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Tuesday Night Open Mic Hosted by Charity Blackwell 1.14.20

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    Jan 14, 2020
    9:00 pm - 11:00 pm
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A Busboys and Poetry Event hosted this week by Charity BlackwellDC SCORES Director of Writing Charity Blackwell is a spoken word artist, host, emcee, and poetry specialist. A Trinity University graduate, she received her B.A and M.A. in Communications. Charity’s natural stage presence and charm have earned her hosting accolades, at events including Poetry SLAMS (more…)

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Climate Action Coffee

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    Jan 15, 2020
    7:30 am - 9:30 am
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NEXT CLIMATE ACTION COFFEE EVENT: COMMUNITY CHOICE ENERGY BILL—A GAME CHANGER IN THE TRANSITION TO GREENWednesday, January 15, 2020, 7:30 – 9:00 a.m.Busboys and Poets, Takoma235 Carroll St NW, DCJoin us for a conversation about Community Choice Energy with Lily Hawkins of Food & Water Action and Gina Mathias, Takoma Park’s Sustainability Manager, on Wednesday, (more…)

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Busboys Books Presents: On the Freedom Side: How Five Decades of Youth Activists Have Remixed American History

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    Jan 15, 2020
    6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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As Wesley C. Hogan sees it, the future of democracy belongs to young people. While today’s generation of leaders confronts a daunting array of existential challenges, increasingly it is young people in the United States and around the world who are finding new ways of belonging, collaboration, and survival. That reality forms the backbone of (more…)

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Busboys and Poets presents “JYNX” Comedy Night | Brookland | January 15, 2020 | Hosted by Sofia Javed

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    Jan 15, 2020
    8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
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New year, new jokes! Start the year off right with resolutions to laugh more and support women in comedy. You can do both the first Jynx Comedy Night of 2020!Jynx Comedy Night delivers high-energy, empowering comedy. Our versatile, often edgy comedians have performed at venues such as The DC Improv, Drafthouse Comedy DC, DC Comedy (more…)

Wednesday Night Open Mic Hosted by Jonathan B. Tucker

Wednesday Night Open Mic Hosted by Jonathan B. Tucker

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    Jan 15, 2020
    9:00 pm - 11:00 pm
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A Busboys and Poetry Event hosted this week by Jonathan B. TuckerBorn in Washington, DC and raised in Crofton, Maryland, Jonathan B. Tucker (JBT) is a poet, organizer, educator, DJ, photographer, and dreamer passionate about poetry, youth empowerment, racial and social justice, and finding purpose through service to others. He has received numerous awards and (more…)

Private Event: Children’s Book Guild

Private Event: Children’s Book Guild

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    Jan 16, 2020
    11:30 am - 2:00 pm
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Busboys and Poets welcomes the Children’s Book Guild of Washington DC for this private event in the Cullen Room. To plan your event, complete our online form HERE or call the events office @ 202-332-6432. (more…)

PRIVATE EVENT: South Arlington Kiwanis

PRIVATE EVENT: South Arlington Kiwanis

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    Jan 16, 2020
    12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
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Busboys and Poets welcomes the South Arlington Kiwanis to Shirlington for their monthly luncheon.This is a private event in Paul’s Den. To book your next event in one of our private spaces click here! (more…)

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Busboys Books Presents: Columbia Alumni Association Book Event

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    Jan 16, 2020
    6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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The never-before-told true account of the design and development of the first desktop computer by the world’s most famous high-styled typewriter company, more than a decade before the arrival of the Osborne 1, the Apple-1, the first Intel microprocessor, and the IBM PC 5150.Meryle Secrest, acclaimed biographer and cultural historian, writes of the human, business, (more…)

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Private Event: SMPTE NEXTGEN TV Summit Reception

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    Jan 16, 2020
    6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
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Busboys and Poets welcomes the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers to Shirlington for their NEXTGEN TV Summit Reception.This is a private event in the Robeson Room. To book your next event with us, click here! (more…)

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Comedy as a Second Language

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    Jan 16, 2020
    8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
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Comedy as a Second Language brings the hilarious stand-up comedy of immigrant and 1st generation performers. We have an amazing line-up: Denise Taylor, Alvin Kuai, Jennifer Amo, and Christian Escoto. This show will have your sides splitting with laughter and your cheeks aching from smiling. Laugh with our comics as they share stories of their (more…)

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Thursday Night Open Mic hosted by Orville Walker 1.16.20

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    Jan 16, 2020
    9:00 pm - 11:00 pm
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A Busboys and Poetry Event hosted this week by Orville WalkerBorn in Takoma Park, MD, Orville Walker grew up in Jamaica; and now Landover, MD, where he currently resides. He has been writing poetry for several years but started performing his work in November 2009 at the 12th Street Lounge in Washington, D.C. Orville’s poems (more…)

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College Open Mic Night Hosted by Mariah Barber 1.17.20

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    Jan 17, 2020
    9:00 pm - 11:00 pm
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College Night hosted by Mariah BarberMariah Barber is a Carolina girl from the 704 and current Peace Corps volunteer between countries. She is a self-proclaimed “bag lady” & “nomad” who is claiming DC as home for a while until she returns to Latin America. She is an activist, spoken word poet, author, researcher, and sexual (more…)