Category: Cantab Wednesday shows

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

Cantab Feature for Wednesday, October 31: Dead Poets’ Slam

Boston Poetry Slam

It’s a haunting! Local live poets will slam in the voices (and perhaps costumes) of their favorite dead counterparts. Open mic poets are encouraged to join in the fun.

Cantab Feature for Wednesday, October 24, 2012: Gypsee Yo

Gypsee Yo, Albanian poet from Atlanta, holds her audience rapt.

Albanian poet from Atlanta Gypsee Yo features. Open poetry slam in the 8×8 series.

Cantab Feature for Wednesday, October 17, 2012: Michael Brown and Simone Beaubien

Boston Poetry Slam

In celebration of the Boston Poetry Slam’s twentieth anniversary, the show’s founding and current SlamMasters will co-feature. No open poetry slam tonight.

Cantab Feature for October 10, 2012: Robyn Bateman and Meg Waldron

Robyn Bateman from Portland, Oregon shows off her performance chops.

Meg Waldron and Robyn Bateman, two poets from Portland, Oregon, present a double feature. Zanne Langlois defends her Champion of Champions title in the poetry slam.

Cantab Feature for Wednesday, October 3, 2012: Brian S. Ellis

The long-lost Brian S. Ellis. Photo by Robert Duncan Gray.

The much-missed Brian S. Ellis features. Open poetry slam in the 8×8 series.

Cantab Feature for Wednesday, September 26: Mckendy Fils-Aimé

Mckendy Fils-Aimé in a moment of levity.

Mckendy Fils-Aimé performs an extended set before taking off to represent the venue at the 2012 Individual World Poetry Slam. No open poetry slam tonight. Cover charge $5.

Cantab Feature for September 19, 2012: Omar “Ion” Holmon

Omar Holmon at a press conference after saving fifteen baby pandas and a bottlenose dolphin from a burning building.

Rutgers nerd and fiery performer Omar Holmon features. Open poetry slam in the 8×8 series.

Cantab Feature for September 12, 2012: Ellie White

Ohio poet Ellie White. Photo by Kinsey Kistler.

Ohio poet Ellie White features. Open poetry slam in the 8×8 series.

Cantab Feature for Wednesday, September 5, 2012: Michael F. Gill

Local poet, workshop leader, and poetry organizer Michael F. Gill.

Local poet, Brighton Word Factory leader, and Stone Soup co-coordinator Michael F. Gill features. Open poetry slam in the 8×8 series.

Cantab Feature for Wednesday, August 29, 2012: Tatyana Brown

Bay Area poet Tatyana Brown returns to Boston for a visit and a feature.

Bay Area poet Tatyana Brown features. Open poetry slam in the 8×8 series.