The House points are not the point… Are they? A team slam featuring Gryffindor vs. Ravenclaw vs. Hufflepuff vs. Slytherin.
Tag: Dawn Gabriel
Cantab Feature for Wednesday, February 8, 2017: Erotic Poetry Night Featuring Chloé Cunha and Love vs. Death
Our annual, wildly popular, and dangerously sexy Erotic Poetry Night! Bring your naughtiest open mic poems. Featuring haiku (you know it) from Chloé Cunha and the Love vs. Death poetry slam.
Cantab Feature for Wednesday, November 23, 2016: The High School Reunion Slam
An invitational all-star slam where four teams representing the Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors take on all the decades-long nostalgia you can stand for big points and eternal bragging rights.
Cantab Recap for Wednesday, June 22, 2016
And just like that, the longest day of the year AND the first summertime 4×4 team slam are both in the books! After sixteen poems in a wicked hot Nationals-style bout, the dust cleared to reveal the following scores:
- 1. House Slam 113.4
2. Boston Poetry Slam 110.3
3. Northampton Poetry Slam …
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.
Cantab Recap for Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Another Erotic Poetry Night survived, poets! We enjoyed a surprisingly smart, consensual, exoticization- and mango-free open mic last night, with highlights from first-time-readers crashing the erotic mic, love-poem-writers adding extra genital imagery for the audience to fill in, and at least a few meta-aware critical erotic moments. Writers, amiright??
We did eventually get down and …
Cantab Feature for February 11, 2015: Erotic Poetry Night and Deadly Sins vs. Heavenly Virtues Slam
Tighten your panties: it’s our annual Erotic Poetry Open Mic, just in time for Valentine’s Day. And, just to make things a little spicier, our feature slot will be filled by a Deadly Sins vs. Heavenly Virtues Poetry Slam, captained by Jade Sylvan and Sean Patrick Mulroy!
Cantab Recap for Wednesday, June 26
It’s finally summer, Cantabbers! And you know what that means: tons of cool slams scheduled for your edification, entertainment, and, of course, pre-enthusing about the National Poetry Slam that’s just weeks away.
Last night’s 4×4 team slam was just a little taste of what you can expect in coming months: four teams brought rock-solid …
Cantab Recap for Wednesday, January 2
We don’t fool around on the first Wednesday of the new calendar year, people! Last night, we stuffed a whole buncha people into the venue before the show even started, all of them looking to learn a little something new at Jon Sands’ early-bird workshop. Just a little extra work from these dedicated writers paid …
Cantab Recap for Wednesday, August 15
There was a line around the block last night for our little dive bar poetry show! Was it because people heard the open mic would be packed with great work? Or did they know that featured poet Ross Gay was going to be an exceptional feature? Or perhaps they heard that the slam would fill …
August 8: NYC vs. Boston
This Thursday, August 8: head to OBERON at 2 Arrow St. in Harvard Square to catch poets from NYC and Boston facing off in the tenderest, biggest-est, slammin’est poetry slam ever! Mason Granger takes on Simone Beaubien as The Fool, Nkosi Nkululeko and Sam Rush deliver Magician vibes, and Emmanuel Oppong-Yeboah and Taylor Steele dig deep to find The Lovers– and there’s more major arcana where that came from. Doors at 7pm for a 7:30 show that WILL SELL OUT: get your all-ages tickets here.
Now Playing: The 2019 Boston Poetry Slam Team!
August at the Boston Poetry Slam will feature headlining sets from our very own slam team! The 2019 team is: Terah Ehigiator (Aug 7), Joshua Elbaum (Aug 14), Zeke Russell (Aug 21), and Arianna Monet (Aug 28). Each night will offer an open mic, feature set from a member of the team, and an OPEN SLAM for folks interested in trying out for the 2020 team. Illustration by Jen Epervary! Wow!
Upcoming Shows
- Cantab Feature for Wednesday, August 21, 2019: Zeke Russell and an Open Poetry Slam
Zeke Russell of the 2019 Boston Poetry Slam Team. The feature will be followed by an open poetry slam with 3-, 2-, and 1-minute rounds. - Cantab Feature for Wednesday, August 28, 2019: Arianna Monet and an Open Poetry Slam
Arianna Monet of the 2019 Boston Poetry Slam Team. The feature will be followed by an open poetry slam with 3-, 2-, and 1-minute rounds.
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