April events

updated 4/18/11

DC Center Open Mic Night
Friday, April 1, 2011, 8 p.m.
DC Center for LGBT, 1318 U St., NW
Free - details

Open Door Reading Series
feat. Ellen Doré Watson & Carol Moldaw.
Sunday, April 3, 2011, 2 p.m.
The Writer's Center, 4508 Walsh St., Bethesda
Free - details

Cafe Muse Literary Series
Poets read from Grace Cavalieri's German Cookbook: A Feast of Poets
Monday, April 4, 2011, 7 p.m.
Friendship Heights Village Center, 4433 South Park Ave., Chevy Chase
Free - details

High Tea and Poetry Reading with Samuel Hazo
Tuesday, April 5, 2011, 4 p.m.
Marymount University, Lola's Cafe, Caruthers Hall, Arlington
Free - details

Lannan Symposium: Writing Dangerously in Immigrant America
feat. poetry reading with Juan Felipe Herrera & Cristina García.
Tuesday, April 5 - Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Georgetown University - venues vary
Free - details

Tuesday Night Open Mic
Tuesday, April 5, 2011, 9 p.m.
Busboys and Poets (14th & V), 2021 14th St. NW
$4 - details

Akbar Ahmed
Wednesday, April 6, 2011, 6:30 p.m.
Busboys and Poets (14th & V), 2021 14th St. NW
Free - details

University of Baltimore Spring Reading Series
feat. Nick Flynn.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011, 7 p.m.
Student Center - 21 W. Mt. Royal, Baltimore
Free - details

Wednesday Night Open Mic
Wednesday, April 6, 2011, 9 p.m.
Busboys and Poets (5th & K), 1025 5th St. NW
$4 - details

Derrick Weston Brown
Thursday, April 7, 2011, 6:30 p.m.
Busboys and Poets (14th & V), 2021 14th St. NW
Free - details

Art of Poetry Exhibition & Reception
feat. reading by Bob Zappacosta.
Friday, April 8, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Wohlfarth Galleries, 3418 9th St. NE
Free - details

Ruthless Grip Reading Series
feat. Lee Ann Brown, Chris Vitiello & Dianne Timblin
Friday, April 8, 2011, 8 p.m.
Del Ray Artisans Gallery, 2704 Mount Vernon Ave, Alexandria
Free - details

As Was Written
feat. live readings, poetry, spoken word and music.
Friday, April 8 - Saturday, April 9, 2011,
Lyceum Theatre, 201 S. Washington St., Alexandria
Ticketed event - details

11th Hour Poetry Slam
Friday, April 8, 2011, 11 p.m.
Busboys and Poets (14th & V), 2021 14th St. NW
$5 - details

Kim Roberts
Saturday, April 9, 2011, 12:30 p.m.
Nat'l Museum of Health & Medicine
6900 Georgia Ave. NW
Free - details

Ocean Haiku Workshop
feat. Anne Becker.
Saturday, April 9, 2011, 1 p.m.
Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, 10th St. & Constitution Ave. NW
Free - details

Nine On The Ninth Poetry Series
feat. Rachel Eliza Griffiths.
Saturday, April 9, 2011, 9 p.m.
Busboys and Poets (14th & V), 2021 14th St. NW
Free - details

National Poetry Month Program
feat. Molly Peacock.
Sunday, April 10, 2011, 2 p.m.
Nat'l Museum of Women in the Arts, 1250 New York Ave. NW
Free - details

DC Emancipation Day: An Evening of Poetry & Prose
Sunday, April 10, 2011, 4:30 p.m.
Busboys and Poets (5th & K), 1025 5th St. NW
Free - details

Open Door Reading Series
feat. Erika Meitner.
Sunday, April 10, 2011, 5 p.m.
The Writer's Center, 4508 Walsh St., Bethesda
Free - details

Diane Ackerman
Sunday, April 10, 2011 5:30 p.m.
Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW
Free - details

