*SPARKLE* Queer Open Mic
Date and Time
Aug 2, 2015 8:00 pm
Location
14th & V
2021 14th St NW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20009
Aug 2, 2015 8:00 pm
14th & V
A Busboys and Poetry event! *SPARKLE* Open Mic Poetry is a queer-friendly and focused reading series that has featured an array of LGBT-dedicated poets.
Hosted by Regie Cabico and Danielle Evennou. *SPARKLE* is held on the 1st Sunday of every month at Busboys and Poets 14th & V from 8:00 - 10:00 PM.
$5 Cover. On the day of the event, tickets can be purchased online here starting at midnight and in the restaurant starting at 10:00 AM at the bookstore store (cash only). No refunds. Ticket purchase limit of 4 per person. Tickets will be sold at the door if available. Guests must have their wristbands (tickets) on upon entering the event.
This Month's Feature:
Venus-Thomas Hinyard is a writer, performer, artist, and advocate living in Washington, D.C., from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Her work has appeared in Mused Magazine Online and This Bridge Called Our Health. She has performed at Busboys & Poets, The DC Center for the LGBT Community, and was humbled to give a tribute performance to Ernest Gaines. Other feature performances include Capturing Fire 2014 and 2015, La Ti Do and The Queer Cookie Slam where she took first place prize. Venus's work explores truth-telling navigation and limitless intersections of living as a Black, queer, non-binary trans woman.
