Busboys And Poets Blog

On Wednesday, August 10, 2011, PBS talk show host, Tavis Smiley, and Princeton University professor Cornel West dined at Busboys & Poets while in Washington, DC on their 15-city poverty tour.  The Tour seeks to highlight the economic disparity between rich and poor. Both Smiley and West have stirred a great deal of controversy as [...]

In congruence with the UN International Day of Peace, an annual day of global ceasefire and non-violence, we are celebrating and remembering the life and works of the late Howard Zinn in “The Howard Zinn” room at Busboys and Poets in Hyattsville on Wednesday, September 21st, 2011. This event will benefit the Zinn Education Project, [...]

BY:  Tasha Christensen, DC Arts Examiner http://www.examiner.com/arts-in-washington-dc/art-busboys The month of June brought with it many visits to exhibits, galleries, and art shows. None surprised me more than the unexpected showcase of artists currently on display at Busboys and Poets in Shirlington Village. I had gone there for some coffee and was captivated by the colorful [...]

So the rumors are true, Busboys will be opening in the Hyattsville Arts District in about one month from today!  We’ve all been busy at work preparing for the big opening as you can see from the pics below.  We’ll continue to give you some brief updates on the latest buzz, but we want to [...]

Gil Scott-Heron died Friday afternoon, May 27, 2011.  For those of us that came to political consciousness with Gil Scott’s  The Revolution Will Not Be Televised and for those of us that saw the truth of the Watergate Affair as Gil explained it poetically in H20 Gate Blues – It’s like loosing a member of [...]

We think this is an act that is long overdue…If you agree, please share it with as many people as you can.  Let’s start a movement! 1. Term Limits. 12 years only, one of the possible options below. A. Two Six-year Senate terms B. Six Two-year House terms C. One Six-year Senate term and three [...]

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REPRINTED FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES WEB SITE Last week, in the face of protest demonstrations against Wisconsin’s new union-busting governor, Scott Walker — demonstrations that continued through the weekend, with huge crowds on Saturday — Representative Paul Ryan made an unintentionally apt comparison: “It’s like Cairo has moved to Madison.” It wasn’t the smartest [...]

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