Join Busboys and Poets’ Art Curator, Carol Rhodes Dyson for, “Art on the Line: Conversations About Creativity, Culture and Change”, an online conversation with local and international artists discussing a different topic each week. This week, Carol sits down for a conversation with Najee Dorsey, Artist, Founder and Publisher of “Black Art in America” website and magazineArt Talks (more…)

Busboys and Poets has always been a place for artists, activists, and writers of the community to gather and break bread. And while we may be physically distant right now, we can still stay connected and break bread together.Join us on Zoom for Busboys and Friends: A Virtual Dinner Party held every Friday night at (more…)

#BusboysOnLive is an online open mic and poetry slam curated by the poetry community of Busboys and Poets.In an unfortunate time of #socialdistancing and quarantine, we aim to provide an artistic virtual experience and conversation for the community by the community. Though we focus on Poetry, we invite Musicians, Visual Artists, Comedians, Readers & listeners (more…)

#BusboysOnLive is an online open mic and poetry slam curated by the poetry community of Busboys and Poets.In an unfortunate time of #socialdistancing and quarantine, we aim to provide an artistic virtual experience and conversation for the community by the community. Though we focus on Poetry, we invite Musicians, Visual Artists, Comedians, Readers & listeners (more…)

#BusboysOnLive is an online open mic and poetry slam curated by the poetry community of Busboys and Poets.In an unfortunate time of #socialdistancing and quarantine, we aim to provide an artistic virtual experience and conversation for the community by the community. Though we focus on Poetry, we invite Musicians, Visual Artists, Comedians, Readers & listeners (more…)

Join us for the virtual celebration of author and poet SAFIA ELHILLO’s debut YA novel, HOME IS NOT A COUNTRY. (Make Me A World; on sale March 2, 2021; Ages 12+)Marjan Naderi, the 2020 D.C. Youth Poet Laureate, will open up the event with a reading followed by a reading from Safia Elhillo from HOME (more…)

#BusboysOnLive is an online open mic and poetry slam curated by the poetry community of Busboys and Poets.In an unfortunate time of #socialdistancing and quarantine, we aim to provide an artistic virtual experience and conversation for the community by the community. Though we focus on Poetry, we invite Musicians, Visual Artists, Comedians, Readers & listeners (more…)