The National Poetry Slam is just a few months away, folks, and you know what that means: it’s time to kick off our summer of slam! This year’s inaugural event will be a Nationals-style 4×4 match– meaning four teams in four rounds, the ultimate balanced format for a poetry battle of strategy, emotion, and wits. If you’re wondering what slam looks like at its highest level, this is it, folks.
This first of two summertime 4x4s will pit the following Nationals-bound teams against one another:
- louderARTS Project (New York)
- Providence Poetry Slam (Rhode Island)
- Rhythmic Cypher (Maine)
- Boston Poetry Slam (your home team!)
This show will have a slightly shortened open mic and will sell out in exactly two hot seconds, people, so we advise arriving for door time at 7:15 if you want to get in to catch the show… Otherwise you’ll be waiting until July 16 to catch the other 4×4 we’ve booked this summer. Cover charge is $5 to help raise funds for our team to travel to Nationals in Oakland this August!
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 slam begins at approximately 10:00. The show is 18+ (ID required) and the cover charge is $5.
1 ping
[…] 18: NorthBEAST Regional 4×4 Poetry Slam. The Boston Poetry Slam will host a four-team poetry bout in the Cantab Lounge. All the teams […]