To view full details and a complete events calendar which also lists the Shirlington, VA location events, visit www.BusboysandPoets.com. All events free and open to the public unless noted otherwise.
MEET the AUTHOR
Monday, September 29 in DC @ 14th and V
6:30PM - Nizam Ali and Tracey Gold Bennett discuss and sign Ben's
Chili Bowl: 50 Years of a Washington DC Landmark. Chock full of images
from the over 50-year history of Ben's Chili Bowl, U Street, the Ali
family, and the patrons who have helped define Ben's as a vibrant
cultural landmark.
Tuesday, September 30 in DC @ 14th and V
6PM - Salvadoran-American author and artist Mario Bencastro will read
from his young adult novel, A Promise to Keep. The book explores
critical questions of identity, homeland, and culture, and is grounded
in the reality of Central American immigrant teenagers who have been
raised and educated in the United States. This book and others by
Mario Bencastro have been widely used in high schools across the
country.
Wednesday, October 1 in DC @ 14th and V
3:30PM - Voice of the People: The Transpartisan Imperative in American
Life by A. Lawrence Chickering and James S. Turner. "It is time for us
to recognize our deep well of common interest and work together with
respect and intelligence for our common good. Voice of the People
speaks to this imperative. Read it and be part of the change." - Joan
Blades, Co-founder of MoveOn.org and MomsRising.org
Saturday, October 4 at the Library of Congress (See location address.)
10AM Americas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature. Authors
Pat Mora and Laura Resau and illustrator Rafael Lopez will receive the
Americas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature at the 15th
annual award presentation hosted by the Library of Congress. Busboys
and Poets Books will sell the winning titles for signing. More
information and RSVP.
Saturday, October 4 in DC @ 14th and V
4PM - AB Spellman will read and sign Things I Must Have Known. A.B.
Spellman is a founding member of the Black Arts Movement and a
nationally recognized jazz scholar. His poems address the most
important personal and public events of the last seventy years. He
writes of how it felt to grow up black in a segregated America, of the
transformational experience of hearing John Coltrane live, of the
give-and-take of a long marriage, and of the importance and
inspiration of good friends.
Sunday, October 5 in DC @ 14th and V
6:30PM - Lori Tharps will read
and sign Kinky Gazpacho: Life, Love & Spain. "With flawless agility,
Tharps...juggles a coming-of-age story, a portrait of the writer as a
young woman, a travel book and a detective story along with a memoir
about learning to love oneself and one's world." -- Publishers Weekly
(starred review)
DIALOGUE
Thursday, October 2 in VA and DC
9PM - Vice-Presidential Debate Watch Party. Join us for a
Vice-Presidential Debate Watch Party at all three locations! We will
have all of the debate action on our big screen and televisions
throughout the space -- along with drink specials, good food and, as
always, good people.
Sunday, October 5 in DC @ 14th & V
4PM - A.C.T.O.R. A Continuing Talk on Race. Join us for an open
discussion on Finding Common Ground: Building Solidarity Between
African American And Immigrant Communities. Speakers will include:
Gerald Lenoir, Director of the Black Alliance for Just Immigration;
Gustavo Torres, Executive Director of CASA de Maryland; and Linda
Leeks, Director of Empower DC. For more information, email
david.thurston78@gmail.com.
Tuesday, October 7 in VA and DC
9PM - Presidential Debate (Round 2) Watch Party. Join us at any one of
our three locations for a Presidential Debate Watch Party! We will
have all of the debate action on our big screen and televisions
throughout the space.
POETRY
Tuesday, September 30 in DC @ 14th & V
9PM - A Busboys and Poetry Open Mic. Open mic wristbands will be sold
all day starting at 10am in the bookstore until sold out. You may
purchase up to 4 wristbands per person. Doors and Open Mic List opens
at 8:15PM. $4 admission
Wednesday, October 1 in DC @ 5th & K (new location!)
9PM - A Busboys and Poetry Open Mic. Hosted by Poet-in-Residence Holly
Bass. List opens at 8PM.
Thursday, October 2 in DC @ 14th & V
7PM and 9PM (two shows) - Duke Ellington Jazz Fest Presents Spoken
Word! Winners of the 2008 DC National Teen Slam Team will perform
works focused on the nexus between hip-hop and jazz. Howard Solomon
and his trio TriFlava will lead the team followed by performances by
Kenneth Carroll and Brian Gilmore. $15 Cover
6PM - Join us for a presentation by Divine Chocolate on the Kuapa
Kokoo Farmers Union in honor of Fair Trade Month. This presentation
will speak to how ownership of their own chocolate company in Ghana
has empowered women. Documentary screening, discussion, and free Fair
Trade Chocolate samples.
Friday, October 3 in DC @ 5th and K (new location!)
6PM - In Sight Initiatives presents: American Blackout. Whatever you
think you know about our election systems, this film will make you
question further why the news media fails to accurately inform the
public. American Blackout critically examines the contemporary tactics
used to control our democratic process and silence voices of political
dissent. American Blackout chronicles the recurring patterns of voter
disenfranchisement from Florida 2000 to Ohio 2004 while following the
story of Georgia Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney. Mckinney not only
took an active role investigating these election debacles, but has
found herself in the middle of her own after publicly questioning the
Bush Administration about the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Featuring
Congressional members John Conyers, John Lewis, Stephanie Tubbs-Jones,
Bernie Sanders and jounalists Greg Palast and Bob Fitrakis.
MUSIC
Wednesday, October 1 in DC @ 14th and V
9PM - Hump Day Groovez. Live musical performance featuring the
Gibraltar Band. Pop North African band with a good mix of mostly
berber, pop flamenco, Rai and desert blues. $10 admission
Friday, October 3 in DC @ 14th and V
9PM - Duke Ellington Jazz Fest. Musical performance by Time for Three,
a young, dynamic trio comprised of classically trained string
musicians who transcend traditional performance genres. In concert, a
blue-grass standard like 'Orange Blossom Special' may be followed by a
gypsy-tinged Csardas. "Tf3" is equally comfortable offering their own
arrangements of shorter classical works and popular hits, whether
Brahms or the Beatles. $15 admission
12 Midnight - Duke Ellington Jazz Fest. Midnight Jam w/ Antonio Parker
Quartet. $15 admission
SPECIAL EVENTS
Wednesday, October 1 in DC @ 5th and K (new location!)
6:30PM Reception with Artist Huong and The Peace Mural Foundation.
Please join with friends, partners, and supporters as we launch the
fundraising and promotional campaign for the Washington DC Peace Mural
Exhibition. (November 29 and through January 30). Nearly 15 years in
the making, Huong's Peace Mural is the culmination of searing memories
that brings history to life and depicts the universal pain of war and
hope for peace.
Wednesday, October 1 in DC @ 14th & V
6PM - United Way of the National Capital Area's 'Emerging Leaders'
Program Kickoff. Emerging Leaders is designed to foster the
development of young people from around the entire DC metropolitan
region interested in career in housing and community development.
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