Mr. Jon & Friends is Parents’ Choice Award winning music for kids and their families. Join Mr. Jon & his silly friend George the Monkey for a hilarious, dancy, interactive time for the whole family.Rise + Rhyme is a weekly morning storytelling and performance series for children ages 5 and under with the goals of (more…)
Featuring: MARSHA GOODMAN-WOOD Rise + Rhyme is a weekly morning storytelling and performance series for children ages 5 and under with the goals of teaching children to engage with their community, learn to love performing and become rising artivists! Schedule 9:30-10:00 Community Chat & Chew 10:00-10:45 Children’s Performance 10:45-11:00 Clean Up Time We ask that (more…)
Featuring: Oh Susannah!Rise + Rhyme is a weekly morning storytelling and performance series for children ages 5 and under with the goals of teaching children to engage with their community, learn to love performing and become rising artivists!Schedule9:30-10:00 Community Chat & Chew10:00-10:45 Children’s Performance10:45-11:00 Clean Up TimeWe ask that caregivers teach each child how to (more…)
Featuring: Zig Zag the Magic ManRise + Rhyme is a weekly morning storytelling and performance series for children ages 5 and under with the goals of teaching children to engage with their community, learn to love performing and become rising artivists!Schedule9:30-10:00 Community Chat & Chew10:00-10:45 Children’s Performance10:45-11:00 Clean Up TimeWe ask that caregivers teach each (more…)
Busboys and Poets welcomes B Lab, Local First, Sojourners, Eastern University and Solidarity Capital for their Sacred Economy send-ff dinner. Tickets are available through Eventbrite.This is a Private Event in the Langston Room. To book your next event with us, click here to submit an event inquiry! (more…)
No tickets required, this event is free and open to the public. Books will be available for purchase in the bookstore. Full menu & bar will be available throughout the event.Thom Hartmann, the most popular progressive radio host in America and a New York Timesbestselling author, looks at the real history of guns in America and (more…)
A Busboys and Poets event hosted this week by 13 of Nazaretha multifaceted creativeliving with epilepsya dry sense of humorand peace of mind over everythingpursuing the evidence of things not seenin hopes of becominga worthy accoladeFEATURING: GradaLoveGradalove is a spoken word poet, poetry slam champion, visual artist, and YouTube content creator currently based out of (more…)
A Busboys and Poets event hosted this week by Regie CabicoRegie Cabico is the first Asian and Queer poet to win the Nuyorican Poets Cafe Grand Slam, later taking top prizes in the 1993, 1994 & 1997 National Poetry Slams He took a first place prize with New York’s Bowery Poetry Club. His work appears (more…)
This is a Private Event in the Langston Room. To book your next event with us, click here to submit an event inquiry! (more…)
A violent ex-con forces his son to commit crimes in this riveting new memoirGrowing up on the Navajo Indian Reservation, David Crow and his siblings idolized their dad. Tall, strong, smart, and brave, the self-taught Cherokee regaled his family with stories of his World War II feats. But as time passed, David discovered the other (more…)
This week’s open mic is hosted by: Big Slli’m WilliamsSince the age of 4, Slli’m has expressed himself through the arts. From the visual, to the written, to the spoken, Slli’m has always been an equal opportunity “heartist”. In 2004, he took to the stage, and began performing throughout the United States. As a performer, (more…)
A Busboys and Poetry Event guest hosted this week by Jael BenjaminJael Benjamin is the 2018 DC Grand Slam Champion and a member of the 2018 Busboys and Poets’ Beltway Poetry Slam Team. Originally from Atlanta, she has now laid roots in Washington D.C., and looks to be an unstoppable force and passionate speaker in (more…)