Cantab Recap For Wednesday, October 23rd, 2024

Hi Poets! Before we talk about last week’s show, please note that this week’s show (on 10/30) will take place at THE CENTRAL SQUARE THEATRE at 450 MASS AVE! This is only three blocks away from The Cantab/Central T stop. It will be inside and it is ALL AGES. We will be back at the Cantab the following Wednesday.

Last week’s open mic brought us a lot of extended work (the three-minute poem barrier was challenged all night long) and there were many highlights. We heard the ending of Nick Roberts’ long running “Letters To Rilke” series, Meredith’s fascination with overgrown skeleton decorations, March Penn on “Hell-th” Care, the audacious spectacle of Cameron’s persona piece as a bathroom attendant, and a moving tribute to Ilse’s mother. Sue Savoy also brought a devastating poem based on the prompt, “What was the last straw?”

Our feature was the instantly likeable Mason Granger, who interspersed his poem suites with life and writing tips disguised as friendly banter. A poet with a gift for not only rhyme, song, and extremely deft wordplay, Mason also went on numerous deep dives dissecting popular phrases and idioms, proving that you can lead a poet to water, and while you can’t make them drink, they can still write an amazing poem about it! Mason also did a fun experiment where he asked everyone in the audience to text him a word, which he then incorporated—mad libs style—into one of his poems. Thanks Mason!

This week! It’s the 👻 HALLOWEEN SLAM 💀 !!!!! Hosted by the fantastic Nayeli Mzîn, slammers should come with TWO POEMS prepared and be sure to show up IN COSTUME! Both poems should be connected to the costume in some way, shape, or form. Props are encouraged as long as they are relevant to the costume/poem. Non-slammers are also encouraged to show up in costume!

To make it extra special and spooky, we won’t be having the slam at our normal haunt. The location will be at THE CENTRAL SQUARE THEATRE at 450 MASS AVE!! This is only three blocks away from The Cantab/Central T stop. The show will be inside, and it will be ALL AGES.

Accessibility information: Audience members will enter at street level. The theater is on the second floor. There are automations to open the doors. Inside the building, the Box Office is located on the ground floor with a half-door used during business hours. There is an elevator on the ground floor that accesses the second floor where the theater is located. Guests in wheelchairs have regularly enjoyed productions at Central Square Theater. There are two gender neutral bathrooms available. Both bathrooms are wheelchair accessible. All seats at Central Square Theater are removable. Accessible seats are placed on the floor level of the theater in the front row. The seats are cushioned and do not have armrests. The seats are approximately 18” wide. Seats are connected with no space in between, except for our accessible seating, where there is extra space. Other than the first row, the total depth of the rows are approximately 36 inches with 18 inches of legroom.

We are so excited for this show – see you then!!! 🎃

– The Ghosts of Amy ✈️ and MFG 🚪

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