Lyd Havens, Cantab feature for the evening, leads a generative workshop before the show on poems of joy, healing, gratitude, love, friendship, celebration, and other happy stuff. $5-$20 sliding scale, advance sign-up recommended (but not required).
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Cantab Workshop for Wednesday, June 13, 2018 with Sara Brickman: Dreaming Through Nightmare
Sara Brickman, Cantab feature for the evening, leads a generative poetry writing workshop about Dreaming Through Nightmare.” $5-$20 sliding scale, advance sign-up recommended (but not required).
Cantab Workshop “Commit This to Memory” for Wednesday, May 2, 2018 with Kieran Collier
Kieran Collier, Cantab feature for the evening, leads a generative workshop before the show on grief, joy, memory, and honesty. $5-$20 sliding scale, advance sign-up recommended.
Cantab Workshop for Wednesday, March 14, 2018 with C. Bain
C. Bain, Cantab feature for the evening, leads a generative workshop before the show on myth and story, from the personal to the social. $5-$20 sliding scale, advance sign-up recommended.
Cantab Workshop for Wednesday, February 7, 2018 with Hanif Abdurraqib
Join Hanif Abdurraqib, the night’s scheduled feature, for an early-bird workshop at the Cantab Lounge before the show. The workshop begins at 5:30, with latecomers admitted no later than 6:00.
This will be a one-hour generative workshop with LIMITED SPACE. Hanif is very popular, so please email the SlamMaster with questions or to reserve …
Cantab Recap for Wednesday, January 21, 2018
It took us two Wednesdays, Cantabbers, but we finally finished up the first round (two poems each from nineteen slammers) of the 2018 Team Selection Slams! Our second heat closed out last night, a strong field taking deeply personal work unto the prelim. After two rounds, the dust cleared to reveal:
1. Neiel Israel 57.1
Cantab Workshop for Wednesday, June 14, 2017 with Jon Sands: Emotional Historians
Best American anthologized poet Jon Sands leads a generative workshop before the weekly show. How can we construct poems that acknowledge our complicated and dynamic world? How can we guide our readers into what it feels like to be us, alive in 2017? Drop-ins are welcome at this sliding-scale event.
Workshop for Wednesday, April 24: “Stranger Than Fiction” with Marty McConnell
Marty McConnell ran a wildly popular workshop at the Cantab back in 2010… If you’re still kicking yourself to have missed it, then this is your latest chance to generate new work under Marty’s direction.
Workshop for Wednesday, April 17: “Getting Ink” with Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz
Tonight’s featured poet, NEA Fellow Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz, presents a workshop on getting published: from research to cover letters to selecting poems!
Workshop for Wednesday, April 10: “Your Heartbeat Has Been Telling You For Years” with Artie Moffa
The evening’s featured poet, the Cantab’s one-time doorman and self-appointed slam conscience, Artie Moffa, presents a workshop on iambic pentameter before the show.
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