Tuesday Night Open Mic Poetry hosted by Patrick Washington
Date and Time
Apr 15, 2014 9:00 pm
Location
14th & V
2021 14th St NW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20009
Apr 15, 2014 9:00 pm
14th & V
Forged in Washington DC's now legendary U Street Poetry Scene, Patrick Washington has consistently proven himself a master of spoken word / hip hop fusion. The 4 time DC representative at NPS and2001?s Washington DC Def Poetry Slam Champion became a semi-regular performer onHBO presents Russell Simmons Def Poetry, along with his right-hand man natural law DP, as one of spoken words most dynamic duos, ThePOEM-CEES.
In 2009, he was hired by Tavis Smiley to narrate his national museum exhibit, ?America I Am? which was seen by over a million people, and as part of the POEM-CEES, he was honored to write and perform an original piece along with Grammy-winning violinist Miri Ben-Ari for the dedication of theMartin Luther King, Jr. Memorial, sharing the stage with Stevie Wonder & President Obama, among others on October 16th 2011.
The U Street activist still abiding within, he remains a constant presence representing for artists rights, and as a teaching artist for Words Beats & Life & The American Poetry Museum, Patrick enjoys conducting poetry/hip-hop workshops with young people locally & nationally, spreading his love for the spoken, written & the rhythmic word.
