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First Fridays presented by Busboys and Poets:Changing Perspectives/Women in Art

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    Mar 7, 2014
    5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
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Busboys and Poets presents First Fridays, a recurring series highlighting artists whose works are currently on display at Busboys and Poets.  Mixing up the First Friday Gallery Walks popular to many U.S. cities, whereby arts venues all open their doors at the same time, Busboys’ First Fridays will combine a reception, artist talks and the unique opportunity (more…)

Private Dinner: UMD Department of Physics

Private Dinner: UMD Department of Physics

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  • Event Start
    Mar 7, 2014
    6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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Private event in the Zinn Room for UMD Department of Physics. (more…)

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Welcome Medea Benjamin back from Egypt at Busboys!

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  • Event Start
    Mar 7, 2014
    7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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Co-founder of the peace group CODEPINK Medea Benjamin has just returned from a harrowing trip to Egypt where she was detained at the airport, beaten, and deported by the authorities. Though they gave no reason for their actions, this was quite clearly done to prevent Medea from joining an international delegation of women going through (more…)

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“LIVE! from Busboys” Talent Showcase

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    Mar 7, 2014 - Mar 8, 2014
    10:00 pm - 12:00 am
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“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…)

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PRIVATE EVENT: Arlington Democrats

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  • Event Start
    Mar 8, 2014
    7:00 am - 9:00 am
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Join the Arlington Democrats for their monthly breakfast and discussion! RSVP’s are not necessary.  Questions may be directed to the Breakfast Coordinator Charley Conrad at  charleyconrad@gmail.com  or  703 835 6614 . If you would like to plan an event at Busboys and Poets, please click here! (more…)

PRIVATE EVENT: University of Pennsylvania : Graduate School of Education

PRIVATE EVENT: University of Pennsylvania : Graduate School of Education

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  • Event Start
    Mar 8, 2014
    8:00 am - 10:00 am
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Private event in the Cullen Room hosted by University of Pennsylvania. To plan an event at Busboys and Poets, please click here .  (more…)

Private Event: Ras Baraka for Newark

Private Event: Ras Baraka for Newark

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  • Event Start
    Mar 8, 2014
    4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
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Private Event: Ras Baraka for Mayor of Newark http://rasjbaraka.com/ (more…)

Reflections Unheard: Black Women in Civil Rights

Reflections Unheard: Black Women in Civil Rights

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  • Event Start
    Mar 9, 2014
    5:00 am - 8:00 am
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Film Screening: Reflections Unheard: Black Women in Civil Rights presented by the National Congress of Black Women (NCBW) Film screening followed by a discussion with NCBW National Chair, Dr. E. Faye Williams and the filmmaker, Nevline Nnaji.   Learn more about the film and see the trailer here. (more…)

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Film Screening

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  • Event Start
    Mar 9, 2014
    6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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Sponsored by DC M.U.S.I.C and Planned Parenthood Planned Parenthood will be informing and answering questions to DC Residents about Obamacare or the Affordable Care Act. Also we will be signing individuals up for the Health Exchange if any individuals would like to sign up (more…)

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UMD School of Music presents: COMMON TONE

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  • Event Start
    Mar 9, 2014
    7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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Busboys and Poets welcomes a new program of the University of Maryland School of Music and Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center,  Common Tone.  This evenings special performers: invoke live For one night only, invoke joins forces with the expert mixologists at Busboys and Poets to elevate two common sensory experiences into a unique fusion that is (more…)

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Nine On the Ninth Monthly Poetry Series

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  • Event Start
    Mar 9, 2014
    9:00 pm - 11:00 pm
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The Nine On The Ninth is a now legendary monthly poetry series that debuted back in October 2005. It’s a feature driven format, which means, the feature opens the show and the open mic follows. We do this to make sure you get the full effect of each and every specially selected feature we bring to the Langston Room (more…)

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Rise + Rhyme: Storytelling/Performances for Ages 5 and Under featuring Jessica Smith

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  • Event Start
    Mar 10, 2014
    9:30 am - 11:00 am
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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 company that (more…)