January Events

updated 1/20/2011

Cafe Muse Literary Series

feat. Charles Jensen & Alexandra van de Kamp, with tribute to Hilary Tham.

Monday, January 3, 2011, 7 p.m.

Friendship Heights Village Center, 4433 South Park Ave, Chevy Chase

Free - details

Finding Their Voices: American Composers Set the Poetry of Modern American Women

Tuesday, January 4, 2011, 12 p.m.
Univ. of Maryland, Ulrich Recital Hall, College Park
Free - details

Wroteo Open Mic

feat. Holly Bass
Tuesday, January 4, 2011, 8 p.m.

Artisphere, 1101 Wilson Blvd., Arlington

Donation - details

Tuesday Night Open Mic

Tuesday, January 4, 2011, 9 p.m.

Busboys and Poets (14th & V), 2021 14th St. NW

$4 - details

Wednesday Night Open Mic

Wednesday, January 5, 2011, 9 p.m.

Busboys and Poets (5th & K), 1025 5th St. NW

$4 - details

Kevin Young

Thursday, January 6, 2011, 6:30 p.m.

The Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW

Ticketed event - details

DC Center Open Mic Night

Friday, January 7, 2011, 8 p.m.

DC Center for LGBT, 1318 U St, NW
Free - details

Iota Poetry Series
feat. Maggie Rosen and Sally Rosen Kindred.

Sunday, January 9, 2011, 6 p.m.
Iota Club & Cafe, 2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington
Free - details

Nine On The Ninth Poetry Series

Sunday, January 9, 2011, 9 p.m.

Busboys and Poets (14th & V), 2021 14th St. NW

Free - details

Nikki Giovanni

Discussion & book signing.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011, 6:30 p.m.

Busboys and Poets (5th & K), 1025 5th St. NW
Free - details

Tuesday Night Open Mic

Tuesday, January 11, 2011, 9 p.m.

Busboys and Poets (14th & V), 2021 14th St. NW

$4 - details

Wednesday Night Open Mic

Wednesday, January 12, 2011, 9 p.m.

Busboys and Poets (5th & K), 1025 5th St. NW

$4 - details

11th Annual Young People's Poetry Marathon (in Spanish)

Thursday, January 13, 2011, 10 a.m.

Rosslyn Spectrum, 1611 N. Kent St., Arlington
details

The Word: Black Writers on Writing

feat. Nikki Giovanni.

Thursday, January 13, 2011, 7 p.m.

Museum of American History, 14th & Constitution Ave. NW

Free - details

Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest

Friday, January 14, 2011, 4 p.m.
The Writer's Center, 4508 Walsh St., Bethesda

Free - details

Ruthless Grip Reading Series

feat. CAConrad, Debrah Morkun, & Adam Robinson

Friday, January 14, 2011, 8 p.m.

Baked & Wired, 1052 Thomas Jefferson Ct. NW

Free - details

11th Hour Poetry Slam
feat. Regie Cabico.
Friday, January 14, 2011, 11 p.m.
Busboys and Poets (14th & V), 2021 14th St. NW
$5 - details

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Poetry Extravaganza

Saturday, January 15, 2011, 1 p.m.

Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW

Free - details

Youth Open Mic

Saturday, January 15, 2011, 5 p.m.

Busboys and Poets (5th & K), 1025 5th St. NW

Free - details

In Your Ear Reading Series

feat. Mel Nichols & Stewart Lupton

Sunday, January 16, 2011, 3 p.m.

DC Arts Center, 2438 18th St. NW

$5- details

Sunday Kind of Love Open Mic

feat. Kimberly L. Becker & Charles Jensen
Sunday, January 16, 2011, 4 p.m.

Busboys and Poets (14th & V), 2021 14th St. NW

Free - details

Martin Luther King Jr. Day: Not Just Another Day Off

Celebrating MLK Jr. with readings of speeches and poetry.
Monday, January 17, 2011, 11 a.m.

Folger Shakespeare Library, 201 East Capitol St. SE
Free - details

Writeo Poetry Workshop

with Holly Bass.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011, 6:30 p.m.

Artisphere, 1101 Wilson Blvd., Arlington
$25/$15 Students - details

Pi Pie Poems - Poetry and Pie Tasting

Tuesday, January 18, 2011, 7 p.m.

Riverby Books, 417 East Capitol Street, SE
Free - details

Tuesday Night Open Mic

feat. Brook Yung.

Tuesday, January 18, 2011, 9 p.m.

Busboys and Poets (14th & V), 2021 14th St. NW

$4 - details

AU Annual Faculty Benefit Reading

Poetry and prose reading.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011, 7 p.m.

AU School of International Service, SIS Founder's Room
Free - details

Wednesday Night Open Mic

Wednesday, January 19, 2011, 9 p.m.

Busboys and Poets (5th & K), 1025 5th St. NW

$4 - details

Intersections Poetry Series
feat. Ishion Hutchinson
Thursday, January 20, 2011, 7 p.m.
Source Theatre, 1835 14th St. NW
Free/donation - details

Beltway Poetry Slam
Tuesday, January 25, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
The Fridge, Rear Alley, 516 8th St SE
$5 - details

Tuesday Night Open Mic

Tuesday, January 25, 2011, 9 p.m.

Busboys and Poets (14th & V), 2021 14th St. NW

$4 - details

Kensington Row Bookshop Poetry Series

feat. Jim Ferris and Myra Sklarew.

Wednesday, January 26, 2011, 7 p.m.
Kensington Row Bookshop, 3786 Howard Ave., Kensington

Free - details

Wednesday Night *SPARKLE* Open Mic

Wednesday, January 26, 2011, 9 p.m.

Busboys and Poets (5th & K), 1025 5th St. NW

$4 - details

American Scrapbook: A Celebration of Verse
Based on poetry written & compiled by Caroline Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.

Saturday, January 29 - Sunday, February 6, 2011

Kennedy Center Opera House, 2700 F St. NW
Ticketed event - details

Poetry and Prose Open Mic

Sunday, January 30, 2011, 2 p.m.

The Writer's Center, 4508 Walsh St., Bethesda

Free - details