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With a successful two-year run, D.C.’s largest poetry event, The @ttic, continues to entertain audiences as it returns to its previous home, The Lounge at Station 9.

The nation’s most talented poets will grace The @ttic’s stage on November 5, 2009 to strengthen the connection between the audience and the spoken word artists. Now that The @ttic is back where it started, the return show features one of the most prolific poets currently on the scene, Sunni Patterson, along with B.Yung from HBO’s Brave New Voices.

The event, which was founded by BBE, attracts attendees not traditionally exposed to such a unique mix of entertainment, performing arts and networking. The event has featured artists who have had their talents displayed before millions on Russell Simmons: HBO’s Def Poetry Jam, BET's Lyrical Café, and other major television outlets. Lemon, Roger Bonair-Agard, Steve Connell and Sekou (tha misfit), Sunni Patterson, and Asia, are only a few of the phenomenal talents that have performed at The @ttic.

ABOUT THE POETS: For information about the featured poet, please visit http://www.sunnipatterson.com/

ABOUT THE @TTIC: The @ttic takes place at The Lounge at Station 9 every first Thursday of the month. Station 9 is located at 1438 U Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20009. Doors open at 7pm with a happy hour from 7pm – 8pm, followed by a show that begins at 8pm. Admission is $15 ($10 before 8pm).

DJ Huck Fin spins classic hip hop and R&B during the happy hour specials and after party. For more information on this event please visit http://www.benyb-ent.com/.

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For more information about The @ttic, please contact Mercy Chikowore, Beny Blaq Entertainment, LLC at mercy@benyb-ent.com or (803) 347-6905.

Being fly and fashionable are sometimes confused with being materialistic.

Furthermore, fashionistas are often characterized as being high maintenance.

Can the fly and fashionable be materialistic and high maintenance??? Yes! But

should it be synonymous??? Absolutely not. And if you really wanna take it THERE

(oh, and I’m gonna go THERE) some people totally get the game effed up and

lump all females who prefer the finer things in life as “gold diggers” ßI really,

really despise that phrase. It is so overused that meaning has been warped &

distorted. I feel the same way about “swag” but I digress…

A female who prefers designer labels, fine dining, and has a standing weekly

salon & spa appointment should not be automatically deemed as a gold digger.

The term gold digger should not refer to what you have or do, but instead refer

to the resources that fund those luxury possessions and activities. Additionally,

the term should be reserved for those women whose primary goal in a relationship

is to use her significant other for financial & material gain.

In 2009, there are many “self-made” females who earn as much of their

male counterparts and are content with using their own wealth to fund their

desired lifestyles (sing it with me “I love her cause she got her own, she don’t

need mine, she says leave mine alone…”).

Because Knight didn’t know my friend very well, we can only assume that he

assessed her exterior to determine that she may be the gold-digging type

(designer attire, very well-groomed, etc.) and the Ruth Chris request was the

icing on the cake. I’m sure that he thought that all these things were indicative

of the type of person he perceived her to be, but what did the situation say about

him? Let’s not forget that within five minutes of meeting her he was buying her

Rose’ and talking about hanging out in Vegas. Can you really accuse someone of

being a “gold digger” if a “money bag” is the only image you’ve presented of

yourself??? Silly rabbit…

The moral of the story is don’t judge a fly book by her cover & be careful of who

you accuse of diggin’ in your pockets when it’s obvious that your pockets aren’t

that deep. Fly recognize fly, so stay in your lane, lol.
CallMeKarrie