A Busboys and Poetry event! On this night, American sign language users and viewers from all corners of life will come together to recite a poem, song, short skit or jokes. Come out and enjoy the wonderful environment while you eat, get your drink on and socialize. Great for those learning American sign language. Hosted by (more…)

A Busboys and Poetry Event hosted this week by Omekongo DibingaOmékongo is a motivational speaker, trilingual poet, TV talk show host, and rapper. His Urban Music Award winning work has been described by Nikki Giovanni as “outstanding, exciting, and new while being very old.” His book, From the Limbs of My Poetree was described by (more…)

A Busboys and Poetry event hosted this week by Twain DooleyTwain Dooley is a first generation American. He was born of Jamaican parents some time between the assassinations of Malcom X. and Dr. Martin Luther King. Growing up in the Washington, DC public school system, with a name like Twain Dooley, one either learns to (more…)

A Busboys and Poetry event hosted this week by Holly Bass A Cave Canem fellow, Holly Bass’ poems have appeared in Callaloo, nocturnes (re)view, Beltway, Role Call (Third World Press) and The Ringing Ear, an anthology of Black Southern poetry. Her pieces have been workshopped and presented at respected regional theaters and performance spaces such (more…)