LatinDanceNight 2025May17

Latin Dance Night


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    May 17, 2025
    7:00 pm - 11:00 pm

Come to eat, drink and DANCE!Delicious food and drink specials served all night.FREE parking available.Entrance fee: $15 (purchased at the door). We accept cash, Venmo or Cashap ONLY.Dance Lessons available.Latin music (Salsa, Bachata & Merengue) played by our host DJ Elvira the rest of the evening.You do not want to miss this event!Elvira McCullough (DJ (more…)

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Hood Chronicles Too


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    May 17, 2025
    7:00 pm - 10:00 pm

The Eye Am Collection Presents Hood Chronicles Too Sunday’s Best: The New TestamentCome join us for an epic event at 2004 Martin Luther King Jr Ave SE! Get ready for an evening filled with music, food, and good vibes. This is the perfect opportunity to connect with the community and enjoy some amazing performances. Don’t miss out on this (more…)

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ACTIVATED CITIZENSHIP | A Busboys and Poets Books Presentation


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    May 18, 2025
    6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Join us to learn how deliberative democracy can reinvigorate citizen engagement and address key deficits in our society and our governance structuresDrawing on extensive field research across four countries, author Marjan H. Ehsassi provides in-depth case studies of citizens’ assemblies in France, Belgium, Canada, and the United States. Through surveys, interviews, and participant observation, she (more…)

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Let’s Put the Pentagon on the Stand: A Conversation with America’s Yellow Ribbon Casualties


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    May 19, 2025
    7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Anti-war activist and HOMEFRONT 911 author Stacy Bannerman will be joined by other victims and surviving family members injured or killed by combat-exposed veterans to discuss the military’s domestic violence problem and how they’re taking legal action to demand Pentagon and VA accountability.The U.S. military has a domestic violence problem. It is widespread. It is (more…)

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Monday Night Open Mic hosted by Angelique Palmer


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    May 19, 2025
    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…)

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The Write Stuff: Poetry and Spoken Word Workshop Lead by Charity Blackwell


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    May 20, 2025
    5:45 pm - 6:45 pm

The Write Stuff: Poetry & Spoken Word WorkshopTheme: Music and Metaphors✍🏾 Write it. Speak it. Feel it. Own it. 🎤📅 Monday, May 20, 2025⏰ Doors Open at 5:30 PM | Workshop: 5:45 PM – 6:45 PM EDT📍 Busboys and Poets – 14th & V📍 2021 14th St NW, Washington, DC 20009What does a line sound (more…)

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Tuesday Night Open Mic hosted by Drew Anderson


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    May 20, 2025
    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…)

Takoma Park Old Time Jam

Takoma Park Old Time Jam


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    May 21, 2025
    7:00 pm - 10:00 pm

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    May 21, 2025
    7:00 pm - 9:30 pm

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The Prospects for Justice in Post-Assad Syria


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    May 22, 2025
    6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Join the Syria Justice and Accountability Centre (SJAC) at Busboys and Poets for “The Prospects for Justice in Post-Assad Syria,” an honest conversation with SJAC’s Executive Director, Mohammad Al-Abdallah, about Syria’s future after more than a decade of conflict.The event will discuss major developments after the fall of Assad, including the formation of a new (more…)

The Matter of the Mask: A Reading with Derrick Weston Brown and Select D.C. Poets

The Matter of the Mask: A Reading with Derrick Weston Brown and Select D.C. Poets


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    May 22, 2025
    7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

The Matter of the Mask: A Reading with Derrick Weston Brown and Select D.C. Poets May 22, 2025, 7 – 9 PM Cave Canem & Busboys and Poets Join us for an intimate reading with poet, author, educator, and Fellow Derrick Weston Brownfeaturing poets from our Washington, D.C. Regional Workshop, The Matter of the Mask, (more…)

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Thursday Night Open Mic hosted by Backpack Jeff


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    May 22, 2025
    8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

A Busboys and Poetry Event hosted this week by Backpack JeffJeffrey W. Young, known as Backpack Jeff, is a motivational speaker, spoken word artist, and conflict resolutionist who has traveled throughout the East Coast touching the lives of others with his words. A person who always looked at life as distributing lessons, Jefferey embraces each (more…)