American Poetry Museum

10/14/2026

Sunday at 3 we do it again! Jazz and Poetry! And since its Reuben Jackson's birthday month we will be celebrating his memory with cake. Hope you all can join us!
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10/01/2026

Open Mic: If All The Trees Were Pens listed as one of the 40 best things to do this weekend.
Look on our website for other great things happening at the American Poetry Museum this weekend and this month.

Dachshunds race at the Wharf, fall parties bring seasonal flavor, and street festivals take over Vienna, Alexandria, Union Market and Takoma Park.

04/24/2026

Another full weekend. Come through.

04/16/2026

A full weekend at the American Poetry Museum join us if you can. You will not be disappointed.

03/13/2026

This Sunday come by. Sami and Brandon are reading with a hell of a quartet. And you get to walk through the Norooz Market which will set up starting at 1pm.

Pepe Gonzalez

01/12/2026

Busy weekend at the American Poetry Museum.

11/12/2025

Full Weekend at APM come through for art, poetry and music.

10/16/2025

Friday and Sunday we are busy and we hope you will join us.

10/15/2025

This Sunday we will have a wonderful feature followed by a reading of poems by Reuben Jackson who the series is named after. Thanks to the generosity of the National Home Library Foundation we will be giving away copies of Reuben's book to all audience members. And there will be cake! Cause October was Reuben's birthday month and he loved good cake.
Jenae Michelle Brian Gilmore Kenneth Carroll Brandon D. Johnson

10/03/2025

Spanish Joe Remembers now available on YouTube. The American Poetry Museum was recieved a grant from the Humanities DC TO find a film by Ellie Walton and Sami Miranda about DC based musician Pepe Gonzalez and we are so glad we were part of telling his story. The film uses music, poetry, archive and interviews to show the effect of music on Pepe Gonzalez life. We hope you enjoy watching it.

A Short Documentary about bass player Pepe Gonzalez that uses music, poetry, archival photos and interviews to tell the story of his relationship with music,...