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poetry happenings

Regular Events

* Every fourth Tuesday of the month at 9 pm – host of the Busboys and Poets open mic at 14th and V Sts, NW

* Every Monday at 9 pm — co-host of The Garden open mic at BloomBars

Upcoming

* Saturday, June 25th — performance at Fan-Freaking-Tastic hosted by Vijai Nathan

* Saturday, August 6th — performance at La Casita Festival at Lincoln Center (NYC)

* Thursday, August 25th — facilitating workshop as part of the Write Before Spit Dat series at Emergence Community Arts Collective

Past

* Saturday, June 4th – host and curator of poetry showcase at Arts on the Avenue

* Tuesday, May 31st — featured performance at Busboys & Poets open mic (14th and V)

* Sunday, May 29th – guest performance with The Fourth Stream at Bossa

* Tuesday, May 24th — hosted open mic at Busboys & Poets (14th and V)

* Monday, May 23rd – co-hosted Subcontinental Drift’s Collaboration Night open mic at Liv with Regie Cabico

* Sunday, May 22nd – performance with Alif Laila in conjunction with Dakshina/Daniel Phoenix Singh Dance Company

* Tuesday, April 26th – featured performance at Beltway Poetry Slam at The Fridge

* Friday, April 22nd – guest performance with The Fourth Stream at BloomBars

* Sunday, April 10th — guest performance with Huda Asfour at Bossa

* Saturday, April 2nd featured performance at Crescent Moon Nights at Sankofa Cafe

* Saturday, March 19th — hosted Sulu DC at Artisphere

* Friday, March 18th — guest performance with The Fourth Stream at Subcontinental Drift Presents: A South Asian Salon

* Wednesday, March 9thfeatured performance at Nine on the Ninth, hosted by Derrick Weston Brown, at Busboys & Poets (14th + V)

* Saturday, February 26th – performance at Fan-Freaking-Tastic’s “My First Love & Other Disasters,” hosted by Vijai Nathan

* Saturday, October 30th — original monologue in Yoni Ki Baat, a South Asian American take on the Vagina Monologues

* Thursday, October 14th at 9 pm — featured performance at Spit Dat open mic at the Emergence Community Arts Collective (733 Euclid St, NW)

* Saturday, October 2nd — featured performance at Dakshina/Daniel Phoenix Singh Dance Company’s Fall Festival of Indian Arts

* Wednesday, September 29th at 7:30 pm — featured performance at open mic benefit for BloomBars

* Sunday, September 26th at 7 pm — featured performance at Lyrics & Lace open mic at Lace DC

* Saturday, September 25th — performance with Jenny C. Lares and Alex Cena of Sulu DC at Kollaboration DC show at GWU’s Lisner Auditorium

* Friday, September 24th from 5:30 to 6:30 pm — featured performance at book release for Kim Roberts’ Lip Smack: A History of Spoken Word Poetry in DC at the Baltimore Book Festival (Festival Stage at Mount Vernon Place)–with Twain Dooley, Chris Wilson, and Chris August

* Tuesday, August 24th at 9 pm — hosted open mic at Busboys & Poets (14th and V)

* Monday, August 23rd at 8:30 pm — performance in Lush & Lyric Artist Showcase at Chatman’s D’Vine Bakery and Cafe

* Saturday, August 21st at 8:00 pm – performance at Small is Beautiful Arts Festival

* Wednesday, July 28th — featured performance at Sparkle open mic (Busboys & Poets, 5th and K Sts NW)

* Sunday, July 25th — featured performance at DMZ to DC: 60th Anniversary of the Korean War

* Saturday, July 24th — featured vocal and poetry performances at the DC Premiere of Ari-Den Dance Company

* Saturday, July 3rd — featured performance with Sulu DC at Smithsonian Folklife Festival

* Friday, July 2nd — featured performance with Subcontinental Drift at Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage

* Wednesday, June 30th — featured performance at One Common Unity’s program “The Disaster of Oil”

* Monday, June 28th — featured performance at Busboys & Poets open mic (Shirlington, VA)

* Thursday, June 24th — featured performance at Campus Progress event “Protest Through Poetry”

* Tuesday, June 22nd — featured performance at Busboys & Poets open mic (14th and V Sts NW)

* Monday, June 21st — featured performance at The Garden open mic (BloomBars)

* Tuesday, June 15th — guest co-hosted Naansense Radio (WMUC-88.1 FM)

* Monday, June 7th — featured performance at Women Deliver conference

* Monday, May 24th — guest hosted Subcontinental Drift open mic at Liv

* Friday, May 21st — featured performance at Hillyer Open Mic Event (Hillyer Art Space)

* Saturday, April 17th — featured performance at Live Green DC’s Green in the Circle Festival

* Wednesday, March 3rd — featured performance at Busboys & Poets open mic (5th and K Sts NW)

* Saturday, February 20th — featured performance at Sulu DC

* Monday, January 11th — featured performance at DC Guerrilla Poetry Insurgency open mic

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