Iota Poetry Series
feat. Frederick Feirstein & Claudia Gary.
Sunday, April 10, 2011, 6 p.m.
Iota Club & Cafe, 2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington
Free - details

Moving Words Poetry Competition
Sunday, April 10, 2011, 8 p.m.
Iota Club & Cafe, 2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington
Free - details

O.B. Hardison Poetry Series
feat. Naomi Shihab Nye.
Monday, April 11, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Folger Shakespeare Library, 201 East Capitol St. SE
Ticketed event - details

Johns Hopkins Poetry Reading Series
feat. Lyn Hejinian.
Tuesday, April 12, 2011, 6 p.m.
JHU - Mudd Hall Auditorium, Baltimore
Free - details

Billy Collins
Tuesday, April 12, 2011, 7 p.m.
Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW
Free - details

Bridge Street Books Reading
feat. Kit Robinson
Tuesday, April 12, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Bridge St. Books, 2814 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Free - details

Tuesday Night Open Mic
Tuesday, April 12, 2011, 9 p.m.
Busboys and Poets (14th & V), 2021 14th St. NW
$4 - details

Wednesday Night Open Mic
Wednesday, April 13, 2011, 9 p.m.
Busboys and Poets (5th & K), 1025 5th St. NW
$4 - details

Nora School Poetry Reading Series
Reading from A Sea of Alone: Poems for Alfred Hitchcock
feat. Miles David Moore, Norman Prentiss, Anne Harding Woodworth.
Thursday, April 14, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
The Nora School, 955 Sligo Ave., Silver Spring
Free - details

Bethesda Literary Festival
feat. poetry reading with David Keplinger & Michele Wolf
Friday, April 15 - Sunday, April 17, 2011
Venues vary
Free - details

Poets & Teachers Poetry Reading
feat. Katy Richey, Hayes Davis, Michela Costello & Joe Ross.
Friday, April 15, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Wohlfarth Galleries, 3418 9th St. NE
Free - details

Ruthless Grip Reading Series
feat. Joe Hall, Adam Marston & Katy Bohinc
Friday, April 15, 2011, 8 p.m.
G Fine Art, 1350 Florida Ave NE
Free - details

Youth Open Mic
Saturday, April 16, 2011, 5 p.m.
Busboys and Poets (5th & K), 1025 5th St. NW
Free - details

International Day of the Book
Street festival feat. Kensington's first Poet Laureate, Richard Rice.
Sunday, April 17, 2011, 11 a.m.
Howard Avenue, Old Town Kensington
free - details

Poet Lore Launch Party
feat. Janice Lynch Schuster, Melanie Figg, & R. Dwayne Betts.
Sunday, April 17, 2011, 2 p.m.
The Writer's Center, 4508 Walsh St., Bethesda
Free - details

In Your Ear Reading Series
feat. Ryan Walker, Casey Smith.
Sunday, April 17, 2011, 3 p.m.
DC Arts Center, 2438 18th St. NW
$5 - details

Sunday Kind of Love Open Mic
Sunday, April 17, 2011, 4 p.m.
Busboys and Poets (14th & V), 2021 14th St. NW
Free - details

Shakespeare's Birthday Reading
Professional actors present scenes and sonnets by the Bard.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011, 12 p.m.
Library of Congress, 101 Independence Ave. SE
Free - details

Lannan Center Series: The Poetics of Monastic Life
feat. Trappist monk & poet John (Brother Isaac) Slater.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011, 4 p.m.
Georgetown University, New North 408
Free - details

Capitol Hill Reading Series
feat. Cliff Bernier & Judith Valente
Tuesday, April 19, 2011, 7 p.m.
Riverby Books, 417 East Capitol Street, SE
Free - details

Tuesday Night Open Mic
Tuesday, April 19, 2011, 9 p.m.
Busboys and Poets (14th & V), 2021 14th St. NW
$4 - details

