Cantab Feature for Wednesday, August 12, 2015: Jess Rizkallah

Jess Rizkallah, local favorite. Photo by Katlyn Benson.

Jess Rizkallah, local favorite. Photo by Katlyn Benson.

Jess Rizkallah is a Lebanese-American writer, illustrator, and coffee slinger living in Boston. She graduated from Lesley University, edits Maps For Teeth magazine, and publishes zines and chapbooks at pizza pi press. Her work has recently been published by Word Riot, Electric Cereal, Drunk in a Midnight Choir, Spoken & Sung, and her mother’s fridge. Talk to her about whales.

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 poetry slam in the 8×8 series will follow. The show is 18+ (ID required) and the cover charge is $3.