Tag: No Romance Open Mic

Cantab Feature for Wednesday, February 12, 2020: Ariana Brown and a No Romance Open Mic

San Antonio poet and Academy of American Poets prizewinner Ariana Brown. Photo by Adam Hamze.

San Antonio poet Ariana Brown and the annual No Romance Open Mic.

Cantab Recap for Wednesday, February 5, 2020

It is always an occasion when we are lucky enough to have longtime Boston-area working poet Tatiana M.R. Johnson in the house! Tatiana ran a stellar and carefully crafted workshop for us to start the night, and was a warmly welcoming listener to our star-studded open mic; her feature was an exciting combination of tested …

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Cantab Feature for Wednesday, February 13, 2019: NO ROMANCE Open Mic and the Lovers vs. Leavers Slam

Boston Poetry Slam official logo, by Gary Hoare.

A celebratory February open mic at which NO ROMANCE will be allowed, followed by a head-to-head Grudge-Match-style Lovers vs. Leavers poetry slam.

Cantab Recap for Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Happy day after Valentine’s, poets! Congratulations on closing the books on yet another February 14; we had a glorious No Romance open mic at the Cantab, during which hardly any overtures were attempted and the bingo cards cards created by Cassandra de Alba (with the assist from Michael F. Gill) made fabulous conversation pieces. Truly …

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Cantab Feature for Wednesday, February 14, 2018: Ariana Brown and the NO ROMANCE Open Mic

Ariana Brown, Academy of American Poets Prizewinner. Photo by Christopher Diaz.

San Antonio poet Ariana Brown, preceded by a NO ROMANCE OPEN MIC.

Cantab Recap for Wednesday, February 7, 2018

Happy Black History Month, Cantabbers! We were exceptionally proud to kick off our month with a workshop and feature from touchstone poetic voice Hanif Abdurraqib. Hanif put many of hours of work into our gritty little venue, starting with an inspirational generational workshop, taking a short interlude to read outside the venue to folks who …

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