Monday Night Open Mic Hosted by Morgan Butler 11.25.19
Date and Time
Nov 25, 2019 9:00 pm
Location
Brookland
625 Monroe St NE, Washington, District of Columbia, 20017
Nov 25, 2019 9:00 pm
Brookland
A Busboys and Poets event hosted this week by Morgan Butler
Morgan “Momo da Mermaid” Butler is a witchy writer, educator, and interdisciplinary atist from Washington, D.C. Her work primarily focuses on cultivating healing spaces for femmes of color in white/masc/het-dominated spaces, specifically through creative writing and radical healing. A 2018 Loft Literary Center Spoken Word Immersion Fellow, she has performed for TedxFoggyBottom, TV One’s Verses and Flow and has been welcomed into spaces at The White House, The Kennedy Center and the National Museum of African-American History and Culture. As an educator, she has led two workshops at Harvard University’s Alumni of Color Conference and has taught sessions on peace education and creative writing throughout the D.C, Maryland, Virginia area. Momo identifies as a queer, genderfluid femme, with she/they pronouns.
FEATURING: FATIMA CAMARA
Fatima Camara is a writer and spoken word artist from Minneapolis, MN. She is a Be Heard Alumna who has performed all over the metro area. Her work has been featured in the TruArtSpeaks Dig Deep Anthology, MN Artist site, and more. The passion she holds for writing comes from her desire to highlight the stories of young first-generation Black people, so future first generations have narratives they can reference and relate to. It is this passion that has allowed her to share stages with Ladan Osman, Danez Smith, Hieu Minh Nguyen, and more. A Brave New Voices Alumna, Fatima is now a Future Corps Fellow for Youth Speaks. She currently serves as the Programs Associate for TruArtSpeaks and is the official host of the ReVerb Open Mic in the historic Rondo Neighborhood. Her first chapbook, YellowLine, will be published in Spring 2020 by Akashic Books and APBF (African Poetry Book Fund).
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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. No refunds. Ticket purchase limit of 4 per person. Guests must have their wristbands (tickets) on upon entering the event.
Seating is available on a first come, first seated basis. No saved or reserved seats are allowed. Failure to check in within 30 minutes of advertised start time may result in a forfeiture of seats.
