The series RELAUNCH of our much-missed LGBTA+ reading, Moonlighting, featuring Emmanuel Oppong-Yeboah and April Penn. Hosted by Austin Hendricks and Chloé Cunha.
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Tips from the Bar: Back to School Triple-Header
Prompt #1: write about how being lazy once saved you.
Prompt #2: write about an unfinished newsworthy event; the story before the story.
Special extra bonus prompt #3 from April Penn: explain your gender identity. Be creative. Be precise.
Cantab Feature for February 10, 2016: Erotic Poetry Night and the Schmaltz Slam
Gird your loins: it’s our annual Erotic Poetry Open Mic, featuring The Schmaltz Slam, a head-to-head poetry slam event between the Pick-Up Lines and the Valentines, produced by the diabolically moonlit Emily Carroll.
Tips from the Bar: Ingredients for a Poem With April Penn and Andrew Campana
Ingredients for your poem:
1. The name of a thing obsessed with naming things;
2. Rain;
3. Architecture.
Cantab Recap for Wednesday, May 15
We had a packed house last night for a really solid open mic, featuring poets new and old and including a special spotlight from London birthday girl Rachel Rose Reid. Then we had a sweet feature from April Penn! Our beloved every-week open mic standout brought us a solid selection of some lesser-heard, longer work, …
Cantab Feature for Wednesday, May 15, 2013: April Penn
Local poet, activist, and favorite open mic reader April Penn features. Open poetry slam in the 8×8 series.
Cantab Recap for Wednesday, May 8
We’ve actually been waiting years to welcome back 2011 Boston Poetry Slam Team member Rachel McKibbens. One of our favorite writers, performers, and home-team slammers, Rachel put together a remarkable set for us, absolutely packed with poetry, emotion, and that feeling of reward that comes with new ideas. As always, her feature left us tingly, …
Cantab Feature for Wednesday, Feburary 13: Erotic Poetry Night PLUS Love vs. Death Slam
Open mic poets get down and dirty with the Boston Poetry Slam’s awkwardest poetry date night of the year: Erotic Poetry Night! Our feature for the night will be a Love vs. Death poetry slam, produced by BPS favorite Kevin Spak.
Cantab Recap for Wednesday, October 31
Happy Halloween, everyone! Big thanks to all who came out to celebrate with us this year at the Dead Poets’ Slam. Our open mic was full of a great mix of live poets doing their own work, live poets doing dead poets’ work, and live poets covering each other. Neat! We enjoyed a few costumes …
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