The top twelve poets from Preliminaries are cut to nine in this two-round slam, deciding who advances to Finals for the 2015 Boston Poetry Slam Team. $5 cover tonight to raise funds for the team’s travel to the National Poetry Slam.
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Cantab Recap for Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Heat One of our Preliminary Team Selection Slams has ended! Ranks are as follows:
Poets in bold are invited to advance to Semi-Finals on February 18. Congratulations to everyone, and …
Cantab Feature for Wednesday, January 28, 2015: Team Selection Preliminaries (First Heat)
The first night of two pools in the Cantab’s famed Team Selection Slams. Slamming tonight: Austin Hendricks, Bobby Crawford, Ellyn Touchette, Marshall Gillson, Mckendy Fils-Aimé, Meaghan Ford, Nathan Comstock, Sophia Holtz. $5 cover tonight to raise funds to send the team to the 2015 National Poetry Slam in Oakland, CA.
Cantab Recap for Wednesday, January 14, 2015
The new year doesn’t let up, poetry slam fans! Our second Wednesday of 2015 was a grand celebration, featuring the dynamic and very entertaining Pages Matam; Pages rocked the house, tugged at some heartstrings, and even gave away a custom bow-tie after a 90-second audience physical challenge. We wish him the best of luck and …
Wednesday, December 31, 2014: Celebrate First Night with Poetry Slam Downtown
Join us at the Hynes Convention Center, 900 Boylston St., as the Boston Poetry Slam and the Haley House Slam celebrate First Night Boston together! It’s all ages and you’ll just need a First Night button to get in.
Cantab Recap for Wednesday, December 17, 2014
Thanks for an excellent 2014, Boston Poetry Slammers. We were super-pleased to welcome beloved MC Emeritus, many-time slam team member, all-star open-mic poet, and one-time near-weekly judge Brian S. Ellis back to the stage for a year-end feature this past Wednesday. Brian read a few from his latest, American Dust Revisited, but also brought us …
Cantab Recap for Wednesday, October 23, 2014
It was a wet and windy night on the streets of Cambridge yesterday, with a nor’easter keeping much of our early crowd at home. Still, a good number of folks thought it would be a perfect night to come out and get dark and close together in a cozy basement for Meaghan Ford’s Choose Your …
Cantab Feature for Wednesday, October 22, 2014: Meaghan Ford
Boston Poetry Slam Team member and Port Veritas WOWPS rep Meaghan Ford. Eighth (and last) open poetry slam in the 8×8 series.
Cantab Recap for Wednesday, October 15, 2014
What an excellent open mic at the Cantab last night, folks: poets turned out in droves to hear (and be heard by) Canadian-gone-local poet Andrew Campana, and catching up with Austin poet Jena Kirkpatrick in a super-Southern-sweet spotlight feature. Official photographer Rich Beaubien was also in the house to get a few shots for us: …
Check out the Boston Poetry Slam Team in NPS 2014 Semi-Finals Tonight!
Congratulations to the 2014 Boston Poetry Slam Team, who qualified for the semi-finals of the National Poetry Slam tonight! The team took a 2 and a 1 in their prelim bouts and nailed down 14th place (out of 72); now they’re headed into semis against Elevated!, Inkwell, SNO, and Hawaii, with the sole winner headed …
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