SCHEDULE CHANGE: Onetime Chicagoan, now full-time local MFA and National Poetry Slam Champ Regie Gibson. Second speed slam in the 8×8 series: 3-, 2-, and 1-minute rounds.
Category: Cantab Wednesday shows
Featured poets and slams at the Wednesday night Boston Poetry Slam @ the Cantab Lounge.
Cantab Feature for Wednesday, February 25, 2015: Doc Luben
IWPS Finalist and Portland (Oregon) slam champ Doc Luben. First speed slam in the 8×8 series: 3-, 2-, and 1-minute rounds.
Cantab Feature for Wednesday, February 18, 2015: Team Selection Semi-Finals
The top twelve poets from Preliminaries are cut to nine in this two-round slam, deciding who advances to Finals for the 2015 Boston Poetry Slam Team. $5 cover tonight to raise funds for the team’s travel to the National Poetry Slam.
Cantab Feature for February 11, 2015: Erotic Poetry Night and Deadly Sins vs. Heavenly Virtues Slam
Tighten your panties: it’s our annual Erotic Poetry Open Mic, just in time for Valentine’s Day. And, just to make things a little spicier, our feature slot will be filled by a Deadly Sins vs. Heavenly Virtues Poetry Slam, captained by Jade Sylvan and Sean Patrick Mulroy!
Cantab Feature for Wednesday, February 4, 2015: Team Selection Preliminaries (Second Heat)
The first night of two pools in the Cantab’s famed Team Selection Slams. Slamming tonight: Jake Villarreal, Zeke Russell, John Mortara, Emily Eastman, Mike Leon, Nora Meiners, Sean Patrick Mulroy, Ed Wilkinson, Colin Killick. $5 cover tonight to raise funds to send the team to the 2015 National Poetry Slam in Oakland, CA.
Cantab Feature for Wednesday, January 28, 2015: Team Selection Preliminaries (First Heat)
The first night of two pools in the Cantab’s famed Team Selection Slams. Slamming tonight: Austin Hendricks, Bobby Crawford, Ellyn Touchette, Marshall Gillson, Mckendy Fils-Aimé, Meaghan Ford, Nathan Comstock, Sophia Holtz. $5 cover tonight to raise funds to send the team to the 2015 National Poetry Slam in Oakland, CA.
Cantab Feature for Wednesday, January 21, 2015: Jason Carney
Dallas slam legend and Young DFW Writers co-founder Jason Carney. Last Chance Slam to qualify for 2014 Boston Poetry Slam Team selection.
Cantab Feature for January 14, 2015: Pages Matam and the Champion of Champions Slam
Washington, D.C. poet-by-way-of Cameroon Pages Matam. Champion of Champions poetry slam: Sean Patrick Mulroy defends his title.
Cantab Feature for Wednesday, January 7, 2015: Rachel McKibbens
Beloved New York poet Rachel Mckibbens. Open poetry slam in the 8×8 series.
Wednesday, December 31, 2014: Celebrate First Night with Poetry Slam Downtown
Join us at the Hynes Convention Center, 900 Boylston St., as the Boston Poetry Slam and the Haley House Slam celebrate First Night Boston together! It’s all ages and you’ll just need a First Night button to get in.
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