Cantab Feature for Wednesday, January 29, 2014: Sam Teitel

Poet and Masters of Divinity candidate Sam Teitel. Photo by Christopher Clauss.

Poet and Masters of Divinity candidate Sam Teitel. Photo by Christopher Clauss.

Sam Teitel is a poet and performer based out of New England. His two poetry collections, Survive Survive Survive and The Assassin and the Giant Man are available from Bicycle Comics and on Amazon. He has participated in six National Poetry Slams and two National Underground Poetry Invitational Championships. He has been a featured performer at many theaters, bars, cafes, lecture halls, libraries and basements across the country. He has been a part of the No More Ribcage and Two Sensitive Guys ensemble tours and served as co-slam master for The Slam Free Or Die series in New Hampshire from 2010 to 2012. He is currently perusing a Masters of Divinity at Andover Newton Theological School.

Note that tonight’s open poetry slam is a speed slam 3-, 2-, and 1-minute rounds. Slam winners qualify for the 2014 World Qualifier.

This show in our weekly Wednesday series takes place at the Cantab Lounge, 738 Massachusetts Ave. in Cambridge. Doors for the show open at 7:15. The open mic begins at 8:00 and the feature performs at approximately 10:00. An open speed slam in the 8×8 series will follow. The show is 18+ (ID required) and the cover charge is $3.