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Rise + Rhyme MARSHA GOODMAN-WOOD 6.24.19

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    Jun 24, 2019
    9:30 am - 11:00 am

Featuring: MARSHA GOODMAN-WOODRise + 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 begin (more…)

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PRIVATE EVENT: Arnold & Porter

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    Jun 24, 2019
    5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Busboys and Poets welcomes Arnold & Porter for this private event in the in the Davis Room. To plan your event, complete our online form HERE or contact us at the events office @ 202-332-6432. (more…)

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PRIVATE EVENT: Script Reading

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    Jun 24, 2019
    6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

This is a private event in the Pearl Bailey Room. To book your next event in one of our private spaces click HERE and fill out our online form or call the Events and Marketing team at 202-332-6432. (more…)

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DC Cabaret Network Member Showcase Performance

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    Jun 24, 2019
    6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Compelling vocals and honest storytelling is what cabaret is all about. Washington’s own DC Cabaret Network presents “An Evening of Song to Welcome Summer” in the Langston Room at Busboys and Poets. This annual show features DC Cabaret Network members, with music director Alex Tang and director Lonny Smith. Doors open at 6:30pm and the (more…)

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Capitol City Readers Theater presents Dancing on the Air: The Teenarama Story

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    Jun 24, 2019
    7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Inspired by the Emmy Award Winning Documentary “Dance Party: The Teenarama Story,” “Dancing on the Air: The Teenarama Story” is both a snapshot of a pivotal time in American history and a unique coming-of-age story. This exuberant musical is filled with hot 1960’s hits, new original hits, and an exciting display of dance styles that (more…)

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Monday Night Open Mic Hosted by Alexa Patrick 6.24.19

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    Jun 24, 2019
    8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

A Busboys and Poets event hosted this week by Alexa PatrickAlexa Patrick is a singer and poet from Connecticut. She is a graduate of American University, where she studied Psychology, African-American and African Diaspora Studies, and Spanish. Alexa is a Cave Canem Fellow, and holds teaching positions through Split This Rock, The University of the (more…)

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Monday Night Open Mic Hosted by Morgan Butler 6.24.19

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    Jun 24, 2019
    9:00 pm - 11:00 pm

A Busboys and Poets event hosted this week by Momo Da Mermaid!Morgan “Momo da Mermaid” Butler is a witchy writer, educator, and interdisciplinary atist from Washington, D.C. Her work primarily focuses on cultivating healing spaces for femmes of color in white/masc/het-dominated spaces, specifically through creative writing and radical healing. A 2018 Loft Literary Center Spoken (more…)

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DCRA in your Neighborhood

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    Jun 25, 2019
    9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Join the DCRA staff IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD to work with home-based business needs, corporate registration, professional licenses and vending. Come apply for and renew Business licenses Form non-profits and LLCs File Corporate reports Apply or renew professional licenses Get questions answered about doing business in the DistrictFree, Register online (more…)

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Rise + Rhyme: MUSIC 2LITTLE EARS 6.25.19

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    Jun 25, 2019
    9:30 am - 11:00 am

Featuring: Music 2Little Ears 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 (more…)

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Busboys Books Presents: Dr Christopher Metzler in conversation with April Ryan

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    Jun 25, 2019
    6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

No tickets are required for this event, seats are first come, first served. Full menu and bar will be available for purchase throughout the event. Books will be for sale in the bookstore.With the election of Donald J. Trump to President in 2016, Middle America and conservatives rejoiced. Meanwhile many liberals melted down, not comprehending (more…)

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Shoulder2Shoulder Presents: Our Muslim Neighbors: Achieving the American Dream – An Immigrant’s Memoir by Victor Begg

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    Jun 25, 2019
    6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Busboys and Poets welcomes Victor Begg and thanks the Shoulder2Shoulder Campaign for sponsoring this book reading and discussion in the Davis Room.Victor Begg is nationally known as a peacemaker, community organizer and activist for justice. His 2019 memoir Our Muslim Neighbors tells his “true-blue American story.” In a rising tide of anti-migrant extremism, Victor’s book (more…)

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Live! from Busboys SPECIAL GUEST HOST Marc Avon Evans 6.25.19

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    Jun 25, 2019
    7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

A Busboys and Poets in-house series, LIVE! from Busboys is an open mic talent showcase 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!SPECIAL GUEST HOST: (more…)