Category: Cantab Wednesday shows
Featured poets and slams at the Wednesday night Boston Poetry Slam @ the Cantab Lounge.
Reigning NUPIC champion and longtime slam veteran Marty McConnell features. Champion of Champions poetry slam.
Marty McConnell ran a wildly popular workshop at the Cantab back in 2010… If you’re still kicking yourself to have missed it, then this is your latest chance to generate new work under Marty’s direction.
Urbana slam founder and NEA Fellowship winner Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz features. Open speed slam in the 8×8 series.
Tonight’s featured poet, NEA Fellow Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz, presents a workshop on getting published: from research to cover letters to selecting poems!
Limericist and New Formalist Artie Moffa features. Open speed slam in the 8×8 series.
The evening’s featured poet, the Cantab’s one-time doorman and self-appointed slam conscience, Artie Moffa, presents a workshop on iambic pentameter before the show.
EARLY FEATURE (9:30): Tom Yuill and Lo Gallucio, nominees for the Cambridge Arts Council’s post of Poet Populist, read short sets. Hosted by Jade Sylvan. Open speed slam in the 8×8 series.
Special guest host Jade Sylvan presents a generative writing workshop on the fine line between funny and sad.
Stanford performance poet Cameron Awkward-Rich features. Open speed slam in the 8×8 series.
Bay Area Unified and two-time Queer Slam Champ Sam Sax features. Open speed slam in the 8×8 series.
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