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Bullsh!t without Borders Book Launch Event


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    Oct 15, 2026
    5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

RSVP HERE: https://luma.com/3jd25sj4October 15 is Global Handwashing Day. Come celebrate with a lively book event launching “Bullshit without Borders: Let’s Change the Way We Change the World” by Susan M. Davis; published by Ripples Media.About the book (available for e-book pre-sale now):For the next generation of changemakers who care too much to settle for just good (more…)

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Thursday Night Open Mic hosted by E-Baby


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    Oct 15, 2026
    8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

A Busboys and Poetry Event hosted this week by E-babyEric “E-Baby” Smith began writing poetry in July 2000; since then, he’s opened for R&B artists Musiq Soul Child, Me’Shell N’degeOcello, & Lyfe Jennings to name a few. After joining Jus Wiggin Entertainment in 2002 [agent: Tracy Wiggs], his “1 Poet Poetical Tour” reached over 150 (more…)

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Thursday Night Open Mic hosted by Hosted by Rebecca Dupas


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    Oct 15, 2026
    8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

A Busboys and Poetry Event hosted this week by Rebecca DupasDr . Rebecca Dupas is a multi-disciplinary artist of poetry, fiction and nonfiction, photography, and costume jewelry. This award-winning poet’s work has appeared on Fox 5, C- Span, PBS, WEAA, and WHUR radio, in The Washington Post alongside President Clinton, and in the DC Black (more…)

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Live! From Busboys and Poets hosted by MalPrac


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    Oct 16, 2026
    8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

A Busboys and Poets in-house series. LIVE! from Busboys is an open mic 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!The sign-up list to perform (more…)

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Friday Night Open Mic hosted by Mariah Barber


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    Oct 16, 2026
    9:00 pm - 11:00 pm

A Busboys and Poetry Event hosted this week by Mariah BarberMariah “ Beyond Your Definition” Barber ( they /she ) is a multidisciplinary/Storyteller, consultant, spoken word artist, and activist who has been creating social justice-oriented art for the last 15 years. Barber holds a public health master’s, DEAI certification from Cornell, and a B A (more…)

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Three Roads: Labor, Music, Ecology


  • Oct 17, 2026
    6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Joe has lived his life at the confluence of art & activism. As an organizer in the labor movement and the environmental movement Joe always incorporated art & music into his work. In Three Roads Joe weaves strategy, memoir, and music into a powerful call to action! Through compelling personal narrative and frontline insight, Joe (more…)

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Eatonville Sunday Supper


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    Oct 18, 2026
    5:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Eatonville Sunday Supper: A Celebration of Zora Neale Hurston Special Guest: Gwen McKinney Join us for this month’s Eatonville Sunday Supper, a curated four-course dining experience celebrating the rich flavors, traditions, and stories of Southern cuisine—with a special evening honoring the legacy of Zora Neale Hurston As we close out Howard University Homecoming Week (October (more…)

Colorism: a conversation with Dr. Sarah L. Webb and Marita Golden, October 19, 2026 at 6 PM, Busboys and Poets Brookland.

COLORISM: THE POLITICS OF SKIN TONE | A Busboys and Poets Books Presentation


  • Oct 19, 2026
    6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

The essential primer on colorism and how each of us has a role in dismantling skin tone bias. Racism is easy to spot these days; we know its script, its favorite media tropes, its legislative tactics, and how it makes us feel. But there is another societal ill hiding in racism’s shadow: colorism. Colorism is (more…)

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John Kiriakou “Doing Time Like a Spy: How the CIA Taught Me to Survive and Thrive in Prison”


  • Oct 19, 2026
    6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

On February 28, 2013, after pleading guilty to violating the Intelligence Identities Protection Act, John Kiriakou began serving a thirty month prison sentence. His crime: blowing the whistle on the CIA’s use of torture on al Qaeda prisoners. Doing Time Like a Spy is Kiriakou’s memoir of his twenty-three months in prison. Using twenty life (more…)

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Monday Night Open Mic hosted by Angelique Palmer


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    Oct 19, 2026
    8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

A Busboys and Poetry Event hosted this week by Angelique PalmerAngelique Palmer is a poetry slam doyen, a finalist in the 2015 Women of the World Poetry Slam and a member of The Beltway Poetry Slam Team in 2017. The Creative Writing graduate from Florida State University now calls northern Virginia home. She’s penned more (more…)

France's Children screening, October 20 at 6 PM at Busboys and Poets Brookland, followed by a Q&A with Aida Alami moderated by Ryan Grim, in partnership with Drop Site.

France’s Children (75 minutes): Screening and Q&A


  • Oct 20, 2026
    6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Tuesday, October 20, 2026, 6 PMBusboys and Poets, Brookland: 625 Monroe St NE, Washington, DC 20017 Join us for a screening of France’s Children, presented in partnership with Drop Site and followed by a Q&A with director Aida Alami, moderated by Ryan Grim. March 2017: five years after her brother Amine was killed by a (more…)

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Tuesday Night Open Mic hosted by Drew Anderson


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    Oct 20, 2026
    8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

A Busboys and Poetry Event hosted this week by Drew AndersonA science teacher turned teaching artist, poet turned parodist, and marathon runner turned motivational speaker, Drew Anderson is founder and co-host of Spit Dat (the longest-running open mic in DC) and co-creator of the critically-acclaimed stage production From Gumbo to Mumbo (nominated for the 2020 (more…)