A Celebration of Poetry
Sarah Browning, Kim Roberts, Hermine Pinson, and Donna Denize read from Caroline Kennedy's anthology, She Walks in Beauty.
Wednesday April 20, 2011, 6:30 p.m.
Barnes & Noble, 555 12th St. NW
free - details

Wednesday Night Open Mic
Wednesday, April 20, 2011, 9 p.m.
Busboys and Poets (5th & K), 1025 5th St. NW
$4 - details

Witter Bynner Fellowship Reading
W.S. Merwin introduces winners Forrest Gander & Robert Bringhurst.
Thursday, April 21, 2011, 6:45 p.m.
Library of Congress, 101 Independence Ave. SE
Free - details

Emerson Prep Poetry Parade
E. Ethelbert Miller leads Poets' Parade to Dupont Circle.
Friday, April 22, 2011, 11 a.m.
Emerson Preparatory High School, 1324 18th St., NW
Free - details

Poetry Marathon: La Pluma y la Palabra (in Spanish)
Friday, April 22, 2011, 1:30 p.m.
Library of Congress, 101 Independence Ave. SE
Free - details

Ruthless Grip Reading Series
feat. Meg Ronan, Alison Strub & Aubrey Lenahan
Friday, April 22, 2011, 8 p.m.
G Fine Art, 1350 Florida Ave NE
Free - details

Poetry Marathon: La Pluma y la Palabra (in Spanish)
Saturday, April 23, 2011, 2 p.m.
Casa de la Luna, 4020 Georgia Ave. NW
Free - details

Ruthless Grip Reading Series
feat. Lynne Dreyer and Peter Inman.
Saturday, April 23, 2011, 2 p.m.
G Fine Art, 1350 Florida Ave NE
Free - details

M Street Poetry Open Mic
Monday, April 25, 2011, 7 p.m.
Barnes & Noble - Georgetown, 3040 M Street NW
Free - details

GWU Jenny McKean Moore Series
feat. Denise Duhamel.
Monday, April 25, 2011, 8 p.m.
George Washington Univ., Location TBA
Free - details

Haiku and Open Mic
feat. Roberta Beary, Ellen Compton, & Jonathan B. Tucker.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011, 6 p.m.
Busboys and Poets (5th & K), 1025 5th St. NW
Free - details

Tuesday Night Open Mic
Tuesday, April 26, 2011, 9 p.m.
Busboys and Poets (14th & V), 2021 14th St. NW
$4 - details

Lannan Center Series: Poetics of the Sacred: A Discussion about God and Imagination
feat. Mark Patrick Hederman and Richard Kearney
Wednesday, April 27, 2011, 5 p.m.
Georgetown University, Copley Formal Lounge
Free - details

Kensington Row Bookshop Poetry Series
feat. Judy Wells & Dale Jensen.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011, 7 p.m.
Kensington Row Bookshop, 3786 Howard Ave., Kensington
Free - details

Wednesday Night *SPARKLE* Open Mic
Wednesday, April 27, 2011, 9 p.m.
Busboys and Poets (5th & K), 1025 5th St. NW
$4 - details

3rd Annual Blackbird Poetry Festival
feat. Martín Espada.
Thursday, April 28, 2011 (all-day event)
Howard Community College, Columbia
tickets for events vary - details

Poetry Out Loud National Finals
Friday, April 29, 2011, 7 p.m.
Lincoln Theatre, 1215 U St. NW
Free - details

ASL Open Mic
American sign language users recite a poem, song or short skit.
Friday, April 29, 2011, 11 p.m.
Busboys and Poets (14th & V), 2021 14th St. NW
$5 - details

Ruthless Grip Reading Series
feat. James Huckenphaler, Francis Michael Terzano, Jake Dingman, & Thomas Michael Corcoran.
Saturday, April 30, 2011, 2 p.m.
G Fine Art, 1350 Florida Ave NE
Free - details