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Operating as usual
01/13/2021
Mother Tongues Multilingual Open Mic will be this Friday January 15th 6:30pm EST. Sign up with Tatiana Figueroa Ramirez or Samuel Miranda if you’d like to share.
Any language welcome!

01/08/2021
Saturday, January 9th from 12 to 2 pm Helen Criales will be available to talk with folks about her show "Ella" which will hang in our gallery at 716 Monroe St. NE #25 @monroestmarket @acreativedc @artswalkmsm #stagedportraits #art #photography

12/18/2020
Tonight, visit the shops on the Arts Walk in Brookland for last minute shopping. Make sure to wear your masks and keep social distancing in mind always.
12/12/2020

12/11/2020
Tonight at 6:30 join us on Facebook Live for Mother Tongues Multilingual Open Mic Hosted by Tatiana Figueroa Ramirez and swing by the Arts Walk from 5 to 8pm for Festive Fridays.

12/07/2020
This Friday at 6:30pm the December edition of Mother Tongues Multilongual Open Mic is happening. If you would like to sign up to read DM host Tatiana Figueroa Ramirez. Looking forward to hearing your voices.

11/26/2020
This Saturday we will be open 10 to 4 along with many of the other shops on the Artswalk. Come through and check out our new exhibit "Ella" photographs by Helen Criales, pick up books by DC area authors and DC Poetry #poetrycommunity gear. Then take a walk around and see all the other art the Artswalk has to offer. @artswalkmsm
@hdcriales
11/15/2020
11/02/2020
Closing Reading for JM Crooms Afrofuturism Exhibit
Closing Reading for JM Crooms Afrofuturism Exhibit
10/25/2020
APM Sunday Reading Featuring John Manuel Arias and Edward Vidaurre
APM Sunday Reading Featuring John Manuel Arias and Edward Vidaurre

10/17/2020
Today we added visitor contributions to the afrofuturism symbology: afropop in the age of covid19 show by Joel Crooms. Visitors responded to the images, sometimes in single words, sometimes in phrases, sometimes in full poems.
10/16/2020
Tomorrow night 6:30 pm on Facebook Live. Mother Tongues Multilingual Open Mic is back.
If you would like to sign up reach out to Tatiana Figueroa Ramirez.
#multilingualism #mothertongues
10/09/2020
Mother Tongues Multilingual Open Mic will be back next Friday, October 16th! Sign up with Sami Miranda or Tatiana Figueroa Ramirez.
09/26/2020
09/26/2020
09/26/2020
09/26/2020
We will be going live with Joel Crooms at 1:30 join us.

09/25/2020
Tomorrow Saturday, September 26th from 1:30 to 5:30 join artists Joel Crooms at the Americam Poetry Museum gallery 716 Monroe Street NE Studio #25. We will be asking visitors to contribute to the exhibit by responding to the images and adding their reactions to the work.
09/20/2020
Sunday Reading with Dimitri Reyes and Beyond Your Definition
Sunday Reading with Dimitri Reyes and Beyond Your Definition
07/14/2020
Teddy Johnson talking about his work. His show Kindling was curated by Jon West-Bey and was exhibited at our gallery.
#contemporaryartist
07/11/2020
Teddy Johnson talking about the work that was hanging in our gallery. A show curated by Jon West-Bey. Take a listen.
#contemporaryartist
07/09/2020
Teddy Johnson's show "Kindling"
07/09/2020
"Kindling" an exhibit by @teddy_j_johnson was the last one we exhibited and was curated by @jwestbey . Since we were unable to have an opening we will be introducing you to Teddy and his work here over the next couple of days. If you enjoy his work make sure to reach out to him and let him know.
#contemporaryartist

06/27/2020
Joel Dias-Porter, On Politics and Poetry
https://aboutaword.wordpress.com/2012/04/29/joel-dias-porter/
Many years ago, after attending the second Cave Canem Retreat, I attended a luncheon in Washington DC with a few poets, one of whom was the current Poet Laureate of the United States. During the co…

06/12/2020
Tonight 630 to 830 pm on Facebook live. We are posting the list twice and in two different formats 'cause the poets reading are coming with magic, and you need to see these names, buy books from or by these folks, follow them on social media, support them and their work. DC Poetry is alive and well and taking up residence all over the US.

06/07/2020
This Friday's, Mother Tongues open mic will be a curated one, take a look at the list of readers and you will understand why you need to join us this Friday at 6:30 to 8:30pm EST.

06/02/2020
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716 Monroe St NE, # 25
Washington D.C., DC
20017
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Tuesday | 17:00 - 20:00 |
Thursday | 17:00 - 20:00 |
Saturday | 10:00 - 16:00 |
Sunday | 10:00 - 16:00 |
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Teddy Johnson talking about his work. His show Kindling was curated by Jon West-Bey and was exhibited at our gallery. #contemporaryartist

Teddy Johnson talking about the work that was hanging in our gallery. A show curated by Jon West-Bey. Take a listen. #contemporaryartist

"Kindling" an exhibit by @teddy_j_johnson was the last one we exhibited and was curated by @jwestbey . Since we were unable to have an opening we will be introducing you to Teddy and his work here over the next couple of days. If you enjoy his work make sure to reach out to him and let him know. #contemporaryartist

Mother Tongues Open Mic
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"Yours" a poem by Maria Fernanda Chamorro from her reading with Kirwyn Sutherland If you are able please continue m.j use to support the work the American Poetry Museum is doing to create a home in DC for poetry. You can support by clicking on the link below. https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=RLMTYX4QM3MP2 #poetrycommunity #dcpoetry #poetry #latinxpoets #poesia

Nicole Capo and Pepe Gonzalez, another one for Jazz and Poetry Month. #dcpoetry #dcjazz #poetrycommunity If you are able please continue to support the work we are doing by clicking on the link below. Your donations help us pay poets and musicians, maintain a space for exhibits by artists at different points in their careers and create a conversation between the arts and those who love them. https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=RLMTYX4QM3MP2
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