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The first Busboys and Poets lies two blocks from U Street, a commercial corridor in Northwest Washington, known as "Black Broadway" in its heyday. [3] Concerned that his creation of a trendy artistic space would clash with U Street's traditional identity, Shallal reached out for support from community leaders, neighborhood groups, church organizations, schools and radio stations prior to ...
Anas "Andy" Shallal (Arabic: أنس شلال) (born March 21, 1955) is an Iraqi-American artist, activist, philanthropist and entrepreneur. He is best known as the founder and CEO of the Washington, D.C., area restaurant, bookstore, and performance venue Busboys and Poets.
Rosalynd Harris, who works at Busboys and Poets, told The Washington Post she was beaming with confidence at her job Monday after going to the Women's March on Washington over the weekend.
In 2010, he co-founded the Washington, D.C. based literary journal, the Tidal Basin Review, along with poets Melanie Henderson, Dr. Randall Horton and Fred Joiner. [15] He formerly served on the editorial board of the Little Patuxent Review [ 16 ] and was a member at-large on the board of the Howard County Poetry and Literature Society ...
[15] [17] In 2014, Politics and Prose announced that it would be operating satellite stores inside Busboys and Poets stores throughout the city called "Politics and Prose @ Busboys and Poets". [16] In May 2017, Politics & Prose announced that they would be opening a new branch at Union Market in the fall of 2017. [18]
During the 2012 United States presidential election, Nader moderated a debate for third-party candidates at Washington, D.C.'s Busboys and Poets. The debate was attended by Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein, Libertarian Gary Johnson, Rocky Anderson of the Justice Party and Constitution Party candidate Virgil Goode.
Cezanne was born and raised in San Diego, California. [3]Cezanne has been on multiple National Poetry Slam teams including: Da Poetry Lounge, [4] San Diego Slam Team, [2] Oakland Slam Team Elevated, [5] Golden State Slam, [3] The Root Slam, [6] Berkeley Poetry Slam, [7] and Busboys and Poets Beltway [8] [9]
Lift Off is a yellow, canopy like, abstract sculpture that sits on the corner of the CityVista building in front of Busboys and Poets. A welded (3/8-inch x 1/2-inch) aluminum plate with four crossbeams form the main skeleton of the work. Each crossbeam features a small floodlight on the end which illuminates the scallop like, origami inspired ...