Happy 75th Birthday Phil Pannell + Anacostia Book Launch of A Seat at the Table by Andy Shallal

Name: Happy 75th Birthday Phil Pannell + Anacostia Book Launch of A Seat at the Table by Andy Shallal
Start: 2025-09-30T18:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-09-30T21:00:00-04:00
Location: Anacostia

Date and Time

Sep 30, 2025 6:00 pm

Location

Anacostia

2004 Martin Luther King Jr Ave SE, Washington, District of Columbia, 20020

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Description:

Join us for a special evening honoring Philip Pannell’s 75th birthday and celebrating 20 years of Busboys and Poets with the release of Andy Shallal’s new memoir, A Seat at the Table: The Making of Busboys and Poets.

📖 Community Book Launch & Panel Discussion
Featuring Denise Rolark Barnes (The Washington Informer), Sam Ford, Kojo Nnamdi (WAMU 88.5), and Andrew Lightman (Capital Community News)

🎶 Live Performance by Washington Conservatory of Music’s Andrew Lee
🎤 Karaoke hosted by Dwayne Lawson-Brown

📍 Busboys and Poets – Anacostia
2004 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave SE, Washington, DC 20020

📅 Tuesday, September 30, 2025 | 6 PM - 10 PM

RSVP at philippannell@comcast.net