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Long Live Go Go Brunch

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    Feb 25, 2023
    12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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Join us for a very special Long Live GoGo Brunch at Busboys and PoetsThe Skinny: A Talk Show styled program to commemorate Black History MonthChocolate History featuring Frank Sirius & Friendswith special guest artists & interviewsInterviewing Live: Mrs. Virginia Ali (owner of Ben’s Chili Bowl)Hosted by YaddiyaBrunch & Unlimited Mimosas available for purchase (more…)

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Private Event

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    Feb 25, 2023
    4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
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Party

Party

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    Feb 25, 2023
    4:30 pm - 7:30 pm
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ASL Fireside Chat

ASL Fireside Chat

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    Feb 25, 2023
    5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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Busboys Meets Latin

Busboys and Poets Meets Latin: Salsa Lessons and Community Dance

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    Feb 25, 2023
    7:00 pm - 11:00 pm
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Join us on Saturday, February 25th from 7pm – 11pm.Salsa dancing, great music, and awesome atmosphere!Fun salsa and bachata lessons starting at 8pm with Stephen Jackson.DJ Elvira will play salsa, merengue, chacha and bachata the rest of the evening.Delicious food, special drinks and FRE PARKING all evening.You do not want to miss this great event!Entrance (more…)

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Edible Economics: A Hungry Economist Explains the World – Book Talk

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    Feb 26, 2023
    5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
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Edible Economics brings the sort of creative fusion that spices up a great kitchen to the often too-disciplined subject of economicsFor decades, a single, free-market philosophy has dominated global economics. But this intellectual monoculture is bland and unhealthy.Bestselling author and economist Ha-Joon Chang makes challenging economic ideas delicious by plating them alongside stories about food (more…)

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A.C.T.O.R.

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    Feb 26, 2023
    5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
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Let’s Keep Talking!ACTOR (A Continuing Talk on Race)   Facilitated by Pamela PinnockBLACK HISTORYisORAL HISTORYisLIFE HISTORY___________________We have known in the Black Community – forever – that oral history is the way we pass our stories unfiltered, from one generation to another. We have known through culture, family tradition, and instinct that certain stories must be told… and re-told.There (more…)

The Case for Cancel Culture

THE CASE FOR CANCEL CULTURE | A Busboys and Poets Books Presentation

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    Feb 26, 2023
    5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
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THE CASE FOR CANCEL CULTURE |A Busboys and Poets Books PresentationJoin us to discuss cancel culture as a form of liberation.Author Ernest Owens new book has been widely viewed as merely blacklisting celebrities, or as censorship. But Owens argues that it’s time to raise the bar on our definition— to think of cancel culture less (more…)

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Queer Book Club | Busboys and Poets Books

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    Feb 26, 2023
    6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
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Every last Sunday of the month we’ll be hosting Queer Book Club led by Nathan, the Takoma Bookstore Supervisor, at Busboys and Poets Takoma. There we’ll gather to discuss a specific book by a queer author or about a queer subject matter. This book club is for anyone who identifies as LGBTQIA+ and wants to (more…)

Nineveh: A Conflict Over Water | Pre-Release Book Tour

Nineveh: A Conflict Over Water | Pre-Release Book Tour

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    Feb 26, 2023
    6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
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Busboys and Poets Books welcomes Kymone Freeman to discuss his new book, Nineveh: A Conflict Over Water.  (release date 3/22/23)Nineveh is a conflict over water set in the future in a post-oil depleted dystopian society. Old cities are now underwater as a result of climate change and new cities have emerged. A massive global drought (more…)

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Monday Night Open Mic hosted by Alexa Patrick

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    Feb 27, 2023
    8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
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Hosted 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 District of Columbia, and the Center for (more…)

Never Forget Our People Were Always Free

POSTPONED | Ben Jealous Special Event | NEVER FORGET OUR PEOPLE WERE ALWAYS FREE | A Busboys and Poets Books Presentation

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    Feb 28, 2023
    6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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NEVER FORGET OUR PEOPLE WERE ALWAYS FREE | A Busboys and Poets Books PresentationJoin us to explore how we mend America’s broken heart together with Ben Jealous.Never Forget Our People Were Always Free illuminates for each of us how the path to healing America’s broken heart starts with each of us having the courage to (more…)