Tag: Ed Wilkinson

Cantab Recap For Wednesday, July 9th, 2025

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Open Mic Highlights

• Dedicated regular Cam S’s farewell love letter to the Cantab on the eve of his moving away from Boston. We’ll miss you Cam!

• Erica Garcia’s work poem “To The Person Who Steals The Magic Eraser” and the incredible inner monlogue turn that ended Ilse’s new piece …

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Cantab Recap For Wednesday, June 25th, 2025

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Hi Cantab! It was a hot one last Wednesday, and I’m not just talking about the fire poetry we heard. It was the middle of a heat wave, causing some unusual circumstances for our show. Due to The …

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Cantab Recap For Wednesday, May 28th, 2025

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Open Mic Highlights

Longtime veteran Ed Wilkinson came up to me at the end of last Wednesday night and said, “that was one of the best open mics I’ve heard” and I would agree, there was a sense of flow, unity, and high-quality work throughout the night that makes it hard …

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Cantab Recap For Wednesday, May 21st, 2025

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Open Mic Highlights

This week’s open mic kicked off with a few first timers who brought great energy, including the legendary “If you can feel it… you can speak it” call and response by D. Ruff. The audience was especially attentive, listening to each and every line, such as Carl’s question, …

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Cantab Recap For Wednesday, May 14th, 2025

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This past Wednesday, Boston Poetry Slam was around the corner at Pandemonium, an excellent home for our Nerd Slam event. The open mic included references to worms, meteorites, dinosaurs, video games, Pokemon, nominative determinism and more!

Open Mic Highlights

First timer Scott delivered a moving poem about worms that …

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Cantab Recap For Wednesday, March 19th, 2025

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Hi Cantab! Our show is every Wednesday nearly without fail. How much more orderly can it get? Also every Wednesday, we hear strings of words in poems that no one has ever spoken before. How much more chaotic can it get? We saw both ends of the spectrum during our second-ever …

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Cantab Recap For Wednesday, November 6th, 2024

Hi Cantab! Last Wednesday was a beautiful show. On a day when many people in our community woke up disappointed, shocked, and scared, we all still came together and put on a showcase of our art and voices. Many poems centered on the theme of community, which is now more important than ever. As we …

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Cantab Recap For Wednesday, July 17th, 2024

Hello Cantab poets! We had a very chill “calm before the storm” show this past Wednesday, as many people in our community were preparing for the 2024 Northbeast Regional Poetry Slam and Festival. Everyone who wanted to read got to read, and we heard great stuff from first-time readers Portia and Sophie, as well as …

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Cantab Recap for Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Wednesdays are the best, folks. What better way to spend Star Wars Day than by watching an epic battle of the most core representations of good and evil, presented through good poetry and… Actually, all the poetry was pretty good. A diabolical dozen slammers turned out last night for the season’s shortest epic: a two-round …

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Cantab Feature for Wednesday, May 4, 2016: World Qualifier Speed Slam

Boston Poetry Slam official logo, by Gary Hoare.

First of two nights of the Boston Poetry Slam World Qualifier: past slam winners compete in two speed rounds (2- and 1-minute poems) to see who will advance to Finals. $5 cover tonight to raise funds to send the winner to the Individual World Poetry Slam.