PAST: POETRY: HOME at Hillyer Art Space features "The 5th L" this FRI, June 19th 6:00pm, Open Mic follows 7:00pm - 9:00pm, $5, perfromers free

HOME: Hillyer Open Mic Event
This month's feature is The 5th L
Friday, June 19th
6:00pm - 9:00pm

Hillyer Art Space
9 Hillyer Court, NW
Note that the space is in the alley. Enter through the alley between old and new Phillips Collection buildings.

Come join Hillyer for June's HOME event! Hosted by Fred Joiner, curator and host of the American Poetry Museum's Intersections at the Honfleur Gallery and poet-in-residence at Busboys and Poets, Shirlington. This month's feature poet is The 5th L.

HOME is on every THIRD Friday of the month at the Hillyer Art Space.
Sign-up is at 6:00pm
Open mic begins at 7:00pm, ends around 9:00pm
$5 for non-members of International Arts & Artists
Free for members and performing poets
FREE coffee from Starbucks and refreshments.

This month's feature is the electrifying result when poetry becomes music, performed with energy that rivals rock & roll, and yet still hip-hop in its truest form. The 5th L is a Baltimore-based, nationally traveled, spoken-word, poetry-meets-hip-hop soul group made up of David Ross/Native Son and Femi Lawal/The Dri Fish. They deliver an action-packed experience with the skilled theatrics of a Broadway show and the high energy of rap, yet with the poetic integrity of Langston Hughes to entertain and enlighten audiences.