Last night’s packed house was treated to an incredibly strong feature from long-time Cantabber Tom Slavin. Tom came to the stage holding nothing but a glass of water and his heart in his hand, and new and old listeners alike were wowed by his polished, sincere performance and striking turns of language and story. It …
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Recaps from the Boston Poetry Slam @ the Cantab Lounge's weekly show.
Cantab Recap for Wednesday, May 9
In case you missed it: Patricia Smith, co-founder of the Boston Poetry Slam, featured at the Cantab this Wednesday! With no slam to hold her back, she gave the audience a marathon set of her new work… Expect inspiration from this show to blossom on our open mic for the whole summer.
Next week, …
Cantab Recap for Wednesday, May 2, 2012
The feisty and fabulous Emily Rose dropped by this past Wednesday to bring us a very sexy workshop followed by a feature in kind! She even stayed late for extra credit heckling our slam: this latest 8×8 was a flashback to March, with Nora Meiners and Nathan Comstock facing off in the finals. The first …
Cantab Recap for Wednesday, April 18, 2012
The Team Selection Semi-Finals have narrowed the field to next week’s nine finalists! Check out how your favorites fared, plus enjoy another great gallery of photos from Marshall Goff.
Cantab Recap for Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Behind the link: scores, rankings, and highlights from the 2012 Team Selection Preliminaries. There’s also a fabulous gallery of images by photographer Marshall Goff!
Cantab Recap for Wednesday, March 28, 2012
It was like 1999 at the Cantab all over again last night, folks… Well, we had a different bartender. And a different SlamMaster. And also the stage is on the other side of the room– never mind, so it wasn’t anything like 1999, but it was a little bit like a reunion! Some old-school open …
Cantab Recap for Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Last night, we had one of our favorite features stop by for a set: Jamaal May brought us his thoughts on the process of writing and being a writer… And, of course, some damn fine work read and performed, too! Can’t get enough? You can check out his press, Organic Weapon Arts, to order books …
Cantab Recap for Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Last week, our feature made our faces hurt from smiling… This week, Stephen Meads left our bellies sore with laughing and hungry for more! The Bay-Area-gone-Portland sensation rocked the house, and you can expect him to do the same at the Manchester slam this Thursday and at Worcester’s Dirty Gerund on Monday. The last 8×8 …
2018 IWPS Representative: JR Mahung
JR Mahung, this year's World Qualifier winner, will represent the Boston Poetry Slam in October at the 2018 Individual World Poetry Slam in San Diego. Come send off JR on October 3 at the Cantab! Photo by Lauren Miller.
Upcoming Shows
- Cantab Feature for Wednesday, September 26, 2018: Emily O’Neill
Author of a falling knife has no handle, local Emily O'Neill. - Cantab Workshop for Wednesday, September 26, 2018 with Emily O’Neill
Emily O'Neill, Cantab feature for the evening, leads a generative workshop before the show. $5-$20 sliding scale, advance sign-up recommended (but not required).
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