It’s that time of year again to rummage through your closet for your most stylish pajamas for our annual New Year’s Day Pajama Brunch! This is our 14th pajama brunch and it’s always a great photo op with family and friends. We’ll be open at 8AM at all locations on 1/1/19 with $5 mimosas and $5 Bloody Mary specials along with the entire brunch menu.

Showers and clean jammies are highly recommended 😉

New Year’s Eve at Busboys and Poets:

Rise + Rhyme on Monday Morning at 9:30AM:

Rise + Rhyme at Busboys and Poets 14th & V

Rise + Rhyme at Busboys and Poets Brookland

Rise + Rhyme at Busboys and Poets Hyattsville

Rise + Rhyme at Busboys and Poets Takoma

All Locations: Happy Hour All Night + Free Champagne Toast at Midnight

Busboys and Poets Brookland: New Year’s Eve Karaoke

Busboys and Poets 14th & V: New Year’s Eve Comedy Night

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For Langston Hughes on His 123 Birthday

Speech given on February 1, 2024 in Havana, Cuba In 1927 Langston Hughes walked into a Cuba amid an emerging community of artists, intellectuals, and radicals.  He saw a “sunrise in a new land [– a day – in his words]sic – full of brownskin surprises, and hitherto unknown contacts in a world of color.”  … Continued

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Palestine Week 2024

January 18, 2024 – January 25, 2024 In keeping with our ongoing mission of uplifting racial and cultural connections, Busboys and Poets is hosting Palestine Week (January 18 through January 25, 2024). This week-long series of events will offer a diverse range of programming featuring Palestinian food, music, dance, poetry, discussions, and other enriching events. … Continued

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Split This Rock Poem of the Week: Karenne Wood

The Poet I Wish I Was    1. A white poet whose work I admire said she feels most inspired on her daily four-mile walk through a forest. 2. I wish I had time to walk four miles daily. I can usually manage one mile with dogs. My dogs are distractible, and they distract me. … Continued

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Right to Know Our Food

Once again the issue of transparency and trust in our food system arises

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Experience Cuba! Trip to the 31st International Book Fair in Cuba

Join the Busboys and Poets Travel Tribe on a 6-day, 5-night trip to the 31st International Book Fair in Cuba! The program will be filled with cultural encounters, meetings, colloquiums, tributes, panels, conferences, readings, awards, and book presentations. from $852 per person (plus air) About the 31st International Book Fair in Cuba  The 31st “International … Continued