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The Furious Dance with Alice Walker

October 2, 2010 @ 11:00 pm - October 3, 2010 @ 4:00 am

The Furious Dance with Alice Walker

5th & K Busboys photoJoin Pulitzer Prize winning author, ALICE WALKER (The Color Purple), Busboys and Poets, the NAACP, Code Pink, Teaching for Change, TransAfrica Forum, Words Beats & Life, Split this Rock, Global Exchange and many others as we celebrate the publication of Walker’s new volume of poetry: “Hard Times Require Furious Dancing”. Walker writes in the preface, “though we have encountered our share of grief and troubles on this earth, we can still hold the line of beauty, form, and beat. No small accomplishment in a world as challenging as this one.”

Speakers include Alice Walker and Ben Jealous (President, NAACP) The evening will include hors d’oeuvres, an open bar and “furious” dancing!

$50 per person tickets include food and an open bar. Purchase tickets here!

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Start:
October 2, 2010 @ 11:00 pm
End:
October 3, 2010 @ 4:00 am
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Busboys & Poets – 14th & V
2021 14th Street NW
Washington, DC 20009
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