June Events

Louder Than a Bomb Teen Slam Competition
Saturday, June 2, 2012, (all day; grand slam finals 7 p.m.)
George Washington Univ. - Marvin Center, 800 21st St. NW.
$5 - details

Capturing Fire Queer Spoken Word Festival
Saturday, June 2, 2012, 6 p.m.
Busboys and Poets (14th & V), 2021 14th St. NW
$20 - details

Open Door Reading Series
Feat. Marie Elizabeth Mali and Villanelles poets.
Sunday, June 3, 2012, 2 p.m.
The Writer's Center, 4508 Walsh St., Bethesda
Free - details

Joaquin Miller Reading Series
Feat. Susan Oakie & Ehud Sela.
Sunday, June 3, 2012, 3 p.m.
Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover Rd. NW
Free - details

Cafe Muse Literary Series
Feat. Patricia Bejarano Fisher & Yvette Neisser Moreno; tribute to Eleanor Ross Taylor.
Monday, June 4, 2012, 7 p.m.
Friendship Heights Village Center, 4433 South Park Ave., Chevy Chase
Free - details

The Garden Open Mic
Monday, June 4, 2012, 8:30 p.m.
BloomBars, 3222 11th St. NW
Donation - details

Tuesday Night Open Mic
Tuesday, June 5, 2012, 9 p.m.
Busboys and Poets (14th & V), 2021 14th St. NW
$5 - details

Film & Poetry: Screening of Louder Than a Bomb
Feat. performance by the DC Youth Poetry Slam Team.
Wednesday, June 6, 2012, 3 p.m.
Dorothy I. Height/Benning Library, 3935 Benning Rd. NE
Free - details

Wednesday Night Open Mic
Wednesday, June 6, 2012, 9 p.m.
Busboys and Poets (5th & K), 1025 5th St. NW
$5 - details

Gwendolyn Brooks Birthday Tribute Reading
Feat. Kyle Dargan and Janice Harrington.
Thursday, June 7, 2012, 12 p.m.
Library of Congress, Madison Building, 101 Independence Ave. SE
Free - details

HearArts Series
feat. Miles David Moore.
Thursday, June 7, 2012, 7 p.m.
VisArts at Rockville, 155 Gibbs St., Rockville
Free - details

Thursday Night Open Mic
Thursday, June 7, 2012, 9 p.m.
Busboys and Poets, 5331 Baltimore Ave., Hyattsville
$5 - details

La Pluma y la Palabra Poetry Marathon (in Spanish)
Feat. poets Luis Alberto Ambroggio, Gladys Ilarregui, Consuelo Hernández, Milena Rodríguez Gutiérrez, Orlando Rossardi, José Mármol, Ernesto Lumbreras, Naomi Ayala, Fernando Beltrán, Eduardo Moga, José Carlos Rosales and Saúl Ibargoyen.
Friday, June 8, 2012, 1:30 p.m.
Library of Congress, Madison Building, 101 Independence Ave. SE
Free/Donation - details

Ruthless Grip Reading Series
Feat. Philadelphia Poets.
Friday, June 8, 2012, 6 p.m.
The Black Squirrel, 2427 18th St. NW
Free - details

11th Hour Poetry Slam
Friday, June 8, 2012, 11 p.m.
Busboys and Poets (14th & V), 2021 14th St. NW
$5 - details

La Pluma y la Palabra Poetry Marathon (in Spanish)
Feat. Luis Alberto Ambroggio, Gladys Ilarregui, Consuelo Hernández, Milena Rodríguez Gutiérrez, Orlando Rossardi, José Mármol, Ernesto Lumbreras, Naomi Ayala, Fernando Beltrán, Eduardo Moga, José Carlos Rosales and Saúl Ibargoyen.
Saturday, June 9, 2012, 2 p.m.
Embassy of Uruguay, 1913 I Street NW
Free - details

Nine on the Ninth Open Mic
Saturday, June 9, 2012, 9 p.m.
Busboys and Poets (14th & V), 2021 14th St. NW
$5 - details

Joaquin Miller Reading Series
Feat. Elizabeth Arnold; Zachary Fine & Arian Yeatts-Lonskea.
Sunday, June 10, 2012, 3 p.m.
Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover Rd. NW
Free - details

Iota Poetry Series
Feat. Nancy Naomi Carlson & Lola Haskins.
Sunday, June 10, 2012, 6 p.m.
Iota Club & Cafe, 2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington
Free - details

The Garden Open Mic
Monday, June 11, 2012, 8:30 p.m.
BloomBars, 3222 11th St. NW
Donation - details

