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Thanks to everyone who came out to the 2026 edition of NORTHBEAST this weekend! It was an incredible success. Congrats to Just Beloved for taking home the title, and to the BPS team for finishing in 4th!
Open Mic Highlights
• It was a night for the freaky poets! We …
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The 2026 NORTHBEAST REGIONAL POETRY SLAM AND FESTIVAL is this weekend, July 31 – August 2nd! Buy tickets HERE!
Open Mic Highlights 07/15
• “You do not have to be bitten by a Catholic Saint, you can be bitter by a non-Catholic Saint” – directions for applying to an experiment run …
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NOTE: Tonight’s 05/06/26 show will be held at THE FOUNDRY, 101 ROGERS ST, Cambridge instead of the Cantab Lounge, due to a big concert happening there. Doors will be at 8 pm, Shortened open mic at 8:30, feature at 10 pm.
Open Mic Highlights 05/22
• Alex Kist’s incredible new …
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Open Mic Highlights
• Kyle M’s poem reflecting on the discovery that their grandfather was a queer photographer, which they only found out after they also became a queer photographer
• First timer Aanchal’s memorized bread & cheese piece. Aanchal also stayed late to judge the slam!
• TJ Jones’ …
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Open Mic Highlights
• Shout out to the large group of newcomers who signed up early on the mic this week, including 2nd-timer Shy and Sydney from West Tennessee, and Alyna from Ann Arbor, Michigan.
• Some unexpected onomatopoeia, whispering, singing, and other dynamic “Freak shit” (© Myles Taylor) from Julian
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Open Mic Highlights
• The return of old slam team member Bobby Crawford, who found parallels to the traditional bouquet toss at weddings at a funeral when an uncle fell into an open grave
• Great first-timer poems from Megash, Dyre, Auden, and Madison
• Sue Savoy writing candidly about …
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Open Mic Highlights
• Ember’s “My Body Is Not A Temple—It’s A Dive Bar Bathroom”
• Jack’s “Health Scare Boyfriend” who may or may not have erroneously convinced him that he had cancer
• Roxy’s returned with an advertisement for their coffee roaster cafe that turned into a poem, and Cameron …
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One of the greatest things about our long open mic is not only its diversity and unpredictability, but the intensely personal work that is trusted to the audience, with a kind of blind faith that people will stop and listen for each other. There were a lot of personal demons, traumas, …
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Hi Cantab! Reporting to you live from… a Wednesday! Last week’s show was thrilling, both in the fresh poems on the open mic as well as the powerful last chance slam. On the open, Cam S did a beautiful poem about dragons that put a smile on everyone’s faces. Loc came …
Cantabbers! Elbow bumps and hygienic waves to everyone who came out last night for a warm and supportive night. A half-dozen early birds perched expectantly on chairs for torrin a. greathouse to workshop the unreliable narrator: and boy-o, did she come through with a wonderful series of prompts and guidelines. This poet was only in …
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