

NoVA || Maryland || Baltimore || MoCo || PG || Anne Arundel || Silver Spring || Georgetown University || UMD || American || GWU || GMU || Gallaudet || Rockville || Howard University || Catholic UniversityĭC Defenders || Spirit || Caps || Nats || Commanders || Wizards || DC United || Mystics || Justice || Running! || Bicycles! || Motorcycles! Reporting drug use for security clearances Interested in holding an AMA? Message us! Busboys and Poets is a dog-friendly restaurant intent on making itself a space to inspire social change and begin to transform the community and the world. For an explanation, please see this post. Busboys and Poets is proud to be a venue that provides space and support for poets and spoken word performers and interested audiences.
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Exemptions may be granted by modmailing the mod team. No editorialized titles (if you post an article, use the title of that article)Ĭommon questions must not be easily answered by recent threads, the wiki, or a Google searchĪll posts about crime are automatically locked. Posts inquiring about housing or neighborhoods should be asked in the "Casual Questions" megathread No advertisement/buying/selling/job/solicitation/survey posts Unless otherwise noted, all art is available for purchase, with 100% of the proceeds from the sale of work going directly to the artists.STICKY: Moving to DC? | Visitor's Guide | FAQ | Rules OFFICIAL VISITOR'S GUIDE Rules: Busboys and Poets supports the creative economy and celebrates art in its spaces by offering a unique platform for visual artists. Additionally, we often give preference to large format works and artists who have significantly large bodies of work to exhibit. We typically rotate artwork twice annually at each venue, and we seek to exhibit artists whose work is thoughtfully crafted, professionally executed, and those artists whose visions reflect our Tribal Statement. Throughout the year, we receive many qualified submissions for artwork to be displayed in our locations in Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia. Sharing a meal with family, friends and co-workers is further enhanced by art that is at once beautiful and challenging. A pause to think and reflect." Andy Shallal, Washington LifeĪs a space where art, culture and politics intentionally collide, both visual and performing arts are a constant and daily part of the Busboys and Poets environment and experience. Busboys and Poets is now located in seven distincti ve neighborhoods in the Washington Metropolitan area and is a cultural hub for artists, activists, writers.

It also allows for a deliberate interruption to our day. To discover our common humanity and remind ourselves of what binds us together. It allows us to connect with one another in a deeper way. The name Busboys and Poets refers to American poet Langston Hughes, who worked as a busboy at the Wardman Park Hotel in the 1920s, prior to gaining recognition as a poet.

Busboys and Poets is a cultural hub for artists, activists, writers, thinkers, and dreamers. First established in 2005, Busboys and Poets is now located in eight distinctive neighborhoods in the Washington D.C Metropolitan and Baltimore areas. Busboys and Poets is a restaurant, bar, bookstore and community gathering place.
