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events are FREE unless otherwise noted
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FEATURED EVENT
Rise + Rhyme: Storytelling/Performances for Ages 5 and Under featuring Marsha Goodman-Wood.
Marsha Goodman-Wood, a DC-based singer/songwriter and music teacher.
Marsha is known for getting kids singing and dancing at her shows,
setting little toes to tapping with original melodies that mix generous
doses of science and positive social messages into songs that are just
plain fun. Her quirky, smart compositions take on topics from astronomy
(answering the age-old question "Why Can't You Dance on Jupiter?") to
nonconformity ("Sheep Don't Wear Shoes") to biology ("The Penguin
Song"). A former cognitive neuroscientist, Marsha includes fun facts and
lessons in her songs! With tunes and stories that please children and
grownups alike, Marsha takes inspiration for her lyrics straight from
the creative kids she's raising and teaching. Rise + Rhyme is a weekly
morning storytelling and performance series for children ages 5 and
under, stay-at-home parents, and early rising families of all kinds.
9:30am @ Hyattsville, $5 suggested donation
ALSO GOING ON TODAY...
Monday Night Open Mic Poetry 8pm @ Shirlington, $5 (Buy your tickets online
starting at midnight on the day of)
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FEATURED EVENTS
Join
us for a very special conversation and reception with legendary
Hollywood producer and studio executive David V. Picker, on the
publication of his new book, MUSTS, MAYBES, AND NEVERS.
As President of United Artists, Paramount and Columbia, and producer of
The Jerk , Lenny and The Crucible , David Picker has seen it all, loved
it all (well, most of it), and now he's sharing it all. David helped
launch the careers of industry heavyweights including Woody Allen and
Steve Martin, and delivered gritty, dramatic, and cultural classics such
as the James Bond series, the films of the Beatles, John Schlesinger's
Oscar-winner Midnight Cowboy and Bernardo Bertolucci's controversial
Last Tango in Paris. Additional films include Tom Jones, Saturday Night
Fever, Grease, Ordinary People and many others. 6:30pm @ 14th & V
ALSO GOING ON TODAY...
Film Screening: The Truth About Our Youth Co-sponsored by IPS and Just Kids Across Maryland 7pm @ Hyattsville
Tuesday Night Open Mic Poetry 9pm @ 14th & V, $5 (Buy your tickets online starting at midnight on the day of)
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 2014
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FEATURED EVENT
Wednesday Night Open Mic Poetry hosted by Dwayne L Brown aka the "Crochet Kingpin."
A Busboys and Poetry event! 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.
Dwayne is a homegrown DC native poet, activist, break-dancer, and
fashion designer. Dwayne has been known to write a pretty good haiku in
his day which has lead to him win the Best Haiku Award at the 2011
National Underground Spoken-Word Poetry Awards (NUSPA), and his work to
increase HIV awareness through the spoken-word community garnered
recognition from the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, BBCAmerica,
the Discovery Channel, and the Washington Post. Ultimately his goal is
to make the audience feel something, and he's always met his goal! When
not documenting his life through poetic meter, he can be found on the
metro making scarves and hats, or singing karaoke.
9pm @ 5th & K, $5 (Buy your tickets online starting at midnight on the day of)
ALSO GOING ON TODAY...
CodePink welcomes Coalition of Women for Peace 6pm @ 5th & K
PG County Public Schools Celebrates Women's History Month 7pm @ Hyattsville
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FEATURED EVENT
Story League in partnership with Busboys and Poets presents Story Contest: Sticky.
$150 cash prize for funniest story. Judges will choose which stories
they think will be the funniest, and pre-selected contestants will hear
back by the Monday before the contest. Two names are also randomly
picked at the contest to tell stories. Judges' choice for funniest story
on the theme of STICKY receives a $150 cash prize. Audience favorite
receives a Story League T-shirt. Both go on to compete in the $300
ALL-STARS Tournament on June 27. Both also appear on our podcast, Story
League WINNERS, available on iTunes. Story League: Tell Us a Funny
Story!
