Tag: CUPSI Warm-Up

Cantab Feature for Wednesday, March 6, 2019: CUPSI Warm-Up

ACUI College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational logo.

Our annual warm-up for locals: college teams face off in a nationals-style slam.

Cantab Recap for Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Heck yeah, Cantabbers: thanks to everyone who squeezed into the house this past week for a(n expectedly glorious) feature set from locally-based writer and educator Krysten Hill. Krysten presented a selection of already-published work from her book and other sources, but also an elegant and exciting selection of new poems, questions to ponder, and her …

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Cantab Recap for Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Hot diggity dang! What a fabulous ending to Black History Month 2018, Cantabbers: our open mic was packed with good thinkers (and just a little sweet sweet love) to close out a truly excellent February. And then our feature, D. Colin, was everything we’d dreamed; she brought a carefully crafted, pull-no-punches set showing off all …

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Cantab Feature for Wednesday, March 15, 2017: CUPSI Warm-Up

The Cantab CUPSI Warm-Up will prepare local teams for collegiate slam nationals, coming to Chicago this April.

CUPSI-bound collegiate teams from Emerson, Simmons, Wellesley, and Northeastern face off in a traditional 4×4 slam to prepare for their upcoming national tournament.

Cantab Feature for Wednesday, March 30, 2016: CUPSI Warm-Up and Tariq Luthun Spotlight

Official logo for CUPSI '16 in Austin, Texas.

Detroit poet Tariq Luthun offers a spotlight feature, then five CUPSI-bound collegiate slam teams face off to prepare for their upcoming national tournament: Emerson vs. Berklee vs. Simmons vs. Northeastern vs. UMass Boston.

Cantab Recap for Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Happy spring, Cantabbers! This year, we were pleased to celebrate the much-awaited return of the warm weather with a much-awaited feature from a local favorite: Jonah Comstock! Jonah brought a new chapbook, a finely tuned feature, and a really brave face to his unexpected roasting on the open mic. It’s a great treat to hear …

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Cantab Feature for Wednesday, March 18, 2015: CUPSI Warm-Up

Official logo for CUPSI '15 in Richmond, Virginia.

CUPSI-bound collegiate slam teams face off to prepare for their upcoming national tournament: Emerson vs. Berklee vs. Simmons vs. one more TBD. No open poetry slam tonight.

Cantab Recap for Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Our slammin’ February has at last drawn to a close, folks: from the world-class stylings of Porsha Olayiwola to the lowbrow hijinks of Adam Stone’s Erotic Box of Doom to the pace-setting Boston Poetry Slam Team Selection Semi-Finals, it has been blazingly hot in here all month. This past Wednesday was no exception, as we …

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Cantab Feature for Wednesday, February 26, 2014: CUPSI Warm-Up

Logo for CUPSI '14 in Boulder, Colo.

CUPSI-bound collegiate slam teams face off to prepare for their upcoming national tournament. No open poetry slam tonight.

Cantab Recap for Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Just a quick recap here, folks, while we wait for cool photos to come in from this slam! Last Wednesday marked the semi-final round of the Team Selection Slams, wherein twelve poets battled for the last nine spots in the March 26 Finals. At the end of the night, our final finishers were:

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