Tuesday Night Open Mic
Tuesday, June 12, 2012, 9 p.m.
Busboys and Poets (14th & V), 2021 14th St. NW
$5 - details

Wednesday Night Open Mic
Wednesday, June 13, 2012, 9 p.m.
Busboys and Poets (5th & K), 1025 5th St. NW
$5 - details

Thursday Night Open Mic
Thursday, June 14, 2012, 9 p.m.
Busboys and Poets, 5331 Baltimore Ave., Hyattsville
$5 - details

Youth Open Mic
Saturday, June 16, 2012, 5 p.m.
Busboys and Poets (5th & K), 1025 5th St. NW
$5 - details

Stanley Plumly
Saturday, June 16, 2012, 6 p.m.
Politics & Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW
Free - details

Open Door Reading: Father's Day Open Mic
Sunday, June 17, 2012, 2 p.m.
The Writer's Center, 4508 Walsh St., Bethesda
Free - details

Joaquin Miller Reading Series
Feat. Kathleen Hellen & Alyse Knorr.
Sunday, June 17, 2012, 3 p.m.
Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover Rd. NW
Free - details

Sunday Kind of Love Open Mic
Sunday, June 17, 2012, 5 p.m.
Busboys and Poets (14th & V), 2021 14th St. NW
$5 - details

Borderlines: A Bilingual Open Mic
Sunday, June 17, 2012, 5 p.m.
Busboys and Poets, 5331 Baltimore Ave., Hyattsville
$5 - details

Father's Day Reading
Feat. Etan Thomas and E.Ethelbert Miller
Sunday, June 17, 2012, 7 p.m.
Busboys and Poets (14th & V), 2021 14th St. NW
Free - details

The Garden Open Mic
Monday, June 18, 2012, 8:30 p.m.
BloomBars, 3222 11th St. NW
Donation - details

Guerrilla Poetry Insurgency Open Mic
Tuesday, June 19, 2012, 7 p.m.
Bossa Bistro and Lounge, 2463 18th St. NW
Free - details

Tuesday Night Open Mic
Tuesday, June 19, 2012, 9 p.m.
Busboys and Poets (14th & V), 2021 14th St. NW
$5 - details

Wednesday Night Open Mic
Wednesday, June 20, 2012, 9 p.m.
Busboys and Poets (5th & K), 1025 5th St. NW
$5 - details

Thursday Night Open Mic
Thursday, June 21, 2012, 9 p.m.
Busboys and Poets, 5331 Baltimore Ave., Hyattsville
$5 - details

10 Tongues: Multilingual Poetry Slam
Friday, June 22, 2012, 8 p.m.
Artomatic, 1851 S. Bell St., Crystal City
Free - details

Open Door Reading
Feat. Melanie Henderson, Niki Herd, Randall Horton & Joseph Ross.
Sunday, June 24, 2012, 2 p.m.
The Writer's Center, 4508 Walsh St., Bethesda
Free - details

Joaquin Miller Reading Series
Feat. Meredith Davies Hadaway & Pamela Murray Winters.
Sunday, June 24, 2012, 3 p.m.
Rock Creek Nature Center, 5200 Glover Rd. NW
Free - details

The Garden Open Mic
Monday, June 25, 2012, 8:30 p.m.
BloomBars, 3222 11th St. NW
Donation - details

Poet-Tree in Bloom Writing Group
Wednesday, June 27, 2012, 6 p.m.
BloomBars, 3222 11th St. NW
Donation - details

Kensington Row Bookshop Poetry Series
Feat. Cliff Bernier.
Wednesday, June 27, 2012, 7 p.m.
Kensington Row Bookshop, 3786 Howard Ave., Kensington
Free - details

*Sparkle* Open Mic
Wednesday, June 27, 2012, 9 p.m.
Busboys and Poets (5th & K), 1025 5th St. NW
$5 - details

Voices of a Movement Open Mic
Thursday, June 28, 2012, 9 p.m.
Busboys and Poets (5th & K), 1025 5th St. NW
$5 - details

Thursday Night Open Mic
Thursday, June 28, 2012, 9 p.m.
Busboys and Poets, 5331 Baltimore Ave., Hyattsville
$5 - details

The Poetics of Place Reading
Feat. Derrick Weston Brown, Christina Daub, Barbara Goldberg, Brandon D. Johnson, E. Ethelbert Miller, Yvette Neisser Moreno, Elizabeth Poliner, Myra Sklarew & Alan Spears.
Saturday, June 30, 2012, 2 p.m.
Corcoran Gallery, 500 7th St. NW
Free - details