Category: Cantab Wednesday shows

Featured poets and slams at the Wednesday night Boston Poetry Slam @ the Cantab Lounge.

POSTPONED for Wednesday, March 25, 2020: Bradley Trumpfheller

Divedapper co-editor Bradley Trumpfheller. Photo by Alex Winze.

Postponed until further notice.

POSTPONED for Wednesday, March 18, 2020: Lip Manegio

Game Over author and EPP co-President Lip Manegio. Photo by Jerry Cardona.

Postponed until further notice.

Cantab Feature for Wednesday, March 11, 2020: Adam Falkner

Dialogue Arts Project founder and Button Poetry author Adam Falkner. Photo by Rachel Eliza Griffiths.

Button Poetry author Adam Falkner. The feature will be followed by an open poetry slam with 3-, 2-, and 1-minute rounds.

Cantab Workshop for Wednesday, March 11, 2020 with torrin a. greathouse

Workshop leader torrin a. greathouse. Photo by Tarik Dobbs.

Join torrin a. greathouse for a pre-show generative poetry workshop on the progression of memory and the unreliable speaker. $5-$20 sliding scale, advance sign-up recommended (but not required).

Cantab Feature for March 4, 2020: Susanna Kittredge

Susanna Kittredge, Jamaica Pond poet and author of The Future Has a Reputation. Photo courtesy Shelby Meyerhoff.

Author of The Future Has a Reputation Susanna Kittredge. The feature will be followed by an open poetry slam with 3-, 2-, and 1-minute rounds.

Cantab Feature for Wednesday, February 26, 2020: RLynn

Poet and bartender RLynn. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Poet, visual artist, bartender RLynn.

Cantab Slam for Wednesday, February 19, 2020: Love vs. Death

Love vs. Death Poetry Slam at the Boston Poetry Slam. Graphic courtesy Rat Queen Cassandra de Alba.

A timeless pairing in the fight for immortality: the ever-seasonal Love vs. Death Poetry Slam. Click to see our all-star roster!

Cantab Feature for Wednesday, February 12, 2020: Ariana Brown and a No Romance Open Mic

San Antonio poet and Academy of American Poets prizewinner Ariana Brown. Photo by Adam Hamze.

San Antonio poet Ariana Brown and the annual No Romance Open Mic.

Cantab Feature for Wednesday, February 5, 2020: Tatiana M.R. Johnson

Boston poet Tatiana M.R. Johnson. Photo by Manuel Boria.

Boston poet and photographer Tatiana M.R. Johnson.

Cantab Workshop for Wednesday, February 5, 2020 with Tatiana M.R. Johnson

Tatiana M.R. Johnson, workshop leader. Photo by Erika Del Rosario.

Join Tatiana M.R. Johnson, tonight’s featured poet, for a discussion-based and generative writing workshop on reclaiming trauma and healing. $5-$20 sliding scale, advance sign-up recommended (but not required).