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Rise + Rhyme: Storytelling/Performances for Ages 5 and Under featuring Liz “The Singing Lizard”

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  • Event Start
    Sep 22, 2014
    9:30 am - 11:00 am
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A Busboys and Poets in-house series! Rise + Rhyme is a weekly morning storytelling and performance series for children ages 5 and under, stay-at-home parents, and early rising families of all kinds.Today?s featured performer Liz DeRoche is “The Singing Lizard She has been playing music all her life. Her vast musical experience includes scoring soundtracks for (more…)

Time Banks USA Information Session

Time Banks USA Information Session

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  • Event Start
    Sep 22, 2014
    6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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Solas Nua Film Screening of “Earthbound”

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  • Event Start
    Sep 22, 2014
    7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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Solas Nua and Busboys and Poets presents a Film Screening of EarthboundJoe Norman just wants the ordinary things in life; a job he doesn’t hate; a place to call home and nice girl to settle down with. He’s just like the rest of us. But this is also the story of a young man who was (more…)

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Monday Night Open Mic Poetry hosted by Drew Law

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  • Event Start
    Sep 22, 2014
    8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
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A Busboys and Poetry Event! For two hours, audiences can expect a diverse chorus of voices and a vast array of professional spoken word performers, open mic rookies, musicians, and a different host every week. Tonight’s host is Drew Law Drew Law is a rare breed of entertainer; branching out into several different categories of (more…)

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National Recovery Month Program

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  • Event Start
    Sep 23, 2014
    6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
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The 25th annual Recovery Month encourages people to openly discuss or speak up about mental and substance use disorders and the reality of recovery. It aims to foster public understanding and acceptance of the benefits of prevention, treatment and recovery from behavioral health conditions. The observance also promotes ways first responders, faith leaders, youth and (more…)

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Tuesday Night Open Mic hosted by Gowri K

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  • Event Start
    Sep 23, 2014
    9:00 pm - 11:00 pm
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For two hours, audiences can expect a diverse chorus of voices, and a vast array of professional spoken word performers, open mic rookies, musicians and a different host every week. Expect to be moved, expect a packed house, expect the unexpected, but above all come with an open mind and ear. $5 cover. Wristbands are (more…)

Cobb This Nonviolent

Author Event: This Nonviolent Stuff’ll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible

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  • Event Start
    Sep 24, 2014
    6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
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Teaching for Change Bookstore at Busboys and Poets  welcomes Charles Cobb Jr. to discuss and sign his new book, This Nonviolent Stuff’ll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible.Visiting Martin Luther King Jr. at the peak of the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott, journalist William Worthy almost sat on a loaded pistol. “Just for self defense,” (more…)

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Wednesday Night Open Mic hosted by Dwayne B

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  • Event Start
    Sep 24, 2014
    9:00 pm - 11:00 pm
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For two hours, audiences can expect a diverse chorus of voices, and a vast array of professional spoken word performers, open mic rookies, musicians and a different host every week. Expect to be moved, expect a packed house, expect the unexpected, but above all come with an open mind and ear. $5 cover. Wristbands are (more…)

US Probation OffIce Recognition Program

US Probation OffIce Recognition Program

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  • Event Start
    Sep 25, 2014
    3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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E BabySM32

Thursday Night Open Mic Poetry hosted by E-baby

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  • Event Start
    Sep 25, 2014
    9:00 pm - 11:00 pm
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A Busboys and Poetry Event! For two hours, audiences can expect a diverse chorus of voices and a vast array of professional spoken word performers, open mic rookies, musicians, and a different host every week. Expect to be moved, expect a packed house, expect the unexpected, but above all, come with an open mind and (more…)

Ebaby18

Thursday Night Open Mic hosted by E Baby

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  • Event Start
    Sep 25, 2014
    9:00 pm - 11:00 pm
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For two hours, audiences can expect a diverse chorus of voices, and a vast array of professional spoken word performers, open mic rookies, musicians and a different host every week. Expect to be moved, expect a packed house, expect the unexpected, but above all come with an open mind and ear. $5 cover. Wristbands are (more…)

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Private Event: BRATPAC

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  • Event Start
    Sep 26, 2014
    8:00 am - 11:00 am
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