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Nameless Screening and Panel

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    Oct 1, 2019
    5:30 pm - 8:30 pm
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Please join Rights4Girls at our upcoming event for a reception and screening of Nameless, a documentary created by our partners in the DC Coalition to End Sexual Violence that explores the realities of sex trafficking in DC. This 45 min film provides insights from local human rights advocates, including Rights4Girls, Children’s Law Center, DC Rape (more…)

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Government Accountability Project Presents New York Times Best-Selling Author Tom Mueller

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    Oct 1, 2019
    6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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Join us in the Langston Room of Busboys and Poets for a lively discussion and celebration of the release of Tom Mueller’s illuminating new book Crisis of Conscience: Whistleblowing in the Age of Fraud(Penguin/Riverhead Books 2019).In our present political climate rife with corruption and daily assaults on truth, we need whistleblowers more than ever to shine (more…)

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PRIVATE EVENT: Nonprofit Reception

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    Oct 1, 2019
    6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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Join the Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault to celebrate the enactment of Workplace Harassment Reforms in Maryland! Hear from MCASA’s Executive Director, Lisae Jordan, and honor our partners in advocacy Women’s Law Center of Maryland. Learn about MCASA’s goals for the upcoming year, and enjoy light refreshments and a cash bar. The evening will include (more…)

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Busboys Books Presents: Ghosts of Sheridan Circle by Alan McPherson

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    Oct 1, 2019
    6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
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On September 21, 1976, a car bomb killed Orlando Letelier, the former Chilean ambassador to the United States, along with his colleague Ronni Moffitt. The murder shocked the world, especially because of its setting–Sheridan Circle, in the heart of Washington, D.C. Letelier’s widow and her allies immediately suspected the secret police of Chilean dictator Augusto (more…)

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Busboys and Poets presents Comedy Night

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    Oct 1, 2019
    7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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Why so serious?! If you are like us, you have found it hard to find things to laugh about. Working to change the world is grueling and daunting work, but the pursuit of happiness is what we are fighting for! So we are making time to LAUGH! Busboys and Poets is pleased to introduce COMEDY (more…)

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Open Mic Night in Anacostia. Hosted by Brandon Douglas. 10.01.19

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    Oct 1, 2019
    8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
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This Week’s Open Mic At Anacostia Hosted by: Brandon Douglas!Brandon Douglas is a product of the land known as Washington, DC. He began writing when he was 12, after discovering his ability to write raps. Through his teenage years poetry and hip-hop became one in his mind and soul as tools of self-expression. Since then (more…)

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Tuesday Night Open Mic Hosted by Twain Dooley 10.1.19

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    Oct 1, 2019
    9:00 pm - 11:00 pm
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A Busboys and Poetry Event hosted this week by Twain DooleyMr. Dooley is affectionately known as “Uncle Twain” throughout the poetry and story telling communities. His wit and insight has tickled audiences since 1994. He has been on ten poetry slam teams, taught workshops, hosted events, and slain dragons. This married father of three wishes (more…)

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GlobalGiving Convening

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    Oct 2, 2019
    8:00 am - 5:00 pm
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Busboys and Poets welcomes Global Giving for their all-day conference in the Langston Room. This is a private event at 14th and V, to book your next event with us click here! (more…)

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Coffee with a Cop Day

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    Oct 2, 2019
    9:00 am - 12:00 pm
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Join your Seventh District neighbors and police officers for coffee and conversation on National Coffee with a Cop Day at Busboys and Poets Anacostia! The mission of Coffee with a Cop is to breakdown the barriers between police officers and citizens they serve by removing agendas and allowing opportunities to ask questions, voice concerns, and (more…)

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Private Event: Columbia Care Team Dinner

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    Oct 2, 2019
    6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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Private event in the Nicolás Guillén Room.  To book your next event with us, click here! (more…)

PRIVATE EVENT: 30th Anniversary Celebration

PRIVATE EVENT: 30th Anniversary Celebration

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    Oct 2, 2019
    6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
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Busboys and Poets Welcomes CIEL to 14th and V for their 30th Anniversary Celebration. (more…)

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Wednesday Night Open Mic Hosted by Anthony Oakes 10.2.19

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    Oct 2, 2019
    9:00 pm - 11:00 pm
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A Busboys and Poetry Event hosted this week by Anthony Oakes!Hailing from North Carolina, Anthony D. Oakes is a District of Columbia resident who is taking comedy on the east coast by storm. His clean, yet edgy, southern, intellectual, witty humor will have you reeling with laughter. Performance cities include: Atlanta, New York, LA, Chicago, (more…)