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Open Mic Highlights
• Mary’s Heated Rivalry poem and “I have no one I can give my power to who can also protect it”
• Jennifer’s “Confession of An Emotional Intelligent Avoidant” (great title / relatable!)
• Ember wasn’t supposed to be in town but got to say goodbye for a …
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Michael: We are jamming two recaps into one during this Thanksgiving holiday season!
Open Mic Highlights 11/19
• Kamran surprised his wife (who was in the audience) by covering “Wedding Song” by Bob Dylan. (“Straight men take notes!” – Myles, who was hosting after Kamran left the stage)
• “The …
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Open Mic Highlights
• Back-to-back FIRST POEMS EVER by Yoyo and Kamran, who read about “The pizza I can’t eat” and the voice of a river travelling through Iceland
• Former open mic regulars returning back-to-Boston: Dani’s “The God I don’t believe in has office hours from 2 to 4 am” …
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We had a great time at the Middlesex Lounge this week hosting our open mic and video feature! This Wednesday we are back in the Cantab Lounge basement.
Open Mic Highlights
• Ty covering Harry Baker’s extremely alliterative poem “Paper People”
• Edie’s response poem to yours truly telling …
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Open Mic Highlights
• Mary’s poem about writing a commissioned song for a 7-year-old kid named Paulie that turned out to be a scam, and how the idea of Paulie lived on
• Ember’s poem re: the FBI’s claim to categorize trans people as “violent extremists”
• Kelsey’s new piece …
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Open Mic Highlights
• Dave Mingolla’s poem about “quietly interrogating the universe until it speaks”
• First timer Rob M with a short and surprising poem about ladybugs
• The open mic debut of recent BPS feature Kelsey Bigelow, on the road from Iowa
• Donovan’s tribute to Andrea Gibson and …
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NOTE FOR TONIGHT’S 08/13 SHOW: Doors will be open by 7 pm, but our open mic will start at 8 pm like usual! There is a sold-out ticketed show upstairs at the Cantab, so folks will wait downstairs for our show to start instead of upstairs.
Open Mic Highlights
• It …
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Open Mic Highlights
• The passing of Andrea Gibson led to an outpouring of support for this performance poetry legend, we had Andrea-inspired poems and tributes by Caroline Sims, Hunter, March Penn, and our hosts.
• Meredith’s “What do I do with all this spite” poem, featuring the line “Spite is …
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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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Open Mic Highlights
• Cam S delivered a beautiful piece on his failing vision and reflecting on how he may be following the path of family members before him
• Excellent bite-sized queer love poems by River (“I feel like a man, that is to say: salvageable”) and Lily (“This poem …
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