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A.C.T.O.R. Too! Presents: REDISCOVERING JAMES BALDWIN

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    Feb 23, 2020
    5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
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The A.C.T.O.R. Too! (A Continuing Talk on Race) open discussion series is hosted by Busboys and Poets as a community service. The discussion at the Shirlington location, is produced and facilitated by A.C.T.O.R. founder Pamela Pinnock. The discussion provides the opportunity for people to come together and speak openly and honestly about issues of race, (more…)

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Project Turquoise – Year 3

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  • Event Start
    Feb 23, 2020
    5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
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Private event for Project Turquoise, a community-based initiative to empower women, children, and families affected by conflict.  (more…)

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Rise + Rhyme feat. Musical Fun w/ Mr. Hyson 2.24.20

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    Feb 24, 2020
    9:30 am - 11:00 am
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Featuring: Musical Fun with Mr. Hyson 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!Mr. Leroy Hyson is a retired educator in the Montgomery County Public School System who taught (more…)

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Rise + Rhyme w/Little Treasures 2.24.20

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    Feb 24, 2020
    9:30 am - 11:00 am
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Featuring: Little TreasuresLittle Treasures is a highly interactive show, led by singing sensation Tamika Love Jones, with songs that are prompted by toys and props from our treasure bag. Get ready to bounce, swing and play with your little ones as we go from one adventure to the next singing, dancing, learning and loving the (more…)

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Rise + Rhyme with Miss Teresa 2.24.20

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    Feb 24, 2020
    9:30 am - 11:00 am
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Featuring: Rise + Rhyme’s  children’s performer, Miss Teresa!Miss Teresa’s musical gatherings for kids and their families explore music and movement through song, rhythm, yoga, and breath work.  Sing, dance, and play along in English and Spanish to new and traditional tunes; Get rooted in the practice of making music for happier days and fuller hearts!Rise (more…)

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Rise + Rhyme: MUSIC 2LITTLE EARS 2. 24.20

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    Feb 24, 2020
    9:30 am - 11:00 am
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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!Miss. Heidi is a teaching artist with DC Jazz Festival Education Programs, creator of Music 2Little (more…)

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Rise + Rhyme: TUNES 4 TOTS 2.24.20

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    Feb 24, 2020
    9:30 am - 10:45 am
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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!Today’s featured performer is: Tunes 4 TotsJoin the class that teaches actual music concepts to even the youngest of children! (more…)

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DC Landlords-United: Education is the BEST Form of Advocacy by Michael T. Kornegay

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    Feb 24, 2020
    6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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Our MISSION is to UNITE Landlords and harness our collective knowledge, experience and purchasing power for increased profitability and to effect CHANGE through effective leadership and advocacy.6:00pm-6:25pm: Introductions / Landlord Q&ALandlords-United introductions, open dialogue to present challenges and solutions / best practices6:25pm-6:45pm: “Hard-Knock University”Start anticipating and stop underestimating. We’ll exchange the tools which will enable (more…)

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Busboys Books Presents: Road Through Midnight with Jessica Ingram

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  • Event Start
    Feb 24, 2020
    6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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This event is FREE and open to the public. Books will be available in the bookstore for purchase & full menu and bar will be served in the event space.At first glance, Jessica Ingram’s landscape photographs could have been made nearly anywhere in the American South: a fenced-in backyard, a dirt road lined by overgrowth, (more…)

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Monday Night Open Mic Hosted by Morgan Butler 2.24.20

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    Feb 24, 2020
    8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
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A Busboys and Poets event hosted this week by Morgan ButlerMorgan “Momo da Mermaid” Butler is a witchy writer, educator, and interdisciplinary artist 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 Word (more…)

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Monday Night Open Mic Hosted by Alexa Patrick

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    Feb 24, 2020
    8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
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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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Rise + Rhyme feat. Musical Fun w/ Mr. Hyson 2.25.20

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  • Event Start
    Feb 25, 2020
    9:30 am - 11:00 am
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Featuring: Musical Fun with Mr. Hyson 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!Mr. Leroy Hyson is a retired educator in the Montgomery County Public School System who taught (more…)