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Tag Archive: April Ranger
Cantab Feature for Wednesday, February 6: Team Selection Semi-Finals
Night two of the Cantab’s famed Team Selection Slams. The top twelve poets from Preliminaries are cut to nine in this two-round slam. $5 cover tonight to raise funds for the 2013 National Poetry Slam.
Cantab Recap for Wednesday, January 9
Boston Poetry Slam fans! If you weren’t at the Team Selection Preliminaries back on January 9, you might have missed some results. Likewise, if you were there, you might be wanting the updated information. Lo, for you, we come through with both! After two rounds of 21 poets (yowza!), here are the rankings from the …
Radio recap for Monday, June 25
At the New & Improved reading, we like to say that we are encouraging cross-genre collaboration and thinking, not just between poets, but among all kinds of self-directed performance artists. Last night, our wish came true in a beautiful way as storytellers, poets, prose writers, comedians, and who-knows-who-else congregated around workshop leader Michael Mack. Michael …
Radio Features for Monday, June 25: April Ranger and Michael Mack
Our New & Improved series presents Michael Mack leading a performance workshop on transitioning from slam to storytelling. Poet April Ranger will feature and Michael will perform a storytelling set.
Radio Recap for Monday, June 19
Last night’s Radio show was a small epiphany in a sweet bar, folks: the series has finally started to really get its own feeling of arrival and inspiration, and last night’s features were a huge part of that. Claudia Wilson was an amazing opener, showing off the strong voice, unique and quirky stories, and great …
Cantab Recap for Wednesday, May 30
Oh, Cantabbers, your heads must be pounding. Relax, it’s not a hangover: it’s all last night’s “poetry” fighting with everything else you’ve ever enjoyed. For those who missed it… We spent a remarkable evening last night glorifying the worst poetry bartender Adam Stone could find with the biggest performances we could muster for the Boston …
We’re Slamming at the Mass Poetry Festival!
The fourth annual Mass Poetry Fest welcomes us to their roster! Saturday, April 21, you can sign up at 1:30 for the 1:45 Youth Slam at the Old Town Hall, or come to Victoria Station at 9:30 for a good old-fashioned all-star slam at the bar.
Cantab Recap for Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Behind the link: scores, rankings, and highlights from the 2012 Team Selection Preliminaries. There’s also a fabulous gallery of images by photographer Marshall Goff!
Upcoming Shows
- Cantab for Wednesday, June 26, 2013: NorthBEAST Regional 4×4 Part One, Hosted by Nick Fox!
Nationals-style 4x4 team poetry slam featuring Slam Free or Die, Rhythmic Cypher, Mill City Slam, and the home team from the Boston Poetry Slam. Hosted by special guest Nick Fox!
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SlamCenter: the World’s First Slam Recap Podcast!
Get your slam fix at SlamCenter with Kevin Spak and Zeke Russell. Now ramping up with local team slams, this sports-style podcast will provide full coverage at NPS 2013.
Announcing the 2013 Boston Poetry Slam Team!
Ed Wilkinson, Omoizele Okoawo, Jade Sylvan, Nora Meiners, and Sean Patrick Mulroy will represent the home team at the 2013 National Poetry Slam, right here in Boston, Cambridge, and Somerville this August!Check out nationalpoetryslam.com for more info on the tournament, or see the team's bio page for more information on this amazing fivesome.
2013 IWPS Representative: Bobby Crawford
Bobby Crawford, this year's World Qualifier winner, will represent the Boston Poetry Slam in October at the 2013 Individual World Poetry Slam in Spokane, Washington.
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