Busboys and Poets Brookland

Busboys and Poets Brookland More than just a restaurant
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09/14/2026

Busboys and Poets presents America at a Crossroads: A People’s Conversation with Congressman Ro Khanna, an evening of dialogue on foreign policy, democracy, and the issues shaping the future of the country. Join us at Busboys and Poets 14th & V for a timely conversation that invites community members to gather, listen, ask questions, and engage with the political choices facing America at home and abroad.

09/13/2026

join us for Author Next Door: Where Art and Culture Collide, the next installment in our rotating celebration of community storytellers from across the DMV. This panel will spotlight authors whose works explore a variety of formats and genres, including poetry, historical research, fiction, and photography. Each featured author will read from and discuss their writing, participate in a conversation about the intersections among their books, and answer questions from the audience.

08/27/2026

Celebrate one of Danticat's most powerful and deeply affecting works yet, told with her signature “unfaltering voice and evocative beauty”

08/23/2026

Introducing... The Busboys and Poets Book Club A book club that explores anti colonialism and anti imperialism through literature, history, and lived experience. Together, we’ll read writers and thinkers who challenge empire, occupation, exploitation, and the lasting legacies of colonial rule, while examining movements of resistance, liberation, and self-determination in the United States and around the world.

08/20/2026

Join us to learn why “we must work across race and class lines to eradicate social ills and eliminate fascism” with one of the world’s foremost historians of racism and a leading antiracist scholar.

12/30/2024

Hapi from Busboys and Poets Brookland produced by Hoodsmart & Ayeta Productions

01/21/2024

Join us Sunday, Jan 21, 2024, 5 pm at Busboys and Poets - Brookland for "Poems for Palestine" open mic hosted by Zeina Azzam. Share your powerful words on Gaza, be it personal experiences or reflections. Let's unite for peace. Free and open to all! 📚🎙️

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12/29/2023

Habari Gani?

12/11/2023

Please join us for a tribute to the late Dr. Refaat al-Ar’eer

On December 6, 2023 Dr. Refaat al-Ar’eer, a Palestinian author, educator and activist, was reportedly murdered by the US-backed Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in an airstrike that targeted his sister’s home in Gaza. The renowned poet and academic was considered 'the voice of Gaza'.

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Wednesday Dec. 13, 2023
Busboys and Poets Brookland

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625 Monroe Street NE
Washington D.C., DC
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Monday 10am - 10pm
Tuesday 10am - 10pm
Wednesday 10am - 11pm
Thursday 10am - 10pm
Friday 8am - 12am
Saturday 9am - 12am
Sunday 9am - 11pm

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