertickets.com DETAILS:Seven storytellers will have 7 minutes to tell a true, personal, funny story on the theme “saucy” (whatever that means to you). No notes or props are allowed. Story must not have been performed before at one of our contests or tournaments.  The Judges’ pick for FUNNIEST (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: Marsha Goodman-Wood,  a D C-based singer/songwriter and music teacher. Marsha is known for getting kids singing and dancing at her shows, setting little (more…)