Twin Cities poet Hieu Minh Nguyen. Sean Patrick Mulroy defends his title in the Champion of Champions poetry slam.
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Cantab Recap for Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Congratulations to the 2014 Boston Poetry Slam Team, officially selected at Finals last night: Janae Johnson, Omoizele Okoawo, Sean Patrick Mulroy, Meaghan Ford, and Melissa Newman-Evans!
We’d have given you a spoiler alert, Cantab fans, but we know that with so many folks live-tweeting, Facebooking, and probably making high-stakes non-cash bets all over this slam, …
Cantab Recap for Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Just a quick recap here, folks, while we wait for cool photos to come in from this slam! Last Wednesday marked the semi-final round of the Team Selection Slams, wherein twelve poets battled for the last nine spots in the March 26 Finals. At the end of the night, our final finishers were:
1. …
Cantab Recap for Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Fun statistical fact, Cantab web friends: pageviews on our last Wednesday’s show, the Team Slam Preliminaries, surpassed stats for anything we posted in all of 2013! Okay, maybe our 21 competitors were just reloading the page twenty-five times that day to see if the field had gotten easier, but if you were at the slam, …
Cantab Recap for Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Is it still 2014, Cantabbers? Good news: from our poetry perspective, this year is awesome so far! We had a fun-sized open mic last night with a good group of solid newcomers, plus a great selection of folks returning from winter break, regulars trying out a new voice for 2014, and a few long-distance travelers …
Cantab Recap for Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Cantabbers, for the last Wednesday show of the year, we were super-proud to bring you a feature from a not-so-long-ago local favorite, David Winter. Now a resident of New York City, David returned home for the season and brought us the impeccably crafted, carefully delivered poems that have always landed so beautifully in our listening …
Cantab Feature for Wednesday, December 18: David Winter and the Sestina Slam
Once-upon-a-time regular David Winter. SESTINA SLAM: an open slam in the 8×8 series requiring sestinas from all participants.
Cantab Recap for Wednesday, November 20, 2014
If you hadn’t heard of Craig Nelson or the Northampton Poetry show before last night, your life has now changed for the better! This once-upon-a-time Boston Poetry Slam host shook off a decade of dust right in front of us and took the sold-out room on a wild ride to Paris, the Grand Canyon, and, …
Cantab Feature for Wednesday, October 30: Jack McCarthy Memorial Slam
Sober October show: a selection of local all-stars will present the work of one of the country’s most beloved performance poets, the late Jack McCarthy. Confirmed performers include: Kemi Alabi, Brian Comiskey, Caroline Harvey, Tom Slavin, and many more.
Cantab Feature for Wednesday, August 7, 2013: Boston Poetry Slam Team
An extended feature from your 2013 Boston Poetry Slam Team: Ed Wilkinson, Jade Sylvan, Omoizele Okoawo, Nora Meiners, and Sean Patrick Mulroy! $5 cover charge.
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