Event Recap : Busboys X Anniversary Party

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[The] 10-year anniversary party for Busboys and Poets brought hundreds of well-wishers to the restaurant and bookstore chain’s Brookland location in Northeast Washington.”

 

 

It was an evening of great music, delicious food and old-style rabble-rousing from such legendary figures as Alice Walker and Angela Davis. “

The Washington Post (October 3, 2015)

quoteThank you for being a part of this experiment!” – Andy Shallal, founder Busboys and Poets

Reflections From DC Mayor Muriel Bowser

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BUSBOYS AND POETS IS A SACRED PLACE by Alice Walker

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Busboys X Celebration at Busboys and Poets, Brookland

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