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Split This Rock Poetry Festival: Venues 2018

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Split This Rock will enter a fallow season on July 1, 2021, and all of our external programming and publishing efforts are on pause until April 1, 2022. We’re excited for time to dig into deeper wells of creativity for: 1) expanding the organizations’ capacity for working towards liberation; 2) defining more concretely what working towards liberation means at Split This Rock; 3) increasing the impact of our poetry, resistance, and community building offerings; and 4) more deeply aligning the organization’s mission with its systems, protocols, and practices. Learn more about the inspiration, projects, and goals for fallow season at the News from Split This Rock webpage. Visit the fallow season webpage to explore responses to frequently asked questions. We’re eager to continue engaging with you! To be invited to fallow season community gatherings we’ll be hosting, be sure to complete this online form.

Daytime workshops, panels, and readings are held at venues clustered in the Farragut Square neighborhood of downtown DC. The National Housing Center will serve as the festival hub, hosting on-site registration, check-in for pre-registered attendees, featured poet readings, and the book fair. Busboys and Poets will host the evening open mics and The Beacon Hotel, again, serves as the official festival hotel. We are grateful to these organizations for welcoming the festival into their buildings. Check them out below!

The Farragut Square neighborhood is accessible by public transportation and within walking distance to the Farragut North Metro station on the Red Line and McPherson Square, serving the Blue, Orange, and Silver Lines. It is also served by many bus lines. Check out Metro's website and the festival's Getting Here & Getting Around page for more information.

A note on walking distance: The distance between some venues for daytime sessions and/or The Beacon Hotel is 5 blocks, or slightly more. If this distance is inaccessible for you, please contact us as soon as possible and we'll provide information on a closer lodging option. We can be reached at poetryfest@splitthisrock.org or 202-787-5210.

VENUE LIST

American Association of University Women
1310 L St NW, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20005 [Map]

Beacon Hotel (Official Hotel)
1615 Rhode Island Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036 [Map]

Busboys and Poets, 5th & K (Thursday & Friday Night Open Mics)
1025 5th St NW, Washington, DC 20001 [Map]

Charles Sumner School Museum & Archives
1201 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036 [Map]

National Housing Center (Festival Hub, Check In & Registration, Featured Readings, Book Fair)
(National Association of Home Builders)
1201 15th St NW, Washington, DC 20005 [Map]