Heat Two of our Preliminary Team Selection Slams is now complete! Rankings from the slam:
Poets in bold are invited to advance to Semi-Finals on February 18. Congratulations to everyone! …
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Recaps from the Boston Poetry Slam @ the Cantab Lounge's weekly show.
Cantab Recap for Wednesday, February 4, 2015
Cantab Recap for Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Heat One of our Preliminary Team Selection Slams has ended! Ranks are as follows:
Poets in bold are invited to advance to Semi-Finals on February 18. Congratulations to everyone, and …
Cantab Recap for Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Slam legend Jason Carney was in the house last night, showing off his classic slam-era chops and a few tricks he learned in his MFA program to boot! A consummate performer, Jason brought us family stories, wild trips through nightmare and dream, and a compelling call to action. You can take a peek at his …
Cantab Recap for Wednesday, January 14, 2015
The new year doesn’t let up, poetry slam fans! Our second Wednesday of 2015 was a grand celebration, featuring the dynamic and very entertaining Pages Matam; Pages rocked the house, tugged at some heartstrings, and even gave away a custom bow-tie after a 90-second audience physical challenge. We wish him the best of luck and …
Cantab Recap for Wednesday, January 7, 2015
Folks, if you are ever planning a party at your place, like the sort of party you would normally have every week except you took two weeks off for holidays, and also the night of the party turns out to be really cold, like actually below zero, you should definitely invite Rachel McKibbens to your …
Cantab Recap for Wednesday, December 17, 2014
Thanks for an excellent 2014, Boston Poetry Slammers. We were super-pleased to welcome beloved MC Emeritus, many-time slam team member, all-star open-mic poet, and one-time near-weekly judge Brian S. Ellis back to the stage for a year-end feature this past Wednesday. Brian read a few from his latest, American Dust Revisited, but also brought us …
Cantab Recap for Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Sometimes, Cantabbers, a poet comes through at just the right time with just the thing you need. Our very special thanks to the champion of our faces, Mike McGee, who rolled us gently through a love-poem set last Wednesday, taking us backwards in time from breakup to first blush. Beautiful! Our six-poet slam took a …
Cantab Recap for Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Last night, as expected, we were almost unutterably thankful to have Providence SlamMaster and poet Franny Choi in the house. Franny rocked the mic with the poise, brilliance, and remarkable craft that has earned her spots on all three Poetry Slam, Inc. finals stages, as well as publication in Poetry magazine. Franny will have a …
Cantab Recap for Wednesday, November 26, 2014
Sure, Wednesday might have been the biggest travel day of the year, and snowing and icing sideways in the first truly nasty storm of the winter, and some folks might have been staying home brining their tofurkeys or whatever… But! A hardy group of souls turned out to see Ken Arkind‘s high-energy feature, including sweet/awkward …
Cantab Recap for Wednesday, November 19, 2014
If you are human, poet, it is just possible that the fall and winter holidays fill you with a hint, just the tiniest whisper, of familial stress. Fear not! Family time also means that Cantab family returns home: for this season, we were so pleased to welcome back Carrie Rudzinski, one-time Emerson poet and now …
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