ALSO GOING ON TODAY...
Thursday Night Open Mic Poetry hosted by E-baby 9pm @ Hyattsville, $5 (Buy your tickets online starting at midnight on the day of)
Split this Rock Open Mic 10:30pm @ 5th & K
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FEATURED EVENT
LIVE! from Busboys Talent Showcase Open Mic hosted by Ryan Walker.
A Busboys and Poets in-house series! "LIVE! from Busboys" is an open
mic talent showcase that offers a platform for all performers, not just
poets. Whether you are a musician, comedian, dancer, actor, magician or
any other type of performer, we want to see what you got! Come out and
showcase your talents!
10pm @ Shirlington, $5 (Buy your tickets online starting at midnight on the day of)
ALSO GOING ON TODAY...
Split this Rock Open Mic 10:30pm @ 14th & V
ASL Open Mic 11pm @ 5th & K, $5 (Buy your tickets online starting at midnight on the day of)
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FEATURED EVENT
Busboys and Poets Book Club at Hyattsville
meets to discuss book club member Richard Morris' Well Considered and
chapters 17 and 18 of A People's History of the United States by Howard
Zinn. The Busboys and Poets Book Club in Hyattsville meets on the last
Saturday of every month at 9am in the Zinn Room. All are welcome to
join. Busboys and Poets Books is an extension of our mission to promote
cultural, political and historical awareness in our diverse
communities. We hope to use and maintain this space as one in which the
local community can come together to learn about the great artistic,
cultural and political developments of our time.
9am @ Hyattsville
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FEATURED EVENT
Film screening of "I'm Single Because..." and panel discussion with hosts Brian "Goldie" Turner & Ochieng "O" Asugo.
The film examines the disconnect between African American men and
women. The documentary captures thought provoking concepts on how to
approach relationships for the 21st century. It surveys a group of young
people opinions, stories and challenges with being single. Relationship
experts and grassroots activists put the conversation in context and
advocate different paths towards change, while collectively expounding
the underlying factors that contribute to the quandary. Janks Morton
asserts an old school mentality by dissecting the effects of media,
belief systems and other factors concerning the black community and its
profound effects on relationships while Leandra Ollie for the Talented
Tenth offers a mother-like nurturing tune by expressing her interactions
with the men in her life and breaking down the family dynamic structure
from the '50s and contrasting the same today. Overall I'm Single
Because is a thought provoking heart felt film that aspires to reach the
masses of young African America adults who might be single in the 21st
century.
5pm @ 5th & K, RSVP
here
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Monday, March 31, 2014
Rise + Rhyme: Storytelling/Performances for Ages 5 and Under 9:30am @ Hyattsville
Irish Popcorn Film Series presented by Solas Nua 7pm @ 14th & V WIFTI Short Film Showcase 7pm @ Hyattsville
Love Jones: Open Mic 8pm @ 5th & K
Monday Night Open Mic Poetry 9pm @ Shirlington, $5
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
One Mic Festival : "Pass the Mic" 6pm @ 14th & V
Bread & Roses Labor Series 6pm @ 5th & K
Tuesday Night Open Mic Poetry 9pm @ 14th & V, $5
*D.C. PRIMARY ELECTION DAY*
Wed Night Open Mic Poetry 9pm @ 5th & K, $5
Thursday, April 3, 2014
Thursday Night Open Mic Poetry hosted by Komplex 9pm @ Hyattsville, $5
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BUSBOYS AND POETS TRIBAL STATEMENT...
Busboys
and Poets is a community where racial and cultural connections are
consciously uplifted...a place to take a deliberate pause and feed your
mind, body and soul...a space for art, culture and politics to
intentionally collide...we believe that by creating such a space we can
inspire social change and begin to transform our community and the
